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Reclamation Lowering Lake Havasu for Parker Dam Trash Rack Repair
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For Release: November 19, 2013
BOULDER CITY, Nev. — Beginning December 8, 2013, the Bureau of Reclamation is lowering the water level of Lake Havasu for approximately eight weeks to repair the trash racks at Parker Dam. The drawdown will result in the lake reaching an elevation of 445 feet by mid-December 2013. The lake will remain at this level until mid-February 2014.
During the drawdown, Reclamation will repair and replace deteriorating components of the Parker Dam outer forebay trash rack structure. This structure is the first of two systems that filter debris from the lake to protect the power generation facilities at the dam. The current trash racks, original to Parker Dam, are 75 years old and deteriorated beyond repair.
While Lake Havasu is normally lowered during winter months for river management activities, seasonal fluctuations typically range from about 445.8 to 449.5 feet. The lake level will remain at about 445.0 feet until work on the trash racks is completed. However, due to unforeseen circumstances caused by operational or environmental conditions, the lake level may vary from 445.0 feet during this period.
Reclamation held a public meeting in Lake Havasu City on August 1, 2013 to answer questions about the drawdown. If you would like additional information regarding the Lake Havasu drawdown and the Parker Dam trash rack repairs, please contact the Water Operations Control Center at 702-293-8373, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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This last week, we've seen how soccer can be as big a tool of diplomacy as a bilateral. Russia and England came together at the European Champions League final, and many saw the contest as an opportunity to ease tensions between the two countries. As summer approaches, the Olympics will bring the world together in Beijing. Through international sporting competition, we see messages of understanding, cultural tolerance and mutual respect.
Other than sports, can you think of a means by which to bring people and nations together?
Joe in Tennessee writes:
1. MUSIC...the most relative to all cultures and ages.
2. Inter Cultural Children activities. i.e.: In Israel they have a nature program for young children combining Israeli and Palestinian children. By showing the children the natural environment they have in common, it promotes a connection and not separation with each other. By starting early, programs such as this can aid in changing decision making as an adult in divided cultures latter. It is pro active in every way.
3. Rebuilding programs with both or all parties involved on all sides. Not simple restructuring by a third party. Most people are good in nature and working together toward a common goal which is productive can help. Perhaps one adult who would not normally talk to another now would, even in necessity: but a hammer and nail is better than gun in hand is it not?
I am sure others will come up with more, but change is hampered more by poor leaders than the civilians they lead. If we could simply eliminate the dictators and those who are a hindrance to a productive society it would be a quicker start -- but that is unrealistic.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Space, the final frontier...
Chul-hong in South Korea writes:
Unexpected natural disasters-tsunami, earthquake, hurricane- tend to bring people together.
Concerns over global issues such as environmental problems have a tendency to make nations collaborate.
Kathie in Pennsylvania writes:
Music, humanitarian causes, religion, definitely soccer, respect, It all comes down to.... DIPLOMACY...no matter what path you take to achieve it.
John in Greece writes:
Yes! But Manchester won. Not the Russians. ...As always.
Thank God in which we trust!
Don't you see what they are trying to do? Russians are trying to "buy" Europe.
By the way, this very time I am writing this comment, Eurovision is ON and "hot" in Europe's TV channels.
Please, co-bloggers, just study the voting "strategy" they use. "Which" country votes for "which" country?...
Nothing has changed since the Cold War. They (Russians) have simply changed strategy.
That's why I am for Kalomira who is a Greek-American or American-Greek (whatever) nice girl.
And I do not care about the result, because she is a LADY!
Thomas in Arizona writes:
Easy ...natural disasters. We have issues with Burma's government but we were among the first to offer assistance, same after the Tsunamis a few years ago, and numerous other examples could be cited Sad that it's a the case, but it does show our basic nature.
Richard in Virginia writes:
I think technology has brought people together already, and continues to do the same now. To communicate and educate, no longer requires proximity.
Marcia in Washington writes:
I would like to see cities in the United States establish "sister city" relationships with cities in Iraq and Afghanistan. We could help support schools, establish pen pals (including sending pictures or artwork where there are language barriers), work toward exchange visits of officials and perhaps performing artists, etc.
