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Welcome to the latest edition of Pitchfork's Guest List. Each week, we ask one of our favorite artists to fill us in on what they've been up to lately: which tracks they can't stop spinning, what books they can't put down, and what new bands they've caught on tour. This week it's El Guincho, aka Pablo Días-Reixa, who clues us in to the source of some of his album's obscure samples, avoids overpriced record shops in the UK, and talks about his favorite block of wood.
>> Favorite Songs From the Past Year
Last summer I became obsessed with this song by High Places called "Golden". I love the way it's mixed and how the little percussion sounds fly around the stereo. Their sense of rhythm, too, is not particularly upbeat but you can find all these accents and subdivisions. By the end, it all becomes a mess but still catchy. Beautiful.
Echospace: The Coldest Season record is great, too. I've been listening to it a lot while touring around Spain. I always travel by train here because distances are small and I don't bring that much equipment with me. I like to listen to this record with my headphones while looking out the window. I love the textures and the vintage sounds; you can almost feel the tape echo going through your ears, and that dub track "Empyrean" is just amazing.
"Tomorrow Is So Far Away" by Chromatics: It's on Night Drive . The first time I listened to this track it blew my mind. Like six minutes repeating the same melody over and over, "far away, yesterday," with the double voice and this tiny keyboard sound playing a kinda sinister phrase in the middle.
"El Amanecer" by Thelemáticos: They're a two-piece band from Barcelona. They just released an EP with six songs and it's amazing. You can tell it's really easy for them to write songs you can't help but sing all day long. "El Amanacer" is built on a rhythm like the ticking of a clock, the melody is simple and ultra-catchy and the lyrics are mysterious. I highly recommend it!
>> Favorite Older Songs at the Moment
"Olga" by Eternel Docteur Nico et L' African Fiesta Sukisa. This song is so good it is almost unbelievable. Well, all of his records are. His voice has a nostalgic [quality], and the guitar sounds like it's in outer space while his orchestra keeps on playing with a party vibe. They came from heaven or something.
Souley Kanté's Bi Magni record is another favorite of mine. It's hard to choose just one song from it. Super hits you can enjoy with your headphones or in a disco [with] everyone moving their asses!
"Babalú" by Miguelito Valdés with la Orquesta Casino de la Playa. He recorded several babalús but I think this first one with la Casino de la Playa is the greatest. The way he plays with the melody, changing it a little bit-- and then when the beat gets stronger how the orchestra starts shouting and hitting the congas harder-- it has this great energy and it has been a huge inspiration for my record.
Armando's productions from the mid-1980s-- classics like "Land Of Confusion", "100% Of Disin' You", or "151" and all that. I just bought an iPod last month for no actual reason, and these are the only things that makes sense to listen to in the Metro.
>> Favorite New Band
Hmm...I already mentioned High Places so I'd say the Cool Kids. I'm sorry I haven't been really into new music since I've been making this record. It's been a really intense time, searching and learning from other sounds from the past, so every time that I discover new music it's because a friend it's very enthusiastic about something or I just find it randomly on the net. Actually, I should say my favorite new band is Extraperlo. They're from Barcelona, too, and great friends of mine. They write clever pop songs that you can dance to with all these jumpy percussion sounds like in my favorite Tom Tom Club tunes, and the way they sing the melodies like if they were not interested at all. I think they're great and I hope they release something soon.
>> Favorite Song Ever
I think it is definitely "Isa de Salón" by Los Gofiones. They are a band from the Canary Islands that made this amazing live recording in the early 1970s collecting really old songs, pre-Hispanic folk standards. It is very diverse, like a treasure someone lost in a island full of amazing random stuff. "Isa de Salón" is a Canarian standard almost every folk band has to learn. Everyone from the older generations knows it and sings it in their own way. The lyrics are a bit sad but there is definitely hope in it and the melody is so simple and beautiful that it feels overwhelming. I think 1/4 of my album is made up from bits of different versions of this song. Seriously, it is great!
>> Last Great Film I Saw
My girlfriend brought home Dog Day Afternoon a week or two before I left, and although I fell asleep before the end, I really liked it. Al Pacino is so great on it, totally out of control!
>> Last Great Book I Read
Face aux Verrous by Henri Michaux. I've always loved Michaux, the way he speaks about uncomfortable things so naturally. A friend of mine left this book at my house some years ago and I immediately became obsessed with it. I never bring it on tour cause it's too heavy, but I always try to read some parts of it or Zone by Apollinaire before every trip. It helps me a lot, feels like medicine, and it always take me to the same exciting place; or I just go discover some new sentence that I think is great and can go hide there whenever I want, just repeating it in my head over and over.
