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Natural Classic Henna Treatment Wax7/08/2013
|A massive Tub of this stuff will last you over a quarter of a year
|The colourless formula so you don't have to worry about colour changes
Its also available at amazon here at the cheap price of £2.40 and on ebay it is just for £1.99 but bodycare is the price smasher at 99p.
As its wax, the product is hard to work with so make sure you're really working it into your hair with really hot water, and massage it in and work in a downward motion then back to the top to massage the roots.
Cannot rave about this product enough. One thing I will mention is that you have to rinse thoroughly as with any conditioner, I have noticed with this product particularly it leave the hair solid and heavy if not rinsed out enough.
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Mnium marginatum var. dioicum (H.Müll.) Crundw.
Quick facts
|Threat status Europe
|Not evaluated (IUCN)
The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.
The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included.
See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view.
Other resources available below may have more information.
Common names and synonyms
Other resources
|GBIF search
|Global Biodiversity Information Facility
|ITIS search
|Interagency Taxonomic Information System
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|National Center for Biotechnology Information


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Automotive Cooling Systems for OEMs and Tier-1 Automotive Suppliers
MotoRad specializes in the development, production and supply of wax elements, thermostats and housing thermostats for major automotive OEMs and Tier 1 automotive suppliers.
Proudly serving leading OEMs
Many of the world's leading automobile manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers depend on MotoRad to provide them with advanced, design-ready thermostats that meet the highest quality standards. To keep up with, and ahead of, automotive engine technology trends, we operate a fully staffed research and development engineering department dedicated to the active development of new automotive cooling system products and manufacturing methods.
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Our line of thermostats is one of the most advanced in the automotive industry. With sophisticated machines, which include a variety of high-speed assembly and automated calibration equipment, we can fill any OEM requirements, including black box design capability and engineering design support.
State-of-the-art equipment, strict quality control and engineering validation and functional testing are applied to each thermostat program to guarantee that our OEM and Tier-1 automotive supplier customers can trust the product used in their vehicle. Our advanced technologies allow mass production of a wide range of high-quality products that deliver long-lasting reliability and durability.
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In addition, we are developing new thermostats made with a new material, to prevent stress corrosion cracking (SCC), which becomes an issue in some of today's car engines that are smaller yet more powerful than older engines.


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The Associated Press is reporting that a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan early Thursday morning.
The quake struck just 61 miles east of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station. The same plant experienced a partial nuclear meltdown back in March when a 9.0 magnitude earthquake created a tsunami that washed away major portions of Northeastern Japan.
There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage, according to the AP.


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Language can be used to impose a particular balance of power between one person and another. This can create a positive or negative effect: we can encourage, support or flatter, but we can also disguise, dominate, trap or trick.
Look at the sources below. Try to identify who is in control, and who is being controlled. Think about how the balance of power is being demonstrated.
Consider the part played by body language. The way that somebody sits or stands, their gestures and facial expressions, all of these can be 'read' alongside language, and can give additional clues as to how they feel.


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If you're a trader, chances are you've got an eye on the FXI - the iShares China ETF is nearing bear market territory.
The index which tracks select China-based companies has now fallen roughly 17 percent since its 52-week high hit back on February 29th and is down again today. A decline of 20% or more would be considered a bear market.
If you're a trader, chances are you've got an eye on the FXI - the iShares China ETF is nearing bear market territory.
China weakness is among the catalysts that have led traders such as Steve Cortes of Veracruz to short the S&P. He believes it's not possible for the S&P to advance if China is very weak because the two economies are so interdependent.
And Cortes is far from alone. Strategic investorDoug Kass has told us he thinks the S&P has put in a high for the year - in large part because of China.
But Kass isn't only concered by the FXI, he has identified other signals.
For example, the latest export data out of Tokyo shows "Japan exports to China, which is their largest trading partner, notably fell by almost 12%," said Kass earlier in the month.
Also he pointed to Hewlett Packard which cited China as a source of pervasive macro-problems for the company.
Kass, Cortes and other skeptics consider all these developments as confirmation that China's economy is eroding. "I'm afraid that China is in for a crash landing," concluded Kass.
Of course, not everyone is a China bear. For the bull story watch the video.
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Our current research covers a wide range of areas of importance to the floriculture industry
M.S. candidate Sofia Flores Vivar at the University of Florida, under the supervision of Dr. Rosanna Freyre and Dr. Paul Fisher, is researching the potential of ginger and turmeric as new container-grown crops.
Ginger and turmeric have multiple uses, including food, medicinal, beverage, and ornamental. They can be grown under greenhouse conditions, where day length and temperatures can be manipulated to produce a locally grown superfood. The main objectives of this research project are (a) to evaluate plant material sources and cultivars for the greenhouse and field production of ginger and turmeric as superfoods, and (b) identify environmental conditions that extend the growing season of plants by avoiding dormancy during short days, and improve rhizome production for an increased crop yield.
Last updated: 9 Jan 2018
Further information: Sofia Flores Vivar, Dr. Rosanna Freyre, and Dr. Paul Fisher, University of Florida (email@example.com; email@example.com)
Ph.D. candidate Yujin Park at Michigan State University investigates how the radiation spectrum of sole-source LED lighting influences growth and development characteristics of floriculture transplants.
A new method of producing floriculture transplants is indoors using light-emitting diodes (LEDs). However, one of the challenges and opportunities of implementing this new production technique is to determine the radiation spectrum to obtain desired plant responses. The quality attributes of floriculture crops, including plant size, leaf color, growth habit, and flowering time, can all be modified by the radiation spectrum, and also plant responses can vary among plant species and cultivars.
Yujin's Ph.D. research is investigating how different spectral and intensity combinations from blue (400-500 nm), green (500-600 nm), red (600-700), far-red (700-800 nm), and white LEDs interact to regulate photosynthesis, plant growth, and flowering responses on a broad range of floriculture crops. The results from previous experiments identified the potential benefits of including far-red radiation in the lighting spectrum, including increased seedling growth, regulation of plant size, and earlier flowering. We also learned that far-red radiation combined with a moderately high intensity of blue radiation can produce compact plants while accelerating flowering time in some species. To best utilize sole-source LED lighting technology in floriculture transplant production, this research will further generate new science-based information on the kinds of plant responses and benefits growers can achieve by managing the radiation spectrum.
Last updated: 9 May 2017
Further information: Yujin Park and Erik Runkle, Michigan State University (firstname.lastname@example.com)
M.S. candidate Allison Hurt at Michigan State University is quantifying how light (duration, intensity, and quality), carbon dioxide, and temperature (air temperature and root-zone) influence floriculture and hop young plant production, quality, and subsequent flowering.
In northern latitudes, it is not uncommon for the photosynthetic daily light integral (DLI) to be ≤5 mol·m-2·d-1 during peak young plant production, necessitating the use of supplemental lighting (SL), air and root-zone heating to stimulate callusing, reduce production time, and increase plug and liner quality. However, some growers are indicating they can reduce young plant production time with the use of low-intensity photoperiodic lighting (PL) from light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Allison's studies will include evaluation of: greenhouse bedding plant plug production under SL from high-pressure sodium (HPS) lamps and SL and photoperiodic lighting (PL) from light-emitting diode (LED) arrays with varying light intensities, qualities, and durations; interaction of CO2 concentration and broad spectrum sole-source light intensity and its effect on plug production; greenhouse propagation of hop cuttings under varying DLIs; and greenhouse propagation of annual and perennial cuttings under varying air and root-zone temperatures. In several of these studies, plugs and liners will be transplanted into a common environment to determine if quality and subsequent flowering are influenced by the treatments received during young plant production.
Last updated: 5 May 2017
Further information: Allison Hurt and Roberto Lopez, Michigan State University (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Kellie Walters, a Ph.D. student at Michigan State University, is working on the production, flavor and color enhancement of leafy greens and culinary herbs in controlled environments. She is evaluating how light intensity and quality, short wavelength radiation, carbon dioxide, and temperature interact and influence leafy green and herb flavor, volatile oil content, anthocyanins, growth, and development. Additionally, she has several side projects that include 1) quantifying the impact of carrier water alkalinity and air temperature at application on the efficacy of various plant growth regulators (PGRs) including ethephon and 2) determining the photoperiodic flowering responses of several specialty crops.
