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So Shia LeBouf's pet project is about white rapper no one has heard about? Some dude name Cage (we thought it was going to be Nicolas Cage biopic at first). Good luck getting that one off the ground. [SPIN]
So Common was unofficially, officially cast as Green Lantern in the Justice League movie? Apparently a bunch of cheap no-names have been cast ast Batman, Wonder Woman, Underdog and Bullwinkle. [IESB]
Stephen King is apparently disaapointed with music this year. Regardless, he decided to write up a Top 7 albums of 2007 list. [MSNBC]
Is Peter Jackson going to ruin "The Hobbit" by filming it in 3D and then retroactively ruin all the "Lord of The Rings" series by somehow changing them to be 3D? [MarketSaw]
American Hero Evel Knievel who courageously risked every bone in his body to secure American freedom by unsuccessfully crash landing 70% of the jumps he made in his daredevil lifetime died today only days after kissing and making up with Kanye West for biting his steez. [Associated Press]
Evel Knievel Wipes Out At Caesar's Palace
Random: So Really? Common, Shia LeBouf, Stephen King, Peter Jackson and Evel Knievel
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Labels: Common, Evel Knievel, Peter Jackson, Sam Weir, Shia LeBouf, Stephen King
Criterion Brings Back 3 Classics For Early '08 - 'Pierrot Le Fou,' 'Last Emperor' and 'Walker'
Pointing out the fact that the Criterion Collection is releasing new DVD classics is kinda akin to noting that the sun has risen.
The achingly tasteful DVD revival company is constantly releasing fantastic masterworks for budding and longtime cinephiles, but their recent batch of announcements for February 2008 have really caught our eye.
First off is Jean-Luc Godard's vibrantly colorful tenth feature, "Pierrot le Fou" (Peter The Madman), released between "Alphaville" and "Masculin, féminin," in his 1965 peak, that's a lovers on the run road story not unlike his classic, "Breathless" (albeit contemporized with technicolor splashes). Criterion calls it "a stylish mash-up of consumerist satire, politics, and comic-book aesthetics, as well as a violent, zigzag tale of, as Godard called them, 'the last romantic couple.'
All we know is that it's incredible and one of his last great New Wave period films before he began loosing his footing with the over-didactic late-60s politicized films, "La Chinoise" (a curious, but laborious affair) and "Weekend" (which is arguably still classic, but starts to show taxing wear and tear on the audience's patience; no we're not arguing the amazing tracking shots).
Next up is Bernardo Bertolucci's classic and Oscar-dominating 1987 apex, "The Last Emperor" which won every academy award it was nominated for that year (all nine of them). The epic about the soon-to-fall Qing dynasty in China was masterfully shot by legendary cinematographer Vittorio Storaro (who we've gone on about at length so much you'd figure we'd want to marry him already). The CC folks call it, "an intimate character study of one man reconciling personal responsibility and political legacy" (it's also a whopping 4 disc set; talk about comprehensive).
Lastly, and Joe Strummer fans will want to take note is the release of idiosyncratic British director, Alex Cox's (of "Repo Man" and "Sid & Nancy" fame) 1987 hallucinatory acid-western, "Walker" that's never been readily avaiable on DVD. As noted, the ex-Clash frontman composed the Spanish mariachi/spaghetti western flavored score to the entire film (you can preview all of it at Amazon) and had a blink and you'll miss it cameo in the film. This one we've never seen and we're psyched it's finally going to be on DVD (the soundtrack was re-released by Astralwerks in 2005).
"Walker" was the first full score Strummer ever composed having only written two songs for "Sid & Nancy" in 1986 during his "wilderness period" where all he did was occasionally act and score in films (while the world kept waiting for him to put out some post-Clash masterpiece that would never come). Cox's 1987 film "Straight To Hell" (which also featured Courtney Love and director Jim Jarmusch) was named after the Clash song, and Strummer starred in the film and composed another two original songs for it.
Strummer's other notable acting roles during this period was as an Elvis composite in Jarmusch's 1989 flick "Mystery Train" and a quick cameo as a street thug in Martin Scorsese's underrated 1983 comedy "The King Of Comedy" (Scorsese was a vocal Clash fan and dedicated "Taxi Driver" to their energy according to his recent testimonial in the "Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten" documentary by Julien Temple).
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Labels: Alex Cox, Bernardo Bertolluci, Jean-Luc Godard, Pierrot Le Fou, The Last Emperor, Walker
Madonna Uses Bowflex Muscles To Power Through Guy Ritchie's Belated 'Revolver' Release
Remember our prescient post back in May about Guy Ritchie's stalled career?
We asked where the filmmaker had disappeared to, we bemoaned the fact that his 2005 "Revolver," was never properly released in the U.S. (we have a copy and haven't even bothered yet), recapped how it was allegedly so terrible it couldn't even find a proper North American release and then just mere days later it was announced that Ritchie was coming out of hiding to direct "Rock N Rolla" - yet another caper heist film which stars Gerard Butler, Jeremy Piven and Ludacris. [ed. Let's not forget his bomb "Swept Away" too]
Anywho, as we briefly, briefly mentioned earlier this month, "Revolver" is finally getting a belated release, very quietly it seems, on December 7. To briefly recap, the film - which stars Jason Statham, Ray Liotta and Outkast's André Benjamin 3000 received scathing reviews and as we mentioned, couldn't find distribution, so it never came and went and that seemed to be the end of the story.
But apparently Ritchie's wife, the rather famous Madonna, used all those yoga muscles and flexed whatever power she could to get the thing finally released in the U.S., including throwing a star-studded U.S. party this weekend to drum up some attention. Apparently Ritchie has recut the film (which was originally criticised as being "too difficult to follow" -the film's big underlying theme is "Fight Club" like duel between the Ego and Id and sounds pretty confusing) and presumably changed the soundtrack (which instead of a rock n' roll-fueled soundtrack like he usually does, used an experimental fusion original score that fans didn't care for)? Who knows, but that might be a safe bet (a soundtrack disc was released in the U.K. only).
So yeah, 2 years after the fact, "Revolver" is finally being released. Call this a salvage project. If you're interested it comes out in limited release on December 7. Whether it expands further than that into not the New York and L.A.'s of the world likely depends on how well it does.
Update: We saw the original version on DVD this weekend. Honestly wasn't as bad as we thought it would be, but yes it was slightly confusing (although ambiguity is generally a good thing in our book). Now do we go pay to see it in theaters to see what the differences will be? Undecided, but we're curious. Also, we're sure they're not going to change the soundtrack, that was just speculation on our part. Or at least, we'd be really suprised if they did, it seemed to work in our minds.
"Revolver" trailer
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Labels: Andre 3000, Guy Ritchie, Madonna, Revolver, Rock N Rolla
Alvin And The Chipmunks - Christmas Don't Be Late
No matter how often we berate you for your shitty music taste, whenever we post some piece of crap soundtrack (this one, this one), you people (or you google users anyhow) seem to flock to them which makes us just want to throw up our hands in the air and quit (kidding, we love all 14 of you).
Anyhow, there's this "Alvin & The Chipmunks" animated movie nightmare and (was part of our These Holiday Season Films Make Us Want To Wretch preview) and it's got those Christmas time songs in it that you'll remember from when you were a kid. Just be thankful we didn't post the updated modern rock version. That's cringeworthy like you don't even wanna know.
Whatever, this is a shameless google bid, let's face it.
Download: Alvin & The Chipmunks - "The Chipmunks Song - Christmas Don't Be Late" (original version)
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Labels: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Jason Lee
Full Sundance Line-Up Thankfully Proves The 2008 Utah Festival Isn't Complete Gash
Thank god for second part of the Sundance Film Festival line-up announcement (films that are out of competition). We couldn't even get out of bed for the first announcement (films in competition) which was pretty mediocre and underwhelming. There are some notable films though. Someone buy us a hotel and a flight and we'll go cover this thing. You know our coverage would be the bestest.
Here's the Playlist breakdown of the films worth watching and or keeping an eye on.
Patti Smith: Dream Of Life: Everyone gets their day in the sun for an intimate portrait documentary, right? Well, so does Patti Smith. Expect lots of poetry reading and mentions/appearances by Allen Ginsberg.
Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: This documentary focuses on the good doctor's amphetamine soaked, wild turkey hey day of 1965-1975 with lots of never before seen footage, home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.
Be Kind Rewind: You've heard of this one. Michel Gondry's ode to VHS is about a video store that gets magnetized and the bumbling store clerks (Mos Def and Jack Black) have to fix it by re-creating and re-filming their own versions of the erased tapes so their senile boss (Mia Farrow) doesn't notice.
