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Problem 16A-17B: Computing equivalent units and assigning costs to completed units and ending work in process; no beginning inventory or cost transferred in (30-45min)
Sue Electronics makes CD players in three processes: assembly, programming, and packaging. Direct materials are added at the beginning of the assembly process. Conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout the process. The Assembly Department had no work in process on March 31. In mid-April, Sue Electronics started production on 100,000 CD players. Of this number, 76,100 CD players were assembled during April and transferred out to the Programming Department. The April 30 work in process in the Assembly Department was 40% of the way through the assembly process. Direct materials costing $375,720 were placed in production in Assembly during April, and direct labor of $375,720 were placed in production in Assembly during April, and direct labor of $157,700 and manufacturing overhead of $98,505 were assigned to that department.
Draw a time for the Assembly Department.
Use the time line to help you compute the number of equivalent units and the cost per equivalent unit in the Assembly Department for April.
Assign total total costs in the Assembly Department to (a) units completed and transferred to Programming during April and (b) units still in process at April 30.
Prepare a T-account for Work in Process Inventory--- Assembly to show its activity during April, including the April 30 balance.
Problem 18-24A: Break even sales; sales to earn a target operating income; contribution margin income statement (30-45 min)
British Productions performs London shows. The average show sells 1,200 tickets at $50 per ticket. There are 120 shows a year. The average show has a cast of 70, each earning an average of $300 per show. The cast is paid after each show. The other variable cost is a program-printing cost of $7 per guest. Annual fixed costs total $459,000.
Compute revenue and variable costs for each show.
Use the income statement equation approach to compute the number of shows British Productions must perform each year to break even
Use the contribution margin approach to compute the number of shows needed each year to earn a profit of $3,825,000. Is this profit goal realistic give your reasoning.
Prepare British Productions' contribution margin income statement for 120 shows for 2011. Report only two categories of costs: variable and fixed.
Problem 18-26A: Computing breakeven sales and sales needed to earn a target operating income; graphing CVP relationships; sensitivity analysis (30-45).
Big Time Investor Group is opening an office in Dallas. Fixed monthly costs are office rent ($8,200), depreciation on office furniture ($1,500), utilities ($2,300), special telephone lines ($1,300), a connection with an online brokerage service ($2,900), and the salary of a financial planner ($11,800). Variable costs include payments to the financial planner (9% of revenue), advertising (12% of revenue), supplies and postage (4% of revenue), and usage fees for the telephone lines and computerized brokerage service (5% of revenue).
Use the contribution margin ratio CVP formula to compute Big Time's breakeven revenue in dollars. If the average trade leads to $800 in revenue for Big Time, how many trades must be made to break even?
Use the income statement equation approach to compute the dollar revenues needed to earn a target monthly operating income of $11,200.
Graph Big Time's CVP relationships. Assume that an average trade leads to $800 in revenue for Big Time. Show the breakeven point, the sales revenue line, the fixed cost line, the total cost line, the operating loss area, the operating income area, and the sales in units (trades) and dollars when monthly operating income of $11,200 is earned. The graph should range from 0 to 80 units.
Suppose that the average revenue Big Time earns increase to $900 per trade. Compute the new breakeven point in trades. How does this affect the breakeven point?
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Stichting Pensioenfonds UWV based in the Netherlands is growing its allocation to alternatives to 17%. This was from 9%. The implementation of the augmented allocation will be around three years. In addition, pension fund management costs are expected to increase from €14 million to €20 million.
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FLIR Systems is showcasing three new compact multi-sensor systems developed to maintain the company's position as a leader in this field. Each is a derivative of an earlier model but incorporates an advance in technology that results in improved performance.
The SeaFLIR III, for example, incorporates a laser rangefinder and optional laser pointer accommodated inside the compact 9-inch system. As the name implies, this multi-sensor thermal imaging system is optimized for the maritime environment, having been engineered and tested to withstand harsh conditions. When mounted on a fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft, SeaFLIR III is ideal for search and rescue (SAR) or intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) tasks and if required can be integrated into a command and control system.
The TacFLIR III is also the latest development of a tried and tested system, more than 250 of which have been fielded for extreme military environment. Promoted for use on both manned and unmanned platforms, TacFLIR III has been applied to several major U.S. military programs and can be easily integrated with optional multi-sensor payloads.
Reflecting the burgeoning unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market, the Micro-STAR III is claimed to set a new standard in UAV payloads in terms of sensor flexibility and performance to meet the demands of multiple missions. The system is fully capable of supporting a variety of autonomous preplanned operations, delivering sharp long-range imaging and target search and track capabilities in a variety of battlefield conditions.
Optimized for use on small, weight-restricted aircraft, the MicroSTAR III's low profile 9-inch gimbal is claimed to be the lightest and smallest multi-sensor available. Its light weight and minimized drag allows UAVs to stay on station longer, while advanced stabilization produces virtually jitter-free images.


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The courses can be deployed locally (from the Memory Stick Duo) or from the Internet, giving users a true mobile learning experience. They also look superb, because all the functionality of Atlantic Links rapid e-learning authoring tools can be applied to small screen format.
MD Mike Alcock explains, "The traditional problem with courses on the PSP is that theyve never been designed for the smaller screen and are often shrunken versions of courses designed for viewing on PC screens. To tackle this we have enabled our software to author at the native screen size of a Sony PSP. Because the output of Content Point is Flash, the courses still contain all of the high quality and interactivity of Atlantic Links usual output, but with the benefit of small screen design. Quizzes, games, activities, audio, video and Flash animations are all supported, giving users the richest possible course experience." Authoring is undertaken with the same software that is already delivering the fastest e-learning authoring for major companies across the globe.
Mike Alcock continues, The potential applications for this technology are huge and almost mind-boggling. Tourist guides, language training, product training and updates, maintenance guides and training, medical training, interactive museum guides, schools training, the list is almost endless. With the government focusing on personalised learning, we believe that we are at the forefront of the next wave of e-learning. Because our rapid e-learning software is so incredibly quick at producing courses, content producers now have a method for producing huge volumes of highly interactive content for the Sony PSP in hours instead of weeks. Needless to say we are enormously excited about the possibilities."
