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Cologne walking tour with Cologne Cathedral visit and Christmas Markets
What could be more appropriate for this time of year than a visit to Cologne Cathedral, the city's beloved landmark and a UNESCO World Heritage Site? It is believed that the earthly remains of the fabled Three Kings (the Magi) lie at rest here. You'll learn about the history of the cathedral and its artwork, especially the pieces surrounding the Shrine of the Magi. Christian pilgrims have been flocking here for many centuries. In fact, one of the cathedral's expansions was intended to accommodate the many faithful who travel to experience the wonder of this sacred site.
Cologne boasts no fewer than eight Christmas Markets, and you have the rest of the day to explore them at your own pace following the tour. Be sure to visit the Cologne Cathedral Christmas Market, as well as Alter Markt in front of the City Hall, Neumarkt in Cologne's shopping area, and the Medieval Christmas Market in front of the Chocolate Museum. In the evening, enjoy a Captain's Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner. (BB, L, WD)
Note: On Sundays and Catholic holidays, guided tours inside the cathedral will not be possible.
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Koblenz, cruising the romantic Rhine, Rüdesheim
Koblenz walking tour with Christmas Market
Your ship's course to Koblenz takes you through 40 breathtaking miles of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape. With castles strung like pearls on the hillside and the famous Lorelei Rock, the valley is the perfect example of the romantic Rhine. Once you arrive in Koblenz, situated at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers, stroll through picturesque alley-ways lined with half-timbered houses—charmingly decorated for the season—on your way to the Koblenz Christmas Market. There the sounds of a cappella choirs singing the beloved songs of the season resound through the ancient square, and dozens of wooden stands offer arts and crafts, spicy mulled wine, and huge gingerbread hearts. (BB, L, D)
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Rüdesheim, Mainz
Siegfried's Museum of Mechanical Musical Instruments with Christmas Market
Enjoy a leisurely exploration of the town of Mainz, where Johannes Gutenberg perfected his printing press. Stroll through Old Town and cross the city square to Kaiserdom and Kurfürstliche Schloss. Explore the St. Nicholas Christmas Market with 1,000-year-old St. Martin's Cathedral as a backdrop. Then you'll cruise from Mainz to Rüdesheim, located in the heart of the Rhine Valley. The ship docks near Rüdesheim's unique Christmas Market, which highlights Christmas customs from around the world. Browse the more than 120 stalls packed with holiday delights, and don't miss Rüdesheim's life-sized Nativity scene—one of Germany's largest.
If you like, drop by one of the city's many wine bars and sample a glass of the local wine; the Rheingau region of Germany is one of the smallest wine-growing regions in the country, yet its Reislings are world-renowned. As it gets darker, take a look at the illuminated decorations on the rooftops; homeowners vie with one another to put up the most colorful displays. A trip to Siegfried's Museum of Mechanical Musical Instruments to see its idiosyncratic collection of self-playing musical instruments is one of the day's delights. (BB, L, D)
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Germersheim (Heidelberg)
Full-day Heidelberg tour with Christmas Market
Situated on the banks of the Neckar River, Heidelberg is one of Germany's most beautiful cities and home to the country's oldest university. Your tour of Heidelberg takes you past the romantic ruins of Heidelberg Castle and through Old Town, which is all dressed up for the holidays. You'll have ample time to explore the Heidelberg Christmas Market, which spans more than five squares and offers an inviting array of unusual arts and crafts, as well as exquisite hand blown glass ornaments. Marvel at the Christmas Pyramid rotating inside the tower at the Marktplatz, or take a ride on the carousel. (BB, D)
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Kehl (Strasbourg)
Choice of Strasbourg by canal with Christmas Market
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Situated halfway between Paris and Prague, Strasbourg is known as the "Crossroads of Europe." See this city as it has been seen through the centuries—via a canal cruise. You'll arrive in charming Petite France, a neighborhood of cobblestone streets and half-timbered houses that is particularly picturesque at this time of year, where you'll find the oldest Christmas Market in France. Complete your exploration of Strasbourg's Old Town with a visit to magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral. There in the square before the single-spire Gothic church, you'll discover finely crafted toys, ceramics, jewelry, and handmade Nativity figurines in a wonderfully festive atmosphere. Or choose instead to taste delicious seasonal treats in Petite France on an exclusive walking tour around Place Kléber. Uniworld's expert local guide will introduce you to the best this historic district has to offer. (BB, L, D)
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Basel walking tour with Christmas Market
Your city walk introduces you to Basel, Switzerland's second-largest city. Delight in Basel's Christmas Market, located in the heart of historic Old Town. With more than 150 stands, it offers many locally made craft items, unique ornaments, and delicious seasonal baked goods. Warm your hands on a mug of glühwein (warm spiced wine) as you browse. When you've spent as long as you like shopping, visit the illuminated Christmas Street, which is beautifully decorated with over 100 Christmas trees. In the evening, enjoy a Captain's Farewell Reception and Gala Dinner. (BB, L, FD)
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Basel (disembark)
Disembark the ship and transfer to EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg for your flight home, or extend your stay in Lucerne. (CB/BB)
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Suzanne Craw, 54, of Ridgeville is a library media specialist. In bygone days, this might have been called a school librarian. But Craw is far more than a librarian. She is a teacher, an entertainer, a book specialist, a media specialist and a daily surprise for students at Fort Dorchester Elementary School.
However, it took her a long time and myriad careers to get here. "I started this career accidentally, on purpose," she laughs and begins her story.
After growing up in Kentucky, she joined the Air Force and was stationed in Biloxi, Miss. where she met her husband. Then he got orders that sent him to England where they lived on the east coast.
Her husband is from the Charleston area so when they returned, she decided to get out of the Air Force and go into the Reserves. While serving in the reserves she earned three degrees – two Associates degrees, one from Trident in Business Management and one from the Community College of the Air Force in Power Plant Management. She also earned a Bachelor of Science from the College of Charleston in Business Management – and then she decided to apply to officer training school. She got in and was stationed in Charleston where she gave birth to a son. Just as her husband was getting ready to retire from the armed services, she got new orders stationing her in San Antonio, Texas. So off she went.
"I built a house there and eventually they [husband and son] joined me," she says, "we rented out our Ridgeville farm."
But after a year and a half, she decided once again to get out and they all came back to the Lowcountry. Her husband went to school and she worked as a bookkeeper and office manager for a Charleston law firm.
It was a long commute though and "it got really old, so I ended up getting a job as an in-store advertising manager."
She found herself envious of her boss. "She would take a few hours and volunteer at her child's school and I realized I wanted to be more involved in my son's school — Beech Hill Elementary School — so I went 'cold turkey' to part time and began volunteering at Beech Hill."
