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Summer means sun, shorts, sandals, bathing suits, and bronzed skin. But with beach hair and shorter hemlines comes the dangers that not only instigate the probability of skin cancer, but the aging process as well. Sun exposure is, essentially, subjecting yourself to sun damage but in the same note, avoiding the outdoors altogether is both impractical and nearly impossible. Thus, taking preventative measures in preparing and caring for it are crucial in keeping your skin in tip-top condition for the ultimate skin-baring season.
Understanding the Dangers of Overexposure
Sun exposure isnt necessarily bad it is a key source of Vitamin D. As with all good things, however, keep exposure in moderation. The ideal maximum is 15 minutes before 10 a.m. or after 2 p.m. Anything over is considered overexposure, and any exposure during midday when the sun is at its harshest should be limited (if not altogether avoided). Sun rays at this time of day are 10% UVB and 90% UVA: a combination that can cause melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
UVA vs. UVB Rays: Whats the difference?
Rays used to be nondescript, and UV protection was generalized. More recent and in depth research has shown that there are two kinds of UV rays: - UVA and UVB rendering standard sunscreens inadequate. Do look for sun blocks that offer protection from both types.
UVA Rays
On average, most people have already been exposed to large amounts of UVA rays throughout their lifetimes. Though less intense than UVB rays, UVA rays are 3050 times more prevalent and are present during all hours of daylight even on the cloudiest of days making it necessary to incorporate SPF protection into your everyday routine.
Wrinkles and sunspots are largely caused by these rays.
Able to penetrate glass and deep into the skin, these rays speed up the aging process and contribute to if not initiate the development of skin cancers below the surface.
UVB Rays
UVB rays cause sun burns and reddening.
While UVA rays penetrate beyond the superficial layers, UVB rays damage the skins surface layers. Its intensity differs by time of day, locale, forecast, and season, but still holds potential in causing sun damage. These are the rays responsible for change in darkness of
skin pigmentation
age spots
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Sun Damage and Aging
Signs associated with aging -
skin thinning
(also known as
age spots
uneven pigmentation
are the aftermath of sun damage. Ninety-percent of wrinkles are caused by the sun, and while intentional overexposure (tanning, sunbathing) is incredibly harmful, two-thirds of all sun damage is, surprisingly, incidental (walking the dog, driving).
Thus said, sunscreen is not limited to the poolside or beach it should be
applied on a daily basis
. Opt for moisturizers and body lotions with SPF, and if possible, always choose a higher SPF for your face. Dont forget your hands especially when driving. Hands are an instant giveaway to your true age, so invest in a
hand cream
that offers SPF protection.
Summer Skin Tips
In addition to following these tips, dress to protect. Lightweight, cotton cover-ups along with a cap or broad-brimmed hat will act as shields from harmful UV rays.
Apply sunscreen religiously.
Its a surefire way of protecting your skin. Always apply sunscreen 20 minutes prior to allow time for the product to absorb into the skin; re-apply every few hours or as needed. Look for sunscreens that offer protection for both UVA and UVB rays keep in mind that a high SPF number is no longer enough.
Use a cleanser with salicylic or glycolic acid.
Dry, combination, and/or sensitive skin should completely avoid this and instead opt for one of Mario Badescus cream soaps. Combination/oily to oily skin types are more suitable for cleansers containing one of the two acids. Both loosen dead skin cells and encourage cell turnover, in effect helping shed damage while keeping the complexion clean to prevent future breakouts. Do note, however, that salicylic acid increases sensitivity to the sun. Save these cleansers for use at nighttime, and moisturize during the day with extra SPF protection.
Moisturize with SPF.
Applying moisturizer with SPF is essential regardless of the season. With the onset of warmer weather, however, consider switching your current moisturizer for another with higher SPF and lighter formulation to prevent sun spots, freckles, and early signs of aging.
and just moisturize, period.
Summer sun in combination with the heat, humidity, and air conditioning will wreak havoc on your skin. Moisturize with SPF before sun, and use a richer lotion after sun, after bath, and before bed to keep skin hydrated, soft, and smooth.
Dont skimp on eye creams and lip protection.
Sun exposure will gradually thin skin and cause wrinkles. Protect the delicate areas of your face with appropriate creams and balms. Continue to use an eye cream, but if your usual cream feels too heavy for summer, replace your current product with a lighter formulation or use only at night. Apply and liberally re-apply a lip balm with SPF, like Mario Badescus
Lip Wax with SPF 15
Protect your hands and feet too.
Your neck, chest, and hands are an instant giveaway to your true age. After moisturizing your face with the
Oil-Free Moisturizer SPF 30
, bring it down to your neck as well. Be sure to apply sunscreen to your chest area as it is one of the areas of your body more susceptible to sunburn. Invest in a hand cream that offers SPF protection, and apply it at least 20 minutes before driving keep in mind that two-thirds of all sun damage is purely incidental.
Also, with summer comes open-toed shoes and sandals, so be sure to exfoliate, moisturize, and protect exposed feet as well. Take into account that sunscreen will rub off faster than it would from the rest of your body from rubbing against the straps of your shoes and abrasive sand. Thus, it is recommended to re-apply more frequently to prevent burnt feet.
Boost your block with antioxidants.
Skincare products containing antioxidants like Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and green tea can help reverse sun damage. Try serums such as our
Vitamin C Serum
, suitable for all skin types to help boost your block.
Keep hydrated.
Drink water throughout the day. If youre on the go, try bringing a bottle and a container of fresh fruit on the go to prevent dehydration and heat stroke.
Depending on your skin type, exfoliate either 1-2 times a week if youre dry and 2-3 times a week if youre oily to help shed dead skin buildup and slough off previous sun damage. Doing so helps rejuvenate skin, leaving it soft and brighter.
Make the healthy switch.
As tempting as it is to lie in a tanning bed or sunbathe to get the ever-covetable summer skin, make the switch to self-tanners to achieve that color without yielding yourself to the dangers of overexposure. Try a sun-less tan like our
Self Tanning Lotion SPF 15
to build color gradually and, most importantly, healthily. (Beauty Tip: Our faces will always be a shade or two lighter than our body; to build color on your face as well, alternate between a tinted moisturizer and a facial self-tanner to achieve an even wash of sun-kissed color).
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Prescriptions of Controlled Drugs Rise for Teens
Nov. 29, 2010 -- Controlled medications are increasingly being prescribed for adolescents and young adults, even though abuse of such drugs has become a major public health concern, a new study shows.