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The two female victims, both of whom are family members, disclosed that Paul Chapman had allegedly sexually abused them between the ages of 7 and 10 years old, when they were at Chapman's home in Rancho Cucamonga. Investigators believe the abuse occurred at various times between 2007 and 2011.
Chapman is a former teacher for the Chaffey Joint Union High School District between 1960 and 1997.
Chapman is currently in custody at the West Valley Detention Center and bail is set at $1 million.
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Tucked away in a quiet corner of Menifee are the remnants of the people who called the area home hundreds of years ago. Petroglyphs, stones used to grind flour and burial mounds, dot an undeveloped field on the city's western edge.
Yet preservation of the site has thwarted plans for the city's current residents, who are trying to design a trails system meant to run from Riverside County to the Orange County beaches.
A county trails plan that the city inherited when it incorporated called for the land to remain open to the public for trail use. The closing of the area severed that trail system, according to Rick Croy, a former Menifee trails committee member.
"It's the one piece of the pie that's missing," Croy said.
The city plans to appoint a parks commission in March that will be responsible for finding a new path, but there will be no easy fix.
The property was originally owned by Brookfield Homes, the lead developer in the Audie Murphy Ranch project. The company donated more than 100 acres to the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians in 2003. The tribe then closed the land to the public.
There are no plans to change that, according to Tribal Chairman Mark Macarro.
"Our long-term plan for this site is simply preservation and protection," he said via email. "Obviously, a public trail system across this heritage parcel would totally and completely conflict with the goal of avoiding further encroachment and damage to this historic and culturally important site."
Macarro noted that the Audie Murphy Ranch development covers what was once a large, important and thriving Luiseño village complex.
"A lot of historic and cultural resources were forever lost because of this particular project, but we managed to save just a small sliver that the developer was required to donate as part of the mitigation efforts agreed to for this project," he wrote.
Menifee officials have contacted the tribe in hopes of keeping the trail system intact so the public could see the relics, but nothing came of the discussions, said Councilman Tom Fuhrman.
"It would be nice to educate people about the Indians who lived here," he said, suggesting the trail could be a field trip destination for schoolchildren.
During a recent interview at the site, he pointed out a large boulder with worn red drawings of a bear, a bird, several rows of teepees and a sign of a more modern resident: the words "NO HUNTING" at the top.
"This stuff is museum quality," Fuhrman said.
The site is fenced off with roughly hewn wooden posts and barbed wire, though people regularly break through the fence to ride off-road vehicles on the land, Fuhrman said. Neighbors voluntarily repair the fences regularly, he said.
While Brookfield Homes donated the site to the Pechanga tribe, it was still required to give the city a trail that is open to the public. Unfortunately, no feasible site was near the previous trail, according to a December City Council staff report.
City officials considered putting the trail on the next parcel to the west of the preserved site, but a steep mountain would make it impractical, said Menifee Mayor Scott Mann.
"It would take more money that what we have to put a 10-foot-wide trail through there," he said.
In the end, Brookfield set aside some land on the west side of the development adjacent to Canyon Lake Community Church. In addition, it gave the city $50,000 to build its own trail, which the city accepted in December.
The city will now need to find a place to build a trail that will connect to the city's other paths, said Marty Rosen, the former chairman of the city's trails committee and member of the county's trails commission.
"The purpose (of the trails master plan) was to have connectivity," he said. "At this point, we'll have to look for another method."


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Gradkowski gives Raiders what they really need
Published: September 22nd, 2010 | Tags: Bruce Gradkowski, Hue Jackson, Jason Campbell, Jeff Garcia, Oakland Raiders, Solomon Wilcots, Tom Cable
Tom Cable and the Raiders are looking for a spark. With Darren McFadden and others competing to win on Sundays, the Raiders need a quarterback with swagger and substance.
Enter Bruce Gradkowski.
Moving from Jason Campbell to Gradkowski should be seen more as a reward and not a risk. Remember, it was Gradkowski who led the Raiders to consecutive wins over the Bengals and Steelers last season. He might be short on elite talent, but he is long on guts and will give the Raiders a true competitor under center.
Gradkowski is a tough Pittsburgh kid who will not run away from a fight. He reminds me of the feisty Jeff Garcia, who did just enough to win games. Gradkowski will fight to execute the plays called by offensive coordinator Hue Jackson. He'll play smart but not conservative. He'll use his mobility to extend plays when they break down.
Campbell failed to do both of those things, and that's what led to his benching so early in the season.
Some are saying that Cable was in danger of losing his job with a loss to the Rams, prompting the switch to Gradkowski. But what the Raiders are more worried about is production and execution on offense. Their skill players are ready to go now, and they need a quarterback who is as well.
Watch as the other 10 guys in the huddle rally around the limited skills of Gradkowski. The heart and guts he brings to the game inspires his teammates.
This is going to be fun.
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A memorable guest spot in a "Doctor Who" episode on BBC gave British actress Carey Mulligan a cult following.
Now she's finding Hollywood fame with a star-making turn in "An Education," plus a juicy supporting role as the daughter of Michael Douglas' Gordon Gekko in the "Wall Street" sequel.
Mulligan, who has been on Oscar watchers' short list for a best-actress slot since "An Education" premiered at January's Sundance Film Festival, endeared herself to sci-fi fans as the spirited Sally Sparrow on a creepy "Doctor Who" installment in 2007.
"We went out to promote a film in Australia. I was doing a Q&A in Melbourne, and someone was like, 'Hi, Sally Sparrow!' " Mulligan said at September's Toronto International Film Festival, where "An Education" played. "It was bizarre. It just goes everywhere."
Sally Sparrow now is getting bumped down Mulligan's list of credits after a breakout year for the 24-year-old actress. "An Education" opened earlier this month to great reviews and box-office results in limited release, and the film is expanding to more theaters as awards season progresses. It opens Friday in San Diego.
Set in early 1960s London, the film stars Mulligan as a brilliant teen whose dream of an Oxford University education gets sidetracked by an affair with a man (Peter Sarsgaard) twice her age.
The film languished in several incarnations with different filmmakers until director Lone Scherfig cast Mulligan.
"Everything rode on finding an unknown actress who could carry every single scene in the movie," said author Nick Hornby ("High Fidelity," "About a Boy"), who wrote the screenplay.
