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Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is the reboot you never knew you needed in your life.
Charlie's Angels is the reboot you never knew you needed in your life.
Ford v Ferrari delivers real cinema meat and potatoes.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
An article about the screening of Horace Jenkins' "Cane River" on Friday, November 1st, at the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles.
Chaz Ebert celebrated her birthday by honoring Victory Gardens Theater in October 2019.
A video essay celebrating Antonia Bird's maligned masterpiece, Ravenous.
An article about the screening of Horace Jenkins' "Cane River" on Friday, November 1st, at the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles.
A Far Flung Correspondent weighs in on the MCU controversy.
A new look at a modern classic from an FFC in Korea.
A review of the third season of The Crown, which premieres on Netflix on November 17.
The latest on Blu-ray and streaming includes Good Boys, Hobbs & Shaw, and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist's work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
An appreciation of filmmaker, writer and actor L.M. "Kit" Carson, a singular talent.
What do "Sharknado 2," "The Honorable Woman," and "The Killing" say about the increasingly diverse TV landscape?
Marie writes: The ever intrepid Sandy Khan shared the following item with the Newsletter and for which I am extremely glad, as it's awesome..."Earlier this year, the Guggenheim Museum put online 65 modern art books, giving you free access to books introducing the work of Alexander Calder, Edvard Munch, Francis Bacon, Gustav Klimt & Egon Schiele, and Kandinsky. Now, just a few short months later, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has launched MetPublications, a portal that will "eventually offer access to nearly all books, Bulletins, and Journals" published by the Met since 1870."
Marie writes: I was browsing the 2010 National Geographic Photography Contest Galleries and came upon this amazing shot - click to enlarge!
The Birth Of Earth: Photo by Terje Sorgjerd"Getting close or getting too close? Photo taken of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption that would grind most of europe air traffic. This is the scariest moment in my life, and also the most beautiful and frightening display of raw force I have ever seen." - Terje Sorgjerd
Marie writes: allow me to introduce you to Travel Photographer, founded by Chris and Karen Coe in 2003 and their annual contest "Travel Photographer of the Year".After years spent working in the travel industry as a professional photographer and finding it was mostly conventional images making it into print, Chris decided to create a way to showcase great travel photography and broaden people's perception of what it can encompass - namely, that it can be much, much more than a pretty postcard image.The contest is open to one and all; amateur and professional photographers compete alongside each other. Entrants are judged solely on the quality of their photographs. There's a special competition to encourage young photographers aged 18 and under; Young Travel Photographer of the Year. The youngest entrant to date was aged just five, the oldest 88. The competition is judged by a panel of photographic experts, including renowned photographers, picture buyers, editor and technical experts.And the 2010 winners have now been announced. Here's a few random photos to wet your appetite - then you can scroll through the amazing winners gallery!
Enal is around 6 years old and knows this shark well - it lives in a penned off area of ocean beneath his stilted house in Wangi, Indonesia. Photo: James Morgan, UK (Portfolio Encounters: Winner 2010) [note: click images to enlarge]
In contemporary Hollywood, when a young actor becomes successful, he immediately tries to convert fame into power and money, investing his time in formulaic projects that guarantee great results at the box office and, thus, his ascension in the industry. It was not always like this - and we just need to observe Al Pacino's career to confirm that: after he became a hit with The Godfather, dozens of screenplays fell onto his lap, but he still focused on challenging and complex works in which he struggled against Hollywood's attempts to turn him into a heartthrob - projects such as A Dog Day Afternoon (in which he robbed a bank to pay for the sex reassignment surgery of his boyfriend, played by Chris Sarandon) and, of course, Serpico.
When she found out her brother Mike had cancer, Julia Sweeney dealt with that fact in different ways. One was to have her brother move into her house so she could care for him. Another was to talk about it every Sunday night in a comedy club.
Ebert's Best Film Lists1967 - present


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Inspiration is a funny thing. It can come to us like a lightning bolt, through the lyrics of a song, or in the fog of a dream. Ask any writer where their stories come from and you'll get a myriad of answers, and in that vein I created the WHAT (What the Hell Are you Thinking?) interview. Always including in the WHAT is one random question to really dig down into the interviewees mind, and probably supply some illumination into my own as well.
Today's volunteer for the WHAT is SJ Laidlaw, author of FIFTEEN LANES.
Ideas for our books can come from just about anywhere, and sometimes even we can't pinpoint exactly how or why. Did you have a specific origin point for your book?
I moved from Indonesia to India in the winter of 2012. At the time I was working on a book set in Indonesia but I started volunteering with a couple of NGOs in the red-light district in Mumbai, trying to help sex workers and their children. The goal was to prevent second generation trafficking. The vast majority of sex workers in India are trafficked. It's estimated that as many as 90% of their daughters end up in the sex trade, if they don't get support from NGOs to help them escape. As a social worker, I've had training to work with survivors of sexual violence, so I thought perhaps I could put my training to use.
While working with these NGOs, I was approached by a strategic philanthropy organization that was producing a countrywide report on sex trafficking in India. They asked me to edit their report and write the executive summary. This involved reading all of their primary sources, as well as everything I could find on sex trafficking. As I became immersed in the struggles of children growing up in brothels, my interest in my Indonesian story waned. I realized I needed to write about the lives of the children I was working with.
Kamathipura, the red-light district of Mumbai, is intensely populated but spread across a small area of just fifteen lanes. For sex workers and their children, it's often their entire world. Poverty and rejection by the rest of society inhibits them from venturing outside their community. To capture the narrowness and isolation this community feels, I titled the book FIFTEEN LANES. The black lines that trap the bird on the cover are an actual map of the neighborhood.
Once the original concept existed, how did you build a plot around it?
While the lives of the girls I was working with were filled with dangers and depravations, the girls themselves were amazingly positive. They don't see themselves as victims. In fact, having spent many years working with kids in international schools, I was struck by how determined and optimistic these kids were compared to some of the kids that I'd counseled in international schools. It got me thinking about how suffering is difficult to quantify and even harder to predict.
Having rich, loving parents doesn't necessarily protect a kid from pain. Growing up in a brothel doesn't necessarily mean you're not going to feel loved and supported. A lot of how we respond to adversity depends on the resilience that we've developed through confronting hardship. Most of the girls I worked with in Kamathipura were incredibly strong and often mature beyond their years, particularly if they had younger siblings. They were often tasked with raising their siblings and were very protective of them.
I decided to write a story that shows how suffering and sexual violence cut across class and culture. It's told in the voices of two girls. Noor is the daughter of a sex worker. She and her younger siblings live in a brothel in Kamathipura. Grace is the daughter of an international banker who has lived the nomadic life of a Third Culture Kid. While Grace is from a wealthy and privileged background, both girls experience adversity in different ways.
Noor's story was partly content driven. I needed to introduce a very foreign world, not only India, or the life of underprivileged children, but the life of a girl who is raised in a Mumbai brothel. The girls I was working with faced so many challenges, from the day-to-day reality of poverty, prejudice and disease, to the near-constant exposure to sexual violence.
Because I wanted to give as complete a picture of Noor's world as possible, I decided to start with her earliest awakening to her circumstances. Her narrative starts when she's five-years-old and continues until she's seventeen.
Grace's narrative was easier to craft as it's one that readers will be familiar with and one I'm more familiar with myself. While I worked in Kamathipura for over two years and was working with sex workers' daughters while I wrote the book, I've worked with girls like Grace for many years. She's a fragile, socially isolated girl who becomes the target of extreme bullying. Her narrative spans just a few weeks.
Aside from the different timelines, the main challenge in writing this book was juxtaposing Grace's suffering with Noor's and not letting one story overwhelm the other.
Have you ever had the plot firmly in place, only to find it changing as the story moved from your mind to paper?
This story never changed much from my original direction, though I had to do several major rewrites to tone down the graphic nature of the subject matter. I hope I've accomplished that but it still may be too much for some readers, particularly if they're triggered by issues of sexual violence or self-harm.
That said, I'm writing about the lives of two girls who are both victimized in real and terrifying ways. It's a hopeful story but not a light-hearted read.
Do story ideas come to you often, or is fresh material hard to come by?
Stories come to me easily. I have a lot of ideas. The challenge for me is that I get caught up with life. It's not always easy to discipline myself to sit down at my computer. I'm trained as a social worker and adolescent counselor and I love that work, so it competes when I also want to write.
How do you choose which story to write next, if you've got more than one percolating?
Sometimes I think the stories choose me. I was on vacation in Nepal about nine months ago and by chance got talking to some Tibetan refugees. There's a huge refugee community in Nepal, as it's immediately across the border from Tibet. Like most people in the west, I knew about the Chinese occupation of Tibet, the exile of the Dalai Lama and of course the murder of Kelsang Namtso that was caught on video, but I didn't know much more than that. The stories these refugees told me really moved me. I guess like many writers I need to connect with a story emotionally before I have the impetus to write it. I've begun working on a book about Tibetans.
When it comes to naming characters, I just rest my hands and let them tell me what their names are. What's your process?
It depends on the story but in the case of FIFTEEN LANES the names of the two main characters was deliberate. Both character's names foreshadow their journey.
With Grace, I thought a lot about the nature of shame. It's terrible for any kid to be bullied or socially isolated but in counseling I found that kids felt so much worse if they believed they'd somehow provoked the bullying. We, as adults, understand that there's never a legitimate reason for bullying but it can be hard to convince a kid of that.
Grace's feeling of shame significantly intensifies her misery. It also makes it hard for her to ask for help, particularly from her mother who she feels she's disappointed. So, in her case, I was thinking about the concept of sin or falling from grace.
Noor's name means "light," or "of the light." I'll leave my readers to decide if that was a good name choice.