>> Best Recent Concert
I had a really good time at last SXSW in Austin. It was crazy! I wouldn't say I just liked this or that one single show but just the experience of being there, to a see a lot of bands that I liked a lot and never come to Barcelona, meeting lots of nice people. It was really good. It felt a little bit too much at the end and I had this swimming pool at the hotel where I was staying and just spent the last day basically swimming and falling asleep at the sun cause it was a bit windy too and that was great. I am upset I missed the Ruby Suns play and couldn't make it to the Mad Decent party either cause it was too crowded but yeah...oh! And we went to the Upset the Rhythm thing with some friends and we got to see a guy called John Maus who was amazing. So epic! It felt like a religious thing or something, super intense.
Deerhunter played what I thought it was a super good show at last Primavera Club in Barcelona, too. It was a great discovery for me cause I didn't have any of their records and a friend of mine recommended the band to me and I was happily surprised.
>> Favorite Piece of Musical Equipment
Definitely my piece of wood. It's just a really shitty piece of wood painted in black that I hit with a drum stick. I put some percussions on it and I hit it, kinda like a snare. I've been using some drum triggers on it connected to a sound module since I'm playing some venues where the rhythm was kinda drowned [out] by whole loops, vocals. But, yeah, I love it. It's been really funny traveling with it and having to explain to every guy at every airport what I do with it, cause it really looks like I found it in the rubbish.
>> Favorite Record Shop
My favorite record store used to be one called Moebius in Gran Canaria. They have a second floor with all these amazing vinyls for €1. The last one I bought there was the classic Avalon by Roxy Music and some not so good J.J. Cale thing. Other Music in New York also, they are super nice. They were the first distributing my record in the U.S. [They] set up a show for me in Williamsburg some weeks ago and I found this really cool Ray Barreto record there. In the UK I must say Rough Trade and Intoxica, but it is so expensive. I found there one of my favorite records, Fantastica by Russ Garcia, and I got super excited but then I just looked at the price and it was like...mmm, nevermind.
>> Best Purchase of the Past Year
I moved into this really small but really nice apartment in Gràcia, which is my favorite quarter in Barcelona. There are so many different and amazing restaurants and cafés. I just love to spend my time there doing nothing! And there is an indoor tennis court in one of the main roads which is great, too. I'd like to start playing again, and I know some friends of mine are really into it, so I can't wait to go back. Oh man, I miss it a lot!
>> Best Thing I Did This Year
Wow, I hardly remember what I did last week. I think maybe just going back to the island and spending the whole afternoon talking to my grandmother. She always tells me all these amazing stories about life 60 or 70 years ago in the Canary Islands. She was the one who taught me everything that I know about music-- used to be a great singer, too. Hanging out with my mum, too, because living away from each other we've developed a really cool relationship. Traveling a lot, it's been really nice, moving to a new house, meeting my girlfriend, starting the record label, and all the excitement of releasing the record in Spain. I don't know, lots of good things happening!
>> Favorite Venue
I played in a place called CrawDaddy yesterday in the Antics, a night run by a super nice guy called Dave in Dublin. There was a super-good energy in the place, you could tell the kids were there just to get really into whatever sort of music just because it was played live, and the crowd went nuts at the end of the show. I think we all had a really good time. And then we went into this house party at 3 a.m.
I just played the Moshi Moshi night at the Hoxton Bar which was really cool, too, and I haven't slept yet! I've been, like, 40 hours awake now so I definitely should go get some sleep. Oh! Also, my favorite music venue so far is the Sala Apolo in Barcelona. I love the bass there and they've been supporting all the bands in the city a lot so they are definitely my first choice!
>> Favorite TV Show at the Moment
"Entourage". My best friend Félix and I are obsessed. I think there isn't too much that I can say about the show apart from that I love it. We always watch it on planes, trains, buses, houses, wherever. I think I like it because it is so ridiculously different to my life but in a weird way it is linked to some stuff that it's been happening to me lately. And, I don't know, it's in L.A., which for me is a really exotic place compared to where I live and I find it really exciting.
>> Favorite Video Game at the Moment
I don't have no PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, or whatever. Anyway, I think my favorite video game of all time is "Mario Kart", and we're going to buy some Nintendo DS to play on the plane in our way to Australia in May. I'm going on tour with Architecture in Helsinki and I'm super excited.
