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Attempted murder in Patchway, Bristol on Christmas Day morning
By matt_2009 | Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 17:53
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after striking another man with a weapon in Patchway yesterday (December 25).
Attempted murder in Patchway.
A 29-year-old man is critically ill in hospital after an altercation at about 2.15am in Cedar Close.
A police spokesman said that two men had been involved in a verbal altercation that then turned physical with one striking another with a weapon.
Police are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or who may have any information to come forward and contact them.
The 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and currently remains in police custody.
Those with information are asked to call101 or visit us on the web via www.avonandsomerset.police.uk. Alternatively you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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A fifteen-year-old Mexican American has experienced a series of tough breaks before finding himself completely on his own. He decides to try to keep his lack of a home a secret from his school while working hard and staying out of trouble.
"This rambunctious first novel by the author of the bestselling Corelli's Mandolin is set in an impoverished, violent, yet ravishingly beautiful country somewhere in South America. When the haughty Dona Constanza decides to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, the consequences are at once tragic, heroic, and outrageously funny."
"Iliana believed that by attending a college more than five hours from New York City, she could gain independence and escape the watchful eyes of her overprotective, religiously conservative parents. A disembodied voice that Iliana believes is her mother's haunts her nights with disturbing news about her sisters: Marina is careening toward a mental breakdown; Beatriz has disappeared; Rebecca continues in an abusive and dysfunctional marriage. Iliana reluctantly returns to New York City. In this dislocating urban environment, she confronts all the contradictions, superstitions, joys, and pains of someone caught between two cultures but who is intent on finding a home."
"It's a long way from Santo Domingo to the Bronx, but if anyone can go the distance, it's the Garcia girls. Four lively latinas plunged from a pampered life of privilege on an island compound into the big-city chaos of New York, they rebel against Mami and Papi's old-world discipline and embrace all that America has to offer."
"Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become."
"As Margarita looks back on her long and full life, the novel recounts the lives, loves, and tragedies of the Montez O'Briens and their always complex relations with one another. It also follows Emilio through his days in Greenwich Village, the army, and Hollywood, where, as Monty O'Brien, he stars in grade-B detective and Tarzan movies and pals around with screen idols like Errol Flynn. Never altogether at peace in the overwhelming feminine world of his family, he searches restlessly for an elusive true love. And after an unhappy early marriage, Margarita herself finds the deepest passion of her life in extreme old age."
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Are we alone in the universe? Or is there intelligent life on other planets as well? What will the aeroplanes and cars of the future look like? What forms of energy will we use in the future when the oil runs out? DLR is working on these and many other exciting questions in its focus areas aeronautics, space, transportation, and energy research. DLR's research institutes are spread across all parts of Germany. They operate wind tunnels and solar installations, control centres, simulators, and large test stands for rocket engines.
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) publishes Information on Space Exploration for Primary Schools for the approximately 17 500 primary schools in Germany. In June 2003, all primary schools in Germany received the first edition of this new line of educational materials that help teachers convey the topic of space exploration in a way which makes the subject come alive, and engages their pupils.
Music for use in primary school teachingThe Press Pack rocks and raps, but has its quieter side too. Their sing-along songs are fun, but also serve a purpose. You can download each song here, in MP-3 format, either with vocals or as a 'karaoke' version. The words and music can be found in the teachers notes to each chapter.
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has been producing illustrative information on the subject of space exploration for teachers and pupils. "Information on Space Exploration for Schools" is sent to around 10 000 secondary schools in Germany free of charge. Furthermore, DLR also sends a similar booklet to the approximately 17 500 primary schools in Germany.
Being the largest natural and engineering science institute in Germany, The German Aerospace Center (DLR) capitalises on the fascination for aeronautics and Space exploration to get children and young people interested in science and technology.


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Autopsy: Marysa Nichols was Strangled
Published On: Mar 11 2013 01:35:22 PM CDT
Updated On: Mar 06 2013 01:52:55 AM CST
Updated On: Mar 06 2013 01:52:55 AM CST
Red Bluff Police announced today that Marysa Nichols, 14, died of asphyxiation by ligature strangulation.
At this time, the police said it will be weeks before the final autopsy report is released.
One week ago, Marysa Nichols, 14, was reported missing when she didn't come home from school.
On Thursday, her body was found near a creek behind Red Bluff High School.
Police arrested 39-year-old Quentin Bealer on a murder charge after he turned himself in for questioning Saturday morning. He was booked into the Tehama County Jail where he's held without bail.
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Chicken Breasts Philippine Adobo Style
Servings: 4
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 skin-on, bone-in chicken breasts (2 1/2-3 pounds)
- 2 cups low-salt chicken broth
- 12 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
- 1/4 cup Sherry vinegar
- 1 tablespoon (packed) light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cracked black pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 large scallions, thinly sliced
- Steamed white rice
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Heat oil in a large heavy nonreactive Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chicken breasts and cook until browned on both sides, about 12 minutes total. Turn off heat. Add broth, next 7 ingredients, and 1 cup water. Cover and chill for at least 6 hours or overnight.
Bring chicken mixture just to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until chicken is just cooked though, about 20 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate; return juices to a boil and cook until reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 12 minutes. Return chicken to pot; turn to coat in sauce.
Sprinkle with scallions. Divide rice among plates; top each with a chicken breast.
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Amaretto Ice Cream
Ordinary ice cream just won't do for the holidays. So I make this cool and creamy treat featuring Amaretto, almonds and chocolate chips.Guests can't resist it!—Nancy Paul, Lakeview, Ohio
10 Servings
Prep: 20 min. + freezing
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
2 egg yolks
1/4 cup Amaretto
1/4 teaspoon
McCormick® Pure Almond Extract
1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup sliced almonds
In a large bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form; set aside. In a
small saucepan, heat milk to 175°, stirring constantly. Whisk a
small amount of the hot mixture into egg yolks. Return all to the
pan, whisking constantly. Cook and stir over low heat until mixture
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Remove from the heat.