However, she ended up volunteering six hours a day in the media center and realized she could do the media specialist's job just as well. So she went back to school and earned yet another degree – a Master's in Library Information Science from USC.
At 44, armed with her MLS, she went seeking a job. There were no openings in Dorchester District 2 so her first job was in Colleton County.
Finally, in 2002, she landed a job at the brand new elementary school – Fort Dorchester.
In addition to being responsible for all the books in the school library – there have been 28,234 circulated in a four-month period – she also teaches students.
She teaches information literacy – how to find, evaluate, use and give credit for information…how to research. She collaborates with classroom teachers and teaches younger students about authors and illustrators.
Her library is fun. Filled with stuffed animals that look just like the illustrations in their accompanying books, there are reading competitions, research competitions and each lesson is taught with props, sometimes costumes, often special effects.
"The students never know what to expect when they come in," she laughs.
"I bring my life into my lessons," she explains, noting a White Table set up with a single rose, a single place setting with a plate with salt and lemons, a glass, a candle and an empty chair, tilted against the table. The White Table represents all the missing and dead from the Vietnam era and pays homage to all military who have given their lives.
On top of a bookcase are her military pins and patches, a book about the White Table and books about the military.
In addition to her media center work, which she says could not happen without her media assistant Mary Horick who has been her partner since day one, she runs book fairs, serves on the leadership committee, team leader meetings and is a student club sponsor.
She has been an Honor Teacher three times and while in Colleton was Rookie Teacher of the Year and PTA Teacher of the Year. She is also National Board certified.
Her worst experience teaching, she says, is knowing she doesn't have enough time to spend with each child individually…"I wish I had more time for each child."
Her best experiences are when somebody comes in and says "Mrs. Craw, guess what! That was the best book!"
"Or the child who ran all the way across Walmart to hug me," she laughs.
Her professional goal? "When I retire I want to be an organic gardener!"
When not in school, she and her husband George – a valve technician for nuclear power plants nationwide – share their farm with their dog Trig who is half Rocky Mountain Cur and half Plott; two cats – Pretty Girl who lives in the barn and Bits who lives with Trig, and seven hunting dogs.
When she isn't playing with the dogs, she says, "What do you think? I read."
She enjoys gardening and hates cooking but shares the chore with her husband.
She has taught Sunday School, Children's church and Vacation Bible School classes over the years. Whatever job or committee her husband was involved in, she says, "I was too!"
They are parents to Josh, 25 and daughter-in-law Sarah-Elizabeth.
"I used to cross stitch, crochet and sew," she laments, "when I had time. She also used to accompany her husband hunting or help him restore cars.
Although they have raised cows, goats, chickens and rabbits on the farm, they currently raise trees.
Her life goal, she says, is to "make the journey count and have a positive impact on students."
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1. Clean up your credit score; the higher it is, the more you save on loans. In a blog post, Mr. Credit Card discusses the price people pay when they have bad credit, such as getting stuck with unfavorable mortgage rates. While many people end up with bad credit due to excessive debt or late payments, Mr. Credit Card mentions a scenario in which a friend realized that several errors on his credit report were contributing to a low score. Cleaning up your credit report can save you vast amounts of money on interest payments.
2. In Well-heeled, With a Mission, my new friend Wanda blogs about her goal of cutting back on shopping (something I'm also trying to do). She's developed the mantra "C.A.S.H. saves me cash." That stands for "clothing, accessories and shoes hiatus." Wanda has learned to rediscover forgotten items in her closet and to feel more content with what she has. The best part? She's noticed more flexibility in her budget and feels less tempted to shop. "I still browse online occasionally, but I don't feel the urge to jump on 'deals.' I've passed on $30 Banana Republic pants because I have enough black pants. It's not a deal if it's something I don't need," she says. Amen. My additional advice: If you do have to shop for something, don't take your credit cards with you. Bring only the amount of cash you think you will need for the purchase. That will eliminate the urge to impulse shop and splurge on "deals" you don't need.
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Junior middleweight contender Gabriel Rosado (21-5) is less than two weeks away from the biggest fight of his career. On January 19th he faces WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (24-0) at Madison Square Garden in New York in a HBO televised fight.
Rosado chatted with us about the fight on the most recent edition of The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene's official audio show. He admitted to being impressed with Golovkin's most recent fight in which Golovkin knocked out Grzegorz Proska in his HBO debut. He also said that he doesn't feel Proska is as talented as he is and that will be one of the key differences in the fight.
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There have been so many times that I get on this site and read comments from boxers stating how confident they are and what round they're going to end the fight in. The sad thing is more often than not, they end up putting up ****ty performances, don't get me wrong I like Rosado's attitude but if he's doing all the talking than he better come out and fight.
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I personally believe that Golovkin is a 4 round fighter, if Rosado can weather GGG early and put in some body work he might be right.
some people want to think GGG is some kind of inhuman KO machine but when you load up on almost every shot you will get tired. it showed against Ouma.
Rosado might be able to pull it off. Golovkin gets hit with everything and just bulls foward, a boxer should be able to give him problems. GGG has the eraser though so who knows one slip up from Rosado at any point and it's over.
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He doesn't load up that much either. You can see that he stays at home with the punches. He's just heavy handed.
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"Boneless chicken breasts marinated overnight, then baked in onion-flavored potato chips. Serve with twice-baked potatoes, if desired."
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skinless, boneless chicken breast meat
2 tablespoons
butter, melted
1 teaspoon
1 teaspoon
ground black pepper
1 cup
crushed potato chips
I've been making Potato Chip Chicken for my family for years! But for extra flavor and moistness, instead of coating the chicken with melted butter, I rub the chicken with Miracle Whip before coating in the potato chip crumbs. Tip for making potato chip crumbs: Leave the potato chips in the original bag they come in, just snip a very small portion off of one corner at the top to release the air before rolling. The original bag holds up much better during rolling, and the chips cannot escape from it! Also, for an EXTRA-SPECIAL dish that my family loves on special occasions, I drizzle a tiny amount of honey over the chicken just before serving. The salty/sweet combination is Really Yummy!!!
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I have been making this for almost 20 years, but I use boneless skinless chicken breasts that I dip in butter (I do not marinate) and crushed regular potato chips that I also add pepper, garlic powder and onion powder to. The leftover butter I pour over and bake for 45 minutes uncovered at 350. It is delicious, moist, and sometimes I make country gravy and pour over it and serve with mashed potatoes.
I didn't marinate it. I thought that was a bit ridiculous. However, I cut my chicken breasts into thin strips and dipped it into milk instead of melted butter. Last time, I dipped anything into melted butter, it burned. I also used Sour Cream & Onion potato chips which gave it a lot of yummy flavor. Overall, it was good.
