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Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 02, 2009 05:37PM
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I've been to Vinnie's once. It was fine.
But why only once? Because when I'm going to go out and spend too much money for something I could easily make at home, I need some extra incentive. "Ambience" works for me. Music works too.
TRW... and others.... regarding the bartender at Off the Wall, I just think it's a BETTER policy not to specifically name people on a message board, especially if they're young. Many of you use screennames instead of your real names (mine really is "Neil" btw), so I would just extend that courtesy to those we might be commenting about.
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May 02, 2009 05:40PM
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May 03, 2009 08:16AM
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Vinnies makes good lasagna and I like the pizza. I was not impressed with East End Pizza. I think the best pizza on island is at Smugglers Cove (my favorite is called perfect pepperoni) or Lost Dog (although it can be hit or miss there...rarely a miss). Back when Stixx was open upstairs and Jason was the pizza chef it was the bomb! My husband said, "there's always pizza hut"....such the gourmet!
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May 04, 2009 10:54AM
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May 04, 2009 03:08PM
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Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 04, 2009 03:13PM
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My co-worker said that Twin Cities raised their prices on their salad's by $1. One more place I won't be going to. The price of restaurants here are out of hand...I just eat at home much more now. Energy costs are down so I doubt that this is a cost thing.
So often I see small businesses make the mistake of raising prices when sales are down to try to re-coup the loss in business. I don't know if its a complete lack of understanding of supply-demand capitalism but usually this leads to failure. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy...sales are down, you boost prices, sales go further down and on and on. I just can't figure this out, when the economy is suffering you CANNOT raise prices especially when costs are not rising!
When energy prices went up last summer there was a lag in the price increases at restaurants in getting their new menu's out with higher prices. I expected their to be a lag again on getting lower prices out once energy prices went back down. That lag period is over and many restaurants are still charging outrageous prices on island. Of course the net effect is people don't eat out as often.
The upside is when I travel to the states, even DC or NY I think everything is cheap. I never thought I'd feel that big city restaurants were cheap but living here has done it!
And of course, the good thing about a free country is that I can start my own restaurant if I really think I can do it for less...put my money where my mouth is. I probably won't do it though
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Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 04, 2009 05:27PM
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$1 sounds cheap. I hear coffee places are hurtin, however, as more people brew at home.
Four of us ate at Tutu Bene's the other night: bottle of wine, entrees, desert and tip came to $250.
Good food, very good service, nice place, but so's Olive Garden and it would have cost maybe $140 for four people.
And we would have gotten salad with our meals.
Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 05, 2009 10:07AM
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$1 sounds cheap. I hear coffee places are hurtin, however, as more people brew at home.
But if you are hurting because people are staying at home you have to LOWER prices not RAISE them. Raising them just gets more people to stay at home.
I really enjoy the food on STX. It seems that many of our restaurants are run by "food" people and not "business" people. The upside is that I think we get some great food here, unique dishes, not cookie cutter corporate crap etc. The downside is that they often can't stay in business because they have no idea how to run a business. I'm not saying this is the case at Twin Cities, maybe they will make more money with a price increase, but in general I've been here long enough to see great chef's try to be successful opening their own restaurant with not a lot of business sense only to go under within 2 years. I guess the same thing happens in the states though too.
I realize its a tough racket, like I said if I thought I could do it better I'm free to try. I just get frustrated as I have consistently been "priced out" of restaurants that I enjoy here (not really priced out, I can afford it, I just don't value the offerings at the constantly higher prices).
A rumor I heard this weekend, the old BK at Sunny Isle (used to be Local Gecko) may be turning into a Taco Bell. If this is so I'm going to start a business buying .99 tacos, putting them in a hot box and driving them into town on Friday night selling them to drunkies for $2. Ok not really (I'd rather be the drunkie on Saturday night), but could be a good business
Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 05, 2009 10:28AM
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As far as pricing goes I've never been more shocked when ordering for my kitchen. A bag of fresh mussels in the states runs $2 a lb. or $20 for a 10# bag. Here, it's double. A 10# bag of mussels costs $40. Ridiculous!
The availability of products make it hard to be a chef here. One week I can get serrano ham....when I need another one 2 weeks later....it's gone and it will take 3 weeks to get another one. How do you plan a menu with that?
The menu prices are usually based on the idea that vacationers are dining out and don't even blink at prices. Usually they don't....so that's why restaurants can upcharge so much. But, I think during the summertime and during this recession they should be reactive and lower prices to capture and maintain local customers. You would think it's common sense but sometimes when a place like Twin Cities is busy enough, a $1 increase goes unnoticed. Not by Sean, though.
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May 05, 2009 10:34AM
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Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 05, 2009 11:02AM
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I've been following this thread for a few weeks now and thought I'd throw my two cents into the mix.
I work for a local food distributor here on island. I think everyone here should be concious of how the island is being affected by the current economic unrest.
We partially base the quantity of the food we bring to STX by communicating with the local hotels and rental agencies. Hotel bookings are down almost 50% island wide! As a result, we import smaller quantities of stock, which results in higher prices for all parties involved.
Ever wonder why you can find some of your more exotic items lately? We can't trust bringing in, say, a pallet of pomegranetes, because the demand just isn't there. Staying home and eating out less does affect the prices in local restaurants. I'm not advocating eating out every meal, just understand that there are far more concerns and economic pressures being placed on restaurants than WAPA (although, WAPA tries hard)
With that said, here's some restaurant quips...
Off the Wall
Much has been made of the service here. Would it kill em to hire an extra body, especially on the weekends? Probably not, but apart from that the food is always tasty. Buffalo Chicken Pizza. Enough said.
Rowdy Joes
My new favorite place on island. Good, competent staff and cool eats, specifically for the north shore. The friend polenta with marinara is simple and delicious. If you get a chance, catch some of Chef Scotty's prime rib. Best I've ever had on island.
Elizabeths at H20
Your kidding, right? Gone are the days of the fun food from princess. But, I guess anything to survive the downturn. For all of you upset over places raising the price a buck here or there, go check out Elizabeths and their $20 three course meal... Just remember, you get what you pay for.