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- Color: Tan/Yellow/Fawn - With White
- Age: Young
- Size: Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg)
- Sex: Male
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I am already neutered, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Duke 1yo Boxer/mix one blue eye, great with everyone dogs and inside cats N. Miami Bch, FL
This letter is to all the families that might want to meet me. My name is Duke and I am a one year old Boxer mix with a cool blue eye.( that is why I wear the blue bandana, it brings out the best in me). I weigh about 70 lbs, but I will fill out some more. I had a great beginning to my life. I was adopted as a puppy into a home with a wonderful canine playmate and human siblings too! I was living a good life when all of a sudden someone came and took my sister away in a car. I cried and cried and waited in the yard for her to come back and play like we always had, but she never did come back. Then a few days later a moving truck came and all the stuff in the house was moved into the truck. The last thing that happened was my human siblings and my dad gave me big hugs and put me in a truck with some people that I never met before and they drove me away. I still am not sure what happened, but I am in another house now with a very nice man and woman. They are wonderful to me, but they told me from the beginning that this can only be a temporary place for me. They want me to have a real family again with other dogs to play with and human siblings too! I am house trained and don't chew anything, so I can fit right in to any family. I am very smart and sit at the front door before going for my walks. I lived with cats, so I am good and safe with them, but outside cats I may chase and want to play with a little too much for their liking. I am affectionate and loving. Oh, and I am healthy and current on my shots.
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- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Boxer breeders who help with Boxer rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Miami paves the way for another one to be saved.


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The restless, gabby intelligence behind Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, and this season's left-field double Waking Lifeand Tape, filmmaker Richard Linklater remains one of the greatest and most surprising gifts of the Sundance indie wave. Unlike most of the credit-card auteurs that rose from the ashes of John Cassavetes (Lee, Van Sant, Hartley, Tarantino, Gomez, Haynes, Solondz, etc.), Linklater continues to reinvent how American movies are made and watched, as if success were measured only by how much fun he has gently mutating the medium to resemble the wanderings in his head. Normally, not much happens in a Linklater filmthings just are, and are talked about. But that hardly means they're simpleWaking Life(currently in theaters) is a shape-shifting head trip that ruminates on psychodynamic experience as it visually captures the essence of subjectivity in a manner no film ever has before.
"People like to say the camera stands in for the human eye," the predictably affable Linklater says. "But it just doesn't. Try to reproduce something as simple as an eye shift, a glance. It'd make for an awkward-ass camera move. Film is a very harsh medium; even if you're filming something that's not realistic, it still has this photographic quality that's very real." For a filmmaker who has gloried in formal departures, Waking Lifeis a fresh step beyond the boundaries. Using a new digital-animation software and the painterly contributions of more than 30 graphic artists, the movie is a free-fall plunge into unexpected territory.
"The original concept for Waking Lifeis old," Linklater says. "It goes back for me 20 years, it even predates my interest in making movies. It was simply stuff I was thinking about based on stuff that'd happened to me personally. But this one didn't get very far, and I think that had everything to do with the live-action-ness of the film I was imagining in my head. So, when I saw Bob [Sabiston]'s animation softwarehe and his partner Tommy Pallotta, we're all just friends from Austinthe marriage was made in my mind: That'show the film should look."
Waking Life's text is a collage of impassioned speculative voices, as many superbly reasoned as flat-out deranged, and the subject is consciousness. "I'm always trying to think how to make things that don't sound like films work as a film," Linklater says. This time, the digital visuals were the key to the black box. "There's a disjunction with these visuals. It's the realistic properties of the film: the sound, the live-action gesturesit's not some artist in a room saying 'Oh, I think they'd move their hand like this'; a human really did it. So your brain is processing it somehow as 'real,' while it's obviously not, so it's a contradiction that puts your brain in the ideal space for this material to be worked out. At the same time, I wanted an unmediated experience between the idea and the audience member. So, these characters don't even have names, they're just mouths with ideas. And yet they're very distinct: I got people with very strong personalities, a lot of vibrant life quality."
The movie can be read as oneirological essay, philosophical notebook, social-system critique, or study in human uncertainty. But the groobiest high to be had is the rare pleasure of simple auteur-audience congress. Waking Life, like Linklater's best films, is both wondrously idiosyncratic and immediately accessible. The elements that make his films fascinating and endearingthe respect for eccentricities, the circular babbling, the joy in minutiae, the empathic narrative voice, the delighted focus on American fringe-dwellers hunting for existential significanceare also what make them indisputably Linklater's. To put it another way, it is possible that no one in this country makes friendlier, more humane movies.
"It's definitely not my birthright, making moviesI'm a white-trash kid from east Texas, and grew up feeling the world owed me something. But you can't expect anything in this world. Once I got going, though, I felt that I had a lot of films in me, so I'm very lucky." What's more, he seems to be one of the few filmmaking presences around ready to wrangle with basic philosophical and metaphysical concepts. "When it comes to philosophical discourse, of course our culture frowns on it, but movies have been particularly resistant. Even a Bergman movie deals with personal psychology, not ideas by themselves. Me, I'm a promiscuous thinker. I've always resisted any single 'ism,' I can't get with any one program. It's like religion, I study all of them, but I can't buy into any one of them. I approach the world like they're all interesting, but they're all probably wrong. It's not the answers, for me, but the interesting questions, interesting lines of inquiry."
Linklater's only-connect sensibility and gracious structuralism remain in plain sight when reconsidering his careereight films in 14 years, including a Super-8 feature titled It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Booksbut the movies do not flock together thematically except in terms of the average age of their protagonists. "My concerns aren't particularly generational," Linklater maintains. "That generally gets ascribed. It might sound pretentious, but I'm always looking for eternal situations and ideas." So how does The Newton Boys, his most orthodox studio production, fit in? "Funny, we go through life looking for differences instead of similarities, and yet . . . I don't have an overarching plan. I just make what I'm interested in. I kind of discovered that story, this chunk of forgotten gold, this true Texas story I'd never heard of, no one had, really. And so it was this huge challenge, we spent three years doing research, it was the farthest thing you can imagine from a 'for hire' deal; everybody accused me of selling out, but to me that's as personal as any movie I've done. I know I'm supposed to eat shit with this, because it did badly at the box office, but I had too good a creative experience. That's my kind of studio movie."