Controlled medications were prescribed for 11.2% of visits by adolescents aged 15 to 19 to health care settings in 2007, up from 6.4% in 1994, according to researchers.
Similar medications were prescribed for 16.1% of young adults aged 20 to 29 in 2007, nearly twice the 8.3% recorded for this group of people in 1994.
"This increase was seen among males and females, in ambulatory offices and emergency departments, and for injury-related and non-injury related visits," say the researchers, led by Robert J. Fortuna, MD, MPH, of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.
The study is published online in advance of the December 2010 print edition of Pediatrics.
The researchers say a controlled medication was prescribed during 9.6% of all adolescent visits and 13.8% of young-adult visits for non-injury related reasons.
For injury-related visits, controlled drugs were prescribed at 14.5% of adolescent visits and 27% of young adult visits, the researchers write.
The statistics come from the National Ambulatory Medical Survey and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.
Potential for Drug Abuse
It is well-known that the nonmedical use of prescription drugs by adolescents and young adults has surpassed all illicit drugs, except marijuana, in recent years, and become a major public health concern, the researchers write.
These young people, between 15 and 19 and 20 and 29, are in the most likely age groups to abuse prescription drugs.
The increasing rate of prescribing controlled medications to young people may be contributing to the problem of abuse, the researchers suggest.
The rising trend in prescribing controlled medications was most pronounced for opioids for young adults, the researchers say.
The researchers say that although nonmedical use of opioid drugs among adolescents is starting to decline, emergency room visits involving nonmedical use of narcotic pain relievers more than doubled between 2004 and 2008.
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Author Matt Deighton will sign copies of his book "Molly and the Tornado" from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at The Bookshelf.
Molly was born on Sept. 11, 1999, on a small farm near Mexia, Texas. Molly came into Matt's life when she was 6 weeks old. Later in life, Molly moved to Greensburg with Matt. Her ability to meet people has given her many opportunities. She has walked the red carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival and has met survivors from disasters across the country. Molly's favorite snack is the last bite of a sandwich.
"It is a beautiful story that shares a powerful and comforting message," Deighton said. "Even though bad things can sometimes happen to us, we always find hope and joy in helping others."
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Improved treatment for children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and better diagnostic testing for adults with unusual expressions of CF have steadily increased the number of adults who need specialized care for this disease. More than half of all patients with CF are now 18 years of age, or older.
As the largest adult cystic fibrosis center in the United States, National Jewish Health provides ongoing treatment for more than 400 adults. We also have 25 ongoing clinical trials that evaluate the safety and effectiveness of new CF therapies and are part of the Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Network (TDN).
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May Co. chief to address record number of graduates
May 9, 2000
Gene S. Kahn, president and chief executive officer of The May Department Stores Company, will be the guest speaker for the 173rd commencement ceremony at Lindenwood University on Saturday, May 20. Undergraduate and graduate degrees will be conferred upon nearly 1,700 graduates, making this the largest commencement ceremony in Lindenwood history.
Raymond W. Harmon, chairman and chief executive officer of HASCO International, Inc., will be the featured speaker for the Lindenwood baccalaureate service to be held Friday, May 19 at the Robert F. Hyland Performance Arena. Harmon, of St. Charles, is the chairman of Lindenwood's board of directors.
During the baccalaureate service, Anne Pals (B.A., class of 1965) of St. Charles will receive the Lindenwood Alumni Merit Award for Volunteer Service and Randy Karraker (B.A., class of 1984) of St. Louis will receive the Lindenwood Alumni Merit Award for Professional Accomplishment. Pals is a community leader and volunteer. She is also a member of the Lindenwood University Board of Directors. Karraker is a sportscaster with KMOX-AM. He hosts the Blues Post-Game Open Line and Sports Open Line.
Janet Greiwe of St. Charles, Mo., is speaking for the senior class during Saturday¹s commencement. During the ceremony, an honorary doctorate of humane letters will be bestowed upon Kahn.
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Japanese Candidates Kick Off Campaign with Focus on Economy, Nuclear Power
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Leaders of Japan's major political parties kicked off campaigning Tuesday for this month's parliamentary elections in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima prefecture, where more than 100,000 people remain displaced from their homes.
Nuclear energy and reviving the stagnant economy are key issues in the Dec. 16 election, which Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's unpopular Democratic Party of Japan is expected to lose after three years in power.
The most likely outcome of the election is a coalition government composed of parties that could have competing interests. That would mean more gridlock despite urgent needs to tackle Japan's many complex problems, from reining in its national debt and coping with a graying population to reconstructing communities wiped out by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people and triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.
"By starting right here, we are reaffirming our belief that the reconstruction of Japan is not possible without the reconstruction of Fukushima. We hope to start Japan's rebirth," Noda told supporters in Iwaki. The city is just southwest of the 20-kilometer (12-mile) no-go zone surrounding the nuclear plant, which spewed radiation into the surrounding farmland and ocean.
In Fukushima city, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) west of the plant, LDP's hawkish leader Shinzo Abe told crowds that his party could be trusted to revive the economy and restore national confidence.
"We need an economy that will reward our sweat and hard work and make us wealthy and increase our income," said Abe, the front-runner to become the next prime minister. "We will create a Japan in which those born in this country will feel joy, and regain a nation in which our children will be proud to be born in Japan. I ask you to lend us your hand."
For Kazuo Okawa, a plumber who had worked at the Fukushima plant as a contractor, politicians' speeches are an empty show. He said no candidates have come to the evacuation center where he lives, a former high school near Tokyo where 160 people still remain.
Government officials concede they don't know when residents who lived around the nuclear plant will be able to return to their homes.
"Those politicians are discussing policies in Tokyo, Osaka or wherever, far away from us. We've always had to reach out for help," Okawa said in a telephone interview.
Still, he said he is closely watching the elections. He is now opposed to nuclear power, a position held by most Japanese, polls show.
Noda's DPJ says it plans to phase out nuclear power by the 2030s. The newly formed Tomorrow Party of Japan is going further, calling for a nuclear-free society within 10 years, although plans for how it would support alternative forms of energy are sketchy.
