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System Design
Posted March 26, 2009on:
Here are something that i learned from sample projects.(Blogengine.Net)
1.You should make full use of Object Oriented Concept.
a.Provider Model.
When you design a core engine for blog, you should first design the core module.
It will contain abstract class and interfaces which will help you to extend and manage the functions later.
ProviderBase(it is a buildin class, that offer the function to commnicate with settings with web.config. that's the benefit of extend
|| /*because of the extend, you can fully utilize ProviderBase class. Use XML file the dynamic set the database provider without change your code. After you add new functions
|| to BlogProvider, it will offer a model for later extend. for example: XMLProvider and DbBlogProvider, they are all ProviderBase object ! They have the same functions from
\/ ProviderBase. */
|| /* And when later use of these class(XMLProvider and DbBlogProvider) will be consider as BlogProvider; BlogProvider dbBlogProvider= new DbBlogProvider();
|| This is a abstract process, It seems like there are a layer between DbBlogProvider and Database, when you change your database provider you didn't need to change
\/ The code.*/
(XMLProvider or DbBlogProvider)
BlogService (use the data and functions provided by BlogProvider at the upper layer to offer the capability of retrieve and update data from database. As well as the basic logical.)
private static void LoadProviders()
// Avoid claiming lock if providers are already loaded
if (_provider == null)
lock (_lock)
// Do this again to make sure _provider is still null
if (_provider == null)
// Get a reference to the <blogProvider> section
BlogProviderSection section = (BlogProviderSection)WebConfigurationManager.GetSection("BlogEngine/blogProvider");
// Load registered providers and point _provider
// to the default provider
_providers = new BlogProviderCollection();
ProvidersHelper.InstantiateProviders(section.Providers, _providers, typeof(BlogProvider));
_provider = _providers[section.DefaultProvider];
if (_provider == null)
throw new ProviderException("Unable to load default BlogProvider");
…………………………………Use these code to set different Provider for this BlogService(Offer basic function for operate on database)…………………………………
So from this , when you start a new project, you should think about how to utilize system buildin class and make use of them. Like language Localization and IHttpModule and so on.
public abstract class BusinessBase<TYPE, KEY> : IDataErrorInfo, INotifyPropertyChanged, IChangeTracking, IDisposable where TYPE : BusinessBase<TYPE, KEY>, new()
protected virtual void MarkChanged(string propertyName)
_IsChanged = true;
if (!_ChangedProperties.Contains(propertyName))
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
/// <summary>
/// Raises the PropertyChanged event safely.
/// </summary>
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
if (PropertyChanged != null)
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
They are all in the BusinessBase class, Do you see anything ?
BusinessBase class extend the INotifyPropertyChanged interface:
// Summary:
// Notifies clients that a property value has changed.
public interface INotifyPropertyChanged
// Summary:
// Occurs when a property value changes.
event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
It just contain a field of EventHandler, and the client can set the EventHandler function to call When property are modified outside. MarkChanged function will call OnPropertyChanged to indirect call the eventHandler set by client. And BusinessBase class implement this function for the descendants. When some field in BusinessBase changed it will call MarkChanged to indirect implement the eventHandler. That sounds very good, right ?
So this method is used to offer common method for descendants, very good!
<2> Leave the space for later reinforce
protected abstract void ValidationRules();//the descendant can implement this function and can be used by class outside.
/// <summary>
/// Gets whether the object is valid or not.
/// </summary>
public bool IsValid
return this._BrokenRules.Count == 0;
<3> use enum
virtual public SaveAction Save()
if (IsDeleted && !IsAuthenticated)
throw new System.Security.SecurityException("You are not authorized to delete the object");
if (!IsValid && !IsDeleted)
throw new InvalidOperationException(ValidationMessage);
if (IsDisposed && !IsDeleted)
throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "You cannot save a disposed {0}", this.GetType().Name));
if (IsChanged)
return Update();
return SaveAction.None;
<4> use bitwise operation to implement privileges!!
<5>for extend
#region Data access
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves the object from the data store and populates it.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="id">The unique identifier of the object.</param>
/// <returns>True if the object exists and is being populated successfully</returns>
protected abstract TYPE DataSelect(KEY id);
/// <summary>
/// Updates the object in its data store.
/// </summary>
protected abstract void DataUpdate();
/// <summary>
/// Inserts a new object to the data store.
/// </summary>
protected abstract void DataInsert();
/// <summary>
/// Deletes the object from the data store.
/// </summary>
protected abstract void DataDelete();
Debug-Attach to process
Posted March 18, 2009on:
1.use NUNIT
a.install NUNIT
b.Write a test class in our project, remember to import the NUNIT.core and NUNIT.framework
c.Then open the project in NUNIT UI.
d.open the project in visual studio 2005, and then set the breakpoint at the position that you want to debug.
e.in NUNIT execute the function that you want to debug.
//Attatch to process used the attached the library that will be generated by current project to the process that will call this library,
Because of the invocation, the debug code will be triggered.
When want to debug a webapplication with build unit test, you should follow this:
debug the program,
and leave the aspnet_webserver alive(don't close it).
//(don't need) and then stop the debug,after that navigate to the unit test function,
//(don't need) Web then attach all the code the webserver.exe process,
and click debug the unit test.
为什么用attach to process呢?其实我们生成的都是一些DLL文件,里面只是一些供调用的函数,所以只有attach to process,在那个process中会以各种方式调用我们DLL中的函数,从而触发DLL中的函数,并定位到breakpoint.
以下的Webserver debug,调用的方法是通过因特网访问。
In this tutorial we shall talk of debugging managed code using the Visual Studio .Net debugger .
To debug managed code, you need to have the Machine Debug Manager(mdm.exe) service running on your remote server. To check if MDM is installed, Click Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Services . Scroll down to see if Machine Debug Manager is running. If it is not, you need to install it. To install MDM, run Visual Studio .Net setup. Click on the Remote Components Setup.
The below screen opens up ->
Scroll down ->
For managed code debugging, you need to install full remote debug components .Click the 'Install Full' button ->
Once the installation is complete, verify that the MDM service is running.
Next you need to find out with what id the ASP.Net worker process is running. If this is running with the same id with which you are logged on to your client machine, then it is enough if your id is part of the debugger group on the server. If not, to debug the worker process, you need to have administrative access on the remote server. The worker process runs with the ASPNET account by default. To change the account with which the worker process runs, you need to modify the machine.config file – and that would be different topic in itself. Let us assume that you have administrative access on the remote server, that is, the id with which you are logged onto the client, is part of the administrator group on the remote server.
Open a Visual Studio Instance. Click Tools -> Debug Processes . The processes window opens up à
In the Name text box , type in the name of the remote server and press Enter.
The list of available processes is shown as below –
Select the aspnet_wp.exe, which is the ASP.Net worker process. Click Attach. The below screen pops-up. Make sure Common Language Runtime checkbox is checked. In the list below, where it shows 'The below programs will be debugged' you should see a list of sites on the server that are debuggable. The application that you are trying to debug
should also be listed in it. If it is not, then probably the web.config file has the debug option disabled. Open up the web.config file and check the compilation attribute à
Change the debug attribute to true. On attaching the debugger to the worker process, your application should be listed now.
