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Coup de Cinema (2011)
Coup de Cinema is about a group of filmmakers at a production company hijacking the film they're all working on because "man, does it ever suck and we're tired of making crappy films, so let's heist it to make it not of the suck". Sounded fun – film within a film, deliberately bad acting because the film they're originally working on is so god awful – good stuff! It ended up being pretty cute too – totes adorbs as I like to say. There were a few less cute moments, however, that weighed it down a bit.
A film crew hijacks their company's current production and improves it behind the director's back.
Let's start with the good:
- Buster Owens is the BEST. He's the guy in the red jacket vest thing up above and he is my favorite character here. The actor is wonderful and his character is…honest, for a lack of a better way to put it. He rings true. Totes love him.
- I love how this film conveys the sense of fun & passion involved in film-making. You need both to make a film and this has it in spades. I also enjoyed the involvement of the pretentious assholes because, man, do you run across those in the film/theatre community. The representation of film-making is pretty spot on is what I'm saying.
- The film within a film is HILARIOUS. Like, I'm not entirely sure what the plot is but it involves some Indiana Jones-ish character, a damsel in distress, ninjas (I think?), a jungle, and terrible dialogue. I would SO watch that movie.
- The director of the original terrible movie is so delightfully clueless and arrogant. He has some great one-liners – "maybe it's not working because they're in an evergreen forest in winter and they're supposed to be in a jungle?"…Director: "no. no, that's not it".
Now, for the not necessarily bad, but things I liked less:
- One character starts out sounding distinctly NOT Scottish, but by the end is very Scottish?? Am unsure if my hearing has gone to shit or if that was a thing. While confusing, I definitely enjoyed his later accent.
- At one point, the heisting crews' video files all get deleted from the computer. They go to great lengths to recover it (stalking & a foot chase around town), but I couldn't help thinking "Why don't they just recover it from the computer itself? Nothing is ever truly gone, even if you delete it. That would've been way less work."
- There are definitely some silly elements happening in this film, none more so than the ending. The melodrama is laid on thick and it was a little much. As much of a dick as the clueless director was, what he does at the end seems a bit over the top and not entirely in character? And then everything is resolved fairly quickly which is a bit unrealistic. "Aww, you just tried to commit violence at me? It's cool, man. Totes." is basically what happened.
- I hate the main character, Miles. I legitimately and adamantly did not like him. He's an asshole. What made me dislike him most though was the running theme of him liking a friend of his. I have no idea if this was his best friend or a former girlfriend or a new friend – that wasn't clear. What was clear was that he dug her, heisted the movie to impress her, and was a total jerk to her. Not only did he throw a tantrum when he found out she had a boyfriend and didn't like him (seriously grow tf up dude) but he was kind of a jerk to her the whole time. He insulted her livelihood, ffs. I wouldn't go out with him either.
- The whole "Miles likes his friend" plotline felt entirely unnecessary. It didn't add anything to the film; it was kind of distracting tbh. We kept getting scenes every once in awhile of them talking awkwardly on the phone and it took away from the actual heist story. I don't know if it was just used so she could be the catalyst for Miles wanting to heist the film in the first place, but I think there could have easily been another catalyst that fit into the overarching themes much more smoothly. I think Miles being "what the actual bloody hell kind of films is this production company making? Oh god, oh god, my eyes." was really reason enough to heist a film to make it better.
So. Overall, Coup de Cinema is a fun film. It had a lot going on for it, but there were definitely elements that needed some work. The majority of the characters were a blast, Buster Owens is a doll, and I'm glad I watched it. Just, maybe next time make the main character a bit more likeable.
The film is currently on Amazon Prime Video, so you can watch it for FREE! Go on, hop on over and check it out. (Just be sure to yell at Miles a lot like I did. ;))
Mystic (Pilot)
The only thing I know for sure after watching the pilot to "Mystic" is that some woman died on a boat (Bridget Ashling, if that cool picture above is any indication). I have a sneaking suspicion that the entire town of Mystic has solemnly sworn that they are up to no good though and am guessing that the series will end with the town of Mystic mysteriously disappearing due to a catastrophic disaster. Or because Satan.
Really things could go any which way, it's hard to tell because the pilot doesn't give us very much to go on. Instead, the pilot focuses on introducing us to a shit ton of people, none of which I could keep up with – okay, I could keep up with the daughter of the woman who died on the boat and her holy-fucking-incestual aunt but that was it. There's an Irish priest who says the word "aunt" two different ways in the same sentence. An artist who gets upset with his nude model then paints a picture of a burning boat. A cop who gets a blowjob from…some chick that may or may not have any importance? A grumpy police captain type. A (possible) brother and sister, one of whom runs a bar, who seem to have done something not good. And a mayor who seems to be corrupt. I don't know what any of them have to do with the other or the woman who died on the boat. I only know that one or two seemed vaguely upset that the woman died.
The dead woman's daughter's aunt is weirdly happy that her niece sees her nude and the somewhat Irish priest is randomly creepy near the end but I honestly am not sure what is going to happen with this series. I would have preferred fewer people in the pilot and more actual story to get an idea of whether I wanted to keep watching because I honestly don't know what the deal is with boat lady or why she's important (or if she even is). "Mystic" is supposed to be a murder mystery, so I assume the series will focus on figuring out why boat lady died and who killed her (and considering most of the people in the pilot were pretty creepy and/or douchey, they'll have a lot of mystery-ing to get through!). I'm just not sure that I really care to find out the who, what, when, and why's of it all.
If the rest of the series focuses more on plot and less on introducing characters at breakneck speed (because it's okay to space out character introductions when a cast is this big), then maybe I could be intrigued. With some back story, I could be intrigued. But for the moment, I'm happy with my theory that wicked auntie is really a demon in disguise who's working with the creepy, somewhat Irish priest to take down the town.
Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories
Holy fuck! Who's that creepy motherfucker and what is he doing here?? Something tells me he wants to strangle me with my own intestines…which is VERY unhygienic, so EW. Or he could just be that guy from VOLUMES OF BLOOD: HORROR STORIES, the sequel to the kickawesome VOLUMES OF BLOOD. Remember that one? An anthology, but a super fun one with lots of gory good times? (Just click the link if you need a refresher!) But we all know that the killer always comes back, no matter what, and we also know how it tends to go with the art of the sequel. So does VOLUMES OF BLOOD II hold up to the first? Hmmm…let's take a look….
Our story starts with a heist. One that's set in the middle of nowhere (maybe a farm?), which is the perfect place to die. It starts out well enough with three amigos heisting, shooting the shit, and telling spooky stories about the old place they're stealing from (because one ALWAYS does that during a heist, duh). At least half of our opening story was filmed in apparent complete dark, however, so you're going to have to rely on your ears big time here. BUT the kill scenes are nicely lit and so long as you get to see people die, I guess it's all cool, right? (Huh. That last sentence doesn't make me sound unbalanced at all. ;))
But WAIT, no, omg, guess what?? That whole time we were watching a movie!! I mean, obviously I was watching a movie but then I was watching people watching a movie! Ah, the old movie within a movie trick. (Thank you, CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI) Boy, did you get me. Then we're off to…watch another movie? But first we need to time jump to the past? And then 20 minutes past the past? Then come back to here to watch the movie? (I think I got that order correct.) There were lots of random images being flashed about, so I wasn't sure if we were going back to the library and following the immediate aftermath of the first film or if we were jumping into a, um, jumping into movies anthology. It turned out to be neither.
