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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 14, 2009) - Thursday night's match-up between the Lady Bucs and Belmont will not only feature the last two Atlantic Sun champions, but a battle for first-place in the conference standings is at stake when the instate rivals tipoff at 7 p.m. inside Memorial Center.
ETSU - who have won its last four conference games since falling to Mercer in the league opener - begin a much-needed four-game homestand on Thursday. The Lady Bucs have played eight of the last 10 games on the road - including their last three - where ETSU went 2-1.
The Lady Bucs (7-7, 5-1 in the A-Sun) had their four-game winning streak come to a halt on Tuesday night at Liberty (64-54), but that contest marked ETSU's final non-conference game - meaning the final 14 games will be played against conference foes. A win over
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Located in the heart of Chicago's Wicker Park area, Double Door is one of the best places in town to see great live rock music in a comfortable, subterranean setting. It is the smaller, more intimate sister club to the Chicago's legendary rock venue Metro, and offers an impressive range of performers ranging from mainstay rock acts to hip-hop, Latin, new-country, and electronic.
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About Me
Engineering and programming are my jobs... Design is my beautiful night dreams
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Developing hardware and software for professional video clip playback (playout systems) on tv station. Using web based application to manage on-air schedule content. Build and develop web based application for traffic management (local advertising / ads insertion) on Pay TV / satelite cable television. R n D for a new broadcasting technology such as streaming video ip, OTT, video transcoding and decoding, video codecs, 4K video format, etc.
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- 2009 Saxum Broken Stones - USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles (2/8/2014)
A wise man once told me that Saxum needs at least 5 yrs of sleep before you wake her. He aint kidding! Right at the edge and in a word - too soon! Don't get me wrong. Great complexity. Decanted and first real sip about 3 hours later. Sweet fruit and mad bacon fat and a somewhat odd front of the glass syrupiness. This syrupiness faded at the 5 hour mark or really more smoothed out. Earthiness quality. Lush with a fullness. Easy to get lost in the darkness of the glass. This was a great look into the future - come back when you have the 1.21 jigawatts to get there.... (shameless, I know) (95 pts.)


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TACO Honoring Champion/Athens Park Homes
May 6, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on TACO Honoring Champion/Athens Park Homes
Champion/Athens Park Homes was named Supplier of the Year by the Texas Association of Campground Owners (TACO).
"Champion/Athens Park Homes is a preferred provider of TACO because they provide a quality product and they do what they say they're going to do," Brian Schaeffer, TACO's executive director and CEO stated in a news release. "Several members nominated them for this prestigious award, which is to their credit."
Champion/Athens reported it has seen its business continue to grow in recent years. "We have sold to 49 different campgrounds and resorts here in Texas," said Dick Grymonprez, director of national park model sales for Champion/Athens. "We do a lot of business with TACO members and a lot of them continue to buy from us each year."
Grymonprez added that the majority of the park models produced by Champion/Athens Park Homes are being used by campgrounds, RV parks and resorts as rental accommodations.
Champion Home Builders Inc. acquired Athens Park Homes of Athens, Texas last August in a move that significantly expanded the company's ability to produce and deliver park models at competitive prices. Troy, Mich.-based Champion is a leader in factory-built housing, which it manufactures in 29 facilities across North America and United Kingdom.
Eight of Champion's park model manufacturing facilities are located at strategic locations across the United States: Texas; Chandler, Ariz.; Lake City, Fla.; Lillington, N.C.; Sangerfield, N.Y.; Weiser, Idaho; and York, Neb.
Athens Park Homes was founded in late 2004 by a group of investors led by Phil Surles, the former COO of Champion Homes. For more information on Champion/Athens, visit the company's park model website at www.AthensParkHomes.com.


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By Daylle Deanna Schwartz
The greatest give you can give yourself is yourself — filled with self-love. Unfortunately, many people have a hard time giving this gift and are more concerned with giving others love than they are in giving it to themselves. That's backwards!
Self-love fees great! Loving yourself and who you are creates a satisfying feeling of contentment. Instead of fighting with yourself, beating yourself up or being hard on yourself, you accept yourself in your own imperfect skin. Romantic love feels great but being able to give love to you all the time trumps that! Here are 10 reasons to build your self-love:


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The future of the Lakers walked into their training facility Wednesday. Maybe.
The team worked out 12 players in anticipation of the NBA draft, hoping to find the right one before selecting seventh overall June 26.
Notably absent were the consensus top three college players — Joel Embiid, Jabari Parker and Andrew Wiggins — not to mention Australian point guard Dante Exum and Kentucky power forward Julius Randle.
So the Lakers took long looks at power forwards Noah Vonleh (Indiana) and Aaron Gordon (Arizona), as well as point guard Marcus Smart (Oklahoma State).
Not long after the Lakers fell from sixth to seventh in the draft lottery, yet another loss after a hapless season, General Manager Mitch Kupchak insisted they would get a solid player.
He continued to feel that way Wednesday.
"I still think we'll get a good player. I do," Kupchak said. "Hopefully we pick the right player, but there's a lot of talent."
Very young talent.
Gordon and Vonleh declared for the draft after one season. Other players who worked out Wednesday were freshman guards Tyler Ennis (Syracuse) and Zach LaVine (UCLA), and sophomore guards Smart and Gary Harris (Michigan State).
"Some of the talent is young and goes out a couple years," Kupchak said. "If you remember back 18 years ago, we drafted Kobe [Bryant] and Kobe played limited minutes his first year. In fact, he was frustrated his first year. He didn't play as much as he wanted.
"And of course, Andrew [Bynum] didn't play much at all his first year and you had to wait on Andrew a little more than you had to wait on Kobe."
Bryant, acquired in a draft-day trade with Charlotte in 1996, averaged only 7.6 points his first season before improving to 15.4 a game in his second year. Andrew Bynum, taken 10th overall in 2005, averaged 1.6 points his first season and 7.8 points his second year before improving to 13.1 in season three.
Few players shot up in draft popularity like Vonleh, who already owned good range, making 48.5% of his three-point attempts at Indiana. Then he was measured last month with the draft combine's largest wingspan (a little more than 7 feet 4) and longest hands (almost 10 inches).
Smart is a projected top-10 pick, but he earned notoriety when he shoved a Texas Tech fan in a courtside seat last season and was suspended three games. It hasn't been a focal point of his individual interviews with teams, Smart said.
"Not really. Teams probably mention it, but one or two words about it and it's done," Smart said.
If Smart is picked by the Lakers, he already sees a similarity with Bryant.
"Toughness," Smart said. "I hate to lose, just like he does. Everybody knows that Kobe Bryant is one of the more fierce competitors to ever play the game. So being able to play alongside of him and learn from him and take what he teaches is an honor in itself."
Who's the coach?
Who will coach the Lakers' draft pick is still unclear. Very unclear.
There is only a 50-50 chance the Lakers hire someone before the draft, according to a person familiar with the situation.
"The coaching search is ongoing," Kupchak said. "We've interviewed several candidates. We'll interview more. Other than that, there's really nothing to add right now."
Five candidates have been interviewed in person: Byron Scott, Kurt Rambis, Lionel Hollins, Alvin Gentry and Mike Dunleavy.
LaVine sets a record
LaVine had the stat of the day, nailing a 46-inch vertical leap.
It wasn't quite a traditional vertical (he was tested for that as well) but on the record-setter for a Lakers workout, he was allowed to take a few steps before jumping.
"I think I was pumped a little bit. You know, the Lakers," LaVine said.
LaVine, 6 feet 6, is projected to go in the middle of the first round, perhaps a bit higher.


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Asterisk - the open source soft PBX (PPC)
- 1 Abstract
- 2 Install Asterisk
- 3 Install Asterisk Addons and chan_mobile
- 4 Configure chan_mobile
- 5 Configuration Files
- 6 References
The idea for this concept came from a bluetooth cordless cellphone extender that I saw at someone's house like this one: Bluetooth to Cordless Phone. Sometime later, I read about chan_mobile which is an Asterisk channel driver that allows you to use a bluetooth capable cell phone as an FXS channel. Asterisk will accept a ATA that you could "open" from VOIP phone service such as Vonage as an FXO channel.
Well that was enough to get me started, so I implemented this solution first on an Ubuntu box. I'm still working on getting it fully implemented on a PPC linkstation. Bluetooth audio (SCO) has been the sticking point, but I'm confident that kernel 2.6.28+ will be the answer.
This would allow you to use a Linkstation running Asterisk in order to turn a cellphone into a trunk for 1 or more SIP Phones or ATAs. Asterisk is pretty powerful and would allow you to integrate POTS/PSTN lines (with a FXO/FXS adapter like the SPA3102), a VOIP service (such as Vonage), and now a Cell Phone too!
This article assumes that you have installed FreeLink on PPC Box that has been U-booted. You also will need to upgrade to a 2.6.28+ Kernel, (the bluetooth SCO audio driver doesn't seem to work right otherwise).