The plant growth regulator (PGR) ethephon [(2-chloroethyl) phosphonic acid] breaks down to release ethylene (C2H4) and can be sprayed on floriculture crops to reduce cell elongation, inhibit internode elongation, reduce apical dominance, increase lateral branching, and abort flower buds and flowers. However, the efficacy of ethephon applications is influenced by a variety of environmental and cultural factors. For example, As pH or ambient temperature increases, ethephon efficacy decreases. This is due to ethephon breaking down into ethylene more quickly before it is absorbed by the plant. Since carrier water alkalinity affects solution pH, Kellie is quantifying how ethephon efficacy is influenced by carrier water alkalinity and air temperature at application. With increased efficacy comes the potential for lower chemical inputs, increased uniformity, and higher quality plants. Kellie is also determining the photoperiodic flowering responses of several foliage annual plants, herbs, and hop vines. Growers are increasingly incorporating foliage annuals into mixed combination planters due to their brightly colored or patterned leaves. However, the flowers of these foliage annuals are often unattractive and stall the desired vegetative growth. Therefore, our goal is to provide photoperiodic lighting recommendations to prevent flowering in foliage crops and herbs and enhance cone production of hop vines grown in controlled environments.
Last updated: 5 May 2017
Further information: Kellie Walters, and Roberto Lopez, Michigan State University (email@example.com)
Joshua Craver is a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University working with Roberto Lopez on alternative methods for the production and tracking of bedding plant seedlings.
Indoor production of young bedding plants using sole-source lighting (SSL) has been proposed to overcome lighting challenges in northern latitudes during late winter and early spring. Joshua's Ph.D. research is focused on determining optimal CO2 concentrations, light qualities, and light intensities for the production of bedding plant plugs in a SSL environment. Specifically, he is evaluating how different ratios of red and blue light interact with elevated CO2 concentrations, and whether manipulating these environmental factors may benefit plug quality or hasten the time to a finished crop. Additionally, he is evaluating the use of automated and non-invasive imaging using fluorescence to estimate leaf area and track the growth rate of entire plug trays, with potential use in the bedding plant industry as a means of efficient and non-destructive monitoring. Information gathered from both of these projects will provide recommendations on how to optimize and track the production of bedding plant seedlings under SSL as well as establish a scientific understanding of how specialty floriculture crop production may be further improved under controlled-environment conditions.
Last updated: 4 May 2017
Further information: Joshua Craver and Roberto Lopez, Michigan State University (email@example.com)
M.S. student Y. Ulrich Adegbola at the University of Florida is working to assist growers by analyzing plant cutting transplant efficiency there is potential to decrease production cost and increase profit margin.
Young plant producers transplant over 25 million cuttings in a year. Transplanting unrooted cuttings is an important process in the production of rooted liners. Dr. Fisher and Ulrich are working to (1) benchmark labor productivity for transplanting cuttings, and (2) identify the key factors that affect efficiency between businesses and workers. By improving the efficiency of transplanting cuttings there is potential to decrease production cost for young plant growers. Ulrich is originally from Benin, Africa and can speak many languages. He has a B.S. in Agriculture Economics from the University of Florida and is pursuing a M.S. in Agriculture Economics. His career aspiration is to be an economic analyst for the agriculture industry.
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Last updated: 8 Oct 2016
Further information: Y. Ulrich Adegbola and Dr. Paul Fisher, University of Florida (email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com)
Ph.D. student Erin Yafuso at the University of Florida is working to assist growers by identifying the best ways to supply oxygen to plants roots.
Producing a healthy crop is anchored in the roots of a plant. Dr. Fisher and Erin are studying the relationship between water to oxygen and effect on rooting in container-propagated plants. We will focus on (1) evaluating a technology to super-saturate oxygen in irrigation water (2) varying substrate porosity or moisture level and (3) modeling the supply of water to oxygen in the container plant system. Erin will also develop an entry-level water-training program that will assist the trainer and trainee. Erin comes from Hawaii with a B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Molecular Biology, she would like to pursue a career in higher education.
ASHS 2016 Presentation
Last updated: 8 Oct 2016
Further information: Erin Yafuso and Dr. Paul Fisher, University of Florida (email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com)
Along with his research, M.S. student, George Grant is using graphical tracking to schedule poinsettias for the National Poinsettia Trials at the University of Florida.
The use of plant growth regulators (PGRs) provides growers in the greenhouse and nursery industry a variety of economic benefits when used correctly. PGRs are primarily applied by foliage sprays or drenches that commonly leach out of the container when over irrigated. PGR leachate and runoff can negatively affect irrigation water, neighboring crops, and the environment if unmanaged. Dr. Paul Fisher and his M.S. student, George Grant are testing granular activated carbon (GAC) and ozone to effectively filter out Paclobutrazol, the active ingredient found in products like Bonzi, Piccolo, and Paczol. The information gained from this research can help growers who recirculate their irrigation water with a greenhouse or catch pond system form strategies to prevent PGR contamination problems. George is also experimenting with sanitation procedures for removing Paclobutrazol from containers, plug trays, and liners. Reusing container supplies can also be cost effective for grower operations, however, even a small amount of PGR residue left on a container can cause unwanted effects to crop growth. George strives for a Ph.D. in Environmental Horticulture as well as a career in sustaining water quality for the public health and the environment.
ASHS 2016 Presentation
Last updated: 7 Oct 2016
Further information: George Grant and Dr. Paul Fisher, University of Florida (firstname.lastname@example.com; email@example.com)
Ryan Dickson is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Florida focused on understanding how floriculture and vegetable plant species interact with fertilizer solutions to affect pH.
Fertilizer nutrient solubility is largely influenced by container substrate-pH, and therefore maintaining pH within an optimal range during production is necessary for adequate nutrient availability and healthy plant growth. Floriculture crop species have different effects on pH even when supplied the same fertilizer, making it difficult to manage pH and prevent crop nutritional disorders, such as iron and manganese toxicity or deficiency, with sensitive species grown in the same production zone. Ph.D. candidate Ryan Dickson is working to understand how plant species differ in pH effect by investigating the underlying plant physiology behind nutrient uptake and root acidity or basicity. He is also looking at species differences in ammonium-N and nitrate-N uptake preference as well as adaptive root responses to phosphorus and iron deficiency as possible explanations for why important floriculture species such as Pelargonium rapidly decrease pH in container production.
Ryan is updating the Fertilizer pH Calculator in www.BackPocketGrower.com, a grower resource online and mobile phone app, by including pH effects from a wider range of floriculture and vegetable crop species. The Fertilizer pH Calculator is a tool that balances acidic and basic factors in production, including media components, fertilizer nutrient concentrations, plant species, and water alkalinity, to maintain a stable root zone pH and prevent pH drift during production. Ryan's goal is to continue working with growers at optimizing fertilizer and pH management strategies for floriculture and vegetable container crops.
Last updated: 3 Sep 2015
Further information: Ryan Dickson and Paul Fisher, University of Florida (email@example.com; firstname.lastname@example.com)
M.S. candidate QiuXia Chen at Michigan State University is evaluating hybridized petunia for genetic traits linked to desirable crop timing and quality traits.
Conventional breeding techniques have been slow to improve current cultivars and varieties, leading to a desire to develop genomic tools to enhance breeding programs. Molecular breeding techniques have proven to be successful for many diverse horticultural crops such as apple, soybean, cucumber, etc. As energy and labor costs increases, we can utilize genetic markers to develop improved varieties that performs in suboptimal conditions. QiuXia is using genetic linkage maps for various F7 recombinant inbred line populations to identify potential quantitative trait loci (QTLs) linked to desirable quality traits such as early flowering and increased branching. In addition, she will identify potential QTLs linked to traits related to field performance such as flower intensity. These QTLs will be mapped to the genomic scaffolds to identify candidate genes underlying the QTLs.