John in Greece writes:
@ Eric in New Mexico -- And here is the first frontier Eric ...on the way to the "final"!
I think that U.S.A., after so many efforts, sacrifices, financing etc. should change the classical "sky is the limit" into "space is unlimited."
Congratulations NASA!
Lewis in Japan writes:
The Olympics are the most successful multinational events because they bring people together in a competitive manner, harnessing the national pride in the heart of every spectator across the globe.
Music and concerts are also effective in bringing nations together, as are smaller sporting events (such as the World Cup). However, both of these are successful to a lesser degree- music lacks the aspect of competition (or, at least the kind that most people find exciting to watch) and soccer lacks the variety found at the Olympics needed to appeal to all nations equally.
To be truly successful in unifying the international community, an event must be universally appealing (offering something that everybody loves; sports in the case of the Olympics) or fight something universally hated (famine, hunger or natural disaster). It must be safe from militarization- we cannot achieve an Olympic-like degree of unity through a project such as the International Space Station because missile/rocket technologies can be adapted to military purposes (hence China's invitation to the ISS was 'lost in the mail' at the behest of the U.S.). Lastly, it must be accessible- the average citizen must feel an indirect participant, either through viewing on the sidelines or simply knowing that any man can be a direct participant with suitable devotion and practice.
Multinational relief efforts are successful in bringing people together in this way, yet face stark challenges when nations fear for their sovereignity. They cannot be relied upon as a means by which to promote a joining of nations.
With these thoughts in mind, I feel that the strongest idea (of those presented in previous comments) by which we can bring people and nations together comes from Marcia- that of 'sister cities'.
The Internet has shrunk the world dramatically and would enable a wealth of new possibilities for this concept. Pen-pals are 1988; In 2008, the children of Brownsville, KY (population:637) can have daily email conversations with children in a small Iranian village 20 miles south of the holy city of Qom. Affordable screens and webcams would allow for public 'connection spots' where people strolling in a park could approach the screen and see whats happening at that moment in their sister city, then wave to passerbys there. The local newspaper of one city could also cover events occurring in the sister city- they could support one another during disasters, mail packages of local specialties back and forth, teach each other in their native tongues- the possibilities are limitless. The State Department could facilitate this process by selecting towns (with a focus on rural areas) and contacting foreign governments to find suitable companions.
Chan in Hong Kong writes:
WAR, sadly speaking.
Ronald in New York writes:
Other than sports.....
Natural Disasters
Chul-hong in South Korea writes:
International treaty or agency can be an example of given question.
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) could solidify market-bonds between two nations.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has united oil-producing countries on behalf of their interests.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), aimed at the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, has combined nations longing for the world peace.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
This is a bit off topic, but on line with what may be needed.
Democratic Leadership world wide that places the value of Life and Human dignity over Political agendas would be a nice start.
The objective of making the Citizens first should not be as difficult today, given the UN would work in a more productive manner of eliminating and restricting negative imputes of regimes who do not serve the overall productive nature of Peace. That does leave the best starting place with the Children of the world; since the adult population seems inflexible, even given historic premises that more than suggest this change is mandated.
The reality of population and culture does make a difference in approach. China, with all its peoples, cannot work well with a Parliamentarian system as in New Zealand, where the small population base and limited resources, as well as self sufficiency values can apply. It is also too vast for a Congressional representation as the U.S. That fact is well documented as they do something very similar now. They do not have a separation of powers or check and balance which is why the core representation places values of State over the Citizens rights without due note. Using China is a good example, as they are a cultured and educated society; but tragically has been led by Communistic values that preclude individual rights and human dignity. That is why there is no remorse by their productions of unsafe working environment, unsafe products, poor quality, counterfeiting of International Trademarks, Products, Copyrights and so on. The Government has no respect for their own Peoples on an individual level; therefore, no respect for fair trade. That concept, of Respect, is missing in most Communist leadership.
