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January has been a month of struggle for me regarding fitness, because I want to attempt something big. There were two big challenges on the table and I've taken my time deciding exactly WHICH challenge I want to take on this year. Part of what held me back was my fear of failure. I didn't want to set a challenge and then fail at it, especially if I told people WHAT I'm attempting, both IRL and here. As silly as it sounds, I don't want to let people down and I don't want people to view me as someone that 'can't hack it'.
But, that all changed on my flight home from Dallas a week ago today. Le Husband randomly picked up 'Outside' magazine, a new one to both of us, and while he slept on the flight I perused because I couldn't sleep. There were some great articles, but one article REALLY stood out in my mind. Pro athlete, Kevin Korver of the Atlanta Hawks, is an all start super shooter but also and incredible athlete with an INCREDIBLE sense of challenge and inspiration. Below is my favorite part of the article.
Wow, right? I reread that quote probably ten times and really sat back and thought about how much I've let my fear prevent me from trying. Don't get me wrong, I take chances, but fitness challenges can bring out the shy-shy in my ego. Failing at fitness is mentally breaks me, so I try not to set TOO high of a goal. I want to avoid the fear of not reaching what I set out to do.
But, that changes now. Today begins my journey of going for my 2015 fitness goal. I've verbalized it to a select few people so it's real. There is no turning back. I will be doing everything I can to achieve this goal and I hope to bring some good news to blog land in a few months. I'm back to logging my foot in My FitnessPal [be my friend *here*] and finding new ways to fuel my body with healthy alternatives. Tonight's dessert is two TBS of peanut butter and three TBS of whipped with a dash of cinnamon. Not as good as froyo, but it's a start in the right direction.
Now don't worry. This blog isn't going to become a solo fitness blog, I don't have the drive or knowledge base for that kind of thing. But, you'll probably see some more workouts and clean eat recipes here because that's where my life is going.
I'm scared. I'm excited. I'm nervous. And I'm ready to rock this ish!
Linking up *here* today!

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You can download Nokia Mobile VPN Client Policy Tool 1.39 from our software library for free. The program is categorized as Internet & Network Tools. Our antivirus analysis shows that this download is safe. The most popular versions of the Nokia Mobile VPN Client Policy Tool 1.3 and 1.0.
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Toddler left in hot car identified
Authorities on Sunday identified the toddler who died Saturday after being left in a hot car for four hours.
Police said Liam Ordonez, 3, was accidentally left in the car at his home on the 10000 block of Tempestuous on Saturday afternoon.
He and his family had arrived home about 1 p.m. after a T-ball game, officials said. Liam's parents each thought the other parent had taken him out of the car. About 5 p.m., they realized they hadn't.
"This very literally can happen to anybody, and that's the most tragic thing of it all," San Antonio police spokesman Jesse Salame said Saturday. "There's not anyone who has been a parent to a toddler that hasn't almost made this mistake."
On ExpressNews.com: Officials warn against leaving kids in hot cars
The boy's parents, who haven't been identified, tried to resuscitate Liam. He was unresponsive when they found him in the car. When police arrived, they pronounced the child dead at the scene. The medical examiner's office did not release a cause of death.
Temperatures on Saturday peaked around 93 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. On an 80-degree day, the temperature inside a car can reach 125 degrees in one hour.
Before Saturday, the last child to die accidentally in a hot car in San Antonio was 6-month-old Dillon Martinez in August 2016. In that case, the baby's father was supposed to drop him off at day care. The father was running late to work and wasn't usually the one to take Dillon to day care, police said. He drove to work and forgot the infant in the car.
The district attorney's office ruled the case accidental.
To prevent child deaths, experts suggest several tips:
Always look in the back seat, then lock the vehicle so kids can't get inside on their own.
Keep a stuffed animal in the child's car seat when it's empty. When the child is put in the seat, move the stuffed animal to the front seat as a visual reminder.
Put a cellphone, briefcase or purse on the floor of the back seat when the child is put in the car seat so that the driver has to look there before leaving the vehicle.
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NFL Predictions, Part 1
1. If Baltimore beats the Titans, I think they're a lock for the Superbowl.
I don't want to make too much of this–afterall, as great as Flacco has played this season, he is still a rookie and prone to "rookie mistakes"–but the Ravens are the scariest team in the NFL. We could be witnessing a team that channels the 2007 Giants–a squad that gets hot at the right time and rides a strong defensive wave (coupled with a good showing by their young quarterback) all the way to the Superbowl.
It's not as if the Ravens haven't been to the Superbowl before on the back on their defense. But this year, their offense is actually showing up. And that's very scary.
2. The Steelers will Dominate the San Diego Chargers on Sunday
I don't forsee this being a game similar in vein to when these two teams met earlier in the year. I think Sproles will inject some speed and creativity into the offense, getting lots of YAC on screen passes in particular. But I expect that Pittsburgh defense to be in full force. I think they will shut down the running attack and blitz Rivers until he throws up the white flag of surrender. As good as Phiilip Rivers has been this season, I expect to see Polamalu to get a turnover and return it for a touchdown.
3. Tony Dungy Will Retire
By early next week, we should hear whether Dungy will retire or come back to the Colts in 2009. I think he's completely done. Dungy has stated before that football isn't his only passion, and one would think that such a serene man would like to spend more time with his family. With Jim Caldwell already lined up to replace him, Dungy will step aside and finally let someone else run the show in Indianapolis. Soon after the season ends, Favre will follow Dungy into the sunset, as well.
Bailout Brett
In good ole' New England we had our first little storm that brought chaos to a morning commute. As if this is the first time New Englanders have driven in the snow and it leaves me late for work, yelling in bumper to bumper traffic and listening to sports radio. So if I wasn't raging enough, I hear that Brett Favre, the Arctic legend made the Pro Bowl this year. His stats; 21 Tds, 17 Ints, 3,052 yard with a 6 TD effort against Arizona that was simply a stat boosting New York Yahoo justification party. Now in no way do the Jets deserve to be atop the AFC East and in no way does Brett deserve any responsible for their victories. Last week would've been highlighted with New York papers full of a mopey faced Brett crying his way to retirement but the defense bailed him out. Jones and Leon Washington have bailed the offense out and with 1 TD in his last three; Favre has sucked. The guy has lost his accuracy, can't move around in the pocket and is still throwing up more Hail Mary's than a teenage choir boy who just stole the church collection. I'm not going to get all homer on you and say Matt Cassel deserves the nod to the pro bowl over him(which he does) but there were a couple guys who meant more to their team's success than the Wrangler man.
Even though I hate both these guys, stats for Rivers and the comeback of Pennington are both more impressive than Favre.
P.Rivers -276 -427 -64.6 -3515 -28 -11 -101.4
Penning -273- 412 -66.3 -3218 -14 -6 -95.1
B.Favre -305 -451 -67.6 -3052 -21 -17 -86.5
Another bail out in America and for Favre fans…now go cry and retire again cause I'm expecting a nice 3 INT day vs Miami to seal those playoff hopes.
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With a steady rhythm and swelling strings, "Two Hearts" opens Christina Martin's sophomore album. Produced by Dale Murray (Cuff The Duke, The Guthries, Hayden), Two Hearts offers nine songs made of a hopeful longing that won Christina two Nova Scotia 2008 Music Awards: Female Recording Artist of The Year & Pop/Rock Artist of the Year. Merging country flourishes with a cinematic folk backdrop, the disc ranges from the choir backed finale of "You Come Home" to the more reserved "Hard Day In June." These stylistic shifts are held together by Martin's songwriting, which plots vulnerability against her strong vocals in manner reminiscent of artists such as Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch. In 1999, Martin left her home in Halifax, NS with a rough course charted for Austin, TX. Within months she was a regular fixture of the Austin bar scene, performing her own material along side acts such as Wilco and singing backup as part of the retro-rock outfit Young Heart Attack. In 2002, Martin began work on her debut album, Pretty Things. Recorded by Darwin Smith the CD contains 12 original songs and features some of Austin's finest musicians, including Kim Deschamps (Cowboy Junkies), Jon Greene (Torch), Charlie Larkey (Carol King) and Bukka Allen (David Baerwald). With a subdued sound centered around her striking vocals, the songs on the album bare an elegant simplicity derived from the innocence and honesty in their storytelling. After the stateside release of the album, Martin returned to the East Coast where she has continued to regularly perform. Quick to draw attention, her songs were soon after selected for inclusion on the CBC TV productions, Snakes and Ladders and the acclaimed mini-drama, Sex Traffic. Under her own label "Come Undone Records", Martin releases her new album "Two Hearts", touring Canada and parts of the US 2008-2009.
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Steven Bowers was born on a November day in Baie Verte, Newfoundland. He was determined to come out feet first. He grew up in wintry Churchill Falls, Labrador. "Ten months of winter," he says. "It's where I learned to drink and fight".