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DOE to Invest $49 Million in 24 Solar Projects and Solar Training
DOE announced on June 11 its selection of 24 projects to research, develop, and design new manufacturing and product improvements that could cut costs for a substantial segment of the solar photovoltaic industry in the near future. The competitively-selected projects will be eligible for a total of up to $22 million in Recovery Act funds, which will be matched by more than $50 million in cost-shared funding from private partners. The projects include new manufacturing processes, films, and coatings for solar photovoltaic devices; monitoring devices that can be used to control the manufacturing process or for quality control; and entire solar power systems. The projects also include efforts to recycle scraps of solar-grade silicon produced during manufacturing, employ an ion beam to reduce the reflectance of solar modules, increase the light absorption of a solar cell by creating pits on its surface with a laser, trap light within thin crystalline silicon solar cells using diffraction gratings, and develop materials that "downshift" high-energy ultraviolet light to a lower-energy light that can be efficiently converted into electricity in a solar cell. See the list of the 24 new solar projects.
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DOE also announced plans to offer up to $27 million to develop the nation's infrastructure for solar installation training. DOE will fund this effort using $5 million from the Recovery Act, as well as $22 million in annual appropriations. The funds will go to a single national organization that will facilitate the development and distribution of model training curricula, best practices in training, and information on solar career pathways. A select number of regional training centers will also receive funding to offer solar instructors advanced courses on solar technologies, instructional design, and course development. The funds will help create green jobs by ensuring that a trained workforce is ready to support significant growth in solar energy. Applications are due on July 30. See the DOE press release and view the solicitation by searching the public opportunities on FedConnect for reference number DE-FOA-0000078.


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Roger rushes into round 2
Roger started his 50th straight major by defeating Germany's Tomas Kamke (ATP 78) 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 at the French Open today - equalling Jimmy Connors' record of 233 Grand Slam match victories!
"I get a great deal of pleasure playing here. When I play well, the numbers come with me. It's great to have played and won here so often. I hope it continues," Roger said.
Roger scored three out of four break points in the opening set and continued well, securing the important points. He was always in charge, but nevertheless accumuluated over 40 unforced errors and missed several rather certain opportunities. He never got into danger, though, and wrapped up the match after 117 minutes on a sixth match point.
Roger will next face Adrian Ungur (ATP 92) of Romania who eliminated David Nalbandian in four sets.
Just now saw pics of Lovely Federer Twins little angels on this link... God bless them..
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One more thing. You better adjust your shot speed, there is no time for tuning on the court, so you better practice well, and hit accurate fire power shots, and Listen, don't return & FEED LOOSE BALLS to your opponents who (Djokovic, Nadal) fire back at you. That's what ruins your game.
When one loves a player, as much as we love you, we only get more & more worried about your success. Lately, you have proved that you are the greatest player ever to play this sport at this age of 30, but now, you have reached the highest mountain ever - Roland Garros. If you win this time, you will be considered as good as number one! So, you better win this tournament, but concentrate on every moment of your game. Those unforced errors are NOT ACCEPTABLE
Best of luck!
Congratulations for this great record! 50th straight major and tieing Jimmy Connors' record of 233 Grand Slam match victories. You are like Iron Man, but also how beautiful you play! You are someone so special on and off the court. Please stay healthy and continue to play as long as possible.
Best of luck in the 2nd round.
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STOCKTON — Two people were shot and at least one sustained life-threatening injuries during a drive-by shooting Friday night in south Stockton, police said.
The Stockton Police Department responded to calls of a shooting in the 400 block of West Third Street at 8:39 p.m. Officers arrived at the scene to find two gunshot victims, one male and one female, said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department.
The female victim was taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center. Police could not provide information on the extent of her injuries.
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Federer achieves year of perfection with Masters Cup win (Bangkok Post)
Roger Federer capped off another dream season as he handcuffed big-match neophyte David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday with a dominating victory to lift a second straight trophy at the Masters Cup.
The Swiss genius won the 53rd title of his storied career as he lifted year-end honours in one hour, 38 minutes.
Federer ends his season with eight titles including three of the four Grand Slams and a prize money haul in excess of eight million dollars. He leaves with 1.2 million dollars for the week and a silver Mercedes R series car.
"It's been a great season for me. And finishing off the best players in the world, you know, also (Rafael) Nadal and all these guys in the Masters Cup.
"I'm so happy. This is year-end event and only the best can make it," said the winner who joins Ilie Nastase on four year-end titles.
Federer the 'best of all time' after Ferrer rout (The Standard)
Masters Cup finalist David Ferrer heaped praise on Roger Federer yesterday after being demolished by the Swiss defending champion in straight sets.
The Spaniard beat Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, the world Nos2 and 3, on his way to the final but said Federer was a class apart.
"Maybe Federer, Djokovic and Nadal are on another level to other players but Federer is different," said Ferrer, who was taken apart 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in just one hour and 38 minutes at Shanghai's Qi Zhiong Stadium.
"He can do it all. He serves very well, he has a very good forehand and backhand. He has no weak points.
"He's not just No1, he's the best in history. He has 12 Grand Slams and I'm sure he'll get the record."
Federer is proud of his season (Los Angeles Times)
After winning the Masters Cup in Shanghai, the world's No. 1 player says that this was a breakthrough year for him.
The words Roger Federer and breakthrough don't seem to belong in the same sentence. But why not let the tennis genius explain his word choice after winning the Masters Cup for the fourth time in five years?
Federer, who beat David Ferrer of Spain, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, in the final at Shanghai to officially end the 2007 season, cycled back to the start, at the Australian Open, and kept on going.
"I thought the way I won my first Grand Slam without losing a set [in Australia] . . . beat [Rafael] Nadal for the first time on clay," he said Sunday in a telephone interview from Shanghai. "I won my fifth Wimbledon, fourth U.S. Open and defended my No. 1 ranking -- that's why I thought this year was a breakthrough."
Roger Federer's final Shanghai flourish (Telegraph UK)
The time has come to wheel out the big guns. If no one else can beat Roger Federer, not when it matters at any rate, then it is time to bring on Pete Sampras. Maybe he can succeed where so many before have failed.
The magnificent Swiss won his fourth Masters Cup title yesterday - and pocketed £600,000 for his troubles - by tearing David Ferrer to shreds 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. It was Federer's third display of awesome power and clinical control in as many days after he had crushed Andy Roddick on Friday and squashed Rafael Nadal on Saturday.
If this was Federer looking vulnerable - he had lost a round-robin match at the start of the week - then there are many men who would pay folding money to be that insecure.
"It was a nice victory, especially proving it, to myself and the world, that I can do it over and over again," Federer said in that understated way of his.
Federer Shows the Upstart Ferrer Who's No. 1
Roger Federer, who ended his season with a straight-sets victory over the hottest player in this elite, year-ending tournament, can now rest a bit before taking on his only serious remaining opponent — history.
Federer easily defeated the surprise finalist David Ferrer, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, in the Masters Cup title match Sunday. Ferrer had pummeled everyone else last week, including Rafael Nadal, beating some by bigger margins than even Federer did.
