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One fun Halloween game is to fill up bowls with foods like spaghetti, grapes, or gummy worms, and hand them out to blindfolded party guests, telling them they're icky body parts. But dog owners beware - grapes are poisonous for dogs. In the same vein, raisin toxicity in dogs is also a serious problem, reports VCA Animal Hospitals, so if you're planning on baking any fall treats with this ingredient, make sure your pet is not in the kitchen. Be sure you know the symptoms of grape poisoning in case your pet ingests a grape or raisin when you're not looking.
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One of the best parts of Halloween is seeing the adorable costumed kids at your doorstep. But for pets, a constant stream of visitors can be very stressful. If your dog grows anxious when people are at the door, it may be best to keep her in a bedroom or other closed off area. You can also bring her outside onto your porch and greet trick-or-treaters to avoid the stressful sound of the doorbell or knocking.
Cat and dog owners must be vigilant when opening the door for trick-or-treaters, as some pets will try and dart outside at any opportunity. If this sounds like your pet, once again, it may be best to confine her to a closed off space until the festivities ended.
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We hope you were able to make it to our Annual Meeting in Daphne last weekend. It was a fun day, and a special time for sharing the great ideas our volunteers have. And how could you resist those adorable "Dancing Daisies" from Troop 8287?! They were too cute!
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- Abdel-Motal U, Sarkis PTN, Han T, Pudney J, Anderson DJ, Zhu Q, Marasco WA. Anti-gp120 minibody gene transfer to female genital epithelial cells protects against HIV-1 virus challenge in vitro. PLoS One. 2011, 2011;6(10):e26473. PMCID: PMC3198777.
- Biswas S, Chang H, Sarkis PTN, Fikrig E, Zhu Q and Marasco WA. Humoral immune responses in humanized BLT mice immunized with West Nile virus and HIV-1 envelope proteins are largely mediated via human CF5+ B cells. Immunology, 2011, Dec;134(4):419-33. PMID:22044090.
- Han T, Sui J, Bennett AS, Liddington RC, Donis RO, Zhu Q and Marasco WA. Fine epitope mapping of monoclonal antibodies against hemagglutinin of a highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus using yeast surface display. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2011; Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC3119598.
- Sui J, Sheehan J, Hwang WC, Bankston LA, Burchett SK, Huang CY, Liddington R, Beigel JH, and Marasco WA. Wide Prevalence of Heterosubtypic Broadly Neutralizing Human Anti-Influenza A Antibodies. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2011 Apr 15;52(8):1003-9; PMID:21460314.
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- Chang H, Biswas S, Tallarico AST, Sarkis P, Geng S, Panditrao MM, Zhu Q, Marasco WA. Human B-cell ontogeny in humanized NOD/SCID γc(null) mice generates a diverse yet auto/poly- and HIV-1 reactive antibody repertoire. Genes Immun. 2012 Jul;13(5):399-410. PMID: 22592523; PMCID: PMC3411862.
- Chang DK, Sui J, Geng S, Muvaffak A, Bai M, Fuhlbrigge RC, Lo A, Yammanuru A, Hubbard L, Sheehan J, Campbell JJ, Zhu Q, Kupper TS, Marasco WA. Humanization of an anti-CCR4 antibody that kills Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma cells and abrogates suppression by T regulatory cells. Mol. Cancer Ther. 2012 Nov;11(11):2451-61. PMID: 22869555; PMCID: PMC3496034.
- Han T, Abdel-Motal UM, Chang DK, Sui J, Muvaffak A, Campbell J, Zhu Q, Kupper TS, Marasco WA. Human Anti-CCR4 Minibody Gene Transfer for the Treatment of Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma. PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e44455. Epub 2012 Sept 4. PMID: 22973452; PMCID: PMC3433438.
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By RON JOHNSON
In June 2006, 65,400 people were employed in Chautauqua County. Just seven years later only 57,700 people are employed. This is a stunning loss of 7,700 people employed in our County. Chautauqua County needs new leadership to reverse this disastrous decline. That is what I will bring to the office of county executive. As a businessman I know what it takes to attract and retain business.
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As a businessman, I have learned that an entrepreneur must have the courage to take calculated risks. Our county must invest in industrial parks, business parks and technology parks. Chautauqua County, once again, must have shovel-ready sites for development. Chautauqua County must, once again, be "open for business." As county executive, I know that we can do better. We can reverse this awful, stunning decline in the number and quality of jobs available to our residents.
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What I Hate about The Hunger Games
It's been two weeks since The Hunger Games debuted in theaters and its arrival onto the pop culture scene has been anything less than spectacular. In ten days the wildly successful franchise has grossed $251 million. Ten days! The Hunger Games has earned in ten days what Alex Rodriquez has earned in ten years (sorry about the vague sports reference but I couldn't resist). But the humongous earnings potential of this adaptation is not what I hate about The Hunger Games, and in fact I'm thrilled that the books and movie has been so successful. I happen to be a really big fan of Suzanne Collins' great capacity to make a reader continue to turn pages. So what is it, then, that has me using such harsh language?
I don't hate the way the book was adapted for the big screen. Quite the opposite. While there are differences, some bigger then others, between the book and the movie, it was an overall great adaptation and some of the most fun I've had at the movies in a really long time. I'd like to remind folks that there will always be differences when a book is made into a movie. It's simply impossible to fit approximately 400 pages of plot, characters, and details into two hours and fifteen minutes of film, and it's not that they (the writers, directors, producers, etc.) got anything "wrong" as I've heard people say. Truthfully, that's the whole point behind my mantra that the book is always better than the movie. Readers never want anything to be changed. Readers and fans really want movie producers to make an exact replica of the book and put it into movie form, but like I said earlier, that's impossible. But those differences are not what I hate about The Hunger Games, either.
I have talked to tons of people about all things Hunger Games related. I've talked about the books and the movie and the ensuing hype around it all. I've talked to men and women and I've talked to people of all ages from tweens to senior citizens. It's a great topic of conversation. However, there is an unfortunate occurrence that takes place almost every time The Hunger Games are discussed and this is the thing that I hate. This occurrence is in the form a comparison, a comparison between The Hunger Games and…the Twilight Saga. I hate this because I love The Hunger Games and I certainly do not share that opinion with the Twilight Saga (to read my opinion of Twilight click here).
Yes there are some similarities. Both are targeted towards young adults and gained massive popularity among readers of all ages. Both are written as a series by women and each contain a teenage girl protagonist. But to compare Katniss Everdeen, the huntress whose survivability propels her to become the figurehead of a national revolution, to whiny Bella Swan who discovered Edward's secret vampire identity by Googling vampires is a joke! The two characters and the worlds they come from are nothing alike, yet they are inextricably linked, and that is what I hate about The Hunger Games.
The next time you are talking amongst your friends about The Hunger Games, try comparing it to something that it actually resembles, like The Running Man. Personally, I think Katniss Everdeen would appreciate being likened to the Butcher of Bakersfield, Ben Richards, but then again, I am a self-proclaimed eighties-phile. What do you think? Is it fair to compare The Hunger Games to Twilight? It's clear what my choice is, but I want to know yours.