In order to implement this on a ARM box you would need to cross compile asterisk, as it will not natively compile on this architecture. Your results may vary with MIPSel, but this article might be a good starting point: Asterisk - the open source soft PBX (MIPSel)
What you'll need
|A FreeLinked PowerPC Linkstation like a LS1, HG, or Kurobox. You will need to have the U-boot bootloader installed to load a 2.6.28+ Kernel with modules (which you'll have to make too).
|One or more Unlocked Analog telephony adapters or IP Phones. Something like the Linksys PAP2 is common. A softphone such as Zoiper! can be used as a test bed if you don't have a IP Phone/ATA lying around.
|A Bluetooth USB Dongle, preferably one with a Cambridge Silicon Radio Chipset (it works better with chan_mobile) The Dlink DBT-120 is listed by default in the chan_mobile configuration file.
|A Bluetooth capable Cell Phone of course! Review the chan_mobile - Voip-info.org page to see if your bluetooth dongle and bluetooth cellphone will work properly.
Install Asterisk
Install various pre-requisite libraries
apt-get install make apt-get install gcc apt-get install g++ apt-get install libc-dev apt-get install bison apt-get install ncurses-dev apt-get install libssl-dev apt-get install libnewt-dev apt-get install zlib1g-dev apt-get install initrd-tools apt-get install cvs apt-get install procps apt-get install doxygen apt-get install adduser apt-get install libasound2 apt-get install libc-client2007b apt-get install libc6 apt-get install libcap2 apt-get install libcurl3 apt-get install libgcc1 apt-get install libgsm1 apt-get install libncurses5 apt-get install libnewt0.52 apt-get install libogg0 apt-get install libpopt0 apt-get install libpri1.0 apt-get install libradiusclient-ng2 apt-get install libsnmp15 apt-get install libspeex1 apt-get install libspeexdsp1 apt-get install libsqlite0 apt-get install libssl0.9.8 apt-get install libstdc++6 apt-get install libtonezone1 apt-get install libunwind7 apt-get install libvorbis0a apt-get install libvorbisenc2 apt-get install libvpb0 apt-get install unixodbc apt-get install zlib1g apt-get install bluetooth bluez-utils libbluetooth2 libbluetooth2-dev
Get Asterisk package
wget http://downloads.digium.com/pub/asterisk/releases/asterisk-126.96.36.199.tar.gz tar xvzf asterisk-18.104.22.168.tar.gz cd asterisk-184.108.40.206
Complete Asterisk Installation
If you see asterisk symbol in the end, configuration is successful. Else, grep for "no" in config.log and try to install those missing libraries/utilities.
make make install make samples make progdocs
Install Asterisk Addons and chan_mobile
wget http://downloads.digium.com/pub/asterisk/releases/asterisk-addons-1.6.0.tar.gz tar zxvf asterisk-addons-1.6.0.tar.gz cd /usr/src/asterisk/asterisk-addons-1.6.0 ./configure make menuselect
Choose chan_mobile press x to exit
As root user
make install
Configure chan_mobile
Bluetooth settings and pairing
edit /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf and replace the contents with:
options { autoinit yes; security auto; pairing multi; passkey "1234"; }# Default settings for HCI devices device { name "Asterisk PBX"; class 0x000100; iscan enable; pscan enable; lm accept; lp rswitch,hold,sniff,park; }
Restart bluetooth
/etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
Makre sure bluetooth works and get MAC address for bluetooth adapter
hcitool dev
You should see something like this:
Devices: hci0 00:16:38:39:44:88
Copy the hardware address from the output of the following command for the next step. (eg. xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx). Use this address for /etc/asterisk/mobile.conf
Pair your cellphone with your "asterisk box"
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez /org/bluez/hci0 org.bluez.Adapter.SetMode string:discoverable
- Grab your cell phone, turn Bluetooth on and search for devices.
- You should find your PBX as Asterisk PBX.
- Pair with a pin of 1234.
- Make your phone discoverable via Bluetooth.
hcitool scan
You should see something like this:
hcitool scan Scanning ... 00:1B:XX:XX:XX:XX Someones iPhone
If you see your phone above all is well and we can now search for your bluetooth devices using the CLI command 'mobile search'. Be patient with this command as it will take 8 - 10 seconds to do the discovery.
First start the asterisk console
asterisk –r
In the console type in the command mobile search
asterisk*CLI> mobile search
This will return something like the following:
Address Name Usable Type Port 00:1B:XX:XX:XX:XX Someones iPhone Yes Phone 8
|Someones iPhone
This is a list of all bluetooth devices seen and whether or not they are usable with chan_mobile.
- The Address field contains the 'bd address' of the device. This is like an ethernet mac address.
- The Name field is whatever is configured into the device as its name.
- The Usable field tells you whether or not the device supports the Bluetooth Handsfree Profile or Headset profile.
- The Type field tells you whether the device is usable as a Phone line (FXO) or a headset (FXS).
- The Port field is the number to put in the configuration file: /etc/asterisk/mobile.conf.
Configuration Files
To be done
Choose which device(s) you want to use and edit /etc/asterisk/mobile.conf, For a phone create a stanza like the one below and paste:
- The MAC address on the address line
- The port that was displayed during the mobile search.
- The 'id' of the device [bitinbrackets] can be anything you like, just make the unique.
[general] interval=30 ; Number of seconds between trying to connect to devices. ; The following is a list of adapters we use. ; id must be unique and address is the bdaddr of the adapter from hciconfig. ; Each adapter may only have one device (headset or phone) connected at a time. ; Add an [adapter] entry for each adapter you have. [adapter] id=blue address=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX ;forcemaster=yes ; attempt to force adapter into master mode. default is no. ;alignmentdetection=yes ; enable this if you sometimes get 'white noise' on asterisk side of the call ; its a bug in the bluetooth adapter firmware, enabling this will compensate for it. ; default is no. ; The following is a list of the devices we deal with. ; Every device listed below will be available for calls in and out of Asterisk. ; Each device needs an adapter=xxxx entry which determines which bluetooth adapter is used. ; Use the CLI command 'mobile search' to discover devices. ; Use the CLI command 'mobile show devices' to see device status. ; ; To place a call out through a mobile phone use Dial(Mobile/[device]/NNN.....) or Dial(Mobile/gn/NNN......) in your dialplan. ; To call a headset use Dial(Mobile/[device]). [iphone] address=00:1B:XX:XX:XX:XX ; the address of the phone port=8 ; the rfcomm port number (from mobile search) context=from-mobile ; dialplan context for incoming calls adapter=blue ; adapter to use group=1 ; this phone is in channel group 1 ;nocallsetup=yes ; set this only if your phone reports that it supports call progress notification, but does not do it. Motorola L6 for example.
This article was HEAVILY plagarized from the references below, but I figured I'd try to gather the information in one place. Unfortunately chan_mobile does not have great documentation, the best documentation for it seems to be at Voip-info.org.
- Asterisk 126.96.36.199 on Debian 4.0
- Setup Asterisk 1.6 with DAHDI on Debian Etch
- chan_mobile - Voip-info.org
- chan-mobile for Asterisk®
- HOWTO build and configure chan_mobile on Trixbox
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shrug fever
Added Jul 20, 2011
by suechtique
Basel, Switzerland
I made 3 different shrugs during 2 days since i got PDF from ichigogirl.
first one is double jersey. I cut twice same pattern and sewn all around and turned it to right side. it has a bit weight so keeps shape and warm.
second one is simple like ichigo version. I brought this one to my holiday. it was perfect item for long distance flght. very compact so you can put it on your pouch and warmed me up during flight.
third one is ruffle shrug. i made simply ruffle and attached all around of shrug.
I like all of them.
- Season
- Spring, Summer, Fall
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Cardigan
- Style
- Business, Casual, Evening Wear
- Material
- Knits/Jersey
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Aug 15, 2011, 09.05 AMby ichigogirl
Ah, they're so nice! The ruffles work perfectly, really, and I never would have thought of adding ruffles, thanks for adding the pictures!
Aug 1, 2011, 04.18 AMby RosieRae5
where can I get the pattern for this?
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Aug 3, 2011, 06.45 PMby suechtique
Hi. Can you see right side on this page?
"This project based…." it's free pattern.
Jul 20, 2011, 04.44 PMby suechtique
Thanks. Yes!! you must try it out.
Jul 20, 2011, 04.19 PMby CationDesigns
Beautiful interpretations of a basic pattern! Now I definitely want to try it.
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The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) will impose new restrictions on two fumigants to prevent drift incidents and injuries in farm fields and neighborhoods.
By fall, DPR will put additional controls on metam-sodium and metam-potassium. Both pre-plant fumigants break down into a volatile gas that may cause eye and respiratory irritation. Several major drift incidents related to these chemicals have occurred in recent years.
"Strong efforts by our local partners, the County Agricultural Commissioners, have already reduced the number of incidents involving these fumigants," said DPR Director Mary-Ann Warmerdam. "Now we want to improve on that with new controls, based on a scientific foundation, that reinforce our 'zero tolerance' policy for pesticide injuries."
Warmerdam said the fumigant rules also would serve as pilot project for more public involvement in DPR risk management decisions. In the past, DPR issued local use recommendations to agricultural commissioners without formal public input. There is no statutory requirement to do so.
"The Schwarzenegger Administration wants fair and equitable environmental decisions," said Warmerdam. "People who hold an environmental and economic stake in pesticides deserve a voice in DPR's decision-making process. We already consult with industry and environmental advocates. We've also launched an environmental justice project in a rural, agricultural community. Opening our risk management process is another logical step for an environmental agency that is responsive to public needs and concerns."
DPR will hold public workshops in May and accept written comments through June. The new restrictions will initially take the form of recommended permit conditions for county agricultural commissioners. That will allow implementation this year. Next year, DPR will put restrictions into formal, statewide regulations that are subject to public hearings.
