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The Mexican Peso buy back rates below were last updated 2 minutes ago
If you've ever tried selling left-over Mexican Pesos in the high street you'll know how difficult it can be to find a good deal. Banks and travel agents typically offer very poor exchange rates, many bureau de change add fees or commission to your order and some currency suppliers will only buy back Mexican Pesos that they originally sold you in the first place. If that isn't bad enough there is no standard procedure for buying currency back in the UK; every supplier has a slightly different ordering process and often you can be waiting for weeks before you see any money.
Fortunately there are a growing number of currency traders who are willing to buy Mexican Pesos sent to them by post – and at much better rates than you'll find anywhere in the high street. The currency buyers we compare above are all licenced foreign exchange dealers based right here in the UK and they'll buy any unwanted Mexican Pesos regardless of where there were originally purchased – no receipt required.
What's the catch? There is no catch. These suppliers are able to offer such great rates because they trade in large volumes of currency and are able to sell your Mexican Pesos straight on to new customers instead of incurring additional costs by going to the bank, and these savings are passed directly on to you.
Ordering is simple: choose a buyer, fill out an online form, print it and post it together with your currency. You'll be notified as soon as your currency has been received and you can expect payment within three working days directly into your nominated bank account.
How do I sell my Mexican Pesos online?
There are three easy steps to selling your Mexican Pesos back online. All of these instructions will be explained to you as you go along and we'll also email you after you've placed your order so don't worry if you forget anything.
If you have any questions about the selling process, please contact our friendly team who'll be happy to advise you further.
Can I sell Mexican Peso coins?
Yes, but only certain buyers will accept them and you may be offered a lower rate than you would for notes because they are heavier to post and more expensive to exchange. Please contact us if you have any Mexican Peso coins to sell and we'll try and find a buyer for you.
How do I post my Mexican Pesos securely?
You can post your currency by whichever method suits you best or take it in person if you live nearby, however we strongly recommend you post your currency via Royal Mail Special Delivery which is a guaranteed Next Working Day service and requires a signature on delivery. This service is fully trackable, can be insured for up to £2500 per package and costs between £5-15 depending on the value of your currency (you can send multiple packages if you are selling a large amount).
You can find out more and pay for your postage online on the Royal Mail website.
If you are unsure about the best postage option just ask at the counter of your local Post Office branch and the staff will be able to advise you further.
You should be paid within three working days from the date the buyer receives your currency. You'll be paid by Bank Transfer directly into the bank account you nominate when you place your order.
What if the exchange rate changes while my currency is in the post?
The Mexican Peso buy back rate changes frequently throughout the day and it is likely that the rate will be slightly different when your currency is received by the buyer from the rate advertised when you placed your order. In most circumstances this will not be a problem and the buyer will honour the rate you received when you placed your order but you must try to get your currency to them as soon as possible.
In some cases where there is a long delay between when the order was placed and when it was received, or where the Mexican Peso rate changes drastically within a short space of time, a different rate may be offered by the buyer on the day they receive your currency. You do not have to accept this offer and you may have your currency returned to you, minus a small charge for return postage.
The buyer will always contact you by to confirm any exchange rate changes before they process your order.
For your security and protection all of our buyers are registered with HMRC and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for the trading of currency in the UK. As part of their legal requirements to help combat against money laundering and fraud, some buyers may ask you to provide some form of ID with your order if it is over a certain value. Accepted forms of ID are a photo driving licence or a passport and you can send either of these by email rather than posting them with your currency. You'll be given full instructions and further details at the point of placing your order if you need to provide any additional ID; this is purely routine and won't affect your order in any way.
How is the value of my Mexican Pesos calculated?
When selling Mexican Pesos you want the exchange rate to be as low as possible because the Sterling value is calculated by dividing the amount of currency you have by the buy back exchange rate. This may seem counter-intuitive so let's see an example based on the comparison above.
If you have 2500 Mexican Pesos and the lowest (best) exchange rate is 25.5723, the Sterling value is calculated by:
2500 / 25.5723 = £97.76
Now using the same amount but with a higher exchange rate of 32.8443:
2500 / 32.8443 = £76.12
So the lower exchange rate yields more Pounds for your Mexican Peso. Our comparison table above automatically calculates these amounts for you so you can see at a glance who is offering the best deals.
Over the past week the Mexican Peso buy back rate has worsened by 0.15% from last Thursday's rate of 25.5346 to today's rate of 25.5723 which means $2500 is worth £0.14 less today than it did a week ago. During this period the worst time to sell was on Tuesday at 25.5988 and the best time to sell was on Thursday at 25.5346.
The 90 day outlook has seen the Mexican Peso buy back rate improve by 7.39% from 27.6141 on 22nd June 2018 to 25.5723 today. Based on these figures, $2500 is worth £7.23 more today than it did three months ago. The worst buy back rate we recorded was 27.6141 on 22nd June 2018 and the best buy back rate we recorded was 24.5397 on 1st September 2018.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A conservative Utah group believes the Sundance Film Festival's lineup featuring 'obscene' movies is at odds with Utah's culture of family values, and wants the state to pull its financial backing.
The Sutherland Institute says the state shouldn't back a festival that features films about porn stars and women having affairs with one another's adult sons. He's referring to a pair of movies featuring well-known Hollywood actresses: "Lovelace" starring Amanda Seyfried, and "Two Mothers" starring Naomi Watts and Robin Wright. "Lovelace" is rated R. "Two Mothers" is not yet rated.
The festival kicks off Thursday in Park City, Utah.
The Salt Lake City-based institute isn't saying Sundance should leave Utah — but rather that the state should pull its financial backing, said Derek Monson, Sutherland Institute's director of public policy.
"There are a lot of people here that find that kind of thing objectionable," Monson said. "We are a family friendly state and we endeavor to be so because we value the benefits that strong families bring to society."
Utah state officials stand by the backing, saying the money is an investment in a festival that brings major economic impact and international exposure to the state.
Utah expects to spend $300,000 supporting the festival again this year, said Michael Sullivan, a spokesman for the Governor's Office of Economic Development. The money comes from the economic opportunity section of the state's incentive program. It's used to support and sponsor the event and take advantage of the marketing and branding opportunities for the state of Utah.
Last year, for instance, the lanyards given out to the stars featured the state's tourism slogan, "Utah: Life Elevated."
The festival is one of the state's largest annual money-makers. The University of Utah estimated that last year's festival brought $80.3 million in economic impact for the state.
"If we lost the film festival, we would be giving up $80 million," Sullivan said.
Sundance officials declined an interview but said in a statement that they are committed to showing films that are well crafted and thoughtful. "Audiences should find the films that are right for them," the festival said.
The Sutherland Institute's concerns shine a light on the contrast between Utah's ultra-conservative culture and the Sundance Film Festival's reputation of being an avant-garde, boundary-pushing film festival. What many view as artistic is viewed as extreme by some in Utah.
"What would you call a film festival airing movies that explore the lives of porn stars, adulterous relationships between mothers and their friends' children, and teenagers competing to lose their virginity?" Monson wrote in a blog post that brought the institute's concerns to the forefront. "Many Utahns' values would lead them to call this 'obscenity' or 'pornography,' but to the state of Utah, evidently it is simply 'economic activity.'"
Sullivan acknowledges that not all films are suited for wide audiences, but points out that viewers are not forced to view R-rated films and have ample opportunity to choose which films they buy tickets to see.