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The holidays for me conjure up glistening desserts, hearty main meals and of course small sweet treasures. Growing up I remember eating all kinds of things, but the one thing I always loved about the holidays was my grandmother's orange flavored gelatins. As the holiday approaches, I wanted to recreate that taste of the past.
For an updated version of that recipe, I used a bubbly citrus beverage, filled with fresh Satsuma oranges! To top things off and give a more finished look, a layer soft set coconut cream was used; this works very well for the garnish of pistachios and coconut. If you are not going dairy-free, cream would be a nice replacement.
As for the holidays go, I have yet to decide on a dessert to bring to the family gathering. Usually this time of year I have already baked up countless dozens of cookies for eating and sharing. With all of the possibilities one can get pulled in all sorts of directions. Once I have decided I will post as a holiday recap. So enjoy the holidays everyone. The snow has been steadily falling the past few hours, maybe we will have a white Christmas after all! Enjoy!
Satsuma Gelée Recipe
2 cups bubbly orange juice
1 Tablespoon gelatin
10 Satsuma oranges, peeled & segmented
¾ cup coconut milk [-or- cream]
2 Tablespoons cold water
1 teaspoon gelatin
Chopped pistachios [for garnishing]
Shredded coconut [for garnishing]
preparing the orange gelée:
1. Place the orange bubbly in a sauce pan and sprinkle the gelatin over. Let the gelatin bloom for a few minutes.
2. Whisk in the gelatin and heat just to a simmer. Set aside.
3. Fill serving glasses with orange segments and pour in the juice.
4. Chill in the refrigerator until set, approximately 2-4 hours.
preparing the coconut cream:
1. Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water and allow to bloom.
2. Heat the coconut milk in a small sauce pan and add sugar and any flavorings you like.
3. Whisk a little coconut milk into the gelatin and then add it to the rest of the coconut milk.
4. Cool slightly and pour over the set orange gelée.
5. Garnish with pistachios and coconut.
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Topic: counting rows.
having a little issue with counting DB rows.
okay I'm trying to figure this out. its a little tagging thing I'm playing with.
db looks a little like this
id tag
1 hello
2 hello
3 bye bye
4 hello
5 bye bye
6 what?
I want to be able to dynamically count the hello's etc.
I know I can do it via
count.find(:all, :conditions => "tag = 'hello'")
but that only works if I know whats in the DB, is there a rails way of dynamically counting all of these rows?


text: http://www.grandprixmotorsports.com/ Here's the link, says the mount while you wait. I'll have to remember them for next time as I can't drive all the way into Denver to drop off my bike. -----Original Message----- From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of iamthedoc Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 6:40 AM To: scapco at ecentral.com; GPZ List Subject: RE: lowering links or lowering a GPZ Thanks Charles. -----Original Message----- From: Charles Scappaticci <scapco at ecentral.com> Sent: April 06, 2010 10:08 PM To: GPZ List <gpzlist at micapeak.com> Subject: Re: lowering links or lowering a GPZ Grand Prix sells Dunlops at 1/2 suggested retail which is pretty decent. I'm currently running soft Dunlop Sportmax's on one set of rims and their new Roadsmarts on the other. I like the Roadsmarts so far pretty well. Charles S. iamthedoc wrote: > OTD used to be excel motorsport in Denver. They had the "buy the rear,get the front free" Hey John, where is a good place in town these days for inexpensive tires? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: iamthedoc <iamthedoc at yahoo.com> > Sent: April 06, 2010 7:33 PM > To: GPZ List <gpzlist at micapeak.com> > Subject: RE: lowering links or lowering a GPZ > > > Welcome Randy! So, I am in need of new tires. I have always taken my bikes to OTD on colfax for new rubber. >Always seemed reasonable. I wouldnt mind shopping around this year. Any suggestions? >


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Bombardier's Challenger 300
When it comes to power, performance and comfort in a used super-midsize, Bombardier's Challenger 300 stands alone. Not that there hasn't been competition.
During the 1990s, business jet manufacturers invented a new product category: the super-midsize. The idea was to provide near large-cabin comfort with midsize operating efficiencies. Over the ensuing years, the manufacturers employed various strategies in pursuit of this market niche: Dassault shortened a trijet Falcon 900 cabin and morphed it into a twinjet called the 2000, but to be fair, that is still really a large-cabin jet, albeit with super-midsize economics. Meanwhile, Cessna extended its popular Citation Excel medium-class fuselage and gave it new wings, avionics and engines, naming the finished product Sovereign, but calling this airplane a super-mid is a bit of, er, a stretch.
Three other companies—Bombardier, Galaxy and Hawker Beechcraft—started with clean-sheet-of-paper designs. The Galaxy (later rebranded the G200 after Gulfstream acquired the program) was beset by a myriad of function and performance problems and production was discontinued in 2011. More than a decade after it was announced, the Hawker 4000 came to market. By then it needed multiple upgrades that its maker could ill-afford. Recently emerged from bankruptcy, the new Beechcraft is walking away from jet production (and warranty support of the Hawker 4000) altogether.
Of this triad, only Bombardier's Challenger 300 delivered on its promise, combining passenger comfort, performance, reliability and good operating economics.
Bombardier announced the program in 1999 and made its first customer delivery in 2004. Since then, the airplane has become a mainstay of programs from such leading lift providers as Flexjet and Xojet. A fleet of 75 Challenger 300s also will soon begin to join NetJets. Nearly 400 are in service worldwide. The prices of, and demand for, used 300s remain strong—a testament to the model's popularity.
For the 300, Bombardier used new computer-assisted design and assembled a global supply chain with components from companies in Australia, Canada, Japan, Northern Ireland, Taiwan and the U.S. The parts and pieces come together in 12 major subassemblies on Bombardier's Montreal shop floor and are assembled into a finished airplane in just four days.
The Honeywell HTF7000 engines (6,826 pounds of thrust each) help make this aircraft fast and efficient. Fully loaded, it easily uses runways under 5,000 feet long, and it climbs at better than 4,200 feet per minute (sometimes a lot better). Yet it can burn as little as 178 gallons of fuel per hour at high-speed cruise settings, or around 470 knots, at altitude. From takeoff the 300 will climb directly to at least 41,000 feet on its way to a maximum cruise altitude of 45,000 feet. With eight passengers, a crew of two and full fuel, a standard-weight 300 has a range of 3,065 nautical miles, according to Bombardier. That potentially enables such nonstop routes as Miami–Seattle, Washington, D.C.–San Francisco, Bangor, Maine–San Diego, New York–London, Geneva–Dubai and Singapore–Tokyo.
The engines on this airplane are so powerful that pilots routinely have to pull the power back to avoid overspeeding. However, they have not been without problems. The original engine combustors are the subject of a recommended-service bulletin and should be replaced with a new design due to cracking and an exhaust gas path that causes premature turbine blade wear. If the engines are under warranty or enrolled in the Honeywell MSP maintenance program, this is not an issue. If they aren't, though, it could cost aircraft owners $250,000 to $400,000, according to Dave Colbert, director of maintenance for Xojet, which operates 15 Challenger 300s.
