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Let me put a little scenario up: You have a pilot who is being asked to function as safety pilot (FAR 91.109 I believe.) Now, this pilot has his private pilot's license and a current medical, but has not had any flight time in the previous 90 days. Can he act as safety pilot in a plane for which he is rated? (ie: PPL ASEL acting as safety pilot in a 172).
Can the safety pilot log that time as PIC?
Now he has been asked by a pilot of a more complex aircraft: a turbo, retractable 182 (both complex and high performance). He does not have a complex or high performance endorsement. Can he act as safety pilot there?
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Genre: Adaptation, Drama, Foreign, Period
Set in the rural countryside of post-World War II France, the story is a memoir of a young girl, Elisabeth, who lives with her family in a large, stone house on the grounds of an insane asylum. Her older sister Agnes has just left for boarding school, leaving Elisabeth alone in the old house full of shadows and dark corners. Her father is absorbed in his work; her mother, an unwilling housewife, spends most of her spare time doing various "errands" in the city, and Elisabeth is left in the care of Rose, the simple, almost dumb maid. One day she comes upon Yvon, an escapee from the asylum, hiding trembling in the bushes. Moved by his frailness, Elisabeth hides him inside the bicycle...

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Pedigree Resource File
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RESEARCH NOTE: William's father listed on Pedigree Resource File as Joseph HENSON, born 1721 Stafford County, Virginia.
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Sumner County, Tennessee, Marriages
Ancestry.com: War of 1812 Service Records
Independence County, Arkansas: 1833 Tax List of Black River Township
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He married Elizabeth Holder 1772 at North Carolina . Elizabeth Holder was born at of South Carolina Abt 1759 daughter of J. Holder and A. .
They were the parents of 8
Polly Henson born Abt 1776.
Jesse Henson born Abt 1778.
William M. Henson born Abt 1781.
Josiah Joseph Henson born Abt 1783.
Thomas P. Henson born 15 Dec 1786.
John Henson born Abt 1790.
Solomon Henson born Abt 1792.
Jonathan Henson born Abt 1800.
William H. Henson died 16 Nov 1816 at Sumner, Tennessee .
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Slaves In Control does not put the submissives in charge of the action like I initially thought when I saw the sitename. A Russian Domme take two slaves, normally a male and a female, and makes them do whatever she damn well feels like, so the slaves are very much not in control. But it wouldn't be any fun if they were, now would it?
The site has a simple layout and you can easily get to the main content, which presently consists of 10 movies and 10 photo sets. The site looks to have only been around since early April 2012, so we can forgive its current size. You're getting four new videos a month and about the same amount of photos, so it should grow to a decent size in time. The downloadable videos are HD and come with a portable format and the action is captured in high-res images that you can save in Zip files, so quality is up to par.
The handy subtitles really helped me out when I was watching some of the movies. Valery is one particularly hot Mistress and I really like the way she controls her two slaves. They walk in claiming that they wish to learn and she definitely puts them through their paces. She immediately tells them to strip and while the female licks Valery's feet, the male is instructed to lick her pussy. Cock sucking and sex ensues and the scene ends with the girl spitting her male partner's cum all over the Mistress's feet.
Apart from seeing the slaves fuck, you'll see clothespin usage, whipping, face fucking, strapon sex, smoking, pet play, foot worship and cum eating. Many times I saw the Domme instruct the guy to either lick up his own cum or the girl to spit the mouthful of jizz (that she has just sucked out of his cock) on her Mistress' shoes, so that both slaves can eat it.
The tiny collection won't take you long to get through, so you can turn your attention to the 18 bonus videos in the "extras" section. These come from other Femdom porn sites and portray both men and woman being dominated. The material is pretty good on Slaves In Control, but I can't recommend the site right now since it's just not worth it for such a small amount of porn.
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Many fish populations native to British Columbia's freshwater systems are in serious decline due to habitat degradation, over-harvesting, introductions of non-native species, and reduced ocean productivity. Recovery initiatives are now underway for some of these populations of species to prevent extinction in the short-term and rebuild populations over the longer term.
White sturgeon is British Columbia's largest freshwater fish species and is found in four major river systems including the Fraser, Nechako, Columbia and Kootenay rivers. Unfortunately, all populations have experienced a serious decline in recent years, causing the province to place white sturgeon on the provincial red list. Further evidence strongly indicates that three of these populations including the Nechako, Columbia and Kootenay face a high risk of extinction within the next generation if the situation is not remedied. Recovery initiatives are underway for each of these populations. Read more about the White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative.
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I have a bloody huge wall to point up its made from accrington bricks/ Nori Brick
There a red hard non-porous brick with a fine joint very uniform in size and finish , Now i have plenty of experience in normal sand sand and cement
but this mastic is a whole new ball game , i understand i need some good mastic and is it double boiled linseed oil ?
was thinking of getting a hawk like this
and some rake disks for my hand grinder but ive been told that grinding out is to harsh and i should just scrape the joints out with something like this
this is what they look like the bricks as i appreciate its a northern brick and as such is mostly used up north !! so i looked for a picky of what they look like
my task is to point a huge wall and i wish to make it as easy and possible
so tips on what and how to go about this greatly appreciated
my idea so far is to get the mastic and oil and a new hawk then scrape the joints out in preparation and then i mix a bita oil to the mastic mix this and the flatten it out to a 5mm ish pancake on the hawk with my towel then using the trowel i cut a 5mm ish section so i have a worm like
bit of mastic on the trowel and apply to the joint !!
then repeat again again again and so on then after do i paint the oil on or use a rag to clean any mastic from the brick face !!
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|'Relentless' youth conference to be held in Imperial Nov. 21-22
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
"Relentless" is a free youth conference coming to Imperial, Neb. Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 21-22.
Coordinated by three Imperial churches and youth groups, the conference will feature Sean Dunn from Groundwire as speaker and music by the Resistance band from Scottsbluff.
The weekend kicks off at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, with worship featuring Resistance at Christian Faith Outreach (CFO), followed by speaker Sean Dunn. That will be followed by a dessert bar and fellowship time.
On Sunday, Nov. 22, there will be a service at 10:30 a.m. at CFO. From 1:30 to 4 p.m., youths will gather for an afternoon of fun at the old hotel at 5th and Broadway Streets.
At 7 p.m. Sunday, the group will return to CFO for an evening service, followed by ice cream and fellowship.
All sessions are open to the public, but are designed for junior high and high school students, according to organizers.
Dunn lives in Castle Rock with his wife, Mary, and four children. He has spoken all over the world, and reaches thousands through Groundwire radio spots on more than 1,300 radio stations.
Dunn's passion is to connect a generation of young people who are desperate for a relationship with God.
According to JR Kline, pastor at CFO, theme scripture for the weekend will be 1 Corinthians 15:58: "Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord."
Other churches involved in the weekend of events include Imperial Bible Church and Crossroads Wesleyan Church.
Youths interested may RSVP and find more information on the Relentless Facebook page or at groundwire.net.
Questions can be directed to Pastor Kline at 308-883-4029, Pastor Jared Rentschler, 308-414-1790, or Pastor Randy Harmon, 308-883-0273.


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A: International SOS provides you with worldwide quality health care and emergency assistance services 24 hours a day designed to supplement and integrate with the policies, procedures and other resources of the University.