>> Favorite Radio Show
It is one called "Dias de Rubias" in Barcelona. I played my second show ever as El Guincho in their studio and I had a great time. It was the first time that I tried some of the songs on Alegranza and we were just three people there plus the sound guy and it was really nice. They have a blog at www.fotolog.com/diasderubias and I always read it cause it's kinda like a radar of what happens in the city. The guy who runs it, Quique, is very passionate about music and he always writes in a way that makes you feel curious about what he's talking about. I'm sorry, it's written in Spanish/Catalan.
>> My Ringtone
It is a new age-y thing called "Airy" by Nokia. Kinda cheesy but I like it.
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Good bright ruby. Rather inky aromas of cassis, iron filings, graphite, licorice root and minerals.Ripe flavors of dark berries, sassafras and minerals; not particularly sweet but more accessible today than the Howell Mountain bottling. Finishes with serious, slightly dry tannins and very good length. (2/ 2007)
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Olympic Academy rider Ian Stannard is set to sign for the Belgian Landbouwkrediet team this weekend
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He will now join the Professional Continental ranked Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner team where he will line up with his fellow Brits Ed Clancy and Paul Manning.
British Cycling had hoped that Stannard would sign for a ProTour team, as several of them showed interest. But with the market shrinking as sponsors pulled out, the amateurs looking to join the pro ranks were hit the hardest.
Stannard is likely to continue to use Quarrata, Italy, as his base, as more of the new legion of British pro's move to the village where British Cycling's Olympic Academy is based.
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A charming, stone-built cottage situated at the end of a small terrace, on the edge of the attractive village of Bradwell. This delightful, 200-year old property stands in a quiet, hillside position and enjoys fine views towards Bradwell Edge, yet is within 5 minutes' walk of all of the village amenities. The superb accommodation has been furnished and decorated to a very high standard and there is a delightful private garden at the rear with lawn and patio area. A cosy base for exploring the Peak District National Park at any time of the year.
Two bedrooms: 1 x double, 1 x twin - both with views to Bradwell Edge. Ground floor bathroom with bath, walk-in shower, basin and WC. Well-equipped fitted kitchen with dining area. Delightful sitting room with open fire and leather suite. Entrance hall and lobby.
Gas central heating with open fire in sitting room. Electric cooker, microwave, fridge, freezer, washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher, wide screen TV with FreeSat, DVD player, radio/cassette/CD player, library of DVDs. Fuel, power and starter pack of fuel for open fire inc. in rent. Bed linen and towels inc. in rent. Travel cot available. Off road parking for one car with free car parking within 30 yards. Pretty rear garden with patio, garden furniture and BBQ. Sorry, no pets and no smoking. Shops 5 mins, pub 2 mins walk.
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Cottage features
- Off road parking
- Open fire
- Smoke-free
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About the location
Castleton 3 miles; Buxton 11 miles; Bakewell 12 miles.
Bradwell is a pretty village in the Hope Valley, in prime position in the Peak District National Park. The picturesque village of Castleton is just three miles away, home to fascinating caves. Castleton is overlooked by the crumbling Mam Tor or "Shivering Mountain" with the dramatic scenery of Winnats Pass and Edale in the Edale Valley, known as the start of the Pennine Way, nearby. Hathersage is just four miles away and has excellent cafes and an open air, heated swimming pool. Slightly further afield you can potter around the historic market town of Bakewell, or the Spa town of Buxton, renowned for its spring water and opera house. It is easy to spend a whole day at Chatsworth House, while there are plenty of historic properties nearby. Pull on your boots and enjoy the spectacular scenery, with walks for all abilities, or explore a web of cycling trails, with bike hire available on the Monsal Trail and at the Derwent/Ladybower Reservoir. Bradwell itself has shops, pubs and places to eat and makes an excellent base for enjoying this beautiful part of the country.


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- Hop-on hop-off sightseeing tour of Moscow
- Create your personalized sightseeing itinerary and explore Moscow at leisure
- See attractions like Red Square, St Basil's Cathedral and Alexandra Garden
- Hop on and off as many times as you wish at any of the nine stops around the city
- Enjoy informative audio commentary on board the bus
- Ticket valid for 24 hours
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Aboard a comfortable, open-top, double-decker bus, admire top Moscow attractions, such as the must-see Red Square – the scene of many military parades during the city's Soviet era, and home to gorgeous St Basil's Cathedral. Pass the lavishly elegant Alexandra Garden or perhaps hop off at the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum.
With your 24-hour ticket, you can remain on the bus for the entire loop (60 minutes) as you listen to the informative audio commentary, or, you can hop on and off at any of the nine stops around the city to explore Moscow's numerous museums, gardens and squares.