He had those feet firmly on the ground though, and looked for something more positive to grasp. Music was it. There was one band in town. He joined, and played New Year's Eve at the local curling club. "Weren't bad," he says now. "But we weren't good, either."
He thought about being a writer, but Lord of the Rings had already been written. He thought about being a pilot, but it turns out you need math for that, and Steven was a non-starter where math was concerned. He thought about going to university for something, but hit the road instead, lit out to explore Canada on his own. In the meantime, his folks moved to New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, and that's the home Steven returned to when his travels came to their end. Eventually, he did go off to university. He studied Sociology at Dalhousie in Halifax. He held on to music though. He hosted a weekly open mic at the campus bar. Before long, he'd made a record, called In Theory. He sold three hundred copies in less than a week. "Mainly because of all the friends I had in residence," Bowers says. "It wasn't a very good album looking back, I didn't know how to sing or write songs at the time. Still it got some really good reviews and it was the start of what I do now. It was really an accident. I dropped out of university and decided to be a singer-songwriter. My mom made me go back last year and finish my last few credits though, so I did finish the degree."
That done, Bowers has thrown himself into being a singer-songwriter the way he once thought he'd throw himself into being a pilot. "I always think in terms of how short life is, and music is a way of mirroring what you observe, only you get to soften even the darkest image in some way with a sweet melody or an uplifting lyric," he says. "It's a secret way of speaking for people who can't speak for themselves. It feels like you get the better of the bad things in life. I guess I'm an optimistic writer."
Optimistic he may be, but his new record still has that darkness at its core. Called Homing, it features eleven songs marked by heartbreak and longing, and ultimately, a ray of redemption. The title track takes its name from a novel by Halifax writer Stephanie Domet, but its roots stretch back several years. "I watched a special on the Discovery Channel about pigeons and sparrows and other birds who fly into buildings and die because they think they are flying into the horizon. It was very sad," Bowers says. "That image stuck with me and seemed almost too easy a metaphor for people who flock to cities from small towns. Also, pigeons move and weave through people's feet on the busiest of streets here in the city. They go unnoticed, just trying to find some food and make a life for themselves. As a songwriter they are perfect fodder for my incessant need to find despair in something and give it a voice."The title track is written in two parts. The first section is from the writer's perspective when observing a doomed pigeon. The second section of the song features guest vocalist Meaghan Smith. "That part is the pigeon's own poem," Bowers says. "The pigeon knows its whole existence is just a metaphor. The final line 'Always homing, never home' speaks to how we're never truly happy. For me personally, it's a reminder to breathe deep and appreciate life when I can."
It's a theme that surfaces in several of the songs on this new record. Bowers sums it up in Bury Me By the River: "You were the born believer, and I was no God fearin' man. But I prayed, and ours was a good life, and I am grateful for that."
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Avoid preparing to exercise. Doing simple limb movements before physical exercise is good for safe and effective physical activity. Because in the cold winter, the body due to cold stimulation and muscles, ligaments significantly reduce the elasticity and ductility, the flexibility of the whole body joints are also much worse than the summer and autumn seasons. Do not prepare for exercise before exercise, it is easy to cause muscle, ligament strain or joint sprain, resulting in exercise can not be normal.
Second, avoid foggy weather exercise. Fog is composed of numerous tiny drops of water, these drops contain a lot of dust, pathogenic microorganisms and other harmful substances. Such as fog in the exercise, due to increased respiration, will inevitably absorb more toxic substances, affecting the oxygen supply, which can cause chest tightness, difficulty breathing and other symptoms, severe cases can cause rhinitis, pneumonia, bronchitis, conjunctivitis As well as other conditions.
Three bogey do not pay attention to keep warm. Exercise can not ignore the warmth, otherwise it will cause colds. When the weather is cold, wait until the body is warm and then gradually reduce the clothes. Do not take off your clothes immediately when you start exercising, and do not undress when sweating, otherwise it is easy to catch a cold.


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If anyone needed the perfect example of the giant waste, fraud, and abuse a government emboldened by fear and ineptitude can achieve, that example absolutely has to be the TSA's body scanners. These glorious devices that didn't work in catching weapons or explosives but did let TSA agents see you naked, and which are administered by the TSA, an agency so perfectly unable to do its job properly that all us Techdirt writers now have carpel tunnel syndrome from writing up posts on its exploits, now have a detailed price tag associated with them. So, what did the public pay for all of this fail?
Oh, only $160 million of taxpayer money, according to Politico.
The cost breakdown, which the TSA recently turned over to some members of Congress, provides the latest look at the agency's investment in body imaging technology since it decided to make the scanners the centerpiece of the checkpoint screening process. The price tag averages more than $150,000 per unit since the agency bought the first batch of 45 devices in 2008.
And for that money, lawmakers privy to classified reports say, the TSA has gotten a woeful failure rate. Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson has such low confidence in the scanners' ability to catch explosives and weapons that he says the agency should make fliers walk through metal detectors after passing through the body imaging machines.
Yes, dear sirs and madams, full body scanners, so inept that esteemed government officials are suggesting people exiting them should immediately go through a traditional metal detector, come at a $150k/ea price tag. But the danger of a program like body scanners, when it comes to government malfeasance, isn't solely in the primary failure of the program. Rather, the danger is in the way the failure then begins to infect everyone around it, like some kind of IQ-deteriorating brain bacteria. For example, the esteemed SHS Chairman mentioned above, who suggested metal detectors be used immediately after the body scanner, begged pardon if you had thought he meant that the body scanners weren't still needed.
"If you really want to keep using those, and I'm not saying we shouldn't, at a minimum we should put a metal detector on the other side," the Wisconsin Republican said in an interview. "Why not go through two? You've just gotta use common sense."
Ah, yes, common sense. Well, Senator, let me try some of this common sense thing you speak of for myself. My common sense suggests that any procedure about which the following can be written ought be permanently done away with:
A recent security audit found that TSA had failed to find fake explosives and weapons in 96 percent of covert tests. And members of Congress familiar with the classified details say the body scanners are to blame for much of the problem.
Common sense does not inform me that, rather than removal of these devices, our best bet is to simply stack devices upon devices through which we should walk, all while being uncertain of their efficacy. The problem isn't a lack of devices to walk through; the problem is there are too many.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has said he has received assurances from L-3's CEO that the company will work with the department to improve the technology.
Ah, yes, an assurance that this next go 'round they'll get it right, from a company that screwed it up the first time. You'll excuse me, sirs, if I am laughing. The point is that it's time to give up the game. The security we get at our airports is mere theater and we know it. The devices that didn't work the first time around while costing American taxpayers a hundred and sixty million dollars shouldn't get another bite at the apple. 9/11 is far enough in the rearview mirror that we can't use fear as an excuse any longer. It's time to end the masquerade and get on with it.
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Hello, I'm a freelance illustrator based in the UK.I was born in London, and started out in illustration with work for fantasy & horror small press magazines in the '80s, in particular the H.P. Lovecraft-devoted Dagon. My first professional commissions came from Games Workshop for their magazine White Dwarf, and this began a long relationship with the company, illustrating lots of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay publications and the very first Warhammer 40,000 book, as well as many other GW books and boardgames. I've also done game-related material for other publishers, including covers and internal illustrations for twenty-two (I think) of the Fighting Fantasy series from Puffin Books/Wizard Books, and card art for Magic: The Gathering from Wizards of the Coast.
I've also produced artwork for various publishers around the world including Scholastic, Time-Warner, HarperCollins and Oxford University Press, illustrating popular authors such as Anne McCaffrey, Raymond E. Feist and Harry Turtledove, as well as some classics including Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and The Silver Sword. I was fortunate enough to receive the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist.
I illustrated the book accompanying the album release of Misterstourworm & the Kelpie's Gift, an orchestral work based on stories and characters from Scottish legend. My artwork was used as large-scale backdrops for live performances of the work by The Orchestra of Scottish Opera, with narration by Lord of the Rings actor Billy Boyd.
As an author, I've written some books about digital art including Digital Fantasy Painting Workshop and Digital Horror Art, and edited Fantasy Art Now published by Collins. In addition to work in publishing, I occasionally do concept and production art for computer games (following two years as an in-house artist at Eidos Interactive), and film and television productions which have included the BAFTA-nominated The Magician of Samarkand for the BBC, and most recently Gulliver's Travels for 20th Century Fox.
Currently: October 2015: My latest picture book The Crocodolly was published in hardback by Scholastic last month, and is available in Australia, New Zealand, and soon to be released throughout Asia in English, also with a translation into Chinese. The Crocodolly is something of a companion to my earlier picture book The Octopuppy which has been doing pretty well internationally -- more info at www.theoctopuppy.com Right now I'm working on my next picture book; so most of my energies have been directed towards my books for children. But I've also just finished another album cover for Axel Rudi Pell, which is the fifth sleeve I've done for his records. I've also been doing a little bit of work on the Game of Thrones computer game.