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We hate to bring this up now, kids, but it's only a matter of weeks before school starts back up again. Back to school for students and teachers means back to school supplies.
Whether you're buying for your whole class, or school-wide, you can save big and give students something worth hanging on to for a semester or two.
Just the Essentials
Put your school or teacher's name on some super fun writing tools. Foil wrapped #2 pencils can add some extra fun to an classroom. Put them in the treat box for special student prizes. For the little ones, crayons are a fun, cost-effective giveaway. You can print on the boxes and the crayons themselves.
Personalized dry-erase markers can help you stay ahead of the class while you're in front of the class. Buying in bulk will ensure you never run out of ink when you need it.
One of the newest classroom items at US Imprints is the Angled Pocket Notebook. It features a polypropylene cover with 3 translucent angular pockets and tonal elastic pen loop. Spiral bound notebook with 70 lined pages. It comes in 7 color options, paired with a matching plastic pen with rubberized grip and silvertone accents.
Just for Fun
Nothing says 2017 quite like the fidget spinner. While teachers may or may not want to have dozens of them spinning around the classroom, the fidget spinner would be the crown jewel of any classroom prize box or giveaway. You can order them in a number of colors and imprint options.
Nurture your child's learning and imagination with the Fun to Color Coloring and Activity Book. This book is a hit with the kids, featuring funny characters, and is ideal for classrooms and libraries. With its full colol cover, plus 16 pages of coloring and games, this book offers hours of entertainment for children. Spanish language version.


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Indigenous Programs Manager
The Long Walk were honoured to have Shelley Ware as our MC for the 2015 Long Walk Women's Lunch at the Atrium, Flemington.
As one of TLW's Indigenous Facilitators and a true supporter of the holistic work of the TLW , it was a pleasure to have Shelley along for the ride.
In the lead up to the event Shelley was so easy to work with. Shelley was very flexible in her time and also quite understanding of the perplexities in pulling together an event of this size (over 700 in attendance).