What happened next was an anthology wrapped around a house and the holidays – different holidays and a single house as the centerpiece. We get to experience Father's Day, Christmas, birthdays, Halloween, and so on and so forth. (We also get to experience the joys of house browsing!) As with most anthologies, certain pieces were better than others. My favorite story featured the girl above, a salesman, and Thanksgiving. It was incredibly atmospheric which helped lift it from the "oh yeah, I have a pretty good idea of how this ends" doldrums. The Christmas piece ended up being fairly good as well with its fun ending and an actress who was able to carry ~10 minutes of screentime alone (and mostly in silence). The downside was that this piece was much too long. I understand the time needed to build tension, to make the audience realize that something isn't quite right, but it can be done in less time than this. (Also, my god, the freaking carols and Christmas music!!! BLEHCK. I hate this holiday so much.)
Overall though? First and foremost, VOLUMES OF BLOOD: HORROR STORIES reminded me WAY too much of THE PERFECT HOUSE, which is also an anthology tied around a house in which a real estate agent is showing a young couple around. Secondly, it was much less cohesive than the first. This story didn't flow as smoothly as the first did; didn't tie together as well; didn't make as much sense. Especially the ending. I still don't know who the killer is or where he's from or why he suddenly popped up and decided to kill every citizen of Owensboro. I also am unsure why there are now unseen forces (or people) seemingly commanding him to kill (not like voices in his head but legit "hey that's an order!" commanding way). Maybe it's all just meant to entice in case there's a third film? I dunno, but I was not impressed. Thirdly, this sequel just wasn't as much FUN as the first was. This film was really lacking the joy of the first (I know that sounds weird – joy in a horror flick? – but hear me out). The first film was clearly such a product of love and devotion and people were so obviously having a blast that it made the energy of the film into that too (despite the blood and gore ;)).
VOLUMES OF BLOOD II was definitely better LOOKING than the first – it looks like they had a larger budget this time around – but it was lacking. It was missing that joie de vivre and indie spirit, for whatever reason. It also didn't stick together as well as the original – this one very much showed us that it had been stirred with several hands in the mixing bowl and it made for some lumpy spots.
Is it ultimately worth a watch? Yes. There are the couple of stories that are really enjoyable; there's a nod to TRICK'R'TREAT (my favoritest anthology series EVER); and there are lots of gooey messes and intestinal effects that are all practical and not CGI. (Big props for the makeup team and fx guys! You guys are wicked awesome!) And, of course, if you're a fan of the slasher genre, you may totally dig on this. Check out the trailer on the Facebook page and let me know what you think!
Guess Who's Back? Back Again?
Shady's back – tell a friend! *dance break* Oops, sorry, got a little excited there for a minute…Anyway, I'm back (for today at least. and later this week. then hopefully forever and ever and ever like that creepy clowndoll you can't get rid of but being ill makes life rarely go as planned, so we'll see. right? 😉 ) WHY am I here? To let y'all know that the Portland Film Fest is back!!
Remember AIMY IN A CAGE from last year? The mind-blowingly, amazingly, freakishly, insanely beautiful love child of John Waters and Marc Caro/Jean-Pierre Jeunet (that is currently on Amazon Prime – hint, hint, nudge, nudge)? It was one of the AMAZING pieces from last year's festival and this year's line-up promises to be just as interesting! I'll be covering the festival and reviewing films from it for the next couple of weeks, and there's just so much diversity going on here – there are films on pinball wizards; accountants dying to be stand-up comedians; Ovarian Psycos; pot growers; guys with allergies to the sun; haunted Mediterranean islands; politically-conscious indie musicals (YES!!!); family dramas; goat farming; gang life vs. street fashion; superstar role models; and MORE…*deep breath* Whew, that's a lot of film! Obviously, I can't get to them all, but I'll be getting to as many films as I can. If you're IN Portland, however, I HIGHLY suggest you go watch these beauts for yourself!
The fourth annual Portland Film Festival will take place August 29 – September 5, 2016, at Portland's iconic Laurelhurst Theater, and will include over 20 educational panels & forums, 12 archival presentations, and many parties, events, and industry networking opportunities throughout the week. Established in 2013, the Portland Film Festival is one of Oregon's largest film festivals, and was named "one of the coolest film festivals in the world," by MovieMaker Magazine. This year, the festival has programmed a near equal balance of films from men and women, furthering the festival's commitment to supporting diverse voices and visions.
"This year's screenings, panels, and programs are an exciting cross-section of icons of classic cinema, engaging new filmmakers, and the best of modern indie film. We're truly proud to bring this year's eclectic program to local audiences. We're also thrilled that, for the first time, all of our films will screen at Portland's historic Laurelhurst Theatre. This year's festival will be a not-to- be-missed event," said Josh Leake, Portland Film Festival Founder and Executive Director.
The festival will present two opening and closing night films (a documentary and a narrative film on each night) and feature films in the following sections: Narrative Competition Feature, Documentary Competition Feature, Narrative Spotlight, Stranger Than Fiction, Tribute: Visionaries, and Milestones. New this year, the festival has created a section to screen classic films from the 70's and 80's, and will also be honoring two iconic writers, Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Choke) and William F. Nolan (Logan's Run).
Visit their site for full deets and list of films!
Here Lies Joe
TW: Talk of Suicide
I love this film. I love everything about it. It's an absolutely brilliant story about suicide (although as stated above definite trigger warnings if you're currently depressed or feeling suicidal). Not everyone's been there but a lot of us have – that point where you just want to give up on everything. It's a scary point. But then, if you're lucky, you're able to pull yourself out of that deep, dark hole with the help of friends, family, therapy, meds, and mostly yourself. What happens when you can't leave that place? What's it like to have an addiction to suicide & death?
"Suicidal ideation: unusual preoccupation with suicide." In Here Lies Joe, we meet two individuals at a Suicide Anonymous group – a group for individuals dealing with suicidal ideation. Joe is the new guy while Z is the manic-pixie dream girl of the group. Z writes her suicide notes in iambic pentameter instead of trying to NOT want to die; Joe just seems out of place and unsure of why he's there or anywhere. The two seem to sense kindred souls in one another and Z manages to finagle a ride from the meeting with Joe. Instead of taking him to her home, she takes him to the cemetery instead, where they spend the afternoon. And later that night they spend hours on the phone together, bonding, each lost in their own way. What will morning bring?
As someone who has a mental illness of which suicidal ideation is a key symptom, this film really touched a chord. It was incredibly honest and open. The characters were real and tangible, relatable. Z says she wants to kill herself because she's "an ugly thing in a beautiful world", a statement which is so honest and heartrendingly easy to understand. This film is utterly beautiful. And while it is a film with dark elements and themes, they explore them with humor and pathos to arrive at the film's ultimate message: hope.
While Dean Temple as "Joe" gives a wonderful and sturdy performance, it's Andi Morrow as "Z" who steals the show (and your breath) away. Her performance is raw and something magical to behold.
I can't recommend Here Lies Joe highly enough. Visit the film's website to find out where you can catch it. And remember that there's ALWAYS hope.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
Counseling: Episode 2 – Creativity
After last week's spot of "teamwork", can the boys handle a bit of creativity?