Last week we tried it for the first time in a few months. Our bartender was smoking while making our drinks. I'm pretty sure she was missing a couple teeth. We tried ordering three different items, all of which we found they were out of... only after she walked to the back and disappeared for five minutes a time.
Don't think we'll be going back...
Always have a good time here. The food is always prepared wonderfully and I can't get enough of their new wine on tap. We ate there a couple nights ago. I had the double cut pork chop and my wife had a beet and mango salad. We always leave happy and full. Awesome, plus... Wine on Tap!
I've actually only had appetizers at the bar. Good, fun eats. Foie of the day? Sign me up!
Bombay Club
Is there a better or friendlier bartender than Michael? I doubt it. And try the chicken fried pork.... Can't miss!
The staff always smells a little too "herbal" for our liking. The oldies but goodies are timeless but some of the specials we've had lately lacked inspiration... The pork belly appetizer is a serious contender for favorite meal on island.
Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 05, 2009 11:03AM
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May 05, 2009 11:07AM
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Did I hear (see) you right stiphy??? a TACO BELL???? omg can you imagine???? mouth is watering now.
Would hate to drive to sunny isles for a .99 cent taco but i sure would. Wonder if they could deliver????
I would "run for the border" for a taco bell burrito.
PS Happy Cencho Di Mio (sp) to all
Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 05, 2009 12:00PM
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Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 05, 2009 02:50PM
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I too heard about Dominos going in by the new McD in Sunny Isle. I wish something different would go there. i hate dominos. Doubtful about Taco Bell - i heard they do not want a franchise here - friends have tried! i would love one here...but then again my hips would not, so better to save it for those mainland trips! Unfortunately, no matter what goes where when, we still have the same kinds of employees to choose from - it's not like the employment pool gets better with new places! Also, it won't be as inexpensive as the states - that's not really possible.
I have also heard from people who go to Tutu Bene - food quality is ok, service is fine, prices are outrageous. The last time i went, i got Mahi...for $30...for the tiniest little piece i'd ever seen. I haven't been back, and the reviews i'm getting lately won't change that. Too bad - i love Kelly and Smokey.
Dashi is my fave. it's expensive, but worth it each time. Same for Bacchus. Can't WAIT to try Ono's and Rowdy Joe's...just need a little bit more money to do so!
Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 05, 2009 03:01PM
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Between the increase in prices and the lousy dinners we were getting, our dining out has been cut way back. It's just not worth it to me to pay some of the prices. Having gotten a number of bad meals, we've also started eliminating some places that were long favorites...a bit awkward when we run onto some of the owners and staff, but that's how it is. Unfortunately we haven't found too many replacement dining spots...I did become a regular at the Beeston Hill Farmers market though..if we're going to cook, we at least want good ingredients, and the grocery stores have gotten even crazier price-wise than the restaurants
Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 05, 2009 03:13PM
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On top of the crazy prices at the grocery, what about the already old produce? Nice to have fresh, home grown veggies, I agree! I also agree about not going out as much. We're on a "diet", but when we do go out, we are very selective. Dashi is our favortie too. It is pricey, but it's even better than it used to be, and the truth is I would rather pay more and really enjoy than save a few bucks and go ho-hum, or worse.
Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 05, 2009 03:26PM
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I would love to see the restaurants do specials for the locals. We live here year round, we go out at least 2 times a week. I think as a local the restaurants could offer us a 10% discount or maybe have punch cards buy so many drinks or dinners and get one free or half price. You would see more business that way. We are the ones out there supporting the restaurants especially in the low season. What's up with the $8 desserts?
I use to love when Cormorant use to have on Tuesday buy 1 entree get one free. The place was packed. I'm sure they still made money, they made there money on drinks. We use to go every Tuesday night. We always tip the waitress on what it would cost for both dinners, that way she made her money.
I love going out but it does get expensive.
BTW, the other day we ate at Rhythms the food was terrible and not cheap. I will never eat there again.
We love El Sol, great food and low prices. You can get a nice steak dinner with a huge potato and salad for $16. Now that's a deal. Place is always packed.
If anyone knows of any good deals, I'm sure everyone here would be interested.
Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 05, 2009 04:01PM
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As far as the value segment of the market, the wings at Cost-u-less aren't too bad and great deal for the money. The sandwiches at Quality Market are a good deal. Some of the Chinese places are a good deal for the money. You're getting decent food for not much more (or less) than it would take you to buy the ingredients -- especially considering the breathtaking prices at the grocery store.
These are better choices than McD, Wendy's or KFC. As a matter of fact, I still can't get over the fact that a Big Mac costs $5.25 alone. I do admit to liking the chili at Wendy's though. As far as KFC, the brain says "no" but the stomach says "yes".
My wife and I try to go some place nice on Sundays. In the last month we went to Zebos and were underwhelmed. Service was slow and it's very pricey. My steak was good but wifie said here dolphin was really dry. I was also disappointed they weren't serving the short ribs that won best of STX.
TuTu is the most consistent. We go there a lot. The service and food are always good. It doesn't seem particularly expensive but maybe it's what we order. We went to 19th Hole recently. The sandwiches were very good – as good as anything in the states. But it also cost $30+ for two sandwiches, ice tea, and tip.
Sandcastle (sp?) in F'sted is also really good food and view. The menu is a bit limited but not especially pricey. It would probably be our favorite except it's a drive to get there for us.
The best steak I've eaten is at the Carambola. Their buffet is just OK but we will probably go for mother's day.
Re: StX Restaurant Ratings
May 05, 2009 07:28PM
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I'm in agreement with everyone on the whole price of eating out thing. We eat out alot, but I'm trying to cut down on that. Price is one consideration, and a big one... but it IS expensive to cook too. So the other big reason for not eating out is I'm bored with most of the same o same o, mediocre food, unispired options and bad service. I get so tired of the limited choices available.
Raising prices surely isn't going to get me to want to come out for dinner, nor is reducing portions. I think it would be wise of restaurant owners to create a summer menu that has some interesting new food items for under $20.00. It can be done. With the right advertising it would draw out the folks. Last summer Kendricks did a summer steak special every Friday night for a fixed price. I think he did pretty good with it! Really good food, fun environment, steak grilled to perfection. It really catered to locals and was an innovative way to get more business during those slow months. More of that kind of thinking is needed. It could be a STX Summer Chef Challenge... best new entree under YY bucks!