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Lakeland is a city that likes to spread out, so most renters find that traveling around in their own personal cars is the easiest means of locomotion. Despite the popularity of cars in Lakeland, there are busses that run through town, as well as the rest of Polk County. Polk Transit provides most of the busses, though there are also WHAT busses that connect riders to the rest of the Winter Haven Area. Since Lakeland is a fairly flat community, traveling by bicycle is also an option for eco-friendly commuters.

The subtropical climate in this part of Florida makes Lakeland a great place for people who like warm, humid weather throughout the year. The climate is also perfect for many species of plants, both native and imported. Hollis Garden is a favorite botanical getaway for horticulturalists and nature enthusiasts of Lakeland. The beauty of the plants in the gardens is perfectly complemented by the beauty of the neoclassical architecture, and visitors can easily while a day away strolling past the flower gardens and the Greek and Roman style arches and fountains.

Lakeland is also a city for sports fans. Though it isn't home to any professional teams of its own, Lakeland does serve as the spring training grounds for the Detroit Tigers and is the home field for two Detroit farm teams, the Lakeland Flying Tigers and the Gulf Coast Tigers. All three of these teams play at the Joker Marchant Stadium, which has been a cornerstone of community in Lakeland since 1966. The stadium was recently renovated, nearly doubling its seating capacity and giving even more local renters the opportunity to spend the day out at the ball game.

If the arts are your scene, the Polk Theatre has you covered. It was a hard sell, building a vaudeville and silent movie theatre in a rural community of under 15,000 people, but in 1928, local developer John E. Melton made it happen. Though his dream of creating a theater that would be the centerpiece of a thriving downtown area didn't become a reality until much later, the Polk Theatre was still a sight to behold. Over the years, many famous names have graced the Polk stage, including the one and only Elvis Presley, who rolled through in 1956, leaving his name in ink on the dressing room wall. Today, the theater is still the best place around to catch a musical or theatrical performance.


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November 27th, 2012
My Fab Wish List
Have you guys shopped Fab yet? I'd heard the most amazing things about the site (great, unique gifts) but hadn't actually taken the time to really dig in and spend some time on the site. Today we've partnered up and I'm sharing my Fab wish list. I was so impressed with their holiday shop. It's loaded with creative + fun gifts that I hadn't found anywhere else. Below are some of my favorite finds. I'm really hoping those leaning wine glasses and "diamond studs" (cut from conflict free birch wood) make their way under my tree.
From top left: There's More Print // Diamond Stud Earrings // Leaning Wine Glasses // Salt Set (one is pink "Santa Salt" and the other is Truffle Salt… yum! // Grady's Cold Brew Iced Coffee (I hear it's so good) // Silver Ampersand // AquaNotes Set (because I do some of my thinking in the shower!) // Chalkboard Cheese Set // Bright Knives
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Fab. All opinions (and wishes) are my own!
16 Responses to My Fab Wish List
Liz Schneider November 27, 2012 at 8:53 am #
MUST try this coffee! Also, those gem earrings are amazing.
Drew @ Catfish & Caviar November 27, 2012 at 9:22 am #
Awesome & Unique ideas. Ordering the slate cheese board now!
I love Fab! I always find they have the perfect "can't find them anywhere else" gifts. That truffle salt has my name all over it!
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Elizabeth // The Now November 27, 2012 at 1:03 pm #
excuse me…Aqua Notes?? Genius!!! And I must get this magical truffle salt you speak of!! xoxo
Emily | Sparkle Meets Pop November 27, 2012 at 2:59 pm #
That ampersand is so cool! I have thought about having an unofficial theme with that for our bedroom. Seems fitting.
pattern society November 27, 2012 at 8:52 pm #
❤ what a cool ampersand!! ❤
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Seizure music, death electro, and derpstep. Those are the extreme EDM genres Knife Party's Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen use to describe their music, which reveals a couple of things about these Australian dudes: (1) they don't take themselves too seriously and (2) they dig dangerous fun. After ... More >>
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Coachella's lineup got announced on Monday. And personally, we were underwhelmed. But it got us thinking how excited we are for Ultra Music Festival 2012. Sure, Deadmau5 may think the number of headliner acts on the bill is horrible. But we have to disagree with you, Zimmerman. We haven't been ... More >>
Chase & StatusMiamiMusicWeek.com has announced that Knife Party (a side project involving Pendulum's Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen) and British duo Chase & Status have been added to the lineup for Ultra Music Festival 2012. Our sources at the festival say the leak is correct.Other confir ... More >>
UPDATE Ultra Music Festival has finally announced its Phase 1 lineup. Check out Ultra 2012's 92-act roster, headlined by Avicii, Tiësto, and David Guetta. Yes, we here at Crossfade continue to sit, unwashed and sweaty, at our laptops. Like a 150,000 other beat freaks all around the globe, we ... More >>


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Awakening in a futurist military installation with no memory of who he is or how he got there, a young man known only as CYBORG 009 has been stripped by his captors of not only his freedom but also his humanity. His body augmented by cybernetic technology, CYBORG 009 joins forces with 8 other men and women, CYBORG 001-008, and sets off on a journey to learn the truth of why they were turned into weapons of mass destruction, and to prevent a conflict that could very well be the start of World War III.
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Parksville's Sand Sculpting Competition history dates back to 1982, when we hosted our first "B.C. Open". A total of 100 people attended the first event, and it was reviewed as a "great success". From the BC Open to its present day title "The Quality Foods Canadian Open Sand Sculpting Competition", this event has evolved into a world class Master Sculptor competition.
Our competition has been officially designated as a qualifying event for the World Championship of Sand Sculpting, taking place in Atlatic City, New Jersey. This designation was awarded based on our dedication to the enhancement of sand sculpting art through quality and professionalism. This will guarantee our First Place winner in the solo and Double divisions an automatic placement in The World Championship of Sand Sculpting. Airfare, hotel, and accommodations and an appearance and completion stipend will be included. The 2nd & 3rd Place winners will have their names in a pool to be drawn upon as space permits.