Moscow Hop-On Hop-Off Tour Stops:
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• Pushin Fine Arts Museum
• Kropotkinskaya Metro Station
• Arbatskaya Square
• Alexandra Garden
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• Red October
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August 2013
Very nice tour to see the sight ,though the language was in Russian.I was more admiring the city and taking pictures.Problem I called several times it took 2 hours for the guy to respond on the phone to tell me the exact place to catch the bus.
July 2013
moscow is beautifull,the people are busy running but met very nice people.we had problem finding the hop on hop off bus stations,bur after finding the bus the people were nice,the tour was good,not many people speak english,non of the sign are in english,we had good time after all.i suggest directions how to find bus like metro stops and the names in russian so you can show people to get help


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(2006) An undercover state cop who has infiltrated an Irish gang and a mole in the police force working for the same mob race to track down and identify each other before being exposed to the enemy, after both sides realize their outfit has a rat. Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson Crime | Drama | Thriller 151 mins. |
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(1960) A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock With: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles Horror | Mystery | Thriller 109 mins. |
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House M.D.
(2004 TV Series) An antisocial maverick doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way using his crack team of doctors and his wits. With: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard Drama | Mystery 45 mins. |
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Planes, Trains & Automobiles
(1987) A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion. Dir: John Hughes With: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins Comedy | Drama 93 mins. |
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(2011) A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor. Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn With: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston Crime | Drama 100 mins. |
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Requiem for a Dream
(2000) The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island individuals are shattered when their addictions become stronger. Dir: Darren Aronofsky With: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly Drama 102 mins. |
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Forrest Gump
(1994) Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him. Dir: Robert Zemeckis With: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise Drama | Romance 142 mins. |
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(2012) In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self. Dir: Rian Johnson With: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller 119 mins. |
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Black Swan
(2010) A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan. Dir: Darren Aronofsky With: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel Drama | Mystery | Thriller 108 mins. |
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The Birds
(1963) A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock With: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette Horror | Thriller 119 mins. |
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Evil Dead
(2013) Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. The evil presence possesses them until only one is left to fight for survival. Dir: Fede Alvarez With: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas Horror 91 mins. |
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The Matrix
(1999) A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. Dir: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski With: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi 136 mins. |
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(2000) Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond. Dir: Guy Ritchie With: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro Crime | Thriller 104 mins. |
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The Big Lebowski
(1998) "Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it. Dir: Joel Coen With: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore Comedy | Crime 117 mins. |
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
(2013) Hansel & Gretel are bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world. As the fabled Blood Moon approaches, the siblings encounter a new form of evil that might hold a secret to their past. Dir: Tommy Wirkola With: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Peter Stormare Action | Fantasy | Horror 88 mins. |
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Saving Private Ryan
(1998) Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. Dir: Steven Spielberg With: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore Action | Drama | War 169 mins. |
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Friends with Benefits
(2011) While trying to avoid the clichés of Hollywood romantic comedies, Dylan and Jamie soon discover however that adding the act of sex to their friendship does lead to complications. Dir: Will Gluck With: Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Patricia Clarkson Comedy | Romance 109 mins. |
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City of God
(2002) Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. Dir: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund With: Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Leandro Firmino Crime | Drama 130 mins. |
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(1991) A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story. Dir: Oliver Stone With: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon Drama | History | Thriller 189 mins. |
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8 Mile
(2002) A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make the most of what could be his final opportunity but his problems around gives him doubts. Dir: Curtis Hanson With: Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger Drama | Music 110 mins. |
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Sin City
(2005) A film that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption. Dir: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez With: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis Crime | Thriller 124 mins. |
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Blade Runner
(1982) Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to Earth seeking their maker. Dir: Ridley Scott With: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller 117 mins. |
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(2000) A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife. Dir: Christopher Nolan With: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano Mystery | Thriller 113 mins. |
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American Pie
(1999) Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. Dir: Paul Weitz With: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas Comedy | Romance 95 mins. |
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Good Will Hunting
(1997) Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. Dir: Gus Van Sant With: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck Drama 126 mins. |
