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Touchstone is an interesting footnote in Disney's history. The Touchstone banner was founded in 1984 as Touchstone Films, with the intention to release films "targeted to adult audiences with more nature themes and darker tones than those released under Walt Disney Pictures". It's original intent was to release a string PG-rated pictures, beginning with Ron Howard's "Splash" in 1984. But quite soon they evolved into something more, changed their name to Touchstone Pictures and were now releasing even R-rated movies, such as Paul Mazursky's "Down and Out in Beverly Hills"(1986) and Martin Scorsese's "The Color of Money"(1986) as well as the two movies I'm going to talk about shortly. They also sometimes distributed certain films internationally which were distributed by a different studio in the US. I'll give you an example: John Woo's "Face/Off" and Paul Verhoeven's "Starship Troopers" were released under Touchstone banner here in Europe. Now there's something to think about. Those two movies are about as far away from Disney-material as can get, but them's are the facts.
Touchstone was also the banner under which Jerry Bruckheimer released most of his films (The Ref, Con Air, Enemy of the State, Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds, Coyote Ugly, Pearl Harbor, Bad Company, Veronica Guerin, King Arthur and Déjà Vu) since he made a production deal with Disney in 1993. From 2009 to 2016 the Touchstone label was primarily used by Disney to distribute DreamWorks movies. After this deal ended, the label currently remains inactive.
So, getting to the two pictures at hand this time; they have their similarities – they are both movies that I taped from the TV in the early 90's and must've watched them both dozens of times – almost religiously (I swear, at one time I could've probably dictated them by heart), they are both R-rated, both are buddy-action movies, both are filmed in Vancouver and nearabouts and both were made by jouneymen action-directors who were pretty much in their prime during the eighties. And both of these directors also pretty much disappeared from the grid once the 90's were over. Granted, there are differences as well – one is more of a comedy and the other a chase-thriller.
"Stakeout" (1987)
Dir. John Badham
Scr. Jim Kouf
After a violent criminal Richard "Stick" Montgomery(Aidan Quinn) escapes from prison, Seattle Police detectives Chris Lecce(Richard Dreyfuss) and Bill Reimers(Emilio Estevez) are assigned to the night shift of a stakeout of Montgomery's former girlfriend, Maria McGuire(Madeleine Stowe). The two are not exactly volunteers for this job, but after they completely fumble a simple arrest in the beginning of the film, resulting in a forklift being dunked into the sea and the suspect getting away, they don't have much of a choice. What begins as a boring routine assignment – with the exception of more an more escalating pranks that the night shift and the day shift(Dan Lauria, Forest Whitaker) keep pulling on each other – soon take a turn to something more serious, as Chris, who after the first night arrives into an empty apartment as his girlfriend has moved out, keeps bumping into Maria in the neighborhood and gets involved with her life and the two are soon in a blossoming relationship – although in attempting to conceal his identity, Chris keeps falling into a continuously expanding vortex of little white lies. In the meantime, Montgomery and his cousin are traveling to Seattle to retrieve some money he has stashed into Maria's apartment while trying to avoid the police…
I gotta start with this one; you know – it never hit me until I did this re-watch after a long long time since I saw this last, that this movie actually does something insanely clever. You know how in all these buddy cop-movies where there's an older guy and a younger guy, the older guy is almost always the more responsible family man – and the young guy is the loose cannon who keeps fucking up? Well – "Stakeout" does the EXACT opposite thing. It's Dreyfuss who is the more impulsive one and almost jeopardizes the entire stakeout and Estevez is the one who is happily married and has kids. I never realized that until now. One gets more recipient with age, I guess.
It's the type of movie that lives or dies with the chemistry of the lead actors. And fortunately Dreyfuss and Estevez hit it off like a house on fire. From the first scene you buy the fact that these two have been partners for a long time already, as they have reached that "bickering old married couple" stage – and their comedic timing is perfectly in sync. Some of the things they do are so spontaneous, that there must've been a lot of improvisation going on set. The one thing that just HAS to be improv, is in a scene where the two characters are asking each other trivia questions in order to keep themselves awake, and Estevez asks "okay, what movie is this from? 'well this was not a boating accident!!!'" and Dreyfuss plays ball by responding that he doesn't know. (At this point I actually had to check, and it in fact was based on a real incident that happened in-between filming and was written into the movie, so Dreyfuss really DIDN'T recognize the quote. Huh.) This was pretty much the first major movie role for both Aidan Quinn and Madeleine Stowe, and they do good work here; Quinn is a very imposing villain, and Stowe is definitely not atypical damsel-in-distress, she holds her own in the scenes with Dreyfuss, and her character actually ends up saving HIS life at the end (okay – there is the Obligatory Shower Scene there, that might be seen as extremely objectifying in today's standards, but this was the 90's). The "day shift"-guys, Dan Lauria and Forest Whitaker are basically there to just antagonize the lead duo, but they work well together and have good chemistry as well. You get the sense that all of the actors playing detectives might have hung out before production to develop the interactions between each other – it just feels VERY natural.