The Sutherland Institute, a public policy think tank that advocates for conservative values, says Sundance doesn't need the financial assistance and that the taxpayer funds could be better used for other programs.
"If Sundance wants to put it in the private film festival, fine. But it's government-endorsed," Monson said. "But now you're asking for taxpayers to help pay for those kind of movies to be shown. That doesn't reflect the values of state of Utah."

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DENVER (AP) — The city of Aurora and two police officers who are potential prosecution witnesses in the Colorado theater shootings case are fighting attempts by defense attorneys to get the officers' disciplinary records.
City attorneys filed motions over the weekend seeking to toss out subpoenas for the records. The officers' attorneys filed similar motions last week.
Both officers had a role in the response to the July 20, 2012, shootings. Prosecutors disclosed that both were the subject of internal police department investigations that concluded each made untruthful statements in investigations not related to the shootings.
The defense says the disciplinary records could weaken the officers' credibility as witnesses.
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- As Namssob may confirm (sent him a message that date), by Feb'27/2014 I had sold 267 kits, starting Sept/2013.
- Now, I've sold a grand total of 673 kits.
- My average profit per kit is ~7.460g for a total profit of ~5 million gold.
- My prices were (mostly steady until a few weeks ago): Inscrip (8k) - Alch (10k) - JC Engi (15k) - Ench (16k) - BS (18k) - Tailor LW (19k)
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Everybody who knows and works with Profession Kits - me included - is whispering in the winds that profession kits will be dead in WoD.
This is true.
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Chicago police officials have put hundreds of stolen items worth more than $500,000 on display at the Town Hall District police station hoping to find their way back to their owners.
The items were recovered from a Lincoln Park apartment recently after police executed search warrants and arrested Jicheng Liu, 32, who was charged with a felony for his role in the operation, and felony cyber-stalking, authorities said.
Liu is suspected of running an elaborate fencing operation and found truckloads of high-end, stolen merchandise, officials said.
Following a months-long joint investigation by the Chicago Police Department, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Cook County state's attorney's office, Liu was arrested earlier this month after authorities executed a warrant on a home in the 1700 block of West Altgeld Street and confiscated truckloads of merchandise believed to have been stolen.
Anyone who has been the victim of a garage or vehicle burglary on the city's north side dating back to 2010 is encouraged to attend and identify the stolen items, police said. Receipts and or proof of ownership will be required to claim property, police said.
Anyone who believes their items may have been stolen can go to the Town Hall District station, 850 West Addison St., to view the items from Monday, March 26 to Friday, March 30 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday people can go to the station from 8 a.m. to Noon, officials said.


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6-1 Jaylen Shaw of Hartsville followed up another large all star performance by landing another large offer.
In mid March Shaw scored 24 points and earned SC MVP honors in the Carolina's All Star Classic. That led to an offer from USC coach Frank Martin last week.
Saturday in the City vs The State All Star Game, Shaw scored 36 points and was co-MVP for the State Team. That performance was followed Sunday by an offer from Clemson's Brad Brownell. Brownell visited Shaw last week.
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Etna man arrested over threat to Hanover police on Facebook
— An Etna man was arrested Wednesday and charged with criminal threatening after posting on Facebook a threat to harm Hanover police officers and their children, police said.
The Hanover Police Department said it received a report earlier Wednesday from a concerned citizen about a threatening post that appeared on the Facebook account of David Barr, 29, who lives at 90 King Hill Road, Etna.
The threat also made reference to violence connected to school, according to a police news release, which did not specify which school.
After an arrest warrant was issued, police located Barr at his workplace in Hanover. He was then arrested and charged.
Barr's bail was set at $30,000 cash with several conditions. Police said his arraignment on the misdemeanor charge would likely be Thursday in 2nd Circuit Court in Lebanon.


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A Munich court sentenced a 90-year-year-old former Nazi officer, Josef Scheungraber, to life in prison for murdering Italian civilians in 1944.
Ex-Nazi Officer Gets Life Sentence
By JUDY DEMPSEY
Published: August 12, 2009
"BERLIN — A Munich court on Tuesday sentenced a 90-year-year-old former Nazi officer, Josef Scheungraber, to life in prison for murdering Italian civilians as a reprisal for the killing of two Nazi soldiers.
In one of Germany's last Nazi trials, he was convicted on 10 counts of murder and also found guilty of attempted murder.
Mr. Scheungraber had denied allegations that he ordered the killings in June 1944 in Falzano di Cortona, near the Tuscan town of Arezzo, when he was a 25-year-old German army lieutenant in command of a company of engineers. The trial began last September after the presiding judge, Manfred Goetz, said Mr. Scheungraber was fit to stand trial.
Prosecutors said that, after Italian partisans had killed two German soldiers, Mr. Scheungraber commanded his soldiers to shoot three Italian men and one woman. The prosecutors said he then ordered that another 11 civilians be herded into a barn that was then blown up..." Full Story.
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Diazepam, or Valium was introduced in 1964. It subsequently became one of the most prescribed drugs of all time for mitigation of anxiety, tension, relaxation of muscle spasm, as a general sedative, for nausea and vomiting of psychogenic origin and for lessening of the symptoms of the acute agitation that may come during withdrawal from alcohol.[2] While Valium is rather new, anxiety, tension and the other nervous disorders for which valium has been commonly prescribed are certainly not. What was used in the days before it was available--say 200 years ago, in 1790?
First of all, is it possible to draw parallels between the two eras and the remedies used to treat the common nervous disorder known in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries as hysteria? If one reviews the medical literature during this 200 year time period, many parallels can be seen between the common use of valium today and that of valerian and other official drugs of the 18th century (and 19th and early 20th century) said to have similar actions. Interestingly, it is a common misconception that valium is somehow chemically derived from valerian. Then, as today, it is possible that common factors such as stress and inactivity were strong contributing factors in hysteria.[4] [5] During the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, hysteria was commonly thought to occur especially in people who were of a generally weak hereditary constitution. Contributing factors were mental overwork, an overly active imagination that is not restrained, fear, constant worry, too much stimulus, too luxurious a style of living, too "relaxed" a system, too much sleep, lying abed too late in the morning, excessive use of stimulants such as coffee, tea, the use of tobacco, etc.[7] One might imagine that many of these same conditions are still likely causes of many forms of "nervous complaints today.
The sedentary life-styles of today (both work and leisure) may also be a strong contributing factor--just as in many middle and upper-class life-styles of the 18th and 19th centuries also were thought to contribute dramatically to nervous disorders. In fact, two of the best-known popular works on health and herbs of the last 200 years (both written by medical doctors), Buchan's Domestic Medicine and Gunn's Family Physician, strongly recommend exercise as indispensable for curing all manner of diseases of the nervous system, especially hysteria and hypochondria.[8] Today, many popular books on health extoll the virtures of exercise.[10]
Despite the differences in technological advancement between then and today, it can be easily seen that many of the basic forces that act on the nervous system are still the same, giving rise to the same nervous problems now as then--possibly under different names.