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The Last Stand
(2013) The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff. Dir: Kim Jee-Woon With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville Action | Crime | Thriller 107 mins. |
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(1996) Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson. Dir: Joel Coen With: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi Crime | Drama | Thriller 98 mins. |
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The 40-Year-Old Virgin
(2005) Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother. Dir: Judd Apatow With: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd Comedy | Romance 116 mins. |
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(1979) The commercial vessel Nostromo receives a distress call from an unexplored planet. After searching for survivors, the crew heads home only to realize that a deadly bioform has joined them. Dir: Ridley Scott With: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt Horror | Sci-Fi 117 mins. |
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(1995) A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. Dir: Michael Mann With: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller 170 mins. |
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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(2004) A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain. Dir: Rawson Marshall Thurber With: Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn Comedy | Sport 92 mins. |
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American Psycho
(2000) A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies. Dir: Mary Harron With: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas Crime | Drama 102 mins. |
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
(2009) An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer. Dir: Stephen Sommers With: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller 118 mins. |
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(2013) After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him. Dir: Chan-wook Park With: Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode Drama | Mystery | Thriller 99 mins. |
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Shaun of the Dead
(2004) A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living. Dir: Edgar Wright With: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield Comedy | Horror 99 mins. |
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(2008) A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities. Dir: Timur Bekmambetov With: Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman Action | Crime | Thriller 110 mins. |
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(1986) The planet from Alien has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough? Dir: James Cameron With: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller 137 mins. |
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(1995) When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, a commoner begins a revolt and leads Scottish warriors against the cruel English tyrant who rules Scotland with an iron fist. Dir: Mel Gibson With: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan Action | Biography | Drama | History | War 177 mins. |
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The Green Mile
(1999) The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift. Dir: Frank Darabont With: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery 189 mins. |


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The Prime Minister needs a holiday, not more questions
In his final Prime Minister's Questions before recess, the man in question looked as though he needed a holiday more than ever
In his final Prime Minister's Questions before recess, the man in question looked as though he needed a holiday more than ever
Tony Blair has defended his relationship with Rupert Murdoch, insisting he had never done a deal with the media mogul.
A protester has said it was 'surprisingly easy' to avoid security and disturb Tony Blair's evidence to the Leveson Inquiry
Former Number 10 Director of Communications Alastair Campbell told ITV's Daybreak it would be "hugely irresponsible and incredibly dangerous" if the world does not act on the Syria conflict.
When pressed whether that meant action in Syria, Mr Campbell said he thought it would be "very, very hard for the world to stand aside giving what we know has happened even before the use of chemical weapons".
Mr Campbell, who was Tony Blair's spin doctor between 1997 and 2003, said both the former Prime Minister's article in The Times (£) and David Cameron's statement on Syria were "measured".
Mr Campbell, who was Number 10's Director of Communications when the Iraq war started in 2003, added that the United Nations "isn't a judgement body, it's a political body".
Read: Leaders agree Syria chemical weapons use cannot be ignored
Former prime minister Tony Blair is expected to be warned this month he will be criticised by the long-awaited inquiry into the Iraq war.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Sir John Chilcot, the chairman of the inquiry, has written to David Cameron this week to inform him that "individuals" had been identified who would be criticised in his report.
The people identified, thought to include Mr Blair will reportedly be told this month and will be given a chance to respond before the report's publication next year.
Mr Blair has repeatedly denied he misled Parliament and the British people over the case for the Iraq war in 2003.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has won backing from his predecessor, Tony Blair, for radical reforms he is proposing to the party's relations with the unions.
The former prime minister hailed Mr Miliband for "real leadership" as he risked a clash with the unions by setting out plans to end the system where individual union members are automatically affiliated to the party.
In the wake of the Falkirk ballot-rigging scandal, the Labour leader will use a keynote speech today to set out what aides are describing as the "biggest party reforms in a generation".
The changes are intended to strengthen the party's links with its individual members while diluting the influence of the trade union barons.
Conservative former foreign secretary Douglas Hurd today criticised Tony Blair's defence of Egypt's military coup, describing the former prime minister as someone who "rushes to judgment."
"Tony Blair leaps in before he's thought things through. We know that already and he's done it again on this," Hurd told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show.
"We won't know for weeks, maybe even months, whether the military...have made a good gamble for Egypt or bad."
Leaders in Britain and elsewhere had to "grit your teeth" and work with whoever is in power, he added.
– Douglas HurdWe should not go out of our way to clap our hands and say 'that's marvellous' as Tony Blair has done. We should keep our counsel, keep our wits about us, and wait for the last act of the drama which may be some years away.
Former prime minister Tony Blair said the arguments about whether to intervene in Syria are "exactly" the same as those that took place before the Iraq war.
Speaking ahead of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, Mr Blair told The Times (£), "People are no longer going to accept that a minority ruled the country without the say of the majority. It's exactly the arguments we went through over Iraq".
