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Long Memory: Christopher Plummer hunts a Nazi commandant in Atom Egoyan's 'Remember'
Remember serves as both the title and the operative word for the new Atom Egoyan thriller from A24 in which a newly widowed nonagenarian, Christopher Plummer, conducts a cross-country vendetta on the Auschwitz commander he believes killed his family.
Making this "Mission: Impossible" extra impossible are several insurmountables which first-time screenwriter Benjamin August labors mightily to dwarf, starting with the age and advancing Alzheimer's of Plummer's Zev Guttman. Frequently, the character forgets what the question is and must consult a set of instructions to stay on track.
Even worse, Zev is pursuing a question without a definite answer: The Nazi he is hounding has immigrated to the U.S. under the name of a victim and is now one of the four Rudy Kurlanders living in Canada, Cleveland, Boise or Lake Tahoe. Who did it?
Fittingly enough—or, possibly, funnily enough—the letter of instructions that guides Zev from suspect to suspect comes from Martin Landau, who used to get his marching orders every week on television from a tape recording that would self-destruct in five seconds and lead into Lalo Schifrin's "Mission: Impossible" theme.
Yes, director Egoyan concedes, you can read a little calculated irony in that casting. "That's what's so delightful about using these actors," he says. "You're importing their history to the picture and playing with it." Landau is one of the four original members of the Impossible Missions Force still standing; he was the Brains between the Beauty (his real-life ex, Barbara Bain, 84) and the Brawn (Peter Lupis, 83), all bossed by team leader Dan Briggs (played the first season only by Steven Hill, 93).
Here Landau, 87, is a Nazi-chaser named Max. Hobbled by an oxygen tank and a wheelchair, he is forced to recruit the hardiest-looking specimen in his assisted-living facility to right an old wrong. After Zev sits shiva for his wife, Max slips him an envelope containing cash, a roadmap and some sleuthing results from the Simon Wiesenthal Center. By dawn, Zev is on the vengeance trail, weaving in and out of a mental fog but keeping Max's letter as the constant that brings him back to lucidity.
"The letter becomes vital to him. Every time he reads it, an emotion is triggered. There is this idea he's being reactivated by continually rereading the letter."
It's when Zev starts making notations on his own flesh that Remember betrays its heavy debt to Memento, Christopher Nolan's time-jumbled suspenser in which a disoriented detective (Guy Pearce) used tattoos to remind him of his identity and his deadly mission. Senility is simply substituted here for short-term memory loss.
Egoyan acknowledges the strong Memento echo but feels it was more of an influence on his screenwriter. "Ben is in his early 30s, and that film was a huge influence for someone of his generation. Memento was very present here. It's there in the script. The moment that you see Zev writing directions on his skin, you think of Memento."
The fact all this improbability passes for plausibility is a testament to the enduring acting skill of Plummer, who, at 86, seems unfazed and untaxed by the heavy lifting.
"People who've seen the picture have called me very concerned about Chris' health when all he is doing, actually, is acting," Egoyan admits, more than a bit bemused. "In real life, he is acutely intelligent and aware, and so much of this performance is about him feeling vacant and not quite there. He does some astonishing work here."
Granted, it sure beats grandfather roles, but Plummer had a specific reason for wanting to play Zev Guttman. "First and foremost," Egoyan points out, "it was a character unlike any either of us had ever encountered in a play or film before. Zev is quite singular and unusual. On one level, what he's doing is negotiating early-on Alzheimer's, but, of course, what he's actually negotiating is much more profound and much deeper. We were both very excited about the possibility of exploring it."
Giving Zev a clean slate was a pretty tall order for director as well as actor. "The thing that's particularly hard about this role is that it has no subtext. Usually when you're working on a performance, you're dealing with subtext, but in this case you're just dealing with the immediate present. There's this huge history Zev carries around with him, and we don't have access to it at all. None of this is on the screen. The normal conversation you have with actors—how the character got this way, what his background must have been or might have been—didn't happen here.
"My contribution to Chris' performance was in making sure we extinguished any sense of subtext—any sense that there was anything being played but the moment—and making sure there was still enough kinetic energy in his observation of the present to make it compelling. It had to be very acute and heightened."
The prospect of peopling a film with octogenarians was, in itself, a daunting Mission: Impossible for Egoyan, who had better casting luck on this continent than abroad.
The only German actor in Plummer and Landau's age division who could be corralled for this film was Heinz Lieven, 83. He plays the gay Rudy Kurlander, and it proved familiar turf for him. (He previously played the Auschwitz war criminal that Sean Penn tracked to America in Paolo Sorrentino's 2011 This Must Be the Place.)
"Heinz was quite definitely of that generation," Egoyan underlines. "One of the most startling things that occurred at the press conference when the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival was that Heinz as much as admitted he was a Hilter Youth."
Otherwise, rounding up the usual name-brand German suspects was an arduous enterprise. "We were limited in terms of the German actors one would believe had been in America for a long time. That's why Maximilian Schell would have been a wonderful choice, but he passed away in the early stages of our production.
"Right up until a week before the shoot, we were planning to use for the final encounter Gunter Lamprecht, a Berlin actor who had been in several of Fassbinder's films, but he got ill and had to cancel. It really wasn't an easy film to cast, and there weren't that many actors to pick from. Some, like Hardy Kruger, just really didn't want to play a role like that—a role that might wind up being his swan song."