Click OK on the Attach to process window. Click Close on the Process window.
On the visual studio instance, click File -> Open . Open the file(s) that you wish to debug. For example, I want to debug the webservice1 application, which runs a vb file called service1.asmx.vb. I want to debug the webmethod . I put a breakpoint in webmethod1()
Next, I need to execute the webservice so that my breakpoint gets hit and I can debug.
Open up an Internet Explorer window and type http://RemoteServer/WebService1/service1.asmx
I click the async method
Click Invoke. And Yo ! Visual Studio pops-up with the breakpoint highlighted à
Congratulations ! You are now ready to debug !!
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Bit Operation
Posted March 16, 2009on:
Mask (computing)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In computer science, a mask is data that is used for bitwise operations.
Using a mask, multiple bits in a byte, nibble, word (etc.) can be set either on, off or inverted from on to off (or vice versa) in a single bitwise operation.
- 1 Common bitmask functions
- 2 Uses of bitmasks
- 3 See also
- 4 External links
[edit]Common bitmask functions
[edit]Masking bits to
To turn certain bits on, the bitwise
OR operation can be used. Recall that
Y OR 1 = 1 and
Y OR 0 = Y. Therefore, to make sure a bit is on,
OR can be used with a
1. To leave a bit unchanged,
OR is used with a
Example – turning on the 5th bit
[edit]Masking bits to
There is no way to change a bit from on to off using the
OR operation. Instead, bitwise
AND is used. When a value is
ANDed with a
1, the result is simply the original value, as in:
Y AND 1 = Y. However,
ANDing a value with
0 is guaranteed to return a
0, so it is possible to turn a bit off by
ANDing it with
Y AND 0 = 0. To leave the other bits alone,
ANDing them with a
1 can be done.
Example – Turning off the 5th bit
[edit]Querying the status of a bit
It is possible to use bitmasks to easily check the state of individual bits regardless of the other bits. To do this, turning off all the other bits using the bitwise
AND is done as discussed above and the value is compared with
0. If it is equal to
0, then the bit was off, but if the value is any other value, then the bit was on. What makes this convenient is that it is not necessary to figure out what the value actually is, just that it is not
Example – Querying the status of the 5th bit
[edit]Toggling bit values
So far the article has covered how to turn bits on and turn bits off, but not both at once. Sometimes it does not really matter what the value is, but it must be made the opposite of what it currently is. This can be achieved using the
XOR (exclusive or) operation.
XOR returns
1 if and only if an odd number of bits are
1. Therefore, if two corresponding bits are
1, the result will be a
0, but if only one of them is
1, the result will be
1. Therefore inversion of the values of bits is done by
XORing them with a
1. If the original bit was
1, it returns
1 XOR 1 = 0. If the original bit was
0 it returns
0 XOR 1 = 1. Also note that
XOR masking is bit-safe, meaning that it will not affect unmasked bits because
Y XOR 0 = Y, just like an
[edit]Uses of bitmasks
[edit]Arguments to functions
In programming languages such as C, bit masks are a useful way to pass a set of named boolean arguments to a function. For example, in the graphics API OpenGL, there is a command,
glClear() which clears the screen or other buffers. It can clear up to four buffers (the color, depth, accumulation, and stencil buffers), so the API authors could have had it take four arguments. But then a call to it would look like
glClear(1,1,0,0); // This is not how glClear actually works and would make for unreadable code.
which is not very descriptive. Instead there are four defined field bits,
GL_ACCUM_BUFFER_BIT, and
GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT and
glClear() is declared as
void glClear(GLbitfield mask);
Then a call to the function looks like this
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
Internally, a function taking a bitfield like this can use binary
and to extract the individual bits. For example, an implementation of
glClear() might look like:
void glClear(GLbitfield mask) { if (mask & GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT) { // Clear color buffer. } if (mask & GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT) { // Clear depth buffer. } if (mask & GL_ACCUM_BUFFER_BIT) { // Clear accumulation buffer. } if (mask & GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT) { // Clear stencil buffer. } }
The advantage to this approach is that function argument overhead is decreased. Since the minimum datum size is one byte, separating the options into separate arguments would be wasting seven bits per argument and would occupy more stack space. Instead, functions typically accept one or more 32-bit integers, with up to 32 option bits in each. While elegant, in the simplest implementation this solution is not type-safe. A
GLbitfield is simply defined to be an
unsigned int, so the compiler would allow a meaningless call to
glClear(42) or even
glClear(GL_POINTS). In C++ an alternative would be to create a class to encapsulate the set of arguments that glClear could accept and could be cleanly encapsulated in a library (see the external links for an example).
[edit]Inverse Masks
Masks are used with IP addresses in IP ACLs (Access Control Lists) to specify what should be permitted and denied. Masks in order to configure IP addresses on interfaces start with 255 and have the large values on the left side: for example, IP address 220.127.116.11 with a 255.255.255.224 mask. Masks for IP ACLs are the reverse: for example, mask 0.0.0.255. This is sometimes called an inverse mask or a wildcard mask. When the value of the mask is broken down into binary (0s and 1s), the results determine which address bits are to be considered in processing the traffic. A 0 indicates that the address bits must be considered (exact match); a 1 in the mask is a "don't care". This table further explains the concept.
Mask Example:
network address (traffic that is to be processed) 10.1.1.0
mask 0.0.0.255
network address (binary) 00001010.00000001.00000001.00000000
mask (binary) 00000000.00000000.00000000.11111111
Based on the binary mask, it can be seen that the first three sets (octets) must match the given binary network address exactly (00001010.00000001.00000001). The last set of numbers are "don't cares" (.11111111). Therefore, all traffic that begins with 10.1.1. matches since the last octet is "don't care". Therefore, with this mask, network addresses 10.1.1.1 through 10.1.1.255 (10.1.1.x) are processed.
Subtract the normal mask from 255.255.255.255 in order to determine the ACL inverse mask. In this example, the inverse mask is determined for network address 172.16.1.0 with a normal mask of 255.255.255.0.
255.255.255.255 – 255.255.255.0 (normal mask) = 0.0.0.255 (inverse mask)
ACL equivalents
The source/source-wildcard of 0.0.0.0/255.255.255.255 means "any".
The source/wildcard of 10.1.1.2/0.0.0.0 is the same as "host 10.1.1.2"
[edit]Image masks
Raster graphicsprites (left) and masks (right)
In computer graphics, when a given image is intended to be placed over a background, the transparent areas can be specified through a binary mask. This way, for each intended image there are actually two bitmaps: the actual image, in which the unused areas are given a pixel value with all bits set to 0's, and an additional mask, in which the correspondent image areas are given a pixel value of all bits set to 0's and the surrounding areas a value of all bits set to 1's. In the sample at right, black pixels have the all-zero bits and white pixels have the all-one bits.
At run time, to put the image on the screen over the background, the program first masks the screen pixel's bits with the image mask at the desired coordinates using the bitwise AND operation. This preserves the background pixels of the transparent areas while resets with zeros the bits of the pixels which will be obscured by the overlapped image.
Then, the program renders the image pixel's bits by blending them with the background pixel's bits using the bitwise OR operation. This way, the image pixels are appropiately placed while keeping the background surrounding pixels preserved. The result is a perfect compound of the image over the background.