The Middle East envoy said he believes Britain should help the US to arm Syrian rebels.
Mr Blair said: "On Syria, I feel very strongly we are in danger of a failure with catastrophic consequences if we're not careful.
"This is no longer a civil war between factions within Syria. We should be taking a more interventionist line. That's where I come from in politics. People can agree or disagree with it.
"There are those within the Syrian Opposition who want a pluralistic society and democracy coming out of all of this - and they are the one group of people who are not being armed".
Tony and Cherie Blair have been given two of the dachshund puppies that gave comfort to Margaret Thatcher in her final hours, reports the Telegraph.
The Blairs are said to be acquiring the puppies that were among the new litter belonging to Baroness Thatcher's former private secretary Lord Charles Powell.
Lord Powell showed Baroness Thatcher a video of the puppies on his iPad when he visited her at the Ritz Hotel in her final hours, and which he said prompted "her last smile".
The puppies are owned by Lord Powell's wife Carla, who helped deliver them two months ago, and the couple decided to give them away.
Lady Powell said Cherie agreed a month ago that she would take two of the litter and during Lady Thatcher's funeral they spoke again, according to reports.
Former Prime Ministers and their spouses at Baroness Thatcher's funeral Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, Norma Major, John Major, Samantha Cameron and Prime Minister David Cameron.
Tony Blair has sent out a warning to Ed Miliband that he risks reducing Labour to a party of protest by fierce resistance to austerity and welfare cuts.
Writing for the New Statesman, Mr Blair said politics has not shifted towards the left, despite the credit crunch, and warned: "No-one can get permission to govern unless they deal with its reality."
Labour must "seek answers" rather than defend the status quo, he said, adding that any attempt to return British politics to a left-right contest "debilitates rather than advances the nation".
Mr Blair also flatly rejected the argument that New Labour "created" the financial crisis, insisting the structural deficit had been below 1% in 2007-8.
Tributes to the architects of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland have been led by David Cameron to mark its 15th anniversary today.
The Prime Minister said the 1998 political accord, which brought about devolved governance from Stormont, heralded a new beginning after decades of division and terrorism.
But he warned that more work is needed to build a new Northern Ireland.
The good Friday agreement was reached after nearly two years of talks and 30 years of conflict.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Republic of Ireland's leader Bertie Ahern brokered the deal, following a talks process chaired by former US Senator George Mitchell.
Former PM Tony Blair has paid tribute to Lady Thatcher:
"Margaret Thatcher was a towering political figure.
Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world. Margaret was such a leader. Her global impact was vast.
And some of the changes she made in Britain were, in certain respects at least, retained by the 1997 Labour Government, and came to be implemented by governments around the world.
As a person she was kind and generous spirited and was always immensely supportive to me as Prime Minister although we came from opposite sides of politics.
Even if you disagreed with her as I did on certain issues and occasionally strongly, you could not disrespect her character or her contribution to Britain's national life.
She will be sadly missed.


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Friday, 28 June 2013 11:17 Published in National NewsWinnie Madikizela-Mandela gave the update on the former president's health Friday while speaking to media outside Mandela's former home in Soweto.
"I'm not a doctor but I can say that from what he was a few days ago there is great improvement," said Madikizela-Mandela, who is also a member of South Africa's Parliament.
Members of Nelson Mandela's family and South African Cabinet ministers have visited the hospital where the 94-year-old former president is critically ill.
On Thursday, the office of South African President Jacob Zuma said that Mandela's condition was critical but stable.
Friday, 28 June 2013 11:08 Published in National NewsIn the shifting narrative of the Obama administration, the man whose leaks of top-secret material about government surveillance programs have tied the national security apparatus in knots and brought charges under the Espionage Act has now been demoted to a common fugitive unworthy of international intrigue or extraordinary pursuit by the U.S. government.
A "29-year-old hacker," in the words of Obama; fodder for a made-for-TV movie, perhaps, but not much more.
"This is not exceptional from a legal perspective," the president said Thursday of Snowden's efforts to avoid capture by hopscotching from Hawaii to Hong Kong to Russia.
"I'm not going to have one case of a suspect who we're trying to extradite suddenly being elevated to the point where I've got to start doing wheeling and dealing and trading on a whole host of other issues simply to get a guy extradited," the president told reporters in Senegal.
It was the second time in a week that the administration had toned down its rhetoric as Snowden remained out of reach and first China and then Russia refused to send him back.
Just Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry was talking tough against China and calling Snowden a traitor whose actions are "despicable and beyond description." By Tuesday, Kerry was calling for "calm and reasonableness" on the matter, and adding, "We're not looking for a confrontation. We are not ordering anybody."