In the 18th century until the 1930's, drugs of direct herbal or mineral origin were commonly used to cure disease and alleviate their symptoms, as synthetic drugs were not yet developed. Some of these remedies have been consistently used for a period of 3,000 years or more for the same ailments, such as senna to open the bowels.[12]
With the current renewed regard for herbal medicine and natural remedies derived from plants, it is of interest to review the most famous, or "celebrated" as they said in the 18th century, of the official remedies for these nervous problems, especially hysteria, hypochondriasis and mania--diseases of nervous excitability--and see how many stood up to the "test of time." The information in table 1 is compiled from dispensatories, pharmacopeias and materia medicas from a period of 200 years--1733 until 1936. It must be mentioned that all of the works selected are written by the best-known and respected medical doctors of their day, principally for the use of doctors in practice.
Specifically, the authors are: 10 = James Alleyne's A New English Dispensatory (1733), 11 = R. James' Pharmacopeia Universalis (1745), 12 = Andrew Duncan's revision of Dr. Lewis' famous Edingurgh New Dispensatory (1791), 13 = William Cullen's A Treatise of the Materia Medica (1802), 14 = James Thatcher's The American New Dispensatory (1813), 15 = Jonathan Pereira's The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics (1843), 16 = Samuel Potter's Handbook of Materia Medica (1890), 17 = A.A. Stevens' A Textbook of Therapuetics (1924) and 18 = Torald Sollmann's A Manual of Pharmacology (1936). In the chart, an "X" was placed under the work corresponding to a given drug when it was not only mentioned by the author, but the author found it personally effective or recommended it for hysteria, mania or hypochondriasis.
Remedy Description of Uses [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
Asafoetida (Ferula assa-foetida L.)--hysteria and other X X X X X X X X X
nervous complaints
Bromine (sodium bromide, etc.)--sedative to the nervous X X X
system; antispasmodic; "...greatly overused..."
Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora [L.] Presl)--given in X X X X X X X X
nervous affections, to excite the vis vitae,
antispasmodic, procure sleep, nervous headaches
Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea L.)--recommended in X X
hysteric disorders
Conium maculatum L.--anodyne taken internally (leaf X X X X X X
powder, up to 2 ounces); antispasmodic
Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium [L.] Schultz-Bip.)-- X X
hysterical disorders
Galbanum (Ferula galbaniflua Boiss. & Buhse.)-- X X X X X X
esteemed in hysterical complaints
Hops (Humulus lupulus L.)--induces sleep; mania X X X X
Black Hellebore (Hyoscyamus niger L.) --"...has been given X X X X X
with advantage in a variety of nervous affections,
mania, melancholia, epilepsy, hysteria, etc. anodyne.
Like opium, its influence is diminished by [habitual use]
Iron (martial flowers, called Ens veneris)--for X X X X
hysterical and hypochondriacal states
Lavandula angustifolia Miller--recommended in vertigos, X X X X
palsies, tremors, suppression of menses.., all
disorders of the head, nerves and uterus
Opium (Papaver somniferum L.)--most prescribed; X X X X x
"...mitigating pain, inducing sleep.."; hysteria,
Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium L.)--hysterical cases X X X X
St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum L.)--"..extolled X X
in hysterical and maniacal disorders.."; melancholy
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis L.) "...one of the principal X X X X X X X X X
anti-spasmodics..for nervous and hysterical
Wood soot--used in hysteric and other nervous cases, X
sometimes in conjunction with asafoetida, galbanum
Zinc (flowers of zinc)--epilepsy and X X
As can be quickly seen from table 1, the six most prescribed medicines over the 200-year period were asafoetida, camphor, conium, galbanum, opium and valerian. The other remedies were recommended at one time or another, but were considered only marginal by most authors. For instance, zinc was mostly considered too toxic by many of the doctors and of too little activity in nervous complaints. Wood soot was popular in continental Europe in the early 1700s and even later but was fairly obscure--it was, however, official in early editions of the London Pharmacopeia.22 23
St. John's wort has been recommended since ancient times for nervous complaints, but was also primarily a continental remedy, not as popular in England and early American medicine.[24] Pennyroyal was mentioned by a number of authors, has always been associated with female menstrual imbalances, and secondarily for nervous disorders--but it was generally considered too weak to be of any real benefit in hysteria. Opium was, of course, one of the most important drugs of the entire era--but it was more prescribed for sleeplessness and anxiety due to organic pain and to alleviate other kinds of pain. The dangers of over-prescribing it were well-known even in the early 1700s.[25]
Lavendar was used in several forms, including the essential oil for headache. It was considered a specific for hysteria, and was popular during the late 1700s and early 1800s, but then fell out of favor as being too weak.[26] Iron was considered a specific for hysteria and as a general strengthening tonic for many years, but eventually became known as a blood-building tonic to counteract anemia, much as today.[27]
Black Hellebore was considered a valuable remedy for hysteria, but later fell out of favor as being too unpredictable and toxic. Much the same can be said of Conium (poison hemlock)--the dried leaf was very uneven in potency, and some authors recounted stories of people who nearly died because a prior dose was so weak and subsequent one too strong.[28] Hops was used in pillows on the continent to bring sleep in hysterical conditions, and as a tea for a period of time for the same. It was considered a mild remedy.[29]
Galbanum is closely related to Asafoetida and was used in similar ways--as an anti-spasmodic and digestive strengthener in cases of hysteria and hypochondriasis. It was considered inferior in activity to asafoetida.[30] Feverfew has been considered a good menstrual remedy since antiquity, and is mentioned especially in English works, where it is still popular today.[31] Clary sage was mentioned in early English materia medicas, but being considered too weak and uncertain it quickly fell out of favor. Camphor, the solid oil from the tree, Cinammomum camphora, was always controversial as a remedy for the nervous system. Some authorities said that it was stimulating and some sedative.[32] It was generally considered effective for hysteria throughout the period, but finally began to lose favor in the 1900s, as by then bromides, the hypnotic, chloral hydrate, and the barbiturates were among the most prescribed for these conditions.[33]


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DUBUQUE, IA - Republican presidential candidate former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich addresses a meeting of the Rotary Club during a campaign stop at the Dubuque Golf and Country Club on December 27, 2011 in Dubuque, Iowa.
DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Newt Gingrich embarked on his bus tour across the Hawkeye State Tuesday morning, just one week before the Iowa caucuses take place.
At his inaugural stop on the "Iowa Jobs and Prosperity Bus Tour" here on the far Northeastern edge of the state, the former House speaker addressed nearly 200 people in a crowded ballroom inside a Dubuque country club and spoke frequently about the negative attacks that continue against him.
"It's taken great discipline to not run ads that counter them," Gingrich, whose self-discipline has been questioned during his years in elected office, said in response to the negative television ads and direct mailers.
The Republican presidential field descends on Iowa to make their final pitch to voters. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
But it wasn't all positive words that came from the Speaker about his GOP rivals this this afternoon at the Rotary Club of Dubuque meeting.
Gingrich took a similar swipe at former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, similar to the kind his campaign has been pushing in opposition research emails this week. The speaker said his philosophy was very different from Romney's.
"There is a huge difference between the philosophy of a supply-side conservative in the Reagan tradition and the philosophy of a Massachusetts moderate," Gingrich said.
At a separate point in his remarks, Gingrich described himself as an adherent of Ronald Reagan's so-called "11th commandment," which commands Republicans to never speak ill of other Republicans.
As for Texas Rep. Ron Paul, the speaker said "on foreign policy I am just profoundly different than Ron Paul's view," citing Gingrich's belief of the importance of Israel to survive and the need to prevent Iran from using a nuclear weapon.