Eventually, Egoyan was obliged to compromise and cast his two crucial Rudy Kurlanders a decade younger than desired—with two 74-year-olds: Jürgen Prochnow, who captained Das Boot, and Bruno Ganz, a Swiss actor best known for his Hitler portrayal in Downfall. Disfiguring latex provided their icky aging.
"I think it interesting that the last story we tell about this generation of survivors and perpetrators is not a story of reconciliation but a story of rage," the director notes. "Anger at this type of racial hatred is still so prevalent in people's lives. That I found fascinating. Even though I'm not Jewish, I found a completely normal way of dealing with this subject. I'm Armenian, but I certainly understand about genocide."
Indeed, Egoyan has made a film about his own tribe's Holocaust—the 1915 Armenian Genocide perpetrated by Turks in the Turkish Ottoman Empire. It was titled Ararat and won five of Canada's top Genie Awards in 2002. Otherwise, there is nothing on Egoyan's resume to suggest he would be the go-to guy for a Nazi-manhunt film.
"It has been an eclectic career," he says with some pride about his 15 feature films. His debut opus, Next of Kin, picked up a major prize when it world-premiered at the International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg in 1984, and he has been a festival favorite (or at least follower) ever since. His commercial breakthrough came with Exotica, a film with a strip-joint setting that won him the Grand Prix at Brussels.
The Sweet Hereafter, a mournful piece about a rural community dealing with a devastating school-bus tragedy, earned him Oscar nominations for his direction and screenplay. "It was the perfect project for my first adaptation," he believes. "All of my scripts up to that point had been originals. When I read Russell Banks' novel, it just opened a door for me and allowed me to go further in the films that followed."
Born in Cairo of Egyptian Armenians 55 years ago, he was named Atom as a means of marking the completion of Egypt's first nuclear reactor. It's a name that did not sit well for easy assimilation when the family settled in Victoria, British Columbia.
"My first name was the bane of my existence through my childhood," he reveals rather gleefully now. "I hated it. I wanted to drop the A and just be Tom. In a small town on the west coast of Canada, anything that would stand out was so horrifying. Not only were we immigrants, nobody knew what Armenians were exactly."
It was only when Egoyan began his film career that he learned to stop worrying and love the Atom. In show business, being the only one in your class is a good thing.
Remember opens on March 11 at New York's Lincoln Plaza Cinema and Angelika Film Center.


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Last week, I told you about the happiness project I am embarking on in 2016. Today, I want to tell you about the first focus of my project. If you don't know what a happiness project is, let me bring you up to speed: A happiness project is a resolution to focus and change various areas of your life to make it happier, more fulfilling, and more productive. My monthly focus for January is my marriage, because I want a better relationship.
Before I share my specific resolutions, I want to open up about my marriage. Eric and I have been married for nearly 26 years. We met and married fairly quickly. We both came from families riddled with divorce and dysfunction. And, we were young when we got married. All of these things have made marriage challenging, but we've persevered. Overall, our marriage is very strong, and we pride ourselves on breaking the chains of dysfunction that we experienced growing up.
Still, our marriage is not perfect. We are unstoppable when we have a common focus or goal (which is much of the time), but as our teen has pointed out, we tend to argue over stupid, little things. Most of those little things really are dumb and insignificant, but added together they can turn things sour. If we start nitpicking at each other and making passive-aggressive digs, things go downhill quickly. I don't want to act like this, but I just get annoyed and sucked in. Sometimes it's easier to focus on the negative, but that's toxic and unfulfilling.
While I'm ashamed for acting this way, I am not ashamed to share these truths with you. I've never been one to pretend my life is better than it is or that things are perfect. Yes, bloggers often put their best foot forward with amazing creations presented with wonderful photography, but life behind the lens isn't always as it seems. I hope my candidness is helpful.
When I considered what resolutions I would take on surrounding my marriage, I thought about what I want from it. I would like my marriage to be peaceful, fun-loving, and romantic. Then I considered what I thought my husband might want, and I came up with more support and intimacy. Romance and intimacy go hand-in-hand, so I decided that I need to create a more loving atmosphere. Accordingly, my first resolution is kiss and touch more. Specifically, I make sure to kiss/greet my husband when he goes to bed and wakes up, as well as when he leaves and comes home from work or other places. This resolution is the easiest, and it's made an immediate impact.
My second resolution is to give daily affirmations. These may come in many forms. I'm saying "I love you" more often (goes easily with all those kisses) and giving him praise. I'm trying to be cheerfully helpful and accommodating. I'm taking the time to just listen and be present when we are together. All of these things really focus on the positives and seem to make him feel more supported.
My last resolution is to change my negative thinking to positive thoughts and actions. Instead of thinking about how he's driving me crazy with something, I focus on similar positive aspects. For example, rather than getting mad that he didn't help make dinner, I think of all of the times he has been helpful with dinner and other tasks. When an argument seems to be brewing, I just remove myself or choose to not participate. I'm also making an effort to say more nice things about him. Instead of telling a friend that he's driving me crazy because of XYZ, I either don't share at all, or I say nice things about him. This third resolution is the most challenging, but it's going to yield the biggest rewards in the long run!