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Earth Day 2008 Sermon
Mountaintop Removal
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Well, I'm wondering how many of you are ready for a break from school, let me see your hands. Me too! I'm going to be quoting today
from some men for whom I have a great deal of respect and the first one is my dad, William Seth Helton, who went to be with God last June - and who apparently by the end of his senior year in high school was rather tired of school.
My mom let me have his yearbook after he died and there were little snippets about him in the yearbook that didn't surprise me. His senior weakness was listed as quietness and in another spot it said "If silence is golden, William Helton is rich" and in another place "William Helton likes farming, always says work won't do no harming…"
My dad loved walking in the woods behind our house and the mountains and being in nature in general. He was at home there. One of the ways I've chosen to honor his life is to try to work to protect the Appalachian mountains and to familiarize myself more with the critters that he loved and revered.
So in June of 2006, our family was driving to the Cowan Creek Mountain Music Camp in Whitesburg, KY for a family vacation and Dan who can spot a hawk two miles up in the sky it seems while driving was going on and on with Sarah about how sometimes endangered animals aren't exotic ones living halfway across the globe, sometimes they are right here in our own state and right under our own feet.
He was waxing on and on about the Cerulean warbler, a bird with which I was completely unfamiliar but which is or at least used to be prevalent in Eastern Kentucky and about taking responsibility for the earth's creatures. It was pretty late and we decided to drive through the Hardees in Hazard and get something to eat since we would be really late getting to Whitesburg and sitting in the drive-thru we heard
something shrieking.
We found a little bitty kitten in the parking lot, emaciated and alone, and Sarah was quick to point out that sometimes endangered animals are not exotic, but are right here in our own state and right under our feet and how we are responsible for them. And that is how we acquired one of our cats, Duke. Duke of Hazard…
While we were in Whitesburg, we met some incredible Kentucky musicians and had the opportunity to take classes with them. But we began to hear snippets about their lives that were disturbing. We heard from Randy, the banjo teacher who can play a banjo made out of a fruitcake tin made for him by his neighbor, has spent $5,000 just trying to have clean water.
We heard from Roy – a guitar teacher who gave Jordan the handy hint that girls love guitar players – couldn't shut his front door after a
coal company blasted the top off a mountain near him. When he invited the coal company to come to his house, the coal company rep said that it must be the humidity that caused the door not to close.
On Wednesday of that week we decided to… go on a mountaintop removal tour with Kentuckians for the
Commonwealth and we were stunned to see what was happening to the landscape in this part of our state not so far away.
We have heard since about others who have been witness to constant dust, flooding, mudslides, cracked foundations in their houses, polluted wells, 500 injuries caused by coal trucks, other health issues, and boulders called flyrock landing in their yards and family cemeteries.
Most disturbing is the story of Jeremy Davidson, a three year boy in
Virginia, who was sleeping soundly at 2:30 in the morning when some flyrock, a boulder the size of a microwave, came crashing onto his bed.
The first mountaintop removal operation began in 1970 and in 1972, a coal impoundment dam collapsed at Buffalo Creek resulting in over 100 fatalities and in October of 2000 the bottom of a coal waste pond near the town of Inez KY collapsed pouring 250 million gallons of slurry or sludge, 25 times the amount of oil spilled in the Exxon Valdez disaster into an underground mine shaft , flooding two creeks causing the water systems in ten counties serving 27,000 people to be shut down.
And it is easy to point fingers at and tsk tsk about coal companies, but when you go to ilovemountains.org, you can find your own connection to mountaintop removal. I am a customer of LG&E, which purchases coal from a coal company that does MTR in communities like Rawl, West Virginia, where resident Donetta Blankenship says her water runs out of the pipe like tomato soup, thick with orange sediment.
Corporate greed, corrupt politics, and an insatiable appetite (our own) for supposedly cheap energy have resulted in the planned destruction of a national treasure with the highest level of biodiversity in the country. Over 470 mountains and over 420 miles of Kentucky's headwater streams have been permanently destroyed and over 60,000 acres of valley fills currently exist…
So let me wrap up and get to the altar call here. What am I asking of
you today?
I am asking that you do one or more but even better all of the
Stroll in the woods as often as you can...
Get excited about woodchucks and bluejays and tree toads.
Look for the endangered species maybe right under your feet and learn something new about them that you didn't know before.
Go to ilovemountains.org or just google mountaintop removal and read and read and read. Look carefully at the pictures of decimated mountains and learn of the impact on those living nearby and consider the impact on those of us who are downstream.
Put February 14, 2009, on your calendar right now (I Love the Mountains Day rally).
Write your legislators.
Join Kentuckians for the Commonwealth.
Go on a mountaintop removal tour.
Read your LG&E bill carefully and reduce your usage.
Recall Jeremiah's biblical warning:
Destruction upon destruction is cried,
For the whole land is plundered...
For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me.
They are silly children,
And they have no understanding.
I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled,
And all the hills moved back and forth.
I beheld, and indeed there was no one,
And all the birds of the heavens had fled.
I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a wilderness...
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor,
The anguish as of her who brings forth her first child,
The voice of the daughter of Zion bewailing herself;
She spreads her hands, saying,
' Woe is me now, for my soul is weary
Because of murderers!'
And as you go, recall John Muir's blessing:
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves...
Keep close to Nature's heart...and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.


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Through amalgamating the former four pre-clinical Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry (Medicine), Pharmacology and Physiology, the School of Biomedical Sciences was officially inaugurated on 8 January 2010 under the Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since its formation, our School has put tremendous efforts and resources in promoting cutting-edge and translational research through interdisciplinary collaboration as well as quality graduate and undergraduate education.
Being the first of its kind in Hong Kong, our School has established three Thematic Research Programs (TRPs), namely:
Members of these three Programs, including those clinical Associate Members, have been supported by our Core Laboratories which provide state-of-the-art equipment and specialized technologies. The different theme-based seminars and the annual School of Biomedical Sciences Research Day are two of the examples showing our commitment to the pursuit of research excellence.
Similarly, we have placed great importance on the provision of quality teaching and learning environment to our graduate and undergraduate students. With the consolidation of teaching manpower, synergies in graduate and undergraduate teaching have been made possible. The MPhil-PhD in Biomedical Sciences Program admitted its first cohort of students in 2010-11. The establishment of the Teaching and Learning Unit and the annual School of Biomedical Sciences Postgraduate Research Day are yet another two prominent examples showcasing our dedication to the quest of excellence in education. In the academic year 2016-17, our School will introduce the new BSc in Biomedical Sciences Programme with a view to nurturing young talents conversant with biomedical sciences knowledge and skills who can engage themselves upon graduation in multiple career paths such as scientific research, health system policy and management, or clinical, pharmaceutical, diagnostics and healthcare related professions.
To promote stronger academic and scientific collaboration with overseas universities and research institutes and to further broaden the international outlook of our investigators and students, we have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with a number of prestigious higher education and research institutions in the Mainland and overseas. Our School has also actively taken part in many outgoing and incoming visits to explore possible research and educational collaborations.
Wai-Yee CHAN, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Sciences &
Director, School of Biomedical Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong


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Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4xvjdavLJQ
Genre : Drama
Production : Mahaka Pictures , Dapur Film
Producer : Erick Tohir, Celerina Judisari,
Hanung Bramantyo
Director : Rahabi Mandra dan Hanung Bramantyo
Cast : Maudy Ayunda, Rizky Nazar, Ray Sahetapi
Duration : 110 mins
Theaterical Release : 26 Februari 2015
Ricky Bagaskoro (Rizky Nazar) final level of high school students who were experienced a dilemma. Between pursuing her dream to become a teacher for young children have been abandoned or have to follow the wishes of his father, Bagas Notolegowo (Ray Sahetapy), to continue their education to the highest. Bagas wish Ricky would follow in his footsteps to become a politician. Bagas himself is a father struggling to become president of Indonesia period 2014-2019 to replace President Jusuf Syahrir (Deddy Sutomo).
Competition to the presidency was very tight between Bagas Notolegowo, Faisal Abdul Hamid (Rudy Salam) and Syamsul Triadi (Akri Patrio). At all stages of the necessary prudence. But apparently Bagas less alert. One simple decision to make all his dreams shattered. Situation flip over in a flash.
Bagas destruction Ricky curiosity to explore the case. This effort brings Ricky with Krishna Dorojatun (Donny Damara) an idealistic lawyer and clean the lots won humanity cases. Besides Ricky also start close to the barrel (Maudy Ayunda), child Krishna Dorojatun.
Ricky and Barrel often make trouble with some police, especially Inspector Simpson (Atiqah Hasiholan). Second life is threatened. It turns out there was a third party involved in this case. Who are they? So what role Satria (Rio Dewanto) a young man who always in a lot of places in this case?