The Great Buck Howard: Colin Hanks hits rock bottom answering an ad to become a washed up illusionist's (John Malkovich) personal assistant. Emily Blunt and Tom Hanks also star. The film is probably more well known at this point for the participation of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, the adnoidal indie-rock band who wrote the score and also appear in the film.
Slingshot Hip-Hop: Palestinian rappers form alternative voices of resistance within the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. At least they're not in Iran.
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: Known as the film shot on location in Pittsburgh and provoking the ire of the city when star Sienna Miller infamously called the city "Shitsburg."
U2 3D: Sorta like Michael Jackson's "Captain Eo" only in 3D, which still wasn't multi-dimensional enough to contain Bono's ego.
Funny Games: Brutalizing Austrian mindfuck director Michael Haneke (go run and see "Caché," and "The Piano Teacher," but be forewarned they are brutal), already made this excruciating film about two psychotic boys who take a family hostage back in 1997. Somehow, Hollywood (dollars likely) convinced him to remake and cannibalize his own work only with American namebrand recognizable actors (Naomi Watts, Tim Roth). Let's face it though, Haneke's original wasn't one of his best.
CSNY Déjà vu: Aged David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills and Neil Young's "Freedom Of Speech" concert tour. 70% extra anti-war sentiment included. It's directed by Bernard Shakey, Young's filmmaking pseudonym of choice.
Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired: A documentary that examines the early 1970s scandal and private tragedy of venerable filmmaker Polanski who's wife Sharon Tate was murdered by the Manson family in 1969 and later fled the U.S. in 1978 after pleading guilty for having sex with an underage girl. He's remained in European exile ever since.
The Guitar: Former model Saffron Barrows has two months to live so she decides to follow her dreams. Presumably they include learning the guitar.
Sugar: Remember the stupendous sleeper indie hit of last year "Half Nelson"? This is the follow-up by filmmakers Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck. This time they chronicle the journey of a Dominican baseball star recruited from his native country to play in the U.S. minor leagues.
The Wackness: A teenage drug dealer trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist that stars Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Olivia Thirlby, Mary Kate Olsen and Method Man. Could be fun.
Henry Pooole Is Here: Notable cause it's from prominent video director Mark Pellington (videos For U2, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, NIN). Stars Luke Wilson and Radha Mitchell.
Choke: Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston star in an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's ("Fight Club") novel about a sex-addict who fakes choking to death in restaurants to feel loved. Music on the soundtrack includes cuts by Radiohead, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, Fiery Furnaces and a score by ex-Shudder To Think frontman Nathan Larson.
Anvil! The True Story of Anvil: If you don't know Canadian deities of metal Anvil, oh man, you will soon. Expect this to be fucking awesome. The documentary features presumably glowing interviews by Slayer, Metallica and Anthrax. The band re-team here to record their 13th album. Probably like "Some Kind of Monster," only 100x more pathetic/awesome.
Other films include, mustachioed do-gooder Morgan Spurlock's follow-up to 2004's "Super Size Me," ingeniously called "Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?," talk show asshole Bill Maher's directorial debut "Sleepwalking" with Charlize Theron, Alan Ball's - of "Six Feet Under," "American Beauty" fame - directorial debut "Towel Head: F.K.A Nothing Is Private," Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened?" with the rather large cast of Robert DeNiro, Bruce Willis, Sean Penn, and Catherine Keener, Nick Cannon in "American Son," Winona Ryder and Wes "save my career" Bentley in "The Last Word," Paul Schneider's "Pretty Bird" with Billy Crudup, Paul Giamatti and Kristen Wiig. Also, David Bowie appears in the Josh Harnett movie, "August," P. Diddy will star in the theatrical version of "A Raisin in the Sun" and LL Cool J will co-star with William H. Macy in "Deal."
We probably won't see you in Sundance, but whatever, have a good time with the Mormons.
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Labels: Be Kind Rewind, Sundance, The Great Buck Howard
'Control' Film Cleans Up At British Indie Awards Ceremony; Ian Curtis Still Not Mad For It
Remember the "Control" movie about Joy Division that basically came and went and had solid performances in a boring narrative, left you emotionally removed and overall was just meh?
Well, director Anton Corbijn's well-intentioned, but snoozy paean to Ian Curtis swept the British Independent Film Awards last night. The film nabbed five trophies, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Newcomer (Sam Riley who played Curtis) and Best Supporting Actor (Toby Kebbell; the only award here we can fully support, he was outstanding - see our Breakout Performances piece).
Julien Temple's warts and all celebration of his buddy "Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten" took the documentary award.
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Labels: Anton Corbijn, Control, New Order, SuperSister
The Wire Soundtrack - Five Years of Music - 2 Discs Due January 8
Ok, normally we don't follow TV soundtracks. If we did, it would have to be another blog in its entirety to remain faithful to all the material out there (we smell a Playlist franchise, anyone wanna contribute?), but we'll make an exception for David Simon's "The Wire," a cinematic HBO novella that's been some of the greatest shows on television for the last five years.
Sadly bowing out on top (only sad for us viewers), HBO and Nonesuch are putting out a collection of the featured music on "The Wire" over the last half decade. Titled The Wire: And All the Pieces Matter - Five Years of Music from the Wire, the soundtrack disc is due January 8, 2008 on Nonesuch and features tracks by Tom Waits, Paul Weller, Michael Franti and Solomon Burke.
Several version of Waits' "Way Down in the Hole" (from Frank's Wild Years) served as the show's opening theme over the years and all of them - by The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Neville Brothers, and DoMaJe, a group of Baltimore teenagers and Waits' original in the 2nd season - are represented on the disc (preview DoMaJe's take on the song, click here).
The disc also features "Oh My God" by Michael Franti, "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" by Paul Weller, "The Body of an American" by The Pogues, "I Feel Alright" by Steve Earle (who also has an acting role on the series), Solomon Burke's "Fast Train," and the show's closing theme, "The Fall," composed by The Wire music supervisor Blake Leyh.
Nonesuch will actually release two CDs— the aforementioned music from throughout the series, and the other with music exclusively from the show's hometown of Baltimore including independent tracks from the Baltimore hip-hop scene that have never appeared on a major label release, including Rod Lee's "Dance My Pain Away," Tyree Colion's "Projects," Diablo's "Jail Flick," Mullyman's "The Life, the Hood, the Streetz," and "What You Know About Baltimore?" by Ogun featuring Phathead.
Memorable dialogue from the series' five years will also be included on the disc (hopefully not over the music; soundtrack CD supervisors take note, this is godawful) The CD booklet will feature essays by David Simon, series writer George Pelecanos and estimable hip-hop journo Jeff Chang.
The fourth season will finally be available on December 4, 2007 (thank god, not a moment too soon) — a month before final fifth season premieres on HBO (Mark your calendars: Sunday, January 6th). No tracklist for the CD yet, but it should be out shortly. Heads take note: "The Wire" Season 5 teaser clips are now on YouTube. All of them are collected over at Big Reel. Here's a sampling below.
If you haven't started the crack addiction that is watching "The Wire" (which includes holing up for days, not bathing, turning your cell off and remaining unreachable from all friends until season is over), we suggest you stop being a ninny and hop the fuck to it already (oh yeah, someone please hook us up with Season 4, stat!).
"Play or Get Played" by Omar Little
"Let McNulty Be McNulty" by James McNulty
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Labels: David Simon, The Wire, Tom Waits
Persepolis Soundtrack Due January 15; Features 'Eye Of The Tiger' Cover
We can say enough good thing about "Persepolis,"the animated feature film adapted from the graphic novels of Marjane Satrapi (her four graphic novels, altogether have sold over one million copies throughout the world; together with Vincent Paronnaud, she also co-wrote and co-directed the film).
Don't listen to us though, the film won the 2007 Cannes Festival Jury Prize and is the official French entry for "Best Foreign Film" at the 2008 Academy Awards (jumping right over the animated category; this is a big deal).
As we've said in our review, the film - about a child (Satrapi) that lived through the 1979 Islamic Revolution and its aftermath - isn't exactly an easy sell on the outside, but it's a charming, heartfelt, funny and wonderful story and one of the best films we've seen all year.
The score was composed by Olivier Berne (of the band Shunatao which co-director Paronnaud plays in) vary from Iranian disco music and discreet piano ballads to orchestrations that are slightly far-Eastern or in the style of Serge Gainsbourg. The 24 track soundtrack disc is due January 15, 2008 on Caroline/EMI, Some of which can be heard on the "Persepolis" myspace page. The offbeat version of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger," sung by one of the film's voice talents Chiara Mastroianni (the daughter of Catherine Deneueve - who also lends her voice to the film - and Marcello Mastroianni, is one of the album's highlights and conveys the films charms.