In the last 14 years Parksville has welcomed close to 990,000 visitors to our Sand Sculpting Exhibition, located at the Parksville Community Park on Corfield Road off Hwy 19A (Exit 46). Visitors arrive from everywhere in the world to marvel at these unbelievable feats of artistry and engineering. Our competition is open to professional/master level sculptors, and draws artists from around the globe. The competition itself lasts for 24 hours over 3 days. Gates open to the public starting at 2 pm, Saturday July 11th. At this time the public can watch the sculptures "under construction". However, viewing can be seen through the fencing all day Friday July 10th. The sculptures remain in place for five weeks following the competition. Admission to the venue is by a suggested donation of $2.50 per person.
Generous donations and sponsorship - in time, effort and finances by the private & corporate sectors of the community as well as many local volunteer groups combine to make this event a "SANDTASTIC" success.
You won't want to miss any of the 2015 activities on the beach during July and August -Parksville Kite Festival (July 18-19), Quality Foods Fireworks Display (Sat, Aug 15) and Kidfest (Sun, Aug 16). The famous Lions Adventure Park is a must for younger members of the family to visit. Tennis courts, ball parks, a lacrosse box, skate board park, covered picnic area, and a large field for kite flying are also located in the park. The beach itself offers a beautiful view with its long sandy beaches and eastern exposure; this is an ideal spot to spend a few days, or the whole summer.
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It was kind of cold and crappy this week, but that was just a way to enhance your appreciation for this weekend, which is supposed to be the kind of beautiful where cartoon birds appear from trees. Ride your bike to one of these shows:
New York-based jam band moe. returns to the Ogden Theatre for a two-night stand on Friday, December 6, and Saturday, December 7. General admission tickets ($30) go on sale on Saturday, August 31 at 10 a.m. Keep reading to see what other shows are on sale, what songs are being played on local radio a ... More >>
It's March 2013 -- at least according to the calendar. If you went by the concert calendar for the past few weeks, however, you'd swear it's the mid to late '90s. P!NK, Matchbox Twenty and Goo Goo Dolls, Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds Five and Guster, Darius Rucker. If you're already nostalgic for the ... More >>
It's not Christmas yet, but you'd certainly be excused for thinking otherwise, what with the radio already playing round-the-clock holiday tunes and the new shows we've been gifted with. Looks like somebody's been on their best behavior (god knows, it wasn't us). Whatever the case, we're now being r ... More >>
Taking a Dylan-esque route of abandoning acoustic folk for mod-rock, Britt Rodemich teamed up with local favorites Casey Banker -- fresh off the now-defunct The Don'ts and Be Carefuls -- Miles Eichner of Tulip Wars and Marlon Chance of Spires, to form Shady Elders, an indie rock supergroup of sorts. ... More >>
THE DONT'S AND BE CAREFULS @ HI-DIVE | 8/31/12 The Don'ts and Be Carefuls have never been ones to skimp on their emotional generosity on stage. So in that regard, this final performance was not that much different from the band's already high standard. But it was just a notch better because on this ... More >>
Welcome to the (long) weekend! As the summer heat continues, so do the shows. There's a great variety to choose from over the next few days, a healthy mix of imports and exports. We have them all listed in our massive concert calendar. If you're feeling industrious, print that bad boy out and break ... More >>
See Also: - Photos: Locals only! 2012 Westword Music Showcase - Set recaps by Westword music writers - Photos: The people of Westword Music Showcase The votes have been been tallied for the 2012 Westword Music Showcase ballot, and we're doing things a little bit differently this year. Rather than ... More >>
Every year, for the Westword Music Showcase, we enlist our army of Backbeat wordsmiths to host various stages, and, in addition to their emcee obligations, we ask them to pull double duty (or triple-duty in some cases) and also write up the acts that appear on their individual stages. Josiah Hesse h ... More >>
Alright, it's here! Finally! The waiting is over! The eighteenth annual Westword Music Showcase. You've probably already printed it out, cut it out, copied and highlighted the schedule, but just in case you haven't, here's the most up-to-date version of today's lineup for the Showcase. All of the TB ... More >>
Okay, time to officially start getting excited now. The annual Westword Music Showcase is a little more than a week away. Did you pick up your tickets yet? If not, you can still get them at the discounted rate. Prices go up day of the show. By now, you've already seen the lineup of who's playing the ... More >>
We're just over a month out from this year's Westword Music Showcase, and we've already let you know who we have headlining the mainstage this year -- but keep it locked on Backbeat for another big announcement this coming Monday. Now it's time for us to give up the goods on the local lineup. As you ... More >>
Update 3/14/12: The polls are officially open. Please feel free to make your way to the 2012 Westword Music Showcase ballot and register your vote! The 2012 Westword Music Showcase ballot is here -- no more waiting. Well, that's not entirely true: You will have to wait another day or so before the ... More >>
Here's what's hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring the Shins, James Taylor and Explosions in the Sky were announced; In the Whale, Tennis and FaceMan got spins on local radio; and recent albums from Leonard Cohen, Matador, Young Jeezy and Lana Del Rey ... More >>
Update: The Ryan Adams show originally slated for tonight the Temple Buell has been postponed until tomorrow night. The Dr. Dog show has also been postponed, but a new date has not been announced. What's a little snow? Blizzard schmizzard. There's too much great music this weekend to stay at home. ... More >>
NURSES @ THE HI-DIVE | 1/15/12 This was one of those Sunday shows where a lot of people showed up and everybody seemed to be very into all of the artists on the bill, from the opening set from The Don'ts and Be Carefuls all the way to the end, through Nurses. The headliners took the stage with Aaro ... More >>
Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from moe., the Bag Raiders and Jane's Addiction were announced; Monroe Monroe, Elway, Shel and Fierce Bad Rabbit got spins on local radio; and new releases from Florence and the Machine, Drake, Childish Gambin ... More >>
Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Rammstein, Kelly Clarkson, Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw, Kraddy, Peter Frampton, Umphrey's McGee and Henry Rollins were announced; Caleb Slade, Force Publique, My Body Sings Electric and the Outfit ... More >>
Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Radiohead, Roger Waters, the Descendants and Los Lobos were announced. Nautical Mile, Tennis, Churchill and Dressy Bessy got spins on local radio. And new and recent releases from Tom Waits, Wale a ... More >>
Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, Mute Math is coming to the Gothic in January and Kid Rock's at the Fillmore in December. On local radio specialty shows, Crimson Red, ManCub, the Foot. and DeVotchKa all got some spins. Meanwhile, at our loca ... More >>
Holy crap, there were a lot of shows this month. It was difficult to pick our favorites of the bunch, especially with big-name acts like Taylor Swift, DMX, Blink 182 and Ke$ha rocking the stages in Colorado. We have so many photos, it's tough to sift through them all, which is why we've hand-selecte ... More >>
Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Paul Simon, Amos Lee and Matisyahu were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Whiskey Bottles, Petals of Spain and Hot IQsall got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record stores, new and rec ... More >>
Tom MurphyHappy New YearDay two of Goldrush Festival also felt like you had stepped into an alternate universe where a good friend with good taste in music was introducing you to his or her favorite bands of the moment were gathered together in one place instead of being handed some kind of m ... More >>
Tom MurphyThe Don'ts and Be CarefulsTHE DON'TS AND BE CAREULS at the HI-DIVE | 9/9/11 The Don'ts and Be Carefuls did something at this "Triple EP Release" show that you just knew the band had in it but you might not expect to see: they fused the exuberance and innocence of its original sound ... More >>
A house is just not a Home without musicWhether you're a local scene junkie or strangely attracted to artists without vowels, there's no shortage of things to do over the next two days. Here's what's good this weekend: On Friday at 3 Kings Tavern Virgil Dickerson's Suburban Home Records kick ... More >>
Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows Tech N9ne, Lucinda Williams and Jimmy Buffet were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Monroe Monroe, Air Dubai, Spires and Popcult all got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record stores, new a ... More >>
Brass Tree Episode IV features Force Publique, School Knights and Fingers of the SunAt the beginning year, the Brass Tree Collective glorious sprung up unexpectedly from the frozen Front Range tundra, and for the past six months, the collective has bloomed into an exciting part of the Denver ... More >>
Hot Congress just dropped a summer sampler with brand new tracks from Vitamins, the Don'ts and Be Carefuls, Hindershot and more, alongside previously released tracks from some of the label's other acts. While a lot of the sampler certainly hits the niche Hot Congress has carved out for itself, there ... More >>
It's a bittersweet day for music fans in Northern Colorado. Today our neighbors to the north are mourning the loss of two of their own, DJ Jimmy Hands and Kyle Dyas, KUNC's music director, who both passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. The sad news comes in just as we're getting word f ... More >>
If you ever needed an excuse to head north to Fort Collins besides the many fine breweries there, how about the Bohemian Nights at New West Fest? The free, three day festival is bringing in an eclectic batch of talent, starting with Flobots August 20. They'll be followed by Earth, Wind & Fire ... More >>
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Brandon LeeThe music of Miniature Tigers sounds like it has its roots in the sunnier, more upbeat end of '60s guitar rock, utilizing spare melodies with melodic atmospheres that have an nostalgic immediacy -- as though your future self could sing a song to you with words of compassion and com ... More >>
IMPORTANT SCHEDULING UPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond our control (and, more to the point, frontman Chris Fogal's) TAUNTAUN will not be performing in the 6:15 - 7 p.m. slot at Broadway's tomorrow. While Fogal is resting his aching back ("I would tough it out," he assures us, "but the problem is t ... More >>
Gabriel Rovick And Ryan James (Focus 4 Design) The complete lineup for Showcase has been finalized, and all that's left to do now is countdown the days until the sixteenth annual Westword Music Showcase takes place on Saturday, June 19. Nearly a hundred local acts (well over a hundred if y ... More >>
This past February, when we started putting together the 2010 Westword Music Showcase, we posted an item asking you how we could improve our annual music festival, this year set for Saturday, June 19, in the Golden Triangle (if you haven't already purchased your tickets, you can still buy d ... More >>
Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190's Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, ... More >>
Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190's Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, ... More >>
Bryce BoyerFlashback: Yonnas Abraham and DJ Awhat! (Alejandro Martinez) of the Pirate Signal were profiled this past JuneIn case you haven't noticed, we're all about local music. Surely, that's no huge revelation to anyone. After all, we do spend the bulk of our lives immersed in the sounds a ... More >>
As music critics -- and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music -- the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to right now?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For t ... More >>
The Don'ts & Be Carefuls, Pep*Squad, Josephine and the Mousepeople, Lungs They Burn, I Sank Molly Brown Friday, December 4, 2009 The Meadowlark Better Than: Butt Shakin' So it was mostly a big dance party at Denver's Most Intimate Venue, the sort of night where you show your approval with a ... More >>
Photo by Felicia Sheumaker We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we've decided to run down three of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us -- and the rest of the world -- what we missed in the co ... More >>
In 2008, the whole dance punk phenomenon, with few exceptions, seemed worn out and irrelevant to anything genuinely exciting. But it was in the spring of that year that The Don'ts and Be Carefuls started putting together its songs and playing its first show shortly after solidifying its line-up. ... More >>
Update: As if you needed any more incentive to attend this -- we just learned that the Bluebird show, which is all ages and will in essence serve as Hot IQs' farewell show*, is FREE for those who are of legal drinking age. Original post after the jump.* Hot IQs are also slated to play a BBQ show at ... More >>
Photo: Tom Murphy The Don'ts and Be Carefuls Des Tours, the Don'ts and Be Carefuls, Pleistocene Tuesday, July 14, 2008 Larimer Lounge Better Than: The generic Mariachi music I hear in my mom's neighborhood. Due to a prior commitment, I missed all but the tail end of the final Pleistocene song ... More >>
Photo: Tom Murphy The Don'ts and Be Carefuls HEALTH, Spellcaster's Rock and Roll Time Travel Committee, Pictureplane, BDRMPPL, the Late Severa Wires, the Don'ts and Be Carefuls Monday, July 14, 2008 Rhinoceropolis Better Than: Music that pretends to be wild but really isn't. Greeley's the ... More >>


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Welcome to Newport Foursquare Church!
If you have questions about God or if you are looking for a church, we would love to meet you!
