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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Secret Escapes?
So how does Secret Escapes actually work?
At Secret Escapes, we think booking a holiday should be a fun, enjoyable and stress-free experience, so we decided to create a website where we hand-pick the best hotels and holidays and curate exclusive offers available only to our members. Our rates are the best you'll find online during our sale, that's our guarantee.
Every week we'll run short 'flash sales' lasting around ten days each - the time left is indicated on each individual sale. There may be as many as 140 sales going on at any one time, but we'll email you to let you know what's coming up during the week.
It's worth noting that, although all of our prices are better than anywhere else online during a flash sale, the availability of our lowest advertised rates may be limited.
By hand-picking hotels and holidays for members, Secret Escapes acts as an agent for the suppliers, tour operators and hotels featured on the site.
Why book with us?
Our ethos from day one has been to offer luxury hotels and holidays, at home and abroad, at prices better than anywhere else online - guaranteed.
As a member of Secret Escapes, you can rest assured that our rates are exclusive to you and cannot be beaten while our sale is live, leaving you safe in the knowledge that you needn't shop around once you've found your perfect getaway. In fact, if you look elsewhere online for the best price, we're certain to beat it. There's no fuss - you pick the dates you stay before you pay.
We also try to make sure that all of our members see the value of booking with us. All of our offers are hand-picked by our team of travel experts, and we always try and secure little extras, like room upgrades, spa treatments or discounts, welcome gifts or even evening meals and cream teas - anything to make your stay extra special.
The Secret Escapes Price Guarantee
Guaranteed best rates online
What is the Secret Escapes Price Guarantee?
Our contracting team works hard hand-picking some fabulous deals, and our flash sale offers beat the best price you will find on the open market during our period of sale. We scour the internet far and wide to make sure we offer the lowest rates available. You shouldn't have to shop around - we guarantee our exclusive rates are not bettered elsewhere.
If we were to ever see a lower price for one of our flash sales, we'd immediately cancel the sale and either push for better discounts and extras for our members (like champagne on arrival, a room upgrade or a three-course meal) if we were to feature that hotel or holiday again, or just drop the deal altogether.
Flash sales is what we do, and we hope you agree we do it well. We'll do our best to inspire you to try something, or somewhere, different. But, we also know that you may come to our site already with an idea of where and when to go away. If you search for a specific destination, with dates, and we have none – or a limited number – of flash sales available, we may show you hotels from our collection – these hotels are marked in teal colour displayed underneath our flash sales, and are price-matched against the best price online. They're not flash sales, but recommended hotels that we don't have a flash sale for right now. These hotels – though displayed at the best online price, are not as discounted as our flash sales, which are better than the best online price. We just want to make sure you get what you need at the best price possible.
What happens if I find one of your flash sales cheaper elsewhere?
It's up to us to make sure that this never happens - and luckily it hasn't, so far. But, should you find a price elsewhere that has sneaked under our radar, please contact us on firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll remove the offer from our site and renegotiate with our supplier.
How do you calculate the price and the discounts?
All of our flash sales are sold at exclusive members-only rates, cheaper than anywhere else online. The top rate advertised is the highest possible saving you can achieve with a particular offer and usually - but not always - represents the lowest price you could pay. Sometimes you may end up paying even less than the rate advertised, but there may only be a few available dates at these super low prices. The 'up to' price reductions are valid when the sale is set live.
We advertise the price after checking and re-checking the rates numerous times before setting a sale live. When a sale is set live on our site, we always ensure that our 'lead-in' rate - the price advertised at the top of the offer page - constitutes at least 10% of our total number of available dates for that sale.
Naturally, this leading 'best' rate advertised is usually the most popular, and often sells out before the remaining dates. Therefore, you may notice that a few days after the sale goes live, we're advertising a slightly higher 'lead' rate. This is only when the original rates have sold out and, if this happens, we will inform you of this change next to the new price. Full details of how our prices are calculated are available in the 'more details' section of each individual offer.
You should note that packages - offers that include travel - are priced per person, not per room.
Smart Stays
What is a Smart Stay?
Some days you fancy a Michelin star dinner, others, a sandwich in the park is just what you need. Hotel stays are the same. Sure, you love a log fire, a copper bath and toiletries that cost more than your car, but sometimes the hotel isn't the focus, because the destination itself is so exciting or beautiful.
With this in mind we've launched Smart Stays: a collection of simple, purse-friendly stays that may not have the bells, whistles and pillow menus of our core product. Instead, they offer a clean, smart base for the savvy traveller who wants to experience an incredible new destination without blowing the budget on an opulent hotel that they'll spend very little time in.
Are Smart Stays hotels guaranteed to be rated four and five-star? No, but they're still hand-picked by us with the same level of care and consideration that we pay to our core hotels and holidays. The hotels and destinations featured in our Smart Stays collection have been chosen to make that dream destination an affordable reality.
