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For years now, analysts have suggested that the Coca-Cola Company acquire Monster Beverage, the energy drink company.
Access to the fast-growing market for the highly caffeinated beverages would help Coca-Cola offset the slowing growth of soda sales and connect with a younger generation of consumers, they said. Two years ago, the companies almost struck a deal, but could not agree on terms.
Now, Coca-Cola has finally made its move. On Thursday, it announced that it had acquired a 16.7 percent stake in Monster for $2.15 billion.
The deal unites the biggest soda maker in the world with the largest energy drink brand in the United States.
"It's a positive and smart move by both companies," said John Sicher, editor of Beverage Digest. "It will strengthen Coke and the Coke system, and the Coke system will strengthen Monster."
Investors in each company cheered the deal. Monster stock was up more than 20 percent in after-hours trading, while Coca-Cola shares rose more than 1 percent.
"We're impressed with Monster's performance today and are confident in Monster's ability to perform over the long term," Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola's chief executive and chairman, said in a conference call.
The deal stipulates that Coca-Cola can increase its stake in Monster to 25 percent through purchases on the open market, or through a negotiated transaction with the company. But Coca-Cola is prohibited from increasing its stake beyond 25 percent for four years without Monster's approval.
Asked if Coca-Cola discussed acquiring all of Monster, Mr. Kent said, "That's not really relevant right now."
Rodney C. Sacks, chief executive of Monster, said: "We've prided ourselves on being independent. We're still having fun, and we're growing the brand."
The equity investment is accompanied by a series of business deals between the companies, including the swapping of some brands, new partnerships, and the addition of board seats at Monster.
In a bid to let Monster focus on energy drinks, Coca-Cola will transfer ownership of its energy drink brands — NOS, Full Throttle, Burn, Mother, Play and Power Play and Relentless — to Monster. In return, Monster will transfer its nonenergy drinks brands — Hansen's Natural Sodas, Peace Tea, Hubert's Lemonade and Hansen's Juice Products — to Coca-Cola.
Monster is issuing new shares to accommodate Coca-Cola's investment, and will allow Coca-Cola to appoint two new members to the company's board.
The deal also involves deeper ties between the companies. Coca-Cola will take on some Monster distribution relationships now handled by other partners, and the companies will cooperate on international expansion.
A major rationale for the deal was Coca-Cola's desire to find a replacement for carbonated soft drink sales. Overall soda sales fell 3 percent last year, according to Beverage Digest, while energy drink sales increased by more than 4 percent.
"Carbonated soft drinks are in decline, and that's the largest part of Coke's portfolio," Mr. Sicher said. "This gives them added distribution of one of the parts of the beverage business that is still growing, at least modestly."
This is the second major investment Coca-Cola has made this year. In January, it acquired a 10 percent stake in the coffee company Keurig Green Mountain for about $1.25 billion, and is working with the company to develop a machine that will let consumers make soda. It later increased its stake in Keurig to 16 percent.
"What Coke is doing is both carefully and dramatically beginning to use deals to enhance its growth," Mr. Sicher said. "It's a smart and conservative way to branch out into these areas."
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom provided legal advice to Coca-Cola, and Monster was advised by Barclays, and received legal advice from Jones Day.


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This unit examines revolutionary change in 20th century Asia and the Middle East with a view to answering a central question: How can we compare 20th century revolutions in these areas, from their origins to their outcomes? The revolutions in Turkey, China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt and Iran are featured, with a focus on key leaders and groups, motivations, ideologies, specific goals and strategies used, and the impact of these revolutions over time. Using a variety of primary and secondary sources, as well as visual references, instructors and students will find background information, topical questions, a range of assignments, and specific ways to use the "Asian Revolutions in the 20th Century" website materials in the classroom. The topics focus on revolutionary leaders and their goals, the nature of revolution in Asia and in the Middle East, the role of groups and outside interests, the strategies employed by revolutionaries, and the impact of revolution over time. This unit can be used in a classroom setting and as part of online instruction. Options for expanding this unit are provided, including suggestions for comparisons with other regions of the world, additional assignments, and resources for instructors and students.
Themes and Goals
The following are the goals of this unit:
This material will be useful to secondary and undergraduate instructors and students in a variety of settings:
This unit is designed to be used with the online resources found in the "Asian Revolutions in the 20th Century" website, specifically the page titled What is Revolution? and the pages on Mao, Gandhi, Ho Chi Minh, and Aung San Suu Kyi.
Key Questions
The questions below are designed to provide instructors and students with possible topic questions that can be used in general class discussions, to guide student reading in required text readings, and as study guide questions that can be answered in writing or in group settings.
Instructor's Introduction: Revolutions in the 20th century Middle East
Revolutions in the Middle East were a product of the growth of nationalism, imperialism, efforts to westernize and modernize Middle Eastern societies, and the declining power of the Ottoman Empire in the Arab region. World War I led to the end of the Ottoman Empire , leaving an enormous political vacuum only temporarily filled by the mandates created by France and Great Britain . In addition, Jewish nationalism, or Zionism, created further impetus for change in the region, and the interwar years saw the historical roots of the current Arab-Israeli Conflict. Modernizing movements in Turkey and Persia (soon to be called Iran), along with Arab nationalism, created momentum for revolution along with the backlash that was waged by those opposed to such rapid changes. The continued presence of European powers, the discovery of rich oil deposits, and the specific national aspirations of the new states in the Middle East contributed to the instability. The years following World War II saw the creation of the state of Israel , the rise of Arab Socialism in Egypt and surrounding states, Palestinian nationalism with its demand for an independent nation, and the Iranian Revolution of 1979, which resulted in the rise of political Islam. In addition, growing reliance by the West on oil, and the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union known as the Cold War, would make the Middle East a central site for foreign intervention. All of these developments bred the desire for rapid change countered by the longing for the stability of traditional cultures. While Asia experienced many of the same influences that created revolution in the Middle East , the role played by oil, the Arab-Israeli crisis, and the rise of political Islam have been unique features that continue to make for a revolutionary Middle East.
Further Explanation of Terms Highlighted Above
Please note that while Wikipedia articles are generally reliable, they are written and regularly changed by volunteers, and therefore should be used with some caution.
Nationalism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism (Note that as of April 2008, the neutrality and factual accuracy of this Wikipedia entry are disputed.)