New documents were released Monday on Gingrich's first divorce contradict the speaker's story on who filed for divorce years ago. Gingrich has claimed in the past that his wife called for the divorce but the new court documents show he himself did. Gingrich would not comment on these developments today.
"It's 30 years old. You can read my younger daughter's column and talk to her. She covered it, I think, more than adequately. And that's all I'm going to say on it," the Speaker told reporters following his roughly 50 minute speech.
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The mother of lupine blooms! Around Mother's Day of this year a prolific and memorable bloom of lupine peaked along the Big Sur coast. Locals told me that the last time the hillsides were covered with such density of lupine was back 1999, fifteen years prior. Perhaps the amazing display can be explained by the unprecedented weather conditions of the past year. A record dry 2013 was followed by an extremely dry January and February of this year. Hills that typically sprout with green grass by January remained golden well into February. In late February an impressive storm system dropped over a foot of rain along the Big Sur Coast. This storm only put a small dent in the ongoing exceptional drought conditions, but was enough to enable the lupine plants to sprout en masse. My hypothesis is the antecedent dry conditions prevented grasses from germinating and when the heavy rains arrived in late February the lupine were able to proliferate without being crowded out by other grasses which were unable to take hold over the winter. Additional rainfall in late March provided just enough water to keep the lupine growing and by early May entire hillsides were covered with amazingly dense gardens of lupine.
The lupine bloom was not specific to a particular location along the coast as we enjoyed spectacular displays at Prewitt Ridge, Boronda Ridge and Dolan Ridge (Dolan lupine photos here). The meadows were generally found between 800 feet to 2,000 feet in elevation. Prewitt Ridge was unique in that the lupine fields were interspersed with yellow poppies creating a fascinating mixture of colors in the foreground with Cone Peak, the King of the Big Sur Coast, looming in the background. Boronda Ridge featured perhaps the most impressive display with homogeneous, lush and dense lupine covering the spectacularly steep relief to the Pacific Ocean. The bloom was so prolific that the scent of lupine could be identified several hundred meters away from the flowers, a smell that became more pungent as one neared the meadows. This lupine bloom was an amazing sight to see and these photos are unaltered from what my camera captured.


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PERTH, Australia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday encouraged Australia to increase its military ties with India, but added that America also supported the peaceful rise of the Asian economic powerhouse, China.
Clinton and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in the west coast city of Perth on Tuesday on the eve of bilateral security summit with their Australian counterparts.
The annual summit is the first since President Barack Obama visited Australia a year ago and riled China, Australia's biggest trade partner, by announcing that up to 2,500 U.S. Marines would rotate through a joint military training hub in the northern Australian city of Darwin.
Clinton told a university forum that the meeting will review the implementation of that plan and aim to improve interoperability between the U.S. and Australian navies.
She said the United States had made a strategic priority of supporting India in play a larger role in Asian affairs.
"It's also important to see the burgeoning relationship between Australia and India," she said.
"We would welcome joint Australia-Indian naval vessel exercises in the future," she added.
The United States also supported a peaceful and open China, she said.
"We look for ways to support the peaceful rise of China, to support China becoming a responsible stakeholder in the international community and hope to see gradual but consistent opening up of a Chinese society and political system that will more closely give the Chinese people the opportunities that we in the United States and Australia are lucky to take for granted," she said.
The two countries also want to increase U.S. military access to the Australian navy base south of Perth and to bombing ranges in the northern Outback as part of the shift of U.S. might to the Asia-Pacific region.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the summit on Wednesday would discuss medium-term plans for cooperation on military aviation as well as warships.
"These ... talks come at a critical time with President Obama having been re-elected and with his administration now making and getting ready to put in place their views and policies for the next four years," she told reporters.
Australian and Indian defense chiefs have maintained a strategic dialogue since 2008. China views the relationship with suspicion, despite Australia also engaging in limited naval exercises with China.
Relations between India and Australia were boosted in October when Gillard visited New Delhi and agreed on civil nuclear energy cooperation that would eventually allow the export of Australian uranium to the energy-starved nation for peaceful uses.
Australia has had a long-standing ban on exporting uranium to countries that have not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. India is among those countries.


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|2007-06-29, 13:25
|Link #41
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
It's summer! (here anyway >.>)
Well, it's summer once again! That time of the year when the sun shines nice and bright and everyone enjoys life to the fullest. The time when people go on vacation or the time when you look for a job to make some extra cash. Or, maybe it's that time of the year where you do nothing at all, and keep living a normal life. So, I was wondering.. what are your summer plans?
As of tomorrow morning I leave my home-state of PA to enjoy the rest of my off time from college down in the sunny state of Florida with family. A time of rest and relaxation, lounging in the sun and doing whatever my heart desires! Well, not quite.. I still have to look for a part-time job and I have to study up for my ever increasingly difficult courses next semester. But even so, how is it possibly not to like Florida? Maybe we'll go hit up a theme park or go to the keys or something.. who knows! Sure beats Pennsylvania.
So, what are your plans? Going on vacation? Getting a job? Still in school (god help you)? Or just enjoying yourself as usual? In any case, I hope you all have an amazing summer!
|2007-06-29, 14:00
|Link #43
Evil Little Pixie
Immediately after finishing school, I went to Callistoga (in California) and soaked in a mud bath (and also bought bars of soap made out of wine :O ). Then I went to SoCal and saw my great-grandfather, then went home to Nevada... Now I'm back in SoCal visiting grandparents, I'll be at AX this weekend (and hit the beach, probably), and then I'll be back home next week...
It's too bad I didn't get to go to Korea this summer, but I can always go next summer.
|2007-06-29, 20:15
|Link #46
IT Support
Watching anime, visiting some anime shop, going to amusement park with my friend, going to my hometown and relaxing...
Oh but even tough it's holiday my work will still pursuing me wherever i go... So i guess i still mostly sitting in front of my pc and typing...
...and... *sob* there's nothing such as summer/winter holidays here... the only long holiday is in the fasting month...
|2008-06-10, 09:22
|Link #48
Clandestine Otaku
Join Date: Jun 2008
Age: 29
Summer 2008
Hey, everyone, this is my first thread so I hope I don't sound lame. Anyway, I just wanted to know each of your plans for the summer. Maybe it's just sleeping in or even working. It could be you're going out of town, state, or country. Just want to get to know more of you guys better.
Well, for me, I'm going to Japan for a homestay program and then when I come back home I'll be working.
|2008-06-10, 11:29
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Youkai of Coincidence
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: The Border of Common Sense
Age: 28
When school is finally over (three more days, dammit, hurry up!!!) I'm going to be a complete hikikomori, only leaving my room at night for food, and other things. Then at the middle of the vacation, I maybe go to help my grandparents a bit, they're luckily living in the same neighbourhood as me, for earning some money for autumn when I visit my friends, who are living at other side of the country. And of course I have to study hard in August to pass the exam, or I have to repeat the year again. And if that happens, then my parents will sell my computer and my TV.
|2008-06-13, 02:01
|Link #52
World's Greatest
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Francisco
Age: 31
Just got back today from Tokyo. It was a very good experience. I'm not sure where to start. Well I just want to say that I went into Tokyo seeking a great adventure and I wasn't disappointed.