Q: How can SOS help?
A: One phone call connects you to the SOS network of multilingual specialists for immediate help in an emergency. SOS services are designed to help you with medical, personal, travel, security information and legal referrals when away from home. Call International SOS at any time to speak with a physician or security specialist about simple or critical matters.
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Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr, who was sentenced to a year in jail and 90 lashes for starring in the Australian production "My Tehran for Sale," has been released from prison without suffering the lashes and further imprisonment. According to Amnesty International, Cyan Films, the South Australian Film Corporation and the Adelaide Film Festival, Vafamehr was released after an appeal court reduced her imprisonment to three months and overturned the flogging sentence on Monday night.
The good news came courtesy of the film's director, Granaz Moussavi, who reported that Vafamehr is now back with her family.
Shot entirely in Tehran, "My Tehran for Sale," stars Vafamehr as a stage actress who plots to flee Iran with the help of a man she meets at an underground rave. Banned in Iran, the movie was distributed illegally in the country and premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Vafamehr was initially arrested in July and was released later that month after posting unspecified bail. [Here's indieWIRE's interview out of Toronto with Moussavi.]
"We are extremely pleased to hear that Marzieh has been released without being subjected to the cruel and degrading punishment of flogging, but the crackdown on filmmakers continues in Iran," said Amnesty International's Campaigns Manager, Hannah Harborow, in a statement.
Just a last week, it was reported that a Tehran appeals court upheld the six-year jail sentence and 20-year filmmaking ban against director Ja'far Panahi ("This is Not a Film"). Fellow Iranian director, Mohammad Rasoulof ("Good Bye"), was also sentenced to six years imprisonment in a separate case and also remains under house arrest.
In addition, four filmmakers arrested on suspicion of working for the BBC still remain in custody (two of the six were released earlier this month), while the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma removed Abdolreza Kahani's "Absolutely Tame Is a Horse" from its lineup due to a ban on the film's international distribution by the Iranian government.
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i would have gone with more classic box wheels on the masi but it looks good! heres mine:
Deep rim, machined sidewall, no brake.
Edit: Now has SR Laprade seatpost:
Last edited by 531phile; 01-03-11 at 06:35 PM.
But a lighter rim would probably have been a better choice, for actually riding.
nasty crash. More than happy to promote Tim's shop.
Self criticism:
- The MKS Sylvans wreck my shoes. Must get GR-9s.
- The bars are slightly tweaked on one side and need replacing (mechanic checked the frame for my insurance claim, but didn't check the bars, d'oh).
- Wish the frame didn't have braze-ons for cables and a frame pump.
- Seatpost clamp and headset should be silver - but I can't bring myself to spend money to replace perfectly functional bits for aesthetics alone.
- Would like to add a half-link and take out a link from the chain, to pull the rear wheel in closer.
- Replacement fork (from a Surly) is slightly longer than stock, which gives it more relaxed geometry and huge clearances (and has lawyer lips just to annoy me if I ever get a flat).
What bars are those?
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Nitto ADB-X.
Oh man, I reckon i've got you all licked by a country mile
Behold my new winter beater! a christmas gift from an...um....generous friend.
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I tried using toe clips like that without the straps. They didn't seem to do much.
Why "derailer" is the correct way to spell the gear-change mechanism: sheldonbrown.com/derailer.html
Indecent saddle to bar drop.
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Yeah nothing about the gutter pipe makes sense. Ostensibly it would be to protect the seat tube from getting dinged when locking up, but:
A) Any frame which you would be willing to put gutter tubing over, is not worth protecting.
B) Any frame worth protecting, you would not be willing to put gutter tubing over it.
the turd looking top tube protector is actually some very classy louis vitton ascents ( i might throw up a another pic later)
and the lack of toe straps is to make getting my clunky ass winter boots in and out of the cages possible, they don't do much but they're better than nothing, i was actually thinking about getting some powerstraps or those things scrod sells.
she's not fancy but she get's be to class everyday, i've got an old geipeime /campy gardin for when i wanto look cool at the coffeee shop.
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Ignore the haters, it's smexy.
What does a gutter pipe on the seat tube have to do with fenders? It certainly won't do anything to save your back from the mud and muck, which is the purpose of a rear fender.
I mean, I think your bike is awesome because it doesn't make sense. But don't try to claim it makes sense.


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First, if I were you, I would do whatever is necessary to find out what is owed on the vehicle. Your safe to think that the lender what "all" of the money owed. If there is equity on the vehicle, the lenders still want to repossess the vehicle so they can sell it off.
Secondly, just because your debts are reported as charged off on your credit report, you still are liable for whatever the debt that was owed before the charge off. A "charge off" is simply a tax advantage that the creditor gains when they report their income to the IRS. It's safe to say that the creditor sold the debt to another debt collector that will not forget about the debt. Unless you negotiate a payment plan in writing operate with the understanding that you owe just as much as you did before the charge off. Best bet it to address all of the debts and negotiate a payment plan. If a payment plan cannot be negotiated, bankruptcy may be the best alternative.
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Sounds like I should file for BK and move on. Thank you for your advice.
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Kicking off the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C., Bill Eggers, who coined "Government 2.0," provided context for his term: Government 2.0 is a revolution and "revolutions need heroes." Media guru and wine enthusiast Gary Vaynerchuk expressed the attitude that Eggers' Government 2.0 revolutionaries will need to take: lines are drawn by government that are meant to be crossed.
Governments are exceptional at drawing lines, creating frameworks and upholding constructs on the assertion that "this is way we have always done things." Some of these lines in our age of mass technological dispersion do not make any sense when citizens are eager to interact with their governments in a dynamic way.
The Sunlight Foundation's Sunlight Labs and the various contests that it sponsors, including Apps for America and Design for America, give governments a view of how citizens want to interact with them. For example, award winner of "Best Redesign of a Government Website" was a redesign of the Internal Revenue Service website that makes your IRS experience customizable. It was the type of the idea that would transform a reality in the life of every taxpayer, but was even framed during the presentation as something that was not actionable. While there are many legal reasons why government websites and improvements thereof are slow to roll out, these strictures, these "lines," are holding back the next level of citizen engagement online.
The heroes in Government 2.0 will cross these lines. They will bring radical redesigns to sites like the IRS portal. They will push for legislation to catch up with the pace of technology. They will trail blaze and assume risk, sometimes in ways unexpected. But, crossing the lines takes government one step closer to citizens, not into the unknown.


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Arizona State finished fifth at the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship on Friday in Athens, Ga.
The Sun Devils finished at 29-over 1,181, 48 shots behind champion USC.
ASU was led by Noemi Jimenez, who finished tied for 10th at 2-over 290, 12 shots behind winner Annie Park of USC.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[GratuitousFrench Bonsoir, mon ami.]]'']]
->'''There are moments when I have felt: Why-Why-Why did I ever invent this detestable, bombastic, tiresome little creature? ...Eternally straightening things, eternally boasting, eternally twirling his moustaches and tilting his egg-shaped head... I point out that by a few strokes of the pen... I could destroy him utterly. He replies, grandiloquently: "Impossible to get rid of Poirot like that! He is much too clever."' ''
-->-- '''Creator/AgathaChristie'''
The star of thirty-three books and fifty-six short stories by Creator/AgathaChristie, Hercule Poirot is one of the most famous fictional detectives in the world. Rightly so, he would say, being also one of the most conceited. His [[LongRunners curiously elongated career]] lasted from 1916 to 1975, although he was at retirement age when it began. This would make him at least 110 when it ended.