A. Imperialism and Nationalism
Imperialism, Internet Modern History Sourcebook ( Fordham University) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook34.html#Imperialism
Imperialism, Wikipedia
Nationalism, Internet Modern History Sourcebook ( Fordham University)
Nationalism, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Nationalism, Wikipedia
The Nationalism Project, Eric Zuelow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B. The Middle East and Islamic Culture
The Perry Casteneda Library Map Collection
C. Gamel Abdel Nasser of Egypt
See Sample Student Assignments and Activities for suggestions for using these resources in the classroom.
Gamel Abdel Nasser, Wikipedia
A Country Study: Egypt , Library of Congress
Speeches, Writing, and Other Primary Sources:
Denouncement of the Proposal for a Canal Users' Association, Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University)
Political Testimony: The Struggle for Renaissance
Statement by President Nasser to Arab Trade Unionists (1967)
Photos and Artistic Representations:
D. Kemal Atatürk of Turkey
See Sample Student Assignments and Activities for suggestions for using these resources in the classroom.
Kemal Atatürk, Wikipedia
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
A Country Study: Turkey , Library of Congress
Speeches, Writing, and Other Primary Sources:
Address to Turkish Youth (1927)
On The Tenth Anniversary of the Foundation of the Republic
"M. Kemal Atatürk: In His Own Words"
E. Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran
See Sample Student Assignments and Activities for suggestions for using these resources in the classroom.
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, The Time 100
Speeches, Writing, and Other Primary Sources:
The Uprising of Khurdad 15, Internet Modern History Sourcebook (Fordham University)
Photographs and Artistic Representations:
Other Resources:
On This Day: February 1, 1979 , British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Creating an Islamic Republic: Recalling the 1979 Iranian Revolution Through its Propaganda Posters, Cissie Hill, Hoover Institution Archives
A. Revolutionary Leaders – A Comparative Study
Objective: To introduce several revolutionary leaders and make comparisons concerning revolutionary leadership, beliefs, and outcomes.
Assign individuals or small groups to choose one of the revolutionary leaders listed in the "Online Resources" section above or in the rest of the "Asian Revolutions in the Twentieth Century website." Ask students to look at the biographical information, at pictures or video, and to read one primary source that summarizes the leader's beliefs. (This part of the assignment is to be completed prior to class discussion.)
In class, ask each student/group to make a 5-minute presentation, answering the questions below using material found in this unit or on the rest of the "Asian Revolutions" website. Students can present in groups or they can assume the role of the leader or a news correspondent (using pictures of the leader, or perhaps even video clips).
Limit each presentation to 5 minutes. Follow the presentations with a general discussion (either in class or online) based on the following questions:
B. Document Comparison
Use this exercise for a short writing assignment, class discussion, or online teaching.
Objective: To help students analyze primary source readings from two or three of the leaders featured on the "Asian Revolutions in the Twentieth Century" website with a view to comparing and understanding the leaders' views.
Ask students to look for a specific issue, such as nationalism, communism, the role of U.S. policy, or the role of women. For example, find a reference from one of Nasser 's writings or speeches on nationalism, and then find one from Gandhi on the same topic. After the students identify each leader's key views on nationalism, ask them to describe how these views are similar and different. From this basic comparison, lead a general discussion on the selected issue (e.g., the role of nationalism in revolutions), adding examples of revolutionary leaders in other parts of the world or during other periods (e.g., contrasting the role of nationalism in the 20th century with 18th- or 19th-century revolutions).
C. Revolutionary News
Use this exercise for a short writing assignment, class discussion, or online teaching.
Objective: To spotlight key events in different revolutions with a view to comparing the events and analyzing their significance.
Using the biographical essays for each of the leaders on the "Asian Revolutions in the 20th Century" website, take the role of a newspaper reporter covering the most important event in the life of the revolution. In a "you are there" format, write a 2-3 page news article explaining the event and providing analysis.
Post these stories to a course website or have students present them orally as a means of covering several revolutions within the same class. For example, students researching Mao might focus on some aspect of the Long March, perhaps when Mao reaches Yan'an in 1935, while another student could write on Gandhi's Salt March, a third on Khomeini's return to Iran (using the BBC video presented above), a fourth on Castro's return to Cuba in 1956, or Mandela's refusal to be freed from prison in the late 1980s. After the presentations, ask students what role these events played in their respective revolutions, what similarities/differences there were among them, and what role specific regional and historical factors played in contributing to the outcome. For example, could Gandhi's Salt March have worked in China or in South Africa?
D. "Playing" with Revolution
Use this exercise for a longer, research-based writing assignment or an in-class exercise/simulation.
Objective: To examine revolution and its impact through the creative mechanism of writing a play based on the revolutions/revolutionary leaders found on the "Asian Revolutions in the 20th Century" website.
This exercise is modeled after imagined encounters such as "The Meeting," a fictional meeting between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X (Jeff Stetson, The Meeting. Dramatists Play Service: New York , 1998). Assign students a revolutionary leader and ask them to research the leader's life, times, and views, using the "Asian Revolutions" website and other sources. Then ask students to work on a group project, such as the creation of a play. The main theme of the play could be something as simple as a "meeting of the minds," where students represent the leader's views in a conference of revolutionary leaders, to something more challenging like the creation of actual dialogue and the performing of the play as part of the overall assignment. A good example of the latter is "Qianlong Meets Macartney: Collision of Two World Views," John Watt, in Education About Asia, Volume 5, Number 3, Winter 2000 (http://www.aasianst.org/EAA/watt.htm).
E. Manual of Revolution
Use this exercise for a research-based writing assignment, oral presentation, or group exercise.
Objective: For students to research the tactics used by revolutionary leaders and to understand the comparisons among the leaders.
Using the "Asian Revolutions in the 20th Century" website and other resources, individual students or small groups are responsible for writing guide on how to conduct a successful revolution. Ask students to use historical examples of 20th century revolutionary leaders in the Middle East and Asia , or expand the assignment to include 20th century revolutionary leaders from all regions. Have students post their manuals to a course website or develop PowerPoint-style presentations for group analysis and discussion. The instructor should facilitate the discussion, evaluating "what worked," "what did not work," and why, and identifying how tactics influenced the outcome of the revolutions. For example, compare Mao's guerrilla tactics, Gandhi's nonviolent action, Mandela's actions while imprisoned, Khomeini's religious entreaties, and Atatürk's westernization. Each student or group should write a Manual for Revolution based on the leader or revolution. Then, have all students read the manuals and discuss the merits and demerits of each.
F. Selling Revolution
Use this exercise for a visually based class presentation or in online teaching.
Objective: To investigate the propaganda aspects of revolution by looking at posters, art, slogans, and speeches or symbols used in the revolution.