I really enjoyed this recipe! I used peppercorn ranch (old dutch) potato chips - takes more than one cup though. They were so moist on the inside and crispy on the oustside. I did not bother to marinate and I added garlic and parmessan to the butter to make it extra tasty. It only took 30min in my oven and I will definitely make this again!!!!!!!
My sister used to make this for us when we were in high school. Used regular flavored chips, dipped in melted butter just prior to rolling in chips and baking...not over night. 45 mins too long... chicken will be dry.
Deliciously crunchy! This is an excellent oven-fried chicken recipe. I did not marinate it in the butter, though, just rolled chicken in the butter and then rolled in the chip-crumbs. I used plain chips, but will try this with other flavors for variety.
UPDATE: I like this with plain chips, but it is especially good with BBQ chips. I thought I would like Sour Cream 'n' Onion, but am sorry to report that it didn't add any particular flavor. (In fact the SCO flavor got "lost".)
I have been making this for years. It is my husbands favorite dish. While I do not marinate my chicken overnight, I do let it sit in the melted butter for a few minutes before coating it with the chips. I always use sour cream and onion chips and drizzle the leftover melted butter over the chicken right before putting it in the oven. I never use any additional seasonings as the flavor of the sour cream and onion chips is enough for us. I comes out nice and crispy with great flavor.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Stark and Bleak Realism
This is not an easy movie to watch - it is rife with tension and gore - but it is a thought-provoking one. With stark and bleak realism, it shows what can happen when criminals clash with other criminals, law-enforcers, crafty wild cards, and naive bystanders sucked into the criminal vortex. It shows what can happen when a relatively good man succumbs to the temptation...
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Bon film mais livraison pas sécurisée
J'ai commandé 2 Steelbook de ce film pour moi et un cousin, malheureusement un de ceux-ci est arrivé avec la tranche supérieur au-dessus de bande bleu enfoncé.
Quel dommage
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Stark and Bleak Realism,
Verve (Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This is not an easy movie to watch - it is rife with tension and gore - but it is a thought-provoking one. With stark and bleak realism, it shows what can happen when criminals clash with other criminals, law-enforcers, crafty wild cards, and naive bystanders sucked into the criminal vortex. It shows what can happen when a relatively good man succumbs to the temptation to take an illegal route out of poverty, and, crafty though he is, finds himself up against a diabolically smart and ruthless sociopath - someone not likewise burdened by such distractions as a conscience or concern for loved ones. It shows how utterly cold a sociopath can be, and what a trail of destruction he can leave in his wake. Nothing is glossed here. The good guys are not better shots. Bodies do not conveniently disappear. Killings are not veiled or glorified or antiseptic, but graphic, tragic, and messy. Unlike so many action movies, this one does not lean on a punchy soundtrack or quick scene changes to heighten its impact. Rather, it moves in relative real time, and its quietness and its unblinking stare at events are quite dramatic enough. The ending is atypical, too - more of a whimper than a bang - and I think that to be disappointed by this is to miss the movie's point. In this movie, brutality is not depicted as rollicking entertainment, but as the messy, ugly, unfair, disgusting, and just plain depressing thing that it is.
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5.0 out of 5 stars You can't stop what's coming,
Steven Aldersley (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: No Country for Old Men [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
***Spoilers Within***
Oscar ceremonies are sometimes dominated by one or two films because the opposition is weak, but that definitely wasn't the case in 2008. Nominees included No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Juno, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Ratatouille, Once, The Bourne Ultimatum, Into the Wild, Atonement, Michael Clayton, Eastern Promises and American Gangster.
I was torn at the time because I couldn't decide whether I wanted There Will Be Blood or No Country for Old Men to win for Best Picture. In hindsight, my two favorite films from that year are Juno and No Country for Old Men. I think the Academy got it right for once by awarding No Country for Old Men the Best Picture Oscar and Daniel Day-Lewis Leading Actor.
So why do I think that No Country for Old Men deserved its win?
The film contains so many strong elements. It gave us three memorable characters and expertly combined their three viewpoints to give us a compelling story. Roger Deakins did another wonderful job showing us the bleak Texas landscape, while the direction and writing were both superb.
Llewelyn Moss (Brolin) makes a discovery while hunting for antelope. After tracking an injured animal, he finds what appears to be the result of a failed drug deal. Five trucks are surrounded by corpses and he deduces that the last man standing would have looked for shade. He eventually locates the final corpse and finds a case containing two million dollars. Moss lives in a trailer with his wife and the money represents a chance to completely change his life.
The most interesting character is Anton Chigurh (Bardem). We see him captured by police at the start of the film, but he escapes and kills a deputy in the process. He is extremely violent and his motives are unclear. At times he appears supernatural in the way he evades capture. Is he supposed to represent Death or the Devil? Bardem makes Chigurh one of the most memorable villains ever to appear on screen. There's a scene which rivals Tarantino's farmhouse scene in Inglourious Basterds in terms of tension. Chigurh has a conversation with a gas station owner and it ends with a coin flip. The scene is both absurd and chilling at the same time. We know what's at stake.
The other major character is Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Jones). He's old, wise and extremely competent. Some of his choices show that he's more concerned with self-preservation than pursuing criminals, but he somehow gets the job done. One of his strengths is the ability to reconstruct crime scenes. He has a dry sense of humor and uncanny instincts.
The first part of the story focuses on Moss. He's an experienced tracker and a Vietnam veteran and we see him trying to evade pursuit. At first, he doesn't know who will be coming after him, but eventually learns that it's Chigurh. Instead of simply leaving the country, he decides to face Chigurh himself. That might seem to be a stupid choice, but Moss does have some intelligence and appears able to take care of himself.
Chigurh also seems highly competent and we get the sense that he's being doing what he does for a very long time. His pursuit is relentless. When he is injured, he's able to take care of his own wounds. He does bleed, but there's still the sense that he either is, or he at least represents, a supernatural force.
I won't reveal any more of the plot. I have heard two complaints about the film. One is the level of violence present and the other is the unusual ending. I think the ending is partly showing how unpredictable life can be, but I understand the complaints. I thought the ending was appropriate and my only regret was that I couldn't watch these characters for longer.
No Country for Old Men is many things. On the surface, it's the story of an extended chase. The Coen brothers said that it is a story of a good, evil and something between the two. Moss can be perceived as good or evil, but he's definitely committing a crime.
Some of the scenes require us to pay close attention to the events and contain very little dialogue. It reminds me of the opening sequence in There Will Be Blood in that way. It succeeds because of the writing and the tension that's present throughout the story. If you enjoy thrillers, this is one of the best I have seen.