Originally a Belgian police detective, he became a refugee when UsefulNotes/WorldWarI broke out and ended up in the tiny English village of Styles St. Mary. Naturally, while he was there, someone was murdered. It was, Poirot later admitted, quite a common occurrence around him. Solving ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles'' revitalized him, however, and he embarked on a career as a private detective.
Fastidiously neat, we'd today diagnose him with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessivecompulsive_personality_disorder OCPD.]]
Notable associates of his include: Captain Arthur Hastings, war veteran, secretary and later Argentinian farmer; Ariadne Oliver, irritatingly popular mystery novelist; the Countess Vera Rossakoff, possibly an aristocratic Russian refugee, most definitely a talented conwoman; Miss Felicity Lemon, a most efficient secretary; and of course any number of solid, even stolid, English policemen who good-naturedly allow him to take over their crime scenes. After all, Mr Parrot's only a FunnyForeigner. What harm could it do?
Many different actors have played Poirot on screen. Peter Ustinov gained some fame for his many appearances as the character in the 1970s and 1980s, Albert Finney was nominated for an Oscar for playing him in 1974, but nowadays the definitive portrayal is believed to be David Suchet's ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' (though ironically, he first played Inspector Japp in the 1985 adaptation of ''Literature/LordEdgwareDies'' before taking the role of Poirot).
!!{{Trope Namer|s}} for:
* PoirotSpeak
* DeathInTheClouds: the 1935 novel of that title is the {{Trope Namer|s}}, and is arguably also the TropeMaker (or at least a TropeCodifier).
[[folder:Novels in this series]]
* ''Literature/TheMysteriousAffairAtStyles'' (1920)
* ''Literature/TheMurderOnTheLinks'' (1923)
* ''Literature/TheMurderOfRogerAckroyd'' (1926)
* ''The Big Four'' (1927)
* ''Literature/TheMysteryOfTheBlueTrain'' (1928)
* ''Literature/PerilAtEndHouse'' (1932)
* ''Literature/LordEdgwareDies'' (1933)
* ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress'' (1934)
* ''Three Act Tragedy'' (1935)
* ''Death in the Clouds'' (1935)
* ''Literature/TheABCMurders'' (1936)
* ''Literature/MurderInMesopotamia'' (1936)
* ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable'' (1936)
* ''Dumb Witness'' (1937)
* ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile'' (1937)
* ''Appointment with Death'' (1938)
* ''Hercule Poirot's Christmas'' (1938)
* ''Literature/SadCypress'' (1940)
* ''One, Two, Buckle My Shoe'' (1940)
* ''Literature/EvilUnderTheSun'' (1941)
* ''Literature/FiveLittlePigs'' (1942)
* ''The Hollow'' (1946)
* ''Taken at the Flood'' (1948)
* ''Mrs. [=McGinty=]'s Dead'' (1952)
* ''After the Funeral'' (1953)
* ''Hickory Dickory Dock'' (1955)
* ''Dead Man's Folly'' (1956)
* ''Literature/CatAmongThePigeons'' (1959)
* ''The Clocks'' (1963)
* ''Third Girl'' (1966)
* ''Hallowe'en Party'' (1969)
* ''Elephants Can Remember'' (1972)
* ''{{Literature/Curtain}}'' (1975)
[[folder:Tropes featured in this series]]
* AdaptationDecay: In ''Mrs [=McGinty=]'s Dead'', Adriane Oliver works on a theatre adaptation of her book, and complains that the characters are completely changed. (Ironically, in real life, Agatha Christie's main complaint about early stage adaptations of her plays was that they stuck ''too closely'' to the books, as she felt that a murder mystery should surprise people.)
* AffectionateParody / {{Deconstruction}}: "The Veiled Lady" is a literary ShotForShotRemake of the Literature/SherlockHolmes story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton", but with an extra TwistEnding.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Subverted, since of course there is no one better than Hercule Poirot. Not even his brother Achille. [[spoiler:Who doesn't exist.]]
* AuthorAvatar: Ariadne Oliver, famous author of a series of mysteries featuring an exotic foreign detective, is sometimes a mouthpiece for Christie's frustrations (and sometimes the vehicle for a bit of self-deprecating humour).
* BadassMoustache: Agatha Christie liked the 1974 adaptation of Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress, and had but a single complaint: Albert Finney's mustache wasn't magnificent enough! [[spoiler: Subverted in ''The Big Four'' and ''Literature/{{Curtain}}'', in which Poirot has shaved his mustache to pretend to be someone else.]]
* BerserkButton: Does not like it when people confuse him for French. He is Belgian, and will let you know it! (Though sometimes, when he wants to charm people, he lets it go.)
* BigScrewedUpFamily:
** The Boyntons in ''Appointment with Death''
** The Lees in ''Hercule Poirot's Christmas''
** The Abernethies in ''After the Funeral''
** The Arundells in ''Dumb Witness''
* BookEnds: The novel ''Literature/{{Curtain}}'' is this ''for the whole Poirot cycle'' - the plot takes place in the same location as ''Literature/TheMysteriousAffairAtStyles'', the first book in the cycle.
* BrainFever: in ''Literature/TheMurderOnTheLinks''. Interestingly, in ''The Big Four'', a doctor dismisses brain fever as an invention of writers.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Poirot's many eccentricities are compensated by his exceptional skills as a detective.
* BusmansHoliday: Multiple times, sometimes lampshaded.
* TheButlerDidIt: Subverted.
* CatchPhrase: Poirot has "the little grey cells" and less often "order and method".
* CelibateHero: Poirot does not have a romantic relationship over the course of his literary career. He expresses a strong admiration for Countess Vera Rossakoff, but Christie does not pursue a relationship between them. Although Poirot never has a romantic/sexual relationship of any kind, he is more a CelibateHero of the "Love is a Distraction" variety than a true asexual. He typically acts gallant towards the women he meets -- much more so than, say, Literature/SherlockHolmes in similar situations -- and he often makes polite comments about their looks and/or fashion choices; Hastings even jokingly remarks in ''Curtain: Poirot's last case'' that the detective prefers showy, voluptuous redheads. It never goes beyond that, though.
* ChristmasEpisode: The novel ''Hercule Poirot's Christmas'' and the short story "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (a.k.a. The Theft of the Royal Ruby)".
* CluelessMystery: All too often, Christie keeps the key clue to the story hidden from the reader until the summation comes. Sometimes it's possible to solve it, but not very often.
* ClearTheirName: ''Mrs. [=McGinty=]'s Dead'' involves clearing the name of a man accused of murdering the titular victim before he's executed.
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:Stephen Norton in ''{{Literature/Curtain}}''.]]
* CreatorBacklash: As the quote at the top of this article suggests, Agatha Christie much preferred her other character, Literature/MissMarple.
** In universe, [[AuthorAvatar Adriane Olivier]] delivers nearly the same quote when talking about her own character, a {{F|unnyForeigner}}innish detective with a bizarre quirk (he grates his vegetables before eating them).