Legend of Zagor on the telly
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Here's a TV ad for the Legend of Zagor boardgame from Hasbro/Parker which I illustrated back in '93. Hear Patrick Mower's voice and despair.
And a version of the ad that appeared on TV in Greece:
Hour of the Beast
Saturday, February 11, 2012
I did the cover artwork for this novel by C. Michael Forsyth.
Visit Michael's site where you can buy the book, as well as T-shirts and posters featuring the cover artwork. Here's Michael at the New York Comic Con:
Character Roughs
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Here's a look at three rough designs I did last year; these were my initial versions of the principal characters in the Mirabilis graphic novel project.
This one's of Estelle in saucy goth vamp mode, having swigged some Jekyll juice:
My take on The Kind Gentleman:
Young Jack Ember:
...here's how I later depicted Jack in colour (click on thumb for bigger pic):
Thursday, October 8, 2009
My Eye of the Dragon image has been used as the cover for Midgard by Wolfgang & Heike Hohlbein, the first in a series of fantasy titles published in Germany by Suddeutche Zeitung. Here's a copy of the book, plus some info about it and the rest of the series:
New Fighting Fantasy covers
Monday, September 7, 2009
A glimpse of the covers for the new editions of the Fighting Fantasy books. The first four books have just been published, and the others are due for release in 2010. Five of the covers feature artwork of mine... the cover here for Night of the Necromancer, a brand new title by Jonathan Green, is just a mock-up.
Howl of the Werewolf trailer
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Here's a promo video for the Fighting Fantasy book Howl of the Werewolf. It's been put together by the book's author Jonathan Green, using my cover and internal illustrations. Visit Jon's excellent blog, Unnatural History.
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Ameela Li and her veteran teammates have already made an underdog run in the West Coast Conference tournament.
A year ago, the Li and the Tigers raced to the semifinals as a No. 7 seed — coming two victories away from a tournament title and the program's first-ever berth into the NCAA Tournament.
Pacific, with the senior Li, junior Jessica Blakeslee and sophomores Valerie Higgins and Brooklyn McDavid, is No. 6 this time around and battles seventh-seeded Santa Clara in a second-round game at 2 p.m. today in Las Vegas.
While the Tigers enjoyed a bye Thursday, the Broncos edged No. 10 San Diego 63-59.
Pacific (17-11, 10-8) split a pair of close games with Santa Clara during the regular season – losing at home and winning on the road.
The WCC tournament now has a new format where the Nos. 1 (Gonzaga) and 2 (BYU) seeds have three days worth of byes; Nos. 3 (Pepperdine) and 4 (Saint Mary's) have two days of byes and Nos. 5 (LMU) and 6 (Pacific) have one bye.
"Once the new format for the WCC tournament came out, you knew you had to get one if not two byes," Tigers coach Bradley Davis said. "We're excited about it. The other part is, the team (you're facing) … they're already warm for that next day."
Indeed, Santa Clara has had a chance to compete — and win — at Orleans Arena.
But the Tigers bring pedigree and talent. The redshirt sophomore Higgins is the All-WCC Defensive Player of the Year and a first-team All-WCC selection, while McDavid is second team and Li is honorable mention.
"It's definitely an honor for all of us being recognized by all the coaches in the league," Li said. "That's something we're going to definitely take pride in."
Li, from Piedmont (near Oakland), recorded her 1,000th career point and 400th career assist earlier this season. Higgins, meanwhile, is off to a scalding start to her tenure in orange and black and led the WCC with 88 steals on defense.
Higgins played for USC in 2016-17, transferred to Pacific and sat out in 2017-18 and has thrived this year.
"You always want your experienced leadership to set the pace and set the tone," Davis said, citing the quartet of Li, McDavid, Higgins and Blakeslee.
"We expect that group to come out front and center to lead us, at least in the beginning."
The Tigers, who have dropped three of their past four, are also playing for the potential of an NIT berth. Pacific, with a strong showing in the conference tourney, could be selected to the NIT for the first time since 2015.
"It's definitely an advantage being able to have a bye in the first round and being able to see our opponent play," Li said. "Being able to rest our legs and being mentally and physically prepared for when we play."
Santa Clara (14-16, 6-12) was powered by guard Tia Hay (25 points) against San Diego.
The tournament quarterfinals are Saturday, the semifinals are Monday and the championship comes Tuesday. If Pacific wins today, No. 3 Pepperdine awaits in the quarterfinals at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Davis knows that to shock the WCC it will take a comprehensive effort from his roster, including "significant contributions" from the bench.
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This is a self portrait, acrylic on canvas and digitaly adjusted.
It really does feel like the world is going crazy, the news now stages one sick drama and follows to the next wierd political scenario daily and the wierdeness seems to be at epic proprtions. We really do have to think about how we arrived here if we are to see any changes but somehow we seem to just be reactive to all the wierdness out there. Can someone please tell me what is going on????
How do we navigate this life and how do we remain grounded and retain any focus whatsoever. I am certain that there are many out there whom feel as I do, I have come to learn that even though we all like to see ourselves as unique individuals, we are in fact the same in that we all have the same basic needs to remain as wholesome human beings with a sense of our humanity. This post is here because I see the entire system that has been built up over the centuries seems to be crumbling and no one seems to know how to deal with the issues. I don't know about anyone else but I find that rather unnerving.
My way to remain sane is to keep creating, maintaining a focus on what I can control when all else seems out of control. I think we would all like to vote the best man, however he is never a candidate.!!!
Ponder for the day:
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it ?


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BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY, by Mimi Barbour, NYT and USA Today bestselling author: Big girls don't cry because no one is listening.
HEAL MY HEART, Mona Risk, NYT and USA Today bestselling author: With the help of a baby girl and four little boys, a handsome doctor may teach her the true meaning of love.
TURNAGAIN LOVE, Nancy Radke, USA Today bestselling author: Can she love a man who keeps trying to get her to go away?
MEND ME MEND MY HEART, Suzanne Jenkins, Multi-Award-winning author: Dating again has never crossed Charlotte's mind, until she takes a fall at the cemetery where her husband is buried bringing the handsome caretaker to her rescue.
SUMMER LOVIN', Jacquie Biggar, USA Today bestselling author: Can two mismatched lovers find a way past their mistakes?
A KISS UPON A STAR, Tamara Ferguson, Multi-Award-winning author: When fate gives Tim and Emily a second chance, can an air force veteran break through the hardened heart of a rising star?
THE MONARCH AND THE MOM, Leanne Banks, NYT and USA Today bestselling author: A mix-up in the lab means the father of Sophie's baby is a prince. Can they turn this royal surprise into a forever love?
TOMBOY BRIDE, Alicia Street, USA Today bestselling author: Will he ever see her as a grown woman?
NEVER TOO YOUNG, Dani Haviland, USA Today bestselling author: Their secret marriage was strong enough to withstand deceptions and ruffians, but would time do them in?
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Summer Lovin' by Jacquie Biggar:
This is a sweet story about Rebecca and Mitch, a separated couple, who married in Vegas secretly on a whim and are living in the same town. Even though it was years prior they never signed divorce papers. One day after Rebecca comes out of the school where she works she encounters a young boy whom she ends up assisting. The boy's guardian shows up and has a confrontation with Rebecca until Mitch steps in to rescue her. Up until this point, they had managed to avoid each other. They are concerned for the welfare of the boy. Can they make sure this boy is safe and are the sparks between Rebecca and Mitch still there?
The author has a great cast of characters that the reader can't help but fall in love with and continue to feel that they know them as friends and neighbors. The town of Tidal Falls is one that the reader is ready to move to in an instant.
There is something special about this novella as it is not just about pre-wedding planning and celebrations or rekindled lost love, but it is also about saving two boys from a life of misery, beatings and deprivation and teaching them what family and true love is really about.
The multiple story lines blend very well together and allows the reader to learn even more about all the characters internally and externally. There is more in-depth feelings and thoughts revealed behind many of the characters. Misunderstandings are revealed and dealt with and the honesty, be it spoken or unspoken, reveals stronger and more realistic characters allowing this novel to feel more open to the reader. A great attribute demonstrated by the author.
Excerpt from Summer Lovin' by Jacquie Biggar
Tommy cried all the way home. Not great hiccupping sobs like he'd done in the past when they'd first arrived at his uncle's house and realized they were worse off now than when their parents died. No, these tears were silent. A steady stream that ran down his face and dripped unheeded off his chin. Tears of despair, of a childhood lost, of faded dreams.
Just for a moment today with that pretty schoolteacher he'd felt something close to peace. Her scent when she'd held him in her arms reminded him of his mom and he hadn't wanted to let go. But then his uncle had shown up.
He reached the edge of town and looked for the overgrown drive. A broken down gray wooden fence and a lopsided Keep Out sign pointed the way to the old cabin hidden amongst tall spruce trees. The dirt lane was rutted so bad it tossed his bike from side to side but he refused to walk; his uncle had warned them there were snakes in the grass just waiting for little boys. Tommy wasn't taking any chances.