The American version of this film (i.e. no subtitles and dubbing instead) will feature Iggy Pop and Sean Penn as the voices of the two male leads. But it remains unclear which version will be shown when it opens in New York and Los Angeles on December 25th (we're pretty sure the proper subtitled version, with the DVD and or heartland markets getting the dubbed version).
What's Shunatao sound like? "It's a bit hard [to describe], because we released seven albums, and from one album to the next, the music changed drastically. Let's say it's rock, with some blues, jazz, and electro," Berne said. When asked to do compose the score his bandmate gave him simple principles to go by. "Vincent's instructions were clear: no world music, nothing too overtly oriental. He told me: "Don't pretend you're Peter Gabriel, just do what you do best."
Do your brain and soul a favor and see "Persepolis" this holiday season. And fyi, the New York Times had a good introductory interview with Satrapi a few weeks ago that's worth reading.
Watch: "Persepolis" trailer
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Labels: Iggy Pop, Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, Sean Penn, Shunatao
The Savages - Depressing, Dark, Funny Film Not The Comedy It Purports To Be?
Ok first off. Go see Tamara Jenkins' new film "The Savages" starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney. It's excellent. However, be forewarned that it is a bit of false advertising.
We hesitate to even write this, as it is a worthwhile film we definitely feel like championing, but Fox Searchlight (who might win the myspace-y, viral youth marketing film award for 2007) have done a great job marketing this film to a slightly younger demographic and making it feel like it's much more fun and light than it actually is.
Let's face it, it's called making a smart, enticing trailer, but there is a bit of disconnect here. We're probably slightly responsible/been suckered exactly in the way we were meant to.
As we noted in a excited preview piece, the soundtrack supervisor is Randall Poster (which piqued our interest, he's done music supervision for countless movies, most recently "I'm Not There" and "The Darjeeling Limited"), the trailer - which is funny, facetious and sardonic on its own - features good tracks by Spoon and Rob Crow, and the poster for the film is straight out of an Optic Nerve or Daniel Clowes alternative comic.
For all intents and purposes this film is aimed at us and presumably those we believe are our readers (hello to all 12 of you).
However, this is not the film that's up on screen. Jenkins, as we've mentioned many times, directed the very excellent, "The Slums of Beverly Hills" in 1998 and hasn't made a feature film since for various reasons ( "It's the Terrence Malick schedule without the masterpieces," Jenkins joked to the Onion A/V Club, adding she worked on a few projects in the interim that didn't pan out), but this one has a much darker tone than her previous work too.
And with good reason, it's an original script based on her autobiographical personal experiences taking care of her dying father, but it did admittedly throw us at first (like the film, she similarly had two family members in nursing homes both suffering from dementia, but she insists that the rest of the tale is fictionalized; it's a jumping off point)
So to back up a bit: The Savages is about two sibling John and Wendy Savage (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney) whose father is suffering from dementia and they're forced to put their selfish, narcissistic existence on hold and take care of their dying father. If it sounds dark and depressing and a little bit more reality than some of us want to deal with that's cause it is, but that doesn't mean it isn't funny and enjoyable (there's some great dark and inappropriate comedy moments). But it's certainly not whimsical.
Now, we're not complaining. Frankly, we're ideologically opposed to what we call the "hipster film" ("Eternal Sunshine," I Heart Huckabees"), not because these films usually aren't good (our examples: the former yes, the latter, no), but specifically because people tend to generally like them for all the wrong, mostly superficial reasons (cool music, cool this, cool that; it's all another post unto itself). But caveat emptor (but this is where we're afraid people are going to get turned off that this isn't "cool" pain).
Ok, enough preamble now for the actual review. That aside and once we eased into what was being offered. But it's not an easy movie. Like "Margot At The Wedding," it deals with a lot of difficult and prickly emotions (watching your parents get old, suffer and then die isn't easy) and it's dealt with in a frank, raw and of course a humorous manner, but it's not a light comedy to be sure.
If anything, there's more emotion than say 'Margot' as there is no cold intellectualizing characters that sometimes make you feel one step removed.
"The Savages" isn't savaging emotionally nor comedically, but it is affecting, indelicately funny, melancholy, and sometimes painful. Trying to mirror real life, it doesn't leave you with one redemptive (or feel-good) emotion to let you off the hook in the end; there's no tiny bow. If anything it leaves you with a mix of confused and mixed emotions. Nothing is ever cut and dry and Jenkins does her best to keep the story and characters honest. And you can't help but admire the film for doing so. [B+] The Savages comes out in limited release tomorrow (November 30).
PS. there's not to much in terms of music, but we'd be remiss if we didn't mention the inclusion of The Kinks' "Sitting by The Riverside" (from The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society) and the Velvet Underground's "I'm Sticking With You" (from the VU boxset Peel Slowly And See) featured in the closing credits. There were a few other tracks, but they went by quick.
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Labels: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Obtuse Melodies Of 'Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street' Due December 18
Are you ready for some Stephen Sondheim dense melodies about a murderous barber that looks like the older, decrepit uncle of Edward Scissorhands?
Of course you are. As you surely know by know (and as we've reported) Johnny Depp is playing the singing, bloody barber in Tim Burton's adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's 1979 Tony Award–winning musical "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street."
The soundtrack is due December 18 and the macabre musical and typically goth film hit theaters December 21. As for those inelegant melodies, even Depp thinks they're hard to take, not to mention hard to sing. "It's really obtuse stuff. When you start to take those pieces apart, melody line by melody line, it's a lot of half-steps, which is not real easy to do," Depp told EW recently. "Kind of go G to A-flat to A to B-flat. It's super, ultra complicated, these notes that shouldn't work together at times. But he made them so."
Nothing like shoe-horning in melodies. Oh yeah, Depp skipped any formal training for this one too.
The cast, who sing all their parts, include aside from Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, and Sacha Baron Cohen among others. Eager nerdlinger fans of this soundtrack have already been taking parts of the audio and making their own videos on youtube (other examples below).
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street tracklist
01. Opening Title
02. No Place Like London
03. The Worst Pies in London
04. Poor Thing
05. My Friends
06. Green Finch & Linnett Bird
07. Alms Alms
08. Johanna
09. Pirelli's Miracle Elixir
10. The Contest
11. Wait
12. Ladies and Their Sensitivities
13. Pretty Women
14. Epiphany
15. A Little Priest
16. Johanna
17. God, That's Good!
18. By the Sea
19. Not While I'm Around
20.Final Scene
Watch/Listen: Epiphany by Johnny Depp
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Labels: Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd, Tim Burton
Behind The Scenes Of Michel Gondry's New Björk Video "Declare Independence"
Michel Gondry made his name and creative vision by directing videos for Icelandic pixie matron Björk, but he hasn't made a video for her in over a decade (the last one was "Bachelorette" in 1997). But they recently teamed up again as Gondry directed the video for her distortion-heavy fly-your-freak-flag track "Declare Independence" from the abstruse album Volta (their 7th video together). Spinner got their hands on the making of the video, so we thought we'd share.
What's next for Gondry? A bunch of projects apparently. He's making a documentary about his aunt that will include animation ("She's amazing... She's 80 years old. Most of the schools she taught in don't exist anymore but we went on location to them"), he's making an animated film with his son, and he's currently in Tokyo shooting, "Interior Design," - his segement for the cinematic tryptych vignettes film "Tôkyô!" Oh, and of course his next feature film, "Be Kind Rewind," comes out in January 2008.
Other Gondry Björk videos:
Watch: Björk - "Isobel"
Watch: Björk - "Hyperballad"
Watch: Björk - "Human Behavior"
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Labels: Be Kind Rewind, Björk, Michel Gondry, Volta
'There Will Be Blood': Preview Jonny Greenwood's Score; Tracklist Changes
Even more soundtrack previews today.
We've managed to get our hands on two tracks from Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood's score to Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood," which at this point of the year is pretty much at the top of everyone's most anticipated list.
Both tracks are on the haunting, disturbing side of this score with "Proven Lands" utilizing pounding timpani and spidery taut violins building to a tense crescendo (you can hear some of it in the most recent trailer). The titular track is more nervous swooshes of strings that cut in and cut out abruptly and move into agitated discordance. Every moment of the score we've heard here and in the trailer bodes for a feverishly unsettling experience (but in a good way).
Having been influenced by atonal composer Penderecki and having had PTA think of the score as a near-horror film, this one is sure to be nerve-wracking. "Sometimes Paul would describe it close to the horror genre," Greenwood told EW recently. "We talked about how 'The Shining' had lots of Penderecki in it.
Daniel Day-Lewis obviously looks quietly terrifying in this thing and PTA has high praise for him although he had some personal trepidation at first. "Daniel's attack on the role was quite intimidating at first," Anderson told the London Times recently. But it became clear to me that it wasn't anything outlandish or strange. He's still in there, to the point where we can communicate. The misconception would be that it makes it harder to work with him, as a director, but it's actually much, much easier. You always think, 'My God, it would be great if that person could leap off the page and be right there and I could talk to him' – and then you have it."