The value that you will find in Sports, Music, Child relationships etc is RESPECT for each other on an individual basis. Even where Nature is factored, we realize there are powers beyond our control and only by working together can we restore. It provide a platform of Respect on more than one level.
What the world may need is a new Religion that circumvents all values of negative interpersonal relationships; perhaps something more logical and respectful of all, not any which are limiting. It is the encompassment of restriction of personal values that destroy respect ...and separations created by false leaders and profits to maintain their power which cause so much grief in this world. Very seldom does the average man, woman or child want to hurt. People are basically good world wide. It is their social enviornment which causes change in rational.
There is no Waldens Pond and evil will always exist; but, if we don't recognize the evil and make changes on a more permanent level we may all be on borrowed time. There is no longer time for historical political rhetoric regarding the Pendulum Swing of Life. Our level of negotiation must match our technological advancements.
Tom in Washington, DC writes:
The Fulbright program is one of the best ways to bring people together. I was a Fulbright student in Venezuela many years ago and that experience enabled me to spend another 30 years working for NGO's in Latin America and elsewhere and now to be taking church missions to Central America.
However the use of the program as a weapon of diplomacy is a perversion of the purposes of the program.
The New York Times reports on May 30 that scholarships will be denied to young people of Gaza because Israel will not allow them to leave. This action by Israel is a fine example of the way in which our most peaceful, yet potent elements of our diplomacy is that part of the world is being manipulated by the hardliners in Israel. And it is an example of how we give in to their wishes, not matter how perverse.
Please change this policy now. Instruct your employees in Israel to pressure the government of Israel to change their counterproductive policy.
Thank you.

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Ministry of Education, GESS and GEF host first in-school mobile learning workshop
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Gulf Educational Supplies & Solutions (GESS), in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Education, hosted a technology-based mobile learning workshop, 3rd February, at Umm Al Quwain's Safia Bint Abd Al Motaleb School, Umm Al Quwain Secondary School.
The first workshop of its kind to be held in Umm Al Quwain, the event focused on technology-based education, including Twitter-based learning and iPad integration. Education and technology experts were on hand to demonstrate how mobile applications can be integrated into the curriculum, specifically in math and science to promote student learning.
Participants at the event observed how popular social media platform, Twitter can be integrated into classroom teaching to facilitate student engagement. Twenty-eight 13 and 14 year-old Grade 8 students have already participated in the programme since it launched last 2010.
The event was the first workshop of its kind to be held in Umm Al Quwain. HE Fawzia Gharib, Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Operations at the Ministry of Education commented: "If a school of 400 students can successfully implement a programme of this scale, here in Umm Al Quwain, there's no reason why it can't happen in larger schools across the country, and indeed across the entire region.
"Technology has become a vital part of the learning process and this programme is one of many ways that the UAE is leading the way in technological applications in education."
Manal Abd Elnaby, Classroom Teacher at the school explained: "Traditionally, Twitter has been used primarily as a way for friends to connect and share experiences through short online updates. We saw this as an opportunity to tap into our students' existing relationships with social media platforms and apply this within a classroom setting. So far, the results have been extraordinary."
Guided by Elnaby, workshop attendees were given the opportunity to participate in the programme themselves, composing sample Tweets and responding to their peers throughout the session.
Of the success of the mobile learning programme, Rhona Greenhill, Conference Director, GESS commented: "This programme is unique – it invites our participants to expand their knowledge on a topic that is considered the future of education while learning how to integrate mobile learning into classrooms and curricula across the region."
During the second half of the workshop Patrick Beyrouti, Business Development Manager Education at Arab Business Machine- authorised Apple distributor, illustrated how the iPad can act as an effective learning tool, and introduced a number of teacher and student friendly device applications, including Explain Everything, and additional educational apps.
Beyrouti explained: "This technology resonates with our students in a way that textbooks and chalkboards can't always do. These students have been born into a digital age, and it's to be expected that many of them will learn best through digital tools and applications. It is in the best interest of both teachers and students to embrace these innovative tools, which is why this mobile learning programme is so valuable."