Sarsgaard said it was clear Mulligan was the right choice as soon as she auditioned.
"The quality of her acting, the freshness, the non-cynical nature of her acting. . . . She has no tattoos, do you know what I mean?" Sarsgaard said. "All of her feelings were just right on the surface. She's, like, quaking with feeling."
Mulligan started the year with a second Sundance entry, the domestic drama "The Greatest," starring with Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon. Last summer, she had her first role in a major Hollywood film, co-starring in Johnny Depp's "Public Enemies."
Along with Oliver Stone's "Wall Street" follow-up, Mulligan appears in Jim Sheridan's upcoming drama "Brothers," alongside Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal. And for the drama "Never Let Me Go," she reunites with good friend Keira Knightley, whose "Pride and Prejudice" gave Mulligan her first film role.
Mulligan started acting in school productions at age 6 and did plays all through her teens, but she didn't pursue drama professionally until finishing school.
A veteran of the London stage, Mulligan hopes to mix in a play every year between films. She's still growing accustomed to Hollywood sets after smaller British productions.
"Honestly, the main difference is the catering. The catering in America is so much better. But really, every job is the same in terms of the fear that you feel walking into the room on the first day. The desperation to please the director and to fit in with everybody else," Mulligan said.
"The scale is always interesting. The scale on 'Public Enemies' was just 87 times larger than 'An Education.' But you still have the same camaraderie among the crew and the same connection between the cast, hopefully. All crews are the same. It's that lovely family thing. That's what I love so much about film."


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Milo, in true dachshund form, gets stuck
Dachshunds are renowned for sticking their heads in first and asking questions later.
So it's not too surprising — especially when you throw in the fact that his owner was readying for an outing — that Milo found himself wedged halfway through a garden gate.
His owner, Sarah Jane Thompson, of Glasgow, was loading her six-week-old daughter into her carriage Monday when Milo ran around the garden and, in his excitement, got between the railings.
"He's not as thin as he used to be so I think that he may have underestimated his own size," Thompson told Metro.
Thompson, knowing dachshunds have sensitive backs, spent 30 minutes trying to gently dislodge him before calling the fire department to come and free him, the Daily Mail reported.
The Daily Mail article does not specify how they managed to extricate him — Jaws of Life? Soap and water? Buttering him up? — but Metro reports firefighters were able to dislodge him after turning him sideways.
In any event, it all ended happily, and we're pretty sure Milo won't do this again, until the next time he does it again.
(Photos: By Sarah Jane Thompson / SWNS.COM)
Posted by John Woestendiek March 31st, 2017 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, bars, behavior, between, breeds, dachshund, dachshunds, dog, dogs, extricates, fire department, firefighters, frees, garden, gate, glasgow, milo, pets, rescues, stuck, wedged
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Not just any dog can be a bar dog
There's nothing, in my view, that can make a neighborhood bar more homey than having its own dog.
You've likely met the bar dog. Though not a breed, he or she has particular characteristics: A laid back, borderline lazy demeanor; a 100 percent friendly disposition; a tendency to be large and situate him or herself in such a way to block the maximum amount of traffic.
The bar dog happily greets customers, but does not jump on them. The bar dog lusts after what you might be eating, but does not snatch it out of your hand. The bar dog is sociable, generally well behaved and not the least bit hyperactive. He goes with the flow.
My dog Ace (on the left in the picture above, taken at a bar in North Carolina) served as a surrogate bar dog for a while at a corner bar in Baltimore. (Bar dogs must also love bars, and Ace, being a reflection of his owner, does.)
At the Idle Hour in South Baltimore, Ace unofficially filled in after the owner's dog, Higgins — now there was a bar dog — passed away.
Ace, it seemed, was born to be a bar dog. At the Idle Hour, there was no one he didn't want to meet and greet and spend a while sitting next to, but he wasn't prone to jumping up, or licking faces — unless such action was requested.
Not every dog has what it takes to be a bar dog.
The jury is still out, for instance — literally and figuratively — on Vaughn, a hyperactive Doberman who frequents two Washington, D.C., bars operated by his owner.
Mark Thorp, who owns Vaughn — and who owns Little Miss Whiskey's on H Street and Jimmy Valentine's Lonely Hearts Club on Bladensburg Road –says his dog is big, and active, and harmless.
But two customers have sued Thorp, claiming otherwise.
Kathleen Moran says she was sitting on a couch at Jimmy Valentine's one night in July 2015 when Vaughn bit her face, causing "gashes to the outside of her eye, cheek, and lip."
In an earlier lawsuit, a customer at Little Miss Whiskey's claimed Vaughn bit her face.
Thorp said both the lawsuits and other legal troubles stem for an ongoing neighborhood feud.
Thorp was arrested in February of 2015 on drug and animal cruelty charges — both of which he claimed were trumped up charges he thinks stem from his beef with a neighborhood official he successfully sued for libel for remarks she made about one of his establishments.
It's a long, involved story that's not too related to our point, but you can find a synopsis in the Washingtonian.
Numerous legal matters are still pending, but Thorp, who temporarily lost custody of Vaughn, now has him back.
And, legal issues aside, maybe it would best to not allow him to freely roam the bars — at least not until he becomes better schooled in how to be a bar dog.
A bar dog, like a bartender, should be compassionate, calm, patient and mellow. He must show up when you want him to. And go away when you want him to.
Unleashing just any dog in just any bar is a mistake — and one that might come with costs.
Ace never had a problem — or caused any, at least that I'm aware of — at the Idle Hour. A lot of that was because it was among, since puppyhood, his top three places to be.
When, years later, I did a little bartending myself, and brought him along to the golf club where I worked, his behavior was always exemplary.
So, yes, I'm all for bar dogs. They can make a place seem like home. They can make a laid back bar even more laid back. They can promote bonding and conversation and help lower an entire room's blood pressure.
But they should be chosen carefully, have the right personality, and be able to stay within certain boundaries.
Then and only then can they do what they were meant to do — make us all chill out, get along, and not sue each other.
(Photos: Top photo, Ace and friends at Recreation Billiards in Winston-Salem; bottom photo of Vaughn from his Twitter page)
Posted by John Woestendiek May 19th, 2016 under Muttsblog.