But Ferrer collided Sunday with a supremely self-confident champion, the top-ranked Federer, who is as unimpressed by opponents' hot streaks as he was by Ferrer's speed around the court.
Federer's answer for Ferrer's quickness was more, apparently effortless speed of his own. And his answer to the brutal counterpunching Ferrer had used to subdue everyone else was to take away Ferrer's rhythm and repeatedly beat him to the punch.
All week, Federer had been reserved in his comments about what some had seen as a trend. After defeating Ferrer, however, he fairly exulted, showing himself to be as adept at record keeping as he is at striking the ball.
Now history is your biggest rival. I am lucky to be a witness as you are competing the History.
There's a certain irony there because in Swiss
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Wednesday August 8, 2012
Saluda, SC--If there is a sleeper team in the area in South Carolina it might just be Saluda. Doug Painter is in his third year as head coach and these kids have learned how to win.
Not just win, but win at a young age. This year's tiger team will feature only a handful of seniors and a big group of juniors. They'll run out of the wing-t with two new backs, but guys like Devonta Brown who tote the mail so to speak. Another change, a can do attitude. You'd be surprised how much that can make a difference.
"Last year it really showed us what we can do." said Tra Norris "This season I know we can do a step up from that level."
"Now they show up to practice with a different attitude." said coach Doug Painter "We've got a good group of juniors especially. We have a small number of seniors, not a lot, but they'll be very important to us, but the junior class is just bigger and we just knew if could keep that group together then we could builld on things then we had a chance to be better."
Saluda went six and six a year ago and won a playoff game for the first time in quite some time. They also lost three games by seven points or less. Learning how to finish strong has been a point of emphasis and if they can do that, the Tigers may be on the prowl.


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Definition of crust in English:
1The tough outer part of a loaf of bread: a sandwich with the crusts cut off [mass noun]: I tore off several pieces of crust from the loaf
More example sentences
- They gave their Great Niece the red carpet treatment, cooking up a feast of scones with jam and cream, fruit cake, sponge cake, Anzac biscuits and a genteel plate of sandwiches with the crusts cut off.
- It was a classic British summer tea; small smoked salmon sandwiches with the crusts cut off; tiny scones with jam and cream the size of a 10p piece and miniature strawberry tarts.
- And they all traipsed out for another round of triangular sandwiches with the crusts cut off and a wee cup of tea served in the best china.
outer layer/part, outside, exterior;
heel, end, remnant
1.1A hard, dry scrap of bread: a kindly old woman might give her a crust
More example sentences
- How often have restaurant forgotten that bread is part of the meal and have given their customers stale, hard crusts.
- Before long he had me saving scraps of bacon and stray crusts.
- Others let their babies chomp down on their fingers, or offer dried crusts of bread or peeled carrot sticks (stay nearby in case of choking).
2A hardened layer, coating, or deposit on the surface of something soft: a crust of snow
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- Many canopy trees have protruding crowns, and light availability at the surface of the canopy crust should also differ depending on the position relative to the apex of the crown.
- Despite its thin crust of moderate strength, the clay becomes much softer with depth.
- I had the warm chocolate tart, with a soft crust hiding its delectable molten interior, while a chocolate sauce kept the whole mélange from being cloying.
covering, layer, coating, cover, coat, sheet, thickness, film, skin;
topping, caking;
encrustation, scab
rare concretion
2.1A layer of pastry covering a pie.
Example sentences
- Sometimes this was encased in a rich crust of pastry or dough similar to saffron bread, a form reminiscent of the Scottish black bun.
- Baked in the oven under a pastry crust and served hot with boiled potatoes and a green vegetable it's a dish fit for a king.
- You may already be familiar with its crispy crust pastry and mildly spiced creamy filling but now you can prepare this tasty French delicacy in your own kitchen.
2.2The outermost layer of rock of which a planet consists, especially the part of the earth above the mantle: the earth's crust
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- In these areas of the Earth's crust, magmatic rocks lie only a short distance below the sea floor.
- Magmas erupted in continental volcanic arcs typically contain components from many sources in the crust, lithospheric mantle and asthenosphere.
- If the cracks extend deep enough, the seawater can come into contact with mantle rocks that underlie the crust.
3British informal A living or livelihood: I've been earning a crust wherever I can
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- The challenge for a society is: how do we teach all our kids to value the future so they have a fair chance of earning a crust later on?
- It's just there's a distinction between earning a crust by playing what is ostensibly a game and picking up a salary in the black art of sell, sell, sell.
- Instead, he simply he packed a bag and turfed up in France, playing part-time football and earning a crust working in a garage.
living, livelihood, means of subsistence, income, daily bread
informal bread and butter
verb[no object]
1Form into a hard outer layer: the blisters eventually crust over
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- Nickel allergies cause symptoms like itching, crusting, and blisters.
- This can be especially true if a hard rain after weeding causes crusting.
- The breast is stuffed with Saskatoon berry cream cheese, then crusted with crushed pecans.
1.1 [with object] Cover with a hard outer layer: the burns crusted his cheek
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- It had taken us longer than expected to make the trip back and we were both a total mess with a thick layer of dirt crusting our clothes and flowers stuck in our hair, which was probably every where by now.
- When I got tired of that I took up fire-gazing, watching the flames crusting the coals with rosy spark edgings.
- Next morning the valley is crusted in frost as I find the turn-off and wind up 11 km through 135 bends, nine of them hairpins, to reach Snow Farm.
crustaladjective ( Geology )
- Example sentences
- Throughout the world, most of the earthquake activities are confined to plate margin associated with crustal deformation.
- Glaciation and crustal activity have given the island its unique shape.
- At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean is a daisy chain of volcanoes, faults and crustal fractures.
Middle English: from Old French crouste, from Latin crusta 'rind, shell, crust'.
custard from Late Middle English:
A custard was originally a pie. Spelled crustarde or custarde, this was an open pie that contained meat or fruit in a spiced or sweetened sauce thickened with eggs. Over time the name gradually came to be applied to the sauce rather than the pie itself. The origin of the word was Old French crouste 'a crust' from Latin crusta 'rind, shell, crust', which is also where our word crust (Middle English) comes from.
Words that rhyme with crustadjust, august, bust, combust, dust, encrust, entrust, gust, just, lust, mistrust, must, robust, rust, thrust, trust, undiscussed
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Sales-Tax Deduction: Real Action Needed By Congress
Published: Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 20, 2013 at 9:02 p.m.