More insights and case histories on mobile learning will continue at GESS and the Global Education Forum, which will take place at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 28th February to 1st March, 2012. For more information on the exhibition, please visit http://www.gesseducation.com
Michael Byrne
Before joining SME Advisor as an Assistant Editor in 2010 I obtained a Bachelors Civil Law Degree (Hons) from the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, in 2005. I worked as a trainee lawyer in Dublin, Ireland, specialising in defence litigation and criminal law before obtaining a Masters in International Journalism from the University of Cardiff in 2009. At present I am the Editor of SME Advisor Middle East, which is a publication within the CPI Business Group. You can follow me on twitter: @mikey_byrne or @SMEadvisorME. Also, you can join me on Linkedin (Mike Byrne) or at (SME Advisor).


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E3 2011 might be grower smaller and smaller in our rear view mirrors, but that doesn't mean we're done nerding out about all the ridiculous sights and sounds burned into our brains from the show. Seriously, some things can never be unseen (a Kinect-powered jockey game, anyone?). Still, it was a solid show with tons of great titles on display, which is why for this week's Feedback, Adam Sessler welcomes Matt Keil, Emily Gordon, and yours truly to discuss G4's Best of E3 2011 nominations. Also on the chatting block is Sucker Punch's supercharged sequel inFamous 2. It's a full show, so quit reading this, and watch now!
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"To the northeast of Windermere stands the village of Troutbeck famed for its inn, The Mortal Man whose name derives from an early advertising slogan, "O mortal man that lives by bread, what is it makes thy nose so red? Thou silly fool, that look'st so pale, 'Tis drinking Sally Birketts ale." Broadoaks, a beautiful oak-panelled Edwardian house stands to the south of the village in its own grounds."
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Information on Broadoaks Country House hotel , Bridge Lane , Troutbeck , Windermere
|No. of bedrooms:
Total: 19
Types of room: Country House Rooms, Superior, Deluxe, Victorian, Garden Suites
|Room rates guide:
Double/Twin: £100.00-£225.00
Room with Breakfast
|General info:
Credit Cards Accepted: Mastercard, Maestro/Switch, Visa
When Closed: Open all year
Child Friendly: Children of all ages welcome
Dog Friendly: Dogs Permitted (permitted in ground floor rooms only, £10 per night)
Smoking Permitted: No
Wheelchair Access: No
Accreditation: AA 5 Star
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Wi-Fi available in most bedrooms, Fresh fruit on arrival, Local Bath House tolietries, luxury sheets, fluffy bathrobes, Spa bath or Jacuzzi
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7 acres of grounds and gardens, Oaks Restaurant, Licensed for Civil Ceremonies outdoors and indoors, Wedding receptions, Conference/meeting rooms, Helipad, Private hire for special events
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Guest membership to health club and Spa
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|From the M6 Junction 36 join the dual carriageway A591. This takes you through to Windermere. Carry on past the Windermere Hotel staying on the A591 towards Ambleside. You will arrive at a mini roundabout, carry straight on (second turning off). Carry on along the A591 as far as the Esso garage on your left (Troutbeck Bridge). 50 yards past the garage on your right is a sign for Troutbeck and the Youth Hostel. This is Bridge Lane. Turn right here and go on up the lane for approximatley 3/4 of a mile. You will see the entrance to Broadoaks on your right hand side.
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Paper Snowflakes in the Window
8 comments:
- rebwey said...
These are beautiful! My paper snowflakes always come out looking too boxy and blunt.
At Christmas my mom hangs her collection of crocheted snowflakes in her windows and leaves them up until time to plant early garden.
- December 4, 2010 at 8:30 PM
- AuntLou said...
So pretty, Eva-Girl, and so meanful! <3
- December 4, 2010 at 9:31 PM
- Margo said...
oh, it's so pretty!!! I may copy you. But are the snowflakes made out of ordinary paper? Or did you laminate them? They look amazing.
- December 4, 2010 at 11:19 PM
- Mona said...
I LOVE this idea. They look great in the window. I never even thought about hanging them. They look so much better that way than taping them to walls.
Thanks for the idea!