Tags: ace, animals, baltimore, bar dog, bar dogs, bars, bartender, bartending, behavior, dc, doberman, dogs, duties, feud, idle hour, jimmy valentine's, lawsuits, little miss whiskey's, mark thorp, neighborhood bars, personality, pets, responsibility, training, vaughn, washington
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One for the road …
There are times – despite what you may believe – that my dog is not at my side. One of them was Saturday night.
Once or twice a year, a select group of friends and I make it a point to visit all the old-time bars – those among the dwindling few in South Baltimore that haven't been upscaled yet.
I'm talking about the sort of neighborhood places that are named after a guy as opposed to a concept, the kind where you're still called "hon," and where the food — if they have anything beyond bags of chips and a giant jar of pickled eggs atop the bar — is never "encrusted," just flat out fried.
As Ace and I prepare to hit the road, it seemed a good time to do it again – to say goodbye not just to friends, but to a few old, not yet gentrified bars that might not be here when I get back, including one that I'd just found out will be the next to go.
So we started there, at Bill's Lighthouse Tavern.
Popular with old-timers and newcomers alike, the Lighthouse serves up huge portions of food, at affordable prices. When its owner Bill Wedemeyer died last year, his wife, Adele, kept it going, drawing in a steady crowd with its famous crabs, and impressive buffets on Ravens game days.
According to the sign posted in the window, Bill's Lighthouse has been sold to new owners from California, who plan to transform it into "Café Velocity" and add outdoor dining. Currently, the only al fresco dining that takes place is done by the stray cats (like my former houseguest Miley) who are drawn by handouts from the kitchen staff.
After paying our respects at the Lighthouse, we moved on – first, right across the street, to Leon's, home base of the Attaboy Club, whose members were holding a meeting in the back room, probably to plot their next bull/oyster/pig roast. The Attaboy Club is always roasting something.
Leon's is unusual in that it has no outside sign. It's a nondescript white building that caters mostly to a stalwart crowd of regulars. Yet it has always been warm and inviting when our old school bar crawl crowd shows up. My connection to it, as well as the Lighthouse, began when Ace poked his head through the door.
From Leon's we moved on to Schaefer's, whose bar is one of oldest in the city – a carryover from the days that male customers didn't walk to the bathroom to relieve themselves, instead utilizing the trough-like drain that ran the length of the bar. (Not everything about the good old days was good.)
The sidewalks leading to Schaefer's are emblazoned with the painted-on jerseys of Raven's players, and in the back room, you can find a purple pool table.
Moving on to Rayzer's just up the street, we got a bucket of pony-sized beers and blew a few dollars playing the video horse race game, learning, among other things, the difference between quinella and trifecta.
The last old school bar stop was Muir's Tavern, whose glowing orange neon sign and upstairs turret give it the look of a medieval whorehouse, and I mean that in a good way.
As we arrived, Natasha, the bartender, stood outside. One customer, Mary, had run home across the street for a moment, and Natasha was worried that – Mary being small and the winds being fierce that night – she might blow away when she tried to return.
Alas, Mary made it back, and reassumed her position at the video slot machine. Our group kept itself entertained with the low-tech bowling game and Muir's sophisticated Internet jukebox, which lets you download any song, it seems, in the world.
As you can see, though I didn't have my dog, I had my camera along, and thanks to it and Iris Dement, we were able to throw together this tribute before we depart — a musical slide show about a slowly fading side of South Baltimore.
Posted by John Woestendiek February 22nd, 2011 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: america, animals, baltimore, bar crawl, bars, bills lighthouse, change, dogs, federal hill, gentrification, iris dement, leon's, lighthouse, muirs, neighborhood bars, neighborhoods, nostalgia, old school, our town, pets, progress, rayzers, riverside, road trip, schaefers, south baltimore, taverns, travels with ace, tribute, video
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Home sweet trailer
Say you forked over $650 to spend the month in a trailer in the desert – actually one of those big pull-it-yourself RV campers with popouts – and when you arrived the next day to move in, a little earlier than expected, you saw that not only were the pop-outs popped in, but the trailer was hitched to a truck, appearing as if it was ready to hit the highway.
Would you:
(A) Immediately assume you'd been scammed?
(B) Shoot first and ask questions later?
(C) Politely inquire as to what might be going on?
Fortunately I chose (C) when Ace and I pulled into Petite Acres last week to move into what, after six months on the road, we'd arranged to be our home – we presumed, a stationary one – for a month in Cave Creek, Arizona.
As it turned out, my landlady wasn't hauling the trailer away, only moving it a few feet over so that I might enjoy my entire concrete slab patio, as opposed to just the half of it that the trailer wasn't resting on.
After a week of trailer life, Ace and I (though I shouldn't speak for him) couldn't be happier.
I can sit at the dinette (across from the kitchenette — midway between the bedroomette and the living roomette) and blog while looking out my windowette and enjoying a view of the mountains, strutting quail and rabbits everywhere. At night, I hear whinnying horses and howling coyotes and a few other sounds, and soundettes, I haven't identified yet.
Ace — when he's not resting on my camping cot — likes to position himself at the end of the trailer, where he can lay in the shade and keep an eye on all that transpires at Petite Acres.
He has learned, somewhat, not to wander off to visit other trailers, though twice I've caught him at the homes of my two closest neighbors, where he tends to venture when they are cooking or eating.
One of them, who introduced himself as Romero, informed me that he didn't mind Ace dropping by, but asked that I pick up any poop he might leave there, which, unknown to me, he had done yesterday. I apologized, and Romero, who was slow cooking some pork on an outside stovetop, was very nice about it.
Romero's dinner smelled so good that I couldn't be too hard on Ace for the transgression. Besides, it had happened hours before.
We've yet to encounter any javelina, those wild pig-like creatures who roam in the desert nearby, but I thought one morning I heard some snorting outside the trailer. We have a woodpecker friend who hangs out on the telephone pole in my dusty yard, and other birds — since I generally keep the trailer door open — have wandered inside to look around.
Yesterday, I went outside to absorb some sun — not to tan, just to bake out the morning chill. I'd just about dozed off on my lounge chair when a bird landed on me. Feeling little webbed feet on my thigh, I jerked awake, scaring him off before I could see what kind it was.