Assign each student/group either a particular revolution or a type of representation (such as flags, costumes, or slogans). Ask them to find examples and research the role played by each in the revolution. The class or online postings will consist of a "show-and-tell," with a view to comparing the value of and the impact of the propaganda on the outcome of revolution. Music can also be included, with the lyrics of revolutionary songs used as one of the features compared.
G. Picturing Revolution
Objective: To analyze the role played by photos, videos, real-time documentaries, and news programs in the outcome of revolutions in the 20th century.
Assign students the task of finding a classic photo or other visual image of the leader of revolution (Alberto Korda's famous image of Che Guevara http://www.adammarelliphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/AlbertoKorda-Guerrillero-Heroico-V1-1960.jpg comes to mind, but there are many examples), to understand the role it played at the time, and, if appropriate, the legacy of the image today. This assignment could be done in one class, as an addition to a lecture/discussion of revolution, or assigned for extra-credit.
H. Putting an End to Revolution
Use this activity for a written assignment, class discussion, research paper, or role-playing exercise.
Objective: To investigate the role of groups or forces that oppose revolution.
Assign students the role of certain groups within a particular revolution, or key groups from different revolutions, including outside groups or countries. Ask students to investigate the role of these groups and to evaluate their impact on the success of the revolution. Examples include a discussion of the role of the CIA in the Iranian Revolution from 1953-1979 or a comparison of the role of the Soviet Union in Egypt during Nasser 's time with the role of the United States in Vietnam. Counterrevolutionary forces within a revolution, such as the Guomindang or Nationalists in China, or religious groups in Turkey or Vietnam , would be interesting subjects of study and would add a dimension of complexity to the study of revolution in a particular country or period of time.
I. Specific Revolutions Compared
Objective: To provide comparative suggestions for linking different examples of revolution.
Some examples for comparison:

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Sept 17 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
** Trulioo Information Services Inc, a Vancouver-based company that helps corporations verify the identities of customers over the internet, has raised C$70 million ($53 million) from some of the world's largest financial institutions. tgam.ca/3025dzb
** A strike by 48,000 General Motors Co workers at 33 auto factories and 22 parts distribution warehouses in the United States threatens to halt production at several Ontario vehicle parts and assembly plants. "If U.S. plants are closed, then there are going to be lots of Canadian suppliers, situated on both sides of the border, affected," said Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association. tgam.ca/306hYbS
** The Canada Revenue Agency is examining the corporate tax returns filed by QuadrigaCX, according to the trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of what was once Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange. tgam.ca/2OcofvP ($1 = C$1.33) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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The Grace Hopper Celebration India (GHCI) is more than the largest technical conference for women in the country. The extensive participation and engagement from organizations and women in technology make it a true celebration. Last year GHCI 17 had 3,607 attendees representing 406 academic and corporate organizations. There were 184 speakers across 74 sessions and 8 Tracks. These numbers reflect the scale and popularity of the conference that today has become a must-attend for many.
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Commerce Village provides amenities to make day-to-day business operations as stress free as possible so you can focus on work, innovation, networking and growth.
Free Wifi with options to upgrade for faster speeds, access to hard wired connections. 1GB download and upload fiber Internet powered by Century Link.
We have onsite parking including three electric car plug-ins and parking offsite, a quick four-minute walk away.
Space available for private meetings and events. Equipped with 60" display screen including HDMI and data hookups, glass whiteboard, and room schedulers.
Copy, scan, and print in color or black and white.
Work out before, during, or after work. Locker rooms with showers. Facility includes exercise machines and dumbbell weights and classroom space.
Monthly events scheduled to help you learn, innovate and grow your business. Make new friends and business partners.
Ride to work and store your bike safely in our secured bike locker room, equipped with hanging bike racks and repair table.
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Process business documents onsite.
Can I host a one-time event at Commerce Village?
Yes, contact Alex.
Can I tour the facility?
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I'm on the phone a lot. How does that work in the open office space?
Conversation and collaboration is welcome throughout the space. Our members are respectful of one another and moderate their volume accordingly. All members have access to on-demand private, soundproof phone booths to take phone calls, video chats and even one-on-one meetings.
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The Rail & Commerce Building was designed to withstand railroad movement so workers do not feel any railway rattle and the windows keep you isolated from the sound.
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Wise Wit Co., Ltd. has been established for three decades and is specialized in providing sales and services of pneumatic pumps, liquid pumps, and laboratory instruments. We service Gast, Hiblow, Gentilin, Welch, Werther, UNi-CROWN and many more. The products we represent cover Vacuum Pumps, Air Pumps, Air Compressors, Air Motors, Blowers, Peristaltic Pumps, Metering Pumps, Gaseous Sampling Pumps as well as the related accessories such as Gauges, Flow Meters, Filters, Valves, Tubing, and so on. These products are all from USA, Japan and some European countries, and have achieved ISO 9001, 14001 Certification and the CE Directives to meet the demands of our customers. Most of our products are mainly sold to Electronic Industries, Automatic Machinery, Printing, Food Packaging, Environmental Protection, Health Care, Medical and Laboratories. Our managerial goal is to provide high-quality products and reasonable prices to our customers. Today we therefore have been recognized as a major pumps' supplier in the market and rewarded by constant orders from customers. For so many years, our company has sold numerous pumps to the market and we also put great importance on our after- sales services. Our company has an engineering department which offers all the after sales services. The service engineers in our company are trained by the original makers and are qualified to offer our customers the same quality of after-sales services. To satisfy our customers' immediate demand and service requirements, we put huge capital to prepare great amount of stocks in case of any emergent needs. Even it is very difficult to prepare full stocks of all represented products, we still replenish our stocks with plans to cope with sudden requirements. Regarding every measure and investment mentioned above, the ultimate goal of our company is to serve our customers and to supply our customers with all kinds of pumps they need.
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Solway Firth Spaceman
The Solway Firth Spaceman (also known as the Solway Spaceman or the Cumberland Spaceman) is a figure seen in a photograph taken in 1964 by fireman, photographer and local historian Jim Templeton (13 February 1920 – 27 November 2011).