Of the two directors featured here, John Badham is definitely the more visually stylized one (he likes his twisted/dutched camera-angles and shadows) and he's got great support here in the shape of the Australian Director of Photography John Seale ("Witness", "The Mosquito Coast", "Rain Man"). In fact, in a fantastically filmed car chase that ends the second act, you can see that Seale is using the same techniques he patented on "The Hitcher" just a year before this: in that film Seale was probably one of the first DoP's that started to film high-speed car chases with a crane mounted on top of a fast-moving vehicle (just as trivia: Seale got out of retirement to film George Miller's "Mad Max: Fury Road" and he filmed pretty much ALL of the car action with the latest model crane car). This gives the scenes a whole new (at that time) level of kinetic energy. And the film looks great elsewhere as well, as it gets great use of the locations in Vancouver. Yes – the film is set in Seattle but was shot in Vancouver. At least that's geographically pretty close instead of "Vancouver for L.A", which has been a standard in many projects. Obviously there are some 80's-90's tropes there, like the end hide & seek inside the "Factory of blue smoke and orange lights", but even that is a sawmill instead of the usual steel factory. Badham also gives more than one homage to Hitchcock's "Rear Window", as most of the movie really is two guys looking at the house across the street with binoculars & camera, so it's sort of given that they would pay tribute to the one that wrote the rulebook on these.
There was one other thing I noticed in this rewatch, which made me thing of a script error or something: the person who arrives to pick up Montgomery in a boat at the end of the movie is the SAME guy who slipped away from Chris and Bill in the opening scene. Now in itself that wouldn't mean anything. He comes there and instantly identifies them. But… In around the middle of the movie this guy is seen at a Police station, arrested. And he DID in fact escape from two officers in the beginning, assaulted one – with a KNIFE, no less – and he SHOT at them. Think about this. The guy is seen to be arrested, and the end scene is really only a couple of days after that. Either Seattle courts give a hell of a lot of leeway into releasing suspects who assault police officers with intent to kill or there is a clear script error there (or a deleted scene where he escapes police custody). But that's just me – it just sort of got into my head and kept screaming in there and wouldn't get out.
But, I digress: "Stakeout" is still one helluva entertaining film with a really top-notch cast.
"Shoot To Kill" (1988)
Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Scr. Harv Zimmel, Michael Burton, Dan Petrie jr. (story by Harv Zimmel)
FBI Agent Warren Stantin(Sidney Poitier) tries to apprehend a ruthless extortionist from getting his hand on a large quantity of diamonds. The man keeps a jeweller's wife and maid as hostage, and when he realizes he's surrounded, he executes the maid just to make a point. He leaves with the wife, while Stantin is forced to follow with the diamonds. After the drop-off, he executes the jeweller's wife – just to make another point. He then misdirects the Feds and escapes. Stantin follows whatever leads he has, and finally gets the right one: it turns out that the killer has infiltrated a group of men who are on a guided fishing-trip near the US-Canada border. The guide leading them is Sarah Renell(Kirstie Alley). Stantin teams up with Sarah's boyfriend/expert moutaineer and tracker Jonathan Knox(Tom Berenger) in order to track the group down. Knox is (of course) highly suspicious of this "city guy" and wants to go on the hunt by himself, but Stantin is adamant at following along. The two must go through ravines, over rivers, through snow, some serious bonding-time and a bear until they can catch up with the killer…
First observation: now here's essentially a Disney-movie, which begins with an Asian maid being shot in the back and an elderly woman shot in the eye. How's that for "more mature" themes? "Shoot to Kill" is definitely a more edgy and violent piece than "Stakeout". Not that there isn't humor as well – but it's mostly just Stantin reacting to this "fish out of water"-situation he's in. But, back to that opening sequence; we never see the killer. And here's the clever trick THIS movie does: the killer is not revealed until the mid-point of the film. After we learn that he's in this hiking party, we cut to the hiking party, and the filmmakers decided to fill the cast of that group full of Red Herrings – guys who are known from playing heavies in other films. We have Andrew Robinson from "Dirty Harry", we have Clancy Brown from "Highlander", we have Frederick Coffin, Richard Masur and that One Guy Who's in That Thing (Kevin Scannell). And the script is very smart in amping up the paranoia – not necessarily in the group, but in the audience – as each of them keep acting suspiciously. In case someone hasn't seen the film, I won't spoil the killers identity here (though I'm sure it will be spoiled in the comment section).