What do I get?
What do I get when I join?
We offer our members discounts of up to 70% on hand-picked boutique hotels and luxury holidays. If it's on flash sale on Secret Escapes, you won't find it cheaper anywhere else while we sell it - that's our guarantee.
Who can join?
Everyone, we love you all.
How often will you send me emails?
We'll be sending a weekly summary (on Monday) of all the sales that are coming up during the next seven days, as well as reminders when the new sales start - just so you don't miss out. You can opt out of any of the emails at any time, and we've recently launched a new contact preferences selector, where you can take a break from our daily emails and just receive our weekly summary.
Making a purchase
Why can't I see your prices?
You're probably not logged in yet. Once you're logged in and have selected an offer that appeals to you, the price should now appear with full offer details to the right of the picture gallery.
How do I buy?
You can buy just as you would on any other travel website, or you can pay £25 to hold a room while you decide.
What's a 'hold'?
Our members can 'hold' a date until the end of the sale by paying £25. Organising a holiday takes time, we know that. Especially when you're travelling with others, organising several trips or just need time to plan - we understand that you may not be able to commit to a booking straight away.
To give you a bit more time to ponder, you can pay £25 to reserve a date in the calendar while you decide, meaning that no-one else will be able to book the date you hold (which will remain held until the offer expires). If you decide to book your trip, the £25 will automatically come off the total price and, if not, no problem - we'll credit the money back to your Secret Escapes account.
Important - a hold is NOT a deposit on a booking and is not a guaranteed, completed or confirmed booking. It's just a handy feature to prevent other members from pipping you to the post and booking this date.
Unfortunately, because the hotels and holidays that we feature are available to buy elsewhere (albeit not at the exclusive rates our members enjoy), the supplier may occasionally sell out while you're deciding. If that does happen, the date will be closed to sale and all holds will automatically be cancelled and the money refunded as credit on your Secret Escapes account. We will, of course, notify you if this should happen.
Please see our terms and conditions for more information.
What is a 'deposit-only' offer?
'Deposit-only' means that you only have to pay for part of the holiday now and the rest at a later date - before you travel, of course. We've added this to enable our members to get early-bird access to more amazing holidays, and because planning and paying for a holiday can take time.
Why can't I pay the full amount?
We offer these deposit-only holidays to give our members the chance to secure their holiday without having to pay the full amount up front. The supplier will contact you on the appropriate date before you travel to collect the remainder of the balance - but you can certainly pay the balance before the due date if you contact the supplier directly. The supplier details can be found in your booking confirmation.
...and if I don't pay the rest of the money by the time it's due?
Once you've paid the deposit to us, the supplier or tour operator will liase directly with you regarding the remaining balance. This is a non-refundable deposit - meaning if you don't pay the additional balance monies, you will lose the deposit.
What does paying the deposit guarantee me?
It guarantees you the holiday - simple as that. Once a deposit has been paid, you have entered into a legal contract with the tour operator and must follow their T&C's - just as you would if you had paid the full cost upfront.
How do I pay the balance and are there any charges?
The supplier will contact you when the balance is due - you will pay the balance directly with the supplier. Some suppliers may charge a small fee for using a credit card, but the supplier will notify you of this.
Booking fees and charges
What fees are included in the total price?
We do our best to keep fees and taxes to a minimum, but we may have to charge a small booking fee and a separate surcharge dependent on your method of payment. If these charges apply, you will be notified of the fee before you buy.
What is the booking fee?
A booking fee is a small administrative fee charged by Secret Escapes when you pay for your hotel or holiday with us. This fee helps us provide customer support and helps us cover the cost of transactions on our website. For total transaction values that cost less than £99, there will be no booking fee at all, and the most we'll charge per total transaction is £20 regardless of whether you've just spent £350 or £35,000.
What do I get for my booking fee?
Regardless of what you pay, by charging a small booking fee (depending on the size of your overall transaction value), we're able to provide our members (that's you) with a dedicated team on hand to help with any queries you may have about your booking. And importantly, even WITH a booking fee, the total price of your booking on Secret Escapes is still absolutely the lowest you will find anywhere else online.
Invitations and credits
How do I share Secret Escapes with my friends?
We love it when people share - in fact, we've totally incentivised it. You receive credit when the friends you invite (using your very own referral link) join Secret Escapes. £5 when five of your friends join, £25 when 25 join and £50 when 50 of your friends have joined using your link. You also get £25 credit for each purchase your friends make with us.
What happens if more than one person recommends Secret Escapes to someone, who gets the £25 credit?
The person eligible for the £25 credit would be the one whose email the user clicked on.
Will there be a cash alternative to £25 credit for recommending a friend?
No. The £25 credit can only be used against purchases on Secret Escapes.
Our offers - the small print…
What is my relationship as a customer with Secret Escapes once I've booked?