The picture was taken on Burgh Marsh, situated near Burgh by Sands, overlooking the Solway Firth in Cumbria, England. Templeton claimed the photograph shows a background figure wearing a space suit and insisted that he did not see anyone present when the photograph was taken. The image was reproduced widely in contemporary newspapers[1] and gained the interest of ufologists.[2]
A contemporary analysis concluded that the figure was the photographer's wife, standing with her back towards the camera, her dress appearing white due to overexposure.[3]
On 23 May 1964, Jim Templeton, a firefighter from Carlisle, Cumberland (now part of Cumbria), took three photographs of his five-year-old daughter while on a day trip to Burgh Marsh.[1] Templeton said the only other people on the marshes that day were a couple of old women sitting in a car at the far end of the marsh. In a letter to the Daily Mail in 2002, Templeton stated, "I took three pictures of my daughter Elizabeth in a similar pose – and was shocked when the middle picture came back from Kodak displaying what looks like a spaceman in the background."[4] Templeton insists that he did not see the figure until after his photographs were developed, and analysts at Kodak confirmed that the photograph was genuine.[1]
Explanation of the "spaceman"[edit]
According to UFO author David Clarke in 2014, the "spaceman" is most likely Templeton's wife, Annie, who was present at the time and was seen on other photographs taken that day. "I think for some reason his wife walked into the shot and he didn't see her because with that particular make of camera you could only see 70% of what was in the shot through the viewfinder", said Clarke. Annie Templeton was wearing a pale blue dress on the day in question, which was overexposed as white in the other photos; she also had dark bobbed hair. It has been argued that, when using photo software to darken the image and straighten the horizon, the figure increasingly appears to be a regular person viewed from behind.[3][5] Of its impact, Clarke said: "People will still be talking about it in another 50 years."[3]
Templeton stated, "I took the picture to the police in Carlisle who, after many doubts, examined it and stated there was nothing suspicious about it. The local newspaper, the Cumberland News, picked up the story and within hours it was all over the world. The picture is certainly not a fake, and I am as bemused as anyone else as to how this figure appeared in the background. Over the four decades the photo has been in the public domain, I have had many thousands of letters from all over the world with various ideas or possibilities – most of which make little sense to me."[4]
Templeton said that after the photograph was published he was visited by two men who said they were from the government who refused to show their identification and that "They said they worked for the government and that they were only identified by number."[6] After taking the men to the site where the photos were taken, Templeton said that when he explained he had not seen the figure at the time, the men became angry and drove away, leaving him to walk home.[1] In September 1964, Templeton dismissed the two men as frauds, saying: "It all looks like a leg pull to me. I'm sure the men were not security agents."[7]
In a BBC Look North interview and a letter to The Daily Mail, Templeton also said that a Blue Streak missile launch at the Woomera Test Range in South Australia had been aborted because the figures of two large men were seen on the firing range. He alleged that technicians later saw his photograph in an Australian newspaper and found the figures to be exactly the same.[8]
Responding to a request from ufologists to know if the photo was of interest to the authorities, a British Ministry of Defence official said that the Templeton photo was of no interest to them.[9]
- ^ a b c d Lytollis, R (7 July 2007). "E.T. Phone Cumbria". Times & Star. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ Thompson, A (16 August 2005). "FAMOUS UFO SIGHTINGS FROM THE PAST". Whitehaven News. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ a b c Armstrong, Simon (23 May 2014). "The mystery of the Solway Spaceman". BBC News.
- ^ a b Templeton, James (13 December 2002). "Photographer Comments on Cumberland Spaceman Picture". Daily Mail. Associated Newspapers.
- ^ Roberts, Andy; Dr. David Clarke (September 2013). "Solway Spaceman Solved?". Fortean Times (305): 28.
- ^ "The Men in Black are real". Daily Mirror. The Free Library. 16 September 1997. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "Security meeting on marsh 'a joke'". The Cumberland News. CN Group. 4 September 1964.
- ^ "Jim Templeton interview". BBC Look North. Episode 1/1. 10 January 2008. BBC. BBC One.
- ^ "Government not doing enough to investigate sightings, says Cumbrian UFO expert". News & Star. 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
External links[edit]
- Story, Chris. "Suspected UFO sighting leads to Cumbria hotspot claim.". News & Star (25 February 2009).


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One of the fastest ways to get amazing looking images is by using Blending modes. Each blending mode changes the way that a layer reacts with the layer underneath it. You get a small inkling of this by adjusting the opacity of a layer. Using blending modes opens up an entirely new world.
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These are like sunglasses for your layers that can become x-ray specs and a whole lot more. There is a scientific explanation of each blending mode in the help menu of Photoshop.
Don't get too caught up in the definitions. What matters is how it looks and the best way to determine this is to experiment. Blending modes are not just present in Layers.
You can also find them with the painting tools, the layer styles, smart filters and other places in Photoshop. Because the blending modes will work the same no matter how you use them, I'll use layers to explain the blending modes. Layer blending modes also happen to be the most commonly used form of blending mode. Tip: Trying on Blending modes quickly.
Do you ever get tired of constantly clicking the blend mode drop down to try different blending modes? Here's a tip that will make it easy to see what all the blending modes look like on your layer. Choose the move tool.
Hold down shift and the plus key to cycle through all the blending modes one at a time. Choose Shift and the minus key to cycle backwards. (If a brush or gradient tool is selected the same shortcuts will cycle through the paint blending modes) The Blending Modes are separated into six groups • Normal: No special blending takes place, only opacity effects these • Darken: The result darkens the image. White is invisible on the Blend layer. • Lighten: The result lightens the image. Black is invisible on the Blend Layer.
• Contrast: Increases Contrast. 50% gray is invisible on the blend layer. • Comparative: Difference between images is apparent • Color: Works on different color qualities Using Blending modes To use a Layer Blending mode, you need to have a document with at least two layers present. At the top of the Layers palette, you'll see an option that says Normal. Click the drop-down menu to see all the available modes.
Select one of the modes to see the result in your document window. I'm going to let you jump right into some practical uses of blending modes. If you would like to see a list of all the modes and an explanation and example of each, go to the end of this tutorial, it's all here! How to Use Blend Modes in the Real World The ways to use the different blending modes are limited only by your imagination and creativity.
There are a few techniques presented on these pages that make use of some of the blending modes. The real key? The more you experiment and become comfortable with the different Blending modes, the better your images will look. Dissolve The dissolve blending mode is great for special effects. The dissolve especially lends itself to particle effects such as star fields and flying sparks. By adjusting the opacity you can control how the dissolve displays.
Another way to control the dissolve pixels is to use blur filters. The spots will appear wherever there is a soft or semi transparent edge.