* DeadMansChest: "The Adventure of the Clapham Cook"
* DeathByLookingUp: The cause of death for [[spoiler:Louise Leidner]] in ''[[spoiler:Murder in Mesopotamia]]''.
* DeathInTheClouds: The 1935 novel of that title is the {{Trope Namer|s}}.
* DetectivePatsy: Poirot is far too clever to fall for this, but occasionally he despairs of Hastings.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In ''Hallowe'en Party'', Ariadne mentions that she likes apples. One of the teenage boys replies that "It would be more fun if they were melons. They're so juicy. Think of the mess it would make."
* TheDutifulSon: Richard Abernathie, whose funeral is the catalyst for the events in ''After the Funeral''.
** Another example is Alfred Lee, the oldest and most dutiful of Simeon Lee's sons from ''Hercule Poirot's Christmas''.
* EagleEyeDetection
* ElectiveBrokenLanguage: Poirot admits to a friend in ''Three Act Tragedy'' that he's perfectly capable of speaking proper English if he wants to, but he chooses not to because he's found it helpful to appear as an amusing and non-threatening foreigner.
-->'''Poirot:''' It is true that I can speak the exact, the idiomatic English. But, my friend, to speak the broken English is an enormous asset. It leads people to despise you. They say -- a foreigner -- he can't even speak English properly. It is not my policy to terrify people -- instead I invite their gentle ridicule.
* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler:Nigel Chapman]] is referred to as a grown-up version of this in ''Hickory Dickory Dock''.
* EurekaMoment: Poirot will often say such things as "Ah, the light shines on the case" when he discovers a vital clue that leads to his solving the case.
* FairPlayWhodunnit: The astute reader should be able to keep up. Part of the way at the very least.
* FinallyFoundTheBody: The resolution of [[spoiler:''Dead Man's Folly'']].
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: [[spoiler:Nigel Chapman]] in ''Hickory Dickory Dock'' does what is called "double-bluffing". Numerous other examples are described on their respective work pages.
* FunnyForeigner: A deliberate front, as pointed out in ''Three-Act Tragedy''.
* GambitRoulette[=/=]GambitPileup: ''The Big Four'', where most of the plans (on both sides) counted on their victims seeing through one layer of deception but not one another. Achille Poirot's role also counts.
* GenteelInterbellumSetting: Poirot leaves the time of his death up to ''le bon Dieu''.
* GreatDetective
* HalloweenEpisode: ''Hallowe'en Party''
* HaveAGayOldTime: One of the novels involving Poirot is called ''Dumb Witness'', with "dumb" as in "mute".
** In ''Hercule Poirot's Christmas'', one of the supporting characters is from Spain, and frequently wonders why the English don't seem to be "gay"; in this case, she is using the word "gay" in its old meaning of "happy".
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The surest way for an Agatha Christie character to sign his own death warrant is by attempting to blackmail a killer. [[spoiler:Amberiotis of ''One, Two, Buckle My Shoe'']] learned this the hard way. Also goes for anyone who didn't know that they knew anything significant (such as [[spoiler:Celia from ''Hickory Dickory Dock'']]), or who didn't know the whole story but knew something vital (like [[spoiler:Miss Johnson from ''Murder in Mesopotamia'']]). It happens ''twice'' in [[spoiler: ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile'' to the maid and Mrs. Otterbourne]]. Basically, if you're in an Agatha Christie novel, you'd better hope and pray that you either don't have a major part, don't find anything out, aren't confided to by anyone; or if you do find something out, you know how to ''keep your mouth shut''.
* TheHeroDies: Christie wrote ''Curtain: Poirot's Last Case'' during World War II, but did not allow it to be published until 1975 (the last of her books to be published in her lifetime). In the book, [[spoiler:Poirot stops taking his heart medication to bring about his own death, after killing a man who had manipulated others into committing several murders.]]
* IconicItem: Poirot's turnip pocket watch.
* IdiotBall: Beautiful women tend to have this effect on Hastings (such as leaving one alone among critical evidence in ''Literature/TheMurderOnTheLinks''...)
* IncriminatingIndifference:
** Subverted in ''Hickory Dickory Dock''. [[spoiler:Nigel Chapman]], after [[spoiler:Patricia]] is found dead, is incredibly upset, and because of this, the police say that he can't be the killer. Poirot points out that his tears were indeed genuine, and probably more so because [[spoiler:he loved her and had to kill her]].
** Used unexpectedly in "Problem at Sea": This trope is in play, [[spoiler:not after the murder, but ''before'' it. The saintly way the AssholeVictim's husband put up with her behaviour incriminates him after her murder -- everyone wondered how he could be so patient with the awful woman. The truth was, he'd already worked out how to kill her]].
** Played with in ''Literature/TheMurderOnTheLinks'', where the victim's wife initially appears suspiciously calm about her husband's disappearance, only to completely break down when called upon to identify his body in such a way that removes any possible doubt that she could have been involved in his death. Poirot is confused [[spoiler: but then later realises that the husband had planned to fake his death and the wife was in on it. She was initially playing it cool because she thought it was all part of the plan, but when she saw his body she was utterly horrified to realise that someone actually had murdered him before he could finish faking his death.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Poirot is '''Belgian''', not '''French'''.
* InspectorLestrade: Inspector Japp.
* InsufferableGenius: Sometimes comes off as this.
* IronicName: Poirot is physically as far as you can get from a "Hercule".
* ItsAllMyFault: Poirot feels like he's responsible for ''not'' preventing a murder, even when it's ridiculously not his fault. He even blames himself for the murder if he feels he can't solve it.
* ItsForABook: Poirot feels that if one must tell lies, they should be excellent lies.
* ItsPronouncedTropay: If someone mispronounces his name, like "Poy-roat", he'll be quick to correct them. A second time, he'll just bitterly sigh or grumble and leave well enough alone.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Poirot often comes off as an arrogant, vain egotist, but he's got a good, kind heart underneath it all.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Christie's novels occasionally revealed the solutions of previous works, a habit which vexed her publishers. For instance, in ''Literature/CardsOnTheTable'', Poirot makes a reference to the solution to ''Murder on the Orient Express''. The reference is very subtle, but enough to spoil it for someone who has not yet read that novel. Even worse, in ''Dumb Witness'', Poirot casually mentions the names of the guilty parties from ''four'' previous novels.
* LeaveBehindAPistol: Poirot has allowed this in a few stories, ''Dead Man's Folly'' and ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile''.
* LongRunners: Fifty-five years' worth of novels is not so bad.
* LoveTriangle: "Triangle At Rhodes".
* MadArtist: Michael Garfield, Mad Landscape Gardener, in ''Hallowe'en Party''.
* MaliciousSlander: Poirot's main motivation for solving crimes involves protecting the innocent from this.
* MarketBasedTitle: Several of the novels had their titles changed for their US editions, for cultural reasons (US readers wouldn't know what a mews was, so the collection ''Murder in the Mews'' was titled ''Dead Man's Mirror'' after a different story in the collection), or to avoid consumer confusion (''Murder on the Orient Express'' was changed to ''Murder in the Calais Coach'' because a mystery novel by the title of ''Orient Express'' had come out in the US that same year). The editions currently in print have restored the original British titles.