New Soundtrack Songs Added/Tracklist Changed
PS, two more tracks, "Future Markets" and "Open Spaces" can be previewed over at Nonesuch radio. Also, it seems like the tracklist has changed slightly. The track "Smear" has either been dropped from the soundtrack. In it's place is "Stranded the Line," plus an 11th track, "Prospectors Quartet" has been added. Sucks for fans that wanted to hear more of the "Popcorn Superhet Receiver" score (from which "Smear" came from), and Greenwood fans in general as the track was almost 10:0o minutes long and the new one is only 2:20 (maybe this means 'Popcorn' might come out as an album on its own?).
Those dying for all details take note: Tracks 3 and 4 performed by Martin Burgess, violin; Caroline Dale, cello; and Michael Dussek, piano. Tracks 7 and 9-11 performed by the Emperor Quartet: Martin Burgess, violin; Clare Hayes, violin; Fiona Bonds, viola; William Schofield, cello. All other tracks performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Robert Ziegler.
We updated the tracklist where we originally published it if you'd like to look (originally there were only 10 tracks, see the out of date Amazon listing).
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Labels: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jonny Greenwood, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Walk Hard: Sneak Peek Song Preview; Plus New For Your Consideration Poster
Another day, another "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" For Your Consideration Oscar poster.
Like the previous "hey Oscars!" posters they released, this one is equally self-deprecating and self-aware about the film's chances at Oscar glory. "Our movie is the dumbest movie to ever beg for an Oscar." 'Walk Hard' writer/producer Judd Apatow told USA Today knowingly in September
Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) is shown in his skives battling the cops in his later 'Lost Weekend' period, which includes drugs, booze, threesomes, monkeys and forgetting the names of his children.
Can't wait to see this. Our screening this week got cancelled, but next week will be our glory day.
In the meantime, we've gotten our hands on the 'Walk Hard' Original Music Soundtrack. Below we've posted two tracks from the film that are both sung by and produced by Michael Andrews (who produced the whole album). The first track is "Take My Hand," a fluffy, wholesome '50s Buddy Holly-esque number featured in the trailer and the second is Cox's schmaltzy disco-lite take on David Bowie's "Starman."
The disc comes out December 4, but don't forget an expanded version with with 15 additional tracks will be available on ITunes, but the release date of those tracks is still unknown at the moment. The video for "Walk Hard" surfaced online about two weeks ago.
Watch: Dewey Cox - "Let's Duet"
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'Into The Wild' Nabs Top Prize At Last Night's Gotham Awards
Those of you who thought Sean Penn's "Into The Wild" has been overlooked will be happy to hear that the film won Best Feature award at last night's IFP 17th annual Gotham Awards.
The film, whose budget was too big too be considered for the recent Independent Spirit Award nominations beat out "I'm Not There," "Margot At The Wedding" and "The Namesake."
The grossly overlooked music-industry satirical indie, "Great World of Sound" by Craig Zobel is having a great late-fall awards season. Not only did it win Breakthrough Director for filmmaker Zobel (it was also nominated for Best Feature) it also was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards (including Best First Feature). As you'll remember the score to this one was composed by Ola Podrida founder/David Gordon Green collaborator David Wingo (you can hear some of it's twinkling ambient goodness here).
Michael Moore's almost long-forgotten (what a shame) health-care screed "Sicko" won Best Director and "Juno"'s Ellen Page beat out Emile Hirsch ("Into The Wild"s lead) for the coveted Best Breakthrough Actor award.
Tribute's were made to Javier Bardem ("No Country For Old Men") and film critic Rogert Ebert who is battaling cancer and apparently provided the night's most moving moment. "When we didn't know if Roger was going to be here the next day, we got a bunch of movies, independent movies but also studio movies, I'm not going to lie," Ebert's wife Chaz said speaking for the ailing moviegoer. "I know how much this man loves movies, he's still like a kid when he goes into a movie theater."
17th Annual Gotham Award Winners
Best Feature
"Into The Wild" - Directed by Sean Penn
Best Documentary
"Sicko" - Directed by Michael Moore
Best Ensemble Cast (tie):
"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" and "Talk To Me"
Breakthrough Director
Craig Zobel for "Great World of Sound"
Breakthrough Actor
Ellen Page in "Juno"
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You
"Frownland" — Director: Ronald Bronstein
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Seth Rogen Apparently Wants Some Huey Lewis Magic For 'Pineapple Express'
So Seth Rogen is apparently courting Huey Lewis (of the News) to coax him into writing a new "Power of Love"-like power anthem for his upcoming 2008 summer film "Pineapple Express."
To recap: "Pineapple Express" is a stoner comedy from the Judd Apatow family players that's been directed by normally more lyrical and atmospheric filmmaker David Gordon Green. "Express' also features Rogen's "Freak & Geeks" co-star James Franco, plus Rosie Perez and Danny R. McBride ("Bust Ass" from Green's "All The Real Girls").
Huey Lewis of course wrote "The Power of Love" monster jam for "Back To The Future" and Rogen evidently wants some of that '80s sax-fueled sex panther hotness. According to the EW blog, Rogen wants Lewis to pen the theme song for the film. Apparently the two were spotted having lunch last week in Los Angeles and people either got wind of what the meeting was about or folks are just doing 2+2 must equal 5 math. We'll see.
Probably not a bad idea either way. Lewis is due for a comeback we're sure.
Friends who have worked around the film have told us that 'Pineapple' has tested extremely well and is expected to be a big hit next summer. A teaser of the film is expected in the Decemeber release of the "Superbad" DVD. Apparently the guy who scored "Tomb Raider" is doing the music for this one.
Watch: Huey Lewis & The News - "The Power Of Love"
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Sarah Michelle Gellar's "Teen Horniness Is Not A Crime" Hits The Interweb
Teen horniness is not a crime! It's a parody of Britney Spears and other half-dressed pop tarts, get it?! Get it? It's so ironic.
Here's the thing about Richard Kelly director of "Donnie Darko" and the newly released misfire "Southland Tales." He think's he is funny (he is not). He thinks his movie is a comedy and hilarious (you laugh occasionally at the absurdity, but mostly you laugh at it).
Subtley is apparently not his forte. Anyhow, in the film Sarah Michelle Gellar plays a porn-star/pop singer (get it? get it?) and she writes the meant to be serious song, "Teen Horniness Is Not A Crime" and we're supposed to find it deliciously funny! The track is available on the recently release "Southland Tales" soundtrack which also features existing songs by the Pixies, Jane's Addicition, Moby and others (apparently Kelly is trapped in a '90s bubble).
Ugh, whatever. Here's the track. Some of you will squeal with delight at the so-bad-it's-good irony. Braid your hair to it or something.
Download: Sarah Michelle Gellar - "Teen Horniness Is Not A Crime"
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'PS I Love You' Soundtrack Features James Blunt, Nellie Mckay, Paolo Nutini and... The Stills?
What are we doing posting about this cornball film and soundtrack? Didn't we say "PS I Love You" looks like it "insults the intelligence of women even dying to revel in a shameless romantic comedy" in our 10 9 Films of the Fall/Xmas 2007 Season We Could Give A Rat's Ass About holiday season film preview?
Yes, in fact we did, but the last time we posted about a wretched-looking feel-good movie and soundtrack, every soccer mom that apparently reads our blog and is totally homo for a not-very-straight actor visited our site and traffic went through the roof (that's six extra hits, woo!).
Due December 4, the soundtrack to this sappy, widow-gets-love-letters from the dead masterpiece features songs by The Pogues, James Blunt, Nellie Mckay (she has a small role in the film), The Academy Is... and Montreal indie-rockers the Stills who are the "one of these things doesn't belong" dark horse of this thing...sorta. Their "In The Beginning" track is from their push-reset/recalibrated 2006 record Without Feathers whose granola-y sound isn't entirely out of place on this collection of tear-jerkers.
"PS I Love You" storms into the hearts of women around the nation on December 21. You can't pay us to ever see it. Ever. Oh yeah, Irish singersongwriter Laura Izibor and L.A. band Hope wrote their songs exclusively for the film. Congratulations. We have an extra copy. Email us if you want it, It's long gone, please stop emailing us.