This was Sidney Poitier's first movie role in 10 years, but you wouldn't notice it while watching. He's as professional and driven as he always was. Stantin is one of those obsessed FBI guys who "always gets his man", but in the course of the movie his obsession sort of turns into an obsession to prove Knox that he can handle himself in the wilderness. Also, there's a nice piece of meta-trivia in the movie, when Stantin says that in the past he has "been up against the Mafia, the Ku Klux Klan and the KGB" – all referencing Poitier's films: "Let's Do It Again"(1975), "In the Heat of the Night"(1967) and "Little Nikita"(1988). Nice meta moment there. Then there's Berenger – which makes me ask that old question once again "what the hell happened to Tom Berenger's career in the 90's?". I mean, the guy was on such a roll in the 80's, with "The Big Chill"(1983), "Fear City"(1984), getting an Oscar-nomination for "Platoon" in 1986…then came the 90's and pretty soon he just kinda disappeared into the DTV and TV-movie hell with the only real appearances in high-profile movies being bit-parts in "Training Day" and "Inception". My theory? "Sliver"(1993) killed him. Think about it: who were the only people who sort of survived from that movie with a career? Sharon Stone and director Phillip Noyce. Berenger? William Baldwin? Those guys were GONE after that movie. But, enough about "Sliver", where was I? So yes – Poitier and Berenger make a very good team here. These are two rugged professionals in their fields, who will go through, over or around every obstacle until the reach their goal . The group of Red Herrings all do great work as well, keeping the audience guessing right up until that moment of revelation. And you can even buy Kirstie Alley as a toughened mountain-guide, although her character DOES fall into that "damsel in distress"-hole a bit too easily. And hell – there's great performances from a moose and a bear, too.
So, while John Badham is the more stylized director of the two, Roger Spottiswoode is a bit more of a grounded one. His speciality is the economical and efficient way of filming the action scenes: there is not a single wasted shot there, everything cuts together perfectly and the geography of the action is always clear. I think this must be because of him starting his career as an editor. Editor for Sam Peckinpah in "Straw Dogs"(1971) and "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid"(1973), no less. So you know he got schooled by the MASTER. The movie was photographed by Michael Chapman ("Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull"), so things are looking good as well. There are no studio-bound greenscreen shots here – this crew and these actors were out there on the mountains, and the film makes great use of the beautiful scenery. The end chase through the streets of Vancouver and on a ferry might feel a bit more standard, but they still look good – and they work better if you think of them as the swapping of the elements; here it is the Berenger's character who is on a strange turf.
"Shoot to Kill"(titled "Deadly Pursuit" in the UK) is still a very energetic chase movie, with some absolutely breathtaking scenery and great performances throughout. And– it's definitely not that watered-down PG-13 bullshit that's the standard today. I could throw out an old cliche – regarding BOTH of these movies here – "they don't make 'em like these any more". But the truth is they really DON'T make 'em like these anymore!


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A British personal trainer with an amputated leg has become the first male model to ever walk down the runway at New York Fashion Week.
Jack Eyers appeared in the FTL Moda show, which featured models with disabilities from around the world. The show highlighted Italian deisgner Antonio Urzi's work.
Eyers also works as a spokesperson for Models of Diversity, an fashion agency that promotes diversity on the runway.
The 25-year-old trainer was born with congenital femoral deficiency, a non-hereditary condition which affected the growth of his right leg. Eyers' leg was amputated when he was 16 because of discomfort.
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"To be the first male amputee model on a New York Fashion Week runway feels amazing – it feels like such a big deal. I just want to show that having a disability doesn't need to hold you back," he said in a press release before the show. He further said that he wants to inspire other disabled people to appear on the runway.
Men's Health Magazine nominated Eyer for its "Man of the Year" award.
Several other models with physical deformities also walked down alongside Eyers on the prestigious runway, which is certainly a welcoming sign that New York Fashion Week is open to all kinds of diversity this time around.
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On April 4, 1949, FBI agents in Utah sent a cable marked "urgent" to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. It said an Army guard at the Ogden Supply Depot, a Logan policeman and a Utah Highway Patrol officer in Mantua each saw from miles apart a UFO — which they said exploded over Utah.
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It's hard to believe some of these documents.
I fully agree. Unsubstantiated eye-witness reports whom really don't know what they saw.
I still like the one test that was done to determine the veracity of eye-witness recounts (it was actually for criminal identification and not UFOs, but the results of the test still hold true).
People were asked to observe each other in a busy airplane terminal. A plant was setup to "pickpocket" a victim that would be easy to see from the vantage point of those they wanted to take part in this test.
These people were asked to correctly identify the thief in a police lineup, and describe the thief to a police artist.
They did this test in three different cities with different groups of people. Out of the 20 from each sample group, none of them came even close to an accurate description of the criminal. The artist had about 20 different drawings of the same man, and none of them were even accurate.
Scientifically, when you're looking for empirical evidence, eye-witness reports are the most unreliable kind. Even if they all say they saw the same thing, doesn't mean they actually know what it is that they saw. It simply means they saw something.
Again, people described what they think they saw, and the government was required to write it down and take notes. Now those notes, or "cables" have been released to the public and people think that because there's so many of them, and they were investigated by the U.S. government, there must be truth to them.
That thought process couldn't be any more wrong.
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If you've got a taste for the USA but time is in short supply then our Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon Mini Adventure is just the ticket with so many gems packed into 4 days. The west comes alive with Zion's incredible views and Bryce Canyons strange rock formations called Hoodoos. Spend a night with the Navajo people deep in the heart of Monument Valley, then top it all off with the grandest canyon on earth.