I stayed in Roppongi (where I lived) for about ten days. I did a lot of exploring on my own because my buddy was kind of a couch potato and wanted to stay on AIM for like four hours a day. So I just figured out the public transportation system myself and got myself a map and just went around. I got lost at times, but that was part of the fun I guess. I know enough Japanese to basically "survive", so it wasn't too bad. And everyone was really nice. I also met up with another friend during my stay who told me all about life in Tokyo and what to do and where to go to have fun.
I remember checking the weather before I left for about 10 days on weather.com. It looked really grim, but miraculously most of the days were quite nice. It didn't rain that bad and there weren't any thunderstorms like predicted. So I was really happy.
I tried to explore as much as I could in the time span given. My feet hurt so bad from all of the walking. I went to Tokyo Tower (the place I wanted to go to most), Tokyo University, checked out the scene of all the Harajuku kids on Sunday, went to Yoyogi and Ueno Park, Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo City Hall, The Sony Building, went to a night club, ate a lot, and just basically soaked it all in.
Everything was so much better than people told me about. Maybe it was just because it was my first time, but I enjoyed every moment of it. Tokyo seems like a really clean city too. One that appears safe for the most part. And the people are very polite. Not to mention in fairly good shape. Heh, and I loved the vending machines being everywhere! I must have seen 100 different ones during my stay.
Oh and the women! My goodness, I've never seen so many attractive women in one place before! A great amount of them dress quite provocatively as well. Not to mention quite slim looking. I literally saw a gorgeous looking girl once every 1 or 2 minutes during some instances. Short shorts, high heels, mini skirts and beautiful legs all the time. Especially in crowded areas like some subways or during the night near places like Akihabara, Shinjuku, Roppongi, or Shibuya. A lot of them seem to have that really sincere "cute" persona and charm. I'm assuming a great amount of them are single since there are so many. Also with Japan's negative birth rate. A very good place to find a nice looking single girl I'll say. Even the stewardesses on my Japan Airlines flight to and from were gorgeous. Pretty cool for Economy class.
I also had the chance to go to Kyoto for a day. That was really fun. Didn't get to go everywhere obviously, but the city looks really laid back in some aspects. Doesn't seem to have the glitz and glamor of some parts of Tokyo, but there are still a lot of decent sized buildings and cool shopping areas. Not so many westerners there either, which I enjoyed.
My only regrets are that I didn't have a true exploring partner to share the fun with. I had to do a lot of things on my own. Including going to the club. That kind of sucked initially. Also not being able to fluently speak Japanese. I was lucky to know the amount I did. For quite some time I was contemplating whether to continue studying Japanese on my own before this trip, and this place has really inspired me to do so now. I like to talk to people in general when I travel, and so it sucked at times when I couldn't really carry a conversation.
Anyways, all in all, Tokyo was an awesome place. For anyone that has never been, find a way to go someday. Aside from all the of major site seeing and hot women, there really does seem to be a certain "serenity" about the culture and landscape. Quite peaceful. I noticed this especially when I went to the big parks like Yoyogi (biggest public park I've ever been to) and just went around drawing people to improve my illustration skills. The park experiences may have been my favorite parts of the trip. I wish I was still there actually, but it's back to boring life here in northern California. But yes, I plan to return again one day, and next time I'll be better "prepared".
|2008-06-13, 07:01
|Link #53
I'm planning to:
- Work all day/all week except the weekend.
- Be with by boyfriend <3.
- Swimming.
- Gaming (now i got my new computer supplies ooh yea ).
- Watch anime.
- And at least go on some small trips in my own country (like the forest, the zoo, the sea).
|2008-06-13, 09:18
|Link #54
I asked for this
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Winterfell
Age: 29
Very rainy summer here, at least today.I have so many plans and so many things I must do:
-take art classes
-go on a metal camp
-go to the seaside for at least a week
-get in form again (I have been slacking off the whole year XD)
-visit relatives in England
|2008-06-15, 04:07
|Link #57
Join Date: Mar 2006
@bluejazz87 - I saw your pictures of Japan in the photo thread, and your description here really shows how much fun you had. I'm envious. ^^ You always hear some interesting stories about foreign trips and how things didn't go quite as expected, but it sounds like yours went pretty much according to plan.
My summer is going to be rather boring. No major trips planned or anything like that, just working and enjoying the (usually) nice weather. And of course, lots of anime.
|2008-06-15, 15:08
|Link #58
horo fan
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: missouri, usa
Age: 33
since some are sharing travel stories, when i went to chicago, it was my first time taking amtrack. the day before the trip, amtrack called me saying that they were laying new track so i had to take a bus from st. louis amtrack station to bloomington, ill. me and my friend were on the bus for three hours and bus driver got lost at least three times and we had to turn around in a residential area, but we made it to the station. we made it but they told us that the train to chicago would be an hour late. so we walked around bloomington, one really boring and small city. we got on the train and instead of the trip being 5 hrs and 40 mins it was 8 hours. we got a taxi to our hotel and my friend accidentally left her parents camera in the taxi, and we didn't remember which company it was from or it's license plates number. so we called almost every taxi company, and all of them said they wouldn't look until tuesday since it was memorial day weekend. the concert we went to was good though, we had to wait in a long line. but the trip was worth it, i only wish that so many bad things didn't happen.
|2008-06-15, 19:42
|Link #59
Life's better in a harem.
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oakville, Ontario, Canada
One week until summer ^^
In July I'm going to be taking an extra course to ease up my schedule for next year.
In August, I'm hoping to go somewhere on vacation. I was planning on going to Tokyo, but I couldn't afford it. So I'm hoping to go to San Diego, California instead. And if all fails, I'll end up spending August in a daily mixture of anime and mountain biking.
|2008-06-15, 19:43
|Link #60
World's Greatest
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Francisco
Age: 31
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) – Michelle Wie said Annika Sorenstam apologized to her for comments she made in an interview with Golf Magazine.
"She actually reached out to me last night, said a couple of things got misquoted,'' Wie said Thursday after her first round in the Kraft Nabisco Championship. "I thought that was really nice of her to reach out to me. She apologized for what she said, and that's that.''
Sorenstam's comments appear in a question-and-answer story in the magazine's May edition.
"I didn't read it, so I don't know what she said,'' Wie said when asked how Sorenstam could be misquoted in a question-and-answer format.
The former child prodigy, now 23, has mostly struggled since winning the 2010 Canadian Women's Open for the second of her two LPGA Tour titles. In five events this year, she has missed three cuts and also played poorly in two no-cut events in Asia.
She shot an even-par 72 on Thursday at Mission Hills and has broken 70 only once in 15 rounds this season, closing with a 69 in Singapore after a third-round 77.
"What I see now is that the talent that we all thought would be there is not there,'' Sorenstam is quoted as saying in the magazine article.
The Hall of Famer also pointed at Wie's appearances in men's tournaments as a possible reason for some of her struggles.
"I don't think it helped her career,'' Sorenstam said. "I think we see some of it today. I think she jumped in way too deep, and I think it had some tough consequences for her.''
Sorenstam was asked if Wie could still become the best player in the world.
"She has a long way to go, let's put it that way,'' Sorenstam said. "There was a time when the LPGA really needed her. I thought she had a lot to bring to the table. Now she's one out of many.''
SLUGGER'S WIFE: Amanda Blumenherst shot a 7-over 79 after staying up late Wednesday night to watch husband Nate Freiman make his major league debut with the Oakland Athletics.
Blumenherst went to bed at 11:30 p.m. and was up at 4:40 a.m. for her 7:26 a.m. tee time.