He pulled up next to the sagging porch and slowly laid his bike on its side, listening for his brother. A soft humming led him to the corner of the building. Jasper sat in the dirt, his scrawny bare back bent over a little toy truck he was using to make roads with in the sand. Tommy sighed his relief, no new marks that he could see. He'd gotten here in time then.
"Hey, brother, whatcha doin'?" He let Jasper know he was there before moving forward.
Jasper jumped up, ready to flee, then realized who'd spoken and cracked a mile wide smile. "Tommy, Tommy you're back." He ran and wrapped his arms around his brother and Tommy frowned at how thin they were.
"Did you eat the food I hid for you?" he demanded.
Jasper shrugged, his chin digging a hole in Tommy's chest. "I wasn't very hungry," he mumbled.
Tommy frowned and set him back so he could look him in the eye. "Jas, you gotta eat. We ain't ever gonna get outta here if you ain't strong enough to run."
Jasper's eyes lit with hope. "Can we go now? Can we, huh?"
Tommy cursed his big mouth. Why'd he go and say anything? "No. We can't go until we have a plan." Jasper's lips wobbled and Tommy changed the subject. "Show me the roads you've been building."
It worked, for now. Jasper trotted over and sprawled out on his belly, reaching for the little blue car he'd been playing with. "Wait 'til you see this. I made a hill and my car flies," he said, his voice filled with excitement.
Tommy followed more slowly, his mind on that nice teacher. Why couldn't someone like her have taken them in? He missed his mom so bad and yet sometimes he got scared because he couldn't quite picture her in his head anymore. The teacher reminded him of her though. She smelled good too and had a pretty dress. His mom always wore nice clothes; she said she liked to look pretty for her boys. Man, he missed her. She'd know what to do right now because he sure didn't. The only thing he did know for certain was that he'd promised to take care of his brother and he darn sure was going to.
The rumble of a vehicle coming up the drive had both boys scrambling for cover. A ratty blue tarp hanging over a pile of scrap metal nearby did the job, though it was a tight fit. Their uncle had warned them often enough to keep outta sight of strangers.
"Who is it?" Jasper asked, his voice squeaky with a mix of fear and excitement.
"Shh, we'll know soon enough," Tommy whispered. "Just keep quiet, okay?"
The rattle as the engine shut down told him who it was even before the tinny door slammed shut and his uncle stomped around the corner looking like the axeman from Snow White.
"Where the hell are you hiding, you stupid little shits?" he roared. His heavy work boots kicked up tufts of dust as he circled the yard in search of them. He glanced at Jasper's toy car, reached down, picked it up, and sent it flying into the bushes.
Jasper whimpered but thankfully held silent, his body vibrating so hard the tarp rattled. Tommy jerked him away, pulling him up against his own shaking body. He was so scared he needed to pee.


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Two concrete, materialistic and stable personalities which go well together and have all the potential to build a long-lasting relationship. Neither let themselves go easily, as they need to be sure of their feelings. Their relationship grows over time and stabilizes gradually. Only when the two lovers feel ready will the relationship take off and a strong, unbreakable bond will form. The relationship will be quite methodical and balanced, albeit a little flat at times. Neither signs like sudden changes. Excellent sexual understanding, as Taurus knows how to light Virgo's eroticism.
Taurus and Virgo Compatibility


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Latitude: 58.416915, Longitude: -4.483991, Height: 176 metres (577 feet)
Prominence: 67 metres (220 feet)
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Indian Dance
About Indian Dance
Indian Dance aims to provide opportunities for students to learn the various Indian dance forms and to develop students' passion for dancing.
The CCA sessions are on Tuesdays, 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. Activities are conducted in the Music room in the school.
1. Dancers start with 'Namaskaram' which is a series of hand and leg movements performed before and after dancing. (This is a way to take blessings from 'Mother Earth' in order to dance better.)
2. Next, dancers do warm up exercises followed by basic classical footsteps and hand movements. Then, dancers role model to one another which brings out the best in them. As a team, they coordinate the dance movements and improve on their facial expressions for the dance form. (Guided by Teacher/Instructor)
3. Dancers showcase their dance through internal/external performances.
Developing our students
Through the CCA sessions, life-long skills such as teamwork, perseverance, confidence, concentration and discipline are developed in the dancers. Dancers display self-discipline while having strenuous training session. They work as a team together and this sense of team spirit encourages them to coordinate well. The instructor's teaching is interactive and communicative ensuring the learning process is fun and stress free.
Growing hearts and minds
Activities conducted during the CCA sessions are geared towards character building and inculcating the values of team spirit, integrity and empathy. Team building activities provide a platform for the dancers to express their thoughts and feelings which serves as an outlet for students to appreciate one another and their differences. Each lesson focuses on skilful progression to improve fitness level, confidence, concentration, discipline, posture and body language.
Empowering leaders and talents
Respective level leaders guide their level members in the dance steps during break up sessions.This provides the opportunity to hone their leadership skills. Through the various performances, in and out of school, students attain a sense of accomplishment and pride.
CCA Teachers
Mrs Manoj Kumar Gupta(Teacher-in-charge)
Mdm Gayathree


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An Evening with Karolinka London and Friends
WORLD CUP update June 21st: Due to popular demand, we will be screening the England v Belgium match before the music begins. This will mean a delay to the start time of the show (approx 8.45pm).
Polish Folk Song and Dance Company Karolinka London presents an exciting musical evening showcasing a variety of talented musicians and performers from the group itself, hosted by its sister company - The Karolinka Vocal Group, plus special guests!
Karolinka Vocal Group
The Karolinka vocal group is the sister company to Karolinka London. The group was put together in Spring 2018 and consists of past Karolinka vocalists and dancers. Following recent auditions, the girls will be travelling to Poland this June to take part in the Festiwal Piosenki Polonijnej 2018. Here at Hideaway they will perform a mixture of traditional tunes brought to life with dynamic and beautiful harmonies.
Julia is a folk and rock singer-songwriter influenced by artists such as Sheryl Crow and PJ Harvey. Over the past few years, Julia has explored the open mic circuit as part of a four-piece band and as an acoustic duo. She has now written new solo material and will be showcasing her solo project at Hideaway.
Monika Tucker
This will be Monika Tucker's second performance at Hideaway and we are thrilled she'll be joining us for the evening. Her angelic, sweet tone will captivate you. Just remember you saw her here first!
Mags Music
Mags Music has been playing guitar since the tender age of 5 and hasn't stopped since. An alternative folk singer-songwriter, she is a modern poet whose observations on people, music and life are reflected in her lyrics.
Mee and The Band
Bonkers, Beautifully Brilliant, a little necessary nonsense and plenty of Pierogi!! EAT PIEROGI!! (Google it!)
Nina Bardette
Nina is a vocalist, songwriter, session and recording artist whose powerful and dynamic voice has done much to establish her reputation in Poland and the UK. Nina has featured on film soundtracks and launched her debut EP Spears and Swords here at Hideaway, which showcases her unique, cinematic sound. Nina will perform some classics and will also debut her new single 'Bandit' to be released later this summer. Not to be missed!


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'March of Resistance' Gathers Thousands Against Macri's Government
The Argentine human rights organization Mothers of Plaza de Mayo organized a 24-hour sit-in against the government of Mauricio Macri that ended on Saturday afternoon with the support of thousands in the capital city of Buenos Aires.
The head of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, Hebe de Bonafini, and Maximo Kirchner, son of Nestor and Cristina Kirchner, former leftist presidents of Argentina, participated in the closing of the event.
«Since Macri came to power, once again I thought we would need several marches after 12 years of happiness,» said Bonafini, referring to the years the Kirchners were in office.
The mobilization began on Friday afternoon outside the government's headquarters known as Casa Rosada. Supporters protested against rising unemplyment rates in the country and used the slogan, «For the right to work, resist without rest. Cristina leading.»
According to the Mothers, more than 30 organizations participated in the action, all expressing support for former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who was in power from 2007 until 2015.
«The march is against a government that wants to destroy us, but what they don't have is the support of people on the street. We will flood the streets, squares, so that those who are unemployed feel supported,» said Bonafini on Thursday.
Maximo Kirchner criticized the economic measures taken by the Macri administration and called on supporters to work together and defend the rights of the Argentine people.
The National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina released a report earlier this month, confirming the unemployment rate has climbed to 9.3 percent in the second quarter of 2016 while more than a million people have been made unemployed. In the third quarter of 2015, the unemployment rate was 5.9 percent.
The so-called «March of Resistance» began during the military dictatorship in 1981 and continues to demand justice for the thousands of babies who were kidnapped by police.
Twenty-five of the same protests were held on the famous Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires during the governments of Raul Alfonsin (1983-1989), Carlos Menem (1989-1999), Fernando de la Rúa (1999-2001) and even during the leftist government of Nestor Kirchner (2003-2007).