I found my temporary home on Craigslist, and, though it's a trailer, it's actually wider than my former rowhome in Baltimore — at least when the pop-outs, in the living room and bedroom, are popped out. I worried a little bit about hitting the wrong switch while in bed and getting compacted — hydraulically turned into a John-ette — but it turns out keys need to be inserted for the pop outs to move.
My landlady, Tami, has been wonderful, jumping on any problems that arise, showing me the ropes of RV life, and intent on making sure — though I'm only here for three more weeks — that I feel at home.
She took me to the library to get a library card, introduced me to some of her dog-loving friends and left me stocked up with movies on DVD, since there's no TV reception. She invited me to join her and some friends at the American Legion Hall last night.
Ace and I have checked out the biker bar next door, The Hideaway Grill, enjoying some nice time there before being informed that, because of a recent incident involving a customer tripping over a leash, dogs are no longer invited to sit on the patio, at least not on busy nights. Last night, I visited the next closest bar, The Buffalo Chip, where Wednesday nights feature bull riding. Not mechanical bulls. Real ones. Dogs are welcome there, but not on bull riding night, or Friday nights, so Ace stayed home. I didn't ride a bull. Maybe next week.
We've found some nice spots to romp nearby — down the dry river bed just a few hundred yards away, at the foot of a mountain across the street, and a conservation area just a short drive away.
In addition to not getting TV reception — maybe a good thing — we don't get mail delivery, and I have to walk my trailer trash down to the Dumpster next to the biker bar.
We've had some minor plumbing issues — the trailer, not me — but they were quickly resolved. (Oh, and that missing dental crown? I found it on the car floor while unpacking, and have reinstalled it in my mouth.)
I couldn't imagine pulling this trailer — it's a late 90's Sea Breeze — down the highway, getting it leveled and hooked up at every stop, but, sitting still, it makes for a cozy little home that sways only slightly when Ace jumps on or off the bed or the couch.
I've thought I should give it a name, like John Steinbeck did with his camper, Rocinante. (Feel free to submit nominations.) There's one I like — it's both modest and Spanish-sounding — but it isn't original. I saw it etched into a sign at a gift shop:
Almosta Ranch.
Posted by John Woestendiek December 9th, 2010 under Muttsblog.
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That's "guide" dog, not "gay" dog, mate
A Thai restaurant in Australia that refused a blind man entry because it thought his guide dog was "gay" has been ordered to pay the man $1,500.
Ian Jolly, 57, was barred from dining at the Thai Spice restaurant, in the Sydney suburb of Adelaide, in May 2009 after a staff member mistook his guide dog Nudge for a "gay dog," according to testimony before an Equal Opportunity Tribunal last week.
Restaurant owners Hong Hoa Thi To and Anh Hoang Le said one of the restaurant's waiters said that Jolly's partner, Chris Lawrence, stated "she wanted to bring a gay dog into the restaurant."
According to the Herald Sun in Australia, Jolly and Lawrence were refused entry to the restaurant, which displays a "guide dogs welcome" sign.
At a hearing on Friday, the restaurant agreed to provide Jolly with a written apology, attend an Equal Opportunity education course and pay him $1,500.
"The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog," a statement from the hearing said.
That makes it sound like the misunderstandings run deeper than matters of accents and language. For one thing, neutered dogs — if that's what they mean by "desexed" — don't become gay. It seems like maybe the restaurant owners may be in more need of guiding than Ian Jolly.
Jolly said he was happy with the result, but added, "I just want to be like everybody else and be able to go out for dinner, to be left alone and just enjoy a meal."
Posted by John Woestendiek April 26th, 2010 under Muttsblog.
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Cat is all smiles: It's Miley, not Miles
Turns out the cat I took in off the streets of South Baltimore — just to watch over until you (and I do mean you) adopt it — isn't a boy after all.
Miles, from nowhere, is now officially Miley.
I first noticed Miley about two weeks ago, when I stepped out of Bill's Lighthouse Inn for a cigarette. She was living on, and under, the wooden stairs of the empty house next door. I walked over and said hello, and she was happy for the company, making me think that she probably wasn't one of the feral felines that roam the corner.
I gave her a spare dog biscuit that was in my coat pocket, which she ignored until I broke it up into little pieces. At that point, she scarfed it down and began nuzzling up against me.
After that, my dog Ace and I began stopping by on our way to Riverside Park to check on her, dropping her off some cat food from time to time — as others were doing as well, including Brooke, a neighbor who lives around the corner.
The cat spent most of her time in a well beneath the stairs, filled with wooden planks, which were full of nails she had to navigate past on her way in and out.
Four nights ago, Brooke and I happened to check on the cat at the same time. She'd been feeding her everyday, and even brought her home, only to learn that Miley, while she didn't have any problem with Caesar the Rottweiller, didn't get along with her two cats.
We'd both done some checking around to see if anyone knew the cat. Nobody did, but I found out she had squeezed her way into both the Lighthouse and Leon's Bar, across the street, only to get ejected. There were some reports as well that some street corner lowlifes had been kicking her.
With a big snow on the way, we decided to take the cat, who I was calling Miles by then, to my house, TEMPORARILY, make sure she and Ace got along, and schedule an appointment with a vet to see if her limp, her scratches and her hair loss were signs of bigger problems.
Yesterday, Jill Shook, the veterinarian at City Pets on Charles Street, offered a complimentary check-up and pronounced Miles to be a 12-pound, three-to-four year old tabby, missing some teeth, but otherwise in good health. She also pronounced him to be a her.
Miley is spayed, has no microchip and tolerates dogs well. Her limp went away after a couple of days. Her hair, probably scraped off by the nails, is growing back in and her cuts are healing.
While I had my doubts at first — Miley apparently did not relieve herself during her first 24 hours in my home — she does know how to use a litter box. Fearing she might not, Brooke brought over some cat poop from her house (the gift that keeps on giving) to put in the litter box in hopes Miley would get the message. She did.
She's a tough, independent and affectionate cat and all she needs now is a human. (Miley Cyrus fans are welcome to apply, as is Miley Cyrus). If you're interested, contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Meanwhile, I'd like to say a big thank you to Brooke DiRusso, for caring, and to Dr. Jill Shook at City Pets for the check-up.