Volumes of Blood II
Remember Volumes of Blood? Remember how much I loved it? Well, P.j. and the gang are back for Round 2 and if you're so willing, they'd love your help. They have an Indiegogo campaign up right now full of fun perks so if you have a couple of extra dollars and love indie horror, head on over and give 'em a hand!
The Second Coming: Brought To You In Low Definition
So the cool thing about The Second Coming: Brought To You In Low Definition is that it was filmed on VHS, resulting in an interesting vintage look and feel to the film (like do you remember the quality of VHS?? So spotty!). Unfortunately, that's really the only good thing I can say about this one. I have absolutely no idea what the point of this film was.
I mean, the tagline reads: "Two 20 some-things, Halibar & Peggy, meet and bond trying to find the owner of a lost cat.", and this is true…I guess…They DO meet when Halibar finds a lost stuffed animal in the shape of the kitten that he spends some time talking with and whom Peggy helps him return to it's owner. Whether this stuffed animal is supposed to be a "live actual cat", I don't know. They certainly treat it as such. After returning the stuffed animal to it's owner though, nothing happens except a whole lot of boredom and really uncomfortably strange bits that go on too long. You know what, let's go back to the beginning…
When a film opens with two people pissing on each other in a non-erotic way whilst taking a bath together, it's probably a good sign that the film you're about to watch is not going to be up there in the best of the best category. When the same film continues on so that one of your main characters gets constipated, decides his "poos are like his babies" and then talks to them while on the toilet, it's definitely a sign that you're in iffy territory. When said film has no plot and is absolutely non-linear, just random moments, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's on the "not so wonderful" end of the spectrum…except in this case where it does. Random moments are awesome. Random moments where a grown man hugs a child he doesn't know for 5 minutes straight in silence; decides he's Jesus and dances in his underwear to remixed gospel music for 5+ minutes (including pole dancing whilst wearing socks and sandals); decides he's the next Hitler and pens a second Mein Kampf; and is obsessed with his bowels? Really, really not so awesome.
A big part of the problem here was that each of these bits went on for WAY too long – like that dying sketch on SNL that just won't end. You think you're "sexy Jesus"? Fabulous. I don't need to watch you dance in your underwear for more than 5+ minutes though especially when there's no point to it. Which is the main problem I have with this film – there's no point. Nothing happens. No one evolves. Two people get together but it's not an actual relationship, more of someone taking care of a child. Nothing moves forward (or sideways or anyways). It's just two people (but mainly one guy) acting like a very annoying, whiny man-child with delusions of grandeur. It's not experimental. It's not avant-garde. It's not artsy. It's not ANYTHING. And therein lies the problem.
While very cool with the filming on the VHS, there were still issues with the cinematography – long shots that didn't match with close-ups, too many uncreative camera angles – it was stagnant. I wish I could say more about this film, better things about this film, but I really can't. I love that someone had the passion to create a film in the first place; it's hard work, I know. I think the writer/director here would benefit greatly from a bit more mentoring and learning, and I think it would be interesting to see what he brings in the future.
But yeah…
The Enemy
"For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo." Romeo & Juliet, Act 5, scene iii
What would've happened had Romeo & Juliet NOT died at the end of Romeo + Juliet? That's the question upcoming film, The Enemy tries to answer. In this world, Romeo and Juliet are alive. For eighteen years and nine months, less a day, the star-crossed lovers have lived in exile far from Verona. Now their hiding place is known, and their epic warring families are out for blood. The safe life Romeo and Juliet have built belongs to the past, and the greatest love story ever told is about to be reborn. OUR question then, is does The Enemy successfully take one of the greatest love stories ever told and expand upon it, making it better? The answer, unfortunately, is not necessarily so.
We open upon Romeo & Juliet bitterly fighting and being interviewed by the cops about causing a domestic disturbance. R&J continue to fight and argue throughout the film – getting married at 13 and 14 definitely has it's drawbacks, it seems…However, this night they're also celebrating the 18th birthday of their daughter., Kate Yep, R&J had a kid (pretty much immediately too). Kate shows up for dinner with a man in tow, Theo, which Juliet is none too pleased about. In fact, Kate and Juliet really don't get along that well. Like, AT ALL. The rest of the evening becomes Romeo & Juliet retelling their love story, one Kate truly never knew, while Kate tries to build HER love story, all while everyone from their past in Verona decides to descend upon the house in one night (Paris, Balthazar, and more).
Every actor in this film is absolutely wonderful. From Paris and his sing-song narration to Juliet's vitriol, they are fucking fabulous. My problem here is a matter of choice of casting, I guess, in that several characters do NOT look age appropriate. Kate is supposed to be 18 but looks MUCH older. Paris had a line about them all being children back when R&J ran away (and we already know R&J were 13 and 14) but he looks like he's in his late 40s. Just, everyone in this film looks to be in the 30s to 40s age range, and it doesn't work. ESPECIALLY Kate. Her not looking anywhere near 18 took me out of the film so much.
I enjoyed the sense of being a fly on the wall in the way the movie was filmed. It was fun and intriguing and I really felt like I was watching these people in their every day lives. Unfortunately, over a quarter of the film involved night or dark scenes that were TOO dark and I couldn't see what was happening. I didn't even see Paris' face until the very, very end and he was in the movie from the very beginning. So, the lit scenes are great; the dark scenes could really use a bit more light.
The dialogue was a lot of fun in places because they kept to the use of iambic pentameter a lot, particularly in Paris' narration (yay!!), and there were lots of plays upon words (I'm a language nerd. Totes). If you're anything like me in that regard or if you just love Shakespeare as much as I do (and I carry his complete works in my car at all times), then you'll definitely dig that. Things did get a bit boring, however. It felt like the film was aimed at people who'd never seen or read Romeo & Juliet before because they seriously did go through that story. It wasn't just a matter of – "oh, this is how I met your mother!" – it was a long drawn out flowery murderous tale (you know, basically the play but in conversation form). It didn't leave much room for The Enemy to have it's own story and what story it did have was almost a re-telling. So they retold the story via R&J, then they retold the story AGAIN via characters & action.
The Enemy started out strong but it lost its way. The idea of Romeo & Juliet having escaped with their lives and building a life elsewhere is truly fascinating and I REALLY love it. I just didn't really love THIS version of it. While it wasn't really for me, if you do love Shakespeare or language, or a bunch of Italians yelling at each other (made me miss Jersey! *sighs*), then this just might be the film for you. The acting really is excellent; you really do feel like you're there; it just needs a bit of tightening up perhaps?
The Enemy – Trailer from Turnshoe Film on Vimeo.
Stand Up Guy
Stand Up Guy is a short crime thriller featuring a mafia-like organization (or "Family", as they're referred to). With only a handful of characters, the film keeps things nice, neat and concise, which works well in it's favor, and the script is fairly tight. Things flow quickly with the end being reached before you know it, which is a shame in my opinion, as I could definitely watch more of this world and these characters.