The Blu-ray presentation is just about perfect. Every little sound comes across clearly and the Texas scenery looks breathtaking at times.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Respectable Interpretation of Novel,
Ian Gordon Malcomson (Victoria, BC) - See all my reviews
What's the power these days of a well-written novel like Cormac McCarthy's "No Country For Old Man"? Basically, the capacity to re-invent itself as a blockbuster movie with few alterations of the plot. Here is a list of my observations about the quality of the movie version of what I consider to be a very finely-crafted psychological thriller. The big question, as always, is does the movie do justice to its predecessor in terms of making vital connections?
A. The movie's poignant portrayal of the arid Southwest lands captures the same feeling of a moral wasteland that served McCarthy so well as the setting for his story. The viewer quickly gets the idea that nothing good can come out of this bleak landscape;
B. The movie presents a visceral picture of violence in action. As in the novel, it attempts to display it as both an arbitrary and ruthless behaviour being acted in a wildwest fashion. The law is always around in a philosophical capacity but never really engaged in physically protecting the innocent. McCarthy, in all his works, sees the world as a battle for the survival of the fittest.
C. The movie does a reasonable job in following the storyline of a man named Moss who comes across cache of $2.4 million dollars in drug money while hunting in the desert. The surrounding circumstances of the find and the battle that ensues between various characters to hold on or seize the loot are downright ugly and violent.
D. The movie gives the sheriff a similar contemplative role where wisdom, rather than valour, becomes the means by which people can sometimes reach old age. Tommy Lee Jones captures that mood very effectively in his layback role as the sheriff who is moving into retirement without too much regret.
E. The movie does a faithful job in typecasting the roles of the psychopath(Bardem) and bounty hunter(Harrelson). Javier Bardem, as Chigurh(sounds like sugar), comes across as that brooding character that deeply embodies evil while thinly cloaked in disarming pleasantness. Life for Chigurh comes down to killing others in order to get the money. There is that curious moment, however, in the film when Chigurh is seriously down on his luck and has to pay some kids to help him get away.
F. The movie, like the novel, refrains from providing closure for its audience. For McCarthy, any sense of justice comes from the evil that bad people bring on themselves by hurting other people. Unfortunately, there are no winners in this bloody fray except those who choose to say out of it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Of what is past, or passing, or to come,
Being the arthouse cinema fan that I am, over the last 10 or so years I would occasionally watch a Hollywood movie for entertainment, but I gave up any hope of seeing anything truly artistic from that source. It was about time I was chastened for my arrogance, and sure enough, I came across 'No Country for Old Men' a couple of weeks ago. What attracted me was the title lifted from Yeats; I correctly guessed that it must have been the title of the book on which the film was based, but at that stage I had not yet read the book nor was even aware of its existence.
What a feast! A violent modern western on the surface; a dark and bitter existential meditation underneath; actors working their socks off; solid direction and camera work; a minimalistic soundtrack that is as un-Hollywoodian as they get; all of this works together and keeps one impressed non-stop.
The layered structure of the film is quite ambitious, but thankfully, the directors do not spell things out for the viewer. If anything, certain things were made less obvious than they are in the book, and that enhanced the overall impact. For example, it takes the full length of the film, including the paradoxical ending, to bring the viewer to the realisation that the protagonist of the story is Sheriff Bell - the least likely of the three candidates for that role. This realisation has quite an impact by itself, but it also takes care of the loose ends of the surface plot - not by tying them up in any logical way but by rendering them irrelevant, which is so much better. The film is about the sheriff, and as far as he is concerned, there are no loose ends left: he lost on all counts; the bad guy won. The book is rather more direct about matters like who got the money in the end, and after the film this certainly felt like a weakness: what is the point of trying not to disappoint the readers who do not get the point, if you know what I mean... To be fair, the book is not always direct, but the film is even less so. For instance, McCarthy pointedly avoided describing the deaths of Moss and his wife in gory detail (in sharp contrast to the overall style of the book); the death of the former is even narrated by a third party rather than directly by the author. The film goes further, merely implying both these deaths.
The tense scene where Chigurh and the sheriff appear to be standing at the opposite sides of a motel room door is not to be found in the book. There are several ways of interpreting what happened there, and each of the possibilities enriches the story in its own way. My guess is that the two characters are not actually present there at the same time and that when Chigurh calmly observes the flicker of light through the punched-out hole in the lock, this is in fact just an image in Sheriff Bell's mind - a visual manifestation of his fear, which we are given a chance to see as yet another hint at the fact that the sheriff is, after all, the main character of the story. Of course, this cannot be literally the image in his mind because the sheriff does not know what Chigurh looks like - but the viewer does...
A few more words about that infamous ending. I always like it when a film ends at an unexpected point, but here this old trick achieves so much more than delivering a parting surprise. Yes, the final sequence comes from the book verbatim, but unlike the book, the film is wide open at that point because of some small changes to the plot, so what the viewer gets is an anticlimax by the action genre standards and a knockout artistically. A character describing his dream is a staple of arthouse cinema, and here we get not one but two dreams, told to us by the downbeat Tommy Lee Jones, alone in the frame, in such a thick Texan accent that I had to rewind and switch on the subtitles. Everything falls into place, except for the things that, as it dawns on us, do not matter. And can there be a better punch line than "And then I woke up", followed immediately by the credits?
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best movie of 2007,
Sebastien Lessard (Richmond, BC Canada) - See all my reviews
Having read and enjoyed the book, I was looking forward to seeing the movie. After hearing all the critical praise let me tell you that it's all true. The acting is flawless with Javier Bardem being one of the most bone chilling villains in recent film history. A lot of this movie is unconventional but that's what makes it great.
Go see it!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This Steelbook suspense movie was excellent in video/audio quality for viewing on HD screen,
This review is from: No Country for Old Men Steelbook (Steelbook Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
This Steelbook suspense movie was excellent in video/audio quality for viewing on HD screen. Criminal story was entertaining; with lots of action, and sustained suspense, and some surprising twists, as the story unfolded. Details about 'YOU CAN"T STOP WHAT'S COMING' film can be read elsewhere on the Internet.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars No Country for Old Men Bluray,
This review is from: No Country for Old Men [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Violence galore and well acted.
Javier Bardem is great as the super bad guy.
Tommy Lee does a great job as well.
I would recommend this one to a friend and will watch it again.
4.0 out of 5 stars Very, very dark.,
Sid Matheson (Vancouver Lower Mainland) - See all my reviews
An unstoppable psychopath moves in a straight line through his personal list, flipping coins to determine the fate of his victims, while seeking a hidden fortune in this Coen Brothers film classic! It is up there with the best of them in the violent, fast-moving, suspense category. Woody Harrelson makes a surprise appearance as a smooth-talking Texan bounty-hunter hired to take down the infamous "Chigurh!"