I guess its time to go back to the home cooking... beans and cornbread!, Tuna casserole, Salmon Croquettes, Mac and Cheese, Shepherds Pie, Lasagna, .... Time to bring back some of those time honored, low budget classics! Tonight... its tacos, mojitos, and margaritas... at home!
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Granta once again examines the best and brightest of a new generation
In the ever-changing anteroom of the Great American Novel, young just got younger, and what it means to be an American broadened significantly. On Thursday, Granta magazine announced the lineup for their second Best of Young American Novelists issue at New York's Housing Works Bookstore.
There are no crystal balls in the literary world, but the Granta list has come close. In 1983, it launched its first salvo at predicting the future with the Best of Young British Novelists, tagging Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as voices to watch.
The first American list, issued in 1996, included a striking number of bull's-eyes: Jonathan Franzen, Jeffrey Eugenides and Edwidge Danticat among them.
This year, by dropping the age cutoff from 40 to 35, the Granta judges have culled a diverse and entirely new group of names. Five of the authors were born outside of the U.S., two in the former Soviet Union. One hails from China. Another holds an Austrian passport. One lives in Little Rock, Ark.
Here, according to Granta's judges, is the future of the American novel, and there are some surprises. Marisha Pessl is not on the list, but you will find ZZ Packer, an African-American short story writer. Benjamin Kunkel didn't make the cut, but Rattawut Lapcharoensap, praised but not well-known for his debut collection Sightseeing, will now be a name to watch.
Welcome to the global village, as it has come to be represented by—and interpreted through—a new generation of American novelists. Judge A.M. Homes, author of This Book Will Change Your Life, sees a sea-change at work. "What it is to be American given each of the backgrounds of these people—it's not straightforward," she says. "Many of them are looking at whether you can be an American and all these other things at once."
Novels about immigrant experience are hardly new to American fiction, even from the most hallowed names. Jack Kerouac, after all, didn't learn to speak English until he began attending parochial school at age 6; Saul Bellow was born in Canada and wrote about the U.S. forever as an outsider.
The tradition reaches into the short story, too. In the introduction to the Best American Stories of the Century, John Updike wrote that "Immigration is a central strand in America's collective story."
But if the Granta list is any gauge, that storyline has shifted, with America becoming the remembering ground for the great boomerang of world events—rather than the dream itself.
Uzodinma Iweala's Beasts of No Nation conjures the horrific experiences of a West African boy soldier. Akhil Sharma's The Obedient Father glimpses the corruption and graft of modern-day India through a twisted father-daughter relationship.
Daniel Alarcon was born in Peru, grew up in Alabama speaking Spanish at home and now lives in the Bay Area and writes in English—about events happening back in Lima. "I think what you see here is that we want our interpreters of the world to also be natives of America, too," he says.
But it's not just the writers from ethnic backgrounds looking outward. John Wray drew on his mother's history in Austria to create his debut, The Right Hand of Sleep, a novel about the aftermath of fascism in Europe. Jess Row taught English in Hong Kong, an experience evident in his short story collection, The Train to Lo Wu. Nell Freudenberger is also widely known in Asia, and her stories Lucky Girls and first novel The Dissident both have a globe-trotting aesthetic. Anthony Doerr was born in Ohio; his next book is a memoir about living in Rome with his family.
Judge Meghan O'Rourke, a poet and editor at Slate.com, agrees with Homes that this indicates a big shift from fiction of recent generations. "A lot of these writers are really conscious of America not as a continent adrift on its own," she says, "but as a force being inflected by the world and inflecting itself on the world."
This sounds like heavy material, but humorists are also resurgent on the American scene. The New Yorker can be credited for discovering several writers—like 25-year-old Karen Russell—but just as many (from Brockmeier to Alarcon) are fixtures in McSweeney's, the journal of humor, fiction and prose started by Dave Eggers.
Many of its writers have found a way to funnel loss and political anger through laughter, even if that makes for an uneasy mixture. In Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer's boy narrator tells fart jokes in one sentence and meditates on Hiroshima in the next. Two blistering satirists—Gabe Hudson and Gary Shteyngart—play recent military adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan for cackles.
It's perhaps not coincidental that nearly a quarter of the list was either born in or lives now in Washington, D.C. (with outliers like Christopher Coake and Maile Meloy hailing from Indiana and Montana respectively). More than half of the novelists attended an Ivy League university.
Homes wasn't bothered by the implied privilege of this fact. "For the longest time the Ivy League schools were not the schools that turned out fiction writers. I think it's interesting if there is more of a place for young writers there now—and of course a broader mix of people got to go to college in this generation."
O'Rourke, herself a graduate of Yale, agreed, but on the principle that you "can actually hold two opposing ideas in your head at the same time," added that "I was very aware that so few of the writers were talking about class."
There is, perhaps, a reason for this. During the years this group attended university, political correctness was at its height—leading to a closer examination of identity politics through the prisms of race, gender and ethnicity. Class—the great wedge of the '30s, '40s and '50s—was often overlooked.
Critics like Camille Paglia have argued that political correctness was an indulgence, a balkanizing force. But the Granta list bears out that for every excess of introspection, the meditation on roots these ways of thinking inspired can lead to profound acts of imagination.
Take, for instance, the great tradition of Jewish novelists, so long powered by first-generation experience with the Holocaust. Two generations removed, young American novelists continue to engage with the horror of that experience and the Diaspora that followed. It shows up in the work of Nicole Krauss, Dara Horn, Judy Budnitz and Foer.
The judges for 2007 included prize-winning novelist and memoirist Edmund White, City Lights Bookstore buyer Paul Yamazaki, Granta owner Sigrid Rausing, deputy editor Matt Weiland, O'Rourke and Homes.
Homes was left off the magazine's 1996 list, but was included in a similar round-up of the "20 best under 40" the New Yorker published a few years later, an experience she remembered while making her selections.
"All prizes are to a degree arbitrary," she said, "they are the mind and mood of the people making the decisions on that hour that day."