- December 6, 2010 at 9:20 AM
- Eva Girl said...
They're all just regular paper. I store them in a folder in our file cabinet in the office.
- December 6, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- Mary said...
Oh, what a nice idea!
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- Kt Go said...
how did you connect them all? with fishing line, or what?
- December 13, 2013 at 3:57 PM
- Eva Girl said...
I used ornament hooks to hang each one on the other.
- December 14, 2013 at 9:15 PM


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Oxnard Split
A clean way of doing the split that I will take into consideration with other effects
One Off
Reminds me of a paul harris effect. Sleighty and you end clean!
Off Balance Transposition
Aces are just flying around everywhere. Show your skills with this visual ace trick.
The Paint Brush Change (Roy Walton)
I don't know many methods on the subject but his looks smooth and graceful. This helped with my Paint brush change so much.
Double Lift Unload
Sweet! If you are caught in a pinch
About Face
Strikingly visual. Take your time with this you won't be doing it by tomorrow
Twisting the Kings
I love his handling, he really shows skills and his work with the cards. I will be using this
The Mirage Trick
I laughed when I saw this. Very deceptive.
Spectator Cuts to the Aces
This is pretty risky without the speed and finesse you need for the routine. Digest this and fool your magician friends. A great method with the plot.
Mistaken Sandwich
An epic plot in card magic. This isn't too hard and quite a fooler
The four Kings and the four Aces change places instantly. Two handlings are included. --this will take some time to learn. Looks mischievously clean for a reason!
Hold the Mayo
The four Aces are produced one at a time from between two Jokers. - This is one of the easier of the tricks. Basic Sleights are used here and it seems to be self working
Teaching: Bill Goodwin goes over each effect at least 3 times. Once from spectators View, then explaining from his POV and then just the POV. Great for the beginners if they wish to take up advance card techniques.
DVD is highly produced and sound is fairy Clear. And no annoying camera work
Difficulty: All the stuff on the DVD will take some good memorization. In order you to make it look as smooth as bill you need some finesse.
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This was a great dvd and i have no regret buying it, here are some reviews of the effects i like performing most:
One Off
One of my favorite tricks to perform, very visual color change and great motivation.
Off Balance Transposition
This one is pretty tough, but once you get it down youll love it!
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Wow! Ive never really liked the paint brush change until I saw just how good bill goodwin was at it, its like and entire different change!! This has convinced me to using the paint brush change in some of my other tricks.
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One of my favorite resets.
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The Tree of Life in his head, fussing over the various elements of the narrative, finessing his concepts both visual and thematic, that the title ends up promising a movie with considerably less ambition than we ended up getting. Ever since the days when the project was still just Q, this has been known to be a film about the place of human beings in the whole flow of Earth's history, setting the travails of a single Texas family against the scope of life itself. That movie would deserve the name The Tree of Life, and certainly that movie is part of the thing. But only a part: in fact, Malick has ended up using that already somewhat, shall we say, broad topic as a springboard for a whole second layer of movie, one that addresses the question, "Who is God, exactly, and why does he do these horrible things to us?" A question that does not personally interest me, but that doesn't mean the asking of it is any less fascinating, particularly when its married to a film of such aesthetic sublimity that it is almost a holy thing itself; and how right it is that an American film that grapples with the essential questions about God's identity and the function of faith in daily life should be something like a religious rite in the more secular church of the cinema?
The film hides its identity not at all, opening with a quote from the Book of Job. This is sort of the most obvious thing ever, but subtlety is not what Malick is going for, particularly not in the early going: Tree of Life is here to overwhelm, not to inveigle. And yes, Job is the touchstone for this film because it is going to be largely about the nature of suffering in a beautiful universe. The opening is - well, kind of - the film is structured in a rather more discontinuous manner than Malick's other films ever have been, but in a nutshell, we're first in the 1960s, in Waco, Texas, where the O'Briens (Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain) have just found out that one of their sons is dead at 19 years old; then, many years later (maybe it's meant to be now; maybe it's meant to be the '80s or '90s; it really doesn't matter, though), their eldest son, Jack (Sean Penn), reflects on his past, and then back in the '60s we watch Mrs. O'Brien in her pain, which drives her to ask in the hushed, meditative voice-over typical of Malick's cinema, "Where were you, Lord?"