More than 14 million pounds of metam-sodium was applied in California in 2004 and about 13 million pounds in 2005. Metam-potassium use totaled about 851,000 pounds in 2004 and 1.9 million pounds in 2005. The fumigants are used to treat weeds and other pests in vegetable fields before crops are planted.
New controls under consideration include:
- - Extended buffer zones up to one-half mile, depending on application method, rate of application, acreage treated, and other factors.
- - - Special pre-application notification for sensitive sites (schools, homes, hospitals, farm worker housing) within 300 feet of the edge of a buffer zone; more restrictive controls on applications within one-quarter mile of sensitive sites.
- - - English and Spanish warning signs to warn workers in adjacent farm fields, if buffer zones extend into those fields.
- Acreage and application rate limits on other fumigants will be addressed next month, when DPR proposes new rules for seven fumigants to meet clean air standards.
- Tighter controls on metam-sodium and metam-potassium began with interim DPR permit conditions after drift incidents in the late 1990s. County agricultural nommissioners also invoked their own permit conditions in recent years.
- In 2004, DPR completed a risk assessment for MITC (methyl isothiocyanate), a breakdown chemical of metam-sodium and metam potassium. MITC may cause eye and respiratory irritation with brief exposure at relatively low levels.
- DPR's risk assessment led the department to support new measures to reduce the risk of acute exposures and illness. DPR decided to focus on soil injection and irrigation sprinkler uses, since they are the primary agricultural application methods. Other uses will be examined later.
- Public comment details:
- Workshop and comment sessions will be held May 30 at the Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner's Office, Agricultural Building Auditorium, 4437 South Laspina St., in Tulare. The first session runs from 1 to 3:30 p.m. and the repeat session from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
- Written comments will also be accepted until June 30. Letters should be addressed to Linda O'Connell, DPR, P.O. Box 4015, Sacramento, CA 95812. Send e-mails to [email protected], or fax comments to 916 445 4280, attention Linda O'Connell.
- For more on proposed permit conditions, see: www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/dprdocs/methbrom/fum_regs.htm#metamsodium


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Here's the latest article from the 12 Step Recovery site at BellaOnline.com.
Step Two: Easy or Not?
If you find it difficult to believe in a higher power, or you already believe in a higher power, Step 2 is the beginning of the solution to our problems. Fight the insanity now!
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January 1, 2000 through March 31, 2000
The sales tax law allows vendors conducting food
service operations and who have not been convicted
of a criminal violation of Section 5739.99 of the Ohio
Revised Code, an option of keeping fourteen (14) days of
sales records per calendar quarter in lieu of records of all
sales from their food service operation. If you elect not to
retain the records of all your sales, the records of sales
made on fourteen days out of each quarter as specified by the
Tax Commissioner after the quarter is over, are required to
be kept for the four year statutory period.
The Tax Commissioner wants all vendors considering this
option to realize that while they may alleviate some storage
problems, tax liabilities under audit circumstances may be
determined by test checks. By law, test checks are authorized
whenever a taxpayer's records do not display a complete and
accurate record of taxable sales and tax collected thereon.
Please note also that this provision of the law has no
application to vendors other than food service operators as
defined in Chapter 3732 of the Ohio Revised Code nor to any
other than sales and use tax levied by Chapter 5739 and 5741
of the Ohio Revised Code. It does not apply to taxes levied
by any other chapter of the state law, or to any taxes levied
by the federal government. Further, it may not apply to taxes
levied by local governments.
If you elect to exercise this option, the Tax Commissioner
has determined that for the calendar quarter January
1, 2000 through March 31, 2000 sales tax records
must be maintained for the following fourteen days:
If you have any questions, please call 1-888-405-4039.


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What's an ETF? An early termination fee is something you agree to, albeit grudgingly, when you sign a contract with a carrier. In return for, say, Verizon, selling you a phone for $199 instead of the "full" $499 off-contract price, you agree that you'll stay with that carrier for a given amount of time. In the U.S., that's usually two years. (In Canada, it could be an excruciating three years.) So you get a cheaper phone, and the carrier gets guaranteed monthly payments.
You can break out of that contract, but there are penalties. That's where the ETF comes in. If you want to break a contract and move your service to another carrier, you'll have to pay the early termination fee. It's usually prorated depending on how many months are left on your contract, which is good. But it still can be several hundred dollars. (Occasionally you'll hear about your new carrier promising to pay the ETF for you.)
Here are the ETF conditions for the four major U.S. carriers as of this writing:
- Verizon: $350 for an "advanced device"; $175 for others.
- Sprint: $350 for an "advanced device"; $200 for others
- AT&T: $325 for an "advanced device"; $150 for others
- T-Mobile: $200 if more than 180 days left on contract; $100 for 91-180 days left on contract; $50 for 30-90 days. With less than 30 days remaining, ETF is $50 or amount of your bill, whichever is less
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Definitions of wag
v. t. - To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head. 2
v. i. - To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate. 2
v. i. - To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir. 2
v. i. - To go; to depart; to pack oft. 2
v. - The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head. 2
v. - A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker. 2
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Mod Albums
Albums for non-portrait pack mods
Aran Whitehand
Aran Whitehand is a human fighter and scribe for BG2, dual classable, so that he can be Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy... whatever your party needs. Basically, a human utility player taken along for the friendship/cuddling. "Specials" include creation of scrolls through dialog and timer whe...
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This tutorial shows you how to use the Semantria for Excel output in Tableau.
Excel sample datasets: Bellagio Reviews | Trip Advisor
This overview demonstrates text analytics of a hotel reviews spreadsheet in 60 seconds. Note that the ribbon and dialogs have been updated in Semantria for Excel 5.3.
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So, I've told you about the Tank of Doom, right? Last I mentioned it, I think I told you how Godot the Frog and Jumbo the Shrimp jumped ship. We found Jumbo the Shrimp on Girlfriend's bathroom floor that next morning and Godot was missing for about a month until he turned up in HWWV's closet at the bottom of his dirty clothes hamper.
Since then, we set up a much larger tank but the drama continues. The most notable occurrence was the new shrimp, Dinner the Shrimp, when he was about two days in the tank, mysteriously fell dead (or played dead). HWWV fished him outta the Tank o' Doom and wrapped him in a paper towel and deposited him in the kitchen garbage. The next morning, HWWV looks at me with a wry grin and says, "Real funny."
"Yeah, it's realllll funny, you putting Dinner the Shrimp in the wineglass."
"I didn't put Dinner in that wineglass. Why would I put Dinner in that wineglass"?
Then, holding up a wineglass from the night before with leftover wine and DINNER at the bottom of it, he said "So tell me; how'd he get in here?"
On other news, I have lots of knitting that I'm working on, but nothing to show except for a swatch I knit that turned out really well (yes, I do swatch. I swatch a LOT). I was fiddling around with some chevrons and the good ol' afghan stitch and came up with this. I used scraps of Blue Sky Alpacas sportweight
Some knitters just don't swatch but I do. I swatch for the heck of it, in fact. I try to make them all about the same size and dream of a future afghan that I can make some day. Think about it: You could totally do that if you swatched for each project you make. The good thing about swatching is the part about getting to know the stitch and the yarn before taking the plunge and knitting something that's going to take you hours and hours.
It's like a first date, you know?
I like how both sides of this one looks, but I think I like the wrong side even better.
And do you see that bottle of Eucalan Wrapture there? My friend, Kristin Omdahl, her name is on it. Turns out she's been working with Eucalan and came up with a signature scent for them. She wrote me and asked if I'd try it out, and since I'm swatching like a madwoman these days, I figured it would be a good way to give it a try as I rarely have to wash sweaters. (The weather's in the 90's today, really? . . .)
This is another no-rinse wash that you can use on anything that requires hand washing (like swatches). That tiny bottle will last me for a long time because all you need is a tiny bit. The scent is nice (jasmine) and once my swatch was completely dry, it had only a faint scent left over. If you like jasmine or feminine scents that aren't overpowering, you will love this. If you don't like anything scented, I also have the no-scent Eucalan and it works just as well.
So with that, I'm off to check on Bob the Eel. Yes, we have an eel. This morning we found him in the filtering system.
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The bumper stickers say Virginia is for Lovers, and that's especially true if you're a sun or sea lover. Probably best known for the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay, our area is rich with outdoor and recreational opportunities.
You'll discover white sand beaches that go on for miles, a sailing season that lasts most of the year, and mountains to hike, climb, and ski just a few hours away. In fact, we're so close to the Outer Banks of North Carolina (just over an hour) that we even include that in our backyard.
Hampton Roads, aptly named for the old nautical term that denotes a port and major meeting of waterways, is made up of seven cities. Our residents, faculty and staff live in all seven cities, each with its own unique personality - from rural Suffolk, and sun and fun Virginia Beach to sprawling Chesapeake, commercial, cultural Norfolk and historic Portsmouth. The diversity of the area is also apparent in the many sports, cultural, and educational opportunities.