Year after year, Washington state taxpayers are forced to play Congress' aggravating game of fantasy role-playing. Alas, there are no elixirs or elves, although there are a few ogres.
In this game, Congress pretends it will magically transform into a body capable of passing a comprehensive tax bill. Such a bill would almost assuredly include a permanent federal income-tax deduction for state and local sales taxes, on par with the existing permanent deduction for state income taxes. This matters because some states, such as Washington, have the former, but not the latter.
Instead, every year since 2004, Congress has passed a temporary extension of the sales-tax deduction. Next year, fantastical thinking goes, will be the big fix for the tax code.
Washington's delegation, led for years by U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, has tried to pop this absurdity. So too this year, with Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., hammering away. President Barack Obama is on board, recommending a permanent sales-tax deduction. But the U.S. House left town for the year without so much as another temporary extension, effectively ending the deduction beginning in 2014.
The fantasy game will likely resume on Jan. 6: Congress could pass a retroactive exemption, allowing deductions for the full 2014 calendar year. They could even pretend it had never expired, and, with a sprinkle of pixie dust, wipe clean the memory that the 113th U.S. Congress was the least productive in the history of the country, passing just 56 bills as of last week.
Congress should end this game. Pass a permanent sales-tax deduction.
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During the past six months transport companies across Europe have chosen en masse for the Nooteboom Manoovr. More than 500 axle lines have already been sold and many of these have been delivered by now. The Manoovr MPL semi low-loaders are available with 3 up to 10 axle lines. Marinka Nooteboom: "For almost two years we worked very hard on the development of the Manoovr. In that period we ourselves became more and more enthusiastic about the advantages of Manoovr, but the introduction was not without some suspense. Are our customers going to share our enthusiasm and how will the trade press react? We are delighted with the three Awards we received during the past year.
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"For a first time vacation, definitely choose a destination that caters to your mutual interests," says Miller. "Not every guy wants to shop and not every girl wants to go to the World Cup. But if you're both foodies or ski bunnies, there is an ideal destination for everyone." Take it from Megan, 28, who overlooked a few of her boyf's comments before they headed to her dream locale, Paris. "When we got there, I finally realized not only was he not a big 'Europe' person, he hated all things French! It was bad."
Save the 20-hour flight to Thailand for your third anniversary trip. For new couples, Miller recommend going somewhere with little travel time: "The more flights you have to catch, the more pressure on your trip."
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Facebook Adds New Options for Gender Beyond Male, Female
Facebook is now letting people in the U.S. choose a gender option for their profile pages beyond just male or female.
The new setting rolled out Thursday allows people to identify themselves as transgender, transsexual, cisgender, intersex or gender fluid, among more than 50 options. The changes also let people select which pronoun — he, she or they — they want to be referred by on the social network.
People can select more than one gender identifier and choose who to share the custom gender with — public, friends or custom groups of contacts — though the pronoun choice is a public setting. Changing a gender setting won't trigger an alert to friends the way a new profile photo or job might.
Facebook announced the changes Thursday on its diversity page, stating that it wants "you to feel comfortable being your true, authentic self." Facebook said it worked with LGBT groups, including GLAAD, to determine an acceptable list of gender identities.
"We recognize that some people face challenges sharing their true gender identity with others, and this setting gives people the ability to express themselves in an authentic way," Facebook said.
Chad Griffin, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT advocacy group, said in a prepared statement that he hopes other tech companies will follow Facebook's lead in offering more choices than just male or female when it comes to gender. "Over the past few years, a person's Facebook profile truly has become their online identity, and now Facebook has taken a milestone step to allow countless people to more honestly and accurately represent themselves," Griffin said.
For now the extensive new gender options are only available for the English language version in the U.S., however a Facebook spokesman said the company is working to bring the changes to different countries.


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Explosives not compromised in local fire, officials say
Published: Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 2:41 p.m.
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An oilfield services building caught fire Thursday after a welding spark ignited insulation, and a hazardous materials team verified the explosives inside weren't compromised, officials said.
No one was injured at the afternoon Schlumberger Ltd. fire on Bayou Blue Road, and all employees were evacuated, officials said.
The blaze did not release any chemicals or radiation, State Trooper Evan Harrell said.
The fire at the oilfield-service facility was reported atabout 2 p.m. Two buildings were on fire, one of which contained explosives, Terrebonne Sheriff's Maj. Malcolm Wolfe said.
The explosives in one of the buildings are in containers specifically designed to protect them, Schlumberger spokesman Stephen Harris said. During the fire, the explosives remained fully contained.
"Those heavy-duty containers at our location are specially designed and built to protect and safeguard explosives until they are used in oilfield operations," said Harris, who is based in Houston. "They remained fully contained and unaffected by the fire, as they were designed to do."
A welding spark ignited nearby building insulation, Harris said. The facility was open and operating at the time of the fire, and about 85 employees were evacuated from the building.
A State Police hazardous materials team inspected the building, declaring it safe, Harrell said.
Firefighters from multiple departments responded, as well as both Lafourche and Terrebonne sheriffs' offices.
Leslie Babin stood on the side of Bayou Blue Road while the smoke billowed out of the building, waiting for State Police and Terrebonne deputies to let her drive down Southwood Drive to get to her home at the end of the road. Schlumberger sits at Southwood and Bayou Blue, and there was no other way to get to her home, she said.
Her stepfather, who also lives in the neighborhood, told her officials were knocking on doors in the area, telling people to turn off their air conditioning, she said. Officials would not let these neighbors out either.
Deputies and troopers waved school buses by, telling drivers not to turn down Southwood. School children craned their necks and stared out the window as they drove by the smoke and dozens of emergency personnel and vehicles.
The building's alarm rang for hours. Teresa Williams, who works at Joan Toups Accounting and Tax Service across the street, said she and her co-workers are used to hearing it.
"But it went on for too long," Williams said.
When she her fellow employees opened the door to see black, billowing smoke and several emergency vehicles, they were stunned and realized, "OK, it's something this time," she said.
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The first session of each day, which lasts from 9-10:30 a.m., is structured for grades 3-5 while the second session is set for grades 6-8 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
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An Entirely Informal Conversation about Howl's Moving Castle
(Note: One of the references that recurs in the discussion is to something we talked about while trekking around Cambridge in search of the theatre where Howl was playing: We thought it might be fun to create a new Latest Dark Cabal. I don't remember why we settled on the title we did, but it amused us at the time.)
GG: Are we going to do this under our real names or as Dark Cabal II: Babies with Weaponry?