This technique is used for painting pointing device cursors, in typical 2-D videogames for characters, bullets and so on (the sprites), for GUI icons, and for video titling and other image mixing applications.
Although related (due to being used for the same purposes), transparent colors and alpha channels are techniques which do not involve the image pixel mixage by binary masking.
[edit]Hash tables
To create a hashing function for a hash table often a function is used that has a large domain. To create an index from the output of the function, a modulo can be taken to reduce the size of the domain to match the size of the array; however, it is often faster on many processors to restrict the size of the hash table to powers of two sizes and use a bit mask instead.
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Harris worked for years at Google, and has been very vocal against his former employer.
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Giant Killing(Japon 2007, Etats-Unis 2017)
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The downside of success
The downside of Blake Ross's success:
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And have his appearances in major newspapers posted on his eponymous Web site helped with those California girls at school?
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Top 5: Music Icons That We Love/Hate
1. Sting
Moms love Sting. If I could poll all the mothers of the world, I would prove it. My own mom loves Sting. She loves him so much that she spent $26 to purchase his book, "Broken Music". I decided to borrow it, because I like Sting (although I'm not a Mom). I like his music (The Police and his solo stuff), I like his style (Sting loves yoga, chess, and is a vegetarian), and so far, I like his book too. Allie, on the other hand, has no love for Sting. Shocked as I was, it got me thinking of our personal agendas with music icons. Allie, for instance, thinks Sting is creepy. Part of it is probably the whole tantric sex thing. Personally, I don't mind Sting's affinity for tantric sex. Neither do most Moms. They think Sting is hot.
2. Bono
Most dads love Bono, although arguably not as much as moms love Sting. This is mostly because they think he looks cool with his perpetual sunglasses and he still rocks out even though he's almost 50. They secretly want to be him. I hope I don't get crucified here, but I don't really like Bono. I think those sunglasses make him seem arrogant (Yes, you too, Kanye), even if he says it's because his eyes are very sensitive to light. I'm sorry, but I'm not buying it. Although Bono is well known for his humanitarian work, it doesn't come without controversy. His 2006 Vertigo Tour proved to be the second-most profitable tour of all time, grossing $389 million in ticket receipts alone. He promoted his ONE campaign, but according to Billboard, the revenue went to companies in Ireland with the intention of minimizing taxes. Questionable. Focus on the music.
3. Bob Dylan
Although Laurie has probably killed most of these heretics already, there are still some people out there who don't fully appreciate Bob Dylan. Some accept that his songs are sheer brilliance, but do not believe that his voice lives up to them. Others put certain songs on such a pedestal that other creations of his could never live up to them and most of them shouldn't. On top of this, he has aggravated countless interviewers and has had more split personalities than Sally Fields in "Sybil". In a sense, Robert Zimmerman has deceived us all. Details! I still think he's a musical genius.
4. Lou Reed
Much of the same can be said about Lou Reed, a principal member of one of the most influential bands of his time, The Velvet Underground. I love Lou Reed more than most. My dad even told him this when he met him at a concert, but I will try to keep an open mind. Lou is mean. You will know this is you've read any interview he's ever done. I blame it on all the drugs. He also doesn't have the most beautiful and melodious of voices. Okay, it's downright gritty, but it matches the tonality of the music. You can't have pretty harmonies when your subject matter is heroin. You just can't.
5. Oasis
They claim to be bigger than the Beatles, and in terms of sales, they actually are, ever since "Morning Glory" beat out "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Yet, we also must take their shenanigans into account. Drug abuse and constant fighting in the public eye? Guilty as charged. The dueling Gallagher brothers are both amusing and annoying. The question is, which are they more of?
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Could care less about Sting,but like The Police.ReplyDelete
Also could care less about Bono and his big ego,
but like U2.
Bob Dylan is one of the real songwriting geniuses, and his voice is an acquired taste that I enjoy.
Lou Reed a NY legend who deserves his props.
Oasis,just another band to me.Any comparison
to The Beatles is a laugh.
Oh Miss Jenna, how wrong you are. Bono, yes- his overtly showy humane efforts and Christ complex is annoying, but as for the Gallagher brothers- let them destroy themselves through alcohol and violence, they don't need your criticism too. As that blonde haired effeminate youtube sensation said, leave britney alone.ReplyDelete
And Dylan and Reed are untouchable as far as I'm concerned, though you knew that already.


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NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Kimberly M. Abeel of Gaylord, the daughter of Frederick D. and Judith Abeel of Gaylord, has been named to the fall 2005 dean's list at St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Ind. A grade-point average of 3.4 or higher is required to receive this honor.
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Restore hope in the lives of Israeli youth through our Camp Gesher Fellowship Program. Each year a team of passionate young adults plans a ten-day summer camp to spread light, hope, and love in the lives of the children of the Neve Michael & Beit Elazraki Orphanage Homes. We create a fun, accepting, safe and loving environment for campers, resulting in a life-changing experience for both participants and our leaders, who return home with a newfound appreciation for their families.
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Kim Peterson, CEO CommonSenseHealth.org
If you are looking to increase your visibility on LinkedIn and really make the platform work for you, here are the three stats you should check daily in order to build great relationships and improve the information you are sharing with your connections and audience.
On your profile page, directly below your Summary Section, you will see three numbers …
Who's viewed your profile
How many views your current posts are receiving
and a relatively new feature which covers...
How often you are coming up in searches that week (number of times your profile appeared in search results, where your searchers work and what your searchers do).
It's great to check out 'who's viewed your profile' and reach out to them if they look like someone you'd want to connect with. You know that you are already on their radar, so it's good time to reach out with something like.
You can keep an eye on which posts are gaining the most traction with your audience with the 'how many views your posts are receiving number'. This helps you fine tune the information you are offering, thereby increasing your visibility over time.
'Weekly search' is too new to access overall results, but it looks very promising. Maybe you find that there are a number of people from one company checking you out, would that be good information to have? You bet! More to come on this one.
If you are going to be using LinkedIn to grow your business and build relationships (with potential clients, partners, vendors, contractors, future employees etc.) you may want to look into a Sales Navigator subscription. As of right now, you can pay for a year up front for a discount or go month to month for $79 each month.
With Sales Navigator you can track companies and leads you are following, what they are posting, whether they were featured in the news and new positions that your leads may have taken.
You can also track your performance and impact you are making week by week with the social selling index.
Don't subscribe to Sales Navigator unless you are committed to taking the time to learn the platform and how to best use it for your particular objectives.
Once you get familiar with the process and choose to carve a little time out each day to maximize the powerful tools the LinkedIn platform puts in your hands, you will start to differentiate yourself from the crowd and open opportunities that you would never have known about had you not taken the plunge.
Kim Peterson is the Founder and CEO of CommonSenseHealth.org. Since 2009, CSH has been helping to establish an online presence while generating leads and sales for clients worldwide.
Kim has built a network of 150,000 + highly engaged subscribers, fans, for herself and hundreds of thousands more for clients; and speaks on how to build relationships online in such a way that will dramatically improve your (and your team's) overall results while opening doors to opportunities you never knew existed!