My marriage is everything to me, and I'm determined to make it happier and more loving. I can't ask or expect my husband to be happier or more loving alone. While my actions to make my marriage happier are causing him to be happier and more loving in the marriage, this is not my motivation. Heck, my husband wasn't even aware of my happiness project until he read the blog! I've waited three weeks into January to post the specifics, because I didn't declare my resolutions to my husband. I thought it would make my actions seem contrived or create an opportunity for pointing out when I mess up. Here we are on the 21st and things are going well! I did share one part of my resolution with him before the new year, and that was to kiss and touch more. He was on board with that right away. He's already noticed the difference and looks forward to my kisses. It's created a more passionate climate around the house which has led to more intimacy.
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In future, I shall delete all emails announcing surveys alleging advisers are not trusted by the public. They are deceptive and demoralising drivel. Who answers surveys anyway?
When approached by survey-takers in the street I employ the kind of high-speed body-swerve of which most professional footballers would be proud. Those conducting telephone surveys are told they need to pay our hourly rates. If they do not pay, we do not play. Anyone answering surveys for free either has too much time on their hands or is plain daft, or both.
In a recent column for Money Marketing, Nic Cicutti quotes the FCA's Financial Lives Report findings that 13 per cent of those who received advice in the last 12 months claim to feel they were missold a pension or investment product.
I have inserted the words "claim to" because what people actually feel and what they claim to feel these days are very often as different to each other as a white knight to a black bishop.
Some years ago, a consultant of ours came in one morning utterly distraught. The previous evening he had opened a mortgage misselling allegation from a claims management company dating from his sole trader days. The complaint was of the pre-ticked boxes variety. I reviewed it and could find nothing wrong with the work he had done.
He had remortgaged Mr H, a reckless spendthrift, turning his negative cashflow positive, thus averting repossession. Gathering the staff around with my phone on speaker I phoned Mr H to ask why he was unhappy.
"I'm not at all," he said. "But I was looking at losing my house so if I can get some free money I'm going to do it. The claims firm says his insurance will pay anyway."
At this point, I explained he was on speakerphone with four people listening and that the statement he had signed off amounted, provably, to a pack of lies. I then explained the law on fraud by false representation and confirmed it all to him in writing. No more was heard of his claim.
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Another prospective client, Mrs C, wanted advice on whether she was due compensation from Halifax. Being unsure of its sales process around attitude to risk, Halifax had contacted her to ascertain whether any misselling had occurred, though her investments had outperformed handsomely.
We explained Halifax was offering her the option to cash in and take her profits without penalty, or alternatively to remain invested knowing the funds might fall in value in future. There was nothing to compensate. She was most unhappy to hear this, thinking she should be able to take her profits plus a cash bonus "compensation" payment.
Surveys reporting alleged mistrust are, in reality, reflecting how the population has been coached by CMCs and so-called consumer advocates to game regulation dishonestly. While most people are innately good, reasonable and honest, a proportion are mean and greedy, unreasonable and dishonest. Or just plain nutty. Or all of the above.
I have not done a survey, so I do not know what proportion of the population that is – but if it is 13 per cent, I would not be at all surprised. Mr H and Mrs C are undoubtedly part of it.
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Key terms: Eurosceptics, Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy, far-right parties, political agenda, European Parliament
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Half a year has passed since elections to the European Parliament sent tremors through the continent. Anti-European Union parties gained landslide victories across the continent and even topped the polls in Denmark, France, Greece and the United Kingdom. The most notable victories occurred in France, with the far-right Front National (FN) taking 25 percent of the votes, as well as in Britain, where the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) garnered 26.8 percent. "A noteworthy feature of the election results in both of these countries is that parties with 25 percent or more of the votes are no longer marginal, but potential government parties"[1], as Sanna Salo from the Finnish Institute of International Affairs notes in a post-election government briefing paper.
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Their 48-member strong Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) Group is dominated by its main pilars, the UKIP (24 members) and the Italian Five Star Movement (17 members). The other nations in the alliance, Czech Republic, France, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden, contribute only one or two representatives each.
Globalization has produced winners and losers
What made Europeans from wealthy Scandinavia to austerity-battered Greece, from the UK as an immigration country to Hungary with a very low immigration rate give their vote to right-wing parties that are against the European Union?
The political establishment in both the EP and the member states was quick to label the Eurosceptics as populists and their victories as nothing more than a result of mere protest votes to teach the ruling elite a lesson. While this undeniably played a role with the voters' decision, it would be short-sighted to reduce the debate to this one factor.
The fast-progressing European integration has long gone beyond the merely economic union that it was originally meant to be. This integration in the spheres of economy, politics, law and culture has produced new, latent political groups: globalization winners and losers. Mainstream parties have long failed to close or even acknowledge this growing gap. Protest parties in turn have skillfully utilized the cleavage by mobilizing the group of globalization losers. This economic underclass, feeling threatened by both increasing economic competition and cultural diversity in Europe, has produced the Eurosceptic surge – which should, accordingly, not be regarded merely as populism or protest, but as legitimate representative politics.[3]
While there is some overlap in their agendas, a closer look at the eurosceptic parties shows that it is hard to find one common denominator other than the anti-EU sentiment that could unite all of these groups. For example, other Eurosceptics refused to cooperate with the French Front National due to the party's anti-semitic past. Yet the AfD, an anti-immigration party that is mobilizing on a more economic agenda, managed to join the ECR group dominated by British Conservatives, while UKIP managed to form its EFDD group.[4]
The lack of a common cause other than dismantling the EU is best reflected in the low cohesion rate when it comes to decisions in the EP: From July to mid-November 2014, the EFDD group voted unanimously on only 54 percent of the votes while all other groups had an average cohesion rate of 85 percent.[5]
A new tone in the European Parliament
The Eurosceptics were quick to give a foretaste on how they hope to change the EP debating culture through their particular tone. "Mr Juncker has had a rough ride in the British press. We're told that he drinks cognac for breakfast. We're told he's Juncker the drunker", Farage told the plenum with a smirk in the constitutive session of the newly elected EP. According to him, the only way to convince the British voters to vote to remain part of the EU "is a fundamental treaty change that says we no longer have to accept untrammeled access to countless millions of people from across the whole of Europe." Farage went on to project that "the next five years will bring endless misery for the Southern Mediterranean Eurozone countries."