In case you missed the original video on Miley, back when she was Miles, here it is again:
(Photos: John Woestendiek / ohmidog!)
Posted by John Woestendiek February 3rd, 2010 under Muttsblog, videos.
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I know I saw the question asked before but couldn't find it. Can somebody tell me where to get Bubble Tea Straws? I was going to order from Ten Tea because their price is very good. BUT.... the shipping was more than the products itself. Geesh!
Bubble Tea straws... $1.50 qty of 50 I wanted 4 pkgs
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I don't know anything about these guys, I just googled for you, but they have free delivery in the Los Angeles area for minimum orders. They're a bit more expensive than the place you listed.
They used to have them in bed, bath and beyond.
thank you I will check with them
Try small ethnic grocery stores. I found them in packs of 40 for $1.29 in a little Asian market near me.
I ordered them through Amazon and it was free shipping
I've found some extra wide straws that could be used for bubble tea at Dollar General so I bought several packs.
Thank you friends. I live in an area where aisan stores are plentiful, or at least within reasonable driving stores. But I have not had any luck.
It is said that anything can be found in Los Angeles... Not always so.
I will continue to look.
I bought a case (4,500) of them a few months ago. Did NOT realize that that was 100 bags. I sold half to a friend and sold lots of 10 to some friends. I kept about 20 bags. Should last me awhile!
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3. A plant that lives through more than one growing season usually has a(n)__________that is composed of certain tough, dead cells.
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5. Better methods of pollination and seed protection are two reasons why ____________are most successfiul than other types of plants.
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NORTH BENNINGTON — Bob Dion, unsatisfied with snowshoes he and his wife had used, started making his own in his shed 15 years ago.
Other snowshoes were too wide, he said, and the "one-size-fits-all" bindings didn't control the shoe's position, giving him banged-up ankles.
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"Well at that point, winter could be over," Dion, founder of Dion Snowshoes, said in the company's manufacturing space at 940 Water St. Tuesday. "And If you have a race the day after you send it, you were out of luck."
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Today, the company produces four different snowshoe frames and an assortment of bindings and cleats. A 3,000-square-foot space houses the company's entire assembly, sales and shipping operations.
Dion has his hand on every snowshoe. He uses a bender to shape aluminum tubing for each shoe's frame. Each binder, the piece which keeps the shoe on a foot, is hand sewn.
One basket in an assembly room holds small clips which connect the decking to the frame. Another holds hundreds of small Dion logos to be attached to each shoe.
Dion said the shoe's modular design lets a person customize each shoe to his or her needs. A standard aluminum cleat is good for packed snow or groomed trails. But a stainless steel cleat is available for use on hard, rocky surfaces or solid ice. And cleats and bindings can be swapped off of a frame with common tools.
The Dions said they plan on staying in North Bennington, but may move to a different part of the complex.
"We started out wanting to be the best in the world, and now we are," Dion said. "Now we need to keep being the best."
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This is my starting point so forget rigid foam or anything other than batt fiberglass to finish which my research says is the way to start if brand new. The basement and current insulation is dry as a bone and has been for 5 years.
Should I only fill in the bottom half of walls and then cover that with plastic?
Should I go full height with batts over the builder installed stuff on upper half of walls? If yes to this last question should I slash the previous vapor barrier first?
Probably millions of basements have been done with batt insulation and vapour barrier. Does this type of reno spell disaster due to mold as a lot of articles indicate?
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There are lots of different schools of thought when it comes to basements and insulation. Ultimately, the decision usually comes to budget. Your best bet is to remove the batt and install a 2lbs spray foam insulation. 2 lbs foam is dense enough that it acts as its own vapor barrier, 1 lbs foam does not! This is probably your most expensive option.
If that doesn't sound like the way you want to go, I would remove the 6 mil poly and install another r-12 batt on top along with black tar paper and r-24 batts on the bottom. Your insulation value is now superior to the existing r-12 and your heating bills should reflect that.
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chris tanev..my 3rd auto from him i think
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CHESTER -- Less than one year after the release of their first album, "Back to Living," local band Roadside Manor is preparing to get back into the studio. Since recording their first album in June 2008, the band has grown both personally and musically.
According to drummer Eric Cartier, Roadside Manor is a much different band than the four Chester and Deep River friends who recorded nine songs in two days in a home studio in New Hampshire last June.
For starters, the band has managed to successfully coalesce around bassist Tom Warner -- added to the roster in February, when Roadside Manor's former bassist drifted away from the band. Warner was hired just days before Roadside Manor's second appearance at the Webster Theatre in Hartford.
While Warner plays on the band's first album, Roadside Manor had only played together with Warner for a few months and had yet to fully gel. Since then, the band has really smoothed out its sound -- a bluesy mix of rock, reggae and bluegrass.
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Roadside Manor fans will also get to see a new side to the band known for upbeat, up-tempo music. For the new album, Roadside Manor plans to record at least two new, slower acoustic songs.
In all, the band hopes to record at least ten new tracks for the album expected to be released sometime this summer, though Cartier stressed the band members intend to take their time and not to rush anything out.
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Trabucchi and Cartier formed Roadside Manor back in April 2007. Both had lived in the same neighborhood in Chester all their lives and played their first show at their high school.
While driving to their first concert, Trabucchi realized they needed a name. Both already knew they wanted to include roadside. They didn't know what to add with it. Then Cartier looked out the window and watched as they passed a manor. The band's name was born. "Everyone thought it was catchy," recalled Cartier more than a year later. "We all liked it so we hung on to the name."
From there, the band slowly began to grow. In June 2007, banjo player Henry Hotkowski joined and by February 2008, Warner was a member.
Slowly the band began to gather a loyal following playing gigs across New England -- in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut -- as well as local fairs, fundraisers and the college scene -- including Eastern Connecticut State University and Wellesley College in Massachusetts. They also have played the underground at the Webster Theatre in Hartford twice and headlined the Webster for the first time on Jan. 10.
According to Cartier, the concert was the first time a local band has headlined the Webster in a year and a half. Seeing their name on the marquis was quite an experience.