In this case, transparency and blurs were used to get the chalk effect. Hiding black or white. Knowing that the darken and lighten blending groups hide white and black is useful information when it comes to placing things over a background. It's not always necessary to mask out the background colors on the top layers. If these layers contain a black or white background, the blending modes can hide these colors and make compositing a snap. In this example, there is a canned page in top of an image. Just the text should be showing through and the white needs to be removed.
You could reach for the masking tools such as the magic wand or color range. This is completely unneeded. Change the blending mode to multiply. The white is now hidden and the black text reads perfectly. This means then, if you have the opposite of a previous example; white text reversed out onto a black background you have a strategy. Change the blending mode to Screen and all the black disappears leaving the white text against the background image. Quickly Blending photographs Together 1.
A particular blending mode works really well on more difficult subjects like glass, smoke, fire and lightning. Take these images for example. How would you put the smoke on top of the image of the musicians?
A real mess could be made of this and it could become very difficult and time consuming. Aren't you glad your reading this tutorial? All you need to do is choose screen blending mode and its perfect and quick Making anything look better, especially people This next blending mode (Overlay) is guaranteed to make almost any image look better. Rather than just apply the Blending mode, you can add a couple of little tweaks that will make it a bit more subtle. You can just apply the blending mode for a nice finish, but try the variations. Start with your photograph. Duplicate the layer and change the blending mode at the top of the layers palette to overlay.
Notice a huge difference in the colors and contrast right away. Drop the opacity to a more natural amount if you want a less pronounced effect. Typically anything for 20-50 will work well depending on the image. For some added punch and to produce a soft glow choose Filter>Blur>Gaussian blur. Choose the amount that looks good on your image.
You will notice that there is a sweet spot on the slider. Go too far or not far enough and the effect doesn't work, when your in the sweet spot there is a healthy glow around the image. This is a great way to make people look better and to smoothen out skin. Compare the results to this end image to the beginning image. It doesn't take much to make an improvement with blending modes. Texture and color effects You can get some really interesting and powerful effects so easily by using blending modes. It's always a good idea to cycle through a few different modes and see what results you come up with.
You may be surprised. It's the Blending modes that separate the pros work from the novices.
Now you will look like a pro too (unless your already a pro, then you'll look even better). Take the two images of the fire and the sinister looking man. What do you think will happen with blending modes here? Put the fire on top and choose Lighter color. This produces an effect similar to one seen on a poster for a movie of a popular band (The Doors). Because there is white on the background of the man, it dominates and no blending happens in that area.
This takes on the look of something that was carefully masked out and it only took only a second of time. Take the same images and try the Hard Light Blending mode. Now you see something much more sinister. You could take the Patch tool and remove the firemen and just have pure flames.
The Hard Light Blending mode does a good job of preserving the luminosity of the man while adding the texture and color of the flames. As you see, the blending modes are a lot of fun!
There are a number more uses for blending modes. (I'll be doing a premium tutorial on blend modes soon, so keep an eye out for that. Different Blending modes, explained For these examples there are two images used.
A texture with a grayscale bar added to the right will be used as the bottom layer. The top layer will be a human face with a colored bar added to the left.
When comparing modes, pay special attention to what happens to the grayscale and color bar, this will give you extra clues to what's happening. Just for clarification, when Photoshop creates a Blending mode, it compares each channel of each layer. First of all, I will describe all the modes.
Then, I'll offer a few practical examples to get you started using them. When describing the blending modes, there are three elements Base: This is the bottom Layer (The texture in the example) Blend: The top layer with the Blending mode applied to it Result: The combination of the two layers blended with the Blending mode Normal There are no special blending methods happening here. Lower opacity to show the layer beneath. (Shown at 80%) Dissolve This is the same as normal except no transparency effects are applied to pixels.
The blend happens by dithering pixels on or off. Makes it look like snow on the picture Darken Any areas that are darker on the base color will replace the lighter colors on the blend layer. The result is a darker image. Multiply With the exception of white on the blend colors, each color is darkened.
This is like taking two transparencies, placing them over each other and holding up to the light. White is ignored.
Color Burn Darkens the base color and the blend color, increases contrast. Produces a darker and more saturated result. Blending with white produces no change. Linear Burn Decreases the brightness of the base color. Blending with white produces no change. Darker Color The darkest of the base or blend pixels display. The colors aren't altered Lighten The opposite of Darken.
The resulting color that displays is the lightest of the base or blend color. Emergency 4 Portuguese Mod there. Screen This is the opposite of multiply. This is like taking multiple exposures on a single film frame.
Black is ignored. Color Dodge Opposite of Color Burn. The base color influences and contrast is reduced. Blending with black produces no change. Linear Dodge (Add) Opposite of Linear Burn. Increases brightness.
Blending with black produces no change. Lighter Color Opposite of Darker color. The lighter of the base or blend pixels display. The colors aren't altered (New in CS3) Overlay If the colors on the blend color are darker than the base they are multiplied. If they are lighter they are screened. This produces saturated colors and pleasant contrast.
Blending with 50% gray has produces no change. Soft Light Similar to overlay but will less contrast because it uses darken and lighten rather than multiply and screen. This is like casting a diffused light from the blend color. Blending with 50% gray has produces no change. Hard Light This is like shining a harsh spotlight at the image. If the blend is darker than 50% gray if multiplies, if its lighter than 50% gray it screens. Vivid Light Works like Hard light but uses color dodge and color burn rather than Multiply and screen.
Produces a higher contrast image than Hard light. Linear Light The blend color is the light source. If the blend color is lighter than 50% gray, the result is dodged by increasing brightness. If the blend color is darker than 50% gray, the result is burned and brightness is reduced. Pin Light Where the colors are 50% gray on the blend layer, the base layer shows through.
Lighter or darker than 50% gray will display on the blend color. Hard Mix Reduces the image to solid red, green, blue, cyan, yellow, magenta, white, or black. These are the primary colors. No gradients will be displayed in the image. This produces a posterized effect. Difference The lightest colors are subtracted from the darker colors.
White inverts the base color and black produces no change. This psychedelic blend mode is useful for aligning layers together. Exclusion Similar to the difference mode, but with less saturation. Very little luminance is shown for the blend pixels. Hue Uses the color hue of the blend color.
The Saturation and the luminosity of the base pixels are used. Saturation Uses the color saturation of the blend color. The hue and the luminosity of the base pixels are used. Color The color from the blend color is used.
The luminosity (Image detail) from the base pixels are used. Luminosity All the image detail from the blend pixels is shown with the color from the base color.