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie,
This review is from: No Country for Old Men Steelbook (Steelbook Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Awesome movie.and steelbook in amazing shape. Came fast and was a great price. Definitely glad I made the purchase. :)
5.0 out of 5 stars Great price for a great film. The steel case is a real bonus.,
This review is from: No Country for Old Men Steelbook (Steelbook Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Another ball hit out of the park by the Brothers Coen! Javier Bardem is a relentless, overwhelming juggernaut who will stop at nothing to get what he feels is his, while Tommy-Lee Jones exudes a palpable weariness underscored by an old-fashioned determination to do his job at any cost. Your dreams will be haunted by the grim, unsmiling face of Anton Chigurh (Bardem).
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Forum stresses retraining baby boomers, sustainabilityWritten by Caitlin McGlade | | email@example.com
Jason Madasz opened his second cellular retail store immediately after the first. Then he opened a third later in the year, followed by a fourth a couple of years later.
"A lot of people in business today, they are lured into a place where they think they have to grow very, very quickly," he said. "A lot of businesses will incur tremendous amounts of debt to grow."
He knows firsthand. The mounting overhead costs, the slimming profit margins, the lengthening lines of credit for equipment, the long-term leases and the cost of upkeep all rolled into an amorphous debt that threatened to ruin him and his family.
"100,000 of debt took my soul away overnight — it will no matter what you do," he said.
Madasz recovered enough to open a new business. But this time he's debt-free. That's because his business, DebtTech Financial Solutions, centers on lifting families out of debt. He wants to set a good example and has done so for hundreds of clients over the past few years, he said.
Madasz will present his techniques, focusing on sustainability and planning, at the Innovation with Entrepreneurs Forum on June 9, along with about 25 other entrepreneurs, finance experts and health and wellness professionals.
The forum, hosted at Davis College, will run from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will be broken into four sessions: new paradigms in health and wellness, educational links to entrepreneurship, investing opportunities and a networking hour. All themes are tied to sustainability, said Loren Frendt, the principal consultant of the Sustainable Resources Institute LLC. The institute is one of the organizers, along with Boomers RN and Five Wellnesses.
The forum will also focus on helping baby boomers in a world of waning job opportunities.
"There's a job war going on," Frendt said. "You'd better regroup yourself, retrain the troops and re-educate yourself to meet the demand."
During the past four years, about 200 unemployed or change-seeking people have taken the institute's skill training classes to become more marketable. They have all landed jobs, Frendt said.
Jim Matzinger, program coordinator of the Green Product Center with the Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT), helps businesspeople make their products more marketable to the government. Matzinger will present about how the CIFT program aids companies that are going green by using bio-based products.
Federal, state and local governments contract with companies that produce bio-based products. Matzinger has 10 Toledo-area companies as clients, up from two when he started years ago. He has 50 clients statewide.
He will demonstrate a few bio-preferred products at the forum, including a polymer made from wood flour sawdust.
"Anything that is made with petroleum can be made with bio-based substitutes," he said. "The idea is to become less dependent on foreign oil and help with the environment."
So where does health and wellness fit into environmental and financial sustainability?
"We cannot maximize our potential when we're not taking care of ourselves," said Deitra Hickey, who owns the Serenity Health & Wellness Center in Maumee. "When my body needs a break, I won't be efficient as a business owner."
Hickey will present about the holistic approach to health, which encourages people to treat their ailments and stresses with natural methods rather than prescription drugs. Her business substitutes massage therapy for painkillers, colon hydrotherapy for laxatives and yoga for fatigue.
Depression? Often 30 minutes in the infrared sauna during the winter does the trick, she said.
"We just don't give our bodies enough credit sometimes," Hickey said. "There's things we can do naturally — I am not by any means saying that no one needs medication — but there are things we can do to supplement traditional medicine instead of packing on more and more."
Registration for the forum runs from 8:30-9 a.m. and costs $10, with $5 going toward a micro-grant that will be awarded to an attendee and $5 to Heroes in Action, a military outreach group.
Inventor James Findlay, who has run a series of businesses since the 1970s, said it is important to be honest if you want a sustainable business.
Teamwork, hard work, competence, involvement and payback follow in that order, he said.
"I couldn't outspend everybody and I couldn't outsmart them, but I could outwork them."
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Conversations on Data Quality in Underwriting – Part 2
Did I really compare data quality to flushing toilet paper? Yeah, I think I did. Makes me laugh when I read that, but still true. And yes, I am still playing with more data. This time it's a location schedule for earthquake risk. I see a 26-story structure with a building value of only $136,000 built in who knows what year. I'd pull my hair out if it weren't already shaved off.
So let's talk about the six steps for data quality competency in underwriting. These six steps are standard in the enterprise. But, what we will discuss is how to tackle these in insurance underwriting. And more importantly, what is the business impact to effective adoption of the competency. It's a repeating self-reinforcing cycle. And when done correctly can be intelligent and adaptive to changing business needs.
Profile – Effectively profile and discover data from multiple sources
We'll start at the beginning, a very good place to start. First you need to understand your data. Where is it from and in what shape does it come? Whether internal or external sources, the profile step will help identify the problem areas. In underwriting, this will involve a lot of external submission data from brokers and MGAs. This is then combined with internal and service bureau data to get a full picture of the risk. Identify you key data points for underwriting and a desired state for that data. Once the data is profiled, you'll get a very good sense of where your troubles are. And continually profile as you bring other sources online using the same standards of measurement. As a side, this will also help in remediating brokers that are not meeting the standard.
Measure – Establish data quality metrics and targets
As an underwriter you will need to determine what is the quality bar for the data you use. Usually this means flagging your most critical data fields for meeting underwriting guidelines. See where you are and where you want to be. Determine how you will measure the quality of the data as well as desired state. And by the way, actuarial and risk will likely do the same thing on the same or similar data. Over time it all comes together as a team.
Design – Quickly build comprehensive data quality rules
This is the meaty part of the cycle, and fun to boot. First look to your desired future state and your critical underwriting fields. For each one, determine the rules by which you normally fix errant data. Like what you do when you see a 30-story wood frame structure? How do you validate, cleanse and remediate that discrepancy? This may involve fuzzy logic or supporting data lookups, and can easily be captured. Do this, write it down, and catalog it to be codified in your data quality tool. As you go along you will see a growing library of data quality rules being compiled for broad use.
Deploy – Native data quality services across the enterprise
Once these rules are compiled and tested, they can be deployed for reuse in the organization. This is the beautiful magical thing that happens. Your institutional knowledge of your underwriting criteria can be captured and reused. This doesn't mean just once, but reused to cleanse existing data, new data and everything going forward. Your analysts will love you, your actuaries and risk modelers will love you; you will be a hero.