Colbert also advises that purchasers of used 300s check for corrosion on the wing panels and thrust reversers. However, he considers these minor annoyances on what is otherwise a great airplane that his company flies an average of 100 hours per month each. "It's been a top performer for us."
Colbert particularly likes the brakes. An electronic, brake-by-wire system ensures steady, quick stops while preserving brake life and giving the airplane excellent short-field capability.
While Xojet's highest-time Challenger has accumulated 6,756 flight hours, Colbert said, "I haven't replaced a brake on this airplane yet."
Challenger 300 pilots have the benefit of the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 glass-panel avionics system, which, while somewhat dated, can be upgraded with many of the latest safety and navigational features, including precision GPS-based approaches.
For passengers used to cramming themselves into midsize and smaller jets, the 300's 860-cubic-foot cabin offers an abundance of space. From cockpit divider to the rear pressure bulkhead, the cabin measures nearly 29 feet long. That includes a 16.5-foot main seating area, lavatory and adjacent walk-in luggage closet with 105 cubic feet of additional space. Cabin height is 6.1 feet and width (from centerline) is 7.2 feet. Typical cabin configurations consist of a galley followed by either two club-four groupings of single executive seats or one club-four grouping followed by a three-place, side-facing divan and two single executive seats. The belted lavatory seat is certified for takeoff and landing.
A fair amount of ambient cabin noise can emanate from the forward entry door in flight. This can be mitigated by closing the acoustic curtain that separates the galley from the main cabin or by installing solid pocket doors to close off the area. In addition, aftermarket noise-dampening insulation is available that can cut cabin noise by up to three decibels. Packages run around $125,000 to $150,000, according to Kevin Kliethermes, director of sales at Chesterfield, Missouri-based JetCorp, an independent provider of Challenger 300 maintenance.
Or you can just turn up the music.
The 300 was the first serial-production business jet to be equipped with the Lufthansa Technik Nice digital cabin-management and entertainment system. Nice uses 24 transducers, mounted behind interior cabin panels, in place of conventional speakers to create near-uniform cabin sound, much like surround sound. Several aftermarket in-flight entertainment packages also are available for retrofit. JetCorp can install the Aircell cabin telecommunications router, connecting it to the Gogo Biz service, which lets passengers use their Wi-Fi-enabled devices to access the Internet and e-mails.
Aside from these few add-ons and routine cabin fabric recovering, used 300s are pretty much good to go.
Bombardier has done much in recent years to improve its once-maligned product support. For example, it has opened a company service center in Singapore; expanded hours and overnight shifts at several other locations; and introduced a reliability-improvement program tailored to the Challenger 300. That program, which the company calls "Max," offers customers little- or no-charge upgrades of improved aircraft components and covers associated labor costs. "We share with customers what is the latest and greatest coming off the assembly line," said Andy Nureddin, vice president of customer service and support for Bombardier Business Aircraft. Over the last 18 months, Bombardier has installed 1,200 new parts fleet-wide, including items such as generator control units and variable steering transducers. The improved parts have better performance and life limits. Twenty-one parts are currently on the list and Bombardier is adding to it continually. The program has been a hit with customers.
"What I appreciate most is Bombardier's willingness to stand behind this product with their own money," said Colbert, who sits on the Challenger 300 customer advisory board.
When Bombardier launched the Challenger 300, its goal was to capture 30 percent of the super-midsize market by 2012. It has done that—and then some. New-aircraft competition does loom on the horizon in the form of the newly certified Gulfstream G280 and under-development models, including the Embraer Legacy 500 and Cessna Citation Longitude. But when it comes to used super-midsize jets, the Challenger 300 is the champ.
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Of almost all the new aged aircraft (2000 or newer) the Challenger 300 has been one of the top performers on our web site month after month. Both in availability of aircraft offered and the amount of interest offered by inquiries. This all around mid-size seems to be a crowd favorite in regards to speed, comfort and reliability.
I'm not aware of a "myriad of function and performance problems" in the G200; moreover, the sentence mistakenly leads the reader to understand that those problems caused the G200 production to be discontinued in 2011. The fact is that the G200 production ended just to make room to the new G280.
Here's a reply from writer Mark Huber to Fabian's above comment regarding the G200:
I met with top Gulfstream executives right after they acquired Galaxy Aerospace, acquired the aircraft, and renamed it the G200. They informed me they were hard at work correcting a variety of problems with the aircraft which I enumerated some years later and at length in my review of that aircraft (see BJT October/November 2007). Quoting from my previous review of the G200:
"In the field, a list of serious mechanical, electrical and design problems plagued the aircraft. They included starter-generator failure, slow landing-gear actuators, jet fuel that vented into the aft equipment bay, bad wiring and malfunctioning flight controls and avionics displays.
"Inside, the cabin suffered myriad fit, finish and function problems that included flickering lights, toilets with inadequate capacity, truly awful seats and an erratic ventilation system. (The galley installation pinched the ventilation tube on early serial numbers, reducing fresh airflow.)
"Owners of low serial numbers were an unhappy lot and the company's self-admitted customer-service problems did nothing to assuage them. Dispatch reliability was low. One captain of a low-serial-number G200 diplomatically characterized it as 'a smart little airplane with major quality issues' and added, 'The Gulfstream warranty is very good for this aircraft and you certainly will need it.'
Gulfstream did in fact do much to solve many of these problems and provides G200 owners with excellent support, but it could never overcome the model's chief defects: wings that did not produce enough lift and engines with insufficient thrust for the aircraft. The G200 required a lot of pavement, especially when fully loaded. And it fell short on range goals. Those are the reasons why, today, a 2005 G200 is worth only 37 percent of its original sales price—worst in class for that year—while an Embraer Legacy 600 fetches 46 percent and a Challenger 300 commands 60 percent. Consequently, Gulfstream built the G280, an airplane with much better performance, thanks to a redesigned wing and more powerful engines.
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GoG eXTCy vs. DP G4
Started by Paintball4864, Feb 21 2013 06:52 PM
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 06:52 PM
I have been debating on which one to get just need everyone's advice on which one to buy. I will use the pinokio hopper and compressed air.
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Gear Setup: Empire Axe, Empire Prophecy Z2, Ninja 50/4500, Jt ProFlex
Posted 26 February 2013 - 06:09 PM
Everyone is saying an eXTCy just because of the leak issues, (I voted for eXTCy too for the record) but if you got a G4 and it had no issues, it maay be the better marker. Also consider the G5 for $330 since the macroless design=no leaks and it shoots just as well as a G$ with a MUCH better trigger than the two. A used Axe would be good too, a new Mini if you're against used, or a Proto Rail for $250 is also a good option
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
Posted 26 February 2013 - 06:35 PM
I say extcy. Unless you have an extra $20 in shipping to send your g4 back to dangerous power to fix your leaking gun. Only thing g4 has on extcy is autococker threads.
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Over There - Valladolid
If looking for an interesting day trip, consider taking a drive or bus to Valladolid for the day. Located just 2 a hour drive from Merida, Cancun or the Riviera Maya area, Valladolid is one of the most beautiful cities in the Yucatan. Founded in 1543 by Francisco Montejo, Valladolid also makes a perfect "hub" point for those travelers who have a few days and are interested in visiting several different Mayan ruins.