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A dying Oregon comedian's last words will be written on his cremation urns — and the message will be sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.The animal rights group has paid $200 to place ads blasting KFC and dog breeders on the urns that will hold the remains of Aaron Jamison, who is dying of colon cancer.
The Springfield man offered the ad space earlier this month so his wife wouldn't be left with funeral costs.Since then, the $800 cremation cost has been covered, and donations have helped pay some of Jamison's medical bills.
One of the PETA ads will say: "I've Kicked the Bucket — Have you? Boycott KFC." The other reads: "People who Buy Purebred Dogs Really Burn Me Up. Always Adopt."


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The bean bag chair is the embodiment of college style: a little sloppy, supremely comfortable and always ready to go.
Like the ability to shake off a hangover, though, it's also something most men shed shed en route to adulthood. Which is a shame. If only there were someone making bean bags handsome enough that they'd look at home in a grown man's sitting room ...
Enter Lujo, who have fixed the bean-bag dilemma by using better materials and a tighter, more structured fit. The New Zealand company has been making durable, handsome outdoor furniture for a while now. Their new Kyoto series — which also includes ottomans and side tables shaped like round stones — takes the bean bag where it's never been before: upscale.
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The core piece of the collection is filled with the same polystyrene beads that filled the very first bean-bag chair, which was made by Zanotta in 1968. The exterior, though, is made from their own Textilia, a commercial-grade fabric that's resistant to wine spills.
Because some things don't change.


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If you purchase meat from your local farmer you can find out exactly how they raise the meat you are going to eat.
If you purchase vegetables from a local farmer, you can find out if they spray your vegetables and what their farming practices are.
If you are purchasing essential oils you most likely will not be able to find out exactly what farming practices were used during the growth of the plants and harvest of the essential oils.
Unless you purchase Young Living essential oils.
Young Living oils have a quality that is unmatched to other essential oils brands. Many brands are trying to imitate them, or throw marketing tricks at you to get you to believe that they have better techniques, but don't believe everything you hear on the internet.
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Equality and Human Rights Framework
International Labour Day: Undocumented Migrant Workers are Widely Exploited, Despite Existing Legal Frameworks
On the occasion of International Labour Day, The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) calls attention to persisting labour exploitation of undocumented migrant workers and urges governments to implement tools ensuring labour rights protection for all migrant workers, regardless of residence status.
While undocumented migrant workers meet essential needs of labour markets in countries of destination - often jobs in sectors such as construction, agricultural work or domestic and care work – they can easily become exploited by employers who take advantage of their irregular status and inability to access justice in cases of complaints.
Ahmed*, an undocumented worker from Morocco employed as a construction worker in Brussels, Belgium stated:
"I had to work day and night for my boss. He made me carry stones to the top of an embassy building in Brussels so that he wouldn't have to pay for a crane. Ever since I did this job my back hurts. The least he could do is pay me as he has promised but even that was too much for him. I have worked as hard and as good as any other worker so I demand that my labor rights will be respected. That is why I filed a complaint against my boss." With the help of the Organisatie voor Clandestiene Arbeidsmigranten - OR.C.A. (Organisation for Undocumented Migrant Workers), Ahmed managed to file a complaint with the labor inspector but was unsuccessful in gaining redress as he could not provide sufficient proof of employment.
Recognising the widespread exploitation faced by migrant workers through the world, in April 2014 the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, François Crépeau, delivered a thematic report on this issue which will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2014, noting:
"Unrecognized labour needs in destination States, especially for low-skilled labour, constitute a major pull factor for irregular migration. Opening up more regular migration channels for workers considered "low-skilled", thus recognizing the labour needs of destination States, and sanctioning exploitative employers, would reduce irregular migration and limit the power of smugglers' organizations, thus contributing to the better respect, protection and fulfilment of the human rights of migrants. All migrant victims of abuse and exploitation should have access to effective remedies, including the possibility of pursuing compensation claims, regardless of their residence status, without fear of retribution."
One of the barriers in accessing justice are employer dependent statuses which put undocumented migrants at risk of apprehension or deportation if they chose to report exploitation or abuse. In addition, undocumented workers frequently have no or little information about their rights and ways to file complaints. Trade unions should encourage participation of workers in an irregular situation to ensure their empowerment, encourage them to gather evidence of exploitation and inform them of their rights and legal ways to get redress.
Governments should effectively implement existing frameworks allowing undocumented victims of crime and labour exploitation to report to the police and other authorities and access justice without fear.
At global level, the United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families – which currently has 47 ratifications - sets out standards for equal treatment of all migrant workers concerning working conditions and recognition before the law. Article 68(c) imposes sanctions on persons which use violence or intimidation against migrant workers or members of their families in an irregular situation. The Migrant Workers' Committee – tasked with monitoring states parties' reports to this convention – recently held a Day of General Discussion on the labour exploitation of migrants and has also issued a General Comment on the rights of migrant workers in an irregular situation and members of their families.
In the European Union, the Victims of Crime Directive 2012/29/EU establishes minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime. When transposed into national law, the directive will be a key tool to ensure access to justice and support for undocumented migrants who become victims of exploitation and crime. Article 1 of the directive establishes that rights and minimum standards apply to all victims of crime, irrespective of their residence status. All EU member states, except Denmark which opted out of the Directive, are required to transpose these rules into national law and practice by November 2015.
Moreover, a thorough implementation of labour rights provided in the Employers' Sanctions Directive 2009/52/EC would contribute to effectively address impunity of employers exploiting undocumented migrants and ensure that undocumented migrants can claim redress. Although the directive's primary aim is to deter irregular migration, Article 6 establishes that undocumented migrant workers can demand back payments of exploitative and abusive employers.
To ensure that undocumented workers are able to make claims for redress, the guidelines developed by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) "Apprehension of migrants in an irregular situation – fundamental rights considerations" demand the establishment of a 'firewall' - a clear separation between accessing labour protection and services and means of immigration enforcement such as apprehension. All measures taken should ensure a human rights-based approach to migration and protect the rights of all workers, including those who are undocumented.
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For example, we have only been able to name and classify a fraction of the bacteria that exist in our world and we only understand how a fraction of those bacteria we can name even work. What we are starting to realize is what bacteria you have inside of you can make a big difference in your health.
This has lead to the creation of things like probiotics and prebiotics which can be taken to replace or feed the good bacteria in your body respectively. Even in this area we are not entirely certain which bacteria are the best to use but it is always changing.
The video below shows some of the powerful ways that bacteria impacts our health and is well worth a watch. I imagine we will be hearing more and more in the area both in supplements and the types of foods we might want to target in our diet in order to to get the best collection of bacteria for our health.


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Remember that one post with the video link to an emo girl ranting, well, this is what she was ranting about:
This is the worst thing i have EVER seen.
I cried.
How could some one do this?
And why?
...this is awful.
It's just like racism.
It IS racist.
I mean, you don't KNOW the person.
Why do you want to kill them?
If you agree that this is wrong, and it is racist, please comment.
I will take the world by surprise, and save many lifes.
This is my motivation.
I found that drive again.
I agree about what she is saying. Do you?


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More than one tradition is at work here. Dill and cucumber, mated in several cuisines, unite in a Greek-inspired salad, while salmon and dill are a typical Scandinavian pairing.