Secret Escapes is a travel agent, hand-picking and showcasing unbeatable and exclusive deals for its members. Once a customer has made a booking on Secret Escapes, the customer has effectively entered a contract with the hotel or supplier with which the booking was made. Why? Well, Secret Escapes is selling the hotel or tour operator's product, and therefore it is up to the hotel, tour operator or supplier in question to ensure the customer gets what they paid for.
Where do you get your star ratings from?
We hand-pick the hotels and holidays we offer to you guys - our members. The star rating is a useful classification of the accommodation and reflects the standard of the establishment in its own country. A five-star London hotel may feel different to a five-star hotel in Athens or Istanbul, but we go to great lengths to ensure that each hotel we sell reaches and exceeds OUR standards, which we feel are far more important than an arbitrary star rating.
I'm not happy with the flight times I've been given?
As we're acting on behalf of a supplier or tour operator when offering holidays that include flights, we're not in control of the flight times and cannot offer alternatives directly. If you've booked a holiday with us that includes flights and you're not happy with the times of travel, but they are as advertised when you made your booking, unfortunately, we can't do anything about it. If the flight times have changed since you have made the booking and do not fall within the parameters suggested, please contact the supplier or tour operator directly.
My holiday includes flights - when do I get my exact flight times?
We always strive to ensure that our members have all of the information they need ahead of booking with us. If we sell a holiday that includes transport - be it flights, ferry, cruise or train - we will display the latest, most accurate travel times as supplied to us by our tour operator.
However, as we're an agent acting on behalf of a tour operator, the exact travel times are out of our control and may be subject to change according to the tour operator's terms and condition. We link to these terms and conditions in the 'travel details' section of each offer that includes travel, and we'll supply the flight times or range of flight times accordingly. You will receive your final, confirmed flight times from the tour operator when your booking has been confirmed by them. Suppliers differ in how they operate their confirmation process, but it is up to them to send you accurate flight times once your booking is confirmed.
For more information on flight times, please see our terms and conditions.
What if I have a complaint while I'm away?
If you're unhappy with any aspect of your hotel or holiday and you feel the experience you bought is/was not up to scratch - be it your room, the service, the food or the cleanliness - please take this issue up with the hotel management, your tour operator or resort representative. They will be able to deal with any issue you may have there and then, and we will assist you as much as possible in getting a resolution.
In massively rare cases, a customer may feel that the hotel or holiday is/was not as advertised by us - essentially, you didn't feel you received what you bought - again, immediately notify the hotel management, your tour operator or resort representative in the first instance for a speedy resolution. However, please also contact us on email@example.com We're here to make booking luxury travel a truly enjoyable experience, but we also need to know if things aren't as they should be. Your feedback is incredibly important to us.
If you have an issue with your flight - such as delays or cancellations - please contact the tour operator directly (an emergency contact number will be on your booking confirmation).
What if my booking is changed or cancelled?
We take immense care in making sure all details, prices and information we provide is correct. Very occasionally, we may have to correct an error in a deal we've advertised - this may take place before you book or just after. If we have to make a change to your booking after it has been made, we will do so having informed you as soon as possible, in line with our terms and conditions. Again - this is very rare.
In very rare cases (we're talking yeti-spotting, and the like), a supplier, tour operator or hotel may cancel a booking after it has been made on our site. This is completely out of our control, as the provider may have sold out of rooms or seats without updating us and is therefore unable to honour the booking. As we're an agent, and your contract once you've booked is with the provider, we'll support you in getting a refund or changing your dates. We (Secret Escapes) are not responsible for costs associated with a cancellation by the provider (for instance, you may have booked a hotel in Spain and immediately booked separate flights only for the hotel to cancel the booking) - this is why we always recommend that you buy travel insurance to cover against cancellations.
For further information about changes and cancellations, please see our terms and conditions.
The boring, but VERY important stuff
Are your suppliers member of ATOL?
ATOL is a protection scheme for air holidays and flights managed by the Civil Aviation Authority ("CAA").
All tour operators and travel firms selling air holiday packages and flights in the UK are required by law to hold a license called an Air Travel Organiser's License ("ATOL"). All of our tour operators offering flight-inclusive holidays have their own ATOL number.
ATOL protects you from losing your money or being stranded abroad. Holiday packages (with flights) sold on Secret Escapes are always ATOL protected by the Civil Aviation Authority. The ATOL number of the particular agent will be shown in the sale details. ATOL protection does not apply to all holiday and travel services shown on this website, only to "with flights" packages.
Do I need to book travel insurance?
We would always recommend you book travel insurance whenever you book a break. Travel insurance has to be the least glamorous aspect of buying a holiday, we understand that. But it's also one of the most important steps in ensuring your holiday is a great success. We recommend that all of our members booking with us should purchase adequate travel insurance for the type of trip they take - whether it's a foreign holiday or a UK break.