* MasqueradingAsTheUnseen: In ''The Big Four'', one of the Four is a MasterOfDisguise. One of those disguises is an old Russian chessmaster, back from the gulags after many years of harsh treatments. The actual guy died in the gulags, and the Four are impersonating him to snatch up his huge inheritance.
* MasterOfDisguise: In ''The Big Four'' (see above).
* TheMatchmaker: It's astounding how many relationships and marriages were influenced by the fastidious hand of Monsieur Poirot.
* MistakenNationality: He is ''Belgian'', not French. It annoys him, although Hercule Poirot does not forget his dignity so far as to call it a BerserkButton.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: "Triangle At Rhodes" has [[spoiler: two. Marjorie Gold and Tony Chantry want to get married, but they're both already married. They decide to fix this problem by orchestrating a pretend love triangle between Tony, Marjorie's husband Douglas and Tony's wife Valentine, and then killing Valentine, making it look as though Douglas did it while trying to kill Tony, and letting Douglas be hanged for it. Unluckily for them, Poirot sees through it]].
* MushroomSamba: In "The Flock of Geryon", one of the protagonists infiltrating the cult has what she believes to be a genuine religious experience; it turns out later that one of the cult's rituals involves [[spoiler:secretly dosing the followers with liquid THC]].
* MyBelovedSmother: Mrs. Boynton in ''Appointment With Death'' is a nigh-perfect example, bleeding over into EvilMatriarch (or WickedStepmother in the ''Poirot'' adaptation).
* MysteryMagnet: Lampshaded in "Dead Man's Mirror" when Major Riddle remarks that with Poirot on the scene, any apparent suicide ''would'' be murder.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Poirot frequently plays the dotty old man to disarm suspects, making them more vulnerable to his questioning. He also uses his accent to this purpose, as he explains in ''Three-Act Tragedy'':
-->''"It is true that I can speak the exact, the idiomatic English. But, my friend, to speak the broken English is an enormous asset. It leads people to despise you. They say - a foreigner - he can't even speak English properly. It is not my policy to terrify people - instead, I invite their gentle ridicule. Also I boast! An Englishman he says often, 'A fellow who thinks as much of himself as that cannot be worth much.' That is the English point of view. It is not at all true. And so, you see, I put people off their guard."''
* OutGambitted: Poirot is a master at foiling the murderer's EvilPlan.
* PatchworkStory: ''The Big Four'' was originally a series of short stories that were published in ''The Sketch'' before being converted into a novel.
* PathOfInspiration: ''The Labors of Hercules: The Flock of Geryon''
* PluckyComicRelief: Ariadne Oliver, Christie's AuthorAvatar, who tends to lighten the atmosphere of any scene she's in.
* PoirotSpeak: ''Naturellement.'' Although it's usually justified as being part of an ObfuscatingStupidity FunnyForeigner act; Poirot actually speaks very good English, but people tend to let their guard down around someone who doesn't even seem to speak the language clearly.
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Someone is killed by this method in Poirot's last case, ''{{Literature/Curtain}}''. [[spoiler: It turns out to be a major ChekhovsGun.]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: ''"Madame! WHO DO '''YOU''' THINK KILLED YOUR HUSBAND?"'', from ''Literature/LordEdgwareDies''.
* PutOnABus: After Christie realized Poirot didn't really need a Watson-type character, she quickly married off Captain Hastings and had him move to Argentina (although he periodically returned for more adventures with Poirot).
* RaisedCatholic[=/=]ChristianityIsCatholic: WordOfGod states that Poirot's religion is Roman Catholicism.
* SarcasticDevotee: Captain Hastings, at times. Hastings relates a story where (in a shout out to Literature/SherlockHolmes) Poirot solved a mystery involving a box of chocolates perfectly, except for having overlooked a vital clue that would have told him very clearly who the murderer was, and thus accused someone who was completely innocent (but who was quickly exonerated once the truth was known). After that affair, Poirot tells Hastings that if he ever acts too conceited, he should use the words "chocolate box" to bring him down a peg. Poirot isn't amused when Hastings uses the code words mere seconds later.
* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget: [[spoiler:''Three Act Tragedy'']] and [[spoiler:''Literature/TheABCMurders'']].
* [[ShoutOut/ToShakespeare Shout-Out: To Shakespeare]]: ''Taken at the Flood'' (and, of course, its US title ''[[MarketBasedTitle There Is a Tide...]]'') is a reference to Marcus Brutus' line from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'': "''There is a tide'' in the affairs of men / Which, ''taken at the flood'', leads on to fortune" (IV, iii).
** In ''Curtain'', Poirot leaves behind two clues [[spoiler:upon his death]], one of them being ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', [[spoiler:which indicates the identity of the serial killer as Stephen Norton, the FalseFriend and ManipulativeBastard who fits the characteristics of Iago in that play]].
*** And on a related note, according to the obituary on the August 6, 1975 edition of ''The New York Times'', Poirot misquotes Shakespeare in the play ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', whose actual line is spoken by Prince Malcolm to his father Duncan regarding the execution of the thane of Cawdor [[spoiler:(and the same line holds true of the great Belgian detective)]]: "Nothing in his life / Became him like the leaving it" (I, iv).
* SocietyMarchesOn: In "The Capture Of Cerberus", what draws Poirot's attention to the villain is that [[spoiler: she wears unflattering clothes, in particular, a skirt with ''pockets''. To Poirot, this is unimaginable, because surely no woman would ever care so little about her own appearance as to wear pockets]]. Nowadays, it'd be hard to find anyone who'd agree.
* StarbucksSkinScale: In "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (a.k.a. The Theft of the Royal Ruby)", there is a young man from an unnamed Eastern country who has a "coffee-coloured face".
* StealthInsult: In ''Death in the Clouds'' Poirot muses bitterly that his travel sickness means that when travelling "he has no little grey cells, he is reduced to a normal human being of rather below average intelligence" and then immediately segues into asking after [[InspectorLestrade Giraud]], his rival from ''Murder on the Links''.
* StoppedClock: Subverted in at least two Poirot stories, where a smashed watch is found at the scene to give a false time for the crime.
* StrictlyFormula: Every Poirot novel has a character at some point say/think 'The man's a mountebank' and is promptly proved wrong.
* SuperOCD: Some books hinted at this, but of course, that's what makes him a good detective.
** Poirot's insistence on symmetry and neatness, to the point of rearranging ornaments on a stranger's masterpiece, in one case directly leads him to the solution.
** He prefers to keep a bank balance of 444 pounds, 4 shillings, and 4 pence.
** Poirot's SuperOCD helps solve the mystery of a book he wasn't even in (''Towards Zero''), when his friend Superintendent Battle looks at something asymmetric and thinks about how much that would have bugged Poirot.
* TakeThat: In ''Death in the Clouds'', one character (a novelist) says that the Literature/SherlockHolmes stories are overrated and filled with logical fallacies.
* ThemeNaming: Hercule's [[spoiler: fictional]] brother is named "Achille".
* ThirdPersonPerson: Often crosses with a pat-my-own back ButHeSoundsHandsome.
* ThrillerOnTheExpress: ''The Mystery of the Blue Train''.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: It's not particularly emphasised, but Poirot likes his hot chocolate and his omelettes. Also parodied in ''Death in the Clouds'', where a writer of detective fiction mentions that his own detective creation is always eating bananas, both because he did it once and the fans liked it, and also because that's something the author himself does.