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The best cupcakes you will ever have!!!!
The original Magnolia Bakery is on Greenwich Village - at Bleecker St. (now they also have shops in LA and Dubai - yeah, they are getting bigger so go get your cupcake now and let's hope they'll keep the quality).
There is absolutely no way you can go to NY and not have a cupcake there! If you do it your first time, you will definitely always come back for more... The cupcakes are just AMAZING!!!
Carrie having her cupcake from Magnolia at one of the S&TC episodes
Magnolia at Bleecker and W11th St. (From Google)
How to ge there: Take the 1 or 2 trains to Sheridan Sq or the 1,2 or 3 to 14th St (7th Ave).
You can also check their website: http://www.magnoliacupcakes.com/
You can also check their website: http://www.magnoliacupcakes.com/


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Beyond the films themselves, the Cloverfield franchise deserves to be recognised as one of the most innovative and surprising ones out there simply due to how the films are marketed and released. The first film back in 2008 was famously announced with just a vague teaser and release date, making audiences wait over a year to determine what it actually was. Then, eight years later, a sequel was confirmed only a month before the release of 10 Cloverfield Lane, which had almost nothing to do with the original beyond some minor references and hints to a larger cinematic universe. Now we've seen the surprise release of The Cloverfield Paradox, a Netflix exclusive film that was only announced only a few hours before the film was available to watch.
To honour the secrecy the Cloverfield films are famous for shrouding themselves in, I'll keep the narrative details of this review vague. A team of scientists working on the Cloverfield space station are performing experiments on a particle accelerator in an attempt to create infinite energy and solve the world's energy crisis. Things go horribly wrong.
The Cloverfield Paradox puts forth some genuinely interesting concepts and ideas within the first thirty minutes to an hour, with similarities to sci-fi films such as Alien, Event Horizon, and Sunshine. The introduction of Elizabeth Debicki's character is both surprising and horrifying, and a particular death scene seems to be trying to out-do Alien's famous chest-buster sequence through sheer gross-out qualities. For a while I was even optimistically thinking this could finally be a worthy successor to Ridley Scott's genre-defining masterpiece, the shadow of which hangs over nearly all sci-fi horror pictures, but unfortunately Oren Uziel's screenplay runs out of steam towards the end. The interesting and weirder elements of the first half of the film become replaced by the same types of conflict that seem to appear in every space film, and the climax boils down to a one-on-one fight rather than the Lovecraftian cosmic horror teased at by the premise. Characters shout clichéd dialogue at each other and you get the sense that not even the cast really understand what's going on. Which is a shame, because director Julius Onah has assembled a brilliant group of performers including Daniel Brühl, Chris O'Dowd, David Oyelowo, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as protagonist Ava Hamilton. Each actor fully commits to their role, even if the script lets them down at times, and Mbatha-Raw does a tremendous job bring true emotion to an often insane film.
As was the case with 10 Cloverfield Lane, Uziel's original screenplay was not initially intended to be a part of the wider franchise. This is distractingly noticeable at times – scenes of Hamilton's partner Michael as he deals with a mysterious disaster on Earth completely divert from the main plot and seem to only exist to provide vague links to the previous films. Rather than answering any questions about the greater story of the Cloverfield franchise, though, The Cloverfield Paradox just raises more questions of its own. The last shot in particular felt like an infuriating tease of the movie I could have been watching, instead of a satisfying conclusion to the one I just watched. Apparently there's another Cloverfield film due out towards the end of this year. Whether or not that one will do anything to explain itself I can't quite say, but given the series' track record so far I'm sure it will be more interested in trying to deliver its own surprises rather than giving some depth to the franchise.
Despite the flaws of The Cloverfield Paradox, and I can't deny noticing plenty of other critical reviews, I couldn't help but enjoy it as an unexpected treat. Being unaware of a film's existence until a few hours before its release makes it hard to be disappointed or build any real expectations about the final product, a refreshing change from the sort of blockbusters scheduled years in advance by franchises like the MCU, DC, or Star Wars. The Cloverfield Paradox will most likely be remembered largely due to the clever marketing move of its surprise release, but there are worse surprises to be had.
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Resident doctors frequently transfer from one residency program to another. Residents may transfer for many reasons, including changes in professional interests, evolving personal circumstances, or employment prospects in a particular discipline. Each postgraduate medical education office across Canada has policies in place to guide residents interested in transferring within and between institutions.
RDoC's Role
After conducting an extensive evaluation of the official PGME resident transfer policies at Canadian faculties of medicine, RDoC has developed a series of national principles that:
- promote flexibility, consistency, and efficiency in the transfer process across individual programs;
- raise resident awareness of the inter- and intra-provincial transfer process; and
- promote transparency among educators, residents, and programs.


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Few things in life are as rewarding and overwhelming as planning for and attending college. It is a challenge to leave home and attend a school with a group of strangers. Fortunately, resources like this article are here to bolster your confidence and help you to feel more prepared. These tips will teach how to make college fun and rewarding.
You'll need grants and scholarships to get through college. Be sure to apply early. The more time you devote to securing funding for college, the less money you will need to borrow. Establish a sound deadline tracking system so that you never miss an important date.
Keep in mind that you should be eating healthy while in college. There is truth to the freshman 15. Make sure you are careful about your intake. Stay away from fast food, junk food and other terrible choices. These foods are quick and easy, but they are very bad for you.
Admissions Office
It is important that you visit a college's admissions office before committing to a particular school. This will allow you to find out if there are scholarships available that are school specific. Most institutions of higher education offer their student body scholarship opportunities. By checking out your school's admissions office you can find out what exactly is available to you.
You should use the gym on campus; it is free. Both are great ways to get exercise and to meet new people. You can also meet friends with whom you can go to the gym, thereby expanding your social network.
Eat a healthy breakfast before taking a test. Even if you're short on time, grab a piece of fruit or a cup of yogurt. If you are hungry while taking a test, it is unlikely that you will do well. Eating a good breakfast will prevent you from feeling hungry, boost your energy levels and help you to maintain focus during your test.
If you must carry a credit card, make sure you pay the balance monthly. If you only pay the minimum, you will end up with interest and other fees. You should only ever put charges on your card in an emergency. Monitor your spending and keep in mind that your main goal is to get an education. Having to deal with money problems is not helpful.
Look for second-hand textbook deals. Textbooks can be expensive. If you already have to pay quite a bit for your education, you're probably wishing to save a few dollars. Check out bookstores and online book sellers for used textbooks. Used books are an idea for anyone looking to save a lot of cash.
Create good and long lasting friendships with the professors you have. Your professors should be considered as a major resource that will help to open doors to better opportunities. Never be afraid to ask them questions, and help them when you can. Maintaining these good relationships can be advantageous while you are going to college.
Beginning college can be an intimidating experience. Through the advice from this article, you can stop the stress and have a nice time in college. Just know you are going to look back on college life fondly.


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N.C. senate bill: Teachers should get majority of education budget
Three Republican state senators Thursday introduced a bill requiring that at least 51 percent of state spending on public education go toward classroom teachers.
They called it a move to put North Carolina's teachers at the top of the state's priority list, in a year when teachers and their advocates have been protesting low pay and difficult working conditions.
"There's no question that teachers have the greatest influence on student achievement, so we must ensure they are the top priority for education funding," said Sen. Tom Apodaca of Henderson County, who sponsored the bill along with David Curtis of Lincoln County and Bill Rabon of Brunswick County.
Exactly how that might play out wasn't immediately clear.
"It is a brief bill. I have to talk to members about what it actually means," said Jonathan Sink, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools attorney who serves as legislative liaison. "The bill obviously has powerful sponsors. If they want it to move, it will move."
The $7.8 billion for public education this year is the largest portion of the state budget. That money covers not only teacher salaries but assistants, administrators, textbooks, transportation and other expenses.
Senate Republican leaders say about 47 percent of the total currently goes toward classroom teachers. Bumping up that percentage would require additional money for teachers, cuts to the other categories or both.
Gov. Pat McCrory's 2014-15 budget, released Wednesday, includes $108 million for teacher raises. His plan, which won preliminary support from GOP legislative leaders, gives 7 percent raises to teachers in their first seven years and 2 percent to 4.3 percent pay increases for more experienced teachers.
The state provides about 60 percent of the budget for N.C. public schools, a higher portion than all but eight other states. Shifting state money into teacher pay could force counties, which cover an average of 29 percent of the education budget, to pay more for transportation and support staff or accept cuts in those areas.