Stand Up Guy starts with a federal agent coming to speak with the head of a Family at his "recording studio" about ratting out other people, then turns to a man freshly out of prison who seems to have a need for revenge with said Family head. The rest of the film is mostly dedicated to Roman (just out of prison guy) and Angelo's (Family head guy) confrontation, with a small interlude that was there to…I'm actually not entirely sure why it was there. To show us how Angelo operates his business? There were definitely a couple of places where it felt like scenes could have been cut without affecting the Roman/Angelo storyline but doing so would have also left the film incredibly shortened – so I guess those scenes were there as filler. The only other scene like this was the scene with the agent at the beginning. Not having that scene wouldn't have changed the main plot at all, in my opinion. These scenes neither detracted nor distracted; they just weren't particularly necessary. I would have enjoyed seeing more about Roman (because he was obviously totes cray!) and finding out who Sarge (Serge??) was. For such a small film, I though both the acting and cinematography were top notch so kudos to the team for that.
Overall, it was highly enjoyable and I was a little sad to see it end. Go become a part of the Family and watch it, so you don't end up swimming with the fishes (or something like that…)!


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Assemblywoman Jenne introduces bill to protect Fort Drum training operations from wind farm development
Dan McClelland
Assemblywoman Jenne introduces bill to protect Fort Drum training operations from wind farm development
Assemblywoman Addie A.E. Jenne, D-Theresa, has introduced legislation that would prohibit the state from granting subsidies to wind energy projects that could impact the military's training needs at Fort Drum.
"'The legislation that was finalized on Friday comes after of months of research on an issue that is critically important to Fort Drum's long-term viability." the assemblywoman said.
"It is the product of several briefings I've had at Fort Drum, with several military officials responsible for different aspects of training and operation. I've also discussed the issue with state and local officials, including representatives from the Development Authority of the North Country," Assemblywoman Jenne said.
She pointed out that her position is a result of being a North Country resident who has called the area surrounding Fort Drum home her entire life.
Assemblywoman Jenne said her position also reflects the knowledge that comes from serving on the state Assembly's Energy Committee since first being elected to the state Legislature.
The legislation calls for the state to not provide subsidies for the construction or operation of wind operations within 10 miles of the Wheeler Sack Army Airfield at Fort Drum, 10 miles of the Doppler radar weather station on Tug Hill, 5 miles of the airspace controlled by the Fort Drum air traffic control tower and 5 miles of the area currently used for live fire drills.
State funding for wind projects would also be temporarily be prohibited in an area currently used for low-level flight training.
The triangle would run northeast from Fort Drum north along Route 11 to Route 56, southeast on Route 56 along the border of the Adirondack State Park back to Route 3 and then west back to Fort Drum.
Assemblywoman Jenne, a long-time proponent of renewable energy, said approximately 10 new wind farms have been proposed or are under construction around Fort Drum and their impact on training operations, which translates to troop readiness and future mission readiness, cannot be ignored.
"I continue to have grave concerns that the installation could be negatively impacted if neighboring wind turbine projects hamper its ability to operate efficiently and effectively," she stressed.
"We currently allocate state funding to protect Fort Drum from encroachment. This legislation offers a balanced approach to level the playing field and place our national security interests over one form of alternative energy," according to the assemblywoman.
"It provides a fix to the inconsistent practice of our state government paying property owners to limit development around Fort Drum while at the same time offering subsidies to wind energy developers to do just that," Assemblywoman Jenne added.
"It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to be using state dollars to offer subsidies to wind energy developers that are working on projects that could have a negative impact on Fort Drum's training needs. We are using state funds to both build and to prevent wind farms. It's crazy," she said.
"This legislation is aimed at providing certainty for training and operations capability in the short term and gives energy developers time to step back and review potential steps that could be taken to mitigate the negative impact the wind turbines have on the weather station and on the safety of military personnel using the airspace around Fort Drum," Assemblywoman Jenne said.
"The North Country is a major producer of alternative energy in New York State, and it is already going to be a few years before improvements are made to our transmission facilities so we can effectively and efficiently move the power generated at these potential projects and other proposed energy developments throughout the state," she said.
"It is my belief that this legislation would give Fort Drum officials the time and space they need to fully determine proposed projects that are compatible with their training needs," Assemblywoman Jenne pointed out.
This legislation is attached to funding to ensure more leverage is given to the military training readiness needs of our soldiers training at the fort," she added.
"The state's Public Service Commission created a new financial incentive program that has essentially ignited a gold rush of wind development. The North Country has ideal wind patterns, so we're experiencing the brunt of the development rush. I'm very concerned about the potential impact of just under a dozen new wind farms currently in various stages of the regulatory process ringing Fort Drum and Montague," Assemblywoman Jenne stressed.
"This legislation is necessary because the process for siting wind developments at the state level doesn't take into consideration other major competing interests that should have a higher priority over wind power generation. This legislation would place the current needs of Fort Drum on equal footing with those of wind developers," the assemblywoman said.
Fort Drum, home of the United States Army's 10th Mountain Division, is the preeminent military installation in the Northeast, providing unparalleled training opportunities and community engagement.
The installation includes troop quarters, the WheelerSack Army Airfield, and the 78,000-acre training area utilized by the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and National Guard. Taking advantage of its relatively remote location, troops stationed at Fort Drum have access to a wide variety of terrains, including urban combat simulations, vehicle maneuver training, live and simulated weapons firing, aerial gunnery and bombing, and team situational training exercises in a four-season climate.
As part of the installation's mission readiness, radar is relied upon to predict weather patterns and provide real-time conditions, direct flights and simulate air-to-air combat scenarios, which reflect increasingly possible missions in a global environment.
Maintaining the integrity of the installation's radar assets is of critical importance, and this legislation would help ensure large-scale wind energy developments don't impede training operations.
With two currently operational wind energy developments inside the installation's radar viewshed, - a radar tower at the Wheeler Sack Army Airfield - and the Doppler radar tower in Montague, and eight permitted or proposed developments in progress, it is it's clear that current siting regulations and processes at the state and federal level are not providing a sufficient buffer around the installation and radar facilities. In particular, the impact of several proposed wind projects will significantly degrade the data from the Doppler radar facility. With a 15-year sunset provision, the legislation would enable the military to count on the installation's viability to provide quality training to soldiers that can be rapidly deployed as national security needs dictate and allow time for technological leaps and investments that could allow for co-location of energy developments around Fort Drum in the future.

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What Does Carl Do?
Equity Value Enhancement, Valuation Architect
What does this really mean?
The Plan - Find the starting point and determine the direction.
STEP ONE: Benchmark current value of assets held (business et al)
STEP TWO: Prioritize the elements that are easily and inexpensively modified to the most cumbersome and costly
Leverage your human capital.
STEP THREE: Identify how each "constituent" (stakeholder) is engaged looking for time and knowledge leverage – make introductions of needed advisors (ibanking/PE)
STEP FOUR: Have a strategy session involved key staff and advisors to achieve alignment and articulation of vision (liquidity/legacy)
Have concurrence on roles and responsibilities and milestones so Bob can have more time working on business growth and risk minimization (diversifying offerings)
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Whenever the Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs got together for the better part of a half decade, as they will for their 100th regular-season meeting Sunday, it was simply referred to as an AFC matchup.
These days, they could call it the Belichick Bowl.
It was early 2009 and neither franchise was pleased with its direction. The Chiefs were miserable, coming off 2-14 and 4-12 seasons under the leadership of general manager Carl Peterson and coach Herm Edwards. The Broncos were repetitively mediocre under coach and football vice president Mike Shanahan, going 9-7, 7-9 and 8-8 in their previous three seasons.