How to Make It
In a strainer set over a medium bowl, toss the cucumber, tomatoes, and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and let drain for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the orzo until just done, about 12 minutes. Drain. Rinse with cold water and drain thoroughly. Toss the orzo with the 1/3 cup oil, the lemon juice, the 1/3 cup dill, 1/4 teaspoon of the salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
Light the grill. Coat the salmon with the 1 tablespoon oil, the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Grill the salmon, skin-side up, for 4 minutes. Turn and sprinkle with the 1 tablespoon dill and the lemon zest. Cook the fish until golden brown and just barely done (the fish should still be translucent in the center), about 3 minutes longer. Serve the fish on the salad.
Wine Recommendation: A good Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé will make the fresh, bright flavors of this pasta salad sing.
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MARHO and more in store at MOSS GROTTO!
After an early morning walk on the beach I couldn't wait to get to MOSS GROTTO to unpack our first cameo range of the NEW Marho bags and wallets. Take a look and see if it whets your appetite.
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It's YOUR Life: Choose You, Own You, Change You
March 15, 2010 4 Comments
"The only thing that anyone has is what they've got, and the only thing anyone can give you is what they have." –Sam Green, Sr.
My father was saying that long before I understood what it meant, but it's applicable in all relationships. I want to focus on THE relationship many people try to make the root cause of their adult issues.
Parents are expected to do a whole lot of things, but what children expect from them and what they are really capable of, or willing to delivering aren't always the same…and that's OKAY!
Life is not UNfair; it delivers the lessons that you need. It's up to you to learn the individual lessons that life decides to teach; to become a student of life – mastering your thoughts, emotions and behaviors – learning to play the hands that life deals, successfully navigating through whatever life throws.
It's your life, CHOOSE IT – just as it is
Regardless of who your parents are and the kind of relationship(s) you had, once you become an adult – what you got from them, you had; what you lacked, you missed, but you were no longer their responsibility, and to the degree that they continued to support you, they didn't have to.
OWN IT – the good, the bad and the ugly
The responsibility of each person to BE a whole being, ultimately, falls on the person. You are your own responsibility. Parents don't always give you what you need; they can only give you what they've got, and for whatever duration they choose.
CHANGE IT – as long as you can breathe and learn…it can get better
Once adult age it's up to you to now get what you need.
Here's the thing about parenting that might seem unfair; no matter what you give, there will still be things that your children will lack. The same ways that you came to realize where your parents "fell short", and have hopefully filled those gaps for yourself, your children will have to do the same.
Here's the reality about parenting; there's no "falling short" there's only giving what you've got, and/or what you choose. It is IMPOSSIBLE to fulfill all of your children's needs; one person is not equipped to fulfill all of another person's needs – not in ANY relationship.
As for would've, could've, or worse should've, and ought've (yeah, I know I made that last one fit)…If your parents, or you as a parent, really "could'a", then they/you "would'a"; and there's no sense, nor purpose in waddling in what other's (including your children) believe you "should'a", worse "ought have", given.
IT is what IT is, and nobody owes you anything
Life gives daily opportunities to L.E.G UP! LEARN something more, EMBRACE what is – respond to circumstances productively (rather than react emotionally), and to GROW; to do something different than you would ordinarily that will yield a greater result.
YOU are your OWN responsibility, PERIOD!
Kick 'n Scream if you must, but We're Growin' UP Y'all…Grown IS Sexy!
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Wright & Company
1500 Woodward Ave., Downtown
NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown
Categories: Gastropub, New American
Opening Hours:
- Mon-Thurs: 4pm-12am
- Fri-Sat: 4pm-2am
- Sun: 10:30am-2pm
- Brunch, Dinner
- Good for Groups
Wright & Company occupies the second floor of one of Detroit's oldest buildings, Wright-Kay, at Woodward Ave. and John R. Street—brought to you by the same team behind other popular Detroit spots like Sugar House (the cocktails at Wright & Co. are excellent, too), and Chinese-inspired Peterboro. The Wright & Company space is brilliant: exposed industrial piping, tin ceiling, vintage light fixtures, long marble bar with steel chairs, curved booths, and light flooding in from the surrounding floor-to-ceiling windows. It's generally busy and they don't take dinner reservations (although you need one for Sunday brunch), so come early or plan to hang at the bar (no arm twisting required) while you wait for a table.
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The Digiflavor Drop 24mm RDA is an impeccably designed flavor focused rebuildable dripping atomizer created Digiflavor and the well-known vape reviewer The Vapor Chronicles. The Drop RDA is furnished with a four post, single terminal build deck with a specialized T-Shape horizontal airflow control ports for robust flavor creation. Distinctively designed, built from durable stainless steel, top-performing and at a cost that won't break the bank—the Digiflavor Drop 24mm RDA is the ideal choice for those who want a flavor-focused rebuildable atomizer that is designed to satisfy.
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Want to declare a Nutrition Minor? Email firstname.lastname@example.com with your request. Information will be provided and the minor can be declared via email, no appointment necessary.
Student Nutrition Advising Center (SNAC)
Shantz Building Room 238.
The Shantz building is comprised of two buildings that are separated by a breezeway. SNAC is in the North Shantz building at the east end of the ground floor.
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The closest parking garages are Tyndall and 6th Street
Monday-Thursday 9:00am-4:00pm
Friday 9:00am-12:00pm
Walk-ins are held every Monday from 12:00-3:00pm.
*Walk-ins are typically limited to a maximum of 5-10 minutes and no appointment is necessary. For longer conversations, a scheduled appointment is recommended.
SNAC serves as a centralized location for nutritional sciences majors to interact with advising staff and peers. Additionally, SNAC is utilized to extend unique learning opportunities to students. It is supported in part by the program fee paid by Nutritional Sciences majors each semester.
Some of the opportunities that SNAC provides to students each year include:
- Advising Appointments and Walk-In Hours
- Club Meetings
- TA and Preceptor Office Hours
- Exam Review Sessions (Scheduled by instructors)
- Tutoring
- Guest Lectures- Professionals are invited to speak to students about their profession or organization
- Information Sessions-Speakers are invited to share more information on many different topics throughout the year. Examples of Information Session topics include- on campus resources, graduate programs, Nutrition Study Abroad and many more
- Wellness and Social Activities- SNAC will occasionally host free activities such as yoga, group walks or mix & mingle events
SNAC is a collaborative work environment where students are invited to study and work on projects/assignments individually and in groups.
Many resources are available to students in SNAC including:
- 2 Computers - always available for student use on a first come, first served basis during open SNAC hours
- Printing and Scanning - All NSC majors are allowed to print up to 100 copies (25 of which can be color) per semester in SNAC
- Text Books -Required texts for many required Nutrition classes are available
- Office Supplies - Tape, markers, mini-white boards, poster boards, etc. are available
- Educational Models -Food, anatomical and molecular models
- Community Education Materials - Can be checked out by Nutrition majors when needed to deliver education in the community. Email email@example.com if you are interested in reserving materials
- Resource Materials - Current Scientific Journals and reference text
- Water dispenser and occasional snacks - Complimentary to students
*With the exception of water and snacks (when available), students are not permitted to take these materials from SNAC but can use them during open SNAC hours.