In Our Own Back Yard
Cultural Activities
- Waterside Festival Marketplace - restaurants, live concerts, ethnic festivals, specialty stores, and a marina
- Virginia Opera - one of the nation's top regional companies
- Virginia Symphony - featuring renowned conductor JoAnn Falletta
- Virginia Stage Company - regional rofessional theatre
- Willett Hall - a concert hall with some of the finest acoustics on the East Coast
- Norfolk Botanical Garden - featuring one of the largest collections of azaleas, camellias, roses, and rhododendrons on the East Coast
- Harbor Park - considered one of the finest stadiums in professional baseball, home of the Norfolk Tides, the AAA farm team of the Baltimore Orioles
- Norfolk Admirals - Professional Hockey Team
- Professional Beach Volleyball (AVP)
- Old Dominion University Football
- Children's Museum of Virginia
- Chrysler Museum - listed as one of the top 20 museums in the country for its collections of ancient and major American and European art, and has the largest glass collection on the East Coast
- Mariners' Museum - nationally renowned maritime museum
- Virginia Air & Space Center - associated with NASA
- Virginia Marine Science Museum - marine museum and aquarium
- 11 universities and colleges including:
- The College of William and Mary
- Old Dominion University
- Hampton University
- Virginia Wesleyan College
- Christopher Newport University
- Tidewater Community College
Whether with your own family or out-of-town guests, you'll enjoy the historic sites of Colonial Williamsburg and Yorktown, or the amusement parks (Busch Gardens, Kings Dominion, Water Country USA), all just one to two hours away. In the resort area of Virginia Beach, you can swim, snorkel, surf, and enjoy frequent oceanfront festivals and outdoor art shows.
And if you've got more than a day, you can choose between an urban adventure - Washington D.C. - or a rural retreat - the Shenandoah Mountains - with its scenic Skyline Drive, Appalachian Trail, snow skiing, and caves. Both are less than four hours away. Just a few more reasons that Virginia is for lovers of fun!


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Five highlights in your travel week | 8 Dec
A ground-breaking coral reef experiment, likened to the world's biggest IVF procedure, could be the answer to a healthy future for the Great Barrier Reef, which, at 70 million football fields in size, is the world's largest living organism.
Professor Peter Harrison, the marine scientist who co-discovered coral spawning 35 years ago, conducted the oversized "fertility treatment", at the Heron Island Research Station, with help from the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
Professor Harrison this month captured and reared more larvae, taken from an earlier spawning event, in a study that has already shown signs of successful larval settlement.
This time around, mesh tents were used to veil the planted larvae to prevent them from floating to the surface.
"From our previous studies, we know that microscopic larvae, once settled, can grow into dinner-plate-size corals in just three years and become sexually reproductive."
Rydges Hotels & Resorts will open Rydges Pit Lane Hotel at South Australia's The Bend Motorsport Park complex in April.
The park, just outside Adelaide, will host some of the country's biggest motorsport races, including Virgin Australia Supercars Championship and Shannons National Championship.
Visit www.barrierreef.org
The four-star hotel will be located in the main pit building, with the majority of the 100 rooms overlooking the track.
The 100 rooms will vary in configuration, from twin-share to king rooms and suites. All rooms will be well insulated with double-glazing to provide a sanctuary away from the race track when desired. When guests want to absorb the racing action they can open up doors to the balcony overlooking the pit lane and track.
Visit www.rydges.com
It would take a major seasonal upset indeed for it to be snowing at the Hydro Majestic, in the NSW Blue Mountains, over Christmas, but that isn't going to stop the iconic property from being a major visitor drawcard during the festive season.
Many of the visitors will be drawn by its Christmas Day lunch offerings, including a grand three-tier feast in the ballroom.
It will feature a range of fresh seafood, charcutier selections, carvery and traditional Christmas desserts.
The price of $199 per adult ($149 per teenager and $85 per child) includes a three-hour beverage package, festive décor, bon bons and a special visit from Santa for the children.
There are a number of room choices available for those wishing to stay the night. A Heritage Room, for instance, is priced from $227 per night for two, including breakfast.
Visit www.hydromajestic.com.au
In addition to its low-cost Kimberley adventures off the north-west coast of Australia, Ahoy Buccaneers will next year debut a new six-night cruise through the remote and rarely visited Torres Strait Islands off the top of Cape York.
To mark the launch, Ahoy Buccaneers is offering a free night's accommodation at four-star hotels on Horn Island, for people who book before December 22.
The 274 islands of the Torres Strait archipelago are scattered across a 150-kilometre stretch of ocean between Cape York and Papua New Guinea and are home to an abundance of marine life perfect for snorkelling and fishing.
Ahoy's cruise will centre on the sheltered, southern islands of the group closest to the Australian continent.
Its 19-guest motor yacht Oceanic will take passengers on a round-trip cruise from Horn Island to unique and culturally rich islands where, included in the cost of the cruise, a local guide will each day showcase the diverse history of the Torres Strait Islands, from the early indigenous cultures and tales of headhunters to World War II sites.
Prices start at $2800 per person in a swag on the deck and from $3500 per person in a cabin twin-share.
Phone 08 9193 7650 or visit www.ahoybuccaneers.com.au
Heading to Queensland's Sunshine Coast for Christmas?
Consider, then, treating the family to a no-fuss Christmas Day buffet lunch in the Mudjimba Ballroom or Wandiny Room at Novotel Twin Waters Resort.
The buffet commences at mid-day and is priced from $169 per adult, including a 2.5-hour beverage package, and from $49 for children, including the opportunity to experience Santa's workshop.
Phone 07 5448 8000 or visit www.novoteltwinwatersresort.com.au


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Gijon [2] (Spanish: Gijón) is a coastal city in Asturias province in northwest Spain. It lies close to the cities of Aviles and Oviedo.
The weather in Gijón is not like much of the rest of Spain. Gijón is on the northern coast of Spain were is is wet and very hot in summer.
The Town Council of Gijón, with a surface of 187, 7 km2, is located at the centre of the Asturias coast, surrounded by the Town Councils of Carreño, Corvera, Llanera, Siero, Sariego and Villaviciosa. The urban area in Gijón has a surface of approximately 13, 9 km2 (the 7,6% of the total surface in the Council) and it has the 90% of the population, which is of 278,000 inhabitants more or less. The other 10% is divided into the 25 churches in the Council.
Gijón shares the general climate characteristics of the Cantabrian Coast, with the slight nuances of it coastal situation, and it can be said to have a warm temperature, with an average annual temperature of 15º and a small oscillation between the average maximum and minimum. The rainfall doesn't have big oscillations either, it depends on the season, and the average is around 800 – 1000 mm/year. However, both the temperature and the rainfall can slightly change in the southeast edge of the Council, where we can see the biggest heights with a drop in the temperatures and a rise in the rainfalls.
Gijón is interested in spreading its culture. Good proof of that are the different cultural initiatives of the city: associations, theatres, museums, exhibition spaces, cultural centres, monuments…
Laboral City of Culture is a creative community located at the Universidad Laboral in Gijón, where there are training centres for university, vocational and artistic studies, congress rooms, event rooms, seminar rooms, the head office of RTPA (Radio Television of the Principality of Asturias) and, as the city's driving force, Laboral Art Centre and Industrial Creation, an space for the interchange of art, design, industry and economic development. Moreover, since October 2007, the Theatre of the Laboral, where you can enjoy a lot of performances of the contemporary culture, has been restored. [3]
• Museums
• Art Galleries
• Exhibition rooms
• Cultural Centres
The Bay of Biscay has left a trace in the history of Gijón for more than 5000 years. The city still has its Roman past alive through the interventions made in the Archaeological Park in Campa Torres, one of the main forts in the north of Spain (previous to the one in 490 b.c.), and, above all, in the recovered thermal resort in Campo Valdés, public building from the end of the 1st century a.c. In the Middle Age, the territory is taken up by the Roman Churches in the 12th and 13th centuries. The Puebla Foundation in 1270 implies an urban expansion that will be stopped at the end of the 14th century, when Gijón becomes the stage of the Trastámara conflicts and almost all the city is destroyed. In the 18th century, the erudite Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos draws the axis of the development of the city. The industrialization process, from the middle of the 19th century, turned the city into the industrial centre of Asturias with the powerful Musel Harbour and a lot of shipyards. The progressive modernization of the population and its excellent natural conditions made of Gijón a city with a powerful service sector and a good cultural and sports offer that attracts a growing number of visitors.
Get in
By car
As it is in the centre of the Coast, Gijón is the meeting point of two big road axis: Ruta de la Plata and the Cantabrian Axis. Gijón is connected by the National Road N-630 "Ruta de la Plata", which goes from Gijón to Sevilla, but there are also two other important motorways (A-66 and AP-66, from Benavente to León and from León to Campomanes) which allow an easy trip from the south of the country: Madrid and other cities belonging to the Ruta de la Plata. This motorway A-66 is is being developed all throughout the route between Gijón and Sevilla (800km.) and nowadays more than a third of its total route is working, the rest is under construction. The second axis east-west, which passes through all the Cantabrian coast is connected by the National Road N-634, which goes from Irún to Santiago de Compostela, that is spread into the Coastal Road N-632, which goes from Ribadesella to Canero, which allows you to go near the sea or to go deep into the inside.
By bus
There are several transport companies that connect Gijón with a wide range of daily possibilities, going to Madrid and to the main Spanish cities everyday, as well as to other cities in Asturias. Some of these companies are:
By train
The companies FEVE and RENFE connect the city with the rest of Asturias and Spain. RENFE has daily connections with Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante and other Spanish cities. Moreover, all travellers who want to travel on rails can do it with the Transcantábrico.