Each team decided the best way to turn it around was to head towards the Patriots Way, but divide up the power structure differently. The New England Patriots are Bill Belichick, the coach who wields complete power over all football decisions for the NFL's most dominant team of the past decade.
The Chiefs chose former Patriots executive Scott Pioli to run their front office. In New England, Pioli had worked within Belichick's tight inner circle on all personnel matters. Pioli would bring the Pats' philosophy to the Midwest.
"When Scott Pioli got here, that's what he tried to implement — this was a business atmosphere, a business environment," said Chiefs and former New England quarterback Matt Cassel. "He always talks about finding the right 53 (players) and also having people be held accountable. That's kind of the same mode we were in New England, guys that want to buy in and be all about football."
The Broncos chose Josh McDaniels to coach their team, but he shares final-say authority on all football matters with general manager Brian Xanders. McDaniels had been Belichick's offensive coordinator. He coordinated the Patriots' offense that set the single-season scoring record in 2007 with 589 points.
When McDaniels was first hired to coach the Broncos, Jim Goodman was the general manager who was going to control the draft and the roster.
One month after McDaniels was hired, Goodman was fired. Xanders was promoted to GM. Xanders does most of the personnel work during the season, but McDaniels' instincts and evaluations count a tad more in player personnel.
While most NFL teams use a football model similar to the one in Kansas City, the Broncos and McDaniels follow the Belichick method. McDaniels, though, believes all systems are more similar than people realize.
"I don't think there are many instances where the coach wakes up and finds a team full of guys in his locker room that he had nothing to do with," McDaniels said. "I think sometimes there is a lot made of that. Ultimately there has to be a sharing there because I don't know that somebody could pick players without knowing how they're going to be used."
A season-and-a-half after Belichick proteges came to the AFC West, the similarities are in the results while the contrasts are in the journey.
The Chiefs are 9-15 since Pioli took charge and hired Todd Haley to coach. The Broncos are 10-14 in the McDaniels era.
Yet, for now, the perception is these are teams who have merged only while heading in different directions. The Broncos started 6-0 last season and have gone 4-14 since. They are last in the AFC West this year with a 2-6 record.
The Chiefs started 0-5 in 2009 but have gone 6-3 over their last nine games, including trouncing the Broncos 44-24 in last season's finale at Invesco Field at Mile High. They are leading the AFC West this year.
"Overall, part of the reason why there is some pain and suffering early on is you're trying to change a lot of people to think the way that you think," Haley said. "A lot of young people, in most cases, to (get them to) believe that what you're telling them is the way to do it, and that you can get them to the promised land, so to speak. That's not easy and that's not without some pain and suffering."
The Chiefs' new regime quickly parted with franchise star tight end Tony Gonzalez and safety Bernard Pollard while bringing in former Patriots Cassel and linebacker Mike Vrabel.
They've added players who not only love to play football, but love to work at football — players such as Eric Berry and Thomas Jones.
McDaniels became disenchanted with franchise stars Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall while he brought along Jabar Gaffney and Lonie Paxton from New England. Also added were Brian Dawkins and Justin Bannan, players whose passion for the game is evident on every snap.
Haley almost bristles at talk the Chiefs are an offspring of the Patriots.
"New England doesn't really have a bunch to do with what we're doing here," Haley said. "Scott and I worked together with the New York Jets."
Pioli and Haley overlapped with the Jets from 1997-2000 — when Belichick was the team's top defensive assistant. Belichick's mentor, Bill Parcells, was coach and general manager.
Maybe Haley is right. Maybe followers of the Broncos and Chiefs are giving the New England Way and Belichick too much credit. Let's call this Broncos-Chiefs game the Parcells Bowl.
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I've can't stop thinking about this black and white number from Zara. The first time I viewed it in store I thought "I love it I love it I love it" but then I convinced myself it would look terrible on and kept walking. But over the weekend I dragged it to the fitting room for a test-run and to my surprise I thought, "I love it I love it I love it!." But I still walked away. Why? Well, because I'm scared of the flare! The trousers fit like a glove; hugging in just the right places and with enough length to allow for a big heel. But I just couldn't kick the feeling I looked like I was playing dress up (think Disco Barbie) or getting a jump start on my Halloween costume. I need something to wear to a friends wedding in Spain - preferably not another dress - but I'm not sure this is appropriate. I just can't get the outfit out of my head! What do you think, could this be casual-summer-wedding appropriate? KKxx
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I wear very little jewelry and own a ton of it. Most of my rings and necklaces, dangly earrings and bracelets sit knotted and forgotten at the bottom of my jewelry box. I actually feel a bit guilty about it. Does jewelry know it's not wanted? Hope not. Anyway, I'm quite taken with the 'Swing & Stud' earrings I'm seeing around. Quirky and seemingly wearable for work and play. I think they're just the thing to ease me back into the world of accessories. I like the options below from Zara and Asos. Cheap and cheerful. Winner winner. KKxx
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Before I completely say goodbye to February, let me sneak in one itty-bitty post about my favorite chicken inasal recipe. My brother grew to liking Claude's ready-made inasal marinade, because it makes for perfect tasting chicken inasal without the added hassle of actually chopping up and throwing together the ingredients for the marinade. But on days when he runs out of these bottles on stock and we get a hankering for chicken inasal, this is the recipe we turn to. (I learned to make annatto oil from this recipe. I do realize that that "skill" really isn't such a big deal, but I am just really really amused I learned it.)
This recipe, from bigoven.com, calls for chicken pieces. But if you feel like grilling the chicken whole, hey, nobody's stopping you. I suggest splitting the chicken in half and grilling it flat though, if you do not have a rotisserie handy. Aside from helping the chicken cook evenly, this orientation results in a stunner of a chicken. Good enough as a centerpiece for a special meal, I must say.
Chicken Inasal
2 Chickens (free range if available)
3/4 cup Filipino vinegar
1/4 cup garlic, finely minced
2 stalks lemon grass, optional
Annatto oil, (see notes below)
Wooden skewers
Spiced vinegar
Chicken Inasal Preparation
Additional Ingredient Instructions:
2 free-range chickens, approx. 3 pounds each, or if you can find smaller chickens, use 3 of them
3/4 cup Filipino vinegar, palm if you can find it, or cane; or if you must, the equivalent in kalamansi juice (available in the frozen aisle of your Asian market if you don't have access to fresh)
1/4 cup garlic, minced very finely, or better yet, mashed into a paste with 2 teaspoons sea salt
achuete or annatto oil, made by steeping 1/4 cup annatto seeds in 1/2 cup hot oil for half an hour (If not available, you may mix a small amount of paprika and tumeric to achieve the same color.)
thick wooden skewers, soaked for 1 hour in water prior to cooking
Bottled spiced vinegar for serving, or make your own by mixing Filipino vinegar, lots of crushed garlic, a bit of salt, and a handful of Thai peppers or other tiny red hot peppers
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Quarter the chickens, or if using the small ones, halve them. Marinate in the vinegar, garlic and salt, several hours or overnight, turning several times.
Preheat grill to 350 degrees. Make sure your grill is cleaned and oiled well. Cook over indirect heat for 20 minutes, basting with the achuete oil. Turn and cook for 10-15 minutes more, or until thickest parts of chicken exude clear juices when pierced. Can also be made in a grill pan on the stove if no outside barbecue is available.