Roadside Manor also got to pick out all the bands who played with them that night. "We really saw the crowd enjoying the bands from start to finish," Cartier said.
Three hundred to 600 concertgoers were expected. Due to inclement weather, the concert only attracted about 200, not that that mattered to Roadside Manor or their fans. "That was probably one of the most responsive crowds we had," Cartier said.
Despite the weather, Trabucchi was happy with the turnout and felt the band played great. "It was probably one of the best shows we've ever played," he said. "We got to take a little more time and put more effort into our performance."
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On Feb. 20 and 21, the band will play the Johnny Cash Concert Series at the Chester Meeting House. Tickets are $10 for Feb. 20 and $15 for Feb. 21. For tickets, see www.myspace.com/smalltownconcertseries.
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I had been previously searching through Amazon & Ebay for plus size mannequins or dress forms in my size but had no luck. I found a few that went up to a size 18 at the most and the few that were a bit bigger (3x) cost about $300+, so yeah. No sale.
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Another tip is to cut out two large square pieces of cardboard. I found it easier to stuff if I placed one of the two cardboard pieces on the inside against the back. You'll see what I mean once you get going. I also decided to duct tape most of my arms in order to have a bit of a sleeve in my form. To keep it from getting lumpy during the stuffing process I cut out two circular pieces of carboard that fit the shape.
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Baptist theologian Jay Smith has posted an interesting critique of Bapto-Catholicism, a movement among some Baptist theologians away from a Baptist identity grounded in Baptist traditions of freedom and community, and to a new Baptist identity centered in ancient creeds and the ancient churches (Roman Catholicism and Orthodox faiths). The manifestation of this re-imaging of Baptist identity is publicly expressed in attempts by Bapto-Catholics to establish an ecumenical vision that brings Rome into local Baptist churches' worship and practice in the form of recitation of creeds and introduction of Roman Catholic / Orthodox sacramentalism, alongside a spirited academic defense of the primacy of the papacy and Roman Catholic and Orthodox magesterium in defining true faith.
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Have you ever done this? If so, where have you gone? Thailand, Amsterdam, Quebec?
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I used to do this. Went to the West Side.
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r1, I'm not talking about just getting laid: I'm talking about going to a foreign country for the main purpose of find plentiful guys either to do things you wouldn't do with with local guys or to actually hire.
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Bump for info. I'd be up for a little vacation...
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OP/R2, that's what I'M talking about. I would NEVER do that stuff with the guys from the EAST side. I'd MARRY someone from the East Side. And did.
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Literally foreign cities in literally foreign countries. I'm not asking about metaphorically "foreign" neighborhoods.
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This would be a great idea if the guys were actually hot. I can't see spending thousands to go have sex with 12-year-old Thai boys.
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[quote] I can't see spending thousands to go have sex with 12-year-old Thai boys.
I can!
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Miami, just once.
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I drove from Beaumont, TX to Houston, TX last year for one helluva hot piece of ass. He was totally worth the hour and a half drive. Does that count as 'sex-tourism'?
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Have not done this, BUT I have been to the Bangkok bars where they sell Thailand Twinks,"just to see." I am not a rice queen and NOT into twinks, so they idea of renting one of these guys is not appealing. Was fascinated by the whole scene however. Nothing else like it on Earth. The boys are treated like product on a Walmart shelf and it's a very complicated transaction with all the payments that have to be made.
There was one bar I went to that had really hot muscle men, real life professional competitive body builders who did live fuck shows every night. These guys are considerable more expensive and generally will not bottom unless you really pay out.
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Montreal for the male strippers. Duh.
Newfoundland because they're already drunk and that's half the battle.
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The Minneapolis-St. Paul airport.
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I went to me.
I go to me all the time.
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r9, tell us more. You didnt even have to leave the US.
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Went to Amsterdam and saw a live gay sex show. Once is enough!
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I saw a fascinating film with Charlotte Rampling about women of a certain age who travel to Haiti for a week of big black cock in pretty packages.
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Once in Rio. They have two saunas that are stocked to the rafters with local rentboys. Practically speaking, MUCH safer than going home with a stranger, or taking somebody to your hotel.
Acres of pretty flesh, all colors, and they're all hung like mules. Action for 100 Reais ($50), so I played around with three. One was okay sexually, one was terrible (completely unresponsive straight boy), and one was insanely good in bed. Nice experience overall.
Technically prostitution is illegal in Brazil, but they only prosecute child prostitution. Adults, they don't give a shit a'tall.
Bring your own rubbers! They don't sell XL rubbers in Brazil for some weird reason.
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Sex is always on my agenda when traveling beyond the U.S. I make it a point to visit the local 'saunas' in Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Paris, Rome, Zurich, Vancouver, Quebec, Montreal, Stockholm, Athens, Brussels, London, Munich, etc. I'm on an international search for intact, all-natural penises like mine.
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Why, OP? What have you heard?
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I'm getting a distinct impression of caftans.
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Well, Australian hookers were quite inexpensive when their dollar was worth 60 U.S. cents.
Same with South Africa escorts when the rand was worth very little.
Then there are the Brazilian rent boys, of course.
And Argentinian whores were a steal when their currency collapsed.
And let's not forget the Czech male prostitutes in the early years following the fall of the Iron Curtain.
It's not really sex tourism as I visit these places often, but who can resist a bargain?
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American hookers were also a bargain in around 2007 when it was $2 to £1.
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Montreal. New Orleans. Miami/FtLauderdale.
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Well your cheap whores were a steal in the summer of 2001.
$180 for a London out-call while New York was $250 plus.
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Apparently, the F. Scott Fitzgerald story is being made again - with DiCaprio as Gatsby.
Looking forward to seeing this. I like the director and his better half is an excellent costume/set designer. And it seems that Leo has a knack for attaching himself to the better projects.
I think we had a thread on this a while back, but if memory serves it was all rumour and speculation then. Glad to see the project has traction. This is probably, imo, the finest novel in the English language. I've never been entirely convinced by the screen takes on it - the definitive version has yet to be made. I consider young Leo to be an excellent choice for Gatsby (I much prefer him as an actor to Redford; this may not be a universally held opinion). Tobey Maguire is a good choice for Carraway. I'll be interested to see who they cast as Tom Buchanan. Russell Crowe would have been ideal for that role had he been fifteen to twenty years younger (I'm guessing.... all the characters in the novel are in and around their early thirties. Nick turns thirty during the disastrous trip to New York City towards the end of the novel).