After Farage's opening speech, Philippe Lamberts, a Belgian MEP of the Greens group, intervened: "Mr Farage, what are you doing here? What I heard is the speech of the leader of the opposition in the house of commons. If you want to hold that speech, get elected there. [...] If you want to be considered as the leader of a European political group then make speeches of a European political leader."
Farage, who is eloquent and quick on the comeback, responded: "You sound like somebody from the old communist era. What you have to get used to is the idea that across the political spectrum there are now more Eurosceptics in this parliament than have ever been and many of them do not subscribe to ever closer union, they don't subscribe to that [European] flag, they don't want a European anthem. And I tell you this, Mr Lamberts", he concluded, "don't worry too much about my presence, because within the next five years, I won't be here."
The need to form an alliance - at all costs
There is no doubt the Eurosceptics have shaken up the European Parliament. But they themselves have also had quite a rollercoaster ride since they entered the terrain of European politics. Mostly stuck in a role of fundamental opposition domestically, their particular leaders are now forced to cooperate in a parliamentary group if they want to have more influence and receive additional funds. 25 Members are needed to form such a political group, and at least one-quarter of the Member States must be represented within the group.[6] UKIP leader Nigel Farage took the lead in forming an alliance with MEPs from seven different countries and succeeded. Some EFDD parties had put huge efforts into polishing their often xenophobic, racist reputation in order to be perceived as respectable office-seeking parties, both in the EP and at domestic levels.[7]
After only four months, the EFDD experienced a setback when Iveta Grigule, the sole member from the Latvian Farmers Union, quit to sit as an independent.[8] The loss of this one member meant that only six as opposed to the required seven countries were represented in the block which therefore lost its group status and with it the privileges of special funding from the legislature as well as stronger entitlements to committee seats. A new member had to be found to regain the group status.
The EFDDs opponents who insisted that its image campaigns were designed to camouflage extreme political agendas viewed the search for an MEP to replace the Latvian as proof of their point. In a move that sparked heavy criticism, the EFDD parties allowed Polish MEP Robert Iwaszkiewicz from the Congress of the New Right to join the group.[9] "I joined the EFDD Group because of two important values - opposition to EU bureaucracy and support for free markets so firmly supported by the Ukip delegation," was Iwaszkiewicz's official explanation for his decision. His party, however, is very controversial for antisemitic and homophobic comments and its extreme positions, which include restoring capital punishment and liberalising gun laws.
The party's leader Janusz Korwin-Mikke, who gave his blessing to "lend" his party member Iwaszkiewicz to Farage in oder to rescue the Eurosceptic alliance, is a self-declared monarchist who thinks that democracy is the "stupidest form of government ever conceived". He has repeatedly questioned voting rights for women arguing that most women were not interested in politics anyway and would statistically often vote for a welfare state.[10] He thinks women's opinions are shaped by the semen of the men they sleep with and that there is a very fine line between rape and consensual sex, because "women usually pretend that they don't want [sex]" when in fact they want it. His view on welfare is equally disturbing: "If someone gives money to an unemployed person he should have his hand cut off because he is destroying the morale of the people", he said in an interview.[11] The extremist politician, who has also argued for years that there is no proof Hitler knew about the Holocaust, hinted at further potential deals with Farage's alliance after the successful rescue swap. "If we create our own group, perhaps Mr Farage can lend us a member of his party also," he said. Korwin-Mikke suggested that he and the UKIP leader share many similar political goals: "He wants to destroy the European Union, and even Lucifer or Beelzebub who is against the European Union is our ally, because it is the greatest danger to Europe."[12]
Farage, who faced heavy criticism for his decision, told the BBC that he had never spoken to Iwaszkiewicz but he had found "nothing in this guy's background to suggest that he is a political extremist at all."[13] "All of us in the European parliament have to make compromises to make sure our voice is heard. I want us to have our voice. I want us to be heard. But I will not do it at any price, so if it came to a decision that do we cast Ukip to the outer darkness of the non-attached group, or do a deal with a known prominent extremist in Europe, I would not do that deal", he vowed. Well, it seems he has done that very deal.
The list of Korwin-Mikke's racist and misogynist statements is so long and offensive that even Marine Le Pen's far-right Front National and Geert Wilders' right-wing Freedom Party decided his party was too extreme for an alliance. The fact that the EFDD accepted a member of Korwin-Mikke's party leaves room for two explanations:
Either the alliance does not share his values but is just so desperate in its attempt to destroy the EU that it would accept and exploit anybody to reach its ultimate goal. Or the EFDD members and their rescuer's party are indeed ideologically closer to one another than the eloquent leaders want the public to believe. None of the two scenarios would be encouraging.