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Yes that's right folks, if the shock and awe strike that Fantasy Fight Games has done to us so far with Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition has not been enough then this product sure will. The adventurer's toolkit will be a supplement offering 50 action cards, 30 talent cards, 10 new careers and potentially in our worst interests much more things to come. If the new edition didn't sound like a boardgame then this adventuer's kit puts icing on the cake. Actually let me step back here. Let's wait to see the price. That will be the icing on the cake.
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1 beds | 2 baths | 1,266 sqft | 1 car
SOLD | $1,040,000 | Represented Seller
This impressively dramatic loft has been refined to enhance it's true industrial nature. Details include soaring 17'8" ceilings, exposed concrete, industrial windows, and custom-designed steel light fixtures. Not to be overlooked is a custom designed steel structure that acts not only as an extension of the living space, but as a dramatic piece of art. Designed and constructed by local artist, Kyle Reicher, the structure sits atop wheels to allow for repositioning.
This unique loft offers 1 bedroom, 2 baths, and over 1,266 sqft* of living space. The main level boasts a large open floor plan with refinished bamboo floors, a thoughtful kitchen, and a full bath. The chef's kitchen includes stainless steel appliances, a gas range, granite counters, and extensive storage. The full bath is appointed with a large claw-foot tub, polished concrete walls and floor, and industrial steel accents for candles to create a relaxing ambiance. The mezzanine level has been redesigned to enhance the master bedroom space and is outfitted with a large walk-in closet, full bath, washer/dryer, and custom window coverings to create privacy when needed.
The building, The Toy Factory Lofts, was originally constructed in 1909 and was converted to lofts in 1997. The design for the conversion was led by award-winning architect James Magni. This boutique building offers eight unique residences, all with their own look and feel. Unit #D includes on-site parking below the building as well as additional storage outside of the unit.
Located in the best area of western SoMa within walking distance of trendy restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores and other neighborhood amneities including: Sightglass Coffee, Harvest Urban Market, Deli Board, AQ, Rocco's Cafe, Basil Thai, Terrior Wine Bar, City Beer, and more. Offering easy access to public transit (MUNI, BART), Highway 101, Interstate 80, and tech shuttle stops.


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Fox Sports San Diego announced the San Diego Padres 2017 Spring Training broadcast schedule today, and it may surprise you how many games that FSSD is going to broadcast this spring.
This season, FSSD is going to carry 14 Spring Training games, all from Arizona. All but one game will be live, with the March 11 game against the Milwaukee Brewers being shown on tape delay. The Padres will also play the World Baseball Classic team from Mexico on March 7.


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An app for storing and sharing of statistics for your own football matches in real-time.
With Pumodo you are able to share your own football game achievements with friends or family. By creating your profile, your relatives and friends can follow it by using the Pumodo app. Each time something important happens on the pitch, everyone gets notifications on what is going on.
You can share your:
- goals scored
- assists
- received cards
- etc.
Then post everything on the team leader board.
An excellent tool for keeping a record of your football career.
Pumodo had already developed an iOS application for storing and sharing statistical data regarding the Danish football league. However, it was lacking in technical staff to develop an Android version of the app and needed to supplement their own development capabilities through external means.
We contacted Pumodo (in reply to their query from the contact form) and did a presentation of our Android works and work methodologies. A cost estimate of "cloning" the application was made and delivered to the client. After a few consulting sessions the development begun with weekly demos and feedback gathering.
A complete Android clone of an existing iOS application under the same brand. Just as the client intended.