Review – Assess performance against goals
Remember those goals you set for your quality when you started? Check and see how you're doing. After a few weeks and months, you should be able to profile the data, run the reports and see that the needle will have moved. Remember that as part of the self-reinforcing cycle, you can now identify new issues to tackle and adjust those that aren't working. One metric that you'll want to measure over time is the increase of higher quote flow, better productivity and more competitive premium pricing.
Monitor – Proactively address critical issues
Now monitor constantly. As you bring new MGAs online, receive new underwriting guidelines or launch into new lines of business you will repeat this cycle. You will also utilize the same rule set as portfolios are acquired. It becomes a good way to sanity check the acquisition of business against your quality standards.
In case it wasn't apparent your data quality plan is now more automated. With few manual exceptions you should not have to be remediating data the way you were in the past. In each of these steps there is obvious business value. In the end, it all adds up to better risk/cat modeling, more accurate risk pricing, cleaner data (for everyone in the organization) and more time doing the core business of underwriting. Imagine if you can increase your quote volume simply by not needing to muck around in data. Imagine if you can improve your quote to bind ratio through better quality data and pricing. The last time I checked, that's just good insurance business.
And now for something completely different…cats on pianos. No, just kidding. But check here to learn more about Informatica's insurance initiatives.


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Runaway Brain
|Runaway Brain
|Mickey Mouse series
Theatrical release poster with A Goofy Movie
|Directed by
|Chris Bailey
|Produced by
|Ron Tippe
|Story by
|Tim Hauser
|Voices by
|Wayne Allwine
Russi Taylor
Kelsey Grammer
Jim Cummings
Bill Farmer
|Music by
|John Debney
|Animation by
|Andreas Deja
Gary Dunn
Deboissy Sylvain
|Walt Disney Animation France
|Distributed by
|Walt Disney Pictures
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
|Release date(s)
|Color process
|Running time
|7 minutes
|United States
|Preceded by
|The Prince and the Pauper
|Followed by
|Get a Horse!
Runaway Brain is an animated short film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation Paris, France, and starring Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. In the short, Mickey is desperate to earn money to pay for an anniversary gift for Minnie. He applies as a lab assistant for Dr. Frankenollie, but finds he is looking for a donor to switch brains with the monster he created. Featuring animation by animator Andreas Deja, it was first released in 1995 attached to two Disney films; A Goofy Movie and A Kid in King Arthur's Court. It would be the final original Mickey Mouse theatrical animated short until Get a Horse! in 2013.
Minnie (voiced by Russi Taylor) visits Mickey (voiced by Wayne Allwine) while he is playing a video game and is upset to find that he has forgotten the anniversary of their first date due to his addiction to the game. Mickey comes up with the last-minute idea to take her to a miniature golf course for their anniversary and shows her a newspaper ad for it, but she instead notices an ad for a trip to Hawaii, which would cost $999.99, and mistakes it for Mickey's gift. Mickey frets over how he can make enough money for the trip when Pluto (voiced by Bill Farmer) shows him an ad to work with a mad scientist named Dr. Frankenollie (voiced by Kelsey Grammer) for a day of "mindless work" that would pay $999.99. Upon reaching the home of the simian Dr. Frankenollie, Mickey is dropped down a trapdoor into Frankenollie's laboratory, where the doctor plans to switch Mickey's brain with that of the 15 foot tall Julius (voiced by Jim Cummings and modeled after Pete). The experiment causes an explosion that kills Frankenollie, but the brain transfer is a success, with Mickey's mind ending up in Julius' giant body and Julius in control of Mickey's body that makes him have a werewolf-like behavior.
The dimwitted and insane Julius finds Mickey's wallet and notices a photo of Minnie, whom he instantly becomes smitten with. He escapes from the laboratory and finds Minnie while she is shopping for swimsuits and mistakes Julius for Mickey. Mickey arrives in Julius' body to save Minnie, but Minnie mistakes Mickey for a monster (due to his looks) and screams for help until Mickey convinces her of who he is. Julius continues to pursue Minnie, leading to a battle between Mickey and Julius during which they land on a telephone line and are electrocuted, which causes their minds to switch back to their original bodies. Mickey manages to tie Julius up with a rope atop a 100 story building and rescue Minnie. Mickey finds a billboard to the Hawaiian vacation getaway to make Julius be a yo-yo. The two travel to Hawaii together on an inflatable boat pulled by Julius as he swims after the photo of Minnie in Mickey's wallet, which is attached to a fishing line manned by Mickey.
- Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse
- Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
- Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frankenollie
- Jim Cummings as Julius
- Bill Farmer as Pluto
The film was screened out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was first released in North America on August 11, 1995 with A Kid in King Arthur's Court and on October 18, 1996 attached to A Goofy Movie in the United Kingdom. The short was to be re-released with 101 Dalmatians, which was sent to theaters with the short attached in 1996, but Disney asked theater owners to cut the short off all film prints to replace it with trailers for then upcoming Disney films, including Hercules and George of the Jungle.[2] In July 1997, Disney decided to attach it to George of the Jungle.
It was later nominated the Academy Award for Best Animated Short, but lost to the Wallace and Gromit short film A Close Shave. The short was released almost a decade later on DVD in the Walt Disney Treasures collection Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Vol. 2 in 2004.
In other media[edit]
This cartoon was featured in the video game Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse.
Julius appears as an optional secret boss in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance in Traverse Town.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Runaway Brain". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ "Whither Runaway Brain?". groups.google.com. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
External links[edit]
- Runaway Brain at the Internet Movie Database
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Jay-Z Covers Time, Explains Why He Gave Up His Ownership In The Brooklyn Nets
From Marcy Projects to the cover of Time's "100 Most Influential People In The World", Jay-Z is a true example to boys in the hood, that you can be anything no matter the circumstance. In the new issue, Jay joins the ranks of President Obama and First Lady Michelle, as well as his wife Beyonce, LeBron James, and newcomers Miguel, and Frank Ocean as one of the top influencers worldwide, while New York Mayor Bloomberg reveals the many reasons that Jay belongs at the top of that list:
Jay Z embodies so much of what makes New York New York. A kid from a tough neighborhood who grows up in public housing, overcomes lots of bad influences on the street, never lets go of his dream, makes it to the top — and then keeps going, pursuing new outlets for his creativity and ambition. When no one would sign him to a record contract, he created his own label and built a music empire — before going on to design clothing lines, open sports bars and, most recently, represent professional athletes. He's an artist-entrepreneur who stands at the center of culture and commerce in 21st century America, and his influence stretches across races, religions and regions.