- Incredible hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park
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- Helicopter flight - Grand Canyon US$284
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For all 2018 departures, Bryce Canyon National Park has been removed in favour of more time in Zion National Park.
Day 1: Las Vegas, Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park
Leaving the bright lights of Las Vegas behind, your next destination is Zion National Park. Try a short walk to 'Emerald Pools' or if you don't mind getting wet why not try walking 'The Narrows'. In the late afternoon you arrive to Bryce Canyon National Park where you overnight only, or there may be time to watch the colours really come alive at sunset depending on the time of year and how long is spent in Zion National Park.
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Day 2: Monument Valley
Explore the hoodoos and trails of Bryce Canyon National Park from the rim trails where the best views can be found. You're probably thinking "What's a hoodoo when it's at home?" Actually, hoodoos are weird and wonderful rock spires arranged in rows. Native Americans believe these crazy shapes to be `Legend People' who were turned to stone for their sins, but we'll let you decide. You'll encounter a kaleidoscope of colours and a fantasy land of rock spires that'll leave you searching for your own way to describe this 'indescribable' place.
Then it's back on the road again and off to one of North America's most iconic landscapes. Monument Valley was used as the set for countless Western movies, including the recent remake of The Lone Ranger. Jump on your 4x4 backroads tour for an experience with a Navajo guide, to really get under the skin of this fantastic place.
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Passing through the Painted Desert you'll make your way to the Cameron Trading Post sat on top of the Little Colorado River Gorge. Today will define the word 'epic' as you stop off at the mighty Grand Canyon National Park. Nothing you've ever seen before will prepare you for this spectacular sight, it'll simply blow your socks off! Today there is time to explore the rim trails or walk down into the canyon along the Bright Angel Trail for a view of what only 5% of visitors to the Grand Canyon ever have the chance to see. To really see the Grand Canyon in all its glory wait for sunset where the scenery will amaze!
Please note: If you plan on enjoying a flight over the Grand Canyon we are at the mercy of when we can fly, so your flight may be this afternoon as opposed to tomorrow morning. This will unfortunately reduce the amount of time you spend walking the trails however, it does give you a very different and all-encompassing view of the canyon.
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Day 4: Grand Canyon National Park, Route 66 and Las Vegas
Catch a bird's eye view of the Grand Canyon on an optional scenic helicopter flight before making your way back to Las Vegas via the famous Route 66. Time to put those lucky numbers to the test, not to mention your energy levels in this 24/7 party town. A-list stars swarm here, although breaking the bank may be easier than blagging your way into their swanky celebrity hangouts. If you're staying on to explore Vegas, why not cruise the Strip in a super-stretch limousine or ease the pain in one of the famous all-you-can-eat buffets. Vegas isn't all about gambling and clubs, why not check out a show, take an evening flight down the Strip or get yourself hitched by Elvis Presley (don't worry it's not legally binding, unless you want it to be)?
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12 Natural Antibiotics for a Tooth Infection
May 1st, 2013
September 21, 2012 Miswak
If you have ever thought, "I hate the dentist", you are not alone. Nearly 75% of people admit they have a mild to severe fear of dentists. Many people doubt going to the dentist does them any good. Every time I used to go, I left in more pain then I came in with.
The good news is that you can learn how to overcome your fear of the dentist by getting rid of your toothaches and reversing tooth decay naturally. When you understand how your teeth actually work, you can fix them without having to see a dentist!
A lot of dentists don't believe cavities can be healed. These are dentists you should avoid. Drilling out a tooth will get rid of infection, but it destroys your tooth. Cavities are a hundred percent preventable and most of them can be cured without a dentist!
One method to prevent cavities is to have the right nutrition.
With nutrition, you want to avoid eating sugars that can turn into acids and erode your enamel. If you have a cavity that hurts, you want to stop eating sugar right away. A lot of times, this is enough to get rid of the pain.
You want to make sure your body gets the right nutrition it needs to build bones that are strong and healthy. The main component of bones and healthy teeth are calcium and phosphorus. One healthy source of calcium is milk. Another important source of calcium and phosphorus is broth made by boiling bones for about 24 hours.
Once you can stop your cavities from getting worse, or give your body the tools that it needs, your cavities can start to heal themselves.
There are some other tools you can use a lot with proper nutrition to heal cavities and overcome your fear of the dentist.
One – Xylitol is an excellent tool that helps to make the pH your saliva more alkaline. It stops acidity dead in its tracks. The xylitol chewing gum is a good tool to reverse tooth decay.
Two – Miswak is another great tool that contains antibacterial properties. Using miswak will ease your fear of dentist because you won't be seeing them. It works better than a toothbrush at removing plaque buildup and killing bacteria that cause cavities. Additionally, it also has calcium which helps you to remineralize your teeth.
By using proper nutrition, and the two tools outlined in this article, you can overcome your fear going to the dentist. Going to the dentist can be a lot more fun if you can get rid of your cavities. Most importantly, you want to build strong enamel. Strong enamel is resistant to cavities and decay. The best way to build strong enamel is to remineralize them so that they can stay strong and resistant to acids.