Last updated: 22 Jul 2015
Further information: Ryan Warner and QiuXia Chen, Michigan State University (email@example.com)
Current practices in the propagation of vegetative annuals.
1. Quantifying the amount of water applied to cuttings in commercial propagation greenhouses. The results showed that the calculated amount of water applied per square foot over the 10 day propagation period was 0.4 to 5.7 liters per square foot for vegetative annuals while for geraniums it was 0.30 to 11.1 liters per square foot.
2. Using a propagation weather station to measure propagation environment, mist volume applied, and leachate in commercial situations.
3. Effect of water and air content of the propagation media on adventitious root formation. Our experiments showed that rooting was best for poinsettias at an 86% saturation level while 94% was optimal for Osteospermum.
Developing a functional model for mist management in propagation
1. Develop an evapotranspiration model based on potential water uptake, stomatal behavior and environmental measurements to predict water demand for cuttings in propagation.
2. Develop a commercially viable system to make mist application decisions based on the cutting water demand as determined by the evapotranspiration model.
For more information, contact Jim Faust (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Jeremy Crook (email@example.com)
Last updated: 1 Nov 2013
Further information: Jim Faust and Jeremy Crook (Clemson University
Toning can be defined as the resistance to forces acting to crush stems or tear leaves. While this has not been quantified, it is being used by growers via empirical observations to evaluate cuttings for postharvest and propagation performance.
In general, drought stress, low humidity and moderate nitrogen levels produces 'toned' plants while excess water, humidity and nitrogen produces 'soft' plants; however, providing this environment can be challenging on the scale of large commercial cutting production. Alternatively, calcium nutrition has been utilized to promote post-harvest performance in many horticultural products, but on to limited extent in the context of unrooted cutting production. The current project is aimed at addressing the following issues with the use of geranium and poinsettia as model species.
1. Can we quantify degree of toning? Currently mechanical properties of leaves are being assessed using a texture analyzer.
2. Can foliar calcium treatments influence the toning of a cutting? If so, what mechanical and physiological properties of cuttings important in postharvest durability are influenced?
3. What is the influence of pre-harvest foliar calcium treatments on cutting performance in the propagation environment?
Further information: James E. Faust (email@example.com) and Uttara Samarakoon (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Last updated: 30 Oct 2013
Further information: James E. Faust and Uttara Samarakoon (Clemson University)
Biological solutions to common production problems are welcomed by growers and customers as our society has higher expectations for sustainability. A relatively new mycorrhizal-like fungus, Piriformospora indica, has been shown to improve overall plant growth and disease resistance of various plant species. This organism shows promise to affect several plant responses of high importance to the floriculture industry including: increased rooting in propagation, increased resistance to root pathogens and increased nutrient uptake.
In our experiments, P. indica inoculation in propagation media produced varied results. Euphorbia 'Supreme Bright Red', Osteospermum, and Lantana showed a significant increase in wet root mass by inoculation with P. indica. In contrast, Euphorbia 'Champion Fire' and 'Premium White', Crossandra, and Dahlia did not significantly respond to treatments in terms of wet root mass.
P. indica has shown potential to be a preventative biological fungicide to highly pathogenic Phytophthora nicotianae on Petunia species. Common commercial biological products were also compared alongside P. indica. The highest percentage of P. indica incorporation (30% v/v) delayed the onset of disease symptoms on all varieties of Petunia (Figure 1). P. indica applied at the lower rates (10 &;20% v/v), Companion, Rootshield, and Rootshield Plus were significantly better, in terms of disease severity, than the untreated control, although not as good as the 30% rate of P. indica.
It has been documented that P. indica can help to increase nutrient uptake when the nutrients are applied at low concentrations in the growing media. Floriculture crops grown with low (10 ppm) nitrogen and normal rates of the other essential nutrients showed a consistent increase in flower number, flower date, and shoot fresh and dry weight when the plants were inoculated with P. indica. Petunia and Calibrachoa grown without phosphorus but with normal rates of the other essential nutrients did not show treatment effects of flower number, flower date, and shoot fresh and dry weight when the plants were inoculated with P .indica. SunPatiens inoculated with P. indica showed reduced flower number and fresh shoot weight.
For more information contact: Jim Faust (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Allison Justice (email@example.com)
Last updated: 30 Oct 2013
Further information: Jim Faust and Allison Justice (Clemson University)


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Christmas Returns Policy
We all like to start our Christmas shopping early, we want you to have peace of mind when deciding to purchase with us, so we have extended our returns policy to cover the festive period. Any item(s) purchased between the 1st of November and 23rd December 2016 the can be returned to us for a full refund or a replacement up to 31st January 2017.
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Welcome to our Help Section
Simply type a question into the box provided, and the FAQ system will return a brief answer, or a link to more information.
If you can't find what your are looking for please get in touch with our Customer Service Team and we will be happy to help.
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We are new at this, never have tried actually anything... and we are a bit scared :) What would be the best way to try something? an event? We were always thinking events are for the experienced ones :) is there something for newbies? :)
We are new in this kind of party and is nice exploring new things just need free of shame..I think have many couples who don't like many people arround as so always exist friends who have trust in others and join every time..


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You know you're getting the real deal when the wait staff struggle to understand your English!
When eating in a new city we make it our mission to try and discover the hidden gem that even locals have never heard of. That tiny hole-in-the-wall that only opens between 10:41pm and 1:08am. That bar with a narrow non-descript door out front, but filled with awesome artworks and a cocktail menu to die for…
More often than not we fail. This time though, we picked a massive Melbourne winner!
Walking past the front door of Joo Mak at the northern end of Swanston Street, you would have no idea that it was even there. Squeezed in between what looked like a nightclub and a vacant piece of office floorspace, the front door and surrounding walls give absolutely no indication whatsoever that there is a Korean restaurant in the building!
If anything, judging by the signage you'd think you're walking into a pagan healing temple or something…
As we stepped inside I was seriously starting to doubt that we'd written down the wrong address…until I looked down the stairs and noticed the big sign on the wall, proudly stating that this was indeed the entry to Joo Mak!
A stairway to culinary heaven…or perhaps a night we would live to regret?
As we turned the corner we were confronted by a very solid timber door that wouldn't have looked out of place in a 1920s prohibition-era den of sin. Were we going to have to knock three times and give the password? What were we getting ourselves into…
We opened the door and immediately knew that we were in the right place! Tasty aromas wafted through the open doorway while the buzz of happy diners washed over our ears.
Thankfully we had booked a table because it looked extremely busy (another good indicator of a great restaurant, as this was on a Monday!).
The layout of Joo Mak is pretty cool, consisting of lots of small and large booths along the walls. Walking past the 'welcome' wall-o-photos we scored ourselves a very cosy little two-seater!
Unlike other 'normal' restaurants in Australia, at Joo Mak they approach things a little differently. Instead of playing the waiting game with the wait staff…
0-5mins – Occasional wistful glances
6-10mins – Fruitless attempts at eye contact
11-15min – Pointed glares
16-20min – Maniacal eyes like lasers, in tandem with an all out telepathic assault in an attempt to get some service…
At Joo Mak they put the control in your hands…literally! See that big red button on the wall in the photo above? That's the service button. Ready to order? Push the button. Feel like another dish or three? Push the button.
So simple, yet so good! And they really did pay attention to it. Every time we pressed it we had someone at our table within a couple of minutes at the most.
The menu at Joo Mak is fairly diverse, and while I haven't been to Korea the menu had an authentic feel to it.
First up was an oddity that Karen was very keen to try. I'm not a big fan of milk based alcoholic drinks, but we couldn't pass up the opportunity to try some bowls of fruity/milky rice wine (Soju)!! I was quite surprised at how good it was.
Together with the rice wine we ordered a kimchi pancake, which came with a spicy dipping sauce, kimchi, soy beans and a small pasta. The pancake was a lot larger than we expected and tasted great!