There are plenty of reasons for Obama to pull back, beyond his professed desire to avoid international horse-trading for the leaker.
The president, in his own words, has "a whole lot of business to do with China and Russia." Why increase tensions in an already uneasy relationship when Obama is looking for Russia's cooperation in finding a path to peace in Syria, for example?
In addition, less-heated dialogue could make it easier to broker Snowden's return because, despite the latest shrugs, U.S. officials very much want him.
"There's a lot of signaling going on," said Steve Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy for the Federation of American Scientists. "If the White House were issuing ultimatums, then Russia might feel obliged not to cooperate. But if it's merely one request among many others, that might make it easier to advance to a resolution."
The president also may have a U.S. audience in mind for his comments.
Obama's Democratic base includes plenty of defenders of civil liberties who are sympathetic to Snowden's professed goal of making government more transparent.
Benjamin Pauker, managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine, said the president was loath to elevate Snowden to a state enemy or "an Ellsberg-type truth-teller," referring to the 1971 leaker of the Pentagon Papers, which showed the U.S. government had misled the public about the war in Vietnam.
Ellsberg himself recently called Snowden's revelations the most significant disclosures in the nation's history.
The administration, though, would rather marginalize Snowden, a former National Security Agency systems analyst who is thought to have custody of more classified documents.
"Calling him a hacker, as opposed to a government contractor or an NSA employee, brings him down a notch to someone who's an irritant, as opposed to someone who has access to integral intelligence files," Pauker said. "To externalize him and brand him with a black-hat hacker tag distances him from the government."
The disdainful talk isn't just coming from the White House.
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, called Snowden "a high school dropout who had a whole series of both academic troubles and employment troubles" after a recent closed hearing on the leaks. The committee's top Democrat, C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger from Maryland, called Snowden "a legend in his own mind" for claiming to be able to use NSA systems to access any email or phone call anywhere — something the NSA's director has said can't be done.
There may also be face-saving benefits for Obama in cutting down Snowden, who turned 30 last week. An unsuccessful full-court press for Snowden's return would only show the limitations of Obama's international influence.
It's not the first time a president has tried to reset expectations by first elevating and then playing down the importance of an international fugitive who eluded capture, at least for a time.
President George W. Bush went from putting out a "dead-or-alive" ultimatum for 9-11 terror mastermind Osama bin Laden to dismissing him as "a person who's now been marginalized."
"I just don't spend that much time on him," Bush said in March 2002.
Candidate Barack Obama pledged during the 2008 presidential campaign: "We will kill bin Laden, we will crush al-Qaida. That has to be our biggest national security priority."
By January 2009, just days before his inauguration, Obama was saying: "My preference, obviously would be to capture or kill him. But if we have so tightened the noose that he's in a cave somewhere and can't even communicate with his operatives, then we would meet our goal of protecting America."
As it turned out, he got him.
AP Intelligence Writer Kimberly Dozier contributed to this report.
Friday, 28 June 2013 11:06 Published in Health & FitnessHealth experts say poor hand cleanliness is a factor in hospital-borne infections that kill tens of thousands of Americans each year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta estimates that one of every 20 patients in U.S. hospitals gets a hospital-acquired infection each year.
"We've known for over 150 years that good hand hygiene prevents patients from getting infections," said Dr. John Jernigan, an epidemiologist for the CDC. "However, it's been a very chronic and difficult problem to get adherence levels up as high as we'd like them to be."
Hospitals have tried varying ways to promote better hygiene. Signs are posted in restrooms. Some even employ monitors who keep tabs and single out offenders.
Still, experts believe hospital workers wash up, at best, about 50 percent of the time. One St. Louis-area hospital believes it can approach 100 percent adherence.
Since last year, SSM St. Mary's Health Center in the St. Louis suburb of Richmond Heights, Mo., has been the test site for a system developed by Biovigil Inc., of Ann Arbor, Mich. A flashing light on a badge turns green when hands are clean, red if they're not. It also tracks each hand-cleaning opportunity - the successes and the failures.
The failures have been few at the two units of St. Mary's where the system is being tested, the hospital said. One unit had 97 percent hand hygiene success, said Dr. Morey Gardner, the hospital's director of infection disease and prevention. The other had 99 percent success.
"The holy grail of infection prevention is in our grasp," Gardner said.
The Biovigil system is among many being tried at hospitals. A method developed by Arrowsight, based in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., uses video monitoring. It is being used in intensive care units at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., and the University of California San Francisco Medical Center.