The last march was held on Jan. 26, 2006, when Bonafini ended the strike, saying the «the enemy is no longer in the government, the enemy is inside the multinationals."
Bonafini has been widely recognized for her activism and has been awarded the UNESCO's Prize for Peace Education in 1999 and Ecuador's National Order of Merit in 2006 among others.
The Mothers have also held a customary weekly march every Thursday since 1977, to commemorate the victims of the U.S.-backed Dirty War that disappeared some 30,000.


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Walmart plans to add over 4,000 robot workers
Retail giant adds robot cleaners, shelf scanners, but critics says human jobs will go
US mega retailer Walmart has announced that it will be adding over 4,000 robots to its stores - but it could mean job losses for humans.
The supermarket chain has said it plans to roll out 1,500 new autonomous floor cleaners, 300 shelf scanners, 1,200 FAST Unloaders and 900 Pickup Towers.
Walmart has been trialling robot solutions since last year, and had already announced plans to use robots in a number of roles, but it has now said it will use many more robots in stores across America.
The Auto-C floor cleaner is able to operate while the store is open, replacing a human-operated floor scrubbing machine that would normally take two hours to scrub a store's floor space.
Walmart already said it would deploy 360 Auto-Cs, but has increased this to 1,860 in total.
The Auto-S shelf-scanning robot scans items on store shelves to help ensure availability, correct shelf location, and price accuracy.
Working with the shelf scanner, the FAST Unloader automatically scans and sorts items unloaded from trucks based on priority and department.
The Pickup Tower acts like a giant vending machine to dispense customer's online shopping orders.
Walmart said that the robot deployments will mean that a store that can function seamlessly, with better stocking and visibility of products for customers, and freeing up store staff for other tasks.
John Crecelius, senior vice president of Central Operations for Walmart US said: "Our associates immediately understood the opportunity for the new technology to free them up from focusing on tasks that are repeatable, predictable and manual.
"It allows them time to focus more on selling merchandise and serving customers, which they tell us have always been the most exciting parts of working in retail."
Critics of Walmart, which has often been accused of mistreating staff and preventing staff from forming unions, said that the move to robot staff could be seen as just another move to remove lower-paid staff from the equation.
Arthur Wheaton, director of Western NY Labor and Environmental Programs for the Worker Institute at Cornell University, said: "Walmart's move to robotics in more of their stores is not surprising. Robots do not organize unions and robots do not demand a living wage. Robots can have some advantages in regards to doing repetitive, dangerous or low value added work. Robots and automation can assist workers in doing their job and do not always result in fewer workers. They tend to displace lower wage workers doing repetitive tasks and increase higher paid workers designing software, maintenance and installation.
"The tight labor market in many areas has made hiring low skill workers more difficult for companies refusing to pay living wages. Walmart is trying to leverage its brick and mortar store locations at a time when many competitors have closed their brick and mortar stores. The retail industry is known for low margins and lots of competition.
"Robots are one tool and not the entire answer to the problems facing retail today. McDonald's has also installed kiosks and machines to assist or replace staff at their locations. Self-checkouts at grocery stores keep expanding as well. In a tight labor market, companies look to meet customer demands in a cost effective way."
A Walmart spokesperson told the TechCrunch website that the use of robots has actually improved staff retention as personnel are able to focus more on enjoyable tasks like serving customers.
"What we're seeing so far suggests investments in store technology are shaping how we think about turnover and hours. The technology is automating pieces of work or tasks, rather than entire jobs.
"As that's happening, we have been able to use many of the hours being saved in other areas of the store - focused more on service and selling for customers.... The result so far: we've seen our US store associate turnover reduced year-over-year."
Walmart also said that it has added over 40,000 jobs in online grocery picking in-store, in the past 18 months, jobs which did not exist before now.


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Matthew Schneider, PhD
Matthew Schneider develops data protection methodologies for real world data sources (e.g., text, customer-level data, or third party datasets) to protect consumer privacy. Importantly, his methodologies also preserve the value of a variety of business use cases. He is an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics in the Decision Sciences Department at the LeBow College of Business.
Schneider's most recent research shows firms how to maintain the value of customer data in the presence of data privacy. His work has been published in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Marketing Science, the International Journal of Research in Marketing, the Journal of Consumer Psychology, the International Journal of Forecasting, and the International Conference on Data Mining. Dr. Schneider teaches Statistics for Business Analytics and Multivariate Analysis to professional masters students at the LeBow College of Business.
Prior to Drexel, Dr. Schneider was an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University and a Visiting Scholar at the Samuel C. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He was also the Director of Research at Fort Rock Asset Management LLC, a fund of hedge funds based in Portland, Oregon. He holds a PhD and MS in Statistics from Cornell University, a MS in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and a BS in Quantitative Economics from the United States Naval Academy. Before finishing his PhD, he was employed at the RAND Corporation from 2008 to 2013 and served in the U.S. Navy as an Officer of the Deck and Surface Warfare Officer on the USS Boxer from 2003 to 2005.
Areas of Expertise
- Data Protection for Business Use Cases
- Data Privacy
- Time Series Forecasting and Text Analysis
Selected Works
Gupta, Sachin, and Schneider, Matthew, Protecting Customers' Privacy Requires More than Anonymizing Their Data. Harvard Business Review (Digital Article) (Jun 2018):
Schneider, Matthew, Jagpal, Sharan, Gupta, Sachin, Li, Shaobo, and Yu, Yan, A Flexible Method for Protecting Marketing Data: An Application to Point-of-Sale Data. Marketing Science (Year 2018):
Schneider, Matthew, Jagpal, Sharan, Gupta, Sachin, Li, Shaobo, and Yu, Yan, Protecting customer privacy when marketing with second-party data. International Journal of Research in Marketing 34 (Year 2017): 593-603.
Schneider, Matthew, and Gupta, Sachin, Forecasting sales of new and existing products using consumer reviews: A random projections approach. International Journal of Forecasting 32 (Year 2016): 243-256.
Schneider, Matthew, and Gorr, Wilpen, ROC-based model estimation for forecasting large changes in demand. International Journal of Forecasting 31 (Year 2015): 253-262.
Schneider, Matthew, and Abowd, John, A new method for protecting interrelated time series with Bayesian prior distributions and synthetic data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 178 (Year 2015): 963-975.
Iacobucci, Dawn, Posavac, Stephen, Kardes, Frank, and Schneider, Matthew, Toward a more nuanced understanding of the statistical properties of a median split. Journal of Consumer Psychology 25 (Year 2015): 652-665.
Abowd, John, Schneider, Matthew, and Vilhuber, Lars, Differential Privacy Applications to Bayesian and Linear Mixed Model Estimation. Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality 5 (Year 2013):
BS - United States Naval Academy 2003
MS - Carnegie Mellon University 2008
PhD - Cornell University 2014
Media Mentions
Would you give up your privacy in exchange for pre-COVID-19 normalcy?via KYW Radio
Matthew Schneider, PhD, assistant professor at Drexel's LeBow College of Business, joined KYW In Depth to talk about data security before coronavirus, the privacy concerns behind tracking apps, and how we should think differently about data privacy.
Protecting Customers' Privacy Requires More than Anonymizing Their Datavia Harvard Business Review
Matthew Schneider, assistant professor of business analytics, weighs in on the consumer privacy debate by highlighting the risk that unwanted data disclosure places on data-driven marketing.
College News
Awards from Drexel's Graduate College reflect outstanding achievement in research and instruction.
Matthew Schneider, assistant professor of business analytics, explores how customer reviews can help predict product sales in his latest publication.


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Annual Reception, House of Commons, 24 October 2019
Written by: Ian Simm | Posted on: October 30th, 2019
The BKS annual reception was held in the House of Commons Terrace Pavilion on the evening of Thursday 24 October, attended by some 85 members, guests and others interested in Korea.
The event was hosted by Sir Ed Davey MP, Chair of the All-party Parliamentary Committee on the Republic of Korea. As usual, the reception was preceded by a tour of the Houses of Parliament for a substantial number of attendees.
BKS Chairman Martin Uden outlined the programme for the evening, and introduced the speakers – Sir Ed Davey himself, Heather Wheeler MP, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State for Asia and Pacific, and ROK Ambassador HE Enna Park. He took the opportunity to thank Asiana for their gift of a raffle prize of two business class return trips to Korea; to KOCHAM for their financial support for the evening; and to Samsung for their invaluable continuing sponsorship.
Amused by Martin's description of him as a 'long standing chair', Sir Ed Davey said he had become part of the furniture. In a more serious vein, he noted that he represents the largest Korean community in Europe as an MP. He spoke of the strength of the BKS in supporting UK-Korea relations, and thanked Sylvia Park for her work in arranging the annual reception.