If you use natural methods to cure tooth decay, found in this book (How to Prevent Cavities), you can keep cavities from getting worse, and you can overcome your fear of going to the dentist and having to get more and more dental surgery. Thanks to natural healing, I no longer fear the dentist!


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Prescience Technology becomes Oracle PartnerNetwork Platinum Level Partner
Oracle recognises Prescience Technology for expertise in implementing Oracle's Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management solution
Independent consulting firm, Prescience Technology, today announced that it has achieved Oracle Platinum partner status in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). By attaining Platinum Level membership, Oracle has recognised Prescience Technology for its in-depth expertise and excellence in delivering Oracle Primavera to uniquely address the challenges of joint customers.
Prescience Technology achieved OPN Specialized status for Oracle's Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management in 2010 and is one of the valued OPN Specialized Platinum partners globally focused on Oracle Primavera. To achieve Specialized status, Oracle partners are required to meet a rigorous set of requirements that are based on the needs and priorities of the customer and partner community.
Loretta Bayliss, Managing Director of Prescience Technology said, "Given our long history of working with Oracle products, becoming a Platinum level member of OPN was the natural next step for us and we are very excited by this. We are committed to working closely with our clients to help them deliver projects on-time and within budget by delivering innovative solutions to solve their most critical business challenges."
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Giuseppe Rossi, Vice President, International Sales, Oracle, said, "Congratulations to Prescience Technology on becoming a Platinum level member of OPN and their continued commitment to their OPN Specialized status. Prescience Technology has demonstrated in-depth knowledge of Oracle's Primavera portfolio and an understanding of commercial realities and the impact of key decisions that deliver project excellence."
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Future Islands
Upset! The Rhythm
Tomorrow / The Fountain Vinyl 7"
↳ soulful new wave from North Carolina
This is some out there material, something for the adventurous. Future Islands originated in North Carolina, but now reside in Baltimore. Their music is straightforward, not buried in unnecessary production tricks or studio theatrics. The instrumental side of things is innocuous enough, pretty without seeming trite. Keyboard melodies are joined by post punk inspired bass lines and sparse rhythms. The thing that sets Future Islands apart are the vocals of front man Sam Herring; raw and guttural, somewhat dramatic and nearly overdone. But with the skill of a tamed opera singer Herring imbues enough soul into his singing to create a distinctive voice that will win you over with a few listens. "Tomorrow" finds the band joined by a chorus of voices ready to lift you up. Things are a little more restrained on "The Fountain" but there is an undercurrent of emotion that is begging to wash over you. White vinyl pressing.
- music label: Upset! The Rhythm 2012
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If you stopped by for Part One yesterday; welcome back. Here is a snap of Roxanne's gorgeous table featured yesterday all aglow.
If you are just joining us, you are in for a treat. Today we will visit Roxanne's kitchen and her stunner of a tree.
Every nook and cranny in Roxanne's kitchen is styled. Here is her antique hanging cupboard decked out for Christmas. If you would like to see her kitchen before it was decorated for Christmas go here
The little niche above her stove houses tiny collected trees.
This pretty ironstone vase is filled with faux pine cones and greens
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A Northern Light " Woodland" Candle cover
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This cover depicts an intricate woodland scene made up of detailed tree trunks populated with a squirrel and fox. The tree outline is set against a green moon like background and has scattered leaves to complete the scene.
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A Northern Light is the brain child of talented designer named Claire. Based in Manchester, she began to experiment with drawing and illustration and started to blend this with graphic design, leading her to create this wonderful range of lighting.Her work often encapsulates nature and landscape scenery with black outlined creatures contrasting against soft pastel shade backgrounds. Claire states that she enjoys the idea of creating functional art and completing a piece that has a purpose.


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We are about being on the cutting edge of trends, and there are few things more cutting edge than the 3D printing phenomenon. This brand is called Monomer, and it one of the first of its kind. It's a technological approach to the art of jewelry making. Thomas Mrokon and Antje Bott have been able to stand out in the field by mixing a love of computer design and goldsmithing, with aspects of sculptural work.
"For us, jewelry is [...] a portable sculpture for the fingers, wrists, neck or ears", is Monomore's approach. This jewelry shows the fine detail work capable by the 3D printing machines.


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What are the moral implications of using technology, the good, the bad and ugly. This article will address specific human issues, such as how technology can be used to harm or help. TVs, cars, medical science, guns, nuclear weapons, chemical bombs, human trafficking and child exploitation are just some of the topics. From a rational perspective, the only things that are personally needed or required for survival are always good. Yes, "needs" vary from person to person, however, there are specific basic needs which are universal for everyone and can be applied to every other person universally. It cannot be denied and is supported by science.
Technology- Moral Dilemma - Good or Bad
by Cagsil
Technology, is it good or bad. Technology usage, the moral implications from a rational perspective. Technology is a double edge sword because some technology can be used for both.