And then, is this where the film goes from a beautifully-shot, thrillingly edited study of human loss to the thing that caused one of the great visionaries of '70s cinema to retire for 20 years to attempt to work out how he could possibly assemble it all into a movie, the end result of 32 years of thinking and pre-production and so on: for when Mrs. O'Brien asks, "Where were you, Lord?", the film decides to answer her. Thus begins a sequence that takes us from the formation of the earth from cosmic dust, through to the first life, past dinosaurs in a river, into the 1950s, the birth of the three O'Brien children, and their childhood, finally settling down when Jack (Hunter McCracken) was 11 and the others, R.L. (Laramie Eppler) and Steve (Tye Sheridan) were still in the single digits.
And what I've taken a paragraph to describe takes tens of minutes to play out, and is already the most legendary and beloved part of Tree of Life, for the unanswerable reason that it is glorious and massive, the sort of thing that flies at you in a wall of image and music, and you must either give into and simply be dazzled over and over again or resist and be driven to distraction by the loopiness of it all - for it is, I suppose, kitschy; and it is, as the film's detractors (who are much in the minority) have pointed out, completely indulgent (as indulgent as Waco native Malick using Waco as the symbolic representation of all places where all families live). So what? What's the inherent sin of being indulgent, I ask? Would you rather have a film where all the personal urgency has been carefully airbrushed away by a committee of moneymen with an eye towards making the most people somewhat happy? Because I sure as fuck wouldn't.
So, the images: in the "creation of the world" portion of the film, a nearly seamless blend of CGI used when it has to be and practical effects used as much as possible (the one seam: the dinosaurs are frankly dodgy, poorly composited with the background and with each other, and far too smooth and shiny). Douglas Trumbull, co-creator of the visual effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey, served as consultant; it lends a nice continuity to the film, given that this sequence is the first worthy successor to the "Beyond the Infinite" material from 2001 that I have myself ever seen.
Volcanoes and mud pits and hot springs, all carefully shot by Malick - and, I presume, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, but given the crazy-quilt way The Tree of Life came together, I don't know how much of this sequence was his - to look as much like an alien landscape as he can, while the soundtrack absolutely blazes with one perfectly-chosen piece of music after another; the one that sticks in mind is Zbigniew Preisner's "Lacrimosa", an appropriately doleful piece that undercuts the spiritual joyfulness of the material rather pointedly; I might also mention that this piece was taken from Preisner's Requiem for My Friend, in which the "friend" was Preisner's frequent collaborator Krzysztof Kieślowski, whose work (in no small part because of Preisner's music) is arguably the most spiritually evocative in the history of the cinema. A connection Malick was surely aware of, and if he selected this piece in part to steal some of that Preisner/Kieślowski gravitas for himself... it worked.
The film continues to be gorgeous throughout - Lubezki is not perhaps in quite the same state of pure bliss as he was with his last Malick collaboration, The New World, but he's still one of the most gifted cinematographers now living - though it only regains, or even attempts to regain, that operatic bigness in the very last scenes, Malick's attempt to create his interpretation of what heaven is like; or maybe it's better to say his vision of the inner soul at peace with itself, and maybe that's what heaven is meant to be. Instead, the bulk of the movie is taken up with the O'Briens in the years before their son died, largely focusing on Jack's growing awareness of the merits and limitations of both his parents: his mother, representing the spiritual and the giving and loving, and his father, desperate for success in the world, trying to teach his children what he thinks is right and in the process depriving them of love that he doesn't know how to express. This could be unbearably trite, were it not for Malick's customarily subjective treatment of the material: having whipped the film into shape with a small army of editors (including his frequent collaborator Billy Weber), the film is similar to his other films, in that it throws continuity to the wind and cuts according to something more intuitive and poetic. The overall structure of the film is in fact musical far more than it is narrative, based on repeated concepts and images, rhythms that advance and then restate themselves; it turns the simply matter of domestic unhappiness into a visual flow that recalls the gauzy texture of the director's earlier films, paeans to nature all, while grounding that flow in a far more human-shaped box. Do I call The Tree of Life his best work? God no, not on one viewing. Merely the one which seems most concerned with the personal scope of the material and not the universal, a bold claim to make for a movie which contains the creation of the universe; brazenly, Malick turns this material into a metaphor for the O'Briens themselves; or perhaps he makes the O'Briens a metaphor for the universe; certainly the conflict between a son desperate to make his own way and a father whose love expresses itself as cruelty is reflected in the film's concept of God's relationship to his creation. Either way it results in a heady, rich film: one that is extremely beautiful both visually and aurally - Alexandre Desplat's contemplative score is a perfect match for the complex movement from one image to the next - but whose beauty never blocks, and in many ways emphasises, the struggle within, of people striving to find grace wherever it resides, in a tree or in a child or in the lines of a building reflecting the clouds. It is a noble and haunting movie, one that left me reeling like no other new film I've seen in literally years.