Because it turns out that Valladolid is central to Chichen Itza, Ek Balam and Coba. Plus it's just a bonus that the Rio Lagartos and San Felipe ecological reserves are nearby as well.
Filled with majestic churches, old mansions and buildings that speak of times of conquest, a Spanish heritage and the indigenous Mayan past, Valladolid's rich historical legacy is carried on proudly by its friendly people who open their doors daily for visitors to get a glimpse of one of the Yucatan's most beautiful Colonial cities.
History & Spanish Influence
Valladolid played an important role in the conquest and holds a special place in the heart of all Mayan people because the area's natives refused to accept Spanish dominion. When conquistadors arrived, the area was known to Mayan's as "Saci" (white hawk in Maya) and was a major political and religious center of the lords of the noble Mayan house of Cupul. Because of its importance, Saci was home to other Mayan nobles as well such as the Cupules of Conil and Cocones of Satuta who were not at all interested in being dominated by Spaniards and refused to subjugate themselves to their rule.
However, with time the entire Yucatan Peninsula was finally conquered by Montejo and after the difficult war on the Cupules of Conil he built Valladolid right on top of the Mayan temples of Saci. Montejo called his new headquarters Valladolid, after the city of the same name in Spain is where King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were married. Interestingly enough the Spanish Government has recently deemed Valladolid as one of the most authentic Spanish cities in the Americas and has granted large sums of money to aid in its preservation.
Valladolid is the second oldest city in the Yucatan and its narrow streets and aged buildings give testiment to a glorious past that even bore witness to the War of the Castes. Today Valladolid is known as a city that carries its rich legacy quietly in the tourism sector so not much is ever publicized about it. But upon arrival visitors will find a thriving commercial center that has been critical to the Yucatan's development throughout the years.
Accomodations in Valladolid
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Some wonderful little places in Valladolid ~
Hacienda Sanchez
Calle 23 x 40 y 42
51 rooms/suites
Hotel Zaci
Calle 44 #193 x 39
60 rooms
Maria de la Luz
Calle 42 #191 x 37 y 39
40 rooms
Casa Quetzal
Calle 51 #218-C x 50 y 52
El Meson del Marques
Calle 39 # 203 x 40 y 42
90 rooms
Getting to Valladolid
The Kahua Airstrip is 20 minutes away from Valladolid.
Check local air charter companies for potential prop plane service.
Several buslines leave hourly from Merida, Cancun, Tulum and Playa del Carmen going to Valladolid.
Check with local bus lines for current departure times and pricing.
When driving, the Merida-Valladolid-Cancun highway is the main highway connecting the city to the rest of the country by Federal Highway 180. Several highways now connect with 180 from the major cities of the southeast like Campeche, Merida, Cancun and Playa del Carmen.
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Here's where you can find the Canyons and Neighborhoods that make up the Hollywood Hills and some links to local Homeowner Associations Los Feliz: from Griffith Park and Los Feliz to Western and Los Feliz north, The "Oaks": from Fern Dell & Los Feliz to Canyon & Franklin north, Hollywood Oasis: from Foothill and Briarcliff north to Tuxedo Terrace and Canyon, Bronson Canyon: from Bronson and Franklin to Beachwood and Franklin north, Beachwood Canyon: from Beachwood and Franklin to Vine Street and Franklin north, Hollywood Land: Belden and Beachwood north on the east to Hollyridge on the west to Durand, Vine Hills and the Hollywood Dell: from Franklin and Vine Street to Cahuenga and Franklin north, Hollywood Knolls: Cahuenga West & Barham to Lake Hollywood & North Knoll south, Lake Hollywood Estates: From Lake Hollywood & Tahoe to Canyon Lake & Innsdale south, Hollywood Manor: from Barham and De Witt to Blair and Universal Studios east, Universal Hills: from Lankershim and Ventura to Bennett and Cahuenga West south, Whitley Heights: from Cahuenga and Franklin to Highland and Franklin north, Hollywood Heights: from Franklin and Highland to Sycamore and Franklin north, Outpost Estates: Franklin and Outpost to Franklin and La Brea north to Mulholland,Wattles Park: from La Brea and Franklin to Curson and Hollywood Blvd north, Nichols Canyon: from Genesee/Nichols Canyon and Hollywood Blvd to Laurel Canyon and Hollywood Blvd north to Mulholland, Mt. Olympus: from Nichols Canyon & Zorada to Hollywood & Laurel Canyon/Mt. Olympus east Laurel Canyon: from Laurel Canyon and Hollywood Blvd north to Mulholland & Allenwood south, Sunset Strip: from Laurel Canyon & Sunset to Doheny and Sunset north, Mulholland Corridor: Laurel Canyon and Mulholland and Woodrow Wilson to Cahuenga West and Mulholland and Woodrow Wilson South.


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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Atrocious weather and loads of mudIn full: I love all the mud and puddles I can never understand why people try to avoid them.Date of review: October 13, 2013
In short: A Great way to Start the New Year. In full: As always Dr Roberts and his crew never fail to deliver, another Outstanding event which gets better every year.Date of review: January 3, 2013
In short: Tough enough to make it interesting.In full: A great local race well organised and supported with a few hills to make it mildly challenging and to top it all a great medal once you have finished.Date of review: October 18, 2012
In short: Hardest Thing I have ever doneIn full: Dr Rob thank you for the Bonus hills and extra few miles as if this was not going to be tough enough. I would like to thank all the Great marshals and my fellow runners for making this a an awesome experience. I'm so tiered I want to sleep but the pain from my body just wont allow me. I would say bring it on for next year but I don't think I'm man enough to do it again. Once again Thank you everyone for making it a Great event.Date of review: June 24, 2012
In short: Excellent, excellent excellentIn full: A race that runs like clockwork by runners for runners.I only entered a few day ago and I'm sure glad I did, I met a friend and run the first few miles with him he started running a lot faster than I would normally and I'm sure glad I stayed with him as I smashed the 1:30 for the 1st time with a new PB of 1:26.58 this race has pure speed written all over it.Thank you all at PWAC for making an old man really happy.Date of review: April 2, 2012
In short: If I could only run one race it would be this oneIn full: Just read everyone else's reviews just such a Great Race.Well done once again Dr Rob and your Magnificent Team.Date of review: March 18, 2012
In short: The course was 13.22 miles LongIn full: The Girls on the bridges were great, the race itself was ok but not the most interesting.My only downer is that 3 of us measured as too long which was a little gutting as according to my watch I had just run my second fastest half ever but the results show it 45 seconds slower. I would do it again but not for another few years. Date of review: March 5, 2012
In short: A Great race and now my PB course.In full: Tunbridge Wells Harriers pat yourselves on the back another fantastic race with great organisation and Great Marshals. Date of review: February 26, 2012
In short: A Great Start to the New YearIn full: As always Dr Roberts and his crew never fail to deliver, another Outstanding event.Date of review: January 2, 2012
In short: I didnt run only helped outIn full: You cant ask for more, I only helped marshal but I will run it next yearDate of review: October 23, 2011
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Doing and Viewing Art (ages 4-12). Family tours are followed by related hands-on art projects led by professional artists. Children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Winter recess December 15, 22, 29, and January 5. Doing and Viewing Art resumes January 12, 2013 at new times: 10:00–11:30, general public and 12:30–2:00, both at the de Young.