"PS I Love You" tracklist
01. Love You 'Till The End - The Pogues
02. Same Mistake - James Blunt
03. More Time - Needtobreathe
04. Carousel - Laura Izibor
05. Fortress - Hope
06. Last Train Home - Ryan Star
07. Rewind - Paolo Nutini
08. My Sweet Song - Toby Lightman
09. No Other Love - Chuck Prophet
10. Everything We Had - The Academy Is...
11. In The Beginning - The Stills
12. If I Ever Leave This World Alive - Flogging Molly
13. P.S. I Love You - Nellie McKay
14. Kisses And Cake - John Powell
Download: The Stills - "In The Beginning"
"PS I Love You" trailer
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'I'm Not There' Leads Independent Spirit Awards Nominees; 'Juno,' 'Diving Bell,' The Savages' Not Far Behind
As you might have expected (we sure did) Todd Haynes' Dylan paean, "I'm Not There" is leading the pack of this year's Independent Spirit Awards with five nominations (Haynes' Douglas Sirk homage "Far From Heaven" cleaned up at the ISA awards in 2002 with five wins including best picture and director).
The film nabbed five nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett), Best Supporting Actor (Marcus Carl Franklin) and the inaugural Robert Altman Award, which honors the ensemble cast.
Julian Schnabel's "The Diving Bell & The Butterfly" and Jason Reitman's "Juno" were not far behind scoring four nominations each including nods for Best Director and Best Picture.
The upcoming Tamara Jenkins film "The Savages" also earned four nominations including a Best Director for "Slums Of Beverly Hills" filmmaker that hasn't made a feature in almost nine years. Gus Van Sant's "Paranoid Park" also fared well with two nominations in the Best Director and Best Picture category. Rounding out the Best Picture category was Michael Winterbottom's "A Mighty Heart" with Angelina Jolie.
You can compare and contrast with our how we felt award season was/is shaping up to be with our initial Oscar Temperature piece (which also applies much more here, since we're so indie-film minded) and our Breakout Performances of the Year piece. Apparently over 250 films were submitted for ISA consideration. We're personally really, really happy that Zoe Cassavetes earned nominations for her "Broken English"* script and the film's very-excellent lead Parker Posey. That film came out pre-Playlist existence (we started in May) and we loved it and highly recommend [*ed. wrong, it came out in June, you were asleep at the wheel then].
Take the Spirit awards seriously. They're a decent indication of what indie cream crop rises to the Oscar and secondly they're just better quality films. The award committee don't feel obligated to nominate shit like "Charlie Wilson's War" or mainstream garbage that's surely going to get nominated (or not, we'll see, but we're skeptical). The ISA's are basically our Oscars and almost all of these films are ones you can get behind.
The ISAs air Saturday February 24 at 5p.m. ET on IFC.
The 2008 Spirit nominees...
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" - Director: Todd Haynes
"I'm Not There" - Director: Todd Haynes
"Juno" - Director: Jason Reitman
"A Mighty Heart" - Director: Michael Winterbottom
"Paranoid Park" - Director: Gus Van Sant
"2 Days in Paris" - Director: Julie Delpy;
"Great World of Sound" - Director: Craig Zobel
"The Lookout" - Director: Scott Frank
"Rocket Science" - Director: Jeffrey Blitz
"Vanaja" - Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli
Todd Haynes - "I'm Not There"
Tamara Jenkins - "The Savages"
Jason Reitman - "Juno"
Julian Schnabel - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Gus Van Sant - "Paranoid Park"
Pedro Castaneda - "August Evening"
Don Cheadle - "Talk To Me"
Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Savages"
Frank Langella - "Starting Out in the Evening"
Tony Leung - "Lust, Caution"
Angelina Jolie - "A Mighty Heart"
Sienna Miller - "Interview"
Ellen Page - "Juno"
Parker Posey - "Broken English"
Tang Wei - "Lust, Caution"
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "Talk To Me"
Marcus Carl Franklin - "I'm Not There"
Kene Holliday - "Great World of Sound"
Irrfan Khan - "The Namesake"
Steve Zahn - "Rescue Dawn"
More than one option
Cate Blanchett - "I'm Not There"
Anna Kendrick - "Rocket Science"
Jennifer Jason Leigh - "Margot at the Wedding"
Tamara Podemski - "Four Sheets to the Wind"
Marisa Tomei - "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
Ronald Harwood - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Tamara Jenkins - "The Savages"
Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner - "Starting Out in the Evening"
Adrienne Shelly - "Waitress"
Mike White - "Year of the Dog"
Jeffrey Blitz - "Rocket Science"
Zoe Cassavetes - "Broken English"
Diablo Cody - "Juno"
Kelly Masterson - "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
John Orloff - "A Mighty Heart"
Mott Hupfel - "The Savages"
Janusz Kaminski - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Milton Kam - "Vanaja"
Mihai Malaimare, Jr. - "Youth Without Youth"
Rodrigo Prieto - "Lust, Caution"
"Crazy Love" - Director: Dan Klores
"Lake of Fire" - Director: Tony Kaye
"Manufactured Landscapes" - Director: Jennifer Baichwal
"The Monastery" - Director: Pernille Rose Grønkjær
"The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair" - Directors: Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker
"I'm Not There - Director: Todd Haynes
Laura Dunn for "The Unforeseen"
Gary Hustwit for "Helvetica"
John Maringouin for "Running Stumbled"
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Asgaard Bed and Breakfast - Djursland - Eastjutland
Asgaard was originally a small farm, but is now renovated. The location at Ugelbølle is the portal to Djursland, and there as a great view at Kaløvig.
We have 4 rooms (3 double rooms and 1 single room) as well as an apartment with space for 4 people, complete with its own bath and kitchen. The other 4 rooms share a kitchen and a living room, and each two rooms share a bathroom. All rooms have satellite television.Outside there's a playground for the children, with a fireplace, Petanque lane and a beautiful yard with Grill/Barbeque and the possibility to play Dart and other outdoor games.Our nearest neighbor is Kaløvig GOLF, right in our "backyard".Approximate distancesBeach 3 km. - Århus 20 km. - Ebeltoft 25 km. (The Fregatten Jylland - Ebeltoft Zoo) - Grenå 40 km. (Kattegatcentret with fish and sharks) - Djurs Sommerland 15 km. - Randers 30 km. (Randers Rainforest with animals and plants) – this is just a few of the attractions you can experience at Djursland, besides the beautiful nature.
Grocery shopping opportunitiesRønde 4 km. – Local mart 2 km.Bus connectionsThere is a bus stop 200 meters from Asgaard, with 4 departues at Århus each hour (Nightly trips during the Århus Festugen in September and in December). The bus connects with busses destined for Ebeltoft, Grenå, Randers and Djurs Sommerland (Amusement park).

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Noteworthy restaurants serving California endives as ongoing menu items.
Thomas Keller has long been a big fan of our endive, which often appear on his menus at The French Laundry and Per Se. At his Bouchon Bistros in Yountville, Beverly Hills and Las Vegas, this endive salad is always featured.
Salade de Cresson et d'Endives au Roquefort et Noix
Watercress & endive salad with Roquefort, toasted walnuts & walnut vinaigrette
A mainstay at the close to 150 Cheesecake Factory restaurants, this Pear and Endive Salad is one of three Weight Management Salads always available.
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Grilled Chicken, Endive, Radicchio, Arugula, Butter Lettuce, Roasted Pear, Blue Cheese, Candied Pecans and Tomato Served with a Low-Cal Vinaigrette.
Celebrity chef and restauranteur Wolfgang Puck features California Endives on the menu at many of his fine dining restaurants.
Endive And Spring Vegetable Salad
Marinated Baby Artichokes, Fava Beans, Asparagus, Snap Peas, Shaved Fennel, Feta Cheese, Black Olive Oil and Toasted Pine Nuts
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According to experts, people who maintain a poker face at work tend to show greater level of burnout and lose confidence. Dr Rachna Singh, lifestyle management expert says, "Most of our communication happens within ourselves. This internalisation of the thought process makes a person negative. Burnout cases have become very common today. Most of these people reflect emotional signs like sadness, fear and depression."


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My all-time favorite artist besides Kiss has always been Ronnie James Dio. It's very enormous sadness I have received the news that he has passed away. I had the honour of meeting him a couple of times and he was the nicest person you could imagine. Kiss has published this official comment:
We mourn the tragic passing of the great Ronnie James Dio. In addition to his powerhouse vocal ability, Ronnie was a true gentleman who always emanated great warmth and friendship to us and everyone around him. We will miss him.
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The world has lost the greatest vocalist ever.
- May 17, 2010 at 12:29 AM
Sad news indeed.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Vegan restaurant coming to former Bear Rock Location
ARLnow article link: arlnow.com/2011/02/09/is-a-vegan-restaurant-coming-to-shirlington
Link to the license application: abc.virginia.gov/licenseeSearch
Link to Native Foods Cafe: www.nativefoods.com
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This is exciting! When I drove past the site yesterday I noticed that there was activity going on inside the building.