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This type of orchid typically lasts several months. In addition to white, they come in many colors such as purple, pale pink, hot pink, chartreuse, gold, orange/red.
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I'm as creeped out by the 16th arrondissement as the next 99%, but every once in a while I find myself called to visit this particular part of Paris, wandering the rues of the 16th's quartiers chics.
My most recent visit was motivated by the compelling description I read about the Marché Couvert de Passy, which promised fresh fish and foreign fromage.
By foreign fromage I mean cheddar, which is a rarity in Paris and is pretty much the reason why I elected the Marché Couvert de Passy as December's Marché du Mois.
Under a crisp blue winter sky, the market seemed bustling for a Wednesday afternoon- with eager shoppers squeezing into its entryways bookended with Christmas trees.
Once inside the market, I scanned my surroundings for the venders mentioned in the description, including the Poissonnerie de Passy and the fromagerie Androuet.
Despite its tiled walls and floor- the Marché Couvert de Passy is cosy and one can quickly take a tour around the economically organized space, which seems to be a former Poissonerie.
The scattered wall tiles dedicated to different types of fish are a nice tribute to the building's current incarnation as well, due to the fact that this market boasts several fishmongers.
I made my way to the reputed Poissonnerie de Passy, which is located at the back of the market and is made up of two stands- one for cuts of fish and another for shellfish, which includes a counter space for dégustations of wine and fruits de mer.
The Poissonerie had a special on Bonite that day, which I tasted for the first time a few weeks ago at Le Verre Volé.
Bonite (casually known as "the tuna you can buy") is of the Tuna family and is deemed to be in no danger of overfishing or extinction and therefore makes for a guilt-free, sustainable meal. It is delicious when seared and even better when served with brussels sprouts!
As far as vegetables are concerned, the vendors at Marché Passy demonstrate a preference for local and fresh produce. However, non-seasonal veggies were also in abundance, so shoppers who want to buy local should read labels to make sure they are purchasing hexagon-grown goodies.
And on to the fromagerie, where a warm welcome awaited me!
As soon as I asked for my slice of cheddar at Androuet the vendor addressed me exclusively in English- but not in that I'll-speak-English-to-this-tourist-so-that-the-transaction-is-completed-as-quickly-as-possible English, just simply in a I-like-speaking-English-to-English-speakers English, which I don't mind responding to in, well, just normal English. We chatted about how great cheddar cheese is and he recommended I try the Stilton next time around, very impressive open mindedness for a French cheese vendor!
For a modest 4 euro, I had a hearty tranche of artisinal cheddar- which is worth its weight in gold this side of the pond!
While the eerily calm streets of the 16th may not beckon to me very often, I am happy to know that within this calm arrondissement there is the animated ambience that only a great neighborhood market can provide.
Marché Couvert de Passy
Place de Passy
m° La Muette (line 9)
Tues. - Fri. : 8h-13h and 16h-19h
Saturday: 8h30-13h and 15h30-19h
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The Maryland Botanical Heritage Work Group was reated in June 2013 (Chapter 655, Acts of 2013) to prepare a report to the General Assembly and the Governor that would define challenges, explore opportunities and make recommendations for the "preservation of plant species native to the State and the region." Authorization for the Work Group extends through May 31, 2014. The law is included as Appendix 1. Work Group members who are not state employees received no compensation for their participation. State staff were provided from among current employees. The Work Group began its work in late August after the members had been appointed by the Governor or designated by the Secretaries of their respective agencies.
The Work Group thanks the following individuals for volunteering their time to provide advice andassistance in creating this Report. The views expressed in the Report are solely those of the Work Group.
Executive Summary and Recommendations
Maryland's Unique Biodiversity
The Rapid Loss of Maryland's Native Plants and the Wildlife that Depends on Them
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Nick and I play this sadistic game where we like to repeatedly remind each other how old we're getting, based on a random nostalgic throwback. We'll go back and forth with things and places from earlier in our lives, making a joke out of the fact that we are both completely alarmed by the fact that we are now adults and a quarter of a lifetime has passed us by.
So we play what I like to call the Retro Name Game. For example I will say "Maybe tonight we can watch that movie you had me tape last week, you can queue up the VCR while I'm in the shower." His usually rebuttal with something like "If you keep making me feel old, I am totally going to block you from my AOL chat list." Then we exchange nervous laughter that is code for – "Fuck we're aging, make it stop"
The fact of the matter is we really aren't that old, but I have certainly realized how much things change and happen during a lifetime. I mean, again, after only a quarter of one we're already struck with enough reminiscence to make us cry and yearn for a simpler time. If I feel like this now, imagine how I'll feel at 75… No scratch that, I don't want to imagine that.
Anyway, the point of my post is that I feel like I have fit a decent amount of life into my 25 years. There has been heartbreak, love, loss, joy, death, parties, trouble, responsibility, and engagement to name a few. Still at least once a week I have what I like to call a "Quarter-Life Crisis". This is when I look at my life and go "HOLY SHIT!!! What am I doing!?!?!?" I think back on a teenage version of myself and remember how differently she thought 25 would be. I thought I would be a world traveler with good career I was happy with and apartment I love. I thought I'd have actually finished college, and have at least started writing a book. Now I have heeded enough advice and lived enough life to know that life has absolutely no regard for your plans, but I still just expected more by now. Oh well, at least I landed the man I love, and a job that pays well which slightly makes up for the fact that I hate it.
The reality of age and accomplishment hit me very hard this past weekend. After gorging myself on zeppoles and sausage and peppers at the Feast of Santa Rosalia my friends and I returned to my house where we half ass played trivia and shot the shit. Somehow it came up stopping me dead, and I don't know if it was the game or the conversation that led us there – the dreaded question; Where do you see you yourself at 30? 40? At first I laughed and retorted with" Nobody has time for that, ask me again in 5 years and 15 years when i'm there" The words literally choked me as they marched out of my mouth. 5 years? 15 years? When the fuck did these ages start feeling so close? And what in God's name have I been doing that I am so far behind where I wanted to be. I had to pull my shell-shocked mind back to reality where I saw Tink's also shocked expression.
Tink: "Are you really going to be 40 in 15 years?"
Me: "Apparently, but you only have 16 1/2 so can it"
Nick: "I feel dizzy."
And there you have it. 15 years no longer sounds like a long period of time, which means that I must have at some point allowed myself to become an adult. I suppose it had to happen eventually but I really was trying to avoid that.
Now a few years ago, I jumped on the bandwagon and wrote out a bucket list. I have actually been able to cross off more than a few things on there, which makes me smile. But as I think about it, i feel like maybe I need to set better goals for myself. I have seen a number of articles regarding accomplishments that should be made prior to turning 30, and I thought well – why the hell not? I feel like I should set a number of logical tasks that I would like to cross off prior to my 30th birthday. I've already started writing it out on paper and I think that once it is complete I will post and keep track of it here. Some of these are repeats from my actual bucket list, but seeing as none of them have yet been crossed off, I don't think that's cheating. Some of them are large milestones while others are simply personal goals I want to accomplish while I am young and healthy enough to fully enjoy them. I will either list 30 things or 50 things, not sure yet. Then I will start out to become a more fulfilled version of me.
Now, I'm going to call up a friend from the payphone and see if they want to hit the drive in. 🙂


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Thank you for taking a few moments to learn a little bit about me and for your interest in my work. I have prepared this statement to share my thoughts about my black and white graphite work.
There is something to be said about a successful image devoid of color. Attention to tonal value is so much more prevalent because you don't have color to create contrast, separation, mood, depth, etc.This creates a unique emotional response regardless of the subject matter, media or technique. I enjoy working with graphite because of my developed control of the medium. As kids we all used number 2 lead pencils. It's what I started with. It's what I know best. And after 20+ years drawing I'm still developing. Most commonly I create highly detailed black and white graphite drawings using a broad range of Graphite pencils.
Over the past few years, I have made a conscious effort in three areas. With regards to the process or the technique, the separation of the surface material and texture of each object represented in the image as well as the mood, atmosphere and depth within the picture plane is what I strive towards. Probably the most important and most difficult is to convey some kind of intangible emotion, some sense of "Life" within the art. I want to be as authentic as possible regarding any given subject. The little details are a means of telling a convincing story so textures, surfaces, shapes, and patterns, anything uniquely relevant to the subject are characteristics that I consider in my work. My intention is to create an image that will capture one's attention from across the room, draw the viewer in, and as they close the distance start to realize that there is more to see, until their nose is within inches of the drawing. I love watching people experience this evolution as they view my art for the first time.
I have always had an interest in creating realistic looking images but never photo realistic art. It's always been about my interpretation of the image and how I can manipulate the information from the reference to enhance the quality of the overall work. I take careful consideration of the viewer and attempt to guide them visually through the piece. With so much detail in the image careful consideration is necessary to avoid a busy and distracting composition. A strong focal point, subtle shifts in value and a wide range of value and contrast is necessary. I don't just take a single photo and try to copy it. I often use several reference images and even tangible objects when applicable. As I continue to push my bounds technically, my process, which is very methodical becomes more intuitive and reflects grater execution of the qualities I try to convey.
There is something majestic and magical about all life. I think we take this for granted in our day to day lives. I strive to push my bounds technically to project more life through the illusion. If someone can take a moment and reconnect to that when they look at one of my works, then I think I have created a successful piece.
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Book Information:
The Three Bully Goats by Leslie Kimmelman
Illustrated by Will Terry
Picture Window Books
Published in 2011
32 Pages
Series Information:
Not a series.
5 out of 5
Ease of Reading Text: 5 out of 5
Illustrations: 5 out of 5
Plot: 5 out of 5
Three goats, Gruff, Rugg, and Tuff, are nothing but bullies to everyone in the meadow. When they pass over the little ogre's bridge, they ruin the peace on the other side of the meadow. However, the bullies will learn their lesson, when they pick on the wrong animal.
This book puts a very nice twist on the children's classic, The Three Billy Goats Gruff. It still has the basic outline of the original, but the author changes the characters personality and even adds something to make it a little different from it. The author makes it so that the goats are the bad guys and the ogre is the good one. Even with some slight changes, it was still a nice and interesting take.
Also, I think the illustrations were more adorable than the original. :P They had a very soft and gentle feeling to them, and they were enjoyable to look at. It was also very easy to read/see the text.
Overall, the book is a very enjoyable read, so go ahead and read it to your children. :D
Where I Got It:
Checked out from the library.
Challenges Apart Of:
Goodreads 2011
Not planning to re-read.
Other Reviews/Author Site:
Leslie Kimmelman
Will Terry
Library Thing
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Dynamic strategic planning and justification systems for advanced manufacturing technology acquisition.
Date of Award
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
First Advisor
Dutta, S. P.
Engineering, Industrial.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Superior manufacturing capability, as the culmination of continued technological development and organizational learning, is the basis for competitive positioning. Technology acquisition is one of many tools to improve capabilities as an integrated and systematic strategic plan and justification problem. Today's greater environmental change challenges not only the accuracy and objectivity of information for decision making but also the flexibility of conventional strategy making process. To address the problem, a framework of dynamic Advanced Manufacturing Technology planning and justification is presented in this paper. The framework enables the system to communicate and interact with the outside environment, designs strategic planning to quickly respond to the impact of environmental change, and evaluates performance outcome in order to guide the future strategy direction through performance feedback. Environmental scanning sub-model, as an effective information screening program is developed. Fuzzy set membership functions are developed for quantifying measures for scanning system. This thesis establishes the strategic objectives of maximizing flexibility within cost, quality and time constraints. The fuzzy Delphi Method is modified in this thesis to determine the flexibility target level and the three constraints. To quantify human kind's subjective decision making process, degree of achievement for flexibility target and satisfaction degree for the three constraints are represented with fuzzy membership functions. An objective function model of maximizing degree of achievement within the constraints of maximizing satisfaction degree is developed. These objective functions are converted into finding a maximizing decision by intersection of fuzzy goals and constraints using Bellman-Zadeh approach.Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis2001 .L53. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-03, page: 0765. Adviser: S. P. Dutta. Thesis (M.A.Sc.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 2001.
Recommended Citation
Liang, Yahong., "Dynamic strategic planning and justification systems for advanced manufacturing technology acquisition." (2001). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1799.