Space is limited to 20-23 students during standard business hours, and up to 40 during special events. SNAC typically has room so please drop by during standard business hours if you would like to study.
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When Anything Goes opened at the Alvin Theater on November 21, 1934, everything went so perfectly into place that the enthusiastic audience could never have known the number of last-minute changes -- excessive even by Broadway standards -- made right up until curtain time. Porter delighted in loading his lyrics with up-to-the-minute allusions, many of which are esoteric today even to students of the era. Anything Goes began with a book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, concerned with the adventures of shipwrecked passengers, which was rendered unusable when the cruise ship Morro Castle burned and sank off the New Jersey coast killing 125. The show was already in rehearsal. Bolton and Wodehouse were unavailable for repairs. In desperation, producer Vinton Freedley turned to the show's director, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse to help him rewrite the script around the existing numbers and sets. The opening was a phenomenal success, scoring rave reviews and running -- in an age when successful musicals played a season or, maybe, two -- for an astounding 420 performances.
Porter was 43 when he wrote the lyrics and music for Anything Goes. Despite the popularity of songs such as "What is This Thing Called Love", "You Do Something to Me", "Love For Sale", "Night and Day", and the superbly crafted lyrics and music for Nymph Errant (1933), he had yet to score a genuinely theatrical success. By chance, the situation comedy buttered in farce and ramshackle in fast-paced gags and wordplay, which Anything Goes turned out to be, played hand-in-glove with the elegance, scattershot satire, and sophisticated explicitness of Porter's lyrics, winged consistently with unforgettable melody. Five numbers became immediate hits -- the brassy "Blow, Gabriel, Blow," sultry "All Through the Night," sinuously beguiling "I Get a Kick Out of You," exuberantly percolating "You're the Top," and, of course, the irresistibly syncopated "Anything Goes." Of these, all but "All Through the Night" were written with Ethel Merman's unusual vocal endowments in mind. And of the remaining numbers, there's not a dud in the lot, nor a dull patch in the score. All contribute scintillations to a heady effervescence epitomizing the era.
Porter would not achieve a success to match Anything Goes, in cohesiveness or consistent inspiration, until -- after having been written off as a has been, a spent force, a relic from another era -- he astounded the world in 1948 with Kiss Me Kate.


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Yesterday, I reviewed Carlos Ruiz Zafón's brilliant novel, The Shadow of the Wind. Continuing with the "holy crap this is good" theme, today I'm taking a look at his follow up, The Angel's Game.
While both The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game are completely stand-alone novels, they are subtly connected. The two novels both a part of what Zafón says will eventually be a four-book cycle of loosely connected stories with overlapping narratives and characters. Either can be read alone, but reading both makes each a deeper and richer experience. In fact, I read The Angel's Game at the same time that my wife Carol and I were reading The Shadow of the Wind aloud to one one another, a strange and wonderful experience.
The Angel's Game has quite a lot in common with its predecessor. Familiar locations recur, such as the mysterious and tantalizing Cemetery of Forgotten Books and the dear, familiar, dusty coziness of Sempere and Son book shop. Familiar characters appear, if only briefly—welcome reunions with old friends. And once again, the true star of the work is the poetry of Zafón's heartbreakingly lovely language —every sentence is a treasure—and the richly gothic and atmospheric streets of Zafón's Barcelona, beautiful, seductive, and dangerous, as vivid as any gas-lit corner of Dickens' London.
The differences, though are stark. The Angel's Game is a much darker book, with grizzly murders, doomed romance, and subtle, shadowed, edge-of-your-vision elements of the supernatural. If the mystery in The Shadow of the Wind leaned precariously toward the noir end of the spectrum, The Angel's Game makes a leap. At times it moves close to old-school gothic horror. It's never graphic; it never even comes close. It's certainly not the gruesome slasher porn of today. It's a subtler dread that calls upon the imagination to ponder what might be lurking in midnight's deepest shadows—those in the city and those in the heart. The Angel's Game builds dread through hints and atmosphere, making a truly spin-tingling read that haunts the heart long after the last page is turned.
It's not all fear, though. There is beauty, too, and love. Certainly that. Beauty makes the dread that much worse, and the hope that much dearer. The theme of the book is introduced in the first lines:
"A writer never forgets the first time he accepted a few coins or a word of praise in exchange for a story. He will never forget the sweet poison of vanity in his blood, and the belief that, if he succeeds in not letting anyone discover his lack of talent, the dream of literature will provide him with a roof over his head, a hot meal at the end of the day, and what he covets the most: his name printed on a miserable piece of paper that surely will outlive him. A writer is condemned to remember that moment, because from then on, he is doomed, and his soul has a price."
The novel explores, subtly, long before we've begun to realize it's doing so, what it means to sell one's soul, the many ways we do so, what is gained, and what is lost. Is the gain worth the cost? I'm not sure even the characters themselves could answer that. The question lingers, haunting like the memory of a nightmare, or a fond wish. To me, one of the strengths of The Angel's Game is that it raises questions and only hints at the answers, leaving the reader to interpret in a sort of storytelling collaboration between artist and audience.
Some of the reviews I've read have complained about the ambiguity of the ending. Honestly, I hadn't even noticed the ambiguity until I read about it those reviews. Most of those critics, I think, seem to expect some kind of science-fictiony explanation for everything that's happened. Like God is an alien computer or something like that. That sometimes works brilliantly in a novel like say, Dune, say, or Hyperion. Indeed, Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion (one story in two volumes, both of which which rank among my very favorites) together are a kind of cosmic science fiction dealing with the ultimate mysteries of how the universe is structured and how reality functions—although personally, I think Hyperion's latter sequels, Endymion and The Rise of Endymion, weaken the first two novels by explaining far too much and making the grand sweep too mundane. I digress.
The point is, The Angel's Game is not that kind of book. It works according to something akin to dream logic. To me, the ending is satisfying and thematically appropriate, and it's one that I'll be thinking about for a long time to come. Although I confess I am eager to see what Zafón will do in later volumes. Something this good deserves to continue. When Carlos Ruiz Zafón's next book is released at last, I'll be first in line. I hope I'll see you there. Don't miss these books. And please be sure to let me know what you think, okay?


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Just how do automobile sales people become successful, In three words, "They choose to!" Nothing fancy about that. Just plain and simple – Successful Automobile Sales People Choose to be Successful.
In any vocation, the most successful people have determined that they would be successful. Automobile sales is no different. Professional car salespeople, the men and women who have purposely selected selling automobiles as a career, determined to excel not by chance but on purpose.
Determination and a resolve to succeed are the foundation of sales success. Top automobile sales commission earners are passionate, creative, majestic, disciplined. Yes, professional automobile salespeople follow a process, a success system that works for them.
Automobile sales professionals focus on the prospect, the person or couple in front of them. They exemplify the "And Then Some Principle". And, most importantly, they exemplify the following five character traits:
1. They do not give up,
2. They understand objections are another way a prospect says "I'm interested"
3. They seek opportunities to promote their product, car store, themselves
4. They see their sales career as their business
5. They manage their career as a business
Tom Hopkins wrote, "Selling is the easiest hard work and the hardest easy work there is." Where many automobile salespeople fail is recognizing that they are in business for themselves. Some car salespeople receive a small salary. But it is not enough to live off of. It is the commission for the automobile sales that really pays the bills, that really provides the lifestyle.