- February 16, 2011 at 9:29:00 AM EST
Wow! This is so cool.
- February 16, 2011 at 11:42:00 AM EST
- Googla Monster said...
It will be nice to have that spot active again. There will certainly be a lot of choices for vegans in Shirlington Village. Busboys & Poets has a number of vegan options on their menu also.
- February 16, 2011 at 7:07:00 PM EST
interesting.......I'm not a vegetarian but I'll give them a shot...
Any word on what's going in the old Books-a-Million location? PLEASE not another Hair/Nail Salon!!! - March 4, 2011 at 9:04:00 PM EST
- Googla Monster said...
Now the word on the street is that the vegan restaurant is not coming to Shirlington. Regarding the old Books-A-Million spot, word on the street is that there will be some sort day spa. I haven't heard if there will be hair-nail services. You have to remember that whatever businesses go in, they have to be able to make money.
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October 14, 2013
A Fossilized Blood-Engorged Mosquito Is Found For the First Time Ever
In the 20 years since the movie Jurassic Park fantasized about how dinosaurs could be cloned from blood found in ancient amber-trapped mosquitoes, fossil collectors have been on the hunt for a similar specimen. Over the years, a few different groups of scientists have claimed to find a fossilized mosquito with ancient blood trapped in its abdomen, but each of these teams' discoveries, in turn, turned out to be the result of error or contamination.
Today, it was announced that we finally have such a specimen, a blood-engorged mosquito that's been preserved in shale rock for around 46 million years in northwestern Montana. The most astounding thing about the discovery? It was made three decades ago by an amateur fossil hunter—a geology graduate student named Kurt Constenius—then left to sit in a basement, and only recognized recently by a retired biochemist named Dale Greenwalt who's been working to collect fossils in the Western U.S. for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
The specimen, described in a paper Greenwalt published with museum researchers and entomologist Ralph Harbach today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is trapped in stone, not amber, and (unfortunately for Jurassic Park enthusiasts) it's not old enough to be filled with dinosaur blood. But it is the first time we've found a fossilized mosquito with blood in its belly.
The rock-encased specimen was originally excavated sometime during the early 80s, when Constenius, then pursuing a master's degree in geology from the University of Arizona, found hundreds of fossilized insects during weekend fossil-hunting trips with his parents at the Kishenehn Formation in northwestern Montana, near Glacier National Park. In the years since, they'd simply left the fossils sitting in boxes in their basement in Whitefish, Montana and largely forgotten about them.
Enter Greenwalt, who began volunteering at the museum in 2006, cataloging specimens for the paleobiology department. In 2008, he embarked on his own project of collecting fossils from the Kishenehn every summer, in part because he'd read in an insect evolution textbook an offhand mention of Constenius' discoveries, which had never been rigorously described in the scientific literature.
In the years since, Greenwalt has collected thousands of specimens from 14 different orders of insects. The collection site is remote—he has to raft the Flathead River that runs along the border of the park to a place where the river has cut down through layers of rock of the Kishenehn Formation, which includes shale that formed the bottom of a lake during the Eocene epoch, some 46 million years ago.
"It is a fantastic fossil insect site, arguably one of the best in the world," he says, noting that a rare combination of circumstances—thin layers of fine-grained sediment and a lack of oxygen—led to a "mind-boggling degree of preservation." Working there, he's made a number of significant finds, collecting specimens that led to the description of two new insect species (pdf).
After Greenwalt met the Constenius family in Whitefish and described his work, they decided to donate their fossil collection to the museum. When he began cataloging the boxes the fossils and came across this particular specimen, "I immediately noticed it—it was obvious that it was different," he says. He suspected that the mosquito's darkly opaque abdomen, trapped in a thin piece of shale, might contain 46-million-year old blood.
Staff from the museum's mineral sciences lab used a number of techniques to scan the specimen up close, including energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. "The first thing we found is that the abdomen is just chock full of iron, which is what you'd expect from blood," Greenwalt says. Additionally, analysis using a secondary ion mass spectrometer revealed the presence of heme, the compound that give red blood cells their distinctive color and allows them to carry oxygen throughout the body. Other tests that showed an absence of these compounds elsewhere in the fossil.
The findings serve as definitive evidence that blood was preserved inside the insect. But at this point, scientists have no way of knowing what creature's fossilized blood fills the mosquito's abdomen. That's because DNA degrades way too quickly to possibly survive 46 million years of being trapped in stone (or in amber, for that matter). Recent research had found it has a half-life of roughly 521 years, even under ideal conditions.
This means that even if we miraculously had some DNA of the ancient creature, there are currently a ton of technical problems that prevent the cloning similar to that in Jurassic Park from becoming a reality. Assembling a full genome from DNA fragments requires us to have an understanding of what the whole genome looks like (which we don't have in this case), and turning that into a living, breathing animal would necessitate putting that DNA into an ovum of a living species very closely related to the mystery creature that we don't know in the first place.
So, alas, no resurrected ancient creatures will roam free thanks to this new find. Still, the find is scientifically significant, helping scientists better understand the evolution of blood-feeding insects. Previously, the closest thing to a blood-engorged mosquito that scientists had found was a mosquito with remnants of the malaria parasite inside its abdomen (pdf). Though that provides indirect evidence that mosquitoes fed on blood 15-20 million years ago, this new discovery represents the oldest direct evidence of blood-sucking behavior. It also shows for the first time that biological molecules such as heme can survive as part of the fossil record.
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When will this Farce known as Evolution ever end? The earth is simply NOT Billions of years old. No fossil could be a billion years old or even a Hundred Thousand years old and still contain blood or soft tissue as these recent dinosaurs have had. Our belief systems simply do not ADD up! Period.
Glenn, the best evidence shows that the Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. If you have evidence that shows the Earth is only a few thousand years old, please present it for peer review and go collect your Nobel prize. Also, this article never states that blood or soft tissue was found.
Glenn, I apologize but I disagree (both with your opinions and your numbers).
The Earth is approximately 4.2 billion years old. If your opinion disagrees with science, then I apologize. If you want a simple point of view, look upwards: Light travels at ~3.0*10^8 m/s. Looking at solar systems far out from ours (you can tell they are a good distance away by the way they move in relation to other object, as well as frequency of the star's light vs how much of the lux we get). Knowing these stars are quite a distance away (One of the oldest found by the Hubble is UDFj-39546284, around 13.2 billion years old), there is no reason that scientific dating putting the Earth at less than half of that is wrong without other evidence.
Cool, there's an overly simplified way to show the Earth is young in relation to other known variables. Lets cover the tissue. Typically, soft tissue does not last all that long. Neither does hard tissue. Fossils are not bones anymore, as the calcium has leached out and been replaced with other minerals. The rare cases where soft tissue still exists is normally when trapped in ice (mammoths), or in this extremely rare case, where it was trapped in resin (not sap). This is comparable to putting bugs in modern acrylic for jewelry; there is so little water moisture, it's basically impossible for bacteria or fungi to break down the materials inside.
So once again, I apologize for disagreeing with your point of view, but these conclusions haven't been questioned by the scientific community in years, and won't be unless contrary evidence is found.
'When will this Farce known as Evolution ever end'
That's just the point, it doesn't end, it's a continuous process.
i hear Jurassic Park main theme music
Just fill in the blanks with frog DNA. What could possibly go wrong?
Glenn Ralph, the ultimate troll.
wow really Glenn..??
when will the farce that a god created the earth end… THAT is the REAL question. its been proven and proven again and again that the earth is over a billion years old. PLEASE stop reading your bible and get a REAL education. -
Hey everyone, Glen is just kidding, nobody is actually that uninformed!
So…the half life of DNA is 521 years, but the half life of soft tissue is at several million years based on the soft tissue and blood found in fossilised dinosaur bones and his mosquito?
And, if you'll buy that then I have some ocean front property on Mount Everest I would like to sell you.
Please tell me what scientifically verified method of preservation explains soft tissue surviving close to 90 million years? And don't give me hypotheticals, I want to know what verified and tested method explains it. Anyone, anyone?
Forget about any arguments on the age of the earth or stars, I'm questioning the age of some of the se fossils containing preserved soft tissue. There is evidence presented that is contrary to the assumed ages. From a scientific standpoint this requires investigation and a rethink of the assumptions that all dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago or that all fossils are very ancient. If his is not even considered then there is clear confirmation bias occurring in paleontology.
Did collecting this specimen fall foul of the Antiquities Act? As far as I can tell, it appears not, but it seems anything collected these days does.
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A red traffic light means stop, green means go and yellow means you must stop if you can safely do so.
Arrows indicate whether traffic turning right or left is allowed to go (depending on which direction the arrow is pointed). For example, if the traffic lights are green, but an arrow pointing right is red, then traffic turning right is not allowed to go, but traffic going straight ahead is.