December 8: Holiday Art
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January 26: Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis (special time: noon–3:00)
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February 9: Rudolf Nureyev: A Life in Dance
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March 16: Get Crafty with Your Art: The Arts and Crafts Movement
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If you have ever left your radio or TV on to keep your dog company and quell its separation anxiety while you were away, you are not alone. Charles Snowdon, an animal psychologist, recently reported that many people believe their pets have similar music tastes as them, and will leave the radio on, assuming the pet enjoys it.
"We have a very human tendency to project onto our pets and assume that they will like what we like," Snowdon, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told Life's Little Mysteries. "People assume that if they like Mozart, their dog will like Mozart. If they like rock music, they say their dog prefers rock."
However, Snowdon recently found that humans and animals have different preferences for music based on the particular ranges of their vocal chords and tempos of their heart beats. That means that animals with faster heartbeats might enjoy a must faster tempo than what humans are able to comprehend. The same goes for the pitch of the music.
Instead of playing music to help ease separation anxiety in dogs, a more effective approach may be to use crate training. According to the Humane Society of the United States, dogs who are taught a positive association with a crate can find it a relaxing, safe and secure place to be. If your dog thinks of his crate as his own personal den, it can be a solution to separation anxiety that music or other noise cannot fix. You can talk to your veterinarian about other options for managing separation anxiety in your pet. This condition can cause nervous behaviors that could cause a dog to chew its own fur, a habit that can lead to sore hot spots on dogs. It may also cause your dog to chew things around the house and exhibit other negative behaviors.


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Egoyan, Atom
Atom Egoyan 1960-
Canadian screenwriter and director.
The following entry presents an overview of Egoyan's career through 1999.
Egoyan is a Canadian screenwriter and director known for his innovative, postmodern dramas that focus on the nature of family, assimilation, identity, and alienation. His films typically feature fragmented, nonlinear storylines with characters who are isolated and emotionally paralyzed. A contemporary of Canadian film auteur David Cronenberg, Egoyan often uses video as a metaphor for memory and technology as a social filter through which his characters relate. He is best known for Exotica (1994) and The Sweet Hereafter (1997), an adaptation of the Russell Banks novel, which received two Academy Award nominations. Several film critics have included Egoyan among the best directors of his generation, applauding his experimental style and his refusal to compromise his personal vision.
Biographical Information
Egoyan was born on July 19, 1960 in Cairo, Egypt, to parents of Armenian descent. His parents were both formally trained artists, and his father owned a successful art gallery. They named their son Atom after atomic energy. In 1962 the family immigrated to Canada, where Egoyan's parents managed a furniture store in British Columbia. Egoyan faced difficulties assimilating into a community with few Armenian families. During this period, he rejected his native culture, refusing to speak Armenian altogether. Egoyan eventually became interested in theatre and began to write experimental plays. He attended the University of Toronto, graduating with a B.A. in international relations from Trinity College in 1982. While he was in college, Egoyan's creative interests expanded into the world of filmmaking. He produced his first short film, Howard in Particular, in 1979, and it won a prize at the Canadian National Exhibition's film festival. Through the 1980s Egoyan directed television episodes and made-for-television movies for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as well as American television programs filmed in Toronto. He used his salary from his television work, along with private money and government grants, to produce several independent films that he wrote and directed. His first full-length feature film was Next of Kin (1984). As Egoyan's body of work expanded, his films became increasingly popular with critics and audiences in Canada and Europe, and he won the Moscow Film Festival award for The Adjuster (1991). Egoyan used the prize money from the award to fund his next film, Calendar (1993). In 1994, he received considerable praise for Exotica, which earned the International Film Critics Award at Cannes and numerous Genie awards. His next film, The Sweet Hereafter, brought Egoyan both critical and commercial success, including Academy Award nominations and several Cannes Film Festival awards. Egoyan has continued to direct short films—including one starring famed cellist Yo Yo Ma—and has directed and written the scores of several operas. He is married to Armenian actress Arsinee Khanjian with whom he has one son.
Major Works
Throughout a career spanning more than two dozen films, Egoyan has created a highly recognizable visual and narrative style. He often revisits themes of alienation, estrangement, and dysfunctionality, particularly in family relationships. In Next of Kin, the main character flees his birth family and pretends to be the lost son of a local Albanian immigrant family in order to receive the emotional support that has been lacking in his life. The father and son in Family Viewing (1987) are engaged in a bitter power struggle: the son, Van, wants his father, Stan, to help take care of his grandmother, but Stan is content to leave her in a retirement home. Van's mother left them several years earlier, and Stan is methodically recording over their old family videos with scenes of him having sex with his mistress. Egoyan has consistently used video as a metaphor for memory, exploring the ways in which characters attempt to shape and possess their past. He portrays recorded images as a tool that his characters use to communicate with each other. In Speaking Parts (1989), one of the main characters is a screenwriter who "visits" her dead brother through a video mausoleum. The characters in Egoyan's films are often emotionally distant and unable to make personal connections. The Adjuster features a couple who live together in the same house, but who are emotionally isolated from each other. The husband, Noah, is an insurance adjuster who experiences a voyeuristic thrill in getting involved in the personal lives of his customers. His wife, Hera, works for the National Film Censor Board and secretly copies the pornographic films that she classifies. Exotica focuses on five characters whose lives center around the erotic dancers at a local nightclub. One of the characters, Francis, is a father who cannot find closure after his daughter's death. His daughter's former babysitter, Christina, is a dancer at the club, and Francis becomes emotionally dependent on watching her dance. Even while interpreting the work of others—such as his adaptations of Russell Banks's The Sweet Hereafter and William Trevor's Felicia's Journey—Egoyan consistently revisits his recurring themes and crafts his plots in a unique style. Egoyan's narratives often recount events in nonlinear order, mixing incidents from various time frames and omitting essential details about characters and plot events until the conclusion of the film.
Critical Reception
Critics and peers alike consider Egoyan one of the leading independent filmmakers in Canada and have compared his unusual style to those of Cronenberg, David Lynch, and Peter Greenaway. Reviewers have noted that audiences either seem to love or hate Egoyan's works, with little room in-between. His critics have argued that his films are too fragmented and that his characters lack emotional depth or passion. Other reviewers have criticized his adaptations—such as The Sweet Hereafter—for being too focused on Egoyan's own agenda and not doing justice to the source material. However, even his harshest critics have complimented Egoyan's films for their complexity and thought-provoking material. Many reviewers have applauded Egoyan for his careful attention to detail, skillful use of editing, and continuing development of his recurring cinematic themes. Egoyan has been commended by critics for his rejection of false sentimentality and his refusal to emotionally manipulate his audiences. While some reviewers judge his characters as cool and detached, others consider them realistic and unexaggerated. Characterized as an "uncompromising" filmmaker, Egoyan and his body of work have developed a strong cult following in Canada and abroad.