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U.S. auto sales continue to rocket forward and now are running at a level near that of 2007, when the industry and the economy were riding high.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Chrysler Group LLC and Ford Motor Co. both reported 11% sales gains for July, while General Motors Co.'s sales were up 16% from a year earlier. Other automakers are reporting sales throughout the day.
The auto sector has been the most consistently positive area of the U.S. economy for the past several years. The companies have added hundreds of thousands of jobs as demand rises off a very low sales base in 2009. New car sales in July were forecast to rise 16% by Kelly Blue Book, enough to bring the seasonally adjusted annualized sales rate to 15.8 million units.
Now auto companies are getting a boost from the housing and energy sectors. Pickup truck sales, which are tightly related to new housing starts, have jumped this year. GM said July sales of its full-size GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado pickups were up 44% from a year earlier. Ford's F-series pickup sales were up 23%, while Chrysler's Ram pickup notched a 31% gain.
"For GM, July was the most well-balanced month of the year from a retail sales standpoint: trucks were hot, but so were small cars and family vehicles," said Kurt McNeil, vice president, U.S. sales operations, in a statement.
These high-margin and revenue trucks helped Ford, Chrysler and GM post strong North American earnings for the second quarter, countering weakness in Europe.
GM sales rose to 234,071 from 189,119 in July of last year. Ford's light-vehicle sales, which exclude heavy trucks, climbed to 193,080 from 173,482. Chrysler sales increased to 140,102 from 126,089. Nissan Motor Co. said its U.S. sales rose 11% in July to 109,041 units, its highest total for July.
Chrysler's July success extended the company's streak of year-over-year gains to 40 months, mostly driven by truck sales. Jeep sales rose only 2%, as it continued to take a hit from having few Jeep Liberty sport-utility vehicles to sell. The company stopped making the Liberty last August, and its replacement, the all-new Jeep Cherokee, doesn't go on sale until September.


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Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The (US - BD RA)
Gabe ignores the burden of expectations and returns to Middle Earth...
Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) continues his journey with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), on an epic quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. Having survived the beginning of their unexpected journey, the Company travels East, encountering along the way skin-changer Beorn and a swarm of giant Spiders in the treacherous forest of Mirkwood. After escaping capture by the dangerous Wood-elves, the Dwarves journey to Lake-town and, finally, to the Lonely Mountain itself, where they must face the greatest danger of all – a creature more terrifying than any other; one which will test not only the depth of their courage, but the limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself – The Dragon Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch). (From WB/New Line's official synopsis)
The fact that I'm reviewing the second film in a trilogy of movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is, in itself, an indictment of the cinematic treatment of the material. The Hobbit is a 310-page children's book that is tonally and structurally very different from Tolkien's more long-winded Lord of the Rings books. Treating it as a proper prequel to that series and stretching it over three already lengthy films smells more like studio greed and a creative team's inability to let go of the franchise (from the beginning of pre-production on The Lord of the Rings through the completion of the final Hobbit film, Jackson will have spent more time with these stories than Tolkien did). I wouldn't say that the Rankin/Bass animated version of the book was a good movie (it isn't), but its brevity was more apt than Jackson and company's sluggish, over-wrought treatment.
Though my interest had waned following the loss of Guillermo del Toro as director and the institution of a three film structure, I still saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in theaters. Despite an almost unconditional affection for the three Lord of the Rings movies – in their extended form, I might add – I was overwhelmed with the listless, anti-momentum of Jackson and long-time collaborators Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens' adaptation. The rich, character-driven spectacle of the Lord of the Rings series had been distilled into a series of meaningless episodic action adventures – each more exhausting than the last. The references to the rising evil of the Lord of the Rings himself, Sauron, was tepid and distracting, officially pressing the already bloated saga beyond the brink. However, I still consider myself a Peter Jackson fan and Peter Jackson fans need to recognize that bloat is an enduring ingredient in his formula. He traded the chunk-blowing excesses of Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles, and Braindead for the CG action and plot excesses of his later films – not to mention that every one of his post- Feebles features were made available in extended versions (except The Lovely Bones, which was already too long all on its own). When I revisited There and Back Again on home video, I was able to pause the film for bathroom breaks or to make a sandwich or to watch something else for a while, and it was then I realized that Jackson's bouts of gravity-defying action are still very entertaining, just in smaller, more bite-sized chunks.
So, I skipped The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in theaters and waited for my chance to experience it in the comfort of my own home. This is a dishonest way to watch movies, because it ignores the filmmakers' editorial prerogative. Still, in this case, Jackson, Walsh, Boyens, and editor Jabez Olssen have set such an episodic precedent that I believe it's fair for me to take a couple of sandwich breaks. The Desolation of Smaug's strengths are in a series of mini-adventures, each of which could sustain an entire evening of Cheeto and Mountain Dew-fueled Dungeons and Dragons campaigns. Peter Jackson plays the role of Dungeon Master:
'You see a giant bear. It is too big to battle and your party's wizard informs you that there is a house nearby where you can seek refuge.'
'We run from the bear to the house!'
(Rolls dice) 'You successfully beat the bear to the house and barricade the door'
(Later) 'The elves take your supplies and imprison you.'
'I hide my dagger under my cloak.'
(Rolls dice)'The elf maiden notices your dagger and takes it'
And so on.
The problem, of course, is that The Desolation of Smaug isn't actually interactive. I suppose this equates the experience more with watching Jackson play D&D by himself and doing a very good job of describing the adventures he or his fellow writers chose for their characters. These random adventures are constantly interrupted by melodramatic exposition dumps that recall videogame cut-scenes, complete with endless scenery-chewing, mustache-twirling, and other acts of ham & cheesiness that, while perfectly amusing, don't match the genuinely moving drama of the Lord of the Rings series. The entire narrative experience is hampered by a lack of suspense, because, unlike a D&D campaign, we all know exactly where this story is leading, no matter how many little 'extended universe' bibs and bobs Jackson and company added to the plot. No one vital is going to die and the biggest bad of the bad guys is, eventually, going to 'win.' I am forced to give the writers credit for finding a reason for Gandalf to keep disappearing throughout the story (something that always bothered me about Tolkien's book when I was a kid). Regardless of the narrative excesses, all of which could've been very easily cut in favour of the book's perfectly concise plotting, Jackson keeps the story moving so quickly between ridiculous action beats that the editing takes on an artsy, hallucinatory quality that actually serves the dopey constant urgency.