In cases where there are no left, or right arrows, a red light will mean 'stop' for everyone, and a green light will mean 'go' for everyone.
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Minty-Watermelon Cucumber Salad Recipe
- 8 cups cubed seedless watermelon
- 2 medium English cucumbers, halved lengthwise and sliced
- 6 green onions, chopped
- 1/4 cup minced fresh mint
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- In a large bowl, combine the watermelon, cucumbers, onions and mint. In a small bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Pour over watermelon mixture; toss to coat. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate for up to 2 hours. Yield: 16 servings (3/4 cup each).
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Interesting way to use summer fruits and vegetables. Didnt use the mint and did cut the recipe in half as there are only two of us.
I used balsamic vinaigrette instead of the vinegar/oil/salt/pepper. Delicious! Will definitely make again! Coworker made it this way also, and her family loved it too!!
This is like, one of the best fruit salads ... ever! Thank you for submitting this one!
Have made this salad twice, but our taste buds didn't find it appealing either time. Sorry!
OMG this is quite a taste sensation! I read thru this recipe and tho't it a very strange combination, but after reading the reviews I decided to give it a try. It was amazingly good! DH declared it a keeper too. I did use white Balsamic, and maybe went a little light on the onions, but followed the recipe, and like everyone said, did not put the dressing on until right before we sat down to dinner. YUM! I'm sharing this one with my daughters.
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Americans, Lend Me Your EyesBy Joel J. Sprayregen
Shakespeare's Mark Antony beseeched his countrymen to "lend me your ears." Is it time to ask Americans to lend their eyes to see how President Obama's foreign policies have endangered our country? A November Gallup poll indicates that 67% of Americans disapprove of Obama's economic policies, while only 44% disapprove of his foreign policies (with 49% approving of the latter). Failure of Obama's economic policies is tangibly experienced by Americans. Failure of his foreign policies -- even in an era of 24-hour media and internet scrutiny -- is not yet directly felt. A cursory review shows that Obama is gravely endangering our national security: 1. Failure to Support Iranian Democracy Protesters: Obama's most egregious foreign policy misstep likely was his refusal to offer encouragement to the "Green Movement" protesting Iran's flagrantly rigged elections in March 2009. Obama stood by, almost mute, while the thuggish Revolutionary Guards and Basij militia killed and tortured peaceful demonstrators. At that early stage of his presidency, Obama was committed to the foolish notion that he could "engage" the Iranians to cease developing nuclear weapons. He then offered apologetics.... (Read Full Article)
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LOL, are you that naive? It's the exact same spell, one does shadow damage and the other does fire.
The level 80 incarnations of the spells look like this...
Living Bomb: The target becomes a Living Bomb, taking 1380 Fire damage over 12 sec. After 12 sec or when the spell is dispelled, the target explodes dealing 690 Fire damage to all enemies within 10 yards. This spell can only affect one target at a time.
Seed of Corruption: Imbeds a demon seed in the enemy target, causing 1518 Shadow damage over 18 sec. When the target takes 1518 total damage or dies, the seed will inflict 1633 to 1897 Shadow damage to all other enemies within 15 yards of the target. Only one Corruption spell per Warlock can be active on any one target.
They seem pretty similar to me, though I am sure they look like completely different spells with completely different mechanics to some people. I ask why because it's bad enough that locks and mages look alike in their gear unless it's tier (not that t9 won't nip that little problem in the bud, and we all be looking alike), but now the spells are starting to run together.
Trust me it has little to do with lock love. I shelved my former main lock after the great aoe patch of 2008 and have not leveled him with any real passion because they have ruined them IMO. My mage is now level 73 after being 45 when Wrath launched and I enjoy playing him much more now.


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"It's tough to get close to birds here in the UK -- without that ability, being creative can be more challenging. But in Hokkaido Japan, normally shy species, such as Pintail, are very tame which opens up all sorts of creative possibilities. I am always looking to shoot familiar subjects in new ways. For this image I set up a boom pole with my camera and 20mm lens attached over a hole in the ice where ducks were congregating then waited while they got used to the camera above them. Once relaxed, I was able to lower the camera and fire the shutter using a remote."
Shot using a Nikon D3 with 20mm lens at ISO 640, f/8 at 1/500 sec using a boom pole and fired using a Pocket Wizard.


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The Anglo - Boer war centenary
In 1999 the Company made the decision to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the last of Queen Victoria's colonial wars against the Boer republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. Breaking new ground once again both a composite British infantry unit based on the 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment and an opposing Boer Commando were researched.
This meant yet again a complete re equipment into khaki drill, Slade Wallace and Long Lee Enfield rifles and for the Boers a chance to source items for their highly individual style! This unique project attracted a number of other groups joining us – wholehearted support from Alan Larsen's the Troop who provided both British mounted infantry and a rag tag B mounted Boer Commando and members of the Great War Society and other re-enactment groups who donned either the khaki drill of the regulars or faced us over the sights of a Mauser as Boers. A number of high profile events over the 4 years of the Centenary saw us battle against each other at Audley End, Kirby Hall and Detling, Kent. The commemorations also added to the Company's long list of overseas ventures with three members of the Company travelling back to our old friends in Dundee, South Africa to drill and train around 90 re-enactors as British infantry for the 100th anniversary of the battle of Talana – giving us the opportunity for some of the group stand next to the Middlesex memorial at Spion Kop after scaling the mountain in full kit.
Some Boer war photographs (click on image to enlarge)
2nd Batt. Middlesex
Late war infantry
Captured Brits enjoying the hospitality of the enemy
A section defending a signal post
A section outside their new home - the block house
"As keen as mustard"
"Sir, we have got a prisoner" he said proudly
Group of british infantry resting on the veldt
Timeout from the rigours of battle
Officer giving instructions to mounted infantry
'Bitter enders'
Taking cover behind a wagon
Infantry section guarding a wagon
Mounted infratry on the lookout for Boers
Mounted Boer's awaiting the enemy
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How do we make a Service Dog?
Dedicated volunteers called "Puppy Raisers" raise and train potential service dogs in their own homes for the first 12 to 18 months of the dog's life. At 18 months of age, dogs are returned to SDV for Advanced Training. During this time, the dogs are assessed to be matched with the appropriate person on the waiting list. We use operant conditioning as our training system. This is a positive training approach that teaches dogs to think and enjoy their work. Team Training occurs when the dogs are ready to be placed with their person, and clients come to the training center for a two-week intensive training period where they learn how to work with their dog. Our autism service dog training continues in the family's home for additional preparation to work with the child.
How does someone get a Service Dog?
Contact us via mail, phone, or email. Submit a completed online application and a $25 application fee.
How much does a Service Dogs cost?
It costs Service Dogs of Virginia approximately $20,000 per year to purchase, raise, train, and place a service dog. This figure does not include providing follow up over the 8-10 year working life of a service dog. There is a $25 application fee and a $500 fee for supplies at the time of placement. SDV relies entirely on funding from individuals, local service clubs, corporate sponsors, foundation grants, and fundraising events. We do not charge our clients beyond the application and placement fee, but we do ask them to help us achieve our fundraising goals.
What's the difference between a Guide Dog, Therapy Dog, and Service Dog?
Guide Dogs assist people who are blind or visually impaired. Therapy dogs are usually the personal pet of their owner and visit individuals in places such as hospitals or nursing homes. A Service Dog is the permanent companion of a person with a disability that enables them to live with greater independence.
What types of Service Dogs does SDV train?
Physical Assistance Dogs – Our clients are people who require the use of a wheelchair full or part time, or who have a disability that involves balance or motor coordination. Clients must be cognitively able to manage a dog and benefit from the type of assistance a dog can provide. They must also demonstrate an ability to meet the needs of the dog. Children must be at least 10 years old and have adequate adult support whether from parents or an aide or both.
Autism Dogs – Autism Service Dogs are matched with a child between the ages of two and ten and their primary purpose is to improve a child's safety. We work with parents and educators to incorporate the dog into the child's overall educational plan and believe that the greatest success comes from the fullest use of the dog's skill and training. Autism Service Dogs can be used to help improve a child's communication skills, form social bonds, ease difficult transitions, and more.
Diabetic Alert Dogs — Beginning with a pilot program in 2009, with two dogs, Service Dogs of Virginia is training dogs to detect and "alert" to low blood sugar for clients with Type 1 Diabetes. By alerting when blood sugar is dropping, dogs can prevent an extreme low from happening and permit a person to manage their blood sugar in a timely manner. Future candidates for a diabetic alert dog will need to demonstrate good current management practices and verify that existing systems need to be supplemented. They also must meet our regular criteria for receiving a service dog.