"It was a late night and I could not fall asleep because I was so excited,'' Blumenherst said. "I was bummed out that I wasn't able to be there to watch him, but focus-wise on the golf course it wasn't a problem.''
Freiman had an RBI single in his first at-bat and finished 2 for 3 in the Athletics' 6-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
"I think the entire Yard House – the restaurant we went to – knew that he was my husband because I was just cheering and shouting and jumping up and down,'' Blumenherst said.
On Thursday in Oakland's 8-2 victory over Seattle, the 6-foot-8 first baseman drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in his lone plate appearance. The former Duke stars were married in December.
GULBIS RETURNS: Natalie Gulbis opened with a 2-over 74 in her return to play after recovering from malaria.
"I'm so excited to get back out here,'' Gulbis said. "I feel good. It was fun to get out there and play and it's nice that I still have some good energy.''
Infected by a mosquito during the LPGA Thailand, the 30-year-old Gulbis withdrew after the first round the following week in Singapore and missed tournaments in Phoenix and Carlsbad.
She had a birdie and three bogeys in her morning round.
"I didn't hit it very well,'' Gulbis said.
She won the 2007 Evian Masters for her lone LPGA Tour title.
DIVOTS: I.K. Kim shot a 75. Last year, she missed a 1-foot par putt on the final hole of regulation and lost to Sun Young Yoo in a playoff. … Juli Inkster, at 52 the oldest player in the field, had a 77.


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I can't believe that Christmas is just a few short weeks away! It is time to start the holiday-inspired baking! I have a fun recipe for you today that is both adorable and delicious. Melting Snowmen Cookie Balls, a recipe from KRAFT.
For as long as I can remember, I have been the baker in my family. Even as a teenager I was assembling plates full of holiday goodies such as fudge, crispy treats, peanut butter balls and of course Christmas cookies. Nobody even asks me what I'm bringing to holiday parties and get-togethers, because it is always dessert!
In recent years, my oldest daughter has gotten more involved in the baking as well and she loves taking treats to friends, family and teachers. I love sharing the tradition of baking at the holidays with her, and showing her how to make many of the recipes that I grew up with at the holidays, while creating and trying new ones together. While we often focus on the end results of cooking or baking, so much can be said for the time spent together in the process of creating.
There is something special to me about baking for others and creating edible gifts. Cooking or baking for our friends and family has a personal touch that can often be lost in this digital age. While I love to put together combo plates with lots of goodies, it's also fun to know that certain people love the peanut butter balls or peppermint bark, and make them their own edible gift of their favorite item.
The Melting Snowmen Cookie Balls I'm sharing with you today are perfect for your Christmas cookie trays, holiday dessert tables and gift giving. They are no-bake, quick to make and cute as can be. By combining crushed chocolate sandwich cookies and PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, a delicious truffle-like cookie ball is created, which is dipped in white chocolate and decorated very simply to create cute little snowmen.
You can let the kiddos help with this one if you like. They can help shape and roll the cookie balls or you can put them in charge of decorating the snowmen once the chocolate has set. These little guys are almost too cute to eat!
I also made a fun variation on these, by adding about one tablespoon of crushed candy canes to my white chocolate mixture, creating a coating that is almost the same as peppermint bark. I finished them off with a few extra sprinkles of crushed candy canes on the top. You could up the peppermint flavor by adding crushed candy canes to your cookie mixture (about one tablespoon for this size recipe) or using peppermint flavored sandwich cookies. These are sure to be a hit with anyone who loves chocolate and peppermint!
If you love to bake and create edible gifts during the holidays, but struggle to find the time, I highly recommend adding some no bake treats such as these cookie balls to your holiday baking line up. I also love making quick fudge recipes, crispy treats, brownies and bar cookies to save on time. There are so many options for treats that you can pull together in a matter of minutes, which still taste amazing. There is enough stress surrounding the holidays, so I'm always looking for great recipe options that make life a little easier, but still have wonderful results.
Melting Snowmen Cookie Balls
Prep Time: 30 minutes • Total Time: 2 hours • Serves: 15
24 chocolate sandwich cookies, divided
3 Tbsp. PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
9 oz. BAKER'S White Chocolate, broken into pieces, melted
Assorted colored decorating gels
FINELY crush 9 cookies. Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended. Roll into 15 balls.
PLACE remaining cookies on waxed paper-lined rimmed baking sheet. Dip balls in chocolate; place on cookies. Tap cookies on tray 3 to 4 times, allowing excess chocolate to pool onto cookies. Decorate with gels.
REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm. Keep refrigerated.
Tips from KRAFT Kitchens
How to Easily Dip Cookie BallsUse a toothpick to dip the cookie balls into melted white chocolate; shake off excess chocolate then place on remaining cookies.
How to Melt ChocolatePlace chocolate in microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted, stirring every 30 sec.
From our home to yours, I wish you the happiest of holiday seasons!
For more recipes and ideas, visit my blog at www.lovefromtheoven.com.
Create a delicious work-of-art with these snowmen cookie balls. With the icing faces, these Melting Snowmen Cookie Balls are almost too cute to eat.
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How to Sharpen Dull Router Bits
Most shops have two types of router bits – dull and sharp ones. It's easy to tell the difference because the sharp bits ease through the wood while the dull bits labor. Sometimes a good cleaning is all the bit needs. Any good blade solvent will rid bits of pitch and resin.
Once the bit is clean I like to use a fine monocrystalline diamond stone with a couple drops of water to hone the flats of the carbide. Count the number of strokes taken on each flat, then repeat this process with the other carbide surface on the bit. Diamond stones will sharpen carbide or high-speed steel. I only use carbide cutters because they stay sharp longer. Don't attempt to sharpen spiral router bits – send those to the sharpening shop.– Scott Phillips


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Otto's Chicken in Middleville, Michigan, provides farm-fresh, antibiotic and hormone-free chicken to Michiganders looking for quality meat. If you're wanting fresh, quality chicken, come to Otto's locations at the farm store in Middleville, the Farmers Markets at Kalamazoo, Royal Oak and Lansing City Market. You are sure to love the taste of this locally raised chicken that has had access to fresh, natural food and clean water as well as plenty of space for roaming around. Exercise and diet are very important in the health of the chicken, and healthy chicken is tasty chicken! With years of experience, top notch management and a passion for poultry, we strive to provide quality chicken products that you are sure to enjoy. Come to Otto's Chicken and choose from a selection of cuts and products to find just what you're looking for. Taste the difference - it's the natural choice!
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Breckenridge, Copper Mountain close out season with powder
April 15, 2013
Breckenridge Ski Resort and Copper Mountain closed out the season Sunday on the heels of one of the strongest snowstorms of the year.
A short-lived system brought a reported 12 inches to Breckenridge overnight Saturday and 13 to Copper, softening up the slopes for the last runs of the year for hundreds of skiers and snowboarders.
"It was awesome," said Drew Reges, who skied Breckenridge on Sunday. "I got out late and there was still fresh snow everywhere. It was a nice surprise."
Temperatures plummeted from the mid-40s last week back into the 20s on Sunday, keeping the fresh powder light and loose for the final turns of the season.
At both resorts, skiers and snowboarders could be heard cheering in the trees and across slopes as they enjoyed the kind of snow that would be celebrated in January.
Copper got just over 40 inches of fresh snow in April alone, rivaling the now legendary snowfall seen at the end of the 2010/2011 season. Breckenridge received 26 inches of new snow in April prior to Saturday's storm.