Moral Dilemmas - Good or Bad - Technology
TVs, Cars, Medical Science, Guns, Nuclear Weapons, Chemical Bombs, Human Trafficking, and Child Exploitation
Below is a question asked by a close friend on Facebook. The below is what led to the writing of this particular article. Why? Because the most common component in the issue is Technology. It all boils down to the usage of Technology and how it relates to the subject/topics.
Just opened another email titled "Force Facebook to Block all.." So now I am sitting here wondering why Mark Zuckerberg and staff don't seem to care about child pornography pages, human trafficking pages, hate crime pages...and the list goes on and on and on. It's not like they aren't already alerted to such pages by millions of people. When people have to petition to take down such pages, it makes me think perhaps I am part of the problem. As much as I like the positive aspects, I'm supporting some pretty horrible things just by being here. So why are we still using this platform that supports countless atrocities? Should we be? That's my question for myself and my friends on a stormy Friday.
At this point, I can only assume you're feeling like "Alice"? Technology, depending on what "type" you're talking about will make the basis for future understanding. When you look at a specific Technology, you must weigh the value of the Technology and how it applies to the human species, vs the Greater Good. If you're not familiar with the "Greater Good", then I'll explain as briefly as possible. The "Greater Good" is considered to be the "higher" path to walk. Such as, there's a building on fire, in the building is five strangers and one sibling, and you only have time to save the group of five or the one sibling- which do you save? The Greater Good requires to you save the 5 strangers instead of saving the one sibling. In that specific case, letting five people die in a burning building when you could have chosen to save them, but you saved your sibling, you've chosen immoral act and not one of conscience, but ego(selfish).
TV and Cars - Good and Bad
TV: The Television was a modern era creation when invented. The "black and white" version was the first to make it to the market. It was seen then, as an opportunity that was for the betterment of society, because it could be an excellent tool to reach people directly and quickly. This would be seen as a good(moral) solution. However, when corruption seeps into corporations and collude with government, to pass along distortion, misinformation or just out-right lies, then the TV Technology can be used for bad(immoral) means, such as manipulation. When a select few use a piece of Technology for dishonest reasons, such as manipulation, then it needs to be exposed. In today's day and age- the Television is nothing more than a waste of time. Sure, there are some good entertainment, but in the end, TV lowers a person's individual IQ, it literally programs people on a subconsciousness level, while they have no clue it is happening.
Cars: The automobile was developed in America around the end of the 19th century and how Cars were going to be, needed approval before allowed into the marketplace. Laws for Cars then came into existence for regulating individual usage. These Laws were put in place to ensure that consequences of operation would lead to punishment for a crime, due to irresponsibility. Cars are dangerous machines, made by flawed humans and repetitive machines programmed by humans. They are extremely heavy and made out a solid frame of construction. When you have 1000 pounds moving faster than 10 miles an hour, the damage it creates when it hits anything is why a higher awareness of responsibility is necessary for driving. Yes, you can drive a car, probably effortlessly and most of all, barely using any conscious thought about it. It's like it's ingrained into you.
That feelings comes from constantly and repeated experience and confidence gain during the time you've been driving. It's one of the main reasons, people fail to see "common sense" and "texting" while driving. Through TV, people have been programmed to not notice "common sense". Cars would only be needed, if there's another agenda at play. Why? Because, Cars don't fit as a basic need. They shouldn't even be needed, but remain a "product" available within America's economy. Those in politics would like you to believe that Car Ownership is a privilege and not a right, but that would be a lie. As a citizen, you are allowed to purchase whatever products you choose from the Economy(businesses doing business within America's borders) and with a few restrictions, age being one of them, there would be only a few items you couldn't buy, but not because of anything except you wouldn't have the money to pay for in the first place. Cars are one of those products. You are restricted by State Laws- you require a License to operate and that License you "pay" for is given to you based on granting you a privilege? Since when does anyone need to "pay" for a privilege. Government, shouldn't be telling anyone that it knows best when it's own actions are far less noble. A "privilege" isn't granted by a government, it's granted by a master to a slave.
Medical Science - Good and Bad
Medical Science: Doctors, nurses and all the scientists working in the Medical Science industry are fully aware of many things which the average person doesn't have access or any idea about. All the people involved are highly educated through years of schooling and testing, and re-testing. Practicing their understanding of the human species. It makes no difference if the knowledge consists of mending a simple cut and looking for the origins of consciousness.
What ethical behavior each are using to perform the work they do is extremely important because of the knowledge gained can be used for good or for bad, depending. Through Medical Science we've manage to cure diseases, create vaccines and how to modify the genetics of our food supply. There are not many cures for a whole lot of diseases because it's more profitable to treat diseases than it is to cure them. If you cured people, then they will have no use for the doctor's services, or treatments. Single one-time paying customers isn't how you create wealth. Repeat customers is the only true way to build wealth because it creates residual income for the Doctor's and nurses, and companies who supply the equipment and drugs for treatments. As long as you're sick and unable to treat yourself, then you are dependent upon them.