By plane
Asturias Airport is located at Santiago del Monte. It has flights to the main Spanish cities and other European destinations with companies such as Air Berlin, Air Europa, Air France, Air Nostrum, Easyjet, Iberia, Spanair or Clickair. The airport is 40km. from Gijón, 35 minutes more or less by car (motorway A-8) and there are also other options:
The Harbour "El Musel"
The harbour "El Musel", 6km. far from the urban area, has one of the oldest harbour installations in the north of Spain, and, thanks to its privileged location, its big depths and its sheltered waters, it allows the entrance and the stay of cruise ships. The "Muelle de la Osa" has three areas which are used for the port of call of the cruise ships. They can be adapted to the ships dimensions and draughts. The berth lines are 317, 250 and 206 metres long and its draughts go from 12 to 9 metres.
Get around
To get around in Asturias, you can use the single ticket, which is a smart card that allows you to travel in any line of the public transport by bus or by train within the Principality of Asturias. For more information: Consorcio de Transportes de Asturias.
Public Transport
The city has a wide range of public transport lines, easy to use and easy to arrive to any corner of the city centre and its rural environment. The company in charge of the public transport in Gijón is EMTUSA.
Another comfortable way of travelling is by taxi. The traveller can find several taxi stops all around the city and he can also phone one of the two following companies:
Hire a car
There are different companies that hire cars in the city:
Gijón has a cycleway, which is being expanded, that allows you to move faster and easily all around the city. This cycleway is a way to promote and develop the sustainable mobility, taking the bike as an alternative means of transport.
Hotels, Rural hotels, guest houses, pensions, campsites, rural houses, youth hostels, apartments, holiday resorts.
The city of Gijón offers a great number of choices for the accommodation, depending on the area, price…
Rural Hotels
Guest Houses
Rural houses
Youth hostels
Holiday Resorts
•Mirador de Deva Hotel, Deva - Serantes, Gijon, Asturias, 33394 , Spain, ☎ (00 34) 985131578. AMirador de Deva Hotel is located in the district of Deva in the coastal industrial city of Gijón in Asturias. Museo de la Gaita, Nicanor Piñole Museum, and Evaristo Valle Museum are some of the nearby museums. A trip to the Atlantic Botanical Garden, located just five minutes from the hotel, is sure to make your vacation truly unforgettable. You can enjoy the lush landscape as you stroll along the neighboring trails of Mirador de Deva. Best rates on official website start at EUR €65.
In Gijón, you can find from the most fashionable shopping axis to the most traditional handcraft.
There are a lot of shopping centres all around the city which are valued at a national level, with a prize in the National Prizes of Domestic Trade. [4]
There are also different local handcraft shops where you can find products made with jet, ceramics, textile, leather, musical instruments, jewellery… Moreover, the second weekends each month there is an Environmentally friendly and Handmade Market at the Main Square, where you can buy handmade and environmentally friendly products.
Gijón gastronomy has countless recipes, from seafood soups, rice with clams, cider black sea bream, fabada… to the typical Gijón nougat cake.
Some of the restaurants in which you can enjoy the typical food are:
Sidrerías (Cider bars)
All around the city, there are several restaurants in which you can enjoy a lot of tasty food and snacks, together with the traditional drink: cider.
Some of them are:
Gastronomic corners
All throughout the year, with a monthly appointment, there are different events and Gastronomic Fests:
You can start your day with a walk along the San Lorenzo`s beach and stop to have breakfast in any cafeterias.
Cider is local beverage of choice in Gijón.


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Justin Blackmon isn't long for Jacksonville.
After team execs hinted the indefinitely suspended wide receiver wouldn't return in 2014, they followed up their words with action. On Tuesday, the Jaguars got rid of Blackmon's locker, per The Associated Press, the surest sign yet Blackmon isn't in the Jaguars' plans going forward.
The recipient of Blackmon's locker? Undrafted free-agent QB Stephen Morris, though The Florida-Times Union earlier erroneously reported that Blake Bortles received the locker.
Jaguars owner Shad Khan said it's hard to express his disappointment in Blackmon.
"I think it's an absolute tragedy. ... I think he's such a talented guy," Khan said, via ESPN.com. "The best years (are) ahead of him but after a while, it's out of your control."
The Jaguars had high hopes for Blackmon when they drafted him with the No. 5 overall pick in 2012, but he has to be deemed a bust at this point. However, it's not due to his talent: Blackmon is a dynamic player capable of stretching defenses.
The problem is that he hasn't been able to stay on the gridiron. He played in all 16 games his rookie season but suited up in just four contests last year after a pair of suspensions. He averaged an impressive 100 receiving yards per game over that four-game stretch.
Blackmon was banned from the first four games by the NFL for a violation of the substance-abuse policy. He followed that up with an indefinite suspension for the same violation.
He's eligible to return this season, but he first has to be reinstated by the league. It's unclear if and when that will happen, and the Jaguars might not care either way at this point.
The "Around The League Podcast" wrapped up the draft by picking our winners and losers.


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EU finance ministers must urgently dispel doubts over their "political will" to create a single bank supervisor so talks do not drag on and upset "fragile markets", the official spearheading the reforms has warned.
In a pointed intervention ahead of a critical fortnight for the eurozone's nascent banking union, Michel Barnier, the EU commissioner who oversees financial regulation, told ministers: "Now is the time to decide."
The French commissioner's plea came in a Financial Times interview where he backed a "maximum ceiling" on bankers' bonuses relative to fixed pay, found fault with banking union safeguards demanded by the UK, and argued EU treaties could eventually be changed to reinforce the new supervision regime.
Banking union talks have badly stalled in recent weeks as Germany, Sweden and others restate fundamental concerns, ranging from the supervisor's powers to the disenfranchisement of non-eurozone members. Some senior negotiators expect the year-end deadline to be missed.
While a German-led bloc insists its priority is ensuring quality, there is growing frustration in Brussels at alleged foot-dragging, especially since EU leaders endorsed the framework and timetable. A meeting of finance ministers next week will be an important test of whether a deal is possible in 2012.
While avoiding direct criticism, Mr. Barnier said ministers received "loud and clear" instructions from two EU summits.
"We need to meet a [December] deadline set by the heads of state, we need a political decision and that is possible," he said. "There is no obstacle that is insurmountable today. There is no decision that cannot be taken before the end of the year – if there is a political will.
"The markets are not complacent; they remain vigilant and watchful . . . We need to deliver now," he said, warning of the "fragile" situation.
Mr. Barnier expresses understanding for German worries – namely the European Central Bank's remit over small banks – and Sweden's view that the current EU treaties are a poor base for the reform, given the restrictions on the rights of non-euro countries that join. Berlin also worries the legal constraints make it hard to split ECB monetary and supervision roles.
Mr. Barnier insists the deal must be done on the basis of "good solutions in the existing treaties". But he adds that a second step could involve changing primary laws of the EU to make the banking union stronger. "Maybe we can imagine that later on we can consolidate things, improve things," he said.
(Read More: Europe's Smaller Banks Are 'Real' Problem: EU's Barnier)
He is less sanguine about British demands for safeguards to stop the ECB dominating at the European Banking Authority, the agency where supervisors co-ordinate EU technical rules. Although some changes must be made, he is unconvinced by UK demands for there to be a minimum of non-banking union votes in any decision – a so-called "double majority".
"The important thing is we are not fragmented," he said. "The EBA is a body that works for the coherence of the single market . . . A double majority could indeed establish a fragmentation. We can work on better systems than double majority."
Banking union is the most high profile of almost a dozen financial initiatives Mr. Barnier is attempting to drive through. One of the most important – the law implementing the Basel III international capital rules – could be agreed within weeks. But the European parliament and member states still stand far apart on some issues, not least over curbs on banker pay.
EU lawmakers are still pushing for an outright ban on bonuses that exceed fixed salary, while member states are largely resisting a maximum ratio. Mr. Barnier wants a "maximum cap" that can be adjusted – within a range – by shareholders.
It is clear to him that a "ceiling" on variable pay is likely and necessary. "Banks need to pay attention. They are part of society, they are not outside of society," he said. "Bonuses and remuneration are absolutely incomprehensible for people."
Given the US decision to postpone Basel III implementation indefinitely, Mr. Barnier is facing renewed calls to delay the reforms from an industry raising the alarm over a lending crunch. But for the moment, Mr. Barnier is concentrating on seeking answers from Washington.
"What worries me in the announcement of the US on the delay is that there is no clarity on a new date," he said, adding that he wants them to clarify "what they intend to do next".


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Inspirational Film Club Malta
inSpirational Film Club Malta (iFCM) is a platform for people interested in spiritual, inspirational, thought-provoking films and documentaries which encourage society for conscious living and global awareness on an individual and collective level.
The Inspirational Film Club Malta (IFCM) events are held on a monthly basis at JungleSpirit Holistic Centre in San Gwann, facilitated by Balazs Heller (www.balazsheller.com) yogi & life-coach. Balazs' pure intention with the film club is to raise spiritual awareness and conscious living in the Maltese society through empowering films which are followed by interactive discussions of the participants to learn from one another.
My Top 20 Spiritual Films
Plot Synopsis
The Compass
The Compass is a life transformation novel that will guide you on a journey of self-discovery. At the core of The Compass are specific life lessons about belief systems, authenticity, and understanding who you really are in order to live out your destiny. Jonathan, the main character, escapes his suburban life after a tragedy that alters his existence and plans for the future.