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"The conditions right now are what we are used to seeing in a January/February time frame," Copper spokeswoman Austyn Williams said. "It was definitely a roller coaster year when it came to snow, but 13 inches really just gave everyone that cherry on top."
Both resorts celebrated closing weekend with concerts and festivities. Copper marked the occasion with the Redbull Supersoakers competition, the CopperMan Winter Adventure Race and live music by Matt and Kim and Domestic Problems. Hundreds turned out to see Matisyahu and 3Oh!3 play at the base of Peak 8 Saturday and Sunday, winding down four weeks of concerts and festivities along with the season.
The snow is expected to continue for the next several days, helping to sustain conditions at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, which has set closing for June 2.
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The Plagiarism Issue is to David Pratt what the Moore Incident is to Todd Bertuzzi. It won't go away. And nor should it.okcanuck wrote:Being from the Okanagan I dont get to listen to much of the Vancouver sports media broadcasts. I did however listen to Bill Goodes interview this morning with Pratt.Fred wrote:FRom Canuck Army, I came acros this after my own post
CHEERS to Vancouver broadcaster Dave Pratt for returning to the airwaves in short order. News broke last night that Pratt will join CKNW, likely starting Monday, joining the morning team as sports host to start. The speculation is that Pratt will host an afternoon drive-time sports talk show once Neil Macrae leaves CKNW. Macrae has already indicated that he plans to retire once his contract expires. Now, I gave Pratt a TON a grief during his last few months at Team1040, because he diverted so badly from sports on a daily basis that the show became unbearable. Fast forward to today and witness the complete debacle that we now hear with BMac and Taylor. The old-fart nostalgic gigglefest makes for terrible radio but their ratings remains high because they have NO competition. Well, well, well. How many of YOU folks will listen to Dave Pratt over the unbearable and incessant impressions of Paul Morris? Count me in. Knowing what I know now, when Pratt goes on his tangential ramblings on the Mayor and bike lanes and Phoenix and Bettman, I'll take that HANDS DOWN over two old men giggling about bullshit nonsense for 4 hours.
What I found interesting was the first caller bringing up Pratts plagiarism controversy of a few years ago. The caller obviously lied to the producer about what subject he was going to bring up and Goode called him on it saying all the caller had to do was tell the truth and he still would of got on the air.
I say The plagiarism topic is old news .Leave it alone already. Pratt should bring some welcome competition to Team 1040 and as time goes on maybe finally replace Dan Russell .
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Reefer Madness (1936)
Four Slimes
Pickwick Group 2004
By Jimmi Campkin
The Characters
Mae She just wants to get by to keep herself in black dresses, stockings and have a day where Jack doesnt moan about something. And have fun with joints, obviously. Although her wardrobe does have something of the funeral about it.
Jack Cold hearted dealer who sells drugs to kids. Kids who stopped puberty over a decade ago. Dresses like Al Capone. Beaten to death in total silence by Ralph.
Ralph Ventriloquist. Well, Im just being presumptuous here, but every time he spoke, I did not see his lips move. Bravo, sir! You are the only one in this film displaying a talent. Just a shame that it has no relevance to the plot. Ends up in Bedlam.
Blanche When she isnt lying underneath someone, she is demonstrating her remarkable ability to play piano at 507bpm. Has an involuntary orgasm when hung-over. Despite this, she kills herself.
Dr Alfred Carrol Just a moustache away from Nuremburg. Every time I watch this film, I imagine him played by Bela Lugosi around the time he was collaborating with Ed Wood. Its just a private fantasy, nothing more.
Hot Fingers Perroni I think that was his name. Perhaps he keeps burning them on those incredibly hot piano keys, because he certainly wasnt touching them despite the plinky-plinky tune coming from it. A real character this one; he twitches whenever he sees a womans butt, smokes with a murderous grin and has hair that has been parted by a well-aimed axe.
Bill Can you say prat-fall? This guy certainly does his own stunts. He is framed for the murder by of Mary by Jack and sentenced to hang(?) but freed when the truth comes out.
Mary Love interest of Bill. Killed by a stray bullet fired by Jacks gun. I have no idea how it hit her in the back when the gun was fired at the floor at that angle. But then, I am a middle-class white British kid. Ive never even seen a gun in my life; I am not an expert in ballistic trajectories.
Jimmy Innocent kid roped in with bad people. Involved in a laughable hit and run after smoking what he thinks is a normal cigarette.
Assorted Parents Present at the lecture. You can call them the moral majority, the ignorant masses, the nodding dogs
The Plot
The year is 1936 and there is a global menace lurking in the dark gutters and slimy drains of our streets. No, Im not talking about Communism, Franco or the Nazis. Im talking about Cannabis!
Also going by the title of Tell Your Children, all you really need to know about this film is that it was made by bit-part actors and actresses (most of whom never worked in film again), it was distributed by a director whose other information titles included How To Undress In Front Of Your Husband and that it was financed by a church group who, and Im only guessing here, had probably read about marijuana in a book rather than experiencing it first or second hand. All great ingredients for a truly, brilliantly, bad film. Now, Ive never smoked the stuff (and considering I spent four years at University, it is nothing short of a miracle flying against student stereotype), but even I can tell that this film isnt entirely immersed in fact. On with the plot! Ill just roll (theres a first time for everything), light up and see if I can make any sense of this.
Our epic journey begins with a suitably shaky foreword warning of the effects of Marihuana (I have no idea either), calling it the real public enemy number one! Meanwhile, I am having trouble focusing on the words due to a cameraman who appears to have left his tripod at home and has the jitters. This isnt Star Wars by a long way. Dramatic music booms sorry muffles into our ears. Eventually, after a couple of bouts of motion sickness and some choice statements of shock and horror, the film starts for real.
Dr Alfred Carrol is giving a lecture on the perils of Cannabis (Im guessing you have got that bit by now). After talking about the various methods of drug smuggling (and making a point that weed is more dangerous than heroin hmm), he is going to tell us a story as an example of how it can destroy lives.
Floozy Mae and monotone Jack are dope-dealers. We are led to believe that they live in squalor and depravity (illustrated by having them wake up fully clothed and having a carefully placed cushion on the floor in their otherwise immaculate living room). It emerges that Mae only sells to other adults, whereas Jack likes nothing more than to rope in the kids. When they say kids, they of course mean it in the same way that Teenagers From Outer Space featured teenagers. The kids are probably all the other side of thirty.
Right, I shall make this brief and then we shall continue with the meaty business of tearing this thing to shreds.
Blanche and Ralph are go-betweens who invite these kids to Jack and Maes house-parties. Bill and Jimmy are the luckless youths who are ensnared. Whilst at one of these shin-digs, the gang run out of reefers and Jack doesnt have his car to hand to get some more. Up steps Jimmy with a set of wheels not entirely convincing for someone of his supposed young and tender age. He and Jack drive to see Jacks boss (dealer, basically). To keep him occupied, Jack throws Jimmy a joint and goes inside. Suitably baked by the time Jack has returned, Jimmy then takes him on a hell-ride, cutting between stock footage of a car driving down a wide road and then studio footage of a car crawling between narrow town streets with the film sped up. Finally, Jimmy runs a stop sign and mashes a pedestrian into the gutter. Yum. Jack later tells Jimmy that all will be well and he wont mention it to the police who are chasing the mad driver. He also mentions that the chap died not really surprising if it was him rather than the car that makes that absurd noise when the collision happens.