Press the button, press the button!!!
We then ordered a dish that's even more left-field than you're average Korean meal…pan fried chicken giblets!!!
I was a little apprehensive, as I have had some pretty rank offal in the past…but this was absolutely sensational! Cooked to perfection, these tiny morsels were crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside and full of great flavour!
To finish off with we had to try the traditional Korean dish known as bulgogi. I think this translates to 'fire meat' in English, a reference to the way in which the meat is typically cooked on a griddle or brazier (as opposed to a brassiere…).
Again, this dish was delicious and was the best of the night. The meat was so tender and tasty, I could have eaten bowl upon bowl…
With a massive exhalation, we both leaned back, patted our distended bellies and declared the night a success!
Not only had we had a good feed, but we had succeeded in discovering one of Melbourne's best kept secrets!
Taste – 4/5
Coffee – NA
Menu – 4/5
Atmosphere – 5/5
Service – 5/5
Value – 5/5
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It Looks Like 7th Rounder James Norwood and 21st Rounder Charles White Have Agreed to Sign
I have a feeling that we're on the verge of a mass signing announcement from the Chicago Cubs, but, in the interim, we continue to piecemeal things as well as we can.
First up, 7th Round pick James Norwood tweeted out some fairly convincing evidence that he's signing:
The only caveat there is that there was a draft pick last year – Daniel Poncedeleon – who signed, Twitter picture and everything, but ultimately did not wind up in the organization (I believe there was an issue with the physical). So, until the Cubs officially announce it, I can't call something like this officially official. Still, it looks good.
Although Norwood, a righty who can get it up to the upper-90s, was taken in the 7th Round, he was considered a top 100/120ish prospect to all of the services before the draft, suggesting they viewed him as a 3rd/4th Round talent. Will he sign for the $201,900 slot associated with his pick, or will he require more? His bonus hasn't yet been reported, so we can't say for sure. As we've tracked, the Cubs do have plenty of money to work with still, though 6th Round pick Dylan Cease is expected to require well over slot.
Slots in the late 3rd/early 4th Rounds, for what it's worth, are about $475,000 to $525,000. Depending on how much Norwood cost, and how his signing impacts the rest of the Cubs' signings, he could be an absolute steal in the 7th Round.
You can read more about Norwood in a local article here, and from the day he was drafted here.
Norwood isn't the only pick reported signing recently. Maryland outfielder Charles White, the Cubs' 21st Round pick and a teammate of 2nd Rounder Jake Stinnett, has also reportedly agreed to sign with the Cubs. As of draft day, here was the take on White:
Another teammate connection (some of you may have just seen him on TV), White is the teammate of Cubs second round pick Jake Stinnett. He's junior who bats lefty, and he hit .284/.396/.366 this year (but that OBP is inflated by 19(!) HBP). He walked 24 times and struck out 17 times, and he stole 24 bases in 29 attempts. He's 5'9″, and he's a local Chicago area guy. He was drafted in the 29th round last year by the Yankees.
White can get a bonus of up to $100,000 without impacting the Cubs' bonus pool, so we'll see what it took to sign him.


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- Above, The Rock did a Q&A for the month of June with his fans. He talked about times when he met people that became overcome with emotion once they saw him and his gym, "Iron Paradise," which he doesn't let anyone else use.
- An individual on Twitter said some not so nice things about Roman Reigns and his wrestling abilities when talking to another wrestling fan. Roman Reigns took notice of this and ripped into the hater:
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I made this box for #1 grand daughter, Hannah. It's a fairly common design that I have made and modified many times over the year. This one is made from cherry with some walnut features. The inlay around the top is walnut. I toyed with doing a fancy inlay but was skill and time constrained.
-- Whatever
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#1 posted 06-21-2012 07:29 PM
This is a very nice box and you did a fine job on it. Congratulations.
-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com
#2 posted 06-21-2012 10:49 PM
very nice. I see a lot of woodworkers here combine woodworking and grandchildren. I recently joined that group myself.
-- Stephen NYS
#3 posted 06-22-2012 12:56 AM
Another very fancy box from you. I've got to figure out the 'pop up' tray as it is a very cool feature. It looks simple but I suspect that pivot placement and length of the levers is critical for the tray to work properly. I'll favorite this one for study and practice.
-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm
#4 posted 06-22-2012 11:50 AM
The pop-up tray is covered fairly well in one of Doug Stowes books about box making. He recommends makiing a cardboard model to determine the location and size of the support brackets. I use the tried and true method called "wing it". That coupled with some basic trigonometry gets the job done. Besides, I've made variations of this box several times already: it's my go to design when the time parameters are limited.
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Ginling College opened in 1915 with six faculty and eleven students, the product of the imagination of a group of American women educators stranded in Shanghai in 1911, all refugees from the revolutionary turmoil in central China. One was Matilda Thurston, who became the first president of the College. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1896, and went to China in 1913 to find a location for Ginling, hire faculty, and recruit students. It was only in 1907 that the Chinese emperor issued an edict favoring education for women in China. The Revolution of 1911 marked a new beginning, and Ginling College was ultimately founded by five mission boards -- Northern Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Northern and Southern Methodists, and Northern Presbyterians. Each board pledged US$10,000 for buildings and equipment, the support of a representative on the teaching staff, and a contribution of US$600 toward current expenses.
Ginling graduated its first class in 1919; thus Wu Yi-fang, who would later become President of the College in 1928, and four other women became the first women in China to receive fully accredited Bachelor of Arts degrees. All subjects were taught in English except for the Chinese classics.
Smith's relationship with Ginling began in 1916. Through the enthusiasm of Delia Leavens '01 and Frederica Mead '11, both of whom had spent considerable time in China, the Smith College Association for Christian Work adopted Ginling as its foreign project. Their first campus contribution in 1916 amounted to $1,000 and was made annually until 1921, when it was raised to $2,500, due to increasing interest in Ginling. It was also in 1921 that Smith officially recognized Ginling as its little sister in the Orient. During the difficult period of war, the contribution reached $4,000 a year. The Smith Alumnae Committee for Ginling was started in 1923, and Smith alumnae donated $50,000 for the construction of a recreation building in Ginling. Also, annual contributions to the current expenses of the College gradually increased until it reached a maximum of $5,500 a year.
Throughout the increasing turmoil in China, the relationship between Smith and Ginling flourished. The Sino-Japanese War began in 1937, and in 1938 Ginling College decided to go into exile in West China Union University in Chengtu. Smith raised almost $2,500 as a gift to Ginling to celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday in 1940, and this money was used for repairs after the war. The Smith College Alumnae Committee for Ginling was expanded in 1941 to include students and faculty. By 1942, fifteen Smith alumnae had taught at Ginling.
In 1943, Dr. Wu Yi-fang visited Smith to receive an honorary LLD. She brought the gift of a satin scarf bearing the signatures of all the Ginling seniors and an accompanying letter from them to Smith's 1943 graduating class, expressing their gratitude for their concern and help. After the new People's government was established on October 1, 1949, Dr. Wu was recognized as a leader in China and was asked to serve on various committees for education, women's rights, and community service. She began working to change the curriculum and the administration of Ginling so it would be acceptable to the new government.
The new government pushed for self-support and Chinese leadership in all its institutions, especially those connected with overseas schools and religious groups. In 1950, the U.S. and China cut off all financial transactions with each other. In 1951, Ginling was combined with the University of Nanking to become National Ginling University under government control. Smith was greatly troubled by these changes, and many Smith students and faculty wanted to transfer the Ginling support to Tunghai University in Taiwan, to which a number of Ginling College supporters had gone. Smith was frustrated by the confusion of the situation, so alumnae groups were notified not to collect funds for Ginling and by March 1954 most local Ginling committees had disbanded.