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- Jake said...
I had a hard time coming to grips with just how much of myself I saw on the screen when I saw this. People keep fixating on the fucking dinosaur (is everyone even serious right now?) and they don't see how the film makes even its cosmic scenes deeply felt and meaningful. It's the film that shows just how tiny and insignificant humans are, then shows how we are best capable of feeling the memories and emotions captured in time; in that sense, it's religious and scientific, acknowledging our smallness yet exalting what we can know and feel.
It was so personal that I talked about things in my own review that I'd never told anyone because I saw that memories I had weren't as unique as I thought. Yeah, the film's messy, but anyone who calls this film pretentious should go sit in a corner with a dunce cap until they learn what words mean. Dislike it all you want, but has there ever been a more painfully sincere movie?
- Neil Fulwood said...
What you've just described in this review, Tim, reminds me of my reaction to the last scene of Tarkovsky's 'Nostalgia'. I'm an atheist, I have no use for any form of organized religion, I do not believe in a higher power, and I am convinced the death is the end - and yet the overwhelming visually grace note that 'Nostalgia' ends on, as soaringly spiritual as it is visually bravura, took my breath away and left me in tears. I sat staring at the screen for a good quarter of an hour after the film had ended. "A noble and haunting movie" - I think this could well be my most profound cinema visit of 2011.
- michael said...
This is a beautiful review that captures most of what I felt yesterday when watching the film. Yes the dinosaurs are 'dodgy' but to focus on that really misses the forest for the trees. Malick is a visionary, glorious film maker and we're lucky to be able to see his beliefs and work at all. 99% of the visionaries such as him are completely shut out of the film industry. Bravo, Mr. Malick. I can't wait to see this film many times over the next 20 years.


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The Phoenix Suns gave us the "Los Suns" jerseys. What are the chances we
see "Los Tigres" or "Los D'backs"?
Charles L.
Excellent question, Charles. And very a propos considering all that has been going on down there on the border. It's also an interesting question because baseball is a sport dominated by Latin players. If you'll forgive me for making a very broad generalization, Hispanic-Americans love baseball and also seem to be unfairly targeted by what has been going on. So, what do we do?
Well, it's nice that the Suns made this display of solidarity especially since it's their state. And baseball has already been in the business of reaching out to the Latino community since the days of Roberto Clemente. But it takes more than some slogans on a t-shirt. Yes, it's an important gesture but sports are such an integral part of the fabric of America that there's much more they can do to educate people.
And when it comes to education, no sport is quite out front of the curve like baseball. Roberto Clemente paved the way for Latinos in baseball but he also made them more visible in society. It goes without saying that Jackie Robinson's impact rippled far beyond the confines of the stadiums in which he played.
In fact, even now baseball has an unprecedented ability to make a huge impact in this situation. No, they can't overturn the law. But they could encourage all the teams that use Arizona as a spring training base to move out and even offer financial incentives to teams who choose to do so. If they wanted to do something really drastic, why not say that the Diamondbacks will have to play their home games in a neighboring state until the situation is addressed. No, MLB can't overturn the law but they can make it mighty painful for those who enacted it.