While seeming grateful for the opportunity not to talk about Britain's exit from the EU, Sir Ed noted that while to UK observers the politics of Korea might seem complex, that perhaps paled into simplicity compared with the UK at present. But most importantly, the friendship between our two countries is strong and becoming stronger. He recalled that when he was a Minister the EU-ROK free trade agreement had been signed, and now a new agreement had been finalised to take effect once the UK has left the EU. This too is a sign of the close partnership between us: whatever the political climate, he believed that the UK and ROK would continue to work closely together.
Minister Heather Wheeler, who visited Korea in September, thanked all concerned for putting on the reception. She said that there were 3 pillars to the UK-ROK partnership. Trade relations were booming, volume having doubled in recent times to some £14 billion annually. The UK and ROK have established a formal economic dialogue, which is the first for the UK in Asia. The Minister was particularly pleased about the popularity of Denby pottery in Korea as it is produced near her home, but also noted the success of Korean firms in the UK as evidenced by British popularity of Korean mobile phones and cars.
In security, the two countries have a range of shared interests. Speaking of British Korean war veterans, Ms Wheeler said that Britain and Korea still, as 70 years ago, stand together to ensure peace and – now – the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. Thirdly, the Minister referred to the closeness of people to people contacts and shared interests in culture, as exemplified by recent awards for the Korean film House of Hummingbird, the Korean band BTS filling Wembley stadium and the success of Son Heung-min with Tottenham Hotspur. The recent changes in visa rules to allow easier entry for Koreans to the UK, the 40,000 British Korean population and the 10,000 British people living in Korea were further evidence of the close links between our peoples, in which the BKS also plays its part. Ms Wheeler concluded that 'there are no limits to what the UK and Korea can achieve together'.
Ambassador Park thanked Martin Uden and Sir Ed Davey, the latter in particular for his 'commitment to the Korean community'. She described Minister Wheeler as a 'very important person' for Korea. Her first year as Ambassador had flown by. As all Ambassadors must, she has been ambitious in developing the bilateral relationship. The Ambassador noted that Koreans coming to UK can now use electronic entry gates, and she also noted the popularity of Korean arts and food in Britain.
The BKS plays a significant part as representing the friends of Korea in the UK, and Ambassador Park said she joined the society in being ambitious for it to achieve more in this area – she is confident that this will happen in the coming year, and committed her Embassy to working closely with BKS.
Remembering that next year marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean war, the Ambassador said that the sacrifices of UK troops in that conflict had been rewarded by the subsequent success of Korea in transforming itself into a modern nation. Finally she wished to celebrate our common values – democracy, freedom, an open society and free trade – and said that BREXIT would make no difference to our partnership. Quoting a Korean saying, Ambassador Park concluded by noting that friendship was as precious as 'gold and orchids' (Guem lan ji gyo).
Following the addresses, participants continued to enjoy the opportunities for networking and conversation as well as the food and drink. Towards the end of the evening, the door prize – two business class return tickets London–Seoul – was won by Ms Vera Rhoden, a guest of BKS member Stephen Blagden.


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In the beginning, there is nothing. And in the end, there is — nothing, once again.
Such is the way of all flesh, no? And, since the subject here is the accumulation of money, let's say the way of all cash, too. But in this case, out of nothing there emerges such a heaving ferment of aspiration, energy, tenacity and audacity that you're left reeling by the scope and vitality of it all.
That, in essence, is what the magnificent play "The Lehman Trilogy," at the Park Avenue Armory, both is about and, more important, simply is. This genuinely epic production out of London, directed with surging sweep and fine-tooled precision by Sam Mendes, charts the history of the financial institution that would come to be known as Lehman Brothers, from its humble origins to its epical implosion, over a span of three centuries and many generations.
The script by the Italian playwright Stefano Massini, exquisitely adapted into English by Ben Power, follows the blossoming of a small Alabama clothing store in the 1840s, founded by three immigrant Jewish brothers from Bavaria, into an international powerhouse of the stock exchange, before its world-rattling collapse in 2008.
What is wrought by those three original brothers and their descendants is impressive, for sure, as they redefine the nature of getting and spending in the United States, while accumulating unbounded personal wealth.
But for my money (you should pardon the expression), what's really thrilling here is the parallel accomplishment of this show's creators, who have conjured not only the play's leading merchants and their kin but also entire cities, nations and the rush of history that keeps sweeping them onward and outward, toward oblivion. This is achieved, as a tale of such scope must be, with a cast of hundreds — possibly, thousands.
And they are all embodied by a mere three actors: Simon Russell Beale, Ben Miles and Adam Godley, singular looking men who turn out to contain multitudes. (Oh, in the shadows, you might spot a pianist — Candida Caldicot — whose music seems to originate in your own brain.) Under the inspired direction of Mr. Mendes, with a design team that understands the value of simplicity in doing justice to complex matters, "The Lehman Trilogy" unfolds a tale of extravagant wealth with an even more dazzling economy of means.
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The three-hour-plus version first staged at London's National Theater, where I saw it last summer, is roughly half the length of those earlier productions in Paris and Milan. As for its set, designed by the remarkable Es Devlin, it doesn't appear to be much more than an outsize glass box, minimally furnished with the remnants of some sleek office furniture and packing crates.
Yet five minutes into the production, you feel you have somehow already traveled vast distances. For in the middle of this glaring and barren modernity, there steps an anachronistic silhouette, a figure in a severe black suit who might have come from a faded daguerreotype. (Katrina Lindsay is the costume designer.)
This is Henry Lehman, a young man from Bavaria, who has just set foot on American soil for the first time. As brought to life by Mr. Beale, one of the finest classical actors alive, Henry is radiant with astonishment, trepidation and a sense of infinite possibilities. His name has already been changed (from Heyum) by a New York customs official; the journey of endlessly becoming, reflecting that of millions of arrivals to the United States then and now, has begun.
[How "The Lehman Trilogy" built its big glass box: Very carefully.]
It's a moment that will feel achingly familiar to anyone who ever arrived in New York from somewhere else to be someone else. It registers as so deeply personal that it may take you a moment to realize that Mr. Beale, as Henry, is speaking in the third person, not the first.
And how he and his fellow actors speak has the resonance of a work by Homer or Virgil, in which specific acts and thoughts are always juxtaposed against a sense of eternity — of time past, present and to come. Here is how Henry concludes the beginning of that opening scene:
"He took a deep breath, picked up his suitcase and walking quickly, despite not knowing where to go, like so many others he stepped into the magical music box called America." And by then, you have a sensory grasp of just what that world is.
This is partly the result of the delicate use of light (Jon Clark), sound and music (by Nick Powell) and melting videos (by Luke Halls) that stretch teasingly across a cyclorama at the back of the stage. But above all, it is the words and the men speaking them that allow us to know uncannily and exactly where we are and who we're dealing with.
Mr. Power's adaptation is filled with rhythmic repetitions, descriptions of recurrent dreams that seem realer than life and linked images that expand and mutate in the telling. Even the many enumerations in the script — of prices and profits and their endless dangling zeros — assume an incantatory lyricism. This is appropriate to a play in which a specific reality is always shaped by the changing mythology of those who inhabit it.
For a religious impulse informs everything that happens. This is most literally evident in the rites of prayer and mourning observed by Henry and the two younger brothers who join him in Alabama, Emanuel (Mr. Miles, Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company's "Wolf Hall") and Meyer (Mr. Godley).
As their story continues, and the Lehman business moves to New York after the Civil War, those rites, too, will evolve and eventually all but disappear. For like so many American stories that span generations, "The Lehman Trilogy" is a progress of deracination.
At the same time, another kind of rootlessness is being traced. This one is economic. Against a New York that moves from the Gilded Age into the frenzied '20s, from the Great Depression into the postwar boom of acquisition and beyond, the goods in which the brothers and their descendants traffic become increasingly abstract.
From traders in cotton and coffee — and railroads and tobacco — they become "merchants of money." And as the firm shifts from banking into the more nebulous ether of high finance, money turns into something intangible, with a mighty but tenuous existence all its own — and ever increased potential to evaporate altogether.
These heady considerations, from the financial and the ontological, are grounded in three of the most virtuosic performances you're ever likely to see. As they switch among genders, ages and nationalities of their countless characters each actor has his bravura moments.
But, under the supervision of Mr. Mendes (whose command of stagecraft is also on view in the Broadway hit "The Ferryman"), each is also, always the original Lehman brother he first portrays. It is those voices — the sound of history itself — that enfold the particularly rendered scenes of courtship and acquisition, of growing older and dying.
These multifarious beings aren't all talk, by any means. Those packing crates are enlisted to build walls of stores and institutions, and to be piled into the toppling, smothering towers that haunt the brothers' nightmares. The glass walls are scrawled upon in marker with names and numbers, and are then wiped clean, leaving barely discernible smudges as reminders of who and what came before.