* TwistEnding: As Creator/AgathaChristie is widely considered one of the masters of the Twist Ending, this is to be expected; several of the Poirot novels are even claimed to have invented some notable twist endings.
* UnderTheMistletoe: Poirot, of all people, gets caught under mistletoe in "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (a.k.a. The Theft of the Royal Ruby)", on account of being too busy exercising his little grey cells to notice where he's standing. He doesn't seem to mind the result.
* VillainousBreakdown: The murderers in ''Sad Cypress'' and ''Mrs. [=McGinty=]'s Dead'' both experience rather dramatic ones.
* TheWatson: Captain Hastings in the early Poirot novels. After gradually phasing Hastings out, Christie used a variety of one-shot characters in this role. He was brought back for ''Curtain''. This is sometimes {{lampshade}}d; in one story, a girl says something to the effect of, "Dr. Watson, I presume?" when introduced to him and Poirot.
* WeWouldHaveToldYouBut: He pulls this constantly. Hastings finds this as intensely irritating as the readers do.
* WhamEpisode:
** ''The Murder of Roger Ackroyd'', whose controversial solution not only made Christie a household name, but which completely changed the course of detective fiction.
** ''Curtain'' was also considered this given the events of the story. It was part of the reason Christie locked the novel up for 30 years before allowing it to be published shortly before her death.
* WhatAnIdiot: Several stories have the twist ending that the apparent victim or bystander who first called Poirot in actually committed the crime, and wanted Poirot there so the police would assume if he couldn't solve it, no-one could. This despite the fact that Poirot's cases get published in-universe so they should know that ''this never works''.
* WhereItAllBegan: The final novel, ''Curtain'', not only returns to the location of the first, ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles'', but for good measure reunites Poirot and Hastings as well.
* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: ''Appointment with Death'', ''Hercule Poirot's Christmas'', and many others described on their individual pages (some of which turn out to be subversions).
* WorthyOpponent: Any villain (identity usually unknown at this point in the story) whom Poirot describes approvingly as 'a man of method' after studying his crime, much to Hastings' annoyance.
* YouJustToldMe: In ''Death in the Clouds'':
-->'''Poirot''' (confronting the killer, [[spoiler:Norman Gale]]): We found your finger prints on the bottle.
-->'''[[spoiler:Gale]]''': You lie! I wore... (trails off, realizing what he just said)
-->'''Poirot''': Ah, you wore gloves?
* YouLookFamiliar: Prior to playing the famous detective himself, David Suchet appeared as Inspector Japp opposite Peter Ustinov's Poirot in a 1985 TV adaptation of ''Literature/LordEdgwareDies''.
* YouWatchTooMuchX: in "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding":
-->Poirot surveyed her gravely for some minutes.\\
'You see too many sensational films, I think, Annie,' he said at last, 'or perhaps it is the television that affects you?'
** Similarly, after Hastings outlines an elaborate theory of the crime in ''Literature/TheMurderOnTheLinks'' and asks what Poirot thinks, Poirot says, "I think you should write for the cinema."
** In several stories, characters complain that [[ThisIsReality investigating a real life case is never as neat as a detective story.]]


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LEXINGTON, Va., Nov. 3, 2011 – "When I first got the program and it said the Eagle and the Dragon, I wondered if it shouldn't have said the Eagle vs. the Dragon."This statement from the audience at the opening session of the "Eagle and the Dragon in Africa," an academic conference at Virginia Military Institute's Center for Leadership and Ethics, pointed at what was most striking in keynote remarks presented by an ambassador for the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense and a fellow with the Center for Global Development.The view that emerged from the presentations was that China is neither a competitor in the arena of security nor a deathly threat in that of economics.Vicki Huddleston, deputy assistant secretary for Africa, and Todd Moss, vice president for programs and senior fellow at the Center for Global Development painted a nuanced picture of the emerging roles of the two countries and the developing relations between them for the audience, which included a large contingent of VMI cadets. Huddleston stated the goals of the United States in Africa: to promote democracy, economic development, and rule of law and to mitigate conflict. She gave strong praise to the efforts of the relatively new U.S. Africa Command, which, she said "is providing the capacity to Africans, to African states, to African militaries so they can provide security and stability for their population so that they can be able to counter the transnational [threat] … of terrorism. … What AFRICOM does is build capacity of African militaries under civilian command."These goals are not, according to Huddleston, shared by China. "From the security point of view, China isn't a competitor; it isn't even there." China and the United States do, however, have shared interests."My point to you would be that China and ourselves share the same goal in Africa, the goal being Democracy writ large … certainly economic development … and cultural relations, but where we differ, I believe, is in the means."Moss, who followed Huddleston on stage, noted that in the economic arena, China is "extremely active," and he accounted for the sense of tension between the United States and China by adding that, globally, the two countries are also the two largest economies, tied together by both trade and debt.Reassuringly, he added, "It sometimes seems like we're competing, but it's mostly a mutual hostage situation."In Africa, both China and the United States want to see much more vibrant and productive African markets, markets much more integrated in the global economy. Both the United States and China, he said, have very important roles to play in Africa, which is one of the "engines" of economic growth."Six out of 10 of the fastest growing economies this year globally are in Africa," he said.The biggest constraints to growth in Africa are the cost and reliability of electricity and transportation. Also needed are access to financing and regulatory structures.In addressing these constraints, Moss said, the actions of the United States and China are often complementary. The United States tends to assist in development of regulatory structures and to invest in human capital, in schools and education and a healthier work force. The Chinese have a mechanism for building infrastructure – "tons of infrastructure" – wherever they are active.Areas of tension, said Moss, are Chinese investment in "rogue" countries; the Chinese tendency to encourage borrowing, and to make the funds available to borrow, in countries that recently completed United States-led efforts to free them from oppressive debt; and transparency, which is viewed as essential by U.S. companies and U.S. regulators, but not by the Chinese.Competition for oil, often seen as a major threat, is not as dangerous as many think, he said, since that market is extremely fluid.Moss said that two strategies for assuring better financial growth in Africa would be for the United States to "unleash" the Overseas Private Investment Corp. from heavy regulation and to invest in multilateral financial systems, such as through the World Bank.Following the talks, accents from around the world were heard as members of the audience stood to ask questions, prolonging the discussion until time was called.The conferences continues with panel discussions today and tomorrow, a reception featuring cultural music from Sub-Saharan Africa, and a keynote address this evening by Maj. Gen. Donald Christopher Leins, deputy director for politico-military affairs (Africa) with the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
–Sherri Tombarge


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Question for you... what do 'Tango & Cash', 'In Her Shoes' and 'Tremors' all have in common? Well apart from the fact they all feature in my DVD collection (alhough let me assure you âIn Her Shoesâ is more down to my wife than me!) they also, and more relevantly, feature stunts or fight coordination by Jeff Imada. And whilst Imada may not be a name you instantly recognise, you have certainly seen his work.
Let me quantify that statement. A friend of mine in the States was recently sat watching TV. Uninspired by the latest reality TV show he starts channel hopping. First channel he switches onto - âBig Trouble In Little Chinaâ, featuring a quick appearance of stunt man, actor and fight coordinator Jeff Imada. Turns over the channel to a Master Card advert which happens to once again feature Jeff Imada.  Turns over again, 'Heroes'. There he is again - Jeff Imada. Another channel. '24'. Jeff Imada. And that was just one advert break. But then again when your resume includes over 150 films and TV shows chances are most days at least something that Imada worked on will be screening.