Numb and paralyzed by grief, Jonathan decides to journey across the globe in an effort to realign his inner compass. He sets off with a backpack, leaving behind his career, friends, family, and home, to journey around the world. His travels begin in the dry desert of Nevada, and continue on to the pristine mountains of the Adirondacks, and then to a medieval village in Romania. In every destination Jonathan encounters one pivotal person who offers a major life lesson, and he begins to realize that each individual was placed there for a reason, and represents a specific element of life.
The Compass is a metaphor for the journey of life, with its intermittent peaks and valleys. Each destination Jonathan visits is unique with a diverse mix of people, representing the kaleidoscope of our individual lives. His journey of self-discovery will move you to contemplate your own life, gaining valuable lessons along the way.
In the tradition of The Alchemist, at its core The Compass teaches specific life lessons about belief systems, authenticity, self-empowerment, believing in dreams, and understanding who you truly are. As humans we are all connected—by love, by pain, and sometimes even by tragedies or events we cannot control. Each one of us travels a very specific and unique path, yet we are linked by experiences and emotions. In this connectedness, there is life. Reading this story will lead you to ask the ultimate question:
What will move your inner compass?
The Shift
From the creators of You Can Heal Your Life: The Movie comes a compelling portrait of three modern lives in need of new direction and new meaning. In his first-ever movie (written by Kristen Lazarian and directed by Michael Goorjian), Wayne Dyer explores the spiritual journey in the second half of life when we long to find the purpose that is our unique contribution to the world.
The powerful shift from the ego constructs we are taught early in life by parents and society—which promote an emphasis on achievement and accumulation—are shown in contrast to a life of meaning, focused on serving and giving back.
Instead of the cycle of reaching for a goal and suffering until it is reached, one aligns oneself with a deeper purpose and all action arises out of that purpose.
The fulfillment comes from the purpose itself, rather than in the achieving of any particular goal or action.
In this way, one is happy when they start a new project or goal, they are happy while it is in progress, and they are happy when it comes to fruition.
This way one lives in a state of constant fulfillment – every moment is full and complete just by the fact that it is happening.
Filmed on coastal California's spectacular Monterey Peninsula, The Shift captures every person's mid-life longing for a more purposeful, soul-directed life.
The Shift explores the intertwined lives of an overachieving businessman (played by Edward Kerr), a mother of two young children seeking her own expression in the world (Shannon Sturges), and a film director trying to make a name for himself (Michael DeLuise). Also starring Portia de Rossi.
The Shift not only inspires, but also teaches us how to find the path to our spiritual purpose and therefore our greatest joy.
The Opus
The Opus is about creating your own personal legacy.
What will you do while during your short time on earth?
What will you be remembered for?
Will this planet be a better place because you were here?
How can you accomplish the things you dream about most and created that grand legacy?
"The Opus" unfolds the story of a life changing encounter with a violinist and a young boy who is mesmerized by his playing. He is given a notepad and with these few words of wisdom; "Your Opus isn't what you do. It will be the legacy of what you become" we follow this boy's journey of challenges as he realizes his Opus.
When you are clear on what you desire, and take those first steps toward it, you are your most vulnerable to disappointment. Moving beyond disappointment and handling challenges is a key part of realizing your Opus.
One of the most fascinating points brought out in the film was the influence emotion plays in creating your Opus. Did you know that the Heart Math Institute has discovered the energy field around your heart is fives times greater than the one around your brain? Working with a vision that comes from the heart, and clarifying it with real intention, rather than obligation and responsibility, can make all the difference in the world.
This film features Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Dr. Joe Vitale, Marci Shimoff, Dr. John Demartini, Bob Doyle, Morris Goodman, Douglas Vermeeren, Bill Bartmann and others.
Conversations with God
Conversations with God the movie, from the book that inspired millions.
Chronicles the dramatic true journey of a struggling man turned homeless, who inadvertently becomes a spiritual messenger and bestselling author.
See why the renowned author was inspired to share his story in this tremendously affecting and empowering film - now with exclusive new material -- including a very special interview with Neale Donald Walsch, and, in the Commentary Track, his own personal reaction to every single scene of this movie.
An unemployed homeless man who once turned to God for the answers to life's problems decides to share the information he received with the rest of the world by penning a series of best-selling books, and now his remarkable story comes to the screen in a biographical drama from producer/director Stephen Simon.
There was a time when Donald Walsch (Henry Czerny) had no place to go and no one to turn to, but that all changed when he directed the hardest questions he had ever asked at the entity many view as the be-all and end-all of human existence.
The answers that he received would not only change his life, but the lives of millions of readers as well.
An unlikely spiritual messenger whose works subsequently sold over seven million copies and translated into thirty-four languages,
Peaceful Warrior
A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
An inspirational and triumphant film about the power of the human spirit, Peaceful Warrior is the incredible true story based on Dan Millman's bestselling novel.
A gifted young athlete, bound for Olympic gold, Dan has it all: trophies, talent, and all the women he wants. But after a life-changing event, Dan comes to rely on Socrates (Nick Nolte), a mysterious stranger, and Joy (Amy Smart), an elusive young woman, to teach him the secret to overcome incredible odds and tap into new worlds of strength and understanding. Hailed by celebrities and critics alike, Peaceful Warrior is an inspiring film that could change lives.
At the beginning of the plot, Dan Millman (Scott Mechlowicz) is a university student as well as a locally famous gymnast who dreams of winning a National Championship competition. He suffers from restlessness, and on one occasion Dan attempts to compensate for the restlessness by running along streets before sunrise. At a car-service station, he encounters an old man (Nick Nolte) who seems to know more about Dan's problem than Dan himself knows, whom Dan later nicknames "Socrates." Dan is unsettled by Socrates' knowledge; by the fact that Socrates had appeared in a nightmare as a faceless janitor, clad in mismatched shoes (by which he is identified in waking life), who sweeps up the pieces of Dan's shattered leg; and by the old man's extraordinary speed, agility, and co-ordination.
As a result of his exposure to the last, Dan seeks to learn the secret behind it.
The Bucket List
Blue-collar mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) and billionaire hospital magnate Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) meet for the first time in the hospital after both have been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
Although Edward is reluctant to share a room with Carter, complaining that he "looks half-dead already," they become friends as they undergo their respective treatments.
Carter is a gifted amateur historian and family man who had wanted to become a history professor in his youth, had been "black, broke, [and with a] baby on the way" and, thus, never rose above his status as a mechanic at the McCreath body shop. Carter loves showing off his knowledge and his favorite show is Jeopardy!.
Edward is a four-time divorced health-care tycoon and cultured loner who enjoys nothing more than tormenting his personal valet/servant, Thomas (Sean Hayes), who later reveals his name is actually Matthew. Edward prefers to call him Thomas because he finds the name Matthew too "biblical." Edward drinks a specific variety of coffee called "Kopi Luwak", one of the most expensive coffees in the world.
Carter begins writing a "bucket list," or things to do before he "kicks the bucket" (i.e. dies).
After hearing he has less than a year, Carter discards the list. Edward finds it the next morning and urges Carter to do everything on the list (and adds more things to do), and offers to finance the trip for the both of them. Carter agrees, despite the protests of his wife, Virginia (Beverly Todd)...
Into the Wild
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future, 22 year-old Christopher McCandless instead walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people. Was Christopher McCandless a heroic adventurer or a naive idealist, a rebellious 1990s Thoreau or another lost American son, a fearless risk-taker or a tragic figure who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature? McCandless' quest took him from the wheat fields of South Dakota to a renegade trip down the Colorado River to the non-conformists' refuge of Slab City, California, and beyond. Along the way, he encountered a series of colorful characters at the very edges of American society who shaped his understanding of life and whose lives he, in turn, changed. In the end, he tested himself by heading alone into the wilds of the great North, where everything he had seen and learned and felt came to a head in ways he never could have expected.
In May 1992, Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) arrives in a remote area of the Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska and sets up a campsite in an abandoned bus. At first, McCandless is content with the isolation, the beauty of nature around him, and the thrill of living off the land. He hunts wild animals with a .22 caliber rifle, reads books, and keeps a diary of his thoughts as he prepares for himself a new life in the wild.
Two years earlier in May 1990, McCandless graduated with high honors from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Shortly afterwards, McCandless rejects his conventional life by destroying all of his credit cards and identification documents. He donates nearly all of his entire savings of $24,000 to Oxfam and sets out on a cross-country drive in his well-used, but reliable Datsun to experience life in the wilderness. However, McCandless does not tell his parents Walt (William Hurt) and Billie McCandless (Marcia Gay Harden) nor his sister Carine (Jena Malone) what he is doing or where he is going, and refuses to keep in touch with them after his departure, leaving them to become increasingly anxious and eventually desperate...
The Secret
The Secret reveals the single most powerful law in the universe.
Rhonda Byrne's discovery of The Secret began with a glimpse of the truth of life within a 100-year old book. She went back through the centuries, tracing and uncovering The Secret that lay at the core of the most powerful philosophies, teachings and religions in the world.
What Rhonda discovered is now captured in The Secret, a film that has changed millions of people's lives across the planet. No matter who you are, no matter where you are, you can change your life.
"The Secret" is suitable for anyone with an open mind. Not only is it ideal for novices due to the concepts being presented in a transparent and enjoyable manner, but it also satisfies advanced students of metaphysics because the execution is so delightfully original and insightful. Fans of "What the Bleep Do We Know" will undoubtedly find "The Secret" even more enjoyable because in comparison, the latter is more focused, concise, and thorough.