Ginling College re-opened in 1987 with sixteen students in a two-year course in Applied English in Nanking Normal University. In order for the government to permit it to re-open, Ginling had to provide courses that were unique, different from the others offered in Nanjing Normal University. In 1995, Ginling had 300 students in three programs -- Applied English, Nutrition and Food Sciences, and International Accounting. Ginling is also developing a year-long training program for around 100 women teaching in rural middle schools. The College is funded mainly by the government, although it does receive some private donations from Ginling alumnae and the Wu Yi-fang Memorial Foundation.
The Ginling College Records cover a period from 1920 to 1993. However, the majority of the materials span the time when interaction between Smith and Ginling was at its peak, from 1920 to 1950. A large quantity of the material is composed of letters, reports, photographs, and publications. Other types of material represented in the collection include articles, published works, and other memorabilia.
The collection includes many letters from alumnae committees regarding the development of Ginling College, as well as minutes from meetings. Insight into the political turmoil rampant in China during the period can be gained from the reports of Ginling administrators and faculty. The Ginling College budgets are also included, with the breakdown of spending on various areas.
There are also a few papers on the history of Ginling College, most notably a book by Mrs. Lawrence Thurston, the first president of the College. Faculty files, such as that of Dr. Wu Yi-fang, detail what it was like to live and teach at Ginling at that particular period. Letters, notes, and bulletins of various organizations associated with Ginling also give one a sense of the early history of the college. There are records from the Association of Christian Colleges in China, the Board of Directors, the Board of Founders, and the United Board of Christian Colleges in China.
Photographs of buildings, students, and faculty in various time periods, accompanied by descriptions, also give one a feel for campus life. There are many newsletters on events and developments at Ginling, as well as brochures and course bulletins. Publications of student organizations and the President's reports also prove a good source of information on life at Ginling.
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This series includes letters from various members of the Alumnae Committees, reports from Ginling College faculty and administrators, minutes from meetings of committees, and lists of Ginling alumnae and supporters. The letters, spanning a period from 1920 to the 1950's, give great insight into the progress of Ginling, from its tentative early stages to the eventual parting of Smith and Ginling due to China's tense political situation. The folders are arranged chronologically, and contain a mixed of typed and handwritten letters, notes, and reports.
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Alumnae Committee for Ginling College
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Alumnae Committee for Ginling College
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Alumnae Committee for Ginling College
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Alumnae Committee for Ginling College
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Alumnae Committee for Ginling College
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Alumnae Committee for Ginling College
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Alumnae Committee for Ginling College
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Alumnae Association Ginling College Record Book
June 1975
Box 2: folder 7
Alumnae Association
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This series contains not only a comprehensive history of Ginling College, but also articles from Smith Alumnae Quarterly, records and letters from Ginling alumnae, and files of faculty members Wu Yi-fang and Frederica Mead Hiltner. Letters, articles, pamphlets, reports, and booklets comprise the history of Ginling. In particular, there is a report entitled "Remembering Our Sisters in China" by Patricia N. Page (1945) and a book "Ginling College" by Mrs. Lawrence Thurston and Ruth M. Chester. Page's report looks back on Ginling's early history, focusing particularly on President Wu Yi-fang and Smith's relationship with the college. Thurston and Chester's book is a broader look at Ginling, from its inception as a pioneer women's college to its alliance with the University of Nanking in the 1950's.
Alumnae Quarterly Articles
Feb. 1950 - May 1951
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Alumnae Reunion
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Anniversary - "Smith Around the World"
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Anniversary - 1940
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Alumnae in U.S.- Ginling Association in America
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Faculty - Hiltner, Frederica Mead
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Faculty - Wu, Yi-Fang
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Gifts from Ginling
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History of Ginling
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1941-1981, n.d.
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History: Ginling College
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History: Far East Conference Minutes
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This series is composed mostly of letters and bulletins from the Associated Board of Christian Colleges in China, whose name was later changed to the United Board of Christian Colleges in China in 1948. Meetings address what actions to take with Ginling, what policies to implement, and how to go about doing this. The notes, letters, and minutes span a period from 1931 to the 1950's, and are arranged chronologically.
Associated Boards of Christian Colleges in China
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Associated Boards of Christian Colleges in China
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Associated Boards of Christian Colleges in China
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Board of Directors: Minutes
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Board of Founders
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United Board of Christian Colleges in China
Box 4: folder 6
United Board of Christian Colleges in China
Box 4: folder 7
United Board of Christian Colleges in China
Box 4: folder 8
United Board of Christian Colleges in China
Box 4: folder 9
United Board of Christian Colleges in China
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United Board of Christian Colleges in China: Publications
Box 4: folder 11
Photograph Album
Box 5
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This series contains photographs of Ginling. The folders are divided chronologically. There is an album that contains pictures of the campus, faculty, and students. Most of the photographs, both candid and posed, are accompanied by descriptions. There are photos of Ginling's original campus as well as Ginling in Chengtu. In addition, there are little scrapbooks made by various Ginling students.
pre 1920
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Box 6: folder 3
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Alumnae Association 25th Anniversary
Box 6: folder 8
Alumnae Association 40th Anniversary
Box 6: folder 9
Alumnae Association Exhibit
Box 6: folder 10
Box 6: folder 11
Jenshow - Ginling's Rural Project
Box 6: folder 12
Ginling in Chengtu, Szechuan
Box 6: folder 13
General photographs
Box 6: folder 14
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This series is divided up into brochures, bulletins, newsletters, magazines, and student activities. The newsletters make up a large part of the series, and are arranged chronologically. These document the events at Ginling, as well as developments in its history. The course bulletins allow one to see the direction Ginling has taken academically. There are also copies of the Ginling College Magazine, and the news articles and editorials they contain reflect student opinion. The President's reports and publications of student organizations are also included in this series.
Box 7: folder 1
Box 7: folder 2
Box 7: folder 3
Box 7: folder 4
Box 7: folder 5
1922-June 1937
Box 8: folder 1
Sept. 1937-Mar. 1938
Box 8: folder 2
Apr. 1938 -1939
Box 8: folder 3
Box 8: folder 4
Box 8: folder 5
Box 8: folder 6
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Box 8: folder 8
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News from Schwen Hwa Cheng
Box 8: folder 10
President's Reports
Box 8: folder 11
Recipe Book
Box 8: folder 12
Student Activities
Ginling College Magazine
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Engineering Inclusion
Posted on | October 11, 2016 | 2 Comments
This year Ada Lovelace Day coincides with National Coming Out Day in the US. These are two occasions that mean a lot to me as a queer woman in tech. To mark the moment, I am reposting below a short piece that I wrote on an internal company blog a few months ago.
I started composing this text on the night that the Orlando massacre unfolded. As part of my role on Intel's Out and Ally Leadership Council, I had been asked to tell my story of moving from a Gender Studies Professor to a Principal Engineer. I wrote most of this without knowing what was happening on the other side of the country. Today, sharing this content further afield, I want others to know that solidarity comes from standing up for your public.
I grew up at the bottom of the world – an island off an island off an island (Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. Next stop: Antarctica).
It was about four years ago that I was asked to apply for a job at Intel. I was enjoying sabbatical leave from my position as a Senior Lecturer in Gender and Cultural Studies at The University of Sydney, Australia. It was a great gig: smart students, inspiring colleagues, and tenure. On top of all that, I lived in Sydney – a beautiful city, and Australia's home of gay pride.
If anything, my job was too good. Despite having studied at the same campus during my PhD, the privileged sandstone surroundings cut off from the city made me uncomfortable. I taught students whose inherited wealth was hard to comprehend given my isolated background. A lot of students enrolled in my class because it was called 'Intimacy, Love and Friendship.' It was the perfect filler for anyone needing something fun to complete their course requirements.
In the first lecture every year I made it clear that I didn't hold the secrets to finding love or making friends – on the contrary, given where I came from. By sticking around for 12 weeks they would learn how our culture talks about these things. My lectures explained what scholars call 'the love plot': the story we learn from a very young age so that we will be prepared – so that we think we 'know' – when we are falling in love. The love plot is a way of describing how, of the infinite number of ways we could live our lives, so many of us choose to arrange ourselves and our families in much the same format.