I can only barely tell the difference between the dwarves and think that actors like James Nesbitt, Graham McTavish, and Jed Brophy are wasted in invisible, tertiary roles, but the leads and returning cast members are still standouts, especially Martin Freeman, who, like Ian Holm, appears to have been born to play Bilbo Baggins. The new recruits are fine additions, as well, especially Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel, Luke Evans as Bard, and Stephen Fry as Master of Lake-town. I've never been a fan of Lilly, myself, and found her performance the most surprising. True to their source, these films aren't very friendly to the fairer sex, so it's nice to see Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens succeeding with an action-oriented female – it's just too bad that she and Legolas are among the film's most extraneous elements. Evans, who left Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives for a part on this blockbuster, exudes the same heavy burden of heroism that Viggo Mortensen brought to the original trilogy as Aragorn (he'd probably have been a more effective Thorin than Richard Armitage, who I'm afraid I'm not particularly fond of). Fry is always great and successfully stunt-cast as the Master. He is underutilized in this film, but helps keep the overly heavy subject matter light. I assume he will have more to do in the next one.
The Hobbit films probably won't be as enduring as the Lord of the Rings, but have earned their place in history for their technological advancements. Like the other two films, Desolation of Smaug was shot in 5K (not 2K or 4K, but 5K) and 3D using Red Epic cameras. It was also shot 48 fps instead of the usual 24, ensuring that the theatrical clarity was more extreme than any other major release ever. Personally, I hated the look of the high frame rate, but that's neither here nor there, since it doesn't seem that current Blu-ray technology can support HFR. This 1080p, 2.40:1 2D Blu-ray is limited only by the film's occasionally unattractive digital photography.
Colour grading has been an important part of Jackson's Middle Earth, but even An Unexpected Journey had a handful of naturalistic sequences – The Desolation of Smaug is entirely overwhelmed by digital hue changes. Some scenes are monotone blue or green, while others are a duotone orange and green/blue. Too few scenes include enough actual colour to be considered eclectic. I am confused by the purpose of digitally augmenting the footage so severely if you are aiming for a realer-than-real cinematic experience and shooting on the most beautiful locations in the world. But the uncanny, cartoonish colours and super-plush gradations certainly look crystalline and are blended smoothly without overwhelming the more important differentiations. The bulk of the extra features have been moved to a second disc, ensuring the 161-minute movie has plenty of space on the BD50 disc. There are not any major compression artefacts, not even banding or posterization effects in the dreamy, hyper-defused highlights. The high rate of detail is normally a good thing, especially during those dark and spooky shots, where dimension and background texture would've entirely disappeared in blackness, but some of the crisper details and edges look a bit over-sharpened to my eye. I believe this is due to the limitations of the 1080p format, not issues with disc compression.
The Lord of the Rings films remain sound system demo-worthy, especially on their Blu-ray re-release, so it is no surprise that the Hobbit films are even richer aural experiences. This DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 soundtrack is a great big feast for the ears. Every audio element is amplified, so that even the most simple effect, like a dead fish falling upon a dwarf's head or the sounds of Bilbo's fumbling through Smaug's treasure, to a high volume twinge. The mix is brimming with aggressive, boisterous, and directionally-enhanced moments, specifically the action sequences, though softer moments are not without their multi-channel augmentations. The normally centralized dialogue is treated just as aggressively where it counts. The humans, dwarves, hobbits, wizards, et cetera speak clearly and blend quite naturally with their surroundings, while the more fantastical critters are given a full-channel treatment. Benedict Cumberbatch's grumbling, deep-chested Smaug and Sauron voices are standouts that throb the LFE and flit smoothly throughout the speakers. Other highlights include the spider attack (featuring the twittering vibrations of webs and punctuated by screaming spiders), the barrel escape from Mirkwood (featuring whizzing arrows, rushing water, and growling orcs), and Gandalf's Dragon Ball Z-like wizard battle with the Necromancer (featuring crackling fire and throbbing magic noise), but the Smaug scenes are the major demo-makers. Howard Shore's score is an almost constant aural element that helps tie Jackson and Olssen's occasionally excessive editing together. On the track, it has all the necessary warmth and pulse of Shore's original Lord of the Rings compositions without any of the memorable or rousing melodies.
- New Zealand: Home of Middle-earth, Part 2 (Disc one, 7:10, HD) – I assume that this is an extension of an extra that appeared on the first film's Blu-ray. It features cast and crew interviews mixed with footage of the film's location shooting.
- Peter Jackson Invites You to the Set
- In the Company of a Hobbit (18:10, HD) – A fly-on-the-wall, day-to-day look behind-the-scenes of the series, including glimpses of the physical effect orcs that were replaced by CG.
- All in a Day's Work (22:30, HD) – Generally more of the same. I'm not sure why they divided the footage into two chapters, actually.
- 'I See Fire' Music Video (5:40, HD)
- Live Event: In the Cutting Room (37:50, HD) – Footage from a March 2013 live-stream tour of the Hobbit production studios where Jackson fielded fan questions (hosted by Jed Brophy and Jackson).
- Production Videos – A series of behind-the-scenes videos with self-explanatory titles:
- #11: Introduction to Pick-ups Shooting (9:10, HD)
- #12: Recap of Pick-ups, Part 1 (8:20, HD)
- #13: Recap of Pick-ups, Part 2 (8:50, HD)
- #14: Music Scoring (10:30, HD)
- Three trailers
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey extended trailer
- Two game trailers
Desolation of Smaug was, overall, a more consistently entertaining experience than An Unexpected Journey, but I'm not sure it would have been, had I seen it while confined to a theater seat. It's pretty clear that this trilogy isn't going to have any of the proper pomp and circumstance of The Lord of the Rings trilogy – Peter Jackson is treating the process as an excuse to dabble in technical experimentation and Warner Bros. is using them as a surefire way to protect their bottom line in a post- Harry Potter and Dark Knight marketplace. I think I'm content to go along for the ride with my expectations firmly leveled from now on and am looking forward to the third film, There And Back Again, to hit home video. This 2D Blu-ray features a perfect picture and DTS-HD MA soundtrack, but is light on truly satisfying extras. I imagine the extended version will include a lot more, assuming you're a big enough fan to watch an even longer version of an already excessively long movie in the center of an overstuffed trilogy.