Depending on your level of protection (and we'd always recommend a comprehensive plan), travel insurance covers you against cancellations, healthcare, family emergency, baggage, supplier failure and a whole host of other potential issues. It's always best to be on the safe side...
Am I covered by ATOL?
We're required by law to sell packages (holidays with travel included) only with suppliers and tour operators that are ATOL protected. So, if you've bought a package holiday with us, you are covered - and you will find the appropriate ATOL reference number on your travel documentation. If you've booked a hotel only with us - with no travel included - you're NOT covered by ATOL and must take out adequate (we prefer 'comprehensive'!) travel insurance.
Many of the flights and flight-inclusive holidays on this website are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. But, ATOL protection does not apply to all holiday and travel services listed on this website. Please ask us to confirm what protection may apply to your booking. If you do not receive an ATOL Certificate then the booking will not be ATOL protected. If you do receive an ATOL Certificate but all the parts of your trip are not listed on it those parts will not be ATOL protected. Please see our booking conditions for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: www.atol.org.uk/ATOLCertificate.
What is End Supplier Failure Cover?
More and more people are now booking parts of their trips separately, rather than choosing to buy a package holiday. End Supplier Failure occurs when an independent supplier, such as an airline or hotel, goes bankrupt. Cover for this is usually only part of a comprehensive insurance policy, so be sure to select one that includes it before you travel - ideally immediately after you've paid for your hotel or holiday with us.


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Judges Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. J-1)
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Marginal note:Personnel
26.2 (1) The Commission may engage the services of any persons necessary for the proper conduct of the Commission.
Marginal note:Presumption
(2) No person engaged under subsection (1) shall, as a result, be considered to be employed in the federal public administration.
- 1998, c. 30, s. 5;
- 2003, c. 22, s. 224(E).
Marginal note:Costs payable
26.3 (1) The Commission may identify those representatives of the judiciary participating in an inquiry of the Commission to whom costs shall be paid in accordance with this section.
Marginal note:Entitlement to payment of costs
(2) A representative of the judiciary identified under subsection (1) who participates in an inquiry of the Commission is entitled to be paid, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, two thirds of the costs determined under subsection (3) in respect of his or her participation.
Marginal note:Determination of costs
(3) An assessment officer of the Federal Court, other than a judge or a prothonotary, shall determine the amount of costs, on a solicitor-and-client basis, in accordance with the Federal Courts Rules.
Marginal note:Application
(4) This section applies to costs incurred in relation to participation in any inquiry of the Commission conducted after September 1, 1999.
- 2001, c. 7, s. 18;
- 2002, c. 8, s. 85;
- 2006, c. 11, s. 5;
- 2014, c. 39, s. 320.
Definition of "judiciary"
26.4 In sections 26, 26.1 and 26.3, "judiciary" includes the prothonotaries of the Federal Court.
- 2014, c. 39, s. 321.
Allowances for Incidental, Non-accountable and Representational Expenses
Marginal note:Allowance for incidental expenditures actually incurred
27. (1) On and after April 1, 2000, every judge in receipt of a salary under this Act is entitled to be paid, up to a maximum of $5,000 for each year, for reasonable incidental expenditures that the fit and proper execution of the office of judge may require, to the extent that the judge has actually incurred the expenditures and is not entitled to be reimbursed for them under any other provision of this Act.
Marginal note:Additional allowance for northern judges
(2) On and after April 1, 2004, there shall be paid to each judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador resident in Labrador and each judge of the Supreme Court of Yukon, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut Court of Justice who is in receipt of a salary under this Act, in addition to the allowance provided by subsection (1), a non-accountable yearly allowance of $12,000 as compensation for the higher cost of living in Labrador and in the territories.
Marginal note:Additional allowance — Federal Courts and Tax Court of Canada
(3) There shall be paid to every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court and the Tax Court of Canada who is in receipt of a salary under this Act, in addition to the allowance provided by subsection (1), a non-accountable yearly allowance of $2,000 as compensation for special incidental expenditures inherent in the exercise of their office as judge.
(3.1) [Repealed, 2002, c. 8, s. 86]
Marginal note:Continuance in force of subsection (3)
(4) Subsection (3) shall continue in force for so long as subsection 57(2) continues in force in relation to judges of superior courts in the provinces.
Marginal note:Idem
(5) The additional allowances described in subsections (2) and (3) are deemed not to be travel or personal or living expense allowances expressly fixed by this Act.