While Iwaszkiewicz himself is not as extreme as his boss in voicing his opinions publicly, he is not short of scandalous statements either: In an interview with the Wroclaw Gazette in May of this year, he was quoted as saying "unfortunately, I never beat my children". Asked why he had said "unfortunately", he explained: "Because it would have toughened them up. It would have strengthened their character and they would be able to behave better in crisis situations." When asked about wife-beating, Iwaszkiewicz said he was "convinced" that beating would "help bring many wives back down to earth".[14] With regard to this, Farage's celebratory statement after the restoration of his alliance sounds even more cynical: "EFDD Group back with a bang", he headlined on the group's website.
Fuzzy political agenda
Jean-Claude Juncker has been a thorn in the Eurosceptics' flesh from the moment he ran for President of the European Parliament. When criticism arose about his role as Luxembourg's Premier in helping global companies avoid taxes, Farage's alliance spearheaded a move to impeach Juncker and dissolve his Commission only weeks after it had been formed. The EFDD collected enough signatures and submitted a motion of censure of the European Commission to the President of the European Parliament.
The EFDD website quoted Italian Five Star Movement MEP Marco Zanni : "The LuxLeaks scandal shows that Commission President Juncker in his political life has always acted to enrich his country behind its European partners, in defiance of the Union and the Community spirit he hopes to represent. For this reason, the 5 Star Movement Europe decided to use one of the strongest powers of democratic control at the disposal of Parliament - the motion of censure - to demand the resignation of the Commission." UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe commented: "UKIP promised at the beginning of this mandate to be 'EU rebels with a cause' [...] and this censure motion shows that we mean business."[15]
So far, the EFDD has mainly proven that it is willing to welcome blunt racists and misogynists in its rows in order to gain power and influence. The next few years will show whether this Eurosceptic alliance really has a cause beyond causing as many disturbances as possible in their quest to dismantle the European Union.
It is important to note that a healthy scepticism towards an ever closer union where states hand more and more competences to the EU which is dominated by a wealthy few nations is much-needed in the European discourse. The major problem is: Political parties that deal with this concern come along with an entire package that often contains inhumane, extreme, xenophobic or even bluntly racist agendas - in some cases to an extent that suggests their euroscepticism is nothing more but a useful smokescreen to bring their ideas to a big stage. It will be the mainstream democratic parties' challenge not to let extremist parties capitalize on the issues and fears that have long been neglected.
[1]Salo, S. (2014). Eurosceptics in the 2014 EP elections - Protest parties mobilized on national cleavages between globalization winners and losers (Briefing Paper 159). The Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
[2] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29692378
[3]Salo, S. (2014). Eurosceptics in the 2014 EP elections - Protest parties mobilized on national cleavages between globalization winners and losers (Briefing Paper 159). The Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
[4]Salo, S. (2014). Eurosceptics in the 2014 EP elections - Protest parties mobilized on national cleavages between globalization winners and losers (Briefing Paper 159). The Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
[7]Salo, S. (2014). Eurosceptics in the 2014 EP elections - Protest parties mobilized on national cleavages between globalization winners and losers (Briefing Paper 159). The Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
[15] http://www.efdgroup.eu/news/press-releases/item/motion-of-censure-to-sack-juncker-commission-submitted-by-members-of-efdd-group
Thomas Wagner-Nagy is a freelance journalist currently based in Germany. He holds a BA in Science Journalism with a minor in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Dortmund. Born in Transylvania/Romania and raised in Germany, his work has taken him to France, Cameroon and Costa Rica. He graduated from the United Nations-mandated University for Peace in June 2014 with an MA in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies. Thomas is currently working to establish his own NGO which aims to provide schooling and a leisure program for children in refugee camps.


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Dear families of servants and children of God all over the world,
It is through the faith and love of our God this year's conference of Baptist Fellowship of North America returns to northern California in the lovely city of San Jose where many Vietnamese call home. On behalf of the 34th Conference Organizing Committee, we would like to greet you in the love and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
As residents of Northern California consisting of many cities including the notable San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, and Sacramento area, we would like to welcome you to a blessed conference as we have done in the past in 2008 and 2013. We are honored to have the opportunity to host the 34th conference to welcome and serve God's children this year 2018.
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To help us better organize this conference and to encourage everyone, please REGISTER EARLY. The earliest online registration begins at midnight on Monday January 15th, 2018. To encourage early registration, we will hold a special drawing for early registered individuals. The reward ranges from free room/registration/food for next conference to discounts for registration and special treatment on room, food and transportation.
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We appreciate your prayer for God's blessing for all Vietnamese and English speaking special speakers, for all of us in the Organizing Committee, all who serve in different ministries, and of course all who will travel from far and near to take part in this exciting 34th Conference in San Jose, California 2018.
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Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I've been bust finishing up grad school and yesterday I officially graduated from the UVM Field Naturalist program.
It's been an amazing, very busy two years. I'm not totally sure what is up next but in the shorter term... Expect more posts about water soon. I've moved to Addison County, about an hour from Burlington, so I'll be blogging less about Burlington.
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You too, Takasu-kun.
I'm sure that ya'll remember me babbling about how much I loved the first volume of Toradora 1 (see my review), so I was beyond ecstatic to be able to review the second volume here on the blog.