Any person that can make a sound like that, must be breathing their last.
Meanwhile, Shakespeare loving Bill is descending into the seedy world of Blanche and her ever capacious arms. The next time I buy a new bike, I will call it Blanche with respect to her liberal attitudes. He leaves behind Shakespeare loving Mary (theres just something about her), who is understandably concerned at the recent change in her Romeo. Juliet goes looking for him, but instead falls into the arms of laughing boy Ralph who attempts to have his wicked way with her after doping her up. As she struggles, Bill hallucinates that his Juliet actually loves his raping method of seduction. As he attacks Ralph, Jack appears and tries to break them up. He clobbers poor Bill on the back of the head knocking him unconscious, but in the struggle the gun has discharged on the floor. By some miracle of geometry, wind direction, gravity and the shape of the living room, the bullet has ricochet into Marys shoulder-blade. The diagnosis by our expert group of doctors I mean, our drug ravaged group of pot-heads, is instant death. Jack wipes the gun clean of his fingerprints and places it in Bills cold, unconscious fingers. He wakes up, Jack points at the new cadaver and lets Bill put two and two together to make eleven. Despite the fact that Bill has been out for less than thirty seconds and appears to have completely recovered his senses, he falls for it hook, line, sinker, rod and bucket of maggots.
Following a wildfire trial during which a jury take a few moments to sentence the kid (and fellow members of the jury appear to look at each others verdicts and simply copy the person sitting next to them), Bill is sentenced to hang. I didnt realise America ever had hanging as a viable method of execution, but perhaps I can be corrected on that one. Ralph meanwhile is going slowly insane; nothing to do with the guilt of being a molester and witness to a murder and knowing that an innocent young man will be put to death. Oh noooo. Its all down to those drugs. Ralph, I have to say, has taken a remarkable slide if it really is down to the drugs. We are led to believe that he has been a regular user for a long time now, and yet he appears to disintegrate in a matter of days. It is during Ralphs reefer madness that one of the more ludicrous scenes takes place. Ralph demands of Blanche that she play the piano faster and faster and faster. The actress playing Blanche couldnt do vigorous piano playing and instead settled for epileptic seizure.
I am going to stop picking on their acting soon. You are going to have to simply appreciate that it is more wooden than the sets they are using.
In a dramatic finale, Jack hears that Ralph is on the verge of spilling all about who really shot Mary. Jack goes to kill Ralph but Ralph, for once not being paranoid but quite lucid, sees through Jacks terrible attempt to appear friendly (good acting or bad depends on your perspective I suppose). In another silly scene, Ralph beats Jack to death although judging from the sound effects, only about two of the numerous blows connected. In the end, all the survivors are arrested (except for Jimmy, whose fate is unknown, but probably involves drugs). Mae chirps like a canary. I think she was looking forward to having some different clothes in prison that wasnt some sort of long black dress. Blanche performs an extraordinary confessional speech, cries crocodile tears and launches herself at an unconvincing painting of a city skyline dressed up as a window. She ends up flat on the pavement, more broken than her lunatic boyfriend. Speaking of the devil, Ralph ends up being sentenced to an asylum, where presumably he continues to grow the unusual hump that is slowly swelling on his upper back. The good doctor enigmatically gives us a closing speech and then points at the camera to warn us of the perils of drugs. Yes, all of us. Even YOU.
Even by the standards of the day, Reefer Madness is an appalling film. The acting is awful, the audio is either muffled or missing and the editing appears to have been achieved with scissors. Im not kidding, there are some magic moments of cutting in this film. People have sentences inexplicably end or cut short, Bill memorably falls into a pond in three distinct stages and there is, of course, the magical scene with Jack opening a door to walk through it and then simply disappearing. The first time I showed this to my friends, they insisted on rewinding the DVD and watching that one part again. And again. And again. Also, there is the sheer bloody minded stupidity of the facts surrounding how dangerous it is as a drug. I have never heard of a stoner driving too fast. Ive never heard of a stoner doing anything too fast. Neither have I ever been met by a stoner who wanted to kill me. On the contrary, most of the time you cant get them off your shoulder as they lean into your ear and insist on detailing all their theories on how the Universe came to be and where it is going.
Im not saying whether it is dangerous or not that is an ongoing debate I am not really interested in being a part of. But even I, passive neutral as I am, can see that the effects have been, like Blanche, slightly oversexed.
Despite all of this, the film is dearly beloved by myself and at just over an hour in length, is always a great film to start any B-movie fest with your friends. Certainly, compared to a similar film like Cocaine Fiends (which has almost no redeeming features or comedy) it is almost a masterpiece. In fact, with five good friends and a generous amount of alcohol, you can easily add another slime to the rating.
Things I Learned From This Movie
- Cars in the thirties had incredible levels of grip
- To play the piano, all you have to do is wave your hands vaguely over the keys and have a mild seizure
- The only cure for uncontrollable laughter is intercourse. Or at least heavy petting.
- Someone saying Youre OK indicates a total level of trust.
- A jury will take just two minutes to condemn someone with a previously spotless criminal record, and known connections to behaviour impairing drugs.
- When a script says Fall In Pond, what it actually means is hover over the pond as if you are going for a dump, wait for the cameraman to manoeuvre a different shot, then fall backwards.
- The best cure for hallucination is a gun butt to the back of the head.
- All piano players are insane.
Stuff To Watch Out For
12mins I think the guy on his own is supposed to be dancing, but he could also be buffing the floor clean with his shoes.
16mins This is probably the best bit of acting in the entire movie. I dont want to be cynical, but Id say these two pieces of acting fodder were angling for a part on Broadway.
19mins Is this bad editing or is my DVD player skipping? *WHACK*
20mins Nope, its bad editing. My hand is sore for nothing.
25mins HAHAHA! What the hell was that noise for? And was that car on rails or something!?
38mins I love the way everything goes silent whenever the camera isnt on the action. Owch! His head made a noise like a hollow box.
48mins That sounded like Dr Stephen Hawking.
63mins Jesus! Look at the state of him! Are we really supposed to believe that he has been smoking this stuff for years and years when he looks like that after a week?
Bureau Official Here is an example: A fifteen-year-old lad apprehended in the act of staging a hold-up - fifteen years old and a marijuana addict. Here is a most tragic case.
Dr Carrol Yes. I remember. Just a young boy under the influence of drugs who killed his entire family with an axe.
Ralph Mae? MAE!
Mae What do you want?
Ralph Bring me some reefers!
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Great job on a movie that very much deserves to be here.
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thanks for the feedback. i am tempted to do 'cocaine fiends' as well, but it is such a terrible film of so little redeeming qualities, i'm not sure it is worth it.
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Good review, and you seem to love the film in its misguided way. There are a few places that are awkward, like this one:
As she struggles, Bill hallucinates that his Juliet actually loves his raping method of seduction. As he attacks Ralph, Jack appears and tries to break them up. He clobbers poor Bill on the back of the head knocking him unconscious
However, those are minor and it is an enjoyable read. Makes me want to pull my DVD off the shelf to watch it again.
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thank you, yes i can see what you mean about some of the sentences - they are slightly clumsy and perhaps i haven't thought enough about the people who haven't seen it yet as opposed to those who have and will already know the characters. i will edit it and tidy it up in the next few days.
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