I already have a dog and really like my dog. Can you train my dog to become my Service Dog?
No, we find it more successful to work with dogs already in our training program. These dogs have already passed our temperament requirements and our stringent health requirements, and we are able to match each particular dog's strengths to best fit our clients' needs.
I think it would be cool to be able to take my dog out in public. How do I do this?
Remember that no dog has access rights — only people have access rights. In most countries and states only 3 groups of people are legally allowed to take trained dogs out in public:
* people with disabilities partnered with assistance dogs
* professional trainers of assistance dogs for people with disabilities
* civil service providers on the job, such as police, fire and customs inspectors.
No one in these three groups is legally allowed to take their "pet" or "pet therapy" dogs out in public. Stating your pet gives you comfort is not a valid reason for access as defined by the law.
Does SDV "certify" dogs trained by other organizations or individuals?
No, we do not certify dogs trained by other organizations or individuals.
Where do you get the dogs?
We have built long-standing partnerships with several breeders to ensure not only healthy dogs, but sound temperment as well.
What breeds do you use, and what characteristics do you look for?
We primarily use Labrador Retrievers (as do most service dog providers), and sometimes Great Danes, Golden Retrievers or rescue dogs (on a case-by-case basis). The most important qualities we look for in a dog, regardless of breed, are excellent health (including orthopedics), a friendly, intelligent personality, a strong work ethic and desire to please.
What about health requirements?
Health screenings are an absolute necessity in ensuring each dog we place is mentally and physically able to perform the tasks required. The screenings occasionally remove an otherwise exceptional dog from the service dog program. It can be a heart-breaking decision to remove an animal from the program, but our primary concerns are for the well-being of both our dogs and their future partners.
Are the dogs spayed or neutered?
Yes! All SDV service dogs are spayed or neutered.
Is a male or female dog better for this work?
Both sexes are equally suited to be service dogs. All dogs are spayed or neutered before placement.
Can I choose the breed, sex or color of the Service Dog?
No. The service dog skills and companionship he/she will provide is what is important while considering placement.
How old are the dogs when they are matched to their partners?
Between 18 months and two years of age. However, our trainers are watching and evaluating our dogs throughout each stage of their growth and development.
What temperament qualities do Service Dogs need?
We are looking for intelligent dogs with a strong desire to please, predictable behavior and the ability to readily form an affectionate bond with humans.
Are the dogs trained to protect?
Service dogs are not trained to protect.
Why shouldn't a Service Dog be protective?
From ADI: A Service Dog's job is to make an individual with a disability more able, not to protect them. The dog's presence is a natural deterrent. Because Assistance Dogs are taken into public places and some individuals with disabilities are not able to physically restrain their dogs, the Assistance Dog must be safe for the public. Many dogs, especially working breeds, will sense their owner's disability and their vulnerability. These dogs can learn on their own to protect at inappropriate times. This can be compounded by an individual who doesn't recognize that they are unconsciously encouraging this behavior.
How long does a recipient care for the dog?
A recipient is responsible for the daily needs of the service dog and its medical expenses for as long as the service dog is with the recipient.
How long can a Service Dog work?
Service dogs in good health often work until 10 to 12 years of age. A very high quality food, excellent veterinary care, exercise, grooming, and plenty of love and attention all help to increase the working life of a service dog.
Is it okay to pet a Service Dog?
Service animals working in public should not be petted because it could distract from their focus on their partner. It is best to always ask before petting and please, be willing to respect the person if they say no.
Who owns the Service Dog?
Service Dogs of Virginia, Inc. maintains ownership of the service dog for the first year of the partnership of the team. A graduate is responsible for the service dog's care and maintenance including food, toys, and veterinary services.
What happens to a Service Dog when he or she retires?
Retirement is an emotional time for both the human partner and the dog, after having worked so closely together for so many years. Retired service dogs are welcome to live out their retirement with their partner; some people may choose to allow a family member or close friend to adopt the retiree. If the graduate so chooses, SDV can assist them in finding an appropriate retirement home for their friend's golden years.


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The Broward adult support group meets every 4th Thursday of the month
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Does the Icarus Excel allow you to export highlighted text without limiting it to about 20 Words of text per highlighted text passage? With the Sony ebook Reader I ran into this problem. There is a software app that allows you to export the highlighted text from the Sony TRS-1, but it cuts off any more than about twenty words, making it virtually useless for philologists and students–and they are among the largest growing group of Ebook users.
I would appreciate a tip on this regard. If I can highlight and export whole paragraphs (preferably with notes) that I've highlighted while reading, I'd give up my Sony immediately if the Icarus Excel.
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Rules are Rules
WORDS: Collyn Ahart
Every so often a list of "rules" surfaces about how to ride a bicycle. Which height of socks to wear. What length of shorts. What colour isotonic beverage. What exact shape of mud-guard. What kind of coffee to drink and almost certainly what to name your first-born son (higher points awarded for more obscure racing-legend dedications).
65 miles into 130, our motley crew of mix-matched kit, ankle socks, mud, bug and gel-smeared faces as the dewey sun beat down through rainbow shadowed trees, there were very few rules any of us cared about.
I remember my first jersey: a neon yellow so-called 'gift' from my father. I would wear it with baggy spandex shorts (no padding), complete with pink and black leopard print. All knees and elbows, they fit me about as well as I fit my old blue Raleigh racer with its seat post rammed down to its lowest millimeter. The obligatory peanut butter and jelly sandwich stuffed into my back pocket swung around to my side, which I systematically heaved back into position every 18 pedal strokes. Too small for proper cleats, my running shoes back then were purchased on their ability to become compact, laces tucked in, easily slotted into pedal cages.
Nineteen years ago this month I took off on my bike to ride the 11 miles into town by myself to celebrate my 10th birthday. I had to take a little break at the five-mile mark to eat my sandwich, stretch my legs and check my bike over. No punctures! There was no cell-phone … I was free! I was celebrating a double-digit birthday! I was almost a teenager! When I finally arrived in town, I learned the first rule of cycling.
While the days of pink leopard print are far behind me, the only rules that matter haven't changed much:
1: Tell your mother where you're going and what time you'll be home. This applies until your 18th birthday and over every family holiday for the rest of your life.
2: Pack a sandwich. Nutella is an option resulting in extra points.
3: Bring a friend. They will inevitably eat half your sandwich, which should be cut down the middle for ease of sharing.
All other rules are variable.
The first thing I learned working at a fashion magazine was that an abundance of rules are for those lacking in confidence. White after Labor Day? Totally an option. Spots and stripes?… clashing can be a good thing. Pink and orange… have you seen any Jil Sander lately? The most influential people live above the rules. They know their bodies and they challenge the norm. They know what's appropriate but refuse to be slaves to the dress code. Looking good doesn't require rules… it requires confidence.
5,000 miles into my year and the only rule I have now about what I wear when I cycle is that if I have to think about what I'm wearing, I've failed. If the shorts cut into my legs, I've failed. If I'm too cold or too hot or too wet, I've failed. If I can't get anything into my back pockets, I've failed. But everything else is just me.
paul goulden
10th August 2011 02:52pm
Pockets on rapha jerseys can be a little restrictive when it comes to getting a serious load of sandwiches onboard…
Bruce Rychlik
10th August 2011 03:16pm
I agree with the statement that "rules are for those lacking in confidence". After five years on a bike, I have (finally) begun to loosen up a bit - and I owe that simply to the fact that I have worked on becoming a better cyclist – because I feel that speaks more than anything you ride and wear. However I must give Rapha (and countless other companies and people) credit for showing (through their Continental route write-ups and films and their Randonnees) one can cycle for pure unbridled enjoyment and do it differently. If you work at becoming a strong cyclist you will simply enjoy cycling all the more. And then – hey – why not treat your self to a cool ride and kit.
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Hi guys,
I just wondered if the above exists? There is obviously the essentials, board, fins, rashie.
Would be interested in hearing from people who have been abroad and forgotten particular items.
Aqualife wrote:Hi,
I have been to most corners of the world and the best advice I can give you (depending on your remote you are actually going) is a top first aid kit (sounds simple bit it's not for surfers - mine has got $300 worth of stuff in it and I have used every single thing at one point in time), you won't believe how many guys travel with just bandaids an some betadine and expect to find antibiotics, antihistamine, malaria pills, painkillers and the like locally in third world countries and remote locations. Also everything spare - fins, leashes, ding repair kit, fin plugs etc. And an electronic copy of everything somewhere (plus paper ones) - passport, important phone numbers in case of emergency. And the best travel insurance money can buy. You learn to add as you go along. Some places (Bali), you can buy everything, others (Easter Island, remote Indo/Papua/Pacific Islands/Africa) you can't buy much at all. Enjoy!
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