Obesity is the #1 problem in America. There are literally hundreds of weight loss products on the marketplace, all claiming to help everyone with weight issues. The irony is that it only takes a truly consciously active person to understand that health issues are your sole responsibility and most problems with regards to weight can be handled through ordinary diet control, watching carbohydrates and protein, calories, body fat and being careful about what foods enter your body. Medical breakthroughs in Science over the last century should have already made Obesity one of the least common problems among people. But, it hasn't. The better question is to ask is Why? Why hasn't become almost nothing of a problem? Again, we come back to profitable to treat not cure.
Guns - Good and Bad
Guns: The "gun" is in today's society, an apparent problem. Some people see no "good/moral" justifiable reason for a "gun" existing. Some people will tell you that "A gun's only purpose is to kill" and that would be wrong of them to say. The "purpose" of a "gun" is given/bestowed by it's owner and usually used for said purpose.
The problem in America is that people, highly ignorant ones, equate Gun Laws as a form of Gun Control and that's simply not the case, and previous history is a perfect evidence. Gun Laws don't prevent Gun violence. If anything, it creates more reason for violence to increase. Why? Because, gangs and people who are aiming to commit violence, don't require to follow Laws to get a gun or plenty of guns. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons are out in the streets, something media hasn't mentioned for obvious reasons. Those reasons are obvious to me, but maybe not for you. Do you find it odd how mainstream media has focused on specific events more often than other events? Gun Laws restrict citizens' access and that is the Law-aiding citizen, not the criminal. It's absurd to think that Criminals are going to follow laws. They are criminals after all.
The Gun has a dual purpose and that is protection. It is a product on the market and can be purchased. Gun Control is taught by parent to child. A parent should inform their children of all available methods of protection, from self defense to gun ownership. The child will choose which they prefer. Self defense can be more than enough to take down any attacker, in a one on one situation, regardless of how or who, has the initial upper hand. Self defense isn't only for blocking, but subduing also.
Gun ownership requires a truly consciously active individual because even an accident can kill someone, so extra precaution is necessary and irresponsible if not taken. Training, such as practicing at a target range. Wilderness survival would be helpful, take gun and hunt for food. Understand what it means to pull the trigger and watch as something dies. Hunting is a two-fold "moral" dilemma in and of itself- because it's good and bad. Hunting for sport I find ridiculous, personally. I can understand doing it for survival reasons, but see no sense in it otherwise. It's more for the egotistical individuals who need to justify their insecurity about being the weaker of the species. Meet any animal on it's own level- one to one, no weapons and let's see how your ego feels afterward. Only when you feel your life is imminent peril can you justifiably kill someone else. That's on a civilian/personal level. Military personnel kill people all the time, supposedly justified, in defense. That's another story for another time.
Nuclear Weapons and Chemical Weapons - Good and Bad
Nuclear Weapons: Okay, let's get one thing straight- there's NO good that can come from the production, installation/storage of Nuclear Weapons or Chemical weapons. These things are meant for total destruction of anything and everything for hundreds of miles. The Nuclear fall out from releasing just one Nuclear weapons would take 50 years or more to repair. The explosion, radiation and sheer power of these weapons have no good use, even if used in retaliation for someone using them beforehand. The extinction of the human species is something every citizen should be more worried about than anything else. Nuclear Weapons makes that a very real possibility, and if left unchecked, could be an eventuality.
It's obvious governments of the world cannot be trusted, yet most countries of the world are Nuclear armed to the teeth, the most being held in America and Russia. The Nuclear power is what should be used for good, instead to create bombs. With the technology race in the 70's and 80's, America should have seen a huge breakthrough in reusable energy through nuclear power, but it never arrived because government apparently refuses to grant anyone the ability or power to begin working in that direction. Oil dependency in America has been a problem for far too long and the irony here is that America has more Oil on it's own land than it would ever need to buy from some other Country. So, why exactly is America depending on Foreign Oil resources?
Renewable energy resources need to come about and the most advance technology available for energy is Nuclear power. There are over 100 Nuclear facilities located throughout America. Are you telling me that America cannot be broken down into 6 Nuclear grids for powering State and Federal installations? All State and Federal buildings should be operating directly off a Nuclear power grid, so State and Federal locations don't affect/effect pricing structures for other energies available. All State and Federal buildings could have a back up system in place, in case power is lost for some reason, and it would able to tap into other resources, like an electric grid. Government should be looking for ways to cut costs but raise efficiency and effectiveness.
Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation - Good and Bad
Human Trafficking: Okay, I guess I can take the gloves off, for these. Human trafficking is one of the most inhumane things to do to a person, aside from Child exploitation. Trafficking in humans, beit man, woman or child, you must be one sick individual. To purposely sell a man, woman or child, for money or profit, is unadulterated "evil". The most likely victims are women and children. Sorry Men, you're just not worthy. Women, young and attractive, are the selected choices. When it comes to children, well let's just say boys or girls, probably get just as much attention. People sell others, get them addicted to drugs or force them into pornography or prostitution. Some are simply turned into "do as you please" type slaves. The people who traffic in humans have no dignity, honor or a honest bone in their body. They stain the potential of good, which they could be doing.