When I grew up in Tasmania, homosexuality was illegal until 1997. In high school and college, I was scared to show affection towards girls I liked in case I embarrassed the person. A small town like Hobart creates worries about reputation. I felt constantly watched by people whose long memories would judge me for being inappropriate. My mother was a teacher at the same Catholic school I attended, which made me especially claustrophobic. These are some of the reasons I escaped to Sydney for graduate school. Leaving home, I was relieved of the sense of intimate surveillance, although I still wasn't brave enough to do everything I imagined.
I haven't talked about this personal history at Intel. My first years here were so strange and confusing that it seemed crazy to add even more to my outsider status. But I changed careers because I wanted the challenge of applying my knowledge about gender and culture in a place where this expertise is not obviously valued. Outside of Silicon Valley, technology companies are notorious for their lack of diversity. We have a pledge to change this in our company because the numbers reflect a disconnect between the architects, designers and consumers of our products.
As a researcher, my expertise is studying work. In the Client Computing Group, I drive research on the future of enterprise. It took a while to get here, but now I've found a place to apply my knowledge of technology, people and organizational change to the business that gets us paid.
There are many ways to talk about diversity. At Intel, we use the term 'under-represented minority' (URM) because it is the language preferred in the industry. But there are other experiences that matter to inclusion in addition to the metrics we are obliged to count by U.S. law. Perhaps these experiences are clearer to me as someone who has moved from a professional environment in which most of my immediate colleagues are gay to one in which those few who are often feel obliged to hide their identity. It is shocking that an employee of a U.S. technology company might consider their sexuality to be an obstacle to career success. Since joining Intel's Out and Ally Leadership Council, I've started to notice that the few queer colleagues I've met are leaving, either by choice or circumstance. Writing this blog is a belated way I want them to know that they aren't alone; that there are more of us here than might be obvious.
The philosopher that inspired the field of Gender Studies is the French historian Michel Foucault. His work demonstrated how modern Western institutions created categories of behavior to identify and regulate people. He wrote about psychiatry, medicine, schools and prisons in this way; he also wrote a three volume History of Sexuality. Knowing this history means I'm not a fan of categories. If I identify as queer it is because this term draws attention to the pressure our culture places on people to define themselves according to sex. Being queer isn't a shared creed, and it doesn't mean the same thing as being gay, lesbian, bi or trans*. Each of these categories has its own unique history of struggle.
What all of these groups have in common is the need to identify as different from the norm because the friendships and intimacies we desire don't attract official sanction. For this, in ways that are sometimes subtle and at other times explicit, we suffer punishment. To me, being queer means living according to the principle that the objects of your affections need not be limited by gender or number. People and cultures get in all kinds of trouble for treating love and intimacy as a scarce resource, as if there is a cap on how much can go around. To be queer means believing that there are more stories of being in and out of love than the ones we inherit from institutions – from our parents, schools, religion or Disney. It means believing that multiple ways of living and loving are not only needed but should be celebrated.
This is how being queer relates to my life at Intel. It's not my employer's business who I care about, have sex with, find attractive or otherwise. But when certain kinds of lives generate more rewards than others, when certain friendship and lifestyle preferences translate to approved benefits and support, when certain patterns of intimacy seem to flourish in an organization at the expense of others – there is something at stake in all of us noticing.
I still don't profess to hold the secrets to love, or inclusion for that matter. But I believe that education and respect are crucial for understanding. I write these observations to help spread knowledge of our differences and in solidarity with all those in our LGBTQ community who are hurting right now. I hope that this Pride Month inspires Intel employees to embrace and join our efforts to build a workplace that is more tolerant, curious, supportive and loving.
2 Responses to "Engineering Inclusion"
Ben Hog
October 12th, 2016 @ 2:29 am
I luv dis so much.
This is also the first time I've commented on a blog in a long, long time.
November 14th, 2016 @ 12:21 pm
… And it's just as long since I was in the habit of checking for comments! We are so internet old 🙂
Thank you for writing. I get a feeling blogs are going to be coming back in style given the new political world unfolding.
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This remake of
Night of the Living Dead
was such a nightmarish experience for Tom Savini that the legendary effects artist never went on to direct another feature film. Many of the concepts he'd meticulously storyboarded wound up being scuttled to accommodate a tight shooting schedule. Meddlesome producers stomped on Savini's most inspired ideas. This is a movie with a masterful gutslinger at the helm, and yet pretty much every last spatter
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of gore was gutted by the MPAA. Savini has repeatedly said that less than half of what he envisioned found its way onto the screen. Considering how severely compromised
Night of Living Dead
was at pretty much every conceivable turn, it's impressive that this remake is as effective as it is.
The remake of
Dawn of the Dead
kept the stripped-to-bare-metal premise of "zombies in a shopping mall" but was otherwise an unrecognizably different movie. The borderline-unwatchable
Day of the Dead
remake kept some military men in the fray and fuck-all of anything else. Savini's
Night of the Living Dead
is -- especially by comparison! -- an exceptionally faithful updating of Romero's original. The core concept remains the same. There's no prelude. There's no warning. As Johnnie
(Bill Moseley)
waggles his fingers and teases his sister with yet another "they're coming to get you, Barbara...!" at the foot of their mother's grave, a flesh-eating ghoul savagely attacks. Johnnie's lifeless corpse lays battered and broken. Barbara
(Patricia Tallman)
manages to escape to the only thing resembling sanctuary here in the middle of nowhere. She soon finds herself surrounded by a handful of other survivors, among then the pragmatic Ben
(Tony Todd)
and a raging prick named Harry Cooper
(Tom Towles)
. Ben wants to board up the windows and barricade themselves inside; Cooper's dead certain that they'd be most secure in the basement. As more and more of the undead swarm around this remote house, tensions grow fatally heated among the living.
George Romero's
Night of the Living Dead
is, by any reasonable measure, a classic. Remaking the movie that changed the face of horror and continues to define what a zombie is...it's dangerous. In quite a lot of ways, this update is wildly effective. With an expert craftsman like Savini at the helm and John Vulich supervising the effects, it really ought to go without saying that the look of the undead is unparalleled...ghastly, ghoulish, and
dead. Savini has assembled what is overall a far more capable cast. Future horror icon Tony Todd makes for a hell of a leading man. Genre vet Bill Moseley appears only briefly but makes an immediate
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impression with the iconic "they're coming to get you..." line. Whereas Judith O'Dea alternated between shrill and catatonic in Romero's original, Patricia Tallman infuses the character with astonishing strength and resolve. Her take on Barbara briefly succumbs to the horror around her but quickly recovers. She doesn't steel herself into Ripley or Sarah Conner, exactly, but her transformation is gradual and entirely convincing. Although this remake is generally faithful, Savini cleverly toys with the expectations of those who've memorized Romero's original, chapter and verse, and the film tears off in some smirkingly clever directions as it draws to a close.
Night of the Living Dead
isn't at all the movie that Tom Savini set out to make. His most inspired ideas, such as starting the film in black and white and gradually easing into color, were jettisoned. There's very little gore, paling in comparison to the gruesome imagery of
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Return of the Living Dead
, and...hell, just about every other zombie movie ever. Cooper is a disastrously poor antagonist...a sweaty, wormy, irredeemably awful excuse for a human being. There's nothing vaguely compelling or intriguing about the bastard, just gnawing on the scenery and shouting "you bunch of yo-yos!" I get that the idea is to show that the living pose just as much, if not more, of a threat than the undead, but a nails-on-chalkboard raging asshole really isn't the way to go about it. Cooper ranks somewhere down there with
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
's Franklin as one of the most excruciatingly awful characters in the annals of horror, and the "basement!" argument just seems to make the movie pointlessly spin its wheels for far, far too long. The remake builds to a more frenetic crescendo but somehow isn't nearly as effective as the climax of the original. There's not that same sort of...apocalpytic atmosphere that pervades every frame of Romero's film.