Jeff Imada was born and raised in Inglewood, California, USA, where he began studying martial arts at the age of fifteen. While in college studying medicine, he started working as a movie "extraâ which lead him through to stunt work and eventually some years later fight and stunt coordination. Today Imada is a member of highly regarded US stunt team "Stunts Unlimited" and one of the most respected men in the industry.
In the past 25 years alone he has worked alongside directors such as John Carpenter, David Fincher, The Coen Brothers and Tony Scott, and choreographed, worked with or appeared alongside Mel Gibson, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Brandon Lee, Nicolas Cage, Steven Seagal, Clint Eastwood, Stallone, Eddie Murphy... the list goes on. And on. Last year I sat down with Imada to talk about his career so far.
Far East Films: When was the defining moment where you decided you wanted to do this for a living... when DO you say I want to throw myself off high buildings for a living?
Jeff Imada: Ever since I tripped off that building as a kid⦠(laughs) Iâve always loved athletic things that involved movement, being physical. I started my life studying medical science and heading into a career in that field through high school and college. But when I was in college and getting closer to graduating a friend off mine sort of got me involved in the movie industry one summer. I got to watch a lot of the stunt guys doing their thing and I thought it looked pretty cool to do. I had an interest in the acting, which stemmed from back to junior and high school doing the stage aspects and on top of that my father and grandfather were photographers so without knowing it I was kind of influenced from the start to get involved in the industry.
FEF: Did you have any specific inspirations growing up?
JI: Bruce Lee obviously. But also I grew up with John Wayne movies and, in another respect, Fred Astaire & Gene Kelly because itâs all movement, movement in a very accomplished manor. I really enjoyed watching those films. A lot of the old Hong Kong movies as well - the Samurai films, 'Yojimbo' and 'Seven Samurai' were all an influence to me. All of these different films and different styles have been synthesised into bringing out what you see on in my work on the big screen today.
I wanted to dig a bit further into Imadaâs background. After all he didnât start his career looking towards movies. After all whilst at El Camino College and UCLA, he majored in pre-med and minored in music. Neither of which says stunt man or fight coordinator.
FEF: How does your background inform your work?
JI: I have a music background so I incorporate music, rhythms & timing into what I do. Itâs all utilised for my action pieces. Keeping true with the characters and making sure whatever they do as the character is key. I need to know that Iâm not creating something that will take the audience out of the experience. It's really important... any type of action that the characters are doing is, to me, another way of doing dialogue. So if you want to stray true to the characters, it goes hand-in-hand with verbal dialogue.
Imada nails it for sure. After all, how many times have we laughed at Steven Seagal who, with his very grounded fighting style, occasionally ends up jumping off walls and performing kicks men half his age would struggle with. Imada continuesâ¦
JI: There was actually a project with Steven that I was called about. But this time they wanted Steven to do some wire work. Knowing Steven I asked them "Does Steven know that?". [Imada laughs remembering back to the conversation] Talking to them some more I wanted to know in what manor the wire work was going to be used. Was it to enhance something or is it to defy gravity, because I donât know if the audience is going to accept that otherwise! And on top of that I donât even know if Steven WANTED to do that. I understand that the studio thinks itâs cool to do all of that stuff because itâs the trend and all but certain people are known for certain ways of fighting so to take it into a different context when itâs not a fantasy type film... you have to watch that line of believability!
FEF: Whatâs your take on the advent of Wire Work in US and mainstream films?
JI: Donât get me wrong, I can appreciate 'The Matrix' style wire work and special effects, but in the right place. For a while the audience was burnt out with this technique - movies, TV, it was everywhere... Itâs funny but before 'The Matrix' I was trying to convince people to use wire work in scenes, and theyâd look at me and say âWires? What? What are you talking aboutâ¦â. After 'The Matrix' comes out, everyoneâs asking me âCan you do any of that wire stuff!â Thereâs an interesting story I was told by Woo Ping from the filming of the movie 'Sand Pebbles'. Loren Janes [legendary stunt and action performer] went to over to Asia to work on the film and, according to Woo Ping, it was HIM that introduced wire stuff and the mini trampoline to them!!! Before 'Sand Pebbles', the Chinese never did that.  He showed them a little wire set up with piano wire and also mini tramps... so itâs interesting that all the Hong Kong acrobatics and wire stuff came from him, from that movie. It was the first time they ever did it. He took that to Hong Kong, which in turn created an industry and only now that has come back full circle.
On the subject of Seagal, it wasnât long before we ended up off topic again as I recalled a conversation with Cage Rage and Pride Fight Commentator Stephen Quadros who once told me a great story about Seagal and how, on meeting people for the first time, he has a special trick where he likes to sneakily kick you in the groin. Knowing that Imada and Seagal have a history together I just had to pose the question on the validity of the story. JI: Yeah thatâs kind of true [Imada shares a sly laugh before continuing] Stevens a funny character... Iâve known him a long time and heâs pretty funny that way. When guys work with him for the first time I tell them when ever your meeting Steven as a stunt guy you need to work out. They always look at me as if to say âReally?â and I just say work out, trust me on this because maybe heâs horsing around but if you put your guard down heâll nail you and when he does youâll know it!
FEF: Obviously you seem to have an excellent relationship with John Carpenter, as youâve worked on a quite a few of his films. What is it about him that keeps you coming back for more?
JI: He keeps asking me back! Which is nice... I appreciate that! Johnâs a great guy and Iâve been very fortunate to work with him. Iâm a fan as well... in college I remember watching previews of 'The Thing' thinking "Wow that looks like a cool film". I thought Iâd love to meet him one day... so years later meeting John, working with him on 'Big Trouble In Little China' and to play a part in the film was awesome.
 Like Imada I have always been a massive fan of Carpenter. 'Big Trouble In Little China' is one of my favourite Carpenter films. That and 'They Live'. In fact the fight between Keith David and Roddy Piper in 'They Live' is, for me, by far one of the greatest Man-o on Man-o fights I have ever seen. It just so happens that the man who choreographed this was sat right in front of me.
FEF: You choreographed the infamous fight in 'They Live', which is surely my favourite fight scene of all timeâ¦
JI: I love that fight. You know that the version you see now has at least another 50 seconds cut from it. At least. Roddy and Keith did a great job. I have been fortunate that since 'Big Trouble' John has asked me to coordinate every one of his projects, but to be involved in 'They Live' was especially great because he called me up and said âHey young man, Iâve got a script for youâ, [Laughing] John always calls me "young man" even though weâre not THAT far apart. He started talking about the old John Wayne films with the big long fights, he wanted to recreate that with two big guys going toe to toe... So I take a look at the script and there was something about the glasses being thrown down and then the page says âThe Fight beginsâ. I turn the page it says âThe Fight Continuesâ. I flip the page again âThe Fight Still Continuesâ. After a few pages it says âThe Fight concludesâ! John looked at me and said âYou know what to do so create it for me!â and that was it. âShow me what you gotâ.
FEF: Did Carpenter want anything specific in the scene?