Baz Luhrman I have mixed feelings about. I enjoyed his Romeo and Juliet, but I loathed Moulin Rouge. I dearly hope they stay true to the book rather than attempt to make it "happier". I highly doubt they'll distort the ending of the book so badly as, say, Breakfast at Tiffany's, or A Clockwork Orange, but I would be concerned that the studio might require a certain degree of adaptation of the characters, making Daisy more sympathetic, for example. Fingers crossed.
I was just talking about this with a friend
I think Leo and Tobey McGuire are excellent too. As far as Daisy... anyone would be better in that roll than Mia Farrow was in my opinion. As far as Tom... I can't think of anyone that plays a pompous jerk very well.
Redford though fairly nailed Fitzgerald's protagonist; along with
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go at Gatsby.
I honestly don't know if this should be called a remake. Strictly speaking it's simply a new adaption of the novel. Full stop.
It's not as if the novel entered life by way of its adaption for the big screen.
That remake tag would seem more appropriate for films that didn't start life as a full-grown novel but as a screenplay to begin with.
I fear that is not an opinion which I share; I found Redford unconvincing. I also felt the direction pushed it a little too much in the direction of a "love" story (the same mistake as is often made with Romeo and Juliet), when in reality Gatsby's feelings towards Daisy are not love but obsession. The overall look of that film was nicely done - whatever details they got wrong in the clothing styles, they had a lot right (Gatsby's pink suit, for one, as memory serves), but I actually felt the 'made for television' version back in the nineties caught a lot of the feel of the novel much better.
On this we can wholly agree. In any case, as a general rule I am not wholly opposed to a remake of a given film providing it has something new to bring to the work. The 'problem' is more that Hollywood has often seemed, in recent years, run out of ideas and has taken to cannibalising itself. Still, good films continue to be made, and I think it would be a mistake to look back on some supposed golden period of Hollywood of which only the good stuff has 'survived' by this point.
And how. I read somewhere that THEY eek are planning to do a remake of that 1990 boom-crash-bang flick 'Total Recall' (sans Arnold!). Ah well...
Oh, my.... I actually rather liked the original. Wasn't that based on a Steven King book (or am I only thinking that because I know The Running Man was)? I actually can see a remake working well as a more 'intellectual', character driven piece whereas the original was very much an 'action' flick. The basic concept - what is the nature of character / consciousness? - is just superb, though, and ripe for re-examination in this internet era. That he in the end decides to be the 'alternative' person rather than who he starts out is superb. Of course, there is the view that it was all a 'holiday' instilled in his mind by that company, but I don't necessarily hold with that one. Great fun, though, and one of Arnie's better outings.
I consider the decision to remake that film as a rather dubious yet not entirely surprising one...
BTW: The film was based on a story by Philip K. Dick who also wrote the novel that was made into Blade Runner (the original title of he book is great: Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?)
Ah, yes, that was it.... Philip K Dick. I knew there was a literary basis.... I think a redux on The Running Man would be interesting if they stuck true to the book instead of the remodelling of the story in the Arnie film. The tale of a man forced by poverty into the most demeaning kind of reality television could be a real fable for our times.
I rather like the 40's version with Alan Ladd
Seconded. I personally hated the later version. I thought both Redord and Farrow were miscast. Farrow looked like a grinning skull and Redford was particularly wooden. (Although i don't rate him as a great actor anyway, (just eye candy).
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He he, a bit harsh, but that's what sprung to mind when i was watching the film. My imagination is obviously fertile if nothing else!
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Shush now! You are incorrigible! (You made me blush and that just won't do....).
So, I'm just curious, are they going to make this a modern update like they did with Great Expectations, where it takes place in contemporary times, or will it be a period piece, circa 1920's, straight from the book?
Gatsby; like Fitzgerald himself, seems ideally set in the 20s.
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The Queen mother of Amoma Traditional Community Nana Yaa Fusaah has revealed the former member of parliament for Nkoranza North and Omanhene of the area Nana Amoateng would faced the traditional judicial council to decide on the kingship validity of the embattled former legislator.
In an exclusive interview with Agoo East, the Octogenarian queen mother lamented on Nana Amoateng's incarceration saying it has put the community on bad spotlight nonetheless she believes he must be given a fair hearing because 'he was a good man'
Amoma have been without Omanhene for more than a decade, last time the traditional authorities decided to enthroned a new omanhene in the absence of Nana Amoateng, the community was thrown into state of uncontrollable riots and disputes.
Some of the youth described Nana Amoateng who has almost become a 'jail bird' as a "santa claus" and a "philanthropist" who has been of a great help to them. They continued, Nana Amoateng has been a succour to a scads of students, farmers by way of fully financing their activities and providing paid jobs to some of the youth.
The queen mother Nana Yaa though admits the good works of Nana Amoateng yet said the council has advanced plans to solve the long standing chieftancy dispute by getting a preferred new omanhene for the people.
She was however not certain as to whether the council can possibly decide to maintain Nana Eric Amoateng.
She said Amoma community has been without good roads, drinking water, clinic, school and other amenities. She featured these lacks to the absence of Omanhene who is supposed to be a lead crusader and a sort of a pressure agent for the development of the community.
Before Hon. Eric Amoateng was arrested on 11, December 2005 in the U.S and finally sentenced to 10yrs on December 12, 2007 by judge David G. Tragger for trafficking 136 pounds of heroin, valued at over $5m, he was the Omanhene for the Amoma traditional Authority in the Jema district of the Brong Ahafo region.
After serving a 10-year jail term in the USA, he was re-arrested by the BNI for passport fraud but released from police custody after meeting his bail terms.
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Thank you Stacy for this sample!
This darjeeling has a nice light floral aroma. Initially the taste hits me as vegetal then transitions to a light floral taste that I associate with darjeeling. The finish has a moderate astringency.
This tea hits me as being a mix of green tea and darjeeling.
The more I sip the more prominent the vegetal notes. This one isn't really to my liking.