As a car salesperson you could stand at the door, on-the-lot, or in the center of the showroom for hours without actually speaking to a genuine prospect. In fact, that's how the less successful automobile salespeople spend their day – wasting hours away in a huddle with two or three other guys really not talking about much of anything.
However, the sales champions, the high income earners are working through their prospect list, following up with sold customers, networking for referrals. In other words, the sales champions are doing the things that the guys and gals in the huddle don't.
What makes them successful, Three words – "They Choose Success!"
Remember, Nothing Happens Until Someone Sells Something
How Automobile Sales People Become Successful
Just how do automobile sales people become successful, In three words, "They choose to!" Nothing fancy about that. Just plain and simple – Successful Automobile Sales People Choose to be Successful.


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Thursday, 9 June 2011
Karamoja! (1955)
Director: William B. Treutle
Back in the days of exploitation, mondo documentaries were a way of showing nudity and violence on screen. In the everyday life of certain foreign peoples and tribes there are more than enough and thus low-brow tastes could be camoflagued under the cover of doing a documentary about a native tribe. In actuality these films are colonialistic and treat their subject with racist contempt.
Karamoja is a sort of forebearer to this sleazy phenomenon, but at the very least it is much nicer towards its subject, almost uncharacteristically for its time period. The film merely comments of what is on screen, not how it seems compared to the western point of view, yet has a little patronizing attitude. It does have a flimsy plot of a sort, about a dentist dying from cancer and seeking to travel during his final months. Telling the audience this has no real purpose as the film is solely about the lives and habits of the people of the Karamoja tribe in Africa. Thus it is shown how they hunt, farm, play, dance and have a wedding. It's the kind of film one wouldn't make any more from the same kind of viewpont at least, but the subject is interesting and it does not feel streched.
Fun fact: The film is also known as Wang, Wang. Not to be confused, of course, to Weng Weng.
Otley (1968)
Director: Dick Clement
I've started to suspect that I may actually have something against London in the swinging '60s. People kepp telling me how great the films based to that time and place are, yet I still find them mostly boring. Aside from the shagadelic birds in mini skirts, of course. But at the very least what doesn't get to me is the sense of humour of that time period.
Gerard Arthur Otley (Tom Courtenay) is a swinger that stumbles drunk to stay over at his friend's house one night. When he wakes up in the morning, he finds out his friend has been murdered and he's wanted by the police for that. This publicity, in turn gets him mixed up in the affairs of international espionage, criminal organizations and defence organizations. Otley always manages to escape from a close shave to another trouble. Yet the film really doesn't have too big ups and downs, it's all played at the same flat intensity. The main character is unlikeable and the comedy isn't the least bit funny (although a wonderfully weary 8-year-old has one good scene in the beginning). Really, actually the swinging set of '60s is the best thing about this. Who says I hate that period now, when I'm willing to give this film a whole extra star just for that?
Virus (Fukkatsu no hi, 1980)
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
The first really good film of the night came from the director of Battle Royale. Virus is supposed to be an US-centric catastrohy film about the spread of a deadly virus across the globe. Yet only a Japanese director would approach the subject with as crazy solutions as these! The film manages to surprise me a time and time again, and it certainly doesn't tread on the same tired plot formula of most catastrophy movies. I'm going to discuss the exquisit plot in the next two paragraphs, so if you wish to remain unspoiled, feel free to skip them.
The fast-moving story begins in West Germany as an espionage thriller. A vat of deadly, artificially made virus enhancer gets stolen. Then, the spies crash their plane in the Alps. Come next summer, in Italy there are flocks of dead cows. The disease as well as panic soon spreads to Japan and to the United States. In the latter, the president of the United States (Glenn Ford) is trying to figure what to do to save his country, as one of his generals (Henry Silva) wants to just nuke other countries, to be on the safe side. This goes on until the president and the general are the last people alive in the US. When the president dies, the general arms the nuclear weapons to be active for use.
The only surviving people live in the research stations in the Antarctic. They have a submarine but are afraid to go back to other continents for fear of getting the disease. But since there's nothing else to do, they solve all of science's biggest problems in months. These include the knowledge of how to predict earthquakes precisely, how to develop an antidote for the virus which earlier in the film had no possible antidote, and how to get women to put out (elect them each to do a duty of 100 men a year by unanimous male vote). But as they learn of a nuclear threat, they must journey to stop it to Washington DC itself!
The film is cheesier than a ploughman's sandwich (to paraphrase the brits) and it's hilariously large plotholes are big enough to drive a submarine through. Many scenes don't seem to have anything to do with the main plot, the Japanese scenes being the prime example. The action scenes excessively use stock footage and the precence of George Kennedy as the leader of the Antarctic UN does make this feel almost like a ZAZ movie where laughs come non-stop. Just like catastrophy movies should, it is also littered with big stars in small roles (Edward James Olmos! Bo Svenson! Sonny Chiba!). This instantly became one of my favorites of the genre.
Clown (Klovn: The Movie, 2010)
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard
In Denmark there is a popular Office-like single-camera sitcom about the hapless Frank and his rude friend Casper called Clown. I have only seen one episode of the series, but it seems that much of the comedy comes from the shared sense of shame as the viewers symphatize themselves with the protagonist Frank who tends to screw up royally again and again. Well, the movie version has some of that, but mostly it goes completely off the rails. As a result, I laughed harder at this than in years watching an actual comedy in a movie theatre.
Frank (Frank Hvam) hears at a party that his girlfriend is pregnant. She hasn't told him yet because she's not sure whether he's ready to be a responsible father. If the child doesn't get that, she's willing to have an abortion. Frank sets out to prove he's a good father candidate by agreeing to take care of his 12-year-old nephew Bo (Marcuz Jess Petersen) for a week. As the first night goes badly when Frank leaves Bo at the mercy of burglars, he decides to take Bo with him to a canoing trip with his friend Casper (Casper Christiansen). The problem is, Casper was trying to just get away from his wife to visit a famous brothel and to score with teenaged girls at a music festival. Tour de Fis!
Road trips are a popular source of comedy, and Clown does steal many of its cues from more popular American comedies. Yet if the Nordic cinema has one advantage over that is that we are not in the least bit shy about nudity and sex unlike the Americans. So in terms of obscenity, the film actually goes past The Hangover and such gross-out comedies by miles. Honestly, I'm surprised that the climatic slide-show ever got past any sort of film boards. The main characters aren't really that likeable as their stupidity borders on insanity, but the unreal and outrageous solutions which they have for their problems makes it all the more funny. And really, who doesn't love a good sleazebag moron like Casper?
He-Man and She-Ra in: The Secret of the Sword (1985)
Directors: Friedman, Kachivas, Lamore, Reed & Wetzle
For many, the harderst film to watch during the whole night was this 1,5 hour toy commercial. I myself got through it by help from a tactical bathroom break. The "film" is more or less five totally similar episodes of Masters of the Universe smashed together. They all involve someone getting kidnapped by bad guys and He-Man and She-Ra teaming up to rescue them. They probably got a five-year-old to write this just by giving him the same toys.