Okay, so volume 2 starts off with the biggest misunderstanding...Minori, Taiga's friend, and Takasu, Ryuji's friend, think that Ryuji and Taiga are a couple! Oh, I so knew that was going to happen but even so I burst out giggling becaused there reactions were absolutely hilarious. Good times.
While I really enjoyed the humor packed into Toradora 2, I felt that this volume didn't really cover any new ground. Sure we saw Taiga and Ryuji's relationship change from that of master and slave (I may have mentioned this in my review of volume one: Ryuji wound up being Taiga's personal slave for almost seeing something that would embarrass her to no end) to one of equal footed friendship. Yes, it was nice to see to see that evolution in their relationship, but I think this volume could have used a little more meat to the story.
My biggest hope is that the next volume of Toradora will have more sustenance to the story, and that the two main characters will continue to grow. So nothing earth-shattering happening in the second volume, but it is definitely worth reading simply because it will make you laugh out loud.
I really liked the character development that went on in volume 2 of Toradora.
Taiga, it was definitely nice to see a softer, more sensitive side for her. But I also enjoyed the fact that she retained a lot of the fierceness that made her such an interesting character to read about.
Ryuji, I think what I liked the most about him in this volume would have to be how he become just a little more of an assertive character. I still think he's a great character and love how he's become more of a friend/protector to Taiga...he's just too nice to sum up without going on and on.
The artwork hasn't really changed all that much from the first volume to the second, although it does seem like some of the secondary characters had a little more personality and individuality in their depictions in this volume.
While there are not any big changes in the artwork for Toradora 2, it was nice to see that it was consistent with the previous volume and that it did not take a nosedive in quality. So not much to report about the art, but I would just like to add that I absolutely love the panels when the characters seemed to be experiencing a doom spiral since they were just a lot of fun to look at.
Final Verdict: Toradora 2 just as delightfully funny as the first volume.
Toradora 2 earns 4 out of 5 pineapples.
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"Communicating character is the strength of "Fight Like a Bitch". The actors in this production bring so much more depth to the characters than I found when I studied the play in college. Nike Imoru, with her lean build and larger-than-life action, is completely credible as Coriolanus, the honor-bound warrior whose arrogance makes her completely unfit for public office. Coriolanus has more respect for the opposing army's general Aufidius than she has for the citizens she is supposed to protect. I almost couldn't blame her. Colleen Carey's tough-as-nails Aufidius, who fights for a cause greater than glory, but always falls short of victory, deserves to be a protagonist.
The scheming tribunes (Katherine Jett and Yadira Duarte) are petty and ambitious, but even in their smear campaign against Coriolanus, they are defending democracy. Wendy Robie as Coriolanus' mother (one of the few roles originally written as female) is the best "bitch" of them all. She makes Volumnia's flag-waving speeches sound like genuine parenting philosophy, and her exhortations to Coriolanus are so powerfully manipulative. When Coriolanus finally gives in with "Oh mother," we all felt the weight of their complicated relationship."
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WASHINGTON — The following is a statement from Texas farmer Wesley Spurlock, president of the National Corn Growers Association, in response to today's announcement of the proposal to repeal the 2015 Waters of the U.S. Rule:
"The goal of the Clean Water Act is to restore and maintain the integrity of the nation's waters. The 2015 rule moved us further away from that goal. Repealing it is an important first step toward providing farmers the certainty and clarity we have long desired.
"We are thankful this Administration is working to draw clear lines in terms of what is and what is not jurisdictional under the Clean Water Act. In doing so, they will enable farmers to implement best management practices such as grass waterways and buffer strips without the burden of bureaucratic red tape or fear of legal action. These types of land improvements have enormous water quality benefits, such as reducing sediment and nutrient runoff — a win for farmers and the environment. Government should be making these actions easier, not more difficult.
"We salute the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers for their efforts. We stand committed to working with these agencies as they develop a new rule that defines jurisdictional boundaries in clear terms that are inclusive of the realities of farming."
Earlier this year, President Trump issued Executive Order 13778, directing EPA and USACE to review the final 2015 WOTUS rule, and publish for notice and comment a proposed rule rescinding or revising the rule, as appropriate and consistent with law. Today's announcement is the next step in that process.
"WOTUS was one of the most flagrant abuses of regulatory power in modern history and threatened the future of agriculture," said Congressman Adrian Smith, R-Neb. "I was pleased to join President Trump at the White House in February when he signed the executive order directing the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers to go back to the drawing board on WOTUS. Today's repeal proposal is another important step toward certainty and relief for producers, landowners and local communities."
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"The proposal to rescind this flawed rule is a step in the right direction," said Ken Hamilton, WyFB executive vice president. "This rule was a land grab that put property rights of Wyomingites at risk and would have done nothing to benefit water."
"We are hopeful the EPA will keep in mind the uniqueness of each state and work with the states rather than continuing to dictate rules with the goal of controlling property rights," Hamilton continued.


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Saturday 15th March 2008 – Dates in your diary now folks!
At the start of the week, I built and put live the website for the inaugural White Lady Challenge. The premise of the event is simple, to raise money for Disability Snowsport UK and/or the Cherished Uplift Fund's White Lady Appeal by completing as many descents of the White Lady (or alternative ski run) as you can in one day.