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Review by Gabriel Powers
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A surprisingly harsh review Gabe. Not a view I agree with at all, except for the studio-mandated 3 film structure, which was not really a good thing.
My expectations went the exact opposite direction of yours actually. When I heard Guillermo del Toro was no longer involved, I was excited about the movie.
I love The Lord of the Rings and I feel The Fellowship Of The Ring is the best of the series. However, I must admit that I enjoyed the first viewing of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey more than my first viewing of FOTR.
I had an absolute blast watching The Desolation Of Smaug. While I feel some of the effects dealing with the movement of the Elves seemed off, I enjoyed a large part of the SFX in this one.
All in all, I felt it was a nice thrilling ride and I really can't wait for the EE and the final part.
One thing I missed in the movie, which was one of the funniest parts of the book, was how Gandalf introduces the dwarves to Beorn. I hope that makes it into the EE.
My expectations went the exact opposite direction of yours actually. When I heard Guillermo del Toro was no longer involved, I was excited about the movie.
I love The Lord of the Rings and I feel The Fellowship Of The Ring is the best of the series. However, I must admit that I enjoyed the first viewing of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey more than my first viewing of FOTR.
I had an absolute blast watching The Desolation Of Smaug. While I feel some of the effects dealing with the movement of the Elves seemed off, I enjoyed a large part of the SFX in this one.
All in all, I felt it was a nice thrilling ride and I really can't wait for the EE and the final part.
One thing I missed in the movie, which was one of the funniest parts of the book, was how Gandalf introduces the dwarves to Beorn. I hope that makes it into the EE.
felipe-11 Member Join Date: July 2009 Location: United States Posts: 418
I didn't really enjoy Unexpected Journey but the trailers for this one got me excited enough to give it a chance in theaters. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy it either. I didn't hate it, but my friends and I pretty much agreed it was like watching someone play a videogame. Just a long compilation of setpieces with no dramatic weight to them at all. The most exciting part was probably when Bilbo almost drops the key, but then even that's immediately nullified.
Maybe after the third one comes out a dedicated fan will release a "Reduced Cut Edition" that edits down all three movies into a watchable 2-hour cut?
Gabe, I'm surprised your Video section didn't mention those "GoPro style" shots in the river chase. What was up with that? Totally out of place in this.
Maybe after the third one comes out a dedicated fan will release a "Reduced Cut Edition" that edits down all three movies into a watchable 2-hour cut?
Gabe, I'm surprised your Video section didn't mention those "GoPro style" shots in the river chase. What was up with that? Totally out of place in this.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
I actually thought my review was relatively positive...
And, yeah, I suppose I should've mentioned those couple of GoPro shots. I imagine they looked extra horrible in HFR 3D.
And, yeah, I suppose I should've mentioned those couple of GoPro shots. I imagine they looked extra horrible in HFR 3D.
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Release Date: 8th April 2014
Discs: 3
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Aspect: 2.40:1
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Colour: Yes
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Extras: Peter Jackson Invites You to the Set: In the Company of the Hobbit, Peter Jackson Invites You to the Set: All in a Day's Work, Production Videos, New Zealand: Home of Middle-earth, Part 2, 'I See Fire' Music Video, Trailers, DVD Copy, UltraViolet Copy
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Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, Orlando Bloom
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An expectant mother goose sat on her nest Tuesday afternoon, closely watching the team of people evaluating her location choice. It doesn't look like a good one.
"She's within five or six feet of the cars rushing by her," said Jeff Cooney, a Bend veterinarian and co-founder of High Desert Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation.
The Canada goose, sitting over five eggs, was on a nest just off the northbound lane of the Bend Parkway near the Colorado exit. Father goose was nearby too, flapping his wings and puffing his chest when Cooney and the three other volunteers with the group came near the nest.
It's nesting season for geese and many other birds in Central Oregon, and when it comes to birds nesting in and near town, they may pick unusual places to build. Prime example, the geese along the parkway.
While not as close to commotion as the goose nest, two pairs of great horned owls already have hatched young in nests close to places where people pass by in Bend, said Nancy Gilbert, field supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. One set is in a tree at Drake Park in downtown Bend, and the other is in a tree by the parking lot for the Deschutes National Forest headquarters building, which also houses the Fish and Wildlife field office.
Gilbert has seen a pair of owlets, baby owls, in the nest by her office.
An owlet fell out of the Drake Park nest in April, said Jeannette Bonomo, a veterinarian technician and the other co-founder of High Desert Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation.
Another rehabilitation outfit is tending to the young bird but probably won't return it to the nest.
"The Drake Park (nest) is not an ideal location because of people walking their dogs," Bonomo said.
The volunteers with Bonomo's rescue group do plan to return a rehabilitated great horned owlet, which fell from its nest off Arnold Market Road in southeast Bend, to its nest soon. After checking on the goose nest along the parkway Tuesday, the team went and inspected the owl nest in southeast Bend. Great horned owls are the first bird to hatch in the spring in Central Oregon, Bonomo said, so they are usually the first to be brought in for rehabilitation.
When possible, and when the nests are in a safe spot, Bonomo said volunteers with rehabilitation groups try to return birds to their nest and their parents.
"It is much better to have the parents raise the baby than us," she said.
What will happen with goose nest along the parkway is unclear. Cooney and Bonomo said they went out Tuesday to see whether installing temporary fencing around it could potentially prevent the birds from wandering onto the highway and being hit or causing a wreck. A quick assessment of the site found more traffic in nearly every direction, with the nest also near Colorado Avenue as it passes under the parkway.
Cooney called up the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Earlier in the day Bonomo was on the phone with the Oregon Department of Transportation. Cooney and Bonomo said they heard no decisions on what, if anything, may be done from the agencies.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service allows landowners, public land managers and local governments to remove Canada goose nests or the eggs in them. As of Tuesday afternoon, the agencies contacted by Cooney and Bonomo were trying to determine who owns or manages the land where the geese are nesting along U.S. Highway 97.