MC: Definitely The Latest Latest Dark Cabal: Babies with Weaponry.
You said after the movie that you were surprised you cared as much about Howl as you did. Have you thought any more about that? I suggested perhaps it came from the early scene where Howl -- before we know who he is -- rescues Sophie from some obnoxious soldiers.
GG: I've come up with a few possibilities for why I rooted for Howl from early on, one of which seems to hold water.
It could be that Howl rescues Sophie from the soldiers and then lets the evil black goop chase him instead -- echoed later by his making her invisible and luring the pursuers away when she's learning to pilot the wacky escape craft -- or it could be that Christian Bale's voice had instant cred for saving Gotham from the Scarecrow earlier in the week [in Batman Begins], but I think (and hope I'm right) that what really gave Howl my early sympathies was that he was being stalked by a shadowy presence from the get go.
Having not read the book, I didn't know who he was -- but malevolent entities (that were gloomy but had rhythm) chasing after him made me care about him and hope he'd be okay. You can call me shallow if you want, but I might have sympathies for any stranger who's being chased by mysterious black goop.
MC: You do realize, don't you, that once people read this, you're going to be besieged by people who expect sympathy just because they've been chased by black goop? You're leaving yourself wide open here!
Howl had my sympathies right from the beginning because he looked like a glam rocker the morning after a really wild night. Each to their own, I guess.
He seemed a kind of Byronic hero to me, even more in the movie than the book. In the book he's just egotistical, but in the film he's more obviously flamboyant. It's almost a disappointment when he matures, stops being moody, and becomes responsible. Some of the last scenes are positively domestic.
GG: Yes, I do realize what I've opened myself up for. And the door's wide open. In fact, here and now, I hereby (and now-by) establish a Black Goop support group. We'll hold meetings right after twilight on the eleventeenth of every month, right across from Howl's shack in the flowery glen. Stop in, have a sit -- both the tea and sympathy will be free. (As a disclaimer though: the amortization rates on shame and dignity will approach a breathless death faster than most would ever expect...but such is the nature of Black Goop support groups!)
I agree, the Howl character looked glamtastic, a Jeepster for Sophie's love and the throb of anyone else who happened to amble by...but my quandary was how Howl won my particular sympathies, because the "unfortunate hair and moping" scene made me question why I'd originally liked him.
Members of Poison, Winger, Warrant and even Trixter dressed as glammy as the laws of physics and spandex allowed yet didn't offer a millionth the frission of Bowie or Ronson, so (for me) it couldn't have just been the outfit.
And wild nights don't impress me. Wizards who party like it's 2099 (the actual year not the Marvel Comics imprint that went under for being, um, ahead of its time) and then manifest mad wizardry early the next morning while the other scenesters are still clocking their pillows...that impresses me.
You're right about domesticity being shown as a cherished goal. Cleaning and cooking are held on par with magick. It's almost like the Old Sophie made a snack so everyone figured she must've been a witch. This may explain a great deal about Martha Stewart and Nigella Lawson. Along those lines, do you think a complicated parallel could be drawn across Miyazaki's work -- as if the rage from being anti-war/greed, pro-environment and such (on a planet that seems to be losing faith in such principles) -- is softening toward a "Hey, there might be a nasty war and things falling apart but we can still cherish the small stuff" vibe?
As a corollary, Miyazaki declared retirement after both Mononoke and Spirited Away
(according to stories that I read somewhere or another, more than once, which means that everything is actual and satisfactual, even the princely neighbor who's randomly freed from his Buddha Scarecrow Nature in the final seconds)
and then rumbled back to direct his last two films, with HMC coming to him when Mamoru Hosoda (it seems) wasn't going to do it right (in Miyazaki's eyes?) -- so therefore, isn't the film a mediatation on how it's pleasant to find fire, childhood dreams and a cozy shack all at the same time? Or have a just smeared my wants across someone else's canvas?
MC: (It may take me a while to forgive you for evoking the names of Poison, Winger, Warrant, and Trixter.)
Actually, in some ways I kept thinking of Howl as William Beckford, but I have only superficial knowledge of Beckford's life. And then Howl's a French Decadent, too -- he even oozes absinthe-colored goo when he's depressed and dissipated. I guess it says more about me than the movie that I adored him because I kept thinking of him as a mix of Beckford, Baudelaire, and Bowie.
Domesticity, yes -- so is this an old, successful man's dream in his twilight days? Maybe. The war scenes were effective, but they didn't have the polemical power of similar scenes in other films, particularly Princess Mononoke, which can be a pretty shocking film if, as I was when I first saw it, you're not used to the idea of violent animation. The war scenes in Howl don't have any hurt, and I never really felt like the characters were truly in jeopardy. The ending was a reconciliation not against war, but against having to live a life with any requirements other than making sure the doddery old lady doesn't fall off the back of the castle.
To me, the ending was a kind of dream, or, less charitably, a resignation to the formula of an innocuous fairy tale, as if Miyazaki got to a point in the story where he thought, "Well, I can either end it honestly, in which case it will be the most depressing movie since Grave of Fireflies, or else I can just make it a Disney-style fairy tale." It doesn't have the complexity of the endings of most of his other films, which are more world-weary, more ambiguous, more a realization that fantasy ultimately gets trumped by reality for anybody who's sane. (Although this is less true of the dubbed version of Spirited Away than the original, so I'm slightly wary, since we saw the dubbed Howl. But it was just a matter of dialogue in Spirited Away, and here it was the entire last scene.)
A day later, what remains most vivid for you from the film?
GG: Thoughts that are in the forefront, now like 40 hours later:
*) Billy Crystal's voice wasn't helpful. Perhaps he's too iconic / recognizable for the role...and therefore not convincing as the fire demon.
*) Sophie's character is not as memorable as Howl, perhaps because she changed shape and voice. That interests me because I would've figured it'd be the opposite, that her polyphony and guises would make her stand out more. It does remain interesting that she aged without gaining new wisdom, inverting the typical equation. I still care about her, I just don't wonder about her future.
*) I understand and agree that Howl was archetypal in the French Decadent (or glam-decadent, archetypal anime lead) way and feel that his arc is tragic until the forced happy ending. In my head, I keep wondering about other endings. Is this a curse of the DVD era and bonus footage? Or, is the happy kiddie ending the result of market pressures. If it's in my head, it's the former. If it stands out even more in a second viewing, it's the latter. It might make sense to view Miyazaki as the sort of pessimist who doesn't want to bum people out as they leave the theater, a dytopian who believes in happy endings.