Principal Works
Howard in Particular [also director] (screenplay) 1979
Next of Kin [also director] (screenplay) 1984
Family Viewing [also director] (screenplay) 1987
Speaking Parts [also director] (screenplay) 1989
The Adjuster [also director] (screenplay) 1991
Calendar [also director] (screenplay) 1993
Exotica [also director] (screenplay) 1994
The Sweet Hereafter [also director and adaptor; from the novel by Russell Banks] (screenplay) 1997
Felicia's Journey [also director and adaptor; from the novel by William Trevor] (screenplay) 1999
Suzanne Moore (review date 7 October 1988)
SOURCE: "Unhappy Families," in New Statesman and Society, October 7, 1988, p. 46–47.
[In the following review, Moore praises Egoyan's exploration of the nature of family in Family Viewing, but finds fault with his use of prostitution to suggest alienation.]
All is not well in the heart of that most sacred bastion of society—the family. If you believe what you read you will know that this most fundamental institution is under attack from a multitude of directions. Promiscuous single parents, campaigning homosexuals, morally-irresponsible television programmes and, of course, feminists who claim that the family is the site of woman's oppression par...
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Amy Taubin (essay date November–December 1989)
SOURCE: "Memories of Overdevelopment: Up and Atom," in Film Comment, Vol. 25, No. 6, November–December, 1989, pp. 27–29.
[In the following essay, Taubin explores Egoyan's use of technology as a metaphor in Speaking Parts and Family Viewing.]
The very voluble Atom Egoyan is hesitant to say how small the budget was for Speaking Parts, his third feature. He has a theory about recent independent films—that by conforming to Hollywood production standards, they've begun to attract a broader audience. Broader, that is, than the audience for grimy, grainy 16mm. With its gracefully arcing camera movement, spookily luminous interiors, and arresting,...
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Jonathan Romney (review date June 1992)
SOURCE: A review of The Adjuster, in Sight & Sound, Vol. 2, No. 2, June, 1992, p. 38.
[In the following review, Romney praises Egoyan's work in The Adjuster, particularly his skillful use of repetition.]
[In The Adjuster,] Noah Render, an insurance loss adjuster, lives in the only occupied house on an uncompleted estate with Hera, her sister Seta and their son Simon. Called out to the scenes of fires, he arranges for clients to be lodged in a motel while they wait for their claims to be sorted. On the subway, Hera witnesses an incident involving Bubba and Mimi, a rich couple who stage elaborate sex charades for Mimi to star in. Hera works as a...
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Amy Taubin (review date June 1992)
SOURCE: "Burning Down the House," in Sight & Sound, Vol. 2, No. 2, June, 1992, pp. 18–19.
[In the following review, Taubin explores the recurring themes common in The Adjuster and Egoyan's earlier films.]
The protagonist of The Adjuster, Atom Egoyan's discomforting fourth feature, is named Noah Render. "The allusions are so obvious, they're hysterical," says Egoyan during an interview. "What satisfaction could there be in analysing such a name?," he scoffs. "So what if you realise that the motel where Noah boards his clients is like his ark?" Without pausing for breath, he does an about face and gleefully runs through dictionary...
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James M. Wall (review date 3 March 1993)
SOURCE: A review of Calendar, in Christian Century, Vol. 110, No. 7, March 3, 1993, pp. 227–28.
[In the following review, Wall discusses the central plot and thematic material in Calendar.]
Canadian director Atom Egoyan is a quiet man who avoided a press conference after the initial screening of his sixth feature film, Calendar. A few of us caught up with him just outside the theater where he willingly chatted about his picture, which deals with a photographer, played by Egoyan, who like the director is from an Armenian family but doesn't speak the language. His wife plays the role of Egoyan's movie wife, but she does speak the language—which sets up...
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Chris Chang (review date November–December 1993)
SOURCE: "Ruined," in Film Comment, Vol. 29, No. 6, November–December, 1993, p. 73.
[In the following review, Chang describes the history behind Egoyan's Calendar and explores the film's major plot elements.]
Atom Egoyan won the Moscow Prize for The Adjuster in 1991. The award took the form of one million rubles in production funding and came with the stipulation that the work be done in the (then) Soviet Union. As location, Egoyan chose Armenia, his ancestral home—then saw his budget devalued, by secession and independence, to some $4,000 U.S. Last-minute assistance from German television allowed him to get on the plane with a limited budget,...
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Bart Testa (review date Winter 1994)
SOURCE: A review of Speaking Parts, in University of Toronto Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 1, Winter, 1994, pp. 238–41.
[In the following review, Testa argues that the published script of Speaking Parts fails to support Egoyan's reputation as a leading postmodern director.]
The publication of scripts of English-Canadian films is regrettably a rarity. Coach House's Speaking Parts, the script of Canadian film director Atom Egoyan's 1989 film, is a model of how a script should be presented. In addition to the script, there is an introductory essay by Professor Ron Burnett of McGill University, an interview with the director conducted by film critic Marc...
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Brian D. Johnson (essay date 3 October 1994)
SOURCE: "Exotic Atom: With Exotica, Atom Egoyan Has Become the Most Celebrated Canadian Filmmaker of His Generation," in Maclean's, Vol. 107, No. 40, October 3, 1994, pp. 44–47.
[In the following essay, Johnson explores Egoyan's career, influences, and the filmmaker's concerns about his future.]
Rolling up to a movie premiere in a limousine is a familiar ritual. But at the recent Toronto International Film Festival, Canadian director Atom Egoyan elected to walk to the North American premiere of his new movie, Exotica. Egoyan knew that refusing a limo could seem as pretentious as accepting one—but he had taken the luxury route two nights earlier...
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Kristine McKenna (review date 12 March 1995)
SOURCE: "This Director's Got a Brand Noir Bag," in Los Angeles Times, March 12, 1995, pp. 21–23.
[In the following review, McKenna explores the differences between Exotica and Egoyan's earlier films.]
"People often describe my work as cold and clinical, but I just can't see it that way—to me it's about nothing but emotion," says Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan.
"True, the people in my films often try to deny their emotions and usually have a hard time understanding what they're feeling. Nonetheless, the emotions are always bubbling away in there at an almost operatic level."
The reason critics often...
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Peter Harcourt (essay date Spring 1995)
SOURCE: "Imaginary Images: An Examination of Atom Egoyan's Films," in Film Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 3, Spring, 1995, pp. 2–14.
[In the following essay, Harcourt, who teaches at Carleton University in Ottawa, traces the themes and cinematographic techniques characteristic of Egoyan's films and places the director's work in a Canadian context.]
I'm attracted to people who are lost in a world that I can navigate.1
—Atom Egoyan
There is a sequence in Exotica, the latest film by 35-year-old Canadian film-maker Atom Egoyan, that makes me think of Andrew Wyeth. There is a long...
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Jonathan Romney (review date May 1995)
SOURCE: "Exploitations," in Sight & Sound, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1995, pp. 6–8.
[In the following review, Romney offers a negative assessment of Exotica, criticizing Egoyan's style of filmmaking as unfulfilling.]