Marginal note:Representational allowance
(6) On and after April 1, 2004, each of the following judges is entitled to be paid, as a representational allowance, reasonable travel and other expenses actually incurred by the judge or the spouse or common-law partner of the judge in discharging the special extra-judicial obligations and responsibilities that devolve on the judge, to the extent that those expenses may not be reimbursed under any other provision of this Act and their aggregate amount does not exceed in any year the maximum amount indicated below in respect of the judge:
(a) the Chief Justice of Canada, $18,750;
(b) each puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, $10,000;
(c) the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal and each chief justice described in sections 12 to 21 as the chief justice of a province, $12,500;
(d) each other chief justice referred to in sections 10 to 21, $10,000;
(e) the Chief Justices of the Court of Appeal of Yukon, the Court of Appeal of the Northwest Territories and the Court of Appeal of Nunavut, and the senior judges of the Supreme Court of Yukon, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut Court of Justice, $10,000 each;
(f) the Chief Justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, $10,000; and
(g) the Senior Judge of the Family Court, and each regional senior judge, of the Superior Court of Justice in and for the Province of Ontario, $5,000.
(7) [Repealed, 2006, c. 11, s. 6]
Marginal note:Judge acting in place of recipient
(8) Where any justice or judge mentioned in subsection (6), other than a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, is unable to discharge the obligations and responsibilities referred to in that subsection or the office of that justice or judge is vacant, the judge who acts in the place of that justice or judge is entitled to be paid the representational allowance provided for that justice or judge.
Marginal note:Definitions
(9) In this section,
- "chief judge"
"chief judge"[Repealed, 2002, c. 8, s. 86]
"chief justice"
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"chief justice", except in paragraphs (6)(a) and (c), includes a senior associate chief justice and an associate chief justice;
- "senior county court judge"
"senior county court judge"[Repealed, 1990, c. 17, s. 31]
"senior judge"
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"senior judge" of the Supreme Court of Yukon, of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories or of the Nunavut Court of Justice means the judge with the earliest date of appointment to the court in question who has not made an election under subsection 29(1) or 32.1(1) or, in the case of more than one such judge having been appointed on the same day, the judge that the Governor in Council may designate as the senior judge.
- R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 27;
- R.S., 1985, c. 50 (1st Supp.), s. 5, c. 27 (2nd Supp.), s. 4, c. 51 (4th Supp.), s. 14;
- 1989, c. 8, s. 10;
- 1990, c. 17, s. 31;
- 1992, c. 51, s. 8;
- 1993, c. 28, s. 78;
- 1996, c. 30, s. 2;
- 1998, c. 15, s. 29;
- 1999, c. 3, s. 73;
- 2000, c. 12, s. 168;
- 2001, c. 7, s. 19;
- 2002, c. 7, ss. 190, 277(E), c. 8, s. 86;
- 2006, c. 11, s. 6;
- 2012, c. 31, s. 213.
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- Release Date: Nov 24, 2004
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An ambitious disaster, Alexander is the rare historical portrait that leaves you feeling as though you know less about its subject than you did upon entering the theater.
A movie that has neither dramatic focus nor a single memorable performance, aside from one or two that are memorable for the wrong reasons?
As huge a travesty and a bore as 1956's "Alexander the Great," in which Richard Burton looked equally uncomfortable as a blond.
A dreary, overlong and occasionally laughable classical epic about the great Macedonian world conqueror, it's guilty of a sin that no Stone film has ever committed: It's boring.
Although inexplicable brogues and burrs appear and disappear, and although Stone post-produces the dickens of his movie trying to generate the maximum spit-fog of sound and fury, Alexander manages to be as dull as the Victor Mature films of the 1950s, which barely moved at all.
This is the costliest, most logistically complex feature of the filmmaker's career, and it appears that the effort to wrangle so many beasts, from elephants to movie stars and money men, along with the headaches that come with sweeping period films, got the better of him.
Like every other second of more than 10,000 seconds in Alexander, it doesn't engage in the least.
A movie celebrating the life of the greatest military conqueror the world has ever known should feature a bit more conquering.
There's no zest to the general depravity, no coherence to the script or the spectacle -- clarity is missing in some of the camera work -- and, most important, no character to give a Greek fig about.
After the three hours--though it seemed longer--I was still bewildered. Stone is a unique and fiery talent. Why did he make this film?
This movie is an act of hubris so huge that, in Alexander's time, it would draw lightning bolts from contemptuous gods. Today it will get sniggers from stunned critics and a collective yawn from a public unlikely to share Stone's egomania.
Both the sex and the battle sequences here look like football plays drawn by an NFL coach and shot by the wide receiver's mother. Usually, even when I don't like a Stone film I admire its frenzied energy, but the editing here is as lethargic as the compositions are perfunctory.
Stone tries to make us like Alexander because he's good, when he should have made us want to watch Alexander because he's amazing.
It's astounding that the ingenious creator of "JFK" and "Wall Street" could make an epic on war and empire that's so utterly simplistic and unreflective.
It is, in a word, boring, and that's the most un-Oliver Stone adjective I can think of.
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Negative: 70 out of 131
Sep 12, 2014This review is based on Alexander Revisited, which is a longer, differently cut version, but still has just about the same stuff in it.This review is based on Alexander Revisited, which is a longer, differently cut version, but still has just about the same stuff in it.