*) Got war? I've noticed the trend to throw war (like a glamour?) as a backdrop. I really like how Carol Emshwiller has deployed the motifs as of late. There's always been war, but when it flares up in the "real" "world," I understand it leaking into our fantasies and dreams. Thus, the war was added -- from what I've heard from you and others who've read the book -- but it worked for me. I like that it was nonspecific feuding. We didn't get an explanation of the sides or the reasons -- and I'm fine with that, because PKD and Grant Morrison have taught us that empires never end. I agree that Mononoke's war was much more frightening. I wonder how the jolly soldiers feel about magic. If those two worlds, soldiering and wizardry, interacted in the film, I missed it.
*) When I see HMC again, it might behoove me to give attention to Howl's shack. I want to understand its role more. There's a rich paradox between the lumbering castle that moves around to avoid detection and the pastoral shack that stays still but can be reached from doors that might be anywhere.
*) The idea that one can stop a fall by simply walking is lingering for me. It seemed cheesy at first yet now I'm still thinking about it. I'm reminded of The Hitchhiker's Guide and how one can fly by forgetting to fall or land. There's a parallel in remembering / forgetting that the ground exists.
*) The last wiggling thought makes less sense, but I'll try. It ties to the forced / kiddie ending. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, which I saw with grad school friends in probably 2001, has leaped back into my head even though I barely remember it. I can only presume that it is gritty and dark in ways Mononoke must've been and HMC isn't. I want to see HMC again, for many reasons, but understanding Howl's shack (and how war is there too, and the youthful pact with the fire demon, etc.) might help me understand the domesticity. I know I'm not making sense, but rewatching Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade and then HMC, there'll be an insight into culture, fantasy or art. I know it's there, I just don't know what it is.
So, it's early and I'm late, but those are this morning's vivid bits. Knowing me, the film's starting to fade and I'm beginning to superimpose my own poetics on top of it.
MC: Billy Crystal definitely made me wish we'd chosen to see the subtitled version, but I loved Lauren Bacall as the Witch of the Waste. Crystal just didn't fit the character, and he did his Billy Crystal schtick the whole time.
Sophie's not as flamboyant as Howl, so didn't draw my attention as much, but the moment when she looked in the mirror and saw herself old was, I thought, powerful. Also the moment when she said to Howl that she'd never been beautiful. I found her to be a more realistic character, more grounded. Her quick acceptance of her change (and this is true for the book, too, though to a lesser extent) requires a big suspension of disbelief, but perhaps in a world where magic is common, it wouldn't have been quite as shocking as I imagine it to be.
I think we're one of the few eras in the history of the world that could say that war as a backdrop seems like an appeal to the zeitgeist, since most of human history really is one where war is the backdrop. I liked how petty and unspecific the war was, too -- it's all hinted at, whispered about. I think there were more opportunities to integrate it into the story, but it didn't really bother me, because ultimately it felt like what I imagined the war would feel like to Sophie: something out there, something vague, something frightening but distant.
The soldiering and the magic interacted a little bit with the character of Suliman and with the wizards who have been turned into flying bombs. Do you mean the ordinary soldiers themselves, the cannon fodder?
The shack. Hmmm. I didn't give a lot of attention to that. I saw it as the pastoral calm, where Howl could keep one part of himself sane and quiet. And then that got threatened by the war, too. Part of his decision finally to act and try to end the war may have come as much from his sense that his one place of peace was threatened as from his sense that Sophie was in danger.
Any final thoughts?
GG: I still feel like a Philistine for preferring the dubbed. I know, deep down in my innards, that subtitles are purer. I just have trouble watching and reading a film at the same time. The words take priority. And yes, Billy Crystal schticks to the rowf of the mowf like peanut butter.
Perhaps Sophie comes across as less of a hero because the Witch of the Waste becomes so defeated that Sophie has to take care of her. If there'd been a big swordfight in a pit full of snakes, I'd see Sophie, young or old, differently.
Yes, I wondered how the everyday soldiers, with their carousing and such, would view the magicians. They'd have to view each other as separate classes. The opening bit with Howl stopping the harassment of Sophie might've given a peek, but it seemed to be an unexplored path.
I think everyone should see HMC. Miyazaki is as good as animated fantasy gets, even if things can Disneyify a bit. Ideally, there'd be a shadow cabinet of babies with both weaponry and cash who could give him the resources to do an adaptation (for adults) of the stories in Haruki Murakami's After the Quake.
MC: It's a fascinating, imperfect movie. Thanks, Geoff.
For quite a different discussion of Howl's Moving Castle, check out Coffee & Ink, where the conversation is well informed by readers who know and love Diana Wynne Jones's novel, the inspiration for the movie.
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Clearly the name of the Latest Latest Dark Cabal should be Black Goop Support Group. We will all recognize "black goop" as your transparent metaphor for the people and forces crippling science fiction and preventing writers from reaching their full potential, whatever those adversaries may be for today.ReplyDelete
So you both viewed the movie as Howl's story, rather than Sophie's?
(For reference, I saw the subtitled version. I'll have to compare the dubbed version when the DVD comes out. Speaking as a Japanese major, I have no qualms about admitting -- nay, proclaiming that I prefer the English dub of Mononoke and the French dub of Porco Rosso to the Japanese originals.)ReplyDelete
When Howl was introduced -- the scene where Howl rescues Sophie from the soldiers -- I took an instant dislike to him. The soldiers never got to the point of being particularly threatening, even by Miyazaki standards. Whereas, particularly with that shonen-ai art style, I had no trouble believing that Howl made a habit of eating the hearts of young girls (as the rumors had already told us).
(Of course, I took an instant dislike to Byron on sight, too. For similar reasons. Me and Byron, we're, like, natural enemies.)
I actually liked Howl better in the moping scene -- even if I did want Sophie to slap him -- because it showed some vulnerability. (And maybe even because it showed Sophie some vulnerability.)
I didn't read it that Sophie aged without gaining wisdom. Actually, I thought -- whether it was intentional or not, though from some negative reviews of the book, I gather that it might have been -- that it was an interesting twist to have the magic make her think like an old woman as well as look and feel like one.
The war scenes worked well for me, but I was reading them in the light of not just Mononoke but Laputa, Nausicäa (particularly the manga version), the firebombing of Tokyo, Swimming to Cambodia, and Copenhagen, so maybe whatever I got out of them, I brought in with me. I'd like more to have been done with the idea (which may have been a misinterpretation on my part, but if so, it's one I prefer) that Howl had made commitments that would have had him helping both sides.