Not that audiences are likely to forget what they've seen. The real magic of "The Lehman Trilogy" has nothing to do with numbers. It's the miracle of three men, on a nearly naked stage, resurrecting vanished lives and worlds, leaving an oddly indelible afterglow in that final fade into darkness.


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These are specially curated spell Kit that corresponds with drawing in a lover or love in general. This kit can be used and programmed to represent yourself to create a magnetic space for love to be drawn into or you can use it to manifest a specific lever if using the doll included to represent that person. I will be including a link to a video where I go through each item and give you a generalized idea of how you could use all of the ritual tools provided.
The dolls included are gender neutral so all you have to do is select the hairstyle you would like. Please do not let a thing like the hairstyle stop you from using the doll as you can personalize the doll to be anyone by adding small personal affect. Ill explain more in the video.
this kit includes a Deconstructed ritual bath along with a variety of virtual tools all to perform a love spell. It is filled with or special homemade come to me attraction oil along with a herbal blend, incense and crystals plus much more!
there are no differences in the body shape on the dolls. That's why we are considering these gender neutral so just go with whatever resonates more with you.
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There are many types of juicers that claim they will juice wheatgrass, but often they do not. Most popular juicers make use of centrifugal force to extract juice and they are not capable of breaking down the tougher plant fibers of wheatgrass and similar fibrous greens.
For wheatgrass juicing, you need a juicer with an auger and gears, which crushes and grind (masticate) the greens to extract the juice.
The Lexen Healthy Juicer is one of the more efficient juicer at juicing wheatgrass. It is available in two designs – electrical and manual. The Lexen Electric Healthy Juicer, also reviewed here, is specifically designed to handle leafy greens of all kinds, including spinach, parsley or cabbage.
The Lexen Manual Hand Powered Healthy Juicer does the same job as the electric juicer but at a fraction of the cost. It is also compact and weighs much less, which makes it light to take it with you when you travel.
It is easy to assemble for use and take apart for cleaning. The parts are all made of tough polycarbonate which is practically indestructible. The parts of the juicer that receives the most force – the tip of auger and the inside of the end cap – are made of stainless steel.
The juicer attaches to a table or counter-top with a suction base and also includes an optional sturdy chrome-plated metal clamp that can be used by itself or along with the suction base as well.
The manual healthy juicer is the easiest, most efficient and most affordable manual wheatgrass juicer available on the market, but don't be fooled by its price.
Features and Specification
- Juicer Type : Single Gear Masticating
- Compact and light weight – great for travel
- Juices wheatgrass, fruits and vegetables
- Stainless steel sieve/screen
- No internal screen to clean or get clogged
- Made of non-toxic polycarbonate and a stainless steel drive shaft for durability
- Patented suction base securely attaches to any smooth surface
- Easy to clean
- Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8 x 7.5 inches
- Weight: 3 pounds
- Warranty: Limited 1 Year Warranty
Customer Reviews
The reviews for the Lexen Manual Hand Powered Healthy Juicer have all been fairly positive with an average rating of 4.0 out of a possible 5 stars.
The most attractive aspects for most users seemed to be the easy setup and the ease of cleaning. Most people know about the extensive health benefits of juicing, but nobody enjoys the process of setting up the juicer and worst of all spend half their time cleaning it daily.
What good is a juicer if you end up never using it? The Lexen Healthy Juicer may be the juicer one needs. In the words of a reviewer " With the healthy juicer you will want to juice more because it is easier to use and clean". The entire juicer disassembles down into base pieces than can be hand-washed easily and left to dry.
Most of the negative reviews came from people who wanted a bigger hopper. The small hopper requires frequent reloading. Masticating juicers in general tend to have somewhat smaller hopper , but the Z-star manual juicer (though at twice the cost) has a somewhat bigger hopper.
Overall, the machine performs pretty well and does an amazing job at juicing wheatgrass. It also does an extremely good job on other green leafy vegetables. If you don't want to spend $200 on an electric masticating juicer, or aren't sure whether you'll stick to it, this one's worth a try.
You use no electricity, you can take it anywhere, and you even get a little arm exercise while using it.
Where to Buy
You can buy the Lexen Manual Healthy Juicer from many big retailers offline or online like Amazon, Macy's, Kohl's, Costco, Target, Walmart etc. But which one is the best deal? We have done work for you. We found Amazon.com to have the best prices on all juicer machines including the Lexen.


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Baharlouii, Masoomeh, Department of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Earth Sciences, Shaherkord University, Shaherkord,
Bahrekazemi, Soheil, Petroleum Engineering Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Bai, Bo, Institute of Neurobiology, Jining Medical University, 16 Hehua Rd, Taibaihu New District, Jining, Shandong 272067,
Bakar, Ismail, Faculty of civil and environmental engineering, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia.
Bakhsheshi, Mohammad Fazel, Imaging Program, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
Baranov, Sergey Gennadevich, Department of Botany, Zoology and Ecology, Vladimir State University, Vladimir, Russia
Barzegar, Mohamad Hosein, M.Sc student of Chemical Engineering of Islamic Azad University, Borujerd Branch, Iran
Battistelli, Danilo, School of Architecture and Design, Università di Camerino, Viale Della Rimembranza 9, 63100 Ascoli Piceno,
Bazmi, Mohammad Reza, Department of Chemical engineering, Payame Noor University, Tehran,
Bednarik, Robert G., International Federation of Rock Art Organizations, Melbourne, Australia College of History and Culture, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang
Begin, Marc-Elian, SixSq, Geneva,
Belhassan, Assia, MCNS Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco. Materials, Environment & Modeling Laboratory, (ESTM) High School of Technology, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes,
Benjamin.Okwudili, Mama, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Benjumea, Teresa, Departamento de Sistemas Físicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Ctra. de Utrera, km 1, 41013 Sevilla, BioElectrochemistry for Lightweight and Integrated Analytical Solutions BioELIAS. S.L Spin-off of UPO Seville Ctra. Utrera, km 1 41013
Bhusan, Sudhanshu, Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre, Delhi 11 054, India
Bi, Yan, Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030, China Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, and Brain Science and Technology
Bigdeli, Tania, Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University Tehran North Branch, Tehran, Iran
Biswas, A., Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Silchar, Assam, 788010,
Bnirostam, Touraj, Assistance Professor of Computer Engineering Dep., Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Bnirostam, Touraj, Department of Computer Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Borja, Rafael, Instituto de la Grasa (C.S.I.C.), Ctra. de Utrera, km 1, 41013 Sevilla,
Bouachrine, Mohammed, MCNS Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco. Materials, Environment & Modeling Laboratory, (ESTM) High School of Technology, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes,
Boumaraf, Hemza, Faculty of Architecture, Iki Eylul Campus, Anadolu University, Eskişehir 26555,
Boydak, Ozlem, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Mechanical Engineering Department, Istanbul,
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A few quick thoughts on 3D Printed (3DP) guns, now that Defense Distributed is on the precipice of being able to distribute gun designs on their site, although as of August 1, 2018, they were halted from distribution by a temporary restraining order from a federal judge.
Overall, 3D printing has many advantages over traditional subtractive manufacturing techniques but there is no way the manufacturing of guns is one of them. You can legislate and delete the files all you want but at the end of the day, these gun files have already been circulated on the internet and will continue to circulate faster than a legislative body or centralized security operation could possibly monitor.
There are high hopes that 3DP companies will continue to innovate and roll out the appropriate safeguards needed to mitigate any potential negative outcomes.
This article by 3DPrinterOS co-founder, Aaron Roy, originally appeared on LinkedIn. You can check out more from Aaron in this free online course on 3D printing via the University of Illinois.


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Red Muck Bucket, 17-1/2 Gallon
With its reinforced bottom and wide, 21 in. diameter, this muck bucket can be used in a variety of jobs. It is chemically neutral, UV rays, weather, and impact resistant.
This red, heavy duty muck bucket is constructed from an impact resistant plastic. Strong and flexible, it is heat and cold resistant, as well as impervious to UV rays, so its bright color will not fade from outdoor use. This chemically neutral bucket is safe to use with fertilizer, animal feeds, water, and even oil solvents. Complimenting white rope handles are attached for easy dragging, maneuvering, or carrying.Specifications
- Tuff Stuff model MCK70RD
- Muck bucket with rope handles
- Capacity: 17-1/2 gallons
- Outside measurements: 16 in. H x 21 in. W
- Impact resistant plastic
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- Will not rust
- Heavy duty and durable
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August A. Busch Conservation Area, 2360 Hwy D, St. Charles, MO 63304.
Thursday April 11 – Sunday, April 14
Note: Performance Premium Lists will not be mailed but will be available on the event's Show Secretaries' Websites and the links below. Please review each premium list for the open and close times.