Before this movie, I knew practically nothing about Alexander the Great (what little I had learned in school was long forgotten). After seeing this, the loving bond was inevitable: not only did it have actors I enjoyed watching, but characters to fall in love with as well. This is the single most interesting piece of history I would ever want to study.
People have a lot of different kind of opinions about this movie, and I understand that. For me, loving this movie comes from somewhere other than objectively judging its quality, and I have no way to actually defend my opinion (watching Colin Farrell make out with Jared Leto, just a bit, definitely would have won me over no matter what the content).
The movie seems a bit dragged out, the battle scenes are too chaotic and long (not to mention the final battle in India which is always the one I hate most), but outside those, there are many good elements. A journey of a man with a vision, yet those who follow him eventually grow tired of chasing after something they do not want. And yet, Alexander the Great was loved by many, and he conquered more than anyone probably thought possible. This movie shows just that - and perhaps a bit more.
The soundtrack of this movie is wonderful, within or without the movie. Vangelis did an amazing job on that.… Full Review »
Oct 4, 2011I found this movie to have great costume and action. I enjoyed watching the battle scene's the most. Very entertaining. I didn't like ColinI found this movie to have great costume and action. I enjoyed watching the battle scene's the most. Very entertaining. I didn't like Colin Farrell in this movie and Angelina is just a terrible actress but I still liked the movie overall.… Full Review »
julienc.Sep 7, 2005Bad movie, boring, flat.


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This is a healthy dish with a savory sauce that enhances the fresh flavor of the broccoli. It looks great and is easy to prepare. Try it-you'll love it! Mary Kisinger - Calgary, AB
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- 1/3 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 4-1/2 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 4-1/2 teaspoons hoisin sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 3 cups fresh broccoli florets
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh gingerroot
- 1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
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- 1. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and broth until smooth. Stir in the soy sauce, hoisin sauce and sesame oil; set aside.
- 2. In a large nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry broccoli in canola oil until crisp-tender. Add the onions, garlic and ginger; stir-fry for 3-4 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add shrimp; stir-fry 4-5 minutes longer or until shrimp turn pink.
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Tabarca Island was my favorite part of my trip to the southern part of the Alicante region of the Costa Blanca. The beaches in Alicante follow a general rule (in my opinion, at least): if you can reach them easily, they're not very good. In other words, the easy beaches are jam packed and overdeveloped, and the pristine hidden coves are on dirt roads outside the city. If you want that same virgen-beach feel but are traveling (like me) without a car, I'd recommend hopping one of the "Tabarquera" boats that leave from Santa Pola marina (15euros round trip) and heading to Isla de Tabarca.
Tabarca is a small island divided into two sections, a maritime village and a nature reserve, with a pleasant sandy beach and some restaurants occupying the middle part. This beach, while probably the most beautiful on the island, was packed when we went (as occurs in July and August). But, you can head to the natural side of the island and find some peaceful, uncrowded coves with sparkling emerald water, plenty of fish, and some neat little islands you can swim out to and explore. If you head towards the natural side of the island on the right side (the side towards the ocean, not the mainland), you'll find the most accessible coves about 50-100meters down. On the other side (the side that faces the mainland), the coves are rockier and more shallow, but also less crowded. In fact, there was only one other couple there with us, which says a lot considering that the main beach was crowded as hell.
The village side is gorgeous in a very crumbling and sun-bleached sort of way. It's kind of what I'd imagine Sicily looks like. Lots of stone buildings charmingly falling apart with intensely colored flowers shooting out of every nook and cranny. You can walk along the city walls and see the Llop Mari caves (an amazing grotto with cliffs that local youths jump off of into the water), the quarry at the end (nothing special), and the gorgeous cathedral jutting out over the sea. Just beautiful!
Definitely worth a whole day on the island! But, the sun can be intense, so make sure to be vigilant with the lotion. Also, the whole area is a marine reserve to make sure to bring snorkeling gear. You won't regret it!
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When three people died after eating soup made with toxic wild mushrooms earlier this month in Loomis, it provided a grim reminder of the dangers that come along with foraging for them.
The incident at Gold Age Villa, an eldercare home, garnered statewide attention on the issue during a time that coincides with experts say is a peak time for mushroom hunters in Northern California.
The California Department of Social Services is conducting an ongoing investigation of matter.
For those like naturalist Daniel Nicholson who never buy mushrooms from the grocery store, learning of the poisonings was sad on a number of levels.
"I'm certainly sad and disappointed any time someone gets sick and dies off of eating wild mushrooms because it broadcasts … more fear of wild mushrooms," said Nicholson, a biologist with the Yuba Watershed Institute. "And, of course, my reaction is being sad and disappointed for both the people that got hurt and died and their families, of course, but also my other reaction is disappointment in that they hadn't realized what mushroom was the culprit."
He said he and his peers believe the culprit to be Amanita phalloides, or the death cap mushroom – one of hundreds of varieties that can be found in the area.