In an effort to control the goose population in parks around town, the Bend Park & Recreation District for the past three years has maintained a program that includes smearing oil on goose eggs, which prevents them from hatching. The program also involves dogs chasing geese away and people rounding up goslings, which are hauled to Summer Lake State Wildlife Area. The nonlethal efforts came after the district's killing of 109 adult Canada geese in 2010 sparked controversy.
Away from the hum of traffic along the parkway, Ann Thompson, 69, of Sisters, also made a recent discovery of a nest in a surprising place. A couple days ago she noticed a nest in a Bulletin newspaper box, one of about 20 such boxes next to the mailboxes for her neighborhood near the Sisters Airport.
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"It seems like a pretty good place for a nest actually — dry and warm," Thompson said.
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I'll be very interested to see what this one looks like Drew, especially, as you say, given the prowess of Russell Bonds and the accolades he received for Stealing the General.ReplyDelete
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Looks like another great book! Is the focus of the book going to be the battles of Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Ezra Church, and Jonesboro? And do you have any idea what the final length of the book will be? This should be great because these battles and the campaign as a whole deserve detailed treatment.ReplyDelete
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Thanks for the information Drew. Keep us updated on this book. It seems like this could be one of the best campaign studies of the year.ReplyDelete
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Technical Newsletter From Your Ballistic TechniciansVolume 13, Issue 1
Is It Worth It?
Duane Siercks
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Sticker Shock! Man, bullets are high! With all of the "Premium" factory loads available, can we really afford to reload? Let's crunch some numbers and see what the bottom line looks like.
The brass cases are the largest expense involved in the reloading components. Depending on cartridge and manufacturer of the case, these can be quite expensive to say the least. One thing to keep in mind though, cases are what we recycle and therefore we can spread the cost of the case over several loadings and save even more. This alone is one reason why reloading may be a significant savings.
The two cartridges that I will use as comparisons are quite popular, but also quite different. The 300 Remington Ultra Mag and the 270 Winchester. I have taken the prices for components and also the factory loads from a very popular reloading catalog, hoping to establish a true comparison.
300 Ultra Mag cases ranged in price from $62.00 per 100 to a bit over $1.00 a piece. The average was right at $0.85 cents. I also used an across the board price of $23.00 per pound on powder.
Cases = $0.85
Bullet = $0.23
Primer= $0.03
Powder= $0.32
Total = $1.43 ea. or $28.60 per box of 20
Factory loads ran from:
$2.38 ea. or $47.60 per box of 20 to $2.85 ea. or $57.00 per box of 20
Just remember that every time you reload that piece of brass you are greatly reducing the cost of loading your own. If you were to get 5 loadings from a piece of brass, the cost has gone from $0.85 cents to $0.17 cents per round. That is $0.68 cents less per round, which reduces the box of 20 price an additional $13.60 per box. That leaves you a total of $15.00. Is it worth it?
270 Winchester
With many different brands of cases, the cost range can vary considerably. I found prices ranging from $0.44 cents each to as much as $0.91 cents each. I will use $0.55 cents as an average for this comparison and again $23.00 per pound on powder costs.
Cases = $0.55
Bullet = $0.21
Primer = $0.03
Powder = $0.20
Total = $.99 ea. or $19.80 per box of 20
Factory loads ran from:
$1.05 ea. or $21.00 per box of 20 to $1.65 ea. or $33.00 per box of 20
Again, remember that if we are re-using the cases for 5 loadings that we can subtract $0.44 cents from this cost for a total of $0.55 cents each. This changes the 20 per box price to $11.00. The savings can be substantial. The costs of materials continue to climb. This cost has to be passed on by the manufacturers.
There has always been a monetary reason to reload. This is certainly becoming more evident as metal prices escalate. Then there are also the accuracy issues and being able to optimize accuracy and performance for your firearm. This is also a strong method of getting young people interested in the shooting sports.
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When I am discussing the 1000 yard Benchrest game with new shooters I point out the easiest way to get started is the optional stock class. The rifle and cartridge choices for this class are really pretty simple; pick your favorite brand of rifle in 308 Winchester. Of course any 30 caliber will work and the 300 Win Mag is a very good choice as well. Bullets are also an easy choice, use the Sierra 175 grain MatchKing in the 308 or the 190, 200 or the new 210 grain MatchKings in the bigger 300 Magnums. Although the scope choices are a little more complicated mounting them is the key to success.
Most one inch diameter scopes will not have enough internal adjustments to allow the shooter to get on target at 1000 yards. In order to center or at least nearly center the reticle on a 308 rifle, some shimming is in order. Since the scope lacks the necessary internal adjustment travel for optimal optical performance it must be provided externally. Elevating the rear of the scope by raising the rear mount or ring .040" higher than the front does the trick. This can be a daunting task or very easy and uncomplicated depending upon how you approach it.
My solution is based upon the K.I.S.S. principal. I use the Burris Pos-Align rings and offset inserts. By using a -.020" insert in the front and a +.020 insert in the rear I get a total of .040" "tilt" which will give plenty of reticle adjustment thus allowing me to keep the dot in the middle of the scope tube for distortion free zeroing. This also means that I have no ring honing to do and I don't have to worry about creasing my scope with rings that haven't been honed. It is a win -win situation. The cost doesn't move me into next seasons budget and I don't have to worry about adding a few ounces to the overall weight of the rifle.
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Wow, what are the odds that we both would pick the same exact final score?I almost changed it to 35-21....See ya next year.
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In 1843, dealing with the failure of his last three books, Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) is once again rejected by his publishers. As he grows deeper in debt, the father of four sets out to write and self-publish a book he hopes will revive his career.
One night, he hears the Irish housemaid tell his kids a folk tale about the awakening of spirits at Christmas. This instantly sparks an idea about the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. He brings to life characters that he meets in London, including a man at a cemetery that inspired him to create the character of Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer) while the character of Tiny Tim is based on his disabled nephew.