Baseball is sport but it's also business. And one of the touchstones for businesses recently is the idea of corporate social responsibility. Companies give back to the communities in which they operate and attempt to show that they are good citizens. Well, considering the make up of the league and its most rabid fan base, baseball's corporate social responsibility would seem to extend directly to this situation.
Sports and particularly baseball have the ability to change society. Cute translations of teams' names makes for good press and nice t-shirts but if they really want to take up the mantle once again and make a real difference, more drastic action is needed. So let's see it Bud. Have the D'backs play their home games in Vegas or Albuquerque and let's see how long this law stays on the books. Jim Crow didn't last long after Jackie. I bet SB1070 wouldn't either.
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It's incumbent upon ARZ to alter that law. Just incorporate something closer to the original American ideal before they go around in a great big round up. All kinds of unintended fish get caught up in fishing nets when they tell you all they're fishing is "XFish". Just sayin.. but I'm certainly not opposed to stagnating illegal immigration. Just saying we should be smarter. The NFL refused to give ARZ a Super Bowl until they observed MLK Day. As the National Pastime, that has played it's own prominent parts during times of war, recession, race, riots, and healing, Baseball should play it's part with regard to ARZ's dilemma.
Every so often the Mets throw on their "Los Mets" jerseys anyway. It wouldn't be a stretch for us.
I spent a lot of money and a lot of time becoming a legal citizen of this country, I spent a lot of time and money for my sons to be legal residents and be well on their way to citizens, when my eldest son married an English girl in Las Vegas, they were told she would have to go back to England for 4 years before she could live here, however if he went with her he would loose his rights of residency here and have to start over, which since he has done one already would not be favorable to him, however they also told him had he married a Spanish speaking/Latino/Mexican girl things would be different she could stay and they would have no problems getting her residency, needless to say my son said F*ck you very much and went back to England to live, my youngest whilst contemplating marriage to an English girl chose to go back before he had to have that problem. I am sorry my views on this are strong, read all the law and what it actually means before you hype up the same sh*t the government friendly media has told you it stands for, isn't being able to take a driving test in 38 different languages enough, or do we have to write mailing addresses on envelopes in different languages just in case the mail carrier can't read the language of this country
I think the closest we might get to that again is if the Florida Marlins wear a "throwback" jersey from a Cuban team or maybe a Los Marlins" jersey.
But if the MLB ever ventures down into Mexico or Puerto Rico for a game, maybe a great marketing ploy might be to use the involved team's Spanish names to produce increases in jersey sales and promotional items.
But then again, maybe the Rays will someday wear the jerseys from that television movie "Long Gone".
I know I might buy a Tampico Stogies that had "Stud" Cantrell's number on the back of it….
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I would certainly take 30 seconds out of my life to show an ID if it meant making it more difficult on illegal aliens. It's not just the aliens themselves, but the human trafficing and the drug smiggling. It all goes hand-in-hand, and has to be detered somehow. I had a friend from high school murdered by an illegal alien in Arizona. His dad has been on TV for some time trying to get things changed.
There seems to be a no-win situation for law enforcement in this country, especially CBP and Border Patrol. When they do their job people complain about be hassled, yet when something bad happens, they're blamed for not being vigilant enough. Immigrating to this country is a long and expensive process. I thank the citizens who did things the right way.
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with the pressure of pulling the ASG from Arizona and talk of the NCAA pulling the national title game from the state as well, maybe Arizona will feel the heat and amend the law or revoke it completely. While doing this does not hurt the state as much as it hurts the fans, I would feel bad for the fans who have been saving up to see the all star game and other events for years.
I, like a majority of Americans, support Arizona's effort to take back control of the border from the vicious cartels. There is not an easy solution to the problem, but I admire Arizona for at least attempting to do something about it instead of playing armchair QB.
Regardless of how you feel about this issue, MLB and the NCAA should stay OUT of politics just as politicians shouldn't hassle former MLB players about steroid use.