Akron, Ohio-based GOJO Industries, maker of Purell hand sanitizer, has developed an electronic compliance monitoring system using wireless technology to track when soap and hand sanitizer dispensers are used. The SmartLink system gives the hospital data on high- and low-compliance areas. The company said it has installed the system at several hospitals around the country, but didn't say how many.
HyGreen Inc.'s Hand Hygiene Reminder System was developed by two University of Florida doctors. The Gainesville, Fla., company now features two systems used in seven hospitals, including Veterans Administration hospitals in Chicago, Wilmington, Del., and Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
One is similar to Biovigil's green badge method. In HyGreen's, a wall-mounted hand wash sensor detects alcohol on the hands. The badge includes an active reminding system. Unclean hands create a warning buzz. If the buzz sounds three times, the worker is noted for noncompliance.
HyGreen spokeswoman Elena Fraser said that because some hospitals are moving away from alcohol-based sanitizers, HyGreen offers a second system. A touch of the sanitizer dispenser clears the worker to interact with a patient. If the worker shows up at the patient bed without hand-cleaning, the series of warning buzzes begins.
Fraser said hospital infections have dropped 66 percent at units of Miami Children's Hospital where the badge system has been implemented.
Nurses using the Biovigil system at St. Mary's near St. Louis wear a badge with changeable colored lights. A doorway sensor identifies when the nurse enters a patient's room, and the badge color changes to yellow.
The nurse washes his or her hands and places them close to the badge. A sensor in the badge detects chemical vapors from the alcohol-based solution. If hands are clean, the badge illuminates a bright green hand symbol.
If the nurse fails to sanitize, the badge stays yellow and chirps every 10 seconds for 40 seconds, then flashes red. Once the flashing red starts, the nurse has another 30 seconds to wash up, otherwise the badge turns solid red, denoting non-compliance. Either way, each instance is tracked by a computer. The hospital can track each individual's compliance.
Registered Nurse Theresa Gratton has helped lead the effort toward hand cleanliness at St. Mary's. She heard about the Biovigil system in early 2012 and convinced the hospital to give it a try.
Gratton said patients are aware of the risk of infection and frequently inquire about whether caregivers have washed their hands. She said the badge relieves their anxiety.
Bill Rogers, a 65-year-old retiree recuperating at St. Mary's from back surgery and a heart scare, agreed.
"The first thing I noticed up here was the badges," Rogers said. "It is comforting for me to know their hands are clean as soon as the badge beeps and it goes from yellow to green."
St. Mary's is expanding the Biovigil system later this year to other units of the hospital and to employees other than nurses, though details are still being worked out, Gardner said. Eventually, the system may be expanded to SSM's seven other St. Louis-area hospitals, he said.
Biovigil's chief client officer, Brent Nibarger, said customers won't buy the system but will pay a subscription fee of about $12 a month per badge.
The CDC's Jernigan said the high-tech systems can only help.
"For a health care worker, keeping their hands clean is the single most important thing they can do to protect their patients," Jernigan said.
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Abbie Donnelly had 13 digs and Danielle Wallace racked up 12 kills to lead the Crocus Plainsmen to a 3-1 victory over the Neelin Spartans in junior varsity girls action in the Brandon High School Volleyball League on Monday night.
The host Plainsmen dropped the first set 16-25, but won the next three 25-18, 25-19, 25-11. Camryn Cox led the visiting Spartans with eight kills and three blocks.
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Bargaining Power, Strike Duration, and Wage Outcomes: An Analysis of Strikes in the 1880s
We study strike durations and outcomes for some 2000 disputes that occurred between 1881 and 1886. Most post-strike bargaining settlements in the 1880s fell into one of two categories: either a union "victory", characterized by a significant wage gain or hours cut, or a union "defeat", characterized by the resumption of work at the previous terms of employment. We find a strong negative relation between strike duration and the value of the settlement to workers. reflecting the declining probability of a union victory among longer strikes. For the subset of strikes over wage increases we estimate a structural model that includes equations for the capitulation times of the two parties and a specification of the wage increase conditional on a union victory. This framework provides a simple index of employees' relative bargaining power. based on the relative time to a union capitulation. Employees' relative bargaining power was higher in disputes involving fewer workers and in union ordered strikes. but substantially lower after the Haymarket Square incident in Chicago in 1886.Download Info
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- Card, David & Olson, Craig A, 1995. "Bargaining Power, Strike Durations, and Wage Outcomes: An Analysis of Strikes in the 1880s," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 13(1), pages 32-61, January.
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