Unfortunately, one venture that Jay was forced to forfeit recently was his 1/15 percent ownership in The Brooklyn Nets after deciding he wanted to create a sports management agency, Roc Nation Sports. Yesterday, after it was announced that he officially sold his stake in the organization, he released a statement revealing that NBA Rules made him give up ownership:
Being a member of the Nets organization surpassed some of my greatest ambitions. It was never about an investment; it was about the NETS and Brooklyn. My job as an owner is over but as a fan it has just begun. I'm a Brooklyn Net forever. It's been an honor to work with Mikhail Prokhorov, Dmitry Razumov, Christophe Charlier, ONEXIM Sports and Entertainment, Brett Yormark and all the wonderful people involved in making the Nets first class. My sincerest thanks goes to Bruce Ratner, who first introduced the idea of moving the Nets to Brooklyn. A thank you and deepest appreciation goes to the fans. You are the lifeblood of any team.
The Nets have made their mark on the NBA and as they enter a new era, Roc Nation does as well; as we embark on Roc Nation Sports. Our newest endeavor is committed to building the brands of professional athletes as we have done for some of today's top music artists. For Roc Nation Sports to function at its full potential, NBA rules stipulate that I relinquish my ownership in the Brooklyn Nets. It was a tough decision but as I stated earlier, it's not about ownership. Congratulations to The Nets on a great season and making the playoffs! I will always be a Brooklyn Net.
Jay-Z has partnered up with CAA sports to launch Roc Nation Sports, and already it's rumored to have attracted big names like Victor Cruz and Robinson Cano as future clients. Make those moves Jigga!


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TEAMtalk Likes returns with a run down of some of the things in football which grabbed our attention over the last seven days.
While we here at TEAMtalk Towers constantly have our eye on the beautiful game, we also welcome any suggestions from our loyal army of readers.
Whether it's a goal, save, tackle, Tweet, video, chant, quote or anything out of the ordinary, tell us on Twitter and we'll feature the best ones in next week's TEAMtalk Likes...
Going the extra Mile-y:
Any footballers looking to win the prize for best Halloween costume 2013, forget it, you've already lost.
Rio Ferdinand and Robin van Persie came up with a credible effort, but the prize goes to USWNT stars Alex Morgan and Sydney Leroux for their interpretation of Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke's VMAs performance.
A few days before Dortmund tweeted a picture of Jurgen Klopp's newly-signed contract with the simple hastag 'true love', the neutrals' favourite volleyed himself further into the affections of almost everyone with this well-directed effort during Saturday's Ruhr derby at Schalke.
2018. #echteliebe pic.twitter.com/WOquj31rDE- Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) October 30, 2013
Sounding off:
Seattle Sounders defeated Colorado Rapids on Wednesday in their MLS play-offs knock-out round clash.The Sounders did it the hard way - keeper Michael Gspurning got himself sent off for this late on - but their reward for victory is a Western Conference semi-final against Cascadia derby rivals Portland Timbers.
The Cascadia rivalry involves three teams - the Sounders, the Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps, who failed to make the play-offs but took home the Cascadia Cup during the regular season.
The Whitecaps' campaign may be over but their social media department clearly has not gone on holiday yet...
So @SoundersFC and @TimbersFC set to determine best team in the Pacific Northwest. Oh wait, that's what this is for.. pic.twitter.com/CnquWlYPfk- Vancouver Whitecaps (@WhitecapsFC) October 31, 2013
Tuned-up 4x4:
Mamadou Sakho has not been at Liverpool long but the defender has already endeared himself to the Anfield faithful - these two Reds in particular.
After the 4-1 win over West Brom last week, Sakho lowered the window of his chauffeur-driven SUV to belt out a quick chorus of a Kop favourite.
FAO: Joe Hart. Chin up. It could be worse...
While the England number one was having another nightmare in the Manchester City goal on Sunday, Freiburg keeper Oliver Baumann was making an even bigger show of himself by gifting Hamburg all their goals in a 3-0 win for the visitors in the Bundesliga.
No drama:
Gadji Tallo is clearly a talented actor. When the Ajaccio striker was carried from pitch in apparent agony during Tuesday's Coupe de la Ligue clash with Bastia, Tallo's manager, Fabrizio Ravenelli, was so taken in by the theatrics that the White Feather immediately dispatched a substitute from the bench to replace the striken Ivorian.
Only, that wasn't part of the plan. Having realised that he had been subbed for the good of his health, the now miraculously-recovered Tallo threw an almighty tantrum before reluctantly parking his backside for the remainder of the tie, which his team eventually lost.
اللاعب الايفواري تالو يخدع كل من في الملعب حتى... by elbotolacom
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Sunderland were winless and hopeless heading in to the Tyne-Wear derby and new boss Gus Poyet will doubtless look to claim the credit for a famous victory on Sunday.
He may, though, have had some help from a higher power...
Well if the #Pope is a #Sunderland Fan, I think you should all go & reflect on your choice of #EPL team this weekend! pic.twitter.com/WnhzqrQiyB- SAFC USA (@safc_usa) October 25, 2013
Thirst for knowledge:
Up there with the burning questions of our time must be: what was Mark Draper's favourite drink? Seventeen years on, now we know...
Long before the days of isotonic drinks and protein shakes, the 1995-96 Villa squad were asked what their tipple of choice was.
Nigel Spink's reply is our favourite - he's old school, is big Spinky. Gareth Southgate, you'll probably not be surprised to hear, enjoys nothing more than a H2O.
Hooray Henry:
Thierry's still got it...
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McManus received a bachelor's degree in Psychology and earned the Evelyn K. Dillon Award from the Bates College Key, which recognizes a member of the field hockey and women's basketball teams for superior athleticism, leadership, dedication, and overall contributions to the respective sport. In addition, she was an outfielder on the Bobcats' softball team.
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So. Humboldt "Honey Dew"
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Posted 25 July 2006 - 01:52 AM
Anyone have any info on the genetics, availbility, associated history etc. of this Nor Cali variety?
Posted 06 August 2009 - 10:58 PM
oddly enough, Monkey Paw is a cut that appears from time to time in Detroit..I'm all but sure it originated in Mendo, and had some Nepalese in her lineage..??


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|Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration
|Chapter 2: The Symptoms of Kali-yuga
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.2.2
vittam eva kalau nṝṇāḿ
kāraṇaḿ balam eva hi
vittam — wealth; eva — alone; kalau — in the age of Kali; nṝṇām — among men; janma — of good birth; ācāra — good behavior; guṇa — and good qualities; udayaḥ — the cause of manifestation; dharma — of religious duty; nyāya — and reason; vyavasthāyām — in the establishment; kāraṇam — the cause; balam — strength; eva — only; hi — indeed.