We'll never get a chance to see the remake that Tom Savini set out to direct. Still, despite the many missteps of this severely compromised version,
Night of the Living Dead
manages to distinguish itself as one of the more effective horror remakes out there. Hell, we're talking about a movie with such a rabid fanbase that all 3,000 copies of this limited edition Blu-ray disc sold out
before it was even released
. It's a flawed but worthwhile update of George Romero's iconic zombie classic, and at the right price -- something that's wildly out of reach with this out-of-print Blu-ray disc now! --
Night of the Living Dead
is worth unearthing.
So, yeah, there's a
roaring on the usual message boards about this revisionist presentation of
Night of the Living Dead
. There are more than
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blu-ray.com alone as I write this, and there'll probably be another couple hundred waiting for me by the time I finish this sentence.
When this remake of
Night of the Living Dead
first shambled its way into theaters, its colors were pronounced...the sky a bright blue, the grass a fairly lush green, and the undead a sickly, jaundiced shade of yellow. Though the bulk of the film takes place after dusk, just as its title suggests,
Night of the Living Dead
opens in the bright of day. Every presentation of the remake up to this point -- its initial theatrical release, early appearances on cable, its first release on DVD, a high definition remaster on HDNet Movies, the HDX version floating around on Vudu, and even the trailer offered elsewhere on this disc -- has had fairly consistent color timing. I'm sure that approach -- especially throughout its earliest stretches -- turned off some viewers, seeing as how this is a remake of such an iconically black-and-white film and all. When director of photography Frank Prinzi was approached to oversee this latest transfer of
Night of the Living Dead
two years ago, presumably as part of an aborted twentieth anniversary release, he decided to take the film in a very different direction visually.
Night of the Living Dead
has been drenched in blue. This tinting is at its heaviest throughout much of the first reel, retroactively shifting its backdrop from afternoon to dusk, but this new grading is pervasive to some extent throughout the film. There's no shortage of comparison shots floating around online. I'm not going to copy and paste them here, uncomfortable with the idea of illustrating points with screengrabs I didn't snap myself, but
the difference is dramatic
I'm not even a little bit of a fan of this sort of revisionist meddling. I want the untainted version of the
Star Wars
trilogy on Blu-ray. I have zero interest in a version of
with the feds' handguns replaced with walkie-talkies. I don't care how much William Friedkin adores that ancient Moby Dick flick; what he did to
The French Connection
its first time out on Blu-ray was a straightahead disaster. If Prinzi wants
Night of the Living Dead
to be tinted a dark blue...whatever, that's okay, but let me watch the movie as it was originally intended too. That, disappointingly, is not an option with this Blu-ray disc.
I've said what I think in principle, but in practice...? It's tolerable. I'd only managed to catch moments of the
Night of the Living Dead
remake in fits and spurts before this, so I don't have the intense attachment to its original presentation that some viewers might. The many, many screenshot comparisons floating around online had me expecting the worst, and it's a very different experience on a high-end, 60" HDTV than it is on an unremarkable, never-once-calibrated LCD monitor. Using the high-def trailer elsewhere on this Blu-ray disc as a point of reference, this presentation is considerably darker throughout the first reel, yes. Still, it's nowhere near as punishingly, unwatchably dark as the screengrabs I'd seen beforehand would suggest. The tinting is unconvincing, to be sure. The blue push leaves the interiors looking thin and drab, and it's such an overly
tint that it
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seems out of place for a film lensed in 1989. The long shadows and cheerfully chirping birds also seem sorely out of place when the frame is artificially bathed in such dark blues.
It's kind of strange looking, and there were a couple of moments where the blue tinting pulled me out, but...well, I was also expressly
for that sort of thing. I wish it weren't there, but I personally don't consider the tinting to be a dealbreaker. To be completely honest, the few times I'd sat down and tried to watch
Night of the Living Dead
before this, the brightness and more richly saturated colors kind of turned me off. If this is Frank Prinzi's way of addressing some visual choices he made in the past and now regrets, I think there's a more comfortable grading somewhere in between these two extremes. Even more ideally,
Night of the Living Dead
would've been released on a dual-layer disc with
iterations of the film so everyone can get what they want. Twilight Time has said that, going forward, they'll alert collectors beforehand if a presentation differs significantly from previous ones, so the intense reaction
Night of the Living Dead
has prompted hopefully won't happen again. I'm not going to pretend that filmmakers always make the best decades after the fact, but for what it's worth, the movie's cinematographer and director have both signed off on this heavily regraded version of the film.
...and I haven't gotten around to saying much of anything else about this disc yet! This transfer was licensed to Twilight Time by Sony, and given their unparalleled track record with their catalog releases, it comes as little surprise that the presentation is otherwise outstanding by any measure. The image is consistently filmic throughout, retaining a striking sheen of unintrusive grain. The levels of clarity and detail are very much what I'd hope to see out of a genre film of this vintage. There are no missteps in the AVC encode, edge enhancement artifacts, excessive filtering, or assorted wear or damage either.
The short answer is that the purist in me is disappointed, but the guy who sits back and devours zombie flicks really doesn't have much of a problem with the severe tinting of
Night of the Living Dead
. If not for the original saturation being seared into my mind the couple times I've tried to watch the film before this, and if not for the violently intense response that's exploded online, I'm not sure it would've even occurred to me as revisionism...just sloppy day-for-night. Honestly, I found the somewhat desaturated look to some of the interiors to be more distracting than the dark blues that dominate the first reel. This is one of the most polarizing releases to ever hit Blu-ray. I can only tell you what my reaction has been, and it's that, by and large, I don't find the tinting to be anywhere near as ruinous and intrusive as it's been for so many others. Your mileage may vary.
Night of the Living Dead
arrives on a single layer Blu-ray disc and has been lightly letterboxed to preserve its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1.
Go ahead and breathe a sigh of relief; I'm not going to write anywhere
that much about this 24-bit DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. The 5.1 remix seizes hold of the surrounds largely for atmosphere, with some brief directionality to the dialogue and, of course, the onslaught of the undead as all hell breaks loose at the end. The sound design doesn't further the sense of claustrophobia it would if
Night of the Living Dead
were being produced today, but this being a remix, maybe those sorts of sounds were never recorded in the first place.
Use of the subwoofer is generally modest, with the synth bass in the score summoning the lowest frequencies. Effects I'd expect to be backed by a meaty low-end -- shotgun blasts and one monstrous explosion -- don't pack nearly as much of a wallop as I'd have expected. Some of the jump scares sound rather meek as well; when a zombie first crashes through a window, the sound of that glass shattering isn't mixed to make an impact. Dialogue is balanced very well in the mix, consistently rendered cleanly, clearly, and distinctly throughout. The soundtrack is free of any intrusive hiss, pops, clicks, dropouts, or most any other misstep you could rattle off. The one flaw that should be noted is the omission of some shutter clicks that play at the very, very end of the film. They can still be heard in the background when listening to Tom Savini's audio commentary, but they're nowhere to be found in the movie proper. It's an unfortunate oversight, but considering that the movie itself is pretty much over at that point, I won't pretend it's a dealbreaker.
An audio commentary and isolated score have been included as well, and I'll touch on those in a moment. Subtitles are offered in English
"The Dead Walk", the making-of featurette from the DVD, disappointingly didn't find its way onto this Blu-ray disc.
Audio Commentary
: This commentary track with director Tom Savini was recorded somewhere around 1999, and like many early DVD commentaries, the pace is a lot slower than usual. Savini tends to quietly watch the movie,
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waiting to be inspired to speak. There are long stretches of dead air as a result, to the point where I either wish someone else had been in the recording booth to spur on discussion or that it had just been reduced to a short interview instead. Savini has plenty of interesting things to contribute -- a nod to the centuries-old mystery of the Mary Celeste, an elaborate storyboarding process that wasn't able to be fully committed to film, pointing out a subtle cameo by George Romero, explaining how the effects behind each of the zombie kills were executed, and noting some haunting familial imagery that ultimately didn't make it into the movie -- but it's not really enough to sustain an hour and a half commentary track. Savini has been very outspoken in the years since about how directing this film was "
the worst nightmare of [his] life
", including struggles with useless producers, not feeling properly supported by Romero, and the MPAA hacking the movie to bits, but nothing like that is expressed in this commentary.