We invite you to visit a Sunday service, a small group meeting or to attend one of our events. As you plan your visit, here are a few things you may want to know.
Newport Foursquare Church is not a building or even a church service. It's a gathering of real people (with real problems) who have met God face to face, a growing community of Christ–followers in real relationships with one another. But it is also a collection of those who are just beginning to learn about God, finding out that He is not only relevant but also interested in their lives.
We continue to be a community of learners but so far we have learned four basic things that have helped us discover what it means to live life as it was really meant to be. We have found that real life comes by...
- Connecting with God through worship and with the church family through membership.
- Growing into a mature follower of Christ by applying biblical principles to daily life.
- Serving others through a ministry for which you are gifted.
- Going into the world with the message of God's transforming love.
But it all begins with an encounter with God.
Maybe you are finding that you're tired of going it alone, of shouldering the daily stresses and pressures of life that can seem insurmountable to EVERYONE at times and you need God and a caring community. God has promised us, "a whole, healed, put-together life right now, with more and more of life on the way!" (See Romans 6:22 in the Message). Are you looking for that? Do you want freedom from alcohol, drugs, pornography, depression, or fear? A real encounter with God is where your freedom begins – where real life begins.
Newport Foursquare Church exists for that reason; we provide the sacred spaces where people can experience a genuine encounter with God.
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When you visit Newport Foursquare Church you can expect to find people just like you.
If you visit us for a Sunday morning service you can expect to be greeted at the door warmly and presented with a printed program so you can easily connect. Dress is very casual. If you have children, a greeter will guide you to the nursery, or Kid's Church, all staffed by screened, trained workers who will take great care of your kids. (Hey, its free, too... an hour and a half of free childcare every week while you take in the service!). The Kid's Church and pre-school kids are dismissed from the main service after our song time.
When the service begins you can expect your worship experience to include music and singing, prayer, giving, listening to the Scriptures, teaching, and Communion - all as an act of Christ-centered worship. Feel free to join us in any of these ways as we encounter God together.
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KELLER - Her mother tries to zip her jacket against the January cold, but Kaitlyn Samuels squirms in her arms, impatient to reach the horse inside the riding ring at Rocky Top Therapy Center.Kaitlyn is 16. Her torso is contorted by severe scoliosis. She can't speak and is unable to walk or eat without help.A major, rare brain malformation stunted her cognitive development and, without therapy, her spinal problems could lead to surgery or death.After years of treatment in clinical settings, Kaitlyn had grown disinterested and simply stopped participating. She usually wouldn't even try to sit up by herself.But when placed atop a horse, Kaitlyn is transformed, according to her parents, Mark, a U.S. Navy pilot, and Jennifer Samuels of Keller.She is eager to begin her twice-a-week sessions with physical therapist Suzanne Sessums, who guides her through exercises designed to straighten her spine."If we tried to do these same exercises on a therapy ball, she would start to shut down," Jennifer Samuels said. "I still do not think she realizes she is getting physical therapy out here because she just sees this as fun. It's the only thing that works."But the therapy that has captivated Kaitlyn is also the source of a 2 1/2-year battle for benefits with Tricare, the U.S. Department of Defense's health-care program.Tricare considers the therapy unproven and has declined to pay for it. Kaitlyn's treatments total a little more than $8,000 a year, and the Samuels plan to continue them with or without insurance help.But they said they are fighting for principle: a benefit that Mark Samuels has earned through his service to his country.Tricare paid for Kaitlyn's more traditional therapy for years, and the coverage continued for months after she started treatment at Rocky Top in 2009, Jennifer Samuels said.In 2010, the family learned not only that Kaitlyn's treatments were no longer covered but that they had to repay $1,300 in costs already incurred.The treatment, known as "hippotherapy," has not proved to be safe or medically necessary for her condition, Tricare contends.The company's stance isn't unusual among insurers. Hippotherapy is commonly considered experimental, according to America's Health Insurance Plans, an industry trade association.Still, after months of coverage, the news came as a shock to the Samuels family."They had all the notes about Kaitlyn's treatment from the beginning," Jennifer Samuels said. "We just thought this must be an error, and we would just go down the appeals process and get it corrected."The family did appeal, hiring a lawyer and landing a court hearing last February. An administrative law judge ruled that Tricare should cover the therapy. But the decision was non-binding and, in October, Tricare Management Activity, which manages the Tricare program, issued a final ruling rejecting the judge's opinion.But the Samuels aren't finished fighting. Last month, the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP took their case pro bono.The case piqued the interest of attorney Marcella Burke, who said she wanted it in part because she comes from a military family. Burke said she plans to appeal Tricare's decision in federal court."Our military serve nobly in some of the most difficult situations our world has to offer," she said. "We cannot accept anything less than the best possible health care for them and their families."'Strange therapy'?Doctors discovered Kaitlyn's brain malformation when she was about 7 months old. Her symptoms include seizures, feeding problems and difficulties holding herself erect, let alone sitting, standing and walking, according to documents in the Samuels' case file.Her mental level remains that of a toddler.Without therapy, Kaitlyn's scoliosis would cause her spine to continue to curve, compressing her organs and eventually leading to surgery or death, according to filings by Colby Vokey, the attorney who handled the family's first appeal.Because treatment in a clinic was no longer working, Kaitlyn was moved to Rocky Top, a ranch that provides rehabilitation for people with physical, mental or emotional challenges.Leading the horse in certain directions or bending Kaitlyn backward in the saddle works her muscles to reduce the curve in her spine and stretch out her legs, said Sessums, Kaitlyn's therapist.The cost is $80 for each 30-minute session."When we put her in the clinic or therapy room, she will not hold herself up," Sessums said. "When we put her on the horse, she will sit up and we do not have to assist her at all."Mark Samuel's benefits covered part of the therapy for a time, with the Samuels chipping in about $25 per session. But, by November, problems aroseTricare asked for more documentation. The Samuels, who also have two younger children, continued taking Kaitlyn to her treatments, believing