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June 18, 2018
No Mayo Honey Mustard Coleslaw
Tired of coleslaw slathered in a thick mayonnaise sauce? Change up your coleslaw game by making this sweet and spicy No Mayo Honey Mustard Coleslaw. Instead of a heavy dressing, this coleslaw is lightly coated in a sweet-spicy mustardy dressing and perfect as a barbecue side dish or on top of a barbecue sandwich.


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Conveniently situated in the very heart of Prague, The Nicholas Hotel Residence is surrounded by the best restaurants and bars, whether you are in for Czech or international offer.
Lehka Hlava
Just a short walk away, Lehka Hlava is a unique vegan restaurant full of surprises! Their offer includes some of the most imaginative dishes, including, but not limited to humus, tofu or quesadilla!
Address: Borsov 2 Working hours: Mo-Fri 11:30-23:30 Weekend 12:00-23:30
Kolkovna Olympia
Visit Kolkovna Olympia for the best in authentic Czech dining and try Czech classic, Pilsner Urquell beer.
Address: Vítězná 7 Working hours: Mon-Sun: 11-24
Cafe Louvre
Founded in 1902, Cafe Louvre is a traditional cafe & restaurant with great food and delicious desserts, favored by Kafka and Einstein.
Address: Národní 22 Working hours: Mon-Fri: 8-23.30 Sat-Sun: 9-23.30
Hergetova Cihelna
Situated on the bank of Vtava river and offering a spectacular view on the Charles Bridge, Cihelna offers a wide and tasty selection of Czech and international food
Address: Cihelná 2b Working hours: Mon-Sun: 11:30-01
Baračnicka rychta
Relaxed and atmospheric, Baračnicka rychta is a place to go for traditional Czech food and great cultural events. Its fairly large size makes it suitable for groups as well.
Adress: Tržiště 23 Working hours: Mon-Sat: 11-23 Sun: 11-21
Cafe Savoy
A place with its own bakery, known for interesting gourmet menus. Evoking the atmosphere of cafes from the start of 20th century, Cafe Savoy fascinates in particular with its Neo-renaissance ceiling from 1893.
Address: Vítězná 5 Working hours: Mon-Fri: 8-22.30 Sat-Sun: 9-22.30
Blue Light Bar
A legendary place with a 'real bar feeling', a favorite destination of numerous Prague's artists, and an inspiration of a popular photography exhibition in 2011.
Address: Josefská 42 Working hours: Mon-Sat: 19-03 Sun: closed
A Maze in Tchaiovna
A cozy tea room, but also a place where one can get a specialist IPA, enjoy live music, or a round of board games.
Address: Muchova 4 Working hours: Mon-Sun: 11-00
Hemingway Bar
Named after the famous writer, Hemingway Bar is unmatched for its cocktails, in particular those including absinthe, rum and champagne – Hemingway's favorite drinks.
Address: Karolíny Světlé 26 Working hours: Mon-Thur: 17-01 Fri: 17-02 Sat: 19-02 Sun: 19-01


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HTOTW #7 Veritas Skew Rabbet Plane
I swear this isn't going to turn into a Veritas sales campaign. But, I do happen to have several Veritas tools that I really like. Next week will be old school, I promise. Until then, enjoy this little video.
And yes, I am currently working on an upcoming video project. Nightstands for my bedroom.
And, I will be filming some basic technique videos covering cutting tenons, chopping a mortise, dovetails, jointing edges, milling lumber by hand, and other techniques. All will be the way I do it. Not that I'm write or wrong, just going to show my way.
2/12/2015 01:59:55 am
Just the other week, I figured out the part where sticking your first finger out on your right hand makes all the difference in the world between doing an OK job and doing a really good job of keeping the plane upright for the proper cut.
I'm in the same boat. After restoring and using my old wood body for so long it is hard for me to let it go. I even replaced the irons. So, she is in good shape now.
2/28/2015 04:07:56 pm
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Hi guys! Who's been in post-show mourning? I know I have. I didn't even watch Teen Wolf after series 5 but the fact that it's over is so sad to me. So, I thought I would celebrate in a few ways – one, by doing style steals (I've already written a Lydia one here) and two, by doing a re-watch where I'm going to meta everything. I can't wait, I really will miss Teen Wolf. I think it had its moments of being really bad but then really good. It was a clever show with a lovely cast and it'll be missed.
But the person I miss the most is Allison! If you guys haven't seen the show, I won't spoil anything – but see below how to get her amazing style! P.S. Everything is on sale and this is also #notspons by Forever 21. Wish it was!
Something that is a necessity with Allison's style is layering. While you can't wear this jumper alone, if you paired it with a floral dress underneath and some ankle boots, it would be perfect for her look.
2. Strappy Cutout Sweater in Blush, £10.99.
I've specified buying this in Blush because it is almost an exact duplicate to a dress that she wore in the show. I honestly couldn't believe my luck in how many Allison outfits there were on Forever 21, all of these finds were only on the first page of the sale and they are perfect! If you pair this with a cute hairband and curls, it's almost an exact replica of her outfit at the end of 3a.
3. Striped Amore Patch Jumper, £10.99.
The jumper that I really wanted to find was Allison's heart jumper that everyone knows and loves but I think this is still a good choice. She's into wearing cute jumpers and the little 'amore' badge is great for her links to Paris – the Argent family are from France for those of you who haven't seen it. The only thing I'm not keen on is the turtleneck but if you guys can pull it off then go for it! I have a really weird thing against turtlenecks.
4. Scalloped Lace-Hem Jumper, £10.99.
Again, this is almost an exact replica of an outfit she wore in series two. So much so that I'm actually super tempted to buy it myself as I love it so much. It's so cute and the perfect colour for Allison. Pair it with some ankle boots and patterned tights and you're good to go! ( Also, how cheap are these jumpers? Love it. )
5. Woven Longline Jacket, £20.40.
Green jackets are something that I associate with Allison as she wears them a lot, especially in series three. I thought this one was perfect because it's quite loose and it's also not too thick so you'd still be able to run in the woods with this on if you wanted to! (Not likely.)
So, there you have it! Which piece was your favourite? Who would you like me to style steal from next? Let me know in the comments!
Morgie out.
P.S. Did you like my style steal? Please click here to see how to get Taylor Swift's look for under £40.