Opposite of Color Other Blending modes There are two more blend modes that only appear on brushes and shape tools. These are not available for layers. You will choose these other blend modes from the Control Bar with either the paint tools or the shape tool selected. They are: Behind and Clear.
Behind Edits or paints only on the transparent part of a layer. If you have pixels on the layer, they will not be affected. The fist image is a scribble in blue. Change the paint brush's blending mode to behind from the options bar. Select red and make another scribble. The blue is protected and the red only appears where there is transparency.
This is all done on the same layer! Clear This makes the brush work just like the eraser. So what's the big deal? Why not just use the eraser? When you use this blending mode with the shape tool, it takes on a whole new life. Who wants to make a selection, press delete and then turn off the selection? The clear mode turns the shape tool into a pixel-eating machine.
(Make sure that the fill pixels option is chosen in the options bar) This is really useful for getting unusual shapes like the battle-axe. With a circle on a new layer, choose the oval shape tool. Select the clear blending mode from the options bar.
As you draw with the shape tool it will now erase pixels in its shape. Layer Blending Modes. Free eBook by Colin Smith Don't forget to check out the website as we add new content every week. You can also find us on social media: Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest and Instagram @PhotoshopCAFE. See you at the CAFE! Colin 22 responses to "Complete guide to Layer Blending Modes in Photoshop, written, video + free ebook".
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What happens when you plop a bunch of very talented actors in a big room with nothing but a bunch of guns and the will to live? As it turns out, something that is incredibly fun and enormously entertaining. Such is the case with director Ben Wheatley's latest movie Free Fire.
A24's Free Fire is a very simple movie. Two groups of people meet at a warehouse in Boston circa 1978 in order to exchange a bunch of money for a bunch of guns. As is often the case with shady deals for illegal firearms, things don't go according to plan. That leads to a firefight the likes of which you've probably never seen before. This game of survival gets even more complicated as things progress, and not just because there are lots and lots of bullets flying all over the place.
Often times in movies where a lot of guns get fired in the direction of other people, it is flashy and intense. It seems like the case is often that there are just unrealistically brave people standing in the middle of a room hoping they don't get shot and feeling confident they will kill someone before they are killed. That is not what happens in Free Fire. This movie, though definitely a bit silly at times and not laboriously realistic, is probably a much more realistic representation of what might happen when a handful of people who aren't soldiers or members of elite special ops forces wind up in a compromising situation where they could die in a gunfight. People hide. They fire their guns inaccurately. They waste a lot of bullets. They get scared and bravery only comes out in moments of desperation as opposed to genuine heroism of flashy but impressive foolishness. That makes Free Fire super unique and really contributes to the massive entertainment value this movie has going for it.
It is pretty difficult to take something that all happens in a single location and stretch it out to 90-minutes and make sure that it doesn't get boring or feel overworked. Free Fire takes place almost entirely inside a large, pretty empty warehouse but it doesn't feel stale. There is a great blend of laughs, action and tension with just enough plot twists to keep the viewer interested. Ben Wheatley does a great job at balancing everything here and keeping the wheels turning constantly. He also owes a lot of credit to the person responsible for casting. If that happens to be himself, then he should go right on ahead and pat himself on the back.
Free Fire boasts a cast so good that it is a little weird to think they are all starring together in this particular movie. I mean that as a compliment. Recent Oscar-winner Brie Larson, probably future superhero Armie Hammer, the world's most under-appreciated character actor Sharlto Copley and the should-be-more-famous Cillian Murphy headline the cast and they all are pitch perfect in their respective roles. Everyone else is placed well and used well, but Jack Reynor deserves a special shoutout here. As a guy who unfortunately came onto everyone's radar as the super creepy older boyfriend in Transformers: Age of Extinction, he has really proved himself to be a great actor outside of that. He turned in a criminally underseen performance in Sing Street last year and he also delivers a solid resume piece in Free Fire. A movie like this would seem less appealing and probably not work nearly as well in the hands of lesser actors.
What Free Fire manages to deliver is a ton of fun and a super unique action movie, which is saying something in 2017. What can be said and probably should be said is that Free Fire isn't going to shock you with a bunch of hairpin twists and turns. There really isn't a lot of social commentary here and this is not what I would call a deep movie. This is a relatively simple movie with a simple premise that manages to be a ton of fun and nothing more. It doesn't need to be more. If you want and need more out of something, you won't find it here. That said if you like firefights and great actors clearly having fun on screen, Free Fire is probably right up your alley.


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Tina Green Com156 February 17, 2011 Debrah Manning Use of Definitions/Compare and Contrast Paragraphs In the final essay I will use definitions and compare and contrast. Using definitions and compare and contrast will attract the reader's attention. Definitions will define words that the reader's may not know. When comparing the topic "Renting an Apartment versus Buying a House" will let the reader's know the similarity of both. When contrasting the topic "Renting an Apartment versus buying a house will let the reader's know the difference.If I decide not to use definitions and compare and contrast, the essay may attract the reader but will leave questioning at the end of the essay.
The reader's will want to know why should they rent an apartment or why should they buy a house. They will also want to know what the similarities and differences. If the topic is strong enough using definitions and compare and contrast, the reader's are satisfied. It will determine their answer to rent an apartment or to buy a house.To discover compare and contrast, I will draw some overlapping circles; there is one circle for each item I will consider. The central area where they overlap, I will list the characteristics of renting an apartment and buying a house that are similar. Then I will assign each one of the subjects that do not overlap; in these areas, I can list the characteristics that make renting an apartment and buying a house different.
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Although renting an apartment has a lower deposit, buying a house has a larger amount to move in.Renting an apartment provides flexibility whereas owning a house has no flexibility. Owning house gains equity whereas renting an apartment does not have equity. The owner of the house has a tax deduction at the end of the year whereas renting does not. The owner has to pay an interest rate loan and must have homeowners insurance.
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Haiti's presidential campaign may be a year away, but at least one candidate and his supporters aren't wasting any time reaching out to the Haitian Diaspora and promoting his candidacy.
Dr. Guy D. Theodore, the former U.S. Air Force colonel who returned to his native Haiti several years ago and helped transform healthcare in his native village of Pignon in northern Haiti, is now a presidential candidate. Theodore's accomplishments as a doctor and the modern hospital he built in Pignon have made him a cause celebre among villagers and elsewhere.
Theodore will visit South Florida for a town hall and fundraising event from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Jean Jacques Dessalines Auditorium, 8325 NE Second Ave. in Miami.
Supporters are seeking a minimum donation of $25. For further information, call 754-244-3110 or 347-546-1468 or email desbas@guytheodore. com. The event is being organized by the Friends of Haiti of 2010 Committee.