For those that don't know, He-Man is a swordsman and a superhero living in the land of Eternia. For adults, the funniest thing about him is the blatant homosexuality of his pink-dressing alter ego Prince Adam. In the film he sure likes to shake hands with moustached musclemen who have a picture of a heart on their chest, and then ride behind them on the same horse to their forest hideout. When Adam raises his sword and shouts: BY THE POWER OF GREYSKULL! I HAVE THE POWER!, his clothes swith to bondage gear and a fur diaper, and he adapts the name of He-man. Yet no one (save She-Ra) ever knows or guesses who he is. There's also a lot of bad guys that He-man must fight to keep Eternia free. She-Ra is He-Man's sister from another dimension who has pretty much the same qualities as well as problems. She is also a pretty blatant attempt to sell MotU toys to girls, as she rides a unicorn pegasus, lives in a land where everything is of rainbow colors and is friends with a goofy team of witches who resemble Smurfs in their appearance.
The film's plot really consists on just new characters popping up all the time to stand around, and after explaining what they are about to do, and finally using their special fight powers. You know, like presenting what a new toy can do. The toy family seems to have quite a few branches. The film's animation is as cheap as possible as every sort of animated movement is used multiple times, and usually the only thing moving is the character's mouths. The best thing in the whole He-Man franchise, his nemesis Skeletor, comes in way too late to completely save this, but at least his misogynism and diary-writing habits keep things funnier for the about 70 different endings this has.
Death Smiles on a Murderer (La morte ha sorriso all'assassino, 1973)Director: Joe D'Amato
I slept through most of this and thus am not qualified to give a proper review. If I find it, however, I'll promise to return to it in the second part of my Giallo post.
Marked for Death (1990)
Director: Dwight H. Little
These festivals have a reputation of saving a really kick-ass action flick for last. Marked for Death is certainly one of Steven Seagal's finest films, and brutal enough for the title as well. For in the 90's, movie audiences didn't feel catharsis at the end of action films unless the villain was murdered several times in a row, every time a bit more violently.
It was also the time that Seagal didn't need to play an "ex" anything. He plays a current DEA agent that is just on a vacation to visit his sister's family and his old friends. His fight against drugs in Colombia, however, has earned him a reputation which is like a target on his masisve forehead for ruthless Jamaican drug dealer Screwface (Basil Wallace). This is emphasized when Seagal kills some of his men on his spare time. When his family is in danger, of course it calls for drastic measures on behalf of Seagal.
The film builds itself up for a final showdown, and Seagal isn't even superhumanly invincible this time around and Screwface does get a blow or two in. But as we know, nothing can really break his spirit and make him make another face. Seagal gets his vengeance by first decapitating Screwhead's twin brother. When Screwface finally appears again later on, Seagal first presses his eyes to his sockets, then kicks him through a wall to an elevator shaft and finally drops him to be impaled on a a bar on the roof of the lift. Now THAT'S Justice, as Charles Bronson says in Kinjite.
★★★ 1/2
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Most valuable British car ever to be offered at auction in Europe unveiled by Bonhams
The most valuable British motor car ever to be offered at a European auction has been unveiled at the Bonhams Grand Palais sale in Paris.
Understood to be worth up to £15m, the 1961 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato "2 VEV" is an exceptionally rare car racing version of an already-rare sports car. A total of 19 of this model were produced, but "2 VEV" is one of just two lightweight cars optimised for competition.
It has a slightly different silhouette to the 'normal' DB4 GT Zagato, with a lowered roof line, Frenched headlights and different wings to make it more streamlined.
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Hyderabad, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is famous for its rich history and tradition. Its culture and historical tradition dates back to 400 years Known as the Pearl City that retains its ancient culture, today Hyderabad has grown in leaps and bounds in the field of technology. Hyderabad offers a variety of attractions for tourists, such as the minars, khao galis and bangle markets. The city has various influences of the Nizam culture.
Budget Hotels in Hyderabad
There are great many hotels in Hyderabad that are suitable for budget travelers which include the Ashoka Klaasic (Tariff – Rs 1,025) Taj Mahal Hotel (Tariff –Rs. 2,016) and The City Park (Tariff – Rs.1,844)
Telugu is the local language spoken in Hyderabad. Hyderabad has a large population of Muslims since the region was earlier ruled by Moguls and Nizams, hence people here are also fluent in Hindi and Urdu.
Events in Hyderabad
Batkamma Panduga held in July and Bonalu in September are some of the important local festivals of Hyderabad. Other common festivals like Ugadi (April), Ganesh Chaturthi (September), Ramzan (July) and Bakri-id (October) are also celebrated with great enthusiasm in this city.
Places to See in Hyderabad
There is a gamut of interesting places to visit in Hyderabad like Charminar (16kms from bus stand), Nizam's Museum ( 2kms from Charminar), Golconda Fort (18 kms), Salar Jung Museum (19kms), Laad Bazaar 13 kms), Birla Mandir (4.63) and Hussein Sagar Lake (4kms).
How to Get There
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is an international airport near Shamshabad. It is located about 22 kms away from the city. This international airport also undertakes domestic operations.
Hyderabad's Deccan Railway Station situated at Nampally is the busiest railway station that has connecting trains to all major destinations in India. This major railway station serve the two cities – Secunderabad and Hyderabad; while Kachiguda is a small station located at Begumpet.
Hyderabad has a number of government and private buses. Currently there are two bus stations —Afzal Gunj Stand and Jubilee Bus Stand. The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transportation Corporation (APSRTC) provides standard buses, deluxe coaches and air conditioned coaches. The best bus operators that offer quality service include Kesineni Travels, Sindu Travels and VRL Travels. There are several bus operators that have made booking bus tickets easier through their websites.
Tirupati, a world famous temple city, well known for its Balaji Darshan all over the world is situated in Chitoor district, Andhra Pradesh. It is famous for its Venkateswara Swamy Temple, which is 20 km on Tirumala hills. This temple is one of the richest in the world. Neighbouring cities are Renigunta and Puttur.
Budget Hotels in Tirupathi
Some good budget hotels in Tirupati are 7 Hills Inn (Tariff – Rs.496), Annapurna Residency (Tariff – Rs.516), and Hotel Bhimas Paradise (Tariff – Rs.975).
Telugu is widely spoken in Tirupati.
Events in Tirupathi
As Tirupati is a central pilgrimage destination, there are many events and festivals held regularly. Millions of people throng to get blessings of Lord Venkateswara. Rathasapthami is celebrated in February, Vasanthotsavam in March-April and Brahmotsavam is held in September.
Places to See in Tirupathi
Tirupati itself is world famous for its temples. The other places of interest around Tirupati are Tirupati Balaji Temple, Sri Govindrajaswamy Temple (situated within Tirupati Balaji Temple), Sri Kalyana Venkateswaraswami Temple (12 km), and Chandragiri (11 km).
How to Get There
The airport is situated 16 km away from Tirupati.
The railway station is centrally located and connects Tirupati to different areas. There are also special services offered to devotees to visit Tirupati from all over India.
Many state-run and private buses offer special package trips to Tirupati from all over India throughout the year. Numerous bus booking websites provide bus ticket booking offers, especially during the festive season.