Atom Egoyan makes bitterly disappointing films. They begin by stirring our curiosity—our desire to play detective or analyst, or simply our prurient longing for a glimpse of the louche, the exotic. And when finally they deliver what we're looking for, they invariably frustrate us—all we discover is that revelation can never be satisfactory. We learn that there are always more layers to the onion, or that it was never really an onion in the...
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Atom Egoyan with Richard Porton (interview date Spring 1997)
SOURCE: "Family Romances: An Interview with Atom Egoyan," in Cineaste, Vol. 23, No. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 8–16.
[In the following interview, Egoyan discusses the nature of the film industry, his approach to filmmaking, and the influence of Canadian identity.]
Widely regarded as Canada's leading independent filmmaker, Atom Egoyan is frequently hailed as brilliantly innovative and occasionally damned as a purveyor of arid cinematic parables. Egoyan's wry self-deprecation, however, allows him to view both acclaim and derision with a jaundiced eye. In fact, the critical response to Egoyan's films often seems several steps behind the director's unsparing assessments of...
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Brian Johnson (review date 8 September 1997)
SOURCE: "How Sweet It Is: His New Film Signals a Change of Direction for Egoyan," in Maclean's, Vol. 110, No. 36, September 8, 1997, pp. 60–61.
[In the following review, Johnson compares The Sweet Hereafter with Egoyan's previous works, stating that Hereafter features more natural and fully developed characters.]
Inevitably, directors get tired of their own movies. And after finishing The Sweet Hereafter, Atom Egoyan watched it so many times that by the time it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last May, he no longer knew what to make of it. But last month—rested after vacationing in Italy with his wife, actress Arsinee Khanjian, and...
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Tony Rayns (review date October 1997)
SOURCE: A review of The Sweet Hereafter, in Sight & Sound, Vol. 7, No. 10, October, 1997, pp. 60–61.
[In the following review, Rayns argues that Egoyan's failure to sustain a sense of community in The Sweet Hereafter detracts from the film's overall impact.]
In The Sweet Hereafter, Lawyer Mitchell Stephens arrives in Sam Dent, a small town in British Columbia, where the community is paralysed by a recent accident: the school bus, driven by Dolores Driscoll and carrying 22 children, went off an icy road and plunged into a lake, causing 14 deaths. Stephens hopes to mobilise the bereaved parents into a class-action lawsuit against the bus...
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Craig Turner (review date 23 November 1997)
SOURCE: "The Great White (North) Hope," in Los Angeles Times, November 23, 1997, pp. 8, 94–95.
[In the following review, Turner argues that Egoyan's past works inform The Sweet Hereafter and notes ways in which the film deviates from his earlier works.]
The taxi pulls into a narrow lane in downtown Toronto's western fringes, where artists' lofts share the neighborhood with storefront restaurants and converted warehouses.
On the north side of the street, a red-brick, Victorian-era duplex unmarked by any sign houses the headquarters of Atom Egoyan, at 37 an icon of the Canadian cinema and a writer-director edging toward the center of the...
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Sharon Waxman (essay date 14 December 1997)
SOURCE: "Atom Egoyan's Particles of Faith: Director of The Sweet Hereafter Believes in Smart Audiences for His Complex Films," in Washington Post, December 14, 1997, p. G10.
[In the following essay, Waxman notes that viewers must work to unravel the plot elements in The Sweet Hereafter.]
Watching Atom Egoyan's new film The Sweet Hereafter can be rather like living through the turbulent events it depicts.
The film tells the story of a school bus accident in a small rural Canadian town and the big-city lawyer—himself a tormented soul—who arrives looking for a lawsuit.
As the film wends its way through the town's...
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Stephen Hunter (review date 25 December 1997)
SOURCE: "The Sweet Hereafter: A Cry of Hope," in Washington Post, December 25, 1997, p. C01.
[In the following review, Hunter suggests that The Sweet Hereafter's ambiguity and unusual chronology are among its strengths, but notes that these elements may bother some viewers.]
Here's one way to look at it: Man is a meaning-seeking creature.
Pitiful being, he cannot accept the random cruelty of the universe. That is his biggest failing, the source of his unhappiness and possibly of his nobility as well. He paws through disasters with but one question for God: Why? And God never answers.
He certainly doesn't answer in...
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James M. Wall (review date 18 February 1998)
SOURCE: A review of The Sweet Hereafter, in Christian Century, Vol. 115, No. 5, February 18, 1998, p. 163.
[In the following review, Wall describes The Sweet Hereafter as emotionally demanding and calls Hereafter one of the best films of 1997.]
Over the past few months I have led discussions of three films that I count among the top pictures released in 1997. Two of the discussions were in religious settings, the other in a secular setting, but I found the same range of responses: some participants picked up on the religious dimensions of the films while others wondered what had happened to just plain fun at the movies.
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Patricia Pearson (essay date April 1998)
SOURCE: "The Sweet Here and Now," in Saturday Night, Vol. 113, No. 3, April, 1998, pp. 67–72.
[In the following essay, Pearson compares the commercial and critical success of The Sweet Hereafter to Egoyan's background as an independent screenwriter and director.]
Atom Egoyan always said he was deeply suspicious of the Oscars. Then he got nominated.
The first time I spied Atom Egoyan, at a Christmas party for Toronto's arts and letters set, the handsome thirty-seven-year-old director was engrossed in conversation with Greg Gatenby, head of the International Festival of Authors. Slightly hunched, with one hand grasping his chin, he seemed...
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Atom Egoyan with Richard Porton (interview date Winter 1999)
SOURCE: "The Politics of Denial: An Interview with Atom Egoyan," in Cineaste, Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter, 1999, p. 39.
[In the following interview, Egoyan describes his development of the Hilditch character in Felicia's Journey, his relationship with author William Trevor, and the influence of Alfred Hitchcock.]
Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter (1997) was the Canadian director's breakthrough film. While Egoyan had enjoyed a cult following during the 1980s, The Sweet Hereafter appeared on more than 200 'Ten Best' Lists in 1998 and won him a much larger audience. The initial reception for his latest film, Felicia's Journey, while...
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Richard Porton (review date Winter 1999)
SOURCE: A review of Felicia's Journey, in Cineaste, Vol. 25, No. 1, Winter, 1999, p. 42.
[In the following review, Porton offers a positive assessment of Felicia's Journey, noting Egoyan's skill in creating relationships between characters.]
Neither a straightforward genre film nor a simple portrait of mental aberration, Atom Egoyan's Felicia's Journey brilliantly subverts the conventions of the standard Hollywood thriller as well as the cliches of the by-now hackneyed serial killer subgenre. While Egoyan's adaptation of William Trevor's novel possesses superficial affinities to the work of Hitchcock and Chabrol, the Canadian director's more...
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Brian D. Johnson (essay date 13 September 1999)
SOURCE: "Atom's Journey: Canada's Celebrated Director Reveals the Rite of Passage behind His Cinematic Obsessions," in Maclean's, September 13, 1999, p. 54.
[In the following essay, Johnson considers the unique voice in Egoyan's films and explores the sources of his recurring cinematic themes.]
Lunch with Atom Egoyan. He arrives late, on the run in a day of interviews. This is Toronto, his home town, but he might as well be on tour. His personal publicist hovers close by; a driver waits at the curb outside the restaurant. Affable and full of energy, Egoyan takes a seat in the corner booth, a dark wood enclosure with a thick curtain that can be drawn for privacy....