Isolated Score
: Paul McCollough's keyboard-driven score has been isolated on this lossless, 24-bit stereo soundtrack. The fidelity is terrific, but the overreliance on synth-strings makes it feel awfully dated.
(1 min.;
: A minute-long trailer is presented in high definition, although it's fuzzy enough that I can't tell if it's natively 1080p or an upconvert.
Night of the Living Dead
also features a booklet with liner notes penned by Julie Kirgo.
The Final Word
Tom Savini's
Night of the Living Dead
is an uneven but respectable remake, the sort of movie under normal circumstances I'm sure I'd cautiously recommend. This...isn't exactly a normal circumstance, though, seeing as how the limited edition Blu-ray release has already sold out. Hell, even though Twilight Time's retail partner is accepting returns from people turned off by the revisionist tinting, the waiting list to grab
recycled copies has closed as well. The only way to grab hold of the
Night of the Living Dead
remake on Blu-ray is the aftermarket, and the asking prices on eBay are already hovering around the $70 mark. I mean, I'd personally struggle with the idea of spending more then twenty bucks on this remake, and triple or quadruple that...? I can't relate, but clearly collectors are biting.
If you scrolled straight past that sprawling nine paragraph epic, the controversy swirling around this Blu-ray release stems from its revisionist color timing. Yes, a big chunk of the first reel has been tinted a dark blue. Yes, there's a blue push to the overwhelming majority of the film after that point, even once the setting has fully shifted to the dead of night, leaving interiors looking pale and desaturated. It's dramatically different from every other presentation of
Night of the Living Dead
to date, and the screenshot comparisons floating around online had me bracing for the worst. Once I actually had this disc in hand, though, the retinting looks out of place but rarely took me out of the movie. I frequently find this sort of thing to be bamboo-shoots-under-fingernails torturous, so my saying that kind of does mean something. The controversy at this point is moot anyway since you have to go to considerable effort and expense to even
this revised presentation of the film. The DVD and every high-def streaming/download service on the planet all present
Night of the Living Dead
with its original color timing intact.
As flawed as this remake of
Night of the Living Dead
is, it's by and large very well-cast, the ghouls look every bit as phenomenal as you'd expect with Tom Savini at the helm, and I really like the approach of the once-shrill and catatonic Barbara being steeled into more of a warrior. I'm not sure how to close out a review of a disc that you can't really rent and, overpriced aftermarket aside, can no longer be purchased. I guess I'll end by saying that, if you're willing to shell out the money for it, this Blu-ray disc comes
with some clear misgivings.
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Within a half-hour of Congress's release of independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr's report last week, reporters were calling to ask Jay Nixon if he still planned to attend a big Democratic fund-raiser featuring President Clinton next month in St. Louis.
Nixon, the Democrat challenging Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.), said he wasn't sure. But this week, Nixon decided he would attend. And he found what he hopes is a way to benefit from the situation. On Wednesday, his campaign will begin running television commercials featuring Nixon's wife, Georganne, talking about his Eagle Scout past and shots of their family at church -- drawing a sharp contrast with Clinton.
"We plan to use it as an opportunity," said Nixon's campaign manager, Chuck Hatfield. "It's a response to what's going on in the public dialogue about character."
That is Nixon's way out of a dilemma confronting all Democrats in competitive races this fall. With the midterm elections seven weeks away, they are being warned against embracing the legal defense Clinton's lawyers have thrown up. At the same time, they are being told that if they abandon the president, they may sink themselves and their party.
Just yesterday, the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate, Richard A. Gephardt (Mo.) and Thomas A. Daschle (S.D.), urged the White House to drop what Daschle called "hair-splitting . . . legal technicalities." Democrats understand why Clinton's lawyers are trying to defend him against a possible perjury charge, but few of them believe it is politically credible for Clinton to continue to claim that he had been truthful in his two sworn statements about his affair with Monica S. Lewinsky.
Boston Democratic consultant Tubby Harrison warned that criticism from within the party may be unwise. "The impact on Democrats on Election Day will be in part what they impose on themselves," he said. "It doesn't mean you condone what he's done, but most places, running away from the president doesn't do Democrats any good. I don't sense outrage out there, so just run your campaign."
Some candidates, such as Nixon, are trying to split the difference -- or have it both ways. Hatfield acknowledged deep misgivings on Nixon's part about closely associating with the president. But the candidate decided to stick by Clinton -- at least for now -- and use the president's problems to showcase his own character, while benefiting from whatever popularity the president retains.
But walking that tightrope will not be easy. "The problem for Democrats," said Republican consultant Ralph Reed, "is how to express an appropriate degree of disapproval for the president's misbehavior without totally deflating the enthusiasm of Democrats and losing the turnout they need."
So far, four non-incumbent Democratic candidates for the House have called for the president's resignation. But several more have begun to put some distance between themselves and the party standard-bearer.
For instance, Mary Rauh, a congressional candidate in New Hampshire's 2nd District, praised Clinton's policies but said he may have to consider resigning "if he can no longer run the country effectively." In Nevada, Shelley Berkley has stopped short of calling for Clinton's resignation, but said she does not want him to campaign in her district.
The costs of moving too close or too far away were expressed by Democratic leaders in New Hampshire and Arizona.
Jeff Woodburn, the party chairman in New Hampshire, said, "The last thing I'm going to do is defend something that is not defensible." Speaking of the Clinton effort to deny he committed perjury in either his deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit or in his grand jury testimony last month, Woodburn said, "I think he should stop with this legal approach. The people want to be leveled with. I'm afraid that strategy doesn't allow us to move on, because we're going to spend too much time splitting hairs."
Arizona Democratic national committeeman Martin Bacal, on the other hand, said the calls to headquarters have been overwhelmingly supportive of Clinton. "Some of the Democratic candidates have made some comments attacking his [Clinton's] actions and behavior," he said, and in turn have been criticized themselves by party activists.
"As a blanket statement," Bacal said, "I think it's a mistake for a candidate to take away one of the reasons that people have to vote for him. The base Democratic vote in Arizona is supportive of the president." Bacal also said he had no problem with the president's legal strategy. "I think it's wise always to listen to your attorney."
Former representative Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) came down on the other side. She said she was warning her old colleagues "they can't be out there trying to be an extension of the legal team. That is very dangerous for the party. They have to deal with the fact that this is not the role model we want for the Democratic Party."
But Kiki Moore, a Democratic consultant in Washington, had different advice. "The people who are jumping up and disavowing him are making a big mistake," she said. "Candidates are not going to get whacked just because they are Democrats and so is Bill Clinton. The thing to say is that 'I want to get this matter resolved in the most expeditious way.' "
Labor leaders, big-city mayors and others with a big stake in the November elections have been working the phones the last three days trying to keep Democratic candidates from jumping ship on Clinton. "This is an issue that the public does not want to deal with," said George Gould, political director of the letter carriers union. "But Democrats who are running have to hold their water. If they start criticizing or condemning, the Republicans will profit."
But Stan Greenberg, who polled for the 1992 Clinton campaign, argued, "Democratic candidates have to express how they feel about events in the White House. Otherwise, they look out of touch with the values of ordinary folks. Later on, there may be an opportunity to engage the voters on the appropriate response to what Clinton has done."
Harrison Hickman, another Democratic pollster, counseled caution. "I have suggested my candidates sit back, take a deep breath and listen to people. Don't get pressured by the chattering class to give a response."
But Gale Kaufman, who manages Democratic campaigns in California, said the cautious response may carry its own risks. "I've told candidates I don't care what they say, as long as they mean it. This is a completely new area, and no poll is going to give you the right answer on this issue. This is so guttural, so emotional, that even if people disagree with you, they want to hear what you really think. My concern is that so many candidates appear real cautious."
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