Every year, Nicholson participates in the Nevada City Wild Mushroom Exposition hosted by the Yuba Watershed Institute. The Dec. 9 event has presentations, displays and workshops on seasonal Sierra mushrooms and aims to educate those interested on proper foraging techniques.
"We'll be training people and going up and sampling wild mushrooms," he said.
Ask Nicholson, and he'll say there's a definite learning curve. Ask California Poison Control System Executive director Stuart Heard, and he'll say save the risk, and buy them at a reputable store.
"It's a very simple message: Don't pick them and eat them, and don't take them from anybody even if they think they know what they are doing," Heard said when asked what advice he'd give to people about foraging wild mushrooms.
According to the California Poison Control System, 1,748 cases of mushroom ingestion were reported statewide in 2009-2010. The death cap is an example of one that could easily be confused with a perfectly safe mushroom in the same Amanita variety, Heard said.
"It's very difficult to distinguish between those that are harmful and those that are not harmful unless you're truly an expert," he said.
On that point, Nicholson agrees.
For those willing to devote the time to learning how to property identify wild mushrooms, the Auburn region has plenty to offer, he said. With the main season just beginning, white chanterelles and porcini mushrooms can be found at 4,000 and 5,000 feet, he said.
The old forager's adage of, "When in doubt, throw it out," is a good starting point, but the ability to properly identify both what is edible and what is poisonous is "imperative," Nicholson said.
"It's respect for the possibility of running into a toxic one," he said. "Positive identification is crucial and paramount. You can't get by without it and that is going to take practice, skill and observation."
Donald Simoni developed his love for foraging in his youth, providing the spores for thought that led to Mushrooms Adventures, his company based in Marysville that grows and sells about 500 pounds of mushrooms a week.
Though the ones he sells that can be found at retail stores and farmers markets such as the one in Auburn are not wild, he still has a heart for the hunt.
Mushroom hunting has strong cultural roots in the area, he said.
"When I was a younger boy, all the old Italian guys in the whole area used to head up toward Auburn and Colfax and out toward Grass Valley, and they picked porcini mushrooms, and (others)," Simoni said. "It was very common practice. … But I think as a lot of the old timers died off, a lot of the younger folks didn't get interested, and it just fell by the wayside."
His advice to beginners is to find a good identification book, but even that can be challenging in-and-of itself.
"If they are sharp people and can follow and read and ID, then they might be OK," Simoni said. "But the best way to go is to go with someone who has been doing it for years and can give you expert first-hand experience. That's the trick."
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B) "Spot Training" –
Immediate response : "And just how long have you been training that spot?"
You may receive threats to your person if you still believe this one. Okay, maybe not that extreme. However, it is a myth. Period. I don't give a CRAP what you read in "Cosmo". I am sure you learned a hundred different ways of an orgasm, and the how models are just better than everyone, which is pretty much the same crap that they have been telling us since day one. Do people still read this magazine?
1) Here. Just. Here.
2) From a Strength & Conditioning Coach.
3) "Gotta get them guns, B."
Immediate response: None. I just grin and shake my head. Then walk away.
I am going to tell you a couple of things that many bodybuilders don't quite understand, that could reduce their chance of injury, while still maximizing GAINZZZ, BRUH!!!
All kidding aside, I believe symmetry can still be achieved without attempting to isolate too many small muscles, instead treating them as the synergistic muscles they actually are. The point of strength training is just that – strength. Strength, as it is measured in competitive weightlifting, and functionality overall, is muscles working in unison to move heavier objects.
The definition according to Webster's.
: the quality or state of being physically strong
: the ability to resist being moved or broken by a force
: the quality that allows someone to deal with problems in a determined and effective way.
A single muscle that is stronger than its synergistic counterpart is not in balance. It means YOU are not strong, especially when put at risk of injury due to that imbalance. But don't just take my word for it.
A) http://www.sportandme.com/docs/sports/gym-and_body_building/body-part-isolation.html
B) The positives and negatives of both.
C) And here.
4) "Weights? I'm too old to start that."
Immediate response : "You're here now. As long as you can move, you can carry a load."
You're not dead. You take the TRX, Yoga classes, and walk on the treadmill, but everything except the weight room. I ask you why. You say "I am just focused on daily living, not trying to lift a car". Right. That's why everyone is here. To lift a car.
Look, I wouldn't bother with this, but I see a lot of scared old people, male and female, who have said this on more than one occasion, as if they will wake up one day and not be able to stand up anymore, and begin to dessicate while still alive!!!!! Muahahahahahah!
Ok, no. I realize many of these people are just set in their way, but I have also noticed many of these people grew up in the Golden Age of Madison Avenue, and just didn't seem to believe that the people who sold them their products would lie to them. So, if they read something somewhere, in some magazine, it is now the sole truth. You can't tell them anything now. They are plucky individuals, and they got this far without you stickin' your nose in where it don't belong.