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Patricia Hluchy (review date 15 November 1999)
SOURCE: "Starvation of the Soul: Atom Egoyan's Latest Is a Troubling Minor Masterpiece," in Maclean's, November 15, 1999, p. 148.
[In the following review, Hluchy offers a positive assessment of Felicia's Journey, arguing that it is less contrived than Egoyan's earlier work.]
William Trevor's 1994 novel Felicia's Journey is a small masterpiece of literary creepiness, a tale of deception told with exhilarating insight. Atom Egoyan's adaptation of the Irish author's book is a small masterpiece of cinematic creepiness, in which the perversion comes with a large measure of humanity. The tale of a guileless 17-year-old Irish girl who leaves home and falls...
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Stephen Hunter (review date 19 November 1999)
SOURCE: "Felicia's Journey: Soup to Nut," in Washington Post, November 19, 1999, p. C05.
[In the following review, Hunter focuses on Egoyan's treatment of the serial killer Mr. Hilditch in Felicia's Journey.]
Felicia's Journey offers something new, at least: the figure of the sociopathic killer as lovelorn lonely guy who only needs a nice hug to set him free.
This creepy but compelling image is at the center of the film that director Atom Egoyan chose to make after the sublime The Sweet Hereafter. Like Hereafter, it is derived from a distinguished text, a prize-winning novel by the highly regarded Irish novelist William...
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Further Reading
Diamond, John. Review of The Sweet Hereafter, by Atom Egoyan. New Statesman (26 September 1997): 56–57.
Diamond suggests how a Hollywood version of The Sweet Hereafter might have differed from Egoyan's, and argues that the film—unlike Egoyan's earlier works—has a sense of hopefulness beneath the surface.
Egoyan, Atom with Lawrence Chua. "Atom's Id." Artforum 33, No. 7 (March 1995): 25–28.
In this interview, Egoyan discusses his screenwriting process and the importance of colonial power in Exotica.
Howe, Desson. "Film Notes: After The Sweet...
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Tinkering with electronic audio gadgets seems to be in the DNA of most audio engineers or sound designers. The mindset seems to be – this is good, but I'll bet I can make it better. Experimentation is a key characteristic of this group. This article in eMusician, examines the process of circuit bending.
The term "circuit bending" was coined in 1992 when Reed Ghazala began publishing a series of articles in the Experimental Musical Instruments Quarterly Journal titled "Circuit Bending and Living Instruments." Circuit bending describes the modification of an electronic sound device beyond the designer's intentions, adding new sonic and functional possibilities.
At Cogswell College our Digital Audio Technology students are encouraged to experiment as they participate in a full-range of hands on projects.


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Hazel Byers
CHANNING – Hazel M. Byers, 80 of Channing, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2013, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crystal Falls.
She was born on May 27, 1932, in Crystal Falls, daughter of the late Hugo and Margaret (Stebic) Lehtinen. She attended school in Crystal Falls, graduating from Forest Park High School in 1950.
She married Warren H. Byers in June 1954 at the Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Crystal Falls, and he preceded her in death in 1999. Hazel worked as a dietary manager for the Crystal Manor Nursing Home in Crystal Falls, until retiring in June of 1987.
Hazel was a lifelong resident of the area. She loved gardening and cooking, but most of all loved to entertain family and friends.
She was further preceded in death by a son, Warren J. Byers in 1993, and a brother, Jack Lehtinen.
Hazel is survived by her loving daughters, Roxane Vary of Alpha, and Lynn (Ken) Anderson of Vancouver, Wash.; four grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Nash Funeral Home in Crystal Falls. The funeral service will follow Thursday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Fr. Raymond Valerio will officiate.
Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Crystal Falls.
In lieu of flowers a memorial will be established in her memory.
Condolences to the family of Hazel M. Byers may be expressed online at www.nashfuneralhome.net
The family has entrusted the Nash Funeral Home of Crystal Falls with the funeral arrangements.


text: Home Thanksgiving How to Wash and Chop Herbs Email MainVideo (1) How to Wash and Chop Herbs Learn the basics of washing and chopping herbs by flipping through this guide, then watch our how-to video. Thumbnails of Previous Next http://foodnetwork.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2011/7/8/2/HT_Wash-Herbs-Step-1_s4x3.jpg.rend.snigalleryslide.jpeg How-To: Wash and Chop Herbs Add color and kick to your recipes with leafy herbs, like cilantro and parsley. http://foodnetwork.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2011/7/8/1/HT_Wash-Herbs-Step-5_s4x3.jpg.rend.snigalleryslide.jpeg Give Them a Spin To wash and prep herbs, get out your salad spinner and follow our easy steps. http://foodnetwork.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2011/7/8/2/HT_Wash-Herbs-Step-3_s4x3.jpg.rend.snigalleryslide.jpeg Shave Off the Leaves With herbs, you usually want the leaves and can discard the stems. So first, shave the leaves off a parsley bunch and drop them into some cold water. http://foodnetwork.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2011/7/8/2/HT_Wash-Herbs-Step-4_s4x3.jpg.rend.snigalleryslide.jpeg Swirl It Swirl the herbs to remove dirt. Dirt settles to the bottom of the bowl. If there's a lot, repeat this step with new water. http://foodnetwork.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2011/7/8/1/HT_Wash-Herbs-Step-6_s4x3.jpg.rend.snigalleryslide.jpeg Dry the Herbs Next, hit the spin cycle. If you don't have a salad spinner, just pat the herbs dry with a clean towel. Now you're ready to chop. http://foodnetwork.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2011/7/8/1/HT_Wash-Herbs-Step-7_s4x3.jpg.rend.snigalleryslide.jpeg Using a Mezzaluna If you have a mezzaluna, this is the time to use it, or you can also just use a knife. For the mezzaluna, hold each of the handles and rock back and forth. http://foodnetwork.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2011/7/8/1/HT_Wash-Herbs-Step-8_s4x3.jpg.rend.snigalleryslide.jpeg Rough Chop Rough-chopped herbs are perfect for salads and marinades. You should still see the shape of the leaves at this stage. http://foodnetwork.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2011/7/8/1/HT_Wash-Herbs-Step-9_s4x3.jpg.rend.snigalleryslide.jpeg Medium Chop Put one hand on the top of the knife and move it along the herbs for a medium chop. Use the heel of the knife to gather your herbs. A medium cut is perfect for pastas, potatoes, rice and vegetables. http://foodnetwork.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2011/7/8/2/HT_Wash-Herbs-Beauty-1_s4x3.jpg.rend.snigalleryslide.jpeg Fine Chop A fine chop is more of the same. Continue moving your knife along the herbs to chop into even smaller pieces. You're looking for a uniform consistency that's perfect for dressings or garnish. http://foodnetwork.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2011/7/8/0/HT_Slice-Chop-Beauty-2_s4x3.jpg.rend.snigalleryslide.jpeg Coming up How to Slice, Chop and Mince Follow this guide to learn proper knife skills, then watch our how-to video. Advertisement Continue to Next Photo


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