The film quotes Einstein: "Imagination is everything; it is the preview of life's forthcoming attractions." As usual he's spot on. With many further such examples, the film demonstrates that this "secret" has in fact been revealed over and over by the great men and women of history.
I heartily recommend "The Secret" to anyone interested in transcending limitations and shifting to a higher state of existence.
This is The Secret to prosperity, health, relationships and happiness. This is The Secret to life.
What the bleep do we know?
The movie is a radical departure from convention. It demands a freedom of view and greatness of thought so far unknown, indeed, not even dreamed of since Copernicus.
It's a documentary.
It's a story.
It's mind-blowing special effects.
This film plunges you into a world where quantum uncertainty is demonstrated - where neurological processes, and perceptual shifts are engaged and lived by its protagonist - where everything is alive, and reality is changed by every thought.
Amanda, a divorced photographer, finds herself in a fantastic Alice-in-Wonderland experience when her daily, uninspired life literally begins to unravel, revealing the cellular, molecular and even quantum worlds which lie beneath.
Guided by a Greek Chorus of leading scientists and mystics, she finds that if reality itself is not questionable, her notion of it certainly is. Stunning special effects plunge you into a world where quantum uncertainty is demonstrated - where Amanda's neurological processes, and perceptual shifts are engaged and lived - where everything is alive, and reality is changed by every thought.
This film gives voice to the modern day radical souls of science, making them the true heroes of our day as they conquer and map the greatest uncharted territory yet - man's consciousness itself.
You can heal your life
Based upon the book by the same name, "You Can Heal Your Life: The Movie" has a recurrent theme of survival and overcoming life's struggles by consistently practicing positive thinking and the law of attraction.
This entertaining and inspirational movie based on the best-selling book of the same name is hosted by author and teacher Louise L. Hay. This film gives penetrating insights into Louise's fascinating personal story; and shows how her views on self-esteem, abundance, and the metaphysical causes behind physical ailments were developed. It also reveals how she applied these concepts to her own emotional, spiritual, and professional life.
A number of luminaries in the fields of self-help, philosophy, health, spirituality, and New Thought join Louise, giving their take on success, happiness, and the myriad ways in which people can heal their own lives. And there are also gripping firsthand accounts from others who have been positively affected by Louise's work.
Louise L. Hay Inspirational Quotes from "You Can Heal Your Life: The Movie"
"There is a law of thinking and we are beginning to learn about it and it is like a computer. If you have this gorgeous computer put in front of you and you don't know what do with it, it is a piece of junk! But if you learn the language of the computer, miracles happen."
"What you think and what you believe, is what will come true for you. Your thoughts create your life, it is that simple. And when we can get that, then we can make enormous changes."
Waste land
An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit.
The Brazilian artist Vik Muniz rooted in New York decides to make the difference and travels to Jardim Gramacho, the largest landfill of the world in the outskirt of Rio de Janeiro, with the intention to help the pickers to improve their lives using his art. Vik recalls an event when he was very poor and lived in Brazil.
He tried to break up a fight between two men, and he was shot when he was walking to his car. Later the shooter gave him some money that allowed Vik to travel to USA.
Vik and his friend Fábio spend two years in Jardim Gramacho and get closer to a group of pickers of recyclable materials and takes pictures of them. He uses his talent to make art using recyclable material and photographs the results.
Then he travels to London and sells one of the portraits in an auction.
With the money, the pickers buy a truck, equipment and build a learning center and a library.
The pickers that worked with him learn how to improve their lives and leave Jardim Gramacho.
When did you last see your father?
The film is a series of flashbacks to various periods in the life of Blake Morrison as he remembers moments he shared with his father Arthur while he, his mother, and younger sister Gillian tend to him on his deathbed in his Yorkshire home. Despite Blake's success as a writer, poet, and critic, his father - a rural general practitioner - never accepted his decision to pursue a literary career nor was he willing to acknowledge his achievements in his field. Bullying, blustery, and boorish, Arthur blunders his way through fatherhood, regularly calling his son a fathead and intruding into the boy's private moments with a sense of entitlement. He has a penchant for exaggeration when he's not telling outright lies, and he publicly humiliates his long-suffering but passively complacent wife Kim with his shameless flirting with various women and an affair with Beaty, a friend of the family.
At other times, he seems genuinely interested in bonding with his son, taking him camping so they can test supposedly waterproof sleeping bags he has made or allowing him to drive in the family's Alvis convertible on a wide expanse of deserted beach with reckless abandon. As a result, Blake is left with mixed feelings for the man, ranging from deeply-rooted anger to compassionate acceptance.
Only after Arthur's death is he able to set aside his resentment and recognize him as a father whose flaws ultimately helped mold his son into the better man he is.
When did you last see your father?
Finding Neverland
The story focuses on Scottish writer J. M. Barrie (Johnny Depp), his platonic relationship with Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, and his close friendship with her sons, who inspire the classic play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.
Following the dismal reception of his latest play, Little Mary, Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her four young sons in Kensington Gardens, and a strong friendship develops between them. He proves to be a great playmate and surrogate father figure for the boys, and their imaginative antics give him ideas which he incorporates into a play about boys who do not want to grow up, especially one named after troubled young Peter Llewelyn Davies. His wife Mary, who eventually divorces him, and Sylvia's mother Emma du Maurier, object to the amount of time Barrie spends with the Llewelyn Davies family. Emma also seeks to control her daughter and grandsons, especially as Sylvia becomes increasingly weak from an unidentified illness.
Producer Charles Frohman skeptically agrees to mount Peter Pan despite his belief it holds no appeal for upper-class theatergoers. Barrie peppers the opening night audience with children from a nearby orphanage, and the adults present react to their infectious delight with an appreciation of their own.
The play proves to be a huge success.
Because Sylvia is too ill to attend the production, Barrie arranges to have an abridged production of it performed in her home. She dies shortly afterward, and Barrie finds that her will is to have him and her mother to look after the boys; an arrangement agreeable to both.
Pay it Forward
When eleven and a half year old Trevor McKinney (Osment) begins seventh grade in Las Vegas, Nevada, his social studies teacher Eugene Simonet gives the class an assignment to devise and put into action a plan that will change the world for the better. Trevor's plan is a charitable program based on the networking of good deeds. He calls his plan "Pay it forward", which means the recipient of a favor does a favor for a third party rather than paying the favor back.
Trevor does a favor for three people, asking each of them to "pay the favor forward" by doing favors for three other people, and so on, along a branching tree of good deeds. His first good deed is to let a homeless man named Jerry (James Caviezel) live in his garage, and Jerry pays the favor forward by doing car repairs for Trevor's mother. Trevor's efforts appear to fail when Jerry relapses into drug addiction, but Jerry will pay his debt forward later in the film by talking to a suicidal woman, who is about to jump off the bridge.
Meanwhile, Trevor's mother Arlene (Hunt) confronts Eugene about Trevor's project after discovering Jerry in their house. Then Trevor selects Eugene as his next "pay it forward" target and tricks Eugene and Arlene into a romantic dinner date. This also appears to fail until Trevor and Arlene argue about her alcoholism and she slaps him in a fit of anger. The two adults are brought together again when Trevor runs away from home and Arlene asks Eugene to help her find him...
Pursuit of Happyness
In 1981 San Francisco, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) invests his family's savings in portable bone-density scanners which he tries to demonstrate and sell to doctors. The investment proves to be a white elephant, which financially breaks the family and as a result, his girlfriend Linda (Thandie Newton) leaves him and moves to New York. Their son Christopher (Jaden Smith) remains with his father. While downtown trying to sell one of his scanners, Chris meets a manager for Dean Witter and impresses him by solving a Rubik's Cube during a short cab ride. Chris does not have enough money for the cab fare and flees the cab driver into a subway station where he barely escapes the cab driver but loses one of his bone scanners in the process. This new relationship with the Dean Witter manager earns him the chance to become an intern stockbroker.
Despite arriving there unkempt and shabbily dressed due to an emergency, Chris is offered the internship. Chris is further set back when his bank account is garnished by the IRS for unpaid income taxes, and he and his young son are evicted. As a result they are homeless, and are forced at one point to stay in a bathroom at a subway station. Motivation drives him to find the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, which has a homeless shelter primarily for single mothers and their children. The church's owner does not let him stay due to the fact that it is for women and children, although she tells him about a local church that also provides shelter, but has very limited space. Due to demand for the limited rooms, Chris must frantically race from his internship work early each afternoon in order to land a place in line. Chris finds the bone scanner that he lost in the subway station from a demented man who believes it to be a time machine and it is now damaged, but Chris finally repairs it...
EARTHLINGS is an award-winning documentary film about the suffering of animals for food, fashion, pets, entertainment and medical research.
Earthlings is an incredibly eye-opening documentary about the way humans use animals. From food, to science, to entertainment, we exploit our fellow creatures to no end. It is disturbing and disheartening to see just how brutal humans can be, and then to realize that these horrible practices are accepted as part of our every day lives without any thought to the immense cruelty that is occurring. Earthlings urges us to "make the connection.
Considered the most persuasive documentary ever made, EARTHLINGS is nicknamed "the Vegan maker" for its sensitive footage shot at animal shelters, pet stores, puppy mills, factory farms, slaughterhouses, the leather and fur trades, sporting events, circuses and research labs.
Earthlings takes an unflinching look at the myriad ways in which animals are used and abused as companion animals, as food, as clothing, as entertainment, and as scientific subjects. Two-thirds of the footage is undercover videos, taking the viewer to places where video cameras would probably never be allowed.