Participants can choose whether to split their sponsorship money between the causes or donate to one or the other, and while the challenge its self should be great fun (if hard work for those taking it really seriously and aiming for an 'Everest' on the White Lady) there is a huge amount going off on CairnGorm Mountain on the day in Question – Saturday 15th March.
Up top in the Ptarmigan Bowl the Highlander Skier/Boarder freestyle event hits the 'Gorms terrain park, meanwhile the Ski 'n' Boardroom has teamed up with numerous gear companies to bring in several boarding and ski manufactures to demo new 2009 boards and skis – and we're working on getting more kit up the Gorm!
So you can undertake the White Lady Challenge while checking out the latest toys and if you want a break from bashing the White Lady, Ripcurl will have pro riders and instructors on hand to offer tips and advice on all things park!
In short it's going to be one big fun day with stacks going on, full details and to sign up for the White Lady Challenge visit the website at http://whiteladychallenge.org.uk .


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Park Slope's Tofu on 7th, a seldom-mentioned Asian restaurant with identity issues, has reloaded. Suddenly it's packing serious Sichuan heat in a Brooklyn neighborhood not known for good authentic Chinese food, and Chowhounds can hardly believe it.
"Finally good Sichuan in [Park Slope]," says Barry Strugatz, who was won over by the three-pepper chicken. SamScaff recommends "dry pot style" chicken, which delivers potent chile burn and Sichuan-pepper tingle, and house-cured pork with garlic shoots, which is "salty, smoky, fatty and leek-y (and delicious)." Fiver, who knows her Sichuan chow (her dad's from Chengdu), endorses the Chongqing chicken and mapo dofu. "It was the real thing," she says, "numbing spiciness and everything."
The real thing hasn't been so hard to find a few miles south in Sunset Park, where authentic Cantonese and Vietnamese restaurants thrive amidst a growing Fujianese presence. One local dim sum destination, Pacificana, just lost longtime devotee famdoc to its nearby rival East Harbor. He was converted in part by East Harbor's wider selection—more than 50 different items circulating on carts early on a Sunday afternoon. Dumplings, buns, congee, rice noodle rolls, and assorted sweets were all fresh and fine. And you needn't wait for a cart to get what you're craving: Just flag down one of the helpful servers for express delivery. famdoc's party of four put away about a dozen plates (including a specially ordered course of sautéed bok choy) for $46. "Highly recommended," he says.
Peter Cuce finds East Harbor just "solidly average" compared with his go-to dim sum houses (among them Ocean Jewels, Dong Yi Feng, and Ping's in Queens and Red Egg in Manhattan). But he'll be back in Sunset Park for dessert at No. 1 Ice Cream. Its durian and black sesame flavors are some of the best he's had in New York, "just sweet enough, with deep flavor of the main ingredients and a creamy texture." No. 1, Peter adds, is far better than Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, another hound-endorsed specialist in Asian flavors. "I recommend making a trip out here," he says.
Tofu on 7th [Park Slope]
226 Seventh Avenue (between Third and Fourth streets), Brooklyn
East Harbor [Sunset Park]
714 65th Street (between Seventh and Eighth avenues), Brooklyn
No. 1 Ice Cream [Sunset Park]
6410 Eighth Avenue (between 64th and 65th streets), Brooklyn
Discuss: Real (and fake) Authentic Sichuan Food in Park Slope!!
Sunset Park Dim Sum: First visit to East Harbor for this Pacificana fan…I'm a convert
Sunset Park Review: No 1 Ice Cream, 6410 8th Ave


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If you follow the site or the podcast then you know that I'm a pretty big fan of everything that First Second Books publishes. Everything that I've checked out has been a hit and so I'm very excited about this Winter (aka early next year) list because some favorite titles are returning, but also some new titles from some of my favorite creators. Check out the full pdf below, but here's the cheat sheet version:
The Nameless City, by Faith Erin Hicks – "This tale of unexpected alliances has everything: winning characters, a sumptuous setting, and sharp observations about power and history." – Scott Westerfeld. We're thrilled to be publishing this amazing new middle-grade trilogy from Faith Erin Hicks.
Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling, by Tony Cliff – Delilah Dirk is back in this globe-trotting, adventure-filled tale in which she must perform her most difficult tasks yet: wearing dresses and dealing with her mom!
Apollo, by George O'Connor: the eighth volume of the New York Times Best-Selling Olympians series tells the story of Apollo, the god of music, the truth, and prophecy.
The Glorkian Warrior and the Mustache of Destiny, by James Kochalka – in the final volume in the Glorkian Warrior trilogy, the Glorkian Warrior faces his greatest and most terrible foe: small children.
The Show, by Bastien Vives, Michael Sanlaville, and Balak – the fourth volume of the action-packed, medieval-meets-magical tournament fighting Last Man series!
Sweaterweather, by Sara Varon – we're republishing Sara Varon's classic, charming, and heartwarming out-of-print short story collection – with some marvelous all-new material added.


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307 Pinetum Loop Rd,
Gray Summit, MO 63039
(314) 577-9555
Shaw Nature Reserve entrance gate in the Visitor's Center
307 Pinetum Loop Rd. Gray Summit, MO 63039
(636) 451-3512
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Shaw Nature Reserve and Missouri Botanical Garden Members receive a 10 percent discount.
We accept Visa, Mastercard and Discover. We do not handle mail orders.