that the coverage would eventually continue.Finally, the company explained that the treatment would not be covered, and that the family had to repay the benefits already used, Jennifer Samuels said.In their appeal, the Samuels and their attorney argued that the treatment was physical therapy, just as Kaitlyn would receive sitting on any dynamic surface, such as a therapy ball. The horse was merely a different tool on which to perform the exercises, they said.Sessums, they pointed out, had 13 years' experience as a physical therapist."Basically, what they said was that, because she does this on a horse, it can't be physical therapy," Jennifer Samuels said. "If you put her on a ball, it's OK. If you put her on a horse, it's not. It all seems so ridiculous."In response to an inquiry by the Star-Telegram, a spokesman for Tricare said privacy laws forbid the company from discussing the health care of a particular beneficiary.The appeals hearing was held last year in a Dallas courtroom. It was covered by the Dallas Observer, which first reported the Samuels' situation.Sessums and Kaitlyn's pediatric neurologist were among those who testified.In his written ruling in favor of the Samuels, the judge noted that Kaitlyn's therapy was not more expensive than traditional therapy because Rocky Top provides the horse and the volunteers.He asked why, if physical therapy was allowed on a ball or in a pool, did it suddenly become "some alternative, strange therapy" when performed on a horse.Using the horse was more beneficial to because Kaitlyn did not cooperate in a different therapy setting, he concluded."It would be a waste of the government's money to pay for therapy in a traditional setting, for it would provide no benefit to the beneficiary," he wrote.More than moneyThe Samuels are not the first to encounter problems with an insurer over therapy performed on a horse, said Sharon Gilbert, program coordinator for the American Hippotherapy Association. One of the organization's goals is to increase acceptance of the treatment through education.The association defines hippotherapy as "a physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy treatment strategy that utilizes equine movement as part of an integrated intervention program to achieve functional outcomes.""The crux of the argument should be: Was the girl improving?" Gilbert said. "Was there a medical difference in her condition as a result of her therapy regardless of the device used? If the answer is yes, they should be entitled to bill insurance for it."Jennifer Samuels said she and her husband have repaid the $1,300. She said she believes that Medicaid would cover the therapy but, because her husband's career requires the family to move often, they are never in a state long enough to work their way up the waiting list.Kaitlyn missed several months of therapy as a result of the lost coverage. Then, Rocky Top received a grant that paid for her treatments until this year.A horse breeder learned of the Samuels' situation and offered to pay for another year of Kaitlyn's therapy.Jennifer Samuels said the family was grateful but asked that his donation be split among Kaitlyn and several other children at Rocky Top.The case is about more than money, she said. The Samuels have already spent about $5,000 on legal expenses, more than they were require to repay."The point is that this is part of my husband's benefits; he shouldn't have to pay it," Jennifer Samuels said. "He has earned it."Alex Branch, 817-390-7689Twitter: @albranch1
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My mother used to make these all the time for my family, so I'm just carrying on the tradition. They're quick to put together, and while they're in the oven I go get ready for the day. My children loved them, even when they were toddlers. —Lisa Walder, Urbana, Illinois
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WASHINGTON - It's been seven years since a "cut to black" triggered a collective panic attack, sending couch potatoes to Dr. Melfi's therapist couch to cope with the final seconds of HBO's "The Sopranos" (1999-2007).
While "Dallas" revealed who shot J.R. and "The Simpsons" explained who shot Mr. Burns, "The Sopranos" offered no such closure. As a result, the debate over Tony Soprano's fate lives on even after the death of James Gandolfini.
Over the past week, television's most famous debate returned with new fuel on the fire. In a recent interview with the website Vox, "Sopranos" creator David Chase was asked point-blank whether his gangster protagonist is truly dead. "No, he isn't," he reportedly replied.
Chase's reps immediately claimed his words were taken out of context: "There is a much larger context for that statement and as such, it is not true. As David Chase has said numerous times on the record, 'Whether Tony Soprano is alive or dead is not the point.' To continue to search for this answer is fruitless. The final scene raises a spiritual question that has no right or wrong answer."
The back and forth speculation sparked buzz on both sides, one side cheering that Tony was still alive, the other side insisting Chase was being cryptic and that Tony was most certainly dead.
I've long sided with the latter, arguing that there are too many cinematic clues pointing to Tony's death. But a few months back, after rewatching the entire series from start to finish, I posed a new theory to my students over at American University:
Tony Soprano is neither alive nor dead.
He's dreaming.
Better yet, we're all dreaming.
That's right, David Chase has commented on the nature of our very existence in a masterful double switch between three possible outcomes:
Theory #1: Tony survives with his family
The most passive, superficial reading might lead one to believe Tony simply has a family meal.
After all, we never see him physically shot.
We don't hear gunfire off screen.
We never even see a gun.
This is sadly how most viewers read film and TV content, but Chase urges us to look deeper.
Tony's mundane family meal would ring thematically true to the series -- that family is most important -- but this outcome is way too easy for someone of Chase's genius.
Theory #2: Tony sleeps with the fishes
This outcome is widely believed because Chase goes to such lengths to portray it:
1) At the start of the final season, Tony chats with his brother-in-law, Bobby, in a Fredo-style boat scene. They discuss what it's like to be whacked: "You probably don't even hear it when it happens."
2) Tony is shot and enters a coma in the final season premiere, titled "Members Only," foreshadowing Tony's eventual killer, who's listed in the credits as "Man in the Members Only Jacket."
3) While in the coma, Tony effectively enters purgatory by visiting the heavenly Inn at the Oaks estate. Here, Tony's dead mother waits in the doorway in silhouette; Steve Buscemi tries to take his briefcase (a.k.a. his soul), and Meadow's voice calls out from the woods, "Don't go, daddy!" You'll notice that this estate resembles the painting on the rear wall of the restaurant during the finale.
4) Everyone remembers Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" on the restaurant jukebox during the final scene, but pay close attention to the lyrics. Note how the lyrics "just a small town girl" play over a shot of Carmella, while "just a city boy" play over a shot of Tony. If Chase is careful enough to time these lyrics, it stands to reason he would also match the lyrics of the killer (Man in Members Only Jacket), who enters the restaurant to the lyrics, "Strangers waiting up and down the boulevard."