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The event gives us the opportunity to express our thanks to our members for doing business with our credit union, showcase our commitment to giving back to the communities we serve, and have fun at the same time. - Ideal President/CEO Brian Sherrick
WOODBURY, Minn. (PRWEB) July 31, 2018
Ideal Credit Union will give away $6,600 in cash prizes at this year's Community Celebration, including a $1,000 daily grand prize for adults age 18 and over, and $100 a day for youth age 17 and under. Ideal's fifth annual summer celebration will be held over the course of two weeks, starting August 7-16, 2018. Attendees will enjoy food, fun, prizes, a special visit from kid's club mascot Bucky Bear, and a chance to give back to our local communities.
A food truck from Aesop's Table will be grilling hamburgers from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on the following dates at these Ideal CU locations:
- Tuesday, August 7 – Hugo office, 14750 Victor Hugo Blvd. N.
- Thursday, August 9 – Inver Grove Heights office, 7791 Amana Trail
- Friday, August 10 – Eagan office, 3225 Denmark Ave.
- Tuesday, August 14 – North St. Paul office, 2401 N. McKnight Rd.
- Wednesday, August 15 – Woodbury office, 8499 Tamarack Rd.
- Thursday, August 16 – Stillwater office, 2020 Washington Ave.
Ideal is encouraging attendees to bring a nonperishable food item to donate to local food shelves. The Ideal Community Foundation will again present a total of $3,000 to six local food shelves that reside within Ideal's six branch locations to help feed our hungry neighbors. The recipients include the Hugo Good Neighbors Food Shelf, The Open Door, Neighbors, Inc.,North St. Paul Area Food Shelf, Valley Outreach and the Christian Cupboard.
Gently used coats and winter accessories will also be collected for the annual Salvation Army Coats for Kids drive. Ideal CU has partnered with the Salvation Army since 2010 to serve as a drop-off site for the local community and to provide monetary support for the Coats for Kids program. Collection barrels are available year-round in all 6 Ideal CU branch locations.
Ideal's Community Celebration, which started in 2014, has been a big hit with members and the community at large. "The Community Celebration is one of the highlights of the year for our credit union," said Ideal CU President/CEO Brian Sherrick. "The event gives us the opportunity to express our thanks to our members for doing business with our credit union, showcase our commitment to giving back to the communities we serve, and have fun at the same time."
Complete information on the Ideal CU Community Celebration and official rules can be found at http://www.idealcu.com/celebrate.
Founded in 1926, Ideal Credit Union is a member owned financial institution that is dedicated to providing financial services driven by a sincere and personal interest in the needs of our employees, members and community. Ideal CU offers a complete range of services, including a full suite of electronic banking products, savings, checking, loans, mortgage products, exclusive VIP member payback, business services, investment services and more. Offices are located in Eagan, Hugo, Inver Grove Heights, North St. Paul, Stillwater and Woodbury. Visit idealcu.com for details and directions. Ideal has been voted "Best Credit Union in the East Metro" 2 years in a row by readers of the Stillwater Gazette and was recently named a 2018 Star Tribune Top 150 Workplace. Equal Housing Lender.


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Formative-Assessment Videos
Using formative-assessment strategies, educators can gather information about what students are learning while they're learning it. In these two videos, see how formative-assessment techniques play out in the classroom.
Full Report: Understanding Formative Assessment: A Special Report
In this video, Jefferson City, Mo., teacher Melissa Vernon discusses what strong and weak models of writing look like with her 1st grade class:
In this video, teacher Crystal Thayer uses a "commit and toss" activity that allows her to get a read on her 4th graders' misunderstandings about mammals. Thayer teaches in Lewis County schools in Tollesboro, Ky.:
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Welcome to anime@UTS!
A massive thank you to all our new members, as well as our returning members, for signing up today! anime@UTS got a whopping 303 members this clubs day, so our coming events are going to be jampacked with fun and a lot of difficulty remembering everyone's names :'D
Don't forget to come to our Welcome Day event at Central Park on the 19th of March (3 more days!) and join us for loads of games as well as an amazing BBQ! We also have an Animazing race coming up on the 3rd of April, sending you and your nakama around the city to compete in anime themed challenges for prizes~
Our WEEKLY events schedule has also been confirmed (all our weekly events will start 1st April):
Monday Anime Screening: 3-6:00pm from the 4th of April
Wednesday Joint Art Class: with UTS Drawing Circle – 3-6:00pm from the 6th of April
Thursday Anime Screening: 5-7:30pm from the 7th of April
Friday Game and Funs: 2-6:00pm from the 1st of April
Be sure to check out our other Facebook group for event updates, and the rest of our social media for immediate updates and other awesome stuff as well:
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Also, keep your eyes peeled for our newsletter, and a very awesome, secretive art event that will be revealed pretty soon ;)


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Killer Imports #1: Reed Farrington's New Foreign Film Column
What qualifications do I have for writing a column about foreign film?
When I was growing up in a small Canadian town, the local cinemas only played popular American films. I got a brief glimpse of Asian cinema when martial arts became popular in the '70s. I went to see the first Asian film that opened the martial arts craze in North American theaters, Five Fingers of Death, and I subsequently saw all the Bruce Lee films with my parents or my occidental friends.
On television, we had three over the air channels. (Cable television wasn't available.) One of the three television channels was a French station. Late at night, it would show French films. It wasn't long before I grew to appreciate French cinema. And it wasn't because of Francois Truffaut or any of the other New Wave directors specifically, I don't think. I also didn't really understand the language even though French was a mandatory class at school as I was growing up. You see, the thing about French films is that they had nudity.
So you might be guessing that I don't have any credentials, or any better reasons than you, for writing a foreign film column — and you're right. I hope you've also guessed that when I say "foreign film", I'm referring to films that originate from outside North America. (I should probably include Canadian films, because Canadian films don't get shown in Canadian theaters. Ha ha. I'm kidding. Sort of.)
I'm not sure if I should make assumptions about what people have seen. I'm always surprised when I find out that Jay hasn't watched a "classic". For now, I'll assume you're as stupid as I am, but you don't mind reading subtitles. (Some English films have mumbled lines, so I even occasionally watch an English film on DVD with the English subtitles for the hearing impaired.) Although most things that try to appeal to everyone are doomed to failure, I'll try to make this column entertaining for everyone. Hopefully, I might even learn something from your comments.