Serve immediately with the spiced vinegar. Other welcome additions to the vinegar: some soy sauce or fish sauce if you like, or even some minced ginger.
See the full version of this recipe with all the notes made by the author at http://www.bigoven.com/recipe/163721/chicken-inasal


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The possibility of spending time with infants may prove to be one of the most radical breaks with traditional father roles, and may have long-term implications for the values and practices of fathers. The book Fleksible Fedre [Flexible Fathers] (Brandth, Kvande 2003) studies the significance of the Norwegian parental leave reform of the 1990's for the care practices of men. The reform extended the leave to a total of 52 weeks with 80 percent pay, and gave special rights to fathers. The fathers' quota is four weeks of leave solely reserved for fathers and it cannot be transferred to the mother. It is based on the idea that fathers are obliged to take leave from work to care for the child. In addition to exclusive rights, both mothers and fathers have joint rights which they may decide to share. The intention of granting fathers extensive rights to parental leave is to encourage their contact with and care for children, and to label working men as fathers. This way the state is acting on the behalf of small children.
The mother's model power
Up until now, research has focused on the consequences of parental leave for the adults (mothers, fathers, parents), especially on the extent to which the parental leave schemes have changed the participation patterns of fathers and resulted in more equal sharing of family and work time between mothers and fathers. Generally speaking, research on fathers and care has studied how the care practices of the father have been shaped by the mother. Due to her activities in the labour market, she has opened the door to the father's entitlement to paid parental leave, and her negotiative strength has been considered decisive for the father's degree of participation in the family (Brandth and Kvande 1998). Moreover, it has been pointed out that the mother's model power, i.e. her standards for care and housework, is also required of the father's efforts (Holter and Aarseth 1993), and that this has been a severe hindrance for fathers' participation.
The great silence
In the research on fathers and fatherhood there has been little focus on fathers' own stories about fathering,especially stories about what fathers actually do and how they talk about their fatherhood. We are therefore confronted with a silent field (Morgan 1997). In the book we focus on the father's own voices about practices as fathers. One of the main perspectives in the book is that fathers can not be studied only as fathers. In order to understand how fatherhood is constructed today, one has to have as a term of reference what can seem rather obvious: namely that fathers are men and must be understood from a gender perspective. By having an explicit gender focus on fathers, the perspective widens and changes. We are witnessing a great variation and flexibility in the meanings of gender to day. The categories of gender are dissolved and the meanings of masculinity are negotiated and practised differently.
Fathers also become flexible because of the different contexts of work they encounter in the post-modern working life. Even though men no longer need to have the sole responsibility as breadwinner, there are signs of workplace demands on men today no less hard than they have been earlier. The working conditions men experience can therefore lead to absent fathers.
Relational care and the child's influence
A paradox within much of the research on families and the previous research on fathers is that it is often forgotten what influence the child has on the parent's care. In research where the perspective of gender equality is highlighted, there is a comparison between the mother and the father. The child often becomes a passive victim of the adults' molding. In the book we look at the child's interaction with the father and the consequences this has on the formation of fatherhood.
In Flexible fathers an interesting point is on the relationship between fathers and children, and how children influence their fathers' care practice. Theoretically, this implies seeing children as active agents who contribute to the production of the adult world and their own place in it. Seeing children as social agents is in contrast to traditional socialisation theory where the idea is that children are formed by forces external to themselves in order to adapt to society (Corsaro 1997). Even though the study deals with very young children, they still exercise some influence on their interaction with their fathers.
Regarding care as a relational practice means that care can be learned and developed if and when the situation invites or demands it. This in turn means that care ability is not something fixed, but rather a potential that may be formed and developed differently depending on the relations and situations in which it is practised. Hence, care is situation-dependent. In this way care also becomes more ambiguous and more open to variations. Seeing care as relational enables us to study how children influence the father's practice.
It is not only important for children that their fathers are home on leave, but the ways in which they are at home also influence their care practices. Fathers may follow the intention of the quota and stay completely away from work for four weeks or more. Then they have been "home alone", i.e. the mother has not been at home at the same time. What we wanted to study is what care practices are developed and how the child influences these practices.
Home alone
A common characteristic of the histories of these fathers is the experience that care work signifies using time on their children. Time permeates fathers' narratives about care. The point is not only that they have understood that it is vital to spend time with their children, most fathers would agree with them on this, but that these fathers actually have given time to their children by taking leave and thus gained the experience that spending time on their children is important. When we consider what they do with their children while on leave, it is obvious that they are on the track of what we may call "slow time" (Hylland Eriksen, 2001). This means that the children's needs are the centre of their attention. It is the child that makes the time slow. The time is not spent running from one thing to another, trying to squeeze as much as possible into the shortest possible time. Care is about time.
The fathers describe days that are not filled with numerous events and things to do. Basically there are very few tasks on the agenda. The time is spent doing such things as getting dressed, brushing teeth and going to the shop. There is no impression here of a busy daily life. Rather the slow rhythm of care decides. It is the child's needs to sleep and eat that regulate it. The children get the father up in the morning and determine his time. Their activities give him the "perception of slow time".
Need-oriented care practice
There is also a development of competence as the fathers get to know their child by having the main responsibility and spending a great deal of time with him or her. It becomes easier for them to develop an understanding of the child's needs. One of the fathers interviewed tells us about having responsibilities and using time:
Sure, I believe that when you have so much time with your kids, you virtually learn how to read them, how they tell you stuff which you maybe would have lost if you didn't have so much time. … if you spend a whole day with them, then you sort of see the totality of their days, and understand why they are cross and cranky.
Having the total responsibility is what makes him see how demanding care work is and makes him feel close to his children. He also claims that he has a learning experience when he points out that he is learning to "read" his children. By spending a great deal of time with them, the day-to-day affairs of his children become a whole, making it easier for him to understand why, for example, they are grumpy and cross. He then avoids being the type of father who comes home from work and disciplines his children. Again we see how the children influence the father's care practice in this situation.
Quantity time, not quality time
These fathers learn to practise what we may call a rationality of care. Rationality of care implies spending a great deal of time with the children. Fathers describe that the children have initiated a process in them where focus is on quantitative time, that they spend extensive amounts of time with their children. They have experienced that care cannot be carried out in a few intensive hours, and some of them have become strongly critical of all mention of intensive 'quality time'. Rather, they have realised that it is important to be there for the child. This consciousness becomes clear through their answers to various questions, both regarding what they believe a good father must be, and when we ask what they feel they are especially good at with their children.
With mother at home
The importance of being home alone becomes significant in contrast to men who did not use their fathers' quota to have the sole responsibility for the child while the mother went back to work. They either took their quota while the mother was still at home, or continued to work part time. In such a context, the processes described above are not initiated. The mother's main responsibility for the child is not interrupted, and the father becomes a supporting player for the mother. The mother continues her close relationship with the child, reading and translating the child's needs for the father. Consequently the child has no independent influence on the father's care practices. It is the mother and not the child who mostly interacts with the father in these cases. The father will therefore not get to know his child in the same way, and care practices based on knowing the child well are not developed. As a result, he feels more comfortable with the older children.