What was missing for me there was something that you do get in Laputa and Nausicäa (contrast with Mononoke's samurai, who have all the moral complexity of Republic Clone Troopers): that the soldiers and sailors and airmen are also victims. (There was a bit of this in the harbor scene — echoes of The Scar, by the way; anyone else hear them? — but not enough.)
- kellys6/23/2005 1:35 PM
Great, honest, enjoyable conversation!ReplyDelete
Yeah, the idea that, regardless of sides, everyone is a victim and is culpable in war definitely came through srongly.
There's one scene in the movie that bothered me on a causality level. About 2/3 through, when Howl decides to fight back and protect Sophie, Sophie pulls the fire-demon and everyone else out of the moving castle. The castle collapses, they re-enter, and the castle is then remade. Why does this series of events occur? Did I miss something? Why leave the castle only to return a moment later?
Thanks a lot.
Yeah, that seemed like some kind of budget cut error or something.ReplyDelete
Mely: I don't think I saw the film as Howl's story primarily -- Sophie's the viewpoint character, and her adventures and experiences are the core of the story -- but Howl is so flamboyant that he caught my attention more than Sophie did on one viewing. Actually, an advantage of multiple viewings would be to be able to look past the superficial showiness of the character and see what else is going on -- with Sophie, with him, with other characters.ReplyDelete
And sometimes I think all I am is goop.
David: Thanks for mentioning Laputa and Nausicaa -- I've only seen the latter once, since it just came out on DVD, but plan to watch it again soon. Laputa I know well, but for one reason or another I haven't paid much attention to the war/pacifism elements. That's the one film where the art overwhelms my sense of story -- so many of those scenes, despite have seen them many times, I just look at and completely ignore the story, characters, etc. (There's an interesting difference there, though, between the subtitled and dubbed climaxes. I first noticed it when I was showing the film to one of my classes and a student who is fluent in both Japanese and English, and who had nearly memorized the movie, said suddenly, "No no no no!" I turned to him and asked what was wrong -- thinking someone had hit him or something. "Those are not the words," he said. "Put it into Japanese and I'll translate for you." I switched to the subtitled version, jumped back to that scene, and noticed the difference immediately. [He wasn't thrilled with the subtitles' translation, but said it was mostly accurate.] It's been over a year now since that happened, and since I last saw the film, so I can't be more specific at the moment.)
Kelly: You're absolutely right, and I had the same feeling with that scene. "Why'd they bother to go outside?" The way I justified it to myself was by thinking that for one reason or another it would take time and concentration to conjure the magic to rebuild the castle, and they just didn't have time in the moment if they were to save Howl. I also thought it could be like a computer: sometimes you can't just quit a program if it's not working; you've got to shut it down and turn it back on again to get a program to work. But it's just guessing. In truth, Miyazaki probably got to a point in the story where he thought it would be fun to watch the castle collapse, so he created that scene. And it was fun to watch the castle collapse.
Matthew and David: I'm glad you both saw this scene as an inconsistency as well. But you're absolutely right Matthew, the castle crumbling and re-inventing itself was quite an amazing spectacle, and one of the images that won't quickly leave my memory. I've always felt Miyazaki's storytelling is best appreciated when approached with an open mind, but with an openness to dream-logic over strict pragmatism. Those who don't like Miyazaki, besides just not liking animation, usually have a hard time with how his stories unfold.ReplyDelete
Howl's Moving Castle, as I believe David mentioned, also suffered a bit from Disneyization. Especially apparent in the Billy Crystal fire-demon, which is probably the main argument for wanting to see the subtitled version.
On Miyzaki retiring, lets just hope he doesn't announce it again any time soon.
Matt -- Definitely check out the manga version of Nausicaa, too, even if you're generally not into manga (I'm not). Much more involved than the film, with a significantly different plot, and, I think, one of the best post-apocalyptic SF novels ever written.ReplyDelete
I watched the subtitled version a couple months ago in Singapore, so maybe I was spared Billy Crystel as Calcifer.ReplyDelete
Anyways, something I took away from the movie was how Sophie kept shifting between young and old. For instance, how her ponytail gets shorter to tell you she is aging. I liked how the particulars of Sophie's spell were never mentioned and the audience had to do the work.
- Anonymous6/26/2005 9:01 PM
They went outside, I believe, to collapse the portals--though I can't remember now why they needed to do that. So Howl would know they were away? Except that then they went shambling off to tell him, so that can't really be it.ReplyDelete
I loved that ugly little dog.
They went outside & collapsed the castle to remove the connection to Sophie's hometown, so that Howl wouldn't need to endanger himself protecting the castle's presence there, and then had to find him to tell him he didn't need to endanger himself to protect the castle's presence there.ReplyDelete


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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Wednesday, March 23, 2011
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Richmond County's newest plan to handle Masters Week traffic includes detours, more parking and traffic cameras, engineers announced Wednesday.
At least 80,000 cars are expected on city streets during each day of the tournament. Signs directing golf traffic are already up in some parts of town.
But some living near the course are down about a plan to make busy Berckmans Road one-way in the late afternoon.
News 12 drove the route, which will take patrons away from Washington Road and south down Berckmans from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. The left lane will keep drivers heading straight to Wheeler Road and Walton Way. The right lane turns into Ingleside Drive.
During an early meeting on the plan, neighbors who live off of Berckmans said they were getting the run around.
"I asked him why the people in the neighborhood didn't get a say on this before it was all voted on and he told me I needed to talk this gentlemen in the yellow shirt from the city of Augusta," Vickie Sandala said on March 9.
"Well we're just trying to make things better," says city traffic engineer Steve Cassell. He points to at least three major changes that will be made this year.
"The tournament gets bigger and bigger every year. We are identifying different issues every time as people try to probe our weaknesses," he said.
But construction downtown is also causing problems. Crews are still working on 15th street, so traffic will have to come to the intersection at Greene Street and take the flyover ramp to Riverwatch Parkway.
Parking is also changing. There won't be any more spaces at Gate 10. Instead, an additional thousand spaces have been added off Berckmans Road.
Engineers are also counting on technology this year.
"We'll have a map and it shows the green and it shows how traffic is flowing around the area," Cassell said. Red marks means traffic is slowed.
A new city website will host 13 different cameras that drivers can check with the click of a mouse.
"You can go through each one and see what's going on at each intersection," he says.
The city is still testing www.augustatraffic.com. It is expected to be ready to launch as early as Monday.
As for people who live in the neighborhood close to the course, they'll be given passes to hang on their rear-view mirrors.
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