Shopping at the Shaw Nature Reserve Bookstore
Find the perfect gifts for the nature lovers in your life. Shaw Nature Reserve's Visitor Center has a wide selection of books for every interest and all ages. For more info please call (314) 577- 9555.
The bookstore has a wide selection titles on nature and science for both adults and children.
There are beautiful hardback books for your coffee table and identification guides for your backpack. For adults, the subject matter runs the gamut: from the expected books on gardening and wildflowers, on Audubon and Thoreau, to books on early pioneers of mapping the earth and sky, books describing joys of beekeeping, living the rural life, birding, in depth study of the world of ants or how the Beaufort Scale for wind measurement was devised. The bottom line: nature is fascinating! We have a large selection of Golden Guides for children and laminated pocket guides to carry on your hike on topics like pond life, animal tracks, bugs and slugs, medicinal plants and more. We carry hardback children's books (originally $14–$18) for $6–$8. This is a wonderful opportunity to stock up on lovely children's books.
We also carry greeting cards printed from Edgar Denison's watercolors of Missouri wildflowers at $2 each or a box of 10 for $12.
We sell most of the books published by the Missouri Department of Conservation.
There are also packets of seeds, harvested here at Shaw Nature Reserve, for sale at $1.50 a packet. Available species include various prairie grasses and flowers.
If you are looking for something in particular, you are welcome to check if we have a specific item. Call (636) 451-3512 x 6075.
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am I (and a few others) blind or stupid, or is there no option for new users to register on the forum?
Has it been temporarily switched off or what is going on?
I sent the link to a few friends and they pointed it out to me.
I logged out and indeed could not find the new sign-up button/page.
Probably it's been disabled due to hard spamming… But i don't know.


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Peterborough United manager Graham Westley has revealed today (December 17) that he expects Callum Elder's current loan deal to be extended until the end of the season.
It is news that will be greatly received by Posh fans who have sung the praises of the 20-year-old defender since his arrival from Leicester.
Westley said: "Nothing has been agreed between the clubs so far but conversations between all parties have been highly constructive and I would be very surprised if that loan deal wasn't extended until the end of the season."
On Saturday, Posh face a tough trip to Blackpool, who despite languishing in 19 position in League One, come into the game after recording back-to-back victories against local rivals Fleetwood and promotion-chasing Wigan.
The Seasiders have only conceded three goals in their last five home games so the Posh goal machine will have to be on top form to crack the Tangerine backline.
Westley said: "The North West has been hit by some bad weather recently so we know that it will be a tough environment to play in. However, our away fans have been brilliant this season and we look forward to having their backing once again on Saturday.
"Our form on the road has been good this season and I think that playing away can suit us because the games tend to be more open instead of teams coming to the ABAX to defend.
"Blackpool's result at Wigan shows what performance they are capable of producing and shows that the team are playing for their manager.
"We dominate the possession in most of the games we play and we will create chances.
"The minute we get onto the pitch against Blackpool I want us to start strong and take the game to them."
Posh creative midfielder Jon Taylor was only able to complete 30 minutes against Shrewsbury last weekend due to injury and Westley hopes that the former Shrewsbury man can make an impact on Saturday's game.
He said: "We missed Taylor's thrust last weekend. He has been terrific since I have been at the club and he makes a real difference to the team because he can always beat a man. I love having him in the team. He has a terrific attitude and just wants to keep improving."
Another player in contention for the weekend is West Ham loanee Martin Samuelsen. The 18-year-old missed out last Saturday due to an injury he sustained while playing for the West Ham Under 21 side.
Westley said: "Martin has been training well this week and looks lively. He is a fantastic player who you will see play at Premier League level in the future because he is a special talent."


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In the industry of inside scoops, not every scoop can be a rumor. Some are revealed so early on in the process that by the time the film goes into production, the forecasted story point is no longer valid. Some are misunderstood. And some are just plain wrong.
Earlier today, Schmoes Know posted a scoop that the Elders, the most powerful beings in the universe, would be in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. While this wouldn't have been a completely out-of-left-field move from the film — it is a franchise that loves to take things to an intergalactic level, after all — it would definitely seem to overcrowd an already crowded cast and plot. The rumor went on to state that the Elders of the Universe would be comprised of The Collector, Ayesha, Sylvester Stallone's character, and Sharon Stone's character.
Well, it was a fun rumor while it lasted, but director James Gunn was all too quick to shoot down the rumor as false.
Of course, even if the rumor had been true, we could hardly have expected Gunn to admit it. Half the fun for a filmmaker is witnessing reactions to the events in the film firsthand, after all. However, there have been plenty of other rumors circulating the web for quite some time, and Gunn has done a solid job of staying out of the conversation.
Since he took to Twitter to deny this one, I feel like we could take it to the bank that the Elders will not be in the film. If that's not enough evidence, there was one aspect of that rumor that seemed a bit fishy to me, and that came in the form of The Collector. Earlier this year, both Gunn and Benicio del Toro (who plays the Collector) confirmed that the Collector would not be in the sequel. The rumor stated that the Collector would be one of the Elders in the film, and that is a direct contradiction.
This makes me believe the earlier reports were correct and that the scoop was, indeed, false.
What do you think? Are you bummed the Elders won't be in the film? Let us know in the comments down below!
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hits theaters on May 5, 2017.
SOURCE: James Gunn