Thus we see that the different contexts result in quite different conditions for the development of fathers' care practices. If we return to one of the intentions of the fathers' quota, which was to strengthen the contact between child and father, we see that this primarily occurs in the context we have called "home alone". To the question of whether the fathers' quota has any significance for fatherhood, and consequently for the desired transformation of men, the answer will be 'not necessarily'. It depends on the way it is used. If it is used in a way, which leads to the development of a rationality of care, it may have important consequences for the meaning of men and masculinity.
Work constructs absent fathers
Research has shown that masculinity is constructed in relation to other men through comparisons and achievements, primarily at the work place. Particularly this is so in western societies where hegemonic masculinity is tied to income-generating work. This may appear a paradox since men and women to a large extent share bread-winning, and dual-earner families have become the most commonly occurring. It is therefore an underlying question how masculinity expressed through father practices relates to hegemonic masculinity as expressed through professional work.
Our study confirms other research findings, that men's relationship to work produces what we may call 'absent' father practices. 'Absent' father practices wrestle with the 'home alone' father practices which, as we have seen, can be created by means of the father's quota. For, despite the fact that fathers use the leave, they continue to work a lot. Only 5 percent of the fathers work part-time, while more than 40 percent of the mothers do so. Most commonly, mothers reduce their working hours when they have children, but fathers do not. More than a third of the fathers in the study work more than 40 hours a week. And, when fathers work such long hours, mothers work less. Fathers working overtime have, in other words, partners who work normal hours or part-time.
However, if we look at the mothers who work a lot, we see that the same applies to their partners. When mothers have high work- and educational-status and work a lot, fathers do not reduce their working time in order to increase family time with children. From the perspective of the child, this is not a positive result. These parents have very little time left to care for and to be with their children.
The main characteristics of contemporary changes in working life with increasing demands on the employees' time, can be seen as a counter force against a change towards a close and more caring father. A greedy working life where fathers' and men's gender identity is connected to what they do at work maintains the status quo. It is within these two contexts, work and welfare state policies, that today's father practices take place and are formed. Our research shows that while work life is the strongest hindrance for fathers, the welfare state policies are the most important door openers.
"Fleksible fedre" is based on data from a large study on fathers' use of the parental leave schemes. The study included a questionnaire that was sent to all men who became fathers in the period May 1994 to April 1995 in two municipalities in central Norway. A total of 2194 questionnaires were mailed and the response rate was 62 per cent. From this same sample we have interviewed thirty couples that used the parental leave system in various ways. The interviews took place when the child was from 1-2 years old.
By Berit Brandth and Elin Kvande
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I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.
If this is how you are going to treat me, put me to death right now,if I have found favor in your eyes,and do not let me face my own ruin."
The LORD said to Moses: "Bring me seventy of Israel's elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.
I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit that is on you and put the Spirit on them. They will help you carry the burden of the people so that you will not have to carry it alone.
Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.
Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of the builders.
So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work:
If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.On Cyprus
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
1 Corinthians
The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.
For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body,whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free,and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
Now the body is not made up of one part but of many.
If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!"
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,
while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues ? Do all interpret?
1 Corinthians
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Why I am a perpetual observer
My father was a civil engineer, and, in his early years, a Wyoming cowboy who fought in WWII. He started going overseas, I believe, in the 50s. Certainly before I could walk he had taken his family to Europe on the Queen Mary, and I remember from stories that I was not yet speaking when we moved to Bangladesh (it was East Pakistan then). He worked on numerous projects all over the world, improving roads, dams, bridges, etc. And on average, up until I was 17 or so, we averaged a different country every 2 - 3 years.
So, I was a TCK (Third Culture Kid) but I had no idea what that meant. What I did know, from a young age (even as young as 6 or 7), from our annual trips back to the U.S., is that I never seemed to fit in with home grown Americans. There was such a total lack of common cultural context. And of course, when one is overseas, you are the minority and the foreigner, so fitting in overseas is not always easy either. I didn't suffer huge amounts of angst over this, but there was always a voice in the back of my mind wondering why I just didn't fit in.
University was hard for me in the states as well. For one, I started when I was 17. And my maturity level was such that I always associated with the students who were in their 30s. No connection at all to the people who had graduated high school and were just starting college. They had no life experience at all. The people I felt the most comfortable with were the Iranian students. And this was during the hostage crisis in the 70s :-).
I remember vividly what happened after I had left the military and moved to Turkey. My first trip back to the states. I had gone to see my old friends from the military. What a gaping chasm had opened between us. Going to Turkey, although I was relatively alone there for about 6 months, I felt like I had come home. I may not have spoken the language well; I may not have had friends outside the Turkish company I worked for ... but it felt so ... right ... for me. And after less than a year, going back to the states, and seeing the old people I knew ... I realized that overseas was my home, not the United States. And once I found the ex-pat community there, that was all she wrote. I was home. And no desire to go back.
I only found out what a TCK was in a conversation that I had with a friend of mine in Hong Kong a few years ago (another TCK), who mentioned the term to me in terms of TCKs being perpetual observers. We were speaking of politics in particular. I certainly have never voted in an American election. I feel no more connected to the States than I do to Eritrea (ok ... ok ... that might be a slight exaggeration :-) ). And as a foreigner (generally) you don't have the right to vote in another country's elections or take part in most of a country's processes … so … one becomes a perpetual observer.
When he said that to me, I went and looked it up. Wow! So that's what I was! :-) ... No wonder I always felt disconnected.
That was how I learned I was a TCK, at the age of almost 50. Now I realized why I never fit in ... in a lot of places ... I was in the U.S. military for years, and although it was an elite unit, and working in other countries with local troops was our specialty, I was still the only one with my particular background. I had never gone to a high school, a prom, a drive-in (really dating myself here), didn't know anything about football or baseball. To this day I get very few of the cultural references from the U.S. ... And since I haven't been there for about six years now ... I'm sure it [my disconnection] is worse :-)
But to wrap up ... I am not trying to trumpet myself as a TCK or stand on a pedestal about it. However, I am glad I'm a TCK. I think I was extremely fortunate to be raised that way. It is an unparalleled education about the world as a whole. And I'm also happy that I found out about it because it answered very much unvoiced questions I had about myself my whole life.
I will say one other thing that just occurred to me ... it is true that I never felt like I fit in ... but one thing I did become good at was being a chameleon. Learning to blend in becomes a defense mechanism. So even if you don't relate at all, you can do a really good job at looking like you do :-)
So if you are a TCK ... revel in it :-)


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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Gal Gadot confirmed the obvious when the conversation drifted towards the topic of equality.
"Wonder Woman is a feminist, of course," says Gadot. "I think people have a misconception about what feminism is. People think hairy armpits and women who burn bras and hate men. That's not it. For me, feminism is all about equality and freedom and [women] choosing what we want to do. If it's salaries, then we get paid equal to men. It's not men vs. women or women vs. men."
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Although this answer of whether or not Wonder Woman is a feminist may seem obvious to some, the character has been a topic of controversy for women, especially in recent years. The subject of whether or not she represents a feminist ideal is still being contested.
The most recent example of this was when a select group of "feminists" criticized the UN's decision for making her an honorary ambassador, with a good chunk of them explaining that her sexualized appearance made her a poor role model for girls worldwide. The outcry and backlash led to her ambassadorship status to be taken away way only 2 months after it was announced. You can read more about it here and here.