Then you hear about their health issues, and how they were basically told they had to start exercising, some due to hypertension, some due to spinal issues. They are loaded with prescriptions, and really don't know what each one does, or why they're taking them, or whether or not their doctor might be receiving incentives to prescribe. The don't ask.
These folks frustrate me the most, because the excuses they tell me are just pure nonsense. The sources, if any, are a joke, but what do you know? You don't write in a magazine, now do you???
Many of these people have had a scare. They feel they are losing control of their lives as things began happening to them that they don't fully understand. The idea of having to trust someone else with information is almost traumatic in itself to them, as everything they thought they had known was wrong. They may have made huge contributions to their own bodily deterioration. I totally get that. However, facts don't change. They are here for guidance. You must acknowledge that you may have never been in control as much as you thought you were, but with help, you can be more than you had been.
So, here you are.
A) http://consumer.healthday.com/encyclopedia/aging-1/misc-aging-news-10/seniors-and-weightlifting-never-too-late-647213.html
B) http://healthyliving.azcentral.com/should-lift-heavy-weights-after-40-7887.html
C) http://www.npr.org/2011/02/21/133776800/seniors-can-still-bulk-up-on-muscle-by-pressing-iron
There are more myths, but I am not a Mythbuster. I try to provide information for you, but that's all I can do. If you are still having issues with everything you are learning, then read this first – "http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/10/19/fighting-cognitive-dissonance-the-lies-we-tell-ourselves/"
Now talk to a mental health professional. Understand what your own blockages are to success when someone is trying to help you. Really, that's all I want to do. There is a lot of information available to you, and I would love to help you find it. Or just help you through it.
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The arrest came after police were alerted earlier on Tuesday by the building's janitor, who had noted a bad smell in the basement. Leinonen said several packages containing the remains of the foetuses were found in a storage room belonging to the woman, who had moved to the building several months ago.
Forensic tests were pending. Initial results suggested the foetuses were almost full-term, but badly decomposed, the police inspector said.
The woman has told police the foetuses were stillborn, and that she had given birth to them several years earlier when living in another location in Oulu, which also being investigated.
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I just rearranged my home office and the Mac (running iTunes) is now about as far away from the receiver/amp as it can be. It's looking like the only way to connect the Mac to my receiver is to run an audio cable up the wall, through the attic, across the room, back down the opposite wall, and into the audio system ...
... to the tune of about 40 to 50 feet of cable distance.
I think I had a length like this a while back and I vaguely remember getting some hiss, although I don't know for a fact if that was the cable length causing that or something else.
Right now I've got a spool of 18 gauge speaker wire, would that do the job?
I guess it's two questions.
1) How much length is too much to connect a computer to a receiver?
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Are these wireless solutions of high audio quality?
Airport is a wifi station. Data is transmitted digitally and therefore does not influence sound quality.
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Are these wireless solutions of high audio quality?
Airport is a wifi station. Data is transmitted digitally and therefore does not influence sound quality.
32kbps mp3 is digital
but both the suggested solutions allow lossless, so no quality loss.
Assuming the OP likes the existing (via a Mac) interface, and doesn't want to replace their (probably) non-Airport receiver, I'd try a long, reasonably well screened cable. Beware of earth loops, different phases of mains wiring at the two outlets, and running the wire close to (especially in parallel with) other cables (it can pick up interference this way). If the computer has a digital output, and the receiver has a digital input, use that if it's SPDIF (coaxial) - I have no experience of using TOSlink (optical) over a long distance.
The choice of wire matters, but it doesn't need to be expensive. I ran SPDIF over 50m (164ft) of the worse coaxial cable imaginable, and it worked fine except when I switched the florescent lights on.
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This is Shepherd of the Hills' 20th anniversary of portraying "The Living Way of the Cross" prayer and devotion. The students from Shepherd of the Hills Catholic School in Eden are bringing to life the dramatic story of Jesus's passion and death. This story "The Living Way of the Cross" illustrates Jesus' journey to Calvary in 14 stations or scenes.
This dramatization has proven to be a moving experience for young and old, and has brought to life for many, the impact of Christ's betrayal and crucifixion. It has been performed for the last 20 years by our students to our parish family, area nursing homes, elementary and high schools, religious education programs and the area community.
This year we will be performing at Saint Mary's Church in Fond du Lac for the St. Mary's Springs Academy grade school and high school students. We will also once again be traveling to area nursing homes, which the students in the Living Way cast truly enjoy doing. The Living Way has always brought special meaning to Holy Week.
We will also be hosting a dramatization at our very own parish site for various Catholic Schools throughout the state. This dramatization will be held on Tuesday, March 19 at 10:30 a.m.
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Performances are open to the public and free of charge. Come share the spiritually moving Lenten reflection on the Passion of Christ through "The Living Way of the Cross."
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