My impression is that most Film Junk readers have aligned themselves with or grown to appreciate Sean's opinions and will use his reviews to determine if seeing a film is worthwhile for them. I like reading reviews in which the reviewer tells me why I should appreciate a film. Film academics like to think that some films are worth watching even though many people in the general public may not be entertained by the films.
I once asked a film professor what he thought the difference was between a film reviewer and a film critic. Basically, I think, his answer was that a film reviewer provides a synopsis of a film and his or her own opinion of a film. A film critic, however, provides an analysis of a film and an interpretation of what he or she understood about a film.
I hate reviewing films. I think I only appreciate certain types of films, and I have a narrow range of criteria that make me think a film is great. Over the years, I have come to realize that I like films that satisfy as many of the criteria listed here:
- There is a protagonist with a pessimistic world view that aligns with mine.
- There is a female who has spunk, who kicks ass, or who is really sweet.
- There is panoramic scenery, or there are eye-catching visuals.
- There is a story that makes me wonder how everything is going to end.
- Everyone dies in the end. Or at least the hero. Self-sacrifice is even better.
Now I realize that these criteria would not make it into a book on film criticism. More often than not, I find it difficult to elaborate on why I liked or disliked a film. I don't think I have the analytical skills for film criticism; however, I do like to write. So what can you expect from this column? Irreverent reviews. Maybe I won't be as irreverent as I was when I reviewed CJ7 for Film Junk (I watched CJ7 without sub-titles and reviewed it based only on the visuals and what I thought was being said). Hopefully, I won't be too irrelevant at the same time. I'll also be writing columns that address issues like why foreigners fail in Hollywood.
Since I have easy access to Asian cinema, this column will be slanted (pun intended) to it (hey, my parents are Asian, so I'm allowed to be self-derogatory). I only have a limited understanding of Cantonese. If a Chinese scene is taking place within a family home, and a mother is scolding her child, then I will most likely understand what is being said. Beyond that, I'm pretty much in the dark without subtitles. I wish I could read Chinese so that I could get some interesting information from the Chinese film web sites.
Perhaps there will be reviews of non-Asian films as well, possibly from other reviewers here at Film Junk. I do have an appreciation of some foreign films that make it to mass market such as Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie as well as his equally enjoyable A Very Long Engagement. And there are some that have been praised by others that I thought were alright like Timur Bekmambetov's Night Watch. (I haven't seen Day Watch yet, but I hear some people were disappointed by it.)
I thought I would review films that are readily available on DVD through many reputable DVD outlets on the Internet. So if I happen to describe a film that you think you would like, then you should have no problem obtaining a copy. I will try not to mention too many spoilers, and I promise not to reveal the ending of any films I review.
I will also occasionally give short reviews of upcoming films that are not available on DVD yet, in case you happen to be at a film festival or a foreign country where you are able to catch a mentioned film in a theatre.
I was going to review a great foreign film as my first entry. For example, Zhang Yimou's Hero came readily to mind. If you haven't heard of this film and you like action with good doses of philosophy, or the current crop of American action films leaves you wanting something else, then I recommend you get this film and watch it now! And if for some reason you don't like this film, then my opinions probably aren't worth your time. But I was daunted by some extensive reviews I've read for Hero. I don't think I could add anything to what has already been written about it.
I don't think I'm aware of any undiscovered classics, so I thought I would simply review an obscure film that entertained me and that would afford me the chance to be irreverent. I've chosen a Michelle Yeoh film released in 2004 called Silver Hawk.
To be continued…


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To be honest, I never thought I would see the day when I'd sit down and write a blog post about sneakers – stylish sneakers. Just a few years ago my shoe collection almost only consisted of high heels. I love high heels. I have almost always only worn heels, and I've been wearing high heels ever since I was like 16! These days, however, things aren't really what they used to be. As a busy working mama, I do find myself wearing comfortable, stylish sneakers or other kinds of flats almost on a daily basis (my feet thank me every time).
I almost always hit the ground running during weekdays, so sneakers are the inevitable favourite comfortable option. They allow me to focus my attention on important things. Zero ouches. Don't get me wrong; I still wear high heels to work sometimes. But if you were to meet me on the street today, chances are that I'll be wearing sneakers or some other type of stylish flats. At the end of the day, I just want to be as productive as possible and look stylish at the same time.
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How cute are these sneakers? These are the 'cuteness meets comfort' kind of shoes. They're available in about four different colours, but I love the olive and the pink ones (2017 has been my year of this colour). Moreover, no shoelaces involved here (thumbs up), only the big fancy bow on the top. Just slip on and go.
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Mother's lullaby vs. Rahman's melody
Hasbi Rabbi jalla Allah, mafi qalbi ghairu Allah, Noor Muhammadu sallallahu, haqq la ilaha illaa Allah…
The traditional umma of traditional Malabar used to hum these mantras while smoothly swinging the cradle of her dear little one. The melody of this centuries-old lullaby pierced right into the ears of the baby into the heart. And this was easy as it flowed from the lips of the mother- on whom the child relied for his sensation and perception of the world around. It breathed the same air as hers; its definition of cold and warmth was her own body temperature.
The child's heart beat in rhythm to the zikr recited by the mother. It ingrained two Realties of the world into his Subconscious and Unconscious Mind as he slowly sank into sleep: Allah the most Supreme and Ultimate; and the light of His Beloved Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam! The child's eyes would fall fast asleep, but the heart would remain engrossed in the lullaby … Hasbi Rabbi jalla Allah, mafi qalbi ghairu Allah.
Jaihoon recalled those good old cradle-days as a friend shared with him a composition from the musical maestro AR Rahman. Perhaps it is first time that such a work has been released in the mainstream entertainment industry. The composer has dared to come up with these 'traditional' lyrics which is very specific to Islamic mysticism.
The song emphatically resounds 'Hu', which refers to the short form of Huwa, "He", one of the Divine Names. Rahman creates a spiritual tumult when he shouts Ya hayyu, ya Qayyum – (O Living One, O Self-subsisting One) – which is typical of that mantra chanted by the Rifai' dervishes. He selectively picks from among the 99 names of Allah and describes the virtues of zikr (Remembrance), invoking the names of God.
Although loud and fast beats surround the wholly religious lyric, Rahman has successfully maintained a spiritual aura for the listener to experience.
Yet, I have to admit that the lullaby of the mother would give peace and serenity for the baby, but this song when played on the 5.1 speakers had my parrot at home screaming in fear (and in protest probably).
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I have nothing but my mother : AR Rahman @ Oscars 2009
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