In Kali-yuga, wealth alone will be considered the sign of a man's good birth, proper behavior and fine qualities. And law and justice will be applied only on the basis of one's power.
In the age of Kali, a man is considered high class, middle class or low class merely according to his financial status, regardless of his knowledge, culture and behavior. In this age there are many great industrial and commercial cities with luxurious neighborhoods reserved for the wealthy. On beautiful tree-lined roads, within apparently aristocratic homes, it is not unusual to find many perverted, dishonest and sinful activities taking place. According to Vedic criteria, a man is considered high class if his behavior is enlightened, and his behavior is considered enlightened if his activities are dedicated to promoting the happiness of all creatures. Every living being is originally happy, because in all living bodies there is an eternal spiritual spark that partakes of the divine conscious nature of God. When our original spiritual awareness is revived, we become naturally blissful and satisfied in knowledge and peace. An enlightened, or educated, man should endeavor to revive his own spiritual understanding, and he should help others experience the same sublime consciousness.
The great Western philosopher Socrates stated that if a man is enlightened he will automatically act virtuously, and Śrīla Prabhupāda confirmed this fact. But in the Kali-yuga this obvious truth is disregarded, and the search for knowledge and virtue has been replaced by a vicious, animalistic competition for money. Those who prevail become the "top dogs" of modern society, and their consumer power grants them a reputation as most respectable, aristocratic and well educated.
This verse also states that in the age of Kali brute strength (balam eva) will determine law and "justice." We should keep in mind that in the progressive, Vedic culture, there was no artificial dichotomy between the spiritual and the public realms. All civilized people took it for granted that God is everywhere and that His laws are binding upon all creatures. The Sanskrit word dharma, therefore, indicates one's social, or public, obligation as well as one's religious duty. Thus responsibly caring for one's family is dharma, and engaging in the loving service of God is also dharma. This verse indicates, however, that in the age of Kali the principle of "might makes right" will hold sway.
In the first chapter of this canto we observed how this principle infiltrated India's past. Similarly, as the Western world achieved political, economic and technological hegemony over Asian lands, bogus propaganda was disseminated to the effect that Indian, and in general all non-Western, religion, theology and philosophy are somehow primitive and unscientific — mere mythology and superstition. Fortunately this arrogant, irrational view is now dissipating, and people all over the world are beginning to appreciate the staggering wealth of spiritual philosophy and science available in the Sanskrit literature of India. In other words, many intelligent people no longer consider traditional Western religion or empirical science, which has virtually superseded religion as the official Western dogma, necessarily authoritative merely because the West has politically and economically subdued other geographic and ethnic configurations of humanity. Thus there is now hope that spiritual issues can be contested and resolved on a philosophical level and not merely by a crude test of arms.
Next this verse points out that the rule of law will be applied unequally to the powerful and the powerless. Already in many nations justice is available only to those who can pay and fight for it. In a civilized state, every man, woman and child must have equal and rapid access to a fair system of laws. In modern times we sometimes refer to this as human rights. Certainly human rights are one of the more obvious casualties of the age of Kali.
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Villa have 10 points from their opening eight games but have already played five of the Premier League's 'big six' and enjoyed wins over Arsenal and Manchester City.
Everton are next up and Lambert is looking forward to testing his side against a team that they should be looking to match at the very least.
"The thing for us is that in our start to the season we've played five of the top six which is an incredible thing to come through," said Lambert.
"You need a bit of respite at certain times from that. You can't keep going like that.
"The only one we haven't played yet is Manchester United so when you look at it like that, our points tally is pretty decent.
"I know this will be a hard game as Everton have been going well. They have a different way of playing now. It'll be a hard game but we're at home.
"They've have got off to a great start but those players have been there for a long time under David (Moyes).
"They're ahead of us regarding the stability they've had for a number of years now. Look at their defence and it's been there for years, the goalkeeper has been there for years, all the lads have known the football club for that length of time.
"They're ahead of us on that side of it, the stability. They were there under David and he did great at Everton. It was probably a good club to go in at that time but Roberto has done well."


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Hey Derek. I have been doing your endurance and coordination (the ten minute ones) exercices for 2 months with great results. Would you recommend them for developing speed in addition to endurance, or are there some other exercices you would recommend gaining for speed. I am content with where my hands are, but I would like to get my feet on par. I do realize foot speed comes gradually over time. Would you consider going from 130bpm to 150bpm (for 2mins+) in 3 months good progress? Time isn't an issue, I practice 4-8hrs a day normally. I know you are so much more then a double bass guy, but who better to ask? =) Thanks for your time.
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Fans of the Drew Ryniewicz, who was eliminated by Paula Abdul's vote, might thrill to hear that Paula had a tough time of it yesterday when the X Factor judges were on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, eventually getting up and storming off the set. And Lovers of Rachel Crow will doubtless feel the same.
So what happened to get Abdul so worked up? Well, to put it frankly, Kimmel was kind of... provocative. First he throws out a question for everyone save Simon: "Do you guys feel like you ganged up on Simon's contestants specifically because you want to win this competition?" All three immediately demur, with Nicole Scherzinger bearing an especially priceless "What could you talking about" face.
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The Bubble and Other Displays of Moral TurpitudeNorth American New Opera Workshop, Cincinnati, OH
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Four short operas, all the deadly sins
A vaudeville style opera about the housing bubble, an opera about Paula Deen, two operas about relationships gone bad, really bad, and all of it gets done in about an hour. It's a night of unexpected twists in four unexpectedly short American operas.
In order to turn the story of the U.S. housing bubble into a sitcom length opera, the creators revived unfamiliar tools that were common in the form's early years but haven't been used for centuries, such as bawdy catch canons and the use of a dancing, non-speaking major character.
In early 2012, a plot was hatched by the country's leading minds (well, okay, maybe not leading, per se, but pretty solidly second or third tier-ish,) to formulate a twenty-first century North American opera company for twenty-first century North American audiences. One that didn't have to rely solely on dead Germans or Italians for its creative influence, one that could actually tell entire stories in less than three hours, or less than an hour even.., heck, less than twenty minutes usually. In fact, we're already boring ourselves with this narrative. We formed, we're here, and we're kicking butt.
NANOWorks develops and stages short contemporary operas by emerging North American composers and dedicates itself to raising the spotlight on young singers, composers, librettists, directors, choreographers and other company artists to give them a stepping stone to national attention.
NANOWorks will build a generational and cultural bridge between Cincinnati's traditional opera lovers and those younger art audiences seeking a fresh, contemporary perspective. NANOWorks will also reach out to new audiences through educational programs in schools, satellite theaters and other unconventional venues.
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