Child Exploitation: Okay, again. As you know, I don't like this subject very much, like the one above. It's unfortunate, we continue to live in a world were the human body and it's sexual aspect is stained with the blood of the innocent. Children only have adults who can protect, up to an extent. What adults are in your children's life is to be consciously looked after. You don't yet live in a society where every single person can be given 100% trust, in the hopes, that that person will do the right thing in the end. Sorry, but civilization isn't civilized. We have people who steal children from good homes, make child pornography films and still shots, for distribution to clients or whomever wants them. Children forced into sexual encounters which are supposed to come later in life and under more pleasant circumstances. The distribution of photos or films of children is a violation of not only individual rights, but State and Federal American Laws and I'm pretty sure there's an International Law against it also. But, don't quote me on that.(and no I didn't bother to look into it because this article was written on a rational perspective of the subjects it discusses)
Conclusion - Good or Bad - Technology vs Greater Good
Some technology has a positive effect and can be used for the Greater Good and many pieces of technology were simply created for amusement/entertainment purposes. The Internet is one of those things, which leads us back to the original statement uttered by my friend.
Facebook and staff apparently are either too busy to keep up with such pages, because the pages are created faster than they can recognize them for what they are or they simply do not care what pages are created. Now, like you I would hope that the latter isn't the case and the former to be truly the problem. People report these pages, yet the pages remain?
What point does membership actually support supporting Facebook's operation? If you were to say that "just being a member of Facebook" is in support of Facebook's operation, then I would say there's more to it than just being a member. Yes, Facebook does get credit for your account, but what "value" are you to Facebook? Are you paying for any services from Facebook? If not, then you're nothing more than a "freeloader", which is why Facebook restricts members who don't use paying services. You're not really supporting Facebook by using it because Facebook really cannot estimate your value. You being a member is only one of several hundred factors.
Can you use Facebook knowing what you've learned here? The purpose here is to get you to realize a couple of things- (a) I'm being as honest as possible in my review of my friends statement and everything attached/connected and (b) The power of people with a purpose can move mountains. If you decide Facebook needs to address these problems, then by all means, do whatever you can to to communicate your displeasure with their inability. Call them, email them and report all pages related to Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation, Unadulterated Violence pages and Hate Crimes. It's the right thing to do because it protects the Greater Good.
It's often a question of balance although in some cases like child pornography being so readily available, the bad outweighs the good+we can't lose our ability to question how invasive we, as consumers of it, are allowing technology to become. Do we want to be spied on 24/7 it's a scenario vividly outlined in the book #TheCircle which I also highly recommend.
Thank you Mary Hyatt for reading and commenting. I'm not a mind reader that I know of, but enjoyed your statement. :) Yes, little did we(humans) know what extent TV would be used and what it's real purpose was, never mind, what it supposedly appears as. :)
Wow!! You are a mind reader! I agree with everything you said here. I watch very little TV cause it is all trash, and I refuse to own a smartphone. Little did we know when TVs came out what it has revolved into what it is today.
Hello Cmoneyspinner, I appreciate you taking time to read and comment. You're correct, nothing new under the sun for those who are awake and paying attention. However, those who lack understanding of what I've written about, will hopefully get the message. And I'll agree, that if someone sees an atrocity and does nothing, then their individual action is not any better than those who are committing the atrocities.
There's nothing new under the sun. Technology is good. Moral depravity is bad. Good versus evil. Nobody is ever expected more than what is within their power to do. If you're in a position to confront wrong doing and you do nothing, your wrong is greater.
Thank you very much Katie for stopping by to read and comment on my article. It's always a pleasure to see and hear from you. I'm grateful for the compliment also.
As always it's a pleasure reading your work. I appreciate your expanded thought and careful consideration in answering the moral dilemma question. I myself don't suffer with such maladies and yet see it over exaggerated day in and out. Oh the drama so many thrive on or is it they use it as a distraction from what's really going on....
Such a well written piece and one you had me nodding up and down as you do so many times. Great read my friend great read indeed. :)K
Thank you Mike. I appreciate you taking the time to read this lengthy answer to a question. I'm glad you enjoyed the read and yeah, these things are a sore spot. Most of them are used without giving any thought to the damage which can be caused. The threat of Nuclear extinction is possible. There's enough Nuclear weapons in existence, to turn Earth to an uninhabitable place. So, yes I did add a lot of feeling to it, but nevertheless remained rational. :) I hope you're well also. Take care and was good to see you. :)
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• Albany Covered Bridge- Six miles west of Conway and north of the Kancamagus Highway. Sometimes known as the "Lovers Bridge," this 120-foot bridge over the Swift River was built in 1858. It is the second bridge built on this spot after the first one blew down in 1857 before it could be completed. The story is it was rebuilt by Amzi Russell and Leander S. Morton who agreed to complete the job for $1300 less than what was paid on account for the first unsuccessful attempt at building the bridge. Come add your name to the hundreds of visitors there.
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