In summary, it is a movie that examines the 5 major areas of our dependence on animals – pets, food, clothing, entertainment and research. In detail, it is a movie that examines our spiritual conscience, personal evolution and so much more.
With aerial footage from 54 countries, Home is a depiction of how the Earth's problems are all interlinked.
The documentary chronicles the present day state of the Earth, its climate and how we as the dominant species have long-term repercussions on its future. A theme expressed throughout the documentary is that of linkage—how all organisms and the Earth are linked in a "delicate but crucial" natural balance with each other, and how no organism can be self-sufficient.
The first 15 minutes include footage of the beginning of the natural world, starting with single-celled algae developing at the edges of volcanic springs. By showing algae's essential role in the evolution of photosynthesis, it also explores the innumerable species of plants which all have their origins in this one-celled life form.
In the rest of the first hour of the film, the documentary takes on a more human-oriented focus, showing the agricultural revolution and its impacts, before moving on to talk about the harnessing of oil, leading to fire, industry, cities and inequality gaps like never before. It portrays the current predicament regarding cattle ranches, deforestation, food and water shortages, the use of non-renewable "fossil water", the over-quarrying crisis and the shortage of energy, namely electricity. Cities such as New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Shenzhen, Mumbai, Tokyo and Dubai are used as examples of the mismanagement and wastage of energy, water and food. The recession of marshlands and glaciers are shown in vast aerial shots of Antarctica, The North Pole and Africa, while mass emigration and refugee counts are shown currently and forecast in the event that these events remains unchanged.
It is at this point that the film begins to focus on global warming and the carbon crisis. Home shows how melting glaciers, rising sea levels and changing weather patterns are ravaging the people who have least to do with climate change, but also how it soon will affect rich populous areas.
Here, about three minutes of film is given to displaying harsh facts in large white text on a black background followed by a video representation of the fact. This is followed by a positive conclusion. The documentary claims to show the "awful truths" regarding our impact on the Earth, but also what we are now doing to combat and reverse it: including renewable energy, the creation of more and more national parks, international co-operation between various nations on environmental issues and the extra education and reform being had across the globe in response to the current problems facing the earth.
God Grew Tired of Us
God Grew Tired Of Us chronicles the arduous journey of three young Southern Sudanese men, John Bul Dau, Daniel Pach and Panther Bior, to the United States where they strive for a brighter future. As young boys in the 1980s, they had walked a thousand miles to escape their war-ridden homeland, and then had to make another arduous journey to escape Ethiopia.
During the five years they walked in search of safety, thousands died from starvation, dehydration, bomb raids and genocidal murder. Finally, they found relative safety in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp. In 2001, 3,600 lost boys, including John, Daniel and Panther, were invited by the United States to live in America. Assisted by Catholic Charities International, the three boys uproot their lives and once again embark on a journey, leaving behind thousands of other refugees who, in the course of their traumatic odyssey, have become their adopted extended family. They must now learn to adapt to the shock of being thrust into the economically intense culture of the United States, learning new customs, adapting to new and strange foods, coping with the ordeal of getting, and keeping a job, or multiple jobs, while never forgetting the loved ones they left behind in Africa. They dedicate themselves to doing whatever they can to help those they left behind in Kakuma, and to discovering the fate of their parents and family.
The title comes from a statement by John, in expressing that he thought the suffering and killings he saw during his countries civil war may have been the final judgment on the earth spoken of in the Bible, because "God was tired of us," "tired of the of bad things the people were doing."
God Grew Tired Of Us was produced, written and directed by Christopher Dillon Quinn, executive produced by Brad Pitt and narrated by Nicole Kidman. The title of the documentary is a quote from John Dau discussing the despair he and other Sudanese felt during the civil war.
The film begins with Gandhi's assassination on 30 January 1948, and his funeral. After an evening prayer, an elderly Gandhi is helped out for his evening walk to meet a large number of greeters and admirers. One of these visitors—Nathuram Godse—shoots him point blank in the chest. Gandhi exclaims, "Oh, God!" ("Hē Ram!" historically), and then falls dead. The film then cuts to a huge procession at his funeral, which is attended by dignitaries from around the world.
The early life of Gandhi is not depicted in the film. Instead, the story flashes back 55 years to a life-changing event: in 1893, the 24-year-old Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian sitting in a first-class compartment despite having a ticket. Realizing the laws are biased against Indians, he then decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous arrests and unwelcome international attention, the government finally relents by recognizing some rights for Indians.
After this victory, Gandhi is invited back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence (Swaraj, Quit India) from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent non-cooperation campaign of unprecedented scale, coordinating millions of Indians nationwide. There are some setbacks, such as violence against the protesters and Gandhi's occasional imprisonment.
Nevertheless, the campaign generates great attention, and Britain faces intense public pressure. After World War II Britain finally grants Indian independence. Indians celebrate this victory, but their troubles are far from over. Religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims erupt into nation-wide violence. Gandhi declares a hunger strike, saying he will not eat until the fighting stops.
The fighting does stop eventually, but the country is divided by religion. It is decided that the northwest area of India, and eastern part of India (current day Bangladesh), both places where Muslims are in the majority, will become a new country called Pakistan. It is hoped that by encouraging the Muslims to live in a separate country, violence will abate. Gandhi is opposed to the idea, and is even willing to allow Muhammad Ali Jinnah to become the first prime minister of India, but the Partition of India is carried out nevertheless.
Gandhi spends his last days trying to bring about peace between both nations. He thereby angers many dissidents on both sides, one of whom assassinates him in a scene at the end of the film that recalls the opening.
As Godse shoots Gandhi, the film fades to black and Gandhi is heard in a voiceover, saying "Oh God". The audience then sees Gandhi's cremation; the film ending with a scene of Gandhi's ashes being scattered on the holy Ganga...
Forrest Gump
Life is like a box of chocolates…you never know what you're gonna get. This famous catchphrase also describes FORREST GUMP -- it serves up an abundance of surprising treats, sometimes sweet and sometimes bitter. The movie's two and a half hours run the gamut from humor and charm to tragedy and poignancy. Although epic in length and symbolic in treatment, the movie never loses sight of the intimate love story at its center. The relationship between the childlike Forrest (Tom Hanks) and the disillusioned Jenny (Robin Wright Penn) can be seen as an allegory for America's loss of innocence from the 1950s to the 1980s, reflected by pop culture and socio-political events.
Rock and roll, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, Watergate, and more are touched on, sometimes seriously and sometimes satirically.
"Stupid is as stupid does," says Forrest Gump as he discusses his relative level of intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his sub-normal IQ, Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringside seat for many of the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century. Entirely without trying, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, becomes a football star, meets John F. Kennedy, serves with honor in Vietnam, meets Lyndon Johnson, speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument, hangs out with the Yippies, defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis, meets Richard Nixon, discovers the break-in at the Watergate, opens a profitable shrimping business, becomes an original investor in Apple Computers, and decides to run back and forth across the country for several years. Meanwhile, as the remarkable parade of his life goes by, Forrest never forgets Jenny (Robin Wright Penn), the girl he loved as a boy, who makes her own journey through the turbulence of the 1960s and 1970s that is far more troubled than the path Forrest happens upon. Featured alongside Tom Hanks are Sally Field as Forrest's mother; Gary Sinise as his commanding officer in Vietnam; Mykelti Williamson as his ill-fated Army buddy who is familiar with every recipe that involves shrimp; and the special effects artists whose digital magic place Forrest amidst a remarkable array of historical events and people.
Forrest, Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low IQ but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, create the smiley, write bumper stickers and songs, donating to people and meeting the president several times. However this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny. Who has messed up her life.
Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone.
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Early look: Top Colorado high school boys basketball prospects for 2016
It's still four months until the high school boys basketball season starts, but here's an early look at the top high school boys basketball players for the class of 2016, according to Rivals, Scout and ESPN.
At the top is Overland center De'Ron Davis, who's widely considered one of the top prospects in the country.
Only players who received two stars or more from at least one of the recruiting services are included. Who do you think was left out? Who do you think is overrated?


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London: Schools closed their playgrounds and ambulance staff reported a surge in breathing problems as smog blanketed parts of England for a second day on Thursday.
Environmentalists criticized Prime Minister David Cameron after he described the haze - a mix of local pollution, European emissions and Sahara sand - as "a naturally occurring weather phenomenon."
As air pollution hit the top level of 10 in London and the southeast Thursday, Green Party European lawmaker Keith Taylor said Cameron's "flippant response to this invisible killer is utterly disgraceful."
Some schools kept children inside, while the London Ambulance Service said it was seeing a higher-than-normal number of calls from people with breathing difficulties, asthma and heart problems.
Forecasters said the pollution should be swept away Friday by fresh winds from the Atlantic.
The World Health Organization says air pollution kills about 7 million people a year globally, with more than half of the deaths due to fumes from indoor stoves.
Gary Fuller, an air-quality expert at King's College London, said Britain's recent smog had caught public attention partly because it could be seen. Motorists awoke earlier this week to find their cars covered in red dust from a storm in the Sahara desert.
"Normally air pollution is sort of invisible," he said.
Fuller said air pollution in London and other European cities had improved little over the past decade, even though new cars are cleaner than older ones. He said that had been offset by an increase in the number of more polluting diesel vehicles.
"'Dieselization' is much discussed in air-pollution terms," Fuller said. "It is not having a favorable effect."