5) Tony studies each patron with paranoia -- except his killer. In a stroke of beautiful irony, the Man in the Member's Only Jacket enters at the same time as Anthony Jr. The entire series is about a man trying to provide for his family, and in his final moments, he is distracted by the love for his son.
6) Upon sitting at the table, Anthony Jr. reminds Tony of something he once said: "Focus on the good times." This line is spoken just as the killer sits "out of focus" in the background at the bar.
7) As the gunman gets up from the bar, we cut to a very deliberate pan that shows him entering the bathroom to the words "hiding somewhere in the night." Our pop-culture memory reminds us that Al Pacino grabbed a gun from the bathroom to whack a mob boss in "The Godfather." What's more, one of the show's famous dream sequences showed Tony grabbing a gun in a restaurant bathroom.
8) As the family chows down on onion rings, the circular shape of the food symbolizes bullet holes. It's one bullet for Tony, one for Carmella and one for Anthony Jr. After all, why not just have Tony order french fries? It has to be rings, just like Warren Beatty shooting the rings in "Bonnie and Clyde."
9) Tony's daughter, Meadow, is spared because she's late to arrive, struggling to parallel park just like in the show's early seasons. The restaurant geography suggests Meadow should have been sitting next to Tony, impeding the gunman's path from the bathroom. Instead, she arrives late and watches her own father's murder, as the screen cuts to black just as she enters the restaurant.
10) Now, this is where things get really interesting. Each time the doorbell rings, we get two shots: (a) an objective shot of Tony looking up, followed by (b) a subjective shot from Tony's point of view. If this pattern holds true, the screen cuts to black within Tony's POV, suggesting he is dead.
Theory #3: Tony dreams with the fishes
The above clues are enough to conclude that Tony is whacked at the end of this scene.
But is the scene we're presented a portrayal of reality? Or a telegraphed dream?
This is the real fake-out, which I believe Chase is alluding to in his most recent interviews.
The Vox piece astutely points out that Chase's favorite poem is "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe -- "Is all we see or seem but a dream within a dream?" -- but it fails to explore how Chase expresses this concept through sight and sound.
I assure you, it's right there from the start.
Listen to the song lyrics as Tony enters the restaurant: "All that you dream."
Then note the lyrics as Tony stares across the room at the empty table: "Clouds change the scene."
It's at this precise point that Tony suddenly sees himself sitting across the room, entering his own POV in a jarring cut reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968).
Tony is no longer in reality. He is watching a vision of himself.
The dream theory doesn't rule out the life or death theories; it expands upon them. We don't know whether Tony wakes up in a cold sweat or if he's fated to live out this ominous premonition.
Taking it a step further with Poe's poem in mind, maybe we've all been here before and life is a recurring set of "Dreams Within Dreams." Just as Dr. Melfi danced in "Goodfellas" to the lyrics, "Life is but a dream, it's what you make it," the "Sopranos" finale is truly "Any Way You Want It," which just happens to be the jukebox B- side of "Don't Stop Believin'."
Such attention to detail, portraying three levels of perception versus reality, earns Chase the same title that appears above the Journey jukebox selection: "Magic Man."
We've long known "The Sopranos" was well-written, recently voted by the Writers Guild of America as the Best Written TV Show of All Time. We've long known it was well- acted, with piles of Emmy statues to prove it. And we've known it was influential, launching the cable TV drama and spawning writers Matthew Weiner and Terence Winter to create "Mad Men" and "Boardwalk Empire."
But in one final scene, we see the true genius of its creator, who demonstrates a degree of visual storytelling that is rare for movies, let alone television. Thus, David Chase will go down in history as an equal to such 2007 peers as Paul Thomas Anderson and the Coen Brothers, who offered their own jarring "cuts to black" in "There Will Be Blood" and "No Country for Old Men."
Regardless of whether you loved or hated the "Sopranos" finale initially, repeat viewings prove that this is one of the most masterfully constructed scenes in entertainment history.
As he cuts to black, Chase signs his masterpiece with an ironic line that captures our longing for this beloved television program: "Don't stop."
And yet, we're still talking about it. The movie never ends. It goes on and on and on and on.
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I can't believe I've lived for more than anyone that lived in the UAE and haven't been to Heritage Village. It's like the recreation of how Abu dhabi looked like in the olden days. It brings you back to how arabs in the past. They traditional houses with all the traditional items used in cooking or weaving, even pottery with nice view of the abu dhabi skyline and the blue water. There's also a place where you can ride on a camel, a horse or a donkey.The area is not that big, and the crowd not too overwhelming, it's quite small considering that it's supposed to showcase the life in UAE in the olden days – should have a bigger place and put many more exhibits and attractions.
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I don't go so much to Sharjah but this place has great grilled fish plus the crunchy fresh salad. There are table-chair area for singles and men & while the other door leads upstairs where the family area. But I'm a bit skeptical with restaurants with bathroom tiles on its walls. For a taste of reasonably good grilled fish if you're in sharjah, go ahead and give it a try.
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Only Check you should buy By AJS on 11/25/2014AJS would recommend this product to a friendI have installed multiple versions of check valves, and this one is by far the best. I would suggest using unions for easy removal, and mounting in the proper manner to avoid and problems like I have read in other reviews.
Pretty Impressive so far By AV on 9/27/2014AV would recommend this product to a friendThe quality of this product justifies the cost and I installed in my basin about a week ago. I'll have to inspect it in a month or two to stating that it's still functioning properly. Based on other reviews it is getting stuck in the open position after getting some debris or dirt in the check valve. One note, when it states 3/4 check valve, they are referring to the actual check valve itself, not the size pipe or hose you are connecting it to. That measurement OD is1", so I had to modify to allow it to work with my project.
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Its Worth the money By Oscar on 11/24/2013Oscar would recommend this product to a friendAfter purchasing this item i felt that i spent too much money on a check valve. When i received it and installing it I was more then pleased with my purchase. I could easily clean it unlike my old flapper check valves i have on my older tanks. I will soon purchase more to replace the older ones.
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Thinking 2 returns equals 2 check valves. Is that a correct thought?
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my return is 3/4" flex hosing using a tunze return pump. Can i fit this check valve on my return pump or would I need some extra plumbing parts to make it fit.
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