Premium Lists
AKC Spaniel Hunt Test – Thursday, April 11
Website: www.huntsecretary.com
PCA Upland Series Working Certificate Test – Friday, April 12
Website: www.huntsecretary.com
AKC National Specialty Retriever Hunt Tests – Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14
Website: www.entryexpress.net
AKC National Specialty Tracking & Excellent Dog Tests – Saturday, April 13
Secretary's address:
Carol McCorkle
1598 Hawk Lane
Seymour, TN, 37865
Phone: 868-908-7493
PCA Retriever Working and Excellent Certificate Tests – Sunday, April 14
Website: www.entryexpress.net
Field Aptitude Evaluation
Field Aptitude Evaluation Insert
Sunday, April 14th
WC/WCX Site (see wc/wcx premium)
Sign up 11:30
Evaluation 12:30
Bring your dog in a flat buckle-type collar and your dog's favorite toy and see if training to be a retriever is for YOU! We'll supply the information and any other equipment such as long lines, birds (big and small), wings, bumpers, duck calls, etc.
We'll start by outlining the basics of retriever training, move on to play retrieving with your dog and continue with an introduction to birds. Come watch Poodles at work on land in the morning, experience the basics of retriever training at mid-day and stay to watch Poodles tackle the water in the afternoon.
Be sure to bring a chair and water for your dog!
Dinner Information and Form
Order tickets online!
Deadline to order Dinner is April 3rd
HENDRI'S EVENTS of St Louis, MO will be catering the PCA Hunt Test/Tracking Dinner.
Date: Sunday, April 14th
Time: 6:00 pm
Price: $30.00
It will be a buffet dinner with a cash bar served in the Founder's Room, Purina Farms, Purina Event Center .
The 2019 Medallions will be presented to the qualifiers.
Order tickets online here or download and mail the forms below.
Hunting Tests/Tracking Dinner Menu
Hunting Tests/Tracking Dinner Form
Parade of Companion/Performance Title Holders Information
Download Insert
Deadline is March 28th
Entry fee is $30
By March 28th, send up to a 50-word Parade Resume to:
Denise Agre-Gill, 1655 county Rd. 258, Fulton, MO 65251 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Coat clips must be in accordance with the Breed Standard. Dogs with an AKC Hunting Title or PCA Working Certificate may be exhibited in short hunting trim.
Any poodle with an AKC Obedience, Tracking, Agility, Hunting or Rally Title or with any PCA Working Certificate (WC or WCX) or PCA Upland
Certificate are eligible for the Performance Parade.
The entry blank must have "Performance Parade" on it and mailed with entry fee to MB-F, Inc.
Each entrant in the Parade will receive a Rosette with dog's name imprinted.
The entry form must indicate "Conformation Parade" or Performance Parade" AND MAILED WITH ENTRY FEE TO MB-F, INC.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 March 2013 10:41 Written by Administrator Wednesday, 20 March 2013 09:31
KARACHI - The Karachi stock market witnessed strong recovery amid lower trades amid speculations ahead of appointment of new caretaker set-up. At local equity market, the benchmark KSE 100-share index posted fresh gain of 201.37 points or 1.15 per cent to close the day at 17693.37 points as ompared to 17492 points of previous day.
KSE allshare-index added 115.13 points or 0.93 per cent to end the day at 12476.51 points, KSE 30-share index gained 142.50 points or 1.01 per cent to finish the day at 14183.52 points while KMI 30-share index gained 325.66 points or 1.06 percent to conclude the session at 30950.33 points. An analyst said institutional interest was witnessed in stocks across the board, led by cement, fertilizers and oil stocks after recovery in global commodities and easing political outlook.
Renewed foreign interest in blue chip stocks, easing gas shortage issues for fertilizer companies and strong earnings outlook played a catalyst role in bullish sentiments. ĀThe day turnover of stock market in term of shares was 162.502 million shares compared to 104.379 million shares of a day earlier. Value of traded shares climbed to Rs 5.273 billion from Rs 3.206 billion while the capitalization of equity market settled at Rs 4.367 trillion after opening at Rs 4.332 trillion. Improved volumes coupled with recovery in banking sector helped index to gain some of the ground it lost the previous day.
Furthermore, attractive cotton prices remained key driver for textile sector, especially for NML and NCL as both closed at their upper caps. Telecom sector also remained in the limelight after Sind High Court hearing was deferred, dealer observed. During the session, 321 companies participated in the trading where 199 closed in positive and 100 in negative while the vale of 22 stocks remained intact. Unilever Pak was the biggest price gainer of the day, up by Rs 263.75 to Rs 10908.50, followed by Phillip Morris Pak, increased by Rs 12.14 to Rs 255.05.
Indus Dyeing SD and Fazal Textile were the biggest losers of the day, down by Rs 19.85 to 423.15 and Rs 13.44 to Rs 255.51 respectively. TRG Pakistan was the volume leader of the day with 15.881 million shares, up by Re 0.51 to Rs 6.88. Lotte PakPTA was on the second position with 13.010 million shares, shed Re 0.16 to Rs 7.76. It was followed by Dera Ghazi Khan Cement with 9.588 million shares, grew by Rs 1.87 to Rs 64.98, Maple Leaf Cement with 7.854 million shares, enlarged by Re 0.59 to Rs 17.79 and Engro Corporation with 7.126 million shares, up by Rs 3.84 to Rs 120.95.Ā
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The Ides of March with George Clooney and Real Steel with Hugh Jackman
Only two films evaluated this week and they're both good ones. But if George Clooney and Hugh Jackman aren't enough for you, take note that tickets are already on sale for the next Twilight movie. Breaking Dawn's first showtime isn't until 10 p.m. Thursday November 17 and yet the websites for all the Cineplex Theatres are trumpeting that you can buy now.
This week you've got:
The Ides of March 4 stars
Real Steel 3 ½
1911 --
THE IDES OF MARCH: You can't avoid the feeling as you're watching this that the people behind it know exactly how politics works. Back there in those rooms, in the limos and the campaign planes. How idealistic aides dip and sway with the machinations of the higher ups, and how carefully the candidates' policy pronouncements are sculpted. And how idealism doesn't last.
The story comes from a play that went on stage just before the last U.S. presidential race. Ryan Gosling is the aide here, the press secretary to George Clooney's candidate, a governor trying to win a primary as an early step towards the White House. Philip Seymour Hoffman is his wily chief of staff and Paul Giamatti does the same job much the same way over on the rival side. Clooney is downright Obamaesque, pushing a platform of change and optimism. In the early going there's discussion of the exact issue that Obama slammed into. Can one person actually bring about change within the American political system? Fat chance you might conclude as the film watches the operatives at work. They play the news media, court a senator to get his support and fret over the impact of every word their candidate utters.
All this turns into high drama when Giamatti invites Gosling to come over to his side. There's no deal, but it evolves and grows anyway, like a subtle chess move that sets in motion some big repercussions later on. Gosling's idealism is the casualty. Then, when he hooks up with a young intern on the campaign (Evan Rachel Wood), the story, like a lot of politics these days, brings in a sex scandal. There's a big lode of cynicism running through this film, but also terrific acting by all involved, smart writing and a sprightly pace set by Clooney, the director. (The Park, Scotiabank and many suburban theatres) 4 out of 5
REAL STEEL: This is for the 7-year old boy in all of us. Get down on the floor with those toy robots and get them boxing. That's what Hugh Jackman does. He plays a two-bit hustler on the fringes of the sport of robot boxing. It's the year 2020 and machines now do the fisticuffs but Hugh's robot gets wrecked battling a bull (a real one) at a county fair. Since he also has big debts and thugs on his tail, he needs help. Cue the kid. It seems Hugh fathered a son 12 years earlier and now, through the convenience of scriptwriting, has to spend a summer with him.
The boy, played resilient and clever by Dakota Goyo from Toronto, is a big fan of the sport, can cite the key contests and pushes Hugh to get another robot on its feet and into the ring. Of course they bond, father and son. They coach enough wins in the boxing dives to make it up to the big ring and are obliged eventually to work out their differences. Movies are like that and this one is so much fun, with so much heart you're bound to have a good time.
Evangeline Lilly, a former UBC student, provides the love interest and considerable robot knowledge and Shawn Levy, also a Canadian, directed. He delivers it loud and plausible, with robots that move, punch and take punches as if they were real, living beings. The action was choreographed by Sugar Ray Leonard. (Oakridge, Scotiabank and many suburban theatres)
3 1/2 out of 5
1911: Jackie Chan is the director and the star but not in the usual way. No comic martial arts here. This is a history lesson about the revolution that toppled the last of the imperial dynasties in China 100 years ago. Chan plays a general who led the rebel army and, in the bigger role, Winston Chao plays Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the political head of the revolt. He spends a lot of time hitting up overseas Chinese for money and urging overseas banks to stop sending money to the emperor's government. I'm told the talk is turgid but the battle scenes are grand. The film wasn't available for me to preview. Interesting though, Joan Chen who played the wife of the last emperor in the famous Bernardo Bertolucci film, here plays his mother. And Jackie Chan's son Jaycee has a small role. The film is subtitled. (International Village and two suburban theatres)
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