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Well, I have two churches that I could attend, the OCA, which is 40 minutes from my house. And Greek OC, about 5 minutes from my house.I am trying to figure out which one will be of more beneficial for me in the long run.I like OCA because I speak english. However, will going to greek speaking church hinder my learning in anyway? I would like to learn greek because I would like to go to Mt Athos and visit the monks there.I guess my question is would going to a greek church hinder my learning? Or should I go to the OCA which speaks english, the only problem with that is it is 40 minutes away?Or should I go to the OCA at first and learn then and after I've learned join the greek one?
Visit both, and more than one time. 40 minutes is not insurmountable. 5 minutes is tempting. Are you certain the Greek parish is Greek only?
This is a good question and a difficult issue. The first thing I would do, personally, is visit both churches. The Greek parish may not do all Greek, or may do some combination of Greek/English, etc.I would say that, more important than the language, is the community and the programs. Does one have a stronger catechumen's program, Sunday School program, youth program, etc... whatever programs you are interested in? Talk to the priests- are you more comfortable with one than another? It's important to feel comfortable in the parish you attend. I don't think the jurisdiction is as important. Of course, if one parish has weaker programs, can you get involved to help improve them? These are the types of things to think about, IMHO. What is important to you in choosing a parish? You can always attend Greek classes at the Greek church, whether you go there every week or not. I would focus on some more important aspects. Figure out what is important to you and what is essential in your experience of God and your journey to Him- this is the most important part.
Unless there is something about a particular parish that would hinder your spiritual life outright, always go to the one closest to home. The local parish is supposed to be the gathering of the faithful in a particular place, not a gathering of those who like that particular style of the Liturgy, or those who like that particular church building, or those who like those particular programs available. At heart, picking your parish based on those factors is no different than picking a parish because it doesn't have too many poor people, or old people, or children, or Greeks, or Russians, or converts, or cradles.
Cool, things for your input. I just found out there that there are six different Orthodox Churches within driving distance, 40 minutes or less. Greek being the closest, Russian (2), OCA (2), Ukrainian, Serbian, and Antiochian (2) and another Greek one. So that is a total of 10 churches all together, six different ones.
The most important thing to me is attaining a true spiritual connection with God, the best and quickest way to God.
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Well if you want that, martyrdom is pretty quick. Sorry, couldn't pass it up. Enjoy!
Oh, well that is an entirely different story... pick the Serbian one!
Don't be so misleading.....the Ukrainian one is obviously the best one on the list!**Obvoiusly this ethnicity-laced comment is in no way an official endorsement or slam on any other parish......though I have it on good authority that calls to heaven are free from Kyiv...
Go to the Greek One. We can use your money. Cough,,, cough,,, Plus you can roll out of bed and show up late. And Might I add. We have Greek festivals.
We have Greek festivals.
Even though OCA was more welcoming, I didn't come to church to make friends per se, I come to church to get closer to God.
Just a word of advice: when I was in the process of converting, I believed that whether there was a good community or not was irrelevant, and that the only truly important thing was Orthodoxy. I later found out how important having a strong community really is. I am not saying that you believe community is entirely unimportant, or that the GOA community is that unwelcoming, at the same time, make sure you still have somewhat of a supportive community at the GOA parish . You may find that it is worth it to drive the extra distance, because in my experience (what little I have), bad communities can cause people to leave Orthodoxy or at least cause them to not take Orthodoxy so seriously.
The only thing I would add to this is that you should definitely create friendships at the church. People who you can connect to and help you with church things. It would be even better if the people were knowledeable in their faith, but beggars can't be choosers.
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So I will pray about it, as to which church I will attend. Thanks.
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Hello guys. I wanted to get some opinions on what type of gear to buy for this season here in Chicago. I am 170 lb 6''1" ... I am not advanced but I'm not completely new to this either ... I've always been buying used gear for practice and always something would go wrong. I finally saved up and want to invest in good gear. Any advice with what brand and what size kites to buy for Chicago's ugly weather.. I know it's good to have couple sizes. I was thinking of going with north brand ... Either fuse or rebel .... Any suggestions ? Pros/cons? And where's the best place to buy it?
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Nine Marines and one sailor with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, received Purple Heart medals and one Marine received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for actions during Operation Enduring Freedom, Oct. 24.
Nine Marines and one sailor with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, received Purple Heart medals and one Marine received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for actions during Operation Enduring Freedom, Oct. 24.
�Personnel to be decorated, Center, March�, said Sgt. Maj. Nicholas A. Deabreu, sergeant major of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, opening the award ceremony for the Marines and sailor with Fox Company.
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Color Inspiration: An old thrift store suitcase, my own c. 1975 baby blanket and nature. The suitcase began the process which was developed further with many handmade or passed-down items from great-grandmas, grandmas, grandpas, and aunts. Most of the objects in this room are a part of family history. I also wanted to integrate the colors often found in nature in an attempt to compliment the dark brown woodwork that seems too prominent to me. I figured, it used to be a tree (trunk) so why not put some green (leaves) around it?
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The AstroView 120ST has a well-baffled optical tube to ensure good contrast. The cast-metal 2" rack-and-pinion focuser accommodates either a 1.25" or 2" diagonal, so you can use optional 2" eyepieces for an even dreamier wide-field effect! The 6x30 finder scope features an aluminum dovetail bracket with easy, two-screw adjustment. The two 1.25" Sirius Plossl eyepieces provide good, sharp views at 24x (25mm focal length) and 60x (10mm focal length). A 1.25" mirror star diagonal is also included.
The optical tube measures just 26" long including dew shield, so it earns high marks for portability. It comes with the AstroView equatorial mount, which provides the stability and smoothness of motion you need for enjoyable wanderings through the heavens. A free polar-axis scope gets you polar-aligned quickly and accurately, and manual slow-motion controls let you center objects and track them effortlessly. Add an optional EQ-3M electronic drive for automatic tracking. The aluminum tripod adjusts in height and includes a roomy accessory tray.
This telescope was not designed for high-power examination of planetary or lunar surface detail; for that we recommend the AstroView 120, with its longer focal length. Rather, the 120ST excels for breathtaking, wide-field images of deep-space delectables set against their stellar backdrops. A new refractor with a new purpose that's the Orion AstroView 120ST EQ!
Weighs 36-1/2 lbs. total (optical tube 8 lbs., 9 oz.; mount 28 lbs.). One-year limited warranty.
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