JI: He only asked me to include three things, three wrestling moves. A suplex, a clothesline and a sidewalk slam. Other than that I had free reign so it was a great opportunity to create an amazing scene where two big guys fight for six minutes straight. John allowed me to add the character moments, moments about the glasses, their friendship... to create the whole scene.
FEF: What was Carpenterâs reaction when he saw what you put together?
JI: John liked what I did, the highs and the lows of the character, the extra dialogue I threw in, the character moments which it made it more believable, so at the end when Keith finally puts on the glasses you really buy it.
FEF: How long did you have to film the fight?
JI: Not long. Two, two and half days. We had blocked it out and rehearsed it at Johnâs house in his backyard! The actors did everything themselves. With Roddy we had to tone him down a little because heâs used to doing fights BIG for a live audience so we had to bring him in a bit so it wasnât so unbelievable. We shot the fight in a parking lot. But the whole place was padded, which people donât realise. So if the actors fell down or into something they had a soft landing that wasnât on concrete, just made to look like it! It was very subtle so no one has ever picked up on it!
FEF: So was âThey Liveâ the first time a director had turned around to you and said âHereâs five minutes of screen time... fill itâ?
JI: Yeah mostly. Possibly this happened a little more when I was doing TV work but itâs very different time-wise. For me 'They Live' was great because, at the end of the day, I create violence for a living. I often kid the guys saying "all we do is make violence for a living". We are not there to help, we're always there to hurt! I never get called to chorograph a romantic love scene!
Another interesting fact about Jeff Imada is that he, along with such industry luminaries such as Vic Armstrong, Glenn Wilder and David Ellis, has served on the Blue Ribbon committee for the âstunt OSCARSâ, The Taurus Awards. The Taurus Awards were set up primarily to honour the movie industry's unsung heroes - the world's best stunt professionals. Something the OSCARâS has so far failed to do. Â
FEF: What are your thoughts on the academies failure to recognise stunt and action performers?
JI: Itâs interesting when you look at the awards. They acknowledge every other department - hair, make-up, CGI, technology advancements, shorts, but they donât acknowledge the stunt people, stunt coordinators or the action people and yet itâs an integral part of a lot of these movies. Itâs been brought up with the head of the academy and itâs been passed to me, second hand so Iâm not sure if itâs absolutely true or not, but it's been stated to me that in conversation the guy said âyou guys are not and will not ever be considered for the academy awardsâ. But everyone else is acknowledged so why not us?
FEF: Was this something you have tried to rectify with your involvement with the Taurus awards?
JI: It's important to acknowledge people for their accomplishments but the concern is you also donât want people to take undue risks to get that accomplishment or award. To do it to a high level is great and to be acknowledged for that even better. A second unit director is given a whole unit to shoot and direct, we are involved with the actors... creating scenes that fit in with the characters, hand-in-hand with telling the story in a physical manor. You're creating something every time you're on set. With the actors. The camera angles. Now it has been said to me that there is an argument to say that we are just management, that we donât do anything creative so why should you be acknowledged? Well if thatâs the case then why do these same guys ask us how to do this or that or ask us what we should do here or what the character would do or how they would react?
FEF: Do you think this will change?
JI: I do. In the past we were the silent minority, hired to make the actors look good. Very much in the background! They didnât want to acknowledge it was us, the stunt men, because they could say it was all them and the actor would look better because of it, but the transition is happening now and the actors are starting to acknowledge the stunt people more, our impact, importance and how we enhance what they do.
Imada has seen the industry change dramatically from when he started back in the early eighties. From the heights and boom of the cheaply made Cannon films of the 80âs through to wire heavy work of the 'The Matrix' and the advent and proliferation of CGI. Most recently the industry has gone full circle, turning back to the more realistic hardcore action of 80âs Hong Kong.Â
FEF: 'Ong Bak' has taken the action industry in a dramatically different direction., making things more real again. Whatâs your take on this most recent evolution?
JI: When that film first came I remember watching it thinking âwow, thatâs refreshing!â. It's back to reality-based physicality of movement which is what inspired me in the first place... that combination between Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.  Jaa has an intensity, an acrobatic ability and not having wires involved makes you really appreciate us as a human species and what we can accomplish. Itâs just awesome! I met Tony, heâs a really nice, humble guy...
And with that my time was very much up. Jeff Imada turned out to be truly one of the easiest and most enjoyable people I have ever interviewed. With a wealth of knowledge gained from his experiences both in front and behind the camera, his twenty plus years working in the industry and over 150 credits to his name, I could have spent a whole day with him and still not scratch the surface of his illustrious career.  What started as a press interview, quickly turned into a conversation about films not unlike those I would have with friends I have known for years... although I guess the real difference being that none of them have worked on 'They Live'!
For more information on The Taurus Awards, check out www.taurusworldstuntawards.comÂ
Phil Hobden
Phil Hobden is an independent filmmaker and freelance writer. His second film, 'Ten Dead Men', is now available to buy from Amazon.co.uk and he is currently developing his third feature film through his company Modern Life?, as well as writing for various websites and magazines including Combat Magazine and Impact. For more on Phil Hobden, check out www.philhobden.co.uk or www.mod-life.net.
Far East Films would like to thank Jeff Imada and Phil Hobden


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Just 10 days before the first phase of Gujarat's elections, chief minister Narendra Modi released an ambitious BJP poll manifesto, promising five million new houses, drinking water and insurance cover for all. Modi also promised to address the issues facing the "neo-middle class", which has risen above the poverty line but cannot yet be categorised as middle class, to enable it reap the benefits of government's welfare schemes.
The manifesto pledged to strengthen agricultural infrastructure and said, if voted to power again, the government would bear 3% of the 7% interest paid by farmers who took agricultural loans.
Due to development in Gujarat in the last 10 years, there has been substantial rise in this neo-middle class. We want to address their issues. We will form a committee to define this neo middle class. We will try to give them benefits of government schemes," Modi told reporters after releasing the manifesto.
In an apparent bid to counter the Congress' poll assurance of providing land and houses at affordable rates to rural and urban poor respectively, the BJP manifesto said 50 lakh new houses would be constructed for them over the next five years.
Congress' promised scheme of low-cost housing had drawn huge response from the people with thousands queueing p in urban and rural areas to get the forms distributed by the party.
Laying emphasis on irrigation and issues related to farmers, the document said 16 lakh hectares of farm land would be brought under irrigation over the next five years and the government would expedite electricity connections.
"Small and marginal farmers pay 7%interest on agricultural loans taken from cooperative organisations. The government will share their burden by paying 3% interest so that the farmers have to pay only the remaining 4%," the manifesto said.
To give a fresh impetus to the agriculture sector, Modi said cold storage facilities and agro-processing units would be set up in every district.
Claiming that annual Vibrant Gujarat Summits aimed at attracting investment for industries were a big success, Modi said now other states were also organising such events.
"Now we will organise a bi-annual world agriculture fare to help farmers learn new technology," Modi said reaching out to the state's large farming community. The BJP manifesto also promised to increase drinking water availability and to double power generation to 30,000 MW. Modi said a new policy will be formulated for the youth with emphasis on "sports, employment and employability"


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Edition: 1st
Author(s): Barbara, Hall-Terracciano; Stephenson, Susan Raatz
ISBN: 9781608311804 / Paperback / 2/21/2012
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