Wonder Woman has always been a feminist icon. She has always represented feminist ideals, though some may argue that she is more intersectionalist than current mainstream feminism, which is a discussion for another time. The fact that we are still arguing whether or not Wonder Woman is truly a feminist is frustrating and annoying. We shouldn't need to have this idea reiterated to us if we have actually read up on the character and her stories.
Hopefully the Wonder Woman film can silence naysayers on her feminist status once and for all.
Wonder Woman comes to theaters on June 2, 2017. Prepare yourself. It's going to be a grand adventure.


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Caretaker manager on his new role
Simon Bassey gave his first interview since being installed as AFC Wimbledon caretaker manager at our training ground this afternoon.
Speaking to Dons Player, Simon revealed his pride at being handed the role at the age of just 36, even if it is just for the short-term.
"For me to be caretaker manager at Wimbledon, whether that is for one or two games, is a massive honour," he said. "I have been a supporter of Wimbledon since I was 10 years of age and played for the youth team until I was 16. I then came back and played for AFC Wimbledon and to coach for the club and now be caretaker manager is a fantastic honour. I think my son is even happier than I am."
Simon also updated us on the latest team news, ahead of Saturday's trip to Wycombe Wanderers. Defenders Pim Balkestein (groin) and Curtis Haynes-Brown (ankle) are both major injury doubts and Mat Mitchel-King (back) is still sidelined for the match at Adams Park. Both sides go into the match struggling in League 2 with Wycombe's performance so far having fallen below expectations. Simon admits he is concentrating on taking the pressure off his players in the build-up to Saturday.
"We have spoken about the games to come and I am trying to take the pressure off them," he added. "But Saturday is a good audition, not just for them to give me everything, but also in case a prospective new manager is watching them. The boys are fully focused and I am sure they will give 100 per cent."
Though proud to be handed the reins, Simon admitted that not having Terry Brown and Stuart Cash around at the training ground today was a little strange.
"The office is a bit quieter today," he added. "I was obviously sad to see Terry and Stuart move on. What they achieved at the club was fantastic and I, along with every Wimbledon supporter, is grateful for all their efforts. Everyone who knows Terry knows him as a lovable man and he handled himself with great dignity, certainly what you would expect from a man with his class. Terry wanted to say thank-you to everyone who played their part in our success on Tuesday. We had a kind of mini wake in his office afterwards, which turned into a party. It was the way he wanted to do things and everyone parted with a smile on their faces at the end of it."
The full video interview with Simon can be viewed on Dons Player.


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Brea and Mallory talk about books that have changed our lives and interview author and comedian Guy Branum. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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How to Be Famous by Caitlin Moran
We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby
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Where I Was From by Joan Didion
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
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The Sky Is Falling by Kit Pearson
Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cummings
Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
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We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby
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Bee grew up in an unusual tripartite family, splitting time between a matronly grandmother, a conservative, re-married father and a bohemian, Wiccan mother. She met her husband, the Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones, while working in a Sailor Moon-themed stage show at the Canadian National Exposition.
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Science fiction exploration films have been done many times before. So have found footage films. Europa Report may be the first to noticeably combine the two though, in this movie about 6 astronauts sent to investigate the potential for life on one of Jupiter's distant moons. The films small cast includes Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist and Christian Camargo and was directed by Sebastian Cordero.
The film presents itself as a collection of camera footage found after the events of an investigative mission to Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter. The goal to determine the possibilities of life existing there, and the six person cast is thrilled to be able to have a chance to make the greatest discovery in humanity's history. However, as the mission planners recount the events, it becomes clear that something went wrong during their time there.
I was really excited to see this film after I caught the trailer by mistake on evening. Reviews were good, and the concept seemed cool. Plus the acting on board was very good considering the lower budget and independent nature of the film. I was told that the film is extremely scientific and attempts to present a realistic portrayal without stretching the bounds of reality too much, and that this was a refreshing thing to see. Well, this was certainly true about the film.
The science was detailed and relatively un-simplified, which adds an immediate sense of authenticity to the events. Further multiplying this are the actors who do a wonderful job of presenting genuine and normal people, with relatively small amounts of screen time to do so. Small, but meaningful moments are used to make us care about the characters, and these moments become very effective in making the later events of the film more meaningful.
Herein lies one of the films main issues for me though. The events that occur later on in the film just don't seem as meaningful as they might. I'm torn as to how I feel about the second half of the film and it's difficult to describe without presenting spoilers. I am not one who thinks that you need big budget action to make a film exciting and suspenseful. Quite the opposite. I thought that the realism of the film would make me love it's suspense more, but for some reason I just didn't feel it.
Perhaps the moments of suspense were all too similar and followed a formula that was not terribly exciting. Astronaut goes out to perform their function. Sees something amazing. It all backfires. The film seems to just repeat this formula over and over, and it becomes redundant to me. Throughout, the acting remains fantastic and there are small moments of creativity that shine but overall it created a somewhat dull and uneventful feeling at times.
Visually, the film does excel on a small budget though, and the camera shots work for the most part. Similar to the movie 'Gravity' the film is able to visually create situations that you really feel. A couple times the dread of a situation gave me that empty stomach feeling, realizing how awful it would be if you were the one in it. This is good film making, and on a small budget the director must be commended for it. If only the plot itself added a little more variety, this would have been further amplified.
This is a tough one for me to write, because I really wanted to love this film. I certainly did like it. It was a really well made film. It also stuck to it's guns, which were realism, minimalism and a formula of scientific presentation. I respect that completely, and I figured that it would make me love it even more. But for whatever reason, something just didn't hit me like I wish it had. Perhaps had I not already seen the amazing 'Gravity' then I would have taken a different view. Overall, great little indie science fiction film that I would certainly recommend you checking out. The beginning and end portray incredible meaning and messages – it's just missing something in the middle.
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I really wanted to love this little independent sci-fi thriller, but despite a fantastic beginning and a meaningful end, it lacked a whole lot of anything in the middle and came up short. By no means a bad film though, especially for genre fans.


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Laser Treatment
Using the theory of selective photothermolysis, benign vascular lesions can be treated with Laser Treatment using the Nd:YAG (1064 nm) and appropriate settings that will cause selective absorption of light in the blood that is flowing through the targeted vessel. The absorption converts light into heat energy, which raises the temperature of the blood. Heat is conducted to the lining of the vessel wall leading to its injury. This results in slow elimination of the vascular lesion by the immune system. All of this should happen selectively and without damage being done to the epidermis or surrounding tissue.
Patient response can vary after a vein removal treatment. Erythema (redness) and edema (swelling) around the treated vessels are usually noted within a few minutes after the completion of the procedure and typically have a "cat scratch" like appearance. A sunburn sensation and a slight feeling of soreness in the area treated are also normal and expected. These reactions tend to subside within 24-48 hours after the treatment.
After 48 hours, the skin over the treated veins will look slightly red, purple, or bruised. Sometimes the veins will be more visible than they were prior to treatment. This is normal. Within the first two to three weeks, the redness and purple color will begin to fade. Each week, the color will become lighter and the veins will become less noticeable. After 2-4 weeks, if any veins are still visible, another laser vein removal treatment will be necessary.
Superficial vascular lesions are most appropriately treated with 1064 nm Nd: YAG ClearScan. Vascular lesions that are bigger than 3 mm, bulging or deeper in tissue should not be treated with cutaneous 1064 nm Nd: YAG ClearScan. Other forms of treatment are more appropriate for these types of vessels.