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Judge orders halt to spraying for moth
Review of environmental effects ordered - governor calls halt to pesticide in Bay Area
The state's efforts to eradicate the light brown apple moth was dealt a setback Thursday when a judge ordered a halt to aerial spraying in Santa Cruz County until state agriculture officials conduct a comprehensive review of the chemical spray's environmental impact.
A short time later, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced separately in Sacramento that plans to spray in 12 counties where the moth has been found would be put on hold at least until Aug. 17 to allow for a series of safety tests to be completed.
U.S. and state agriculture officials had planned aerial spraying in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties in June and in every county in the Bay Area starting in August in a campaign to eradicate the invasive moth, which they say threatens more than 200 crops in the state worth multimillions of dollars.
What effect Schwarzenegger's decision would have on plans to spray the Bay Area remained unclear Thursday, but Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura said the ruling by Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick "threatens the safety of our agriculture, environment and economy" and said he would appeal it immediately.
"The light brown apple moth is a serious threat not just to Santa Cruz but to the entire state, and the method we are using is the safest, most progressive eradication program available," Kawamura said in a statement.
The spraying plan calls for the use of pesticides containing synthetic insect pheromones and other ingredients. Critics questioned whether the spray is safe after more than 600 people in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties reported respiratory problems after spraying there last autumn during the first phase of the campaign against the moth.
Soon afterward, the county and city of Santa Cruz sued, arguing that an environmental review should have been done first.
Burdick's ruling was a victory for environmentalists who argued the state was moving ahead without adequately assessing health and environmental risks. Critics of the spraying plan hoped it would serve as a model for judges in other counties considering similar lawsuits.
The judge rejected arguments by agriculture officials that the moth infestation was an emergency, a legal category that would permit them to proceed with the second round of spraying before completing an environmental impact report. Environmental impact reports can take more than a year to complete.
The ruling in a packed courtroom triggered jubilation among opponents of the spraying program. "There was joy, applause, tears, the works," said Dick André of the California Alliance to Stop the Spray. "I'm delighted. I, of course, realize that it isn't over yet. But we do have some time now."
Schwarzenegger made his decision to delay spraying after a meeting with state Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, and a delegation of Marin County officials and environmentalists.
The governor said he remains convinced the chemicals used for spraying are safe but called for the temporary halt to allow for a series of tests on possible eye, inhalation, respiratory and other potential irritants. A U.S. Department of Agriculture contractor will conduct tests in Texas on several chemicals being considered for the next round of spraying.
"I am confident that the additional tests will reassure Californians that we are taking the safest, most progressive approach to ridding our state of this very real threat to our agriculture, environment and economy," Schwarzenegger said.
Five lawmakers have introduced bills in Sacramento to control aerial spraying, including one by Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, that would require the same environmental review in all Bay Area communities that Burdick ordered for Santa Cruz County.
"Too much is at stake to go forward without all of the facts," Leno said Thursday.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who sent a letter to Schwarzenegger March 20 calling for the full risk assessment of the spraying, welcomed the postponement and new tests as a step in the right direction.
"It's time to slow down, put on the brakes and take a hard look at the health impacts before we move forward with the spraying," said Newsom spokesman Nathan Ballard. "We'll have to wait and see what those results are."
Problem: The tiny moth, a native of Australia and much smaller than a penny, has been found in the Bay Area. Its larvae feed on more than 2,000 types of plants and trees, including 200 fruit and vegetable crops.
Eradication: Officials plan to spray a pesticide - a synthetic moth pheromone - over Bay Area cities to eradicate the moth by disrupting its mating. Spraying was expected to start Aug. 1.
Spraying opponents: They say human health problems have been reported and that the spray has not undergone adequate testing.
More information
-- California Department of Food and Agriculture: links.sfgate.com/ZCLW
-- Anti-spray groups: www.playnotspray.organd www.CASSonline.org


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523rd Eng. Co. builds road at K-Bay
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Kristen Wong
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MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII — A small group of Soldiers made improvements to a 831-foot road at the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, here, recently.
The Soldiers from 523rd Engineer Company, 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, began working on the road Oct. 17, 2011, and completely the project recently.
Explosive ordnance disposal technicians use the road.
"We're more than happy to help," said Sgt. 1st Class Matt Lashley, platoon sergeant, 523rd Eng. Co. "It's been a pleasure working with the Marines. They've treated us really well. (It's a) good collaboration between the services."
Master Sgt. John Martinez, the range chief for the K-Bay Range, said the road is now "100 times better" than it was before.
Before the unit arrived, Martinez said the road was not drivable and was in serious need of repair.
"They're phenomenal," Martinez said of the Soldiers. "I appreciate everything they do."
He described the project as a "win-win situation." By utilizing the Soldiers instead of hiring a contractor, the Soldiers got hands-on training and the Marines got their road.
"I think it builds a good rapport with each other in a garrison environment," said Sgt. Reynoldo Espinoza, squad leader, 523rd Eng. Co. "For these (Soldiers), it's a good learning experience."
Espinoza said this project was more than half of the Soldiers' first project.
Pfc. Deykes Lopez, heavy equipment operator, 523rd Eng. Co., said he was able to learn a great deal, in addition to getting more "stick time," on the machinery.
Martinez has future projects that he plans to request the 523rd Eng. Co. to do, including the demolition range and some construction at the Marine Corps Training Area at Bellows Air Force Station.
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They have been stripped of their premierships they won in 2007 and 2009 as well as losing the minor premierships they won from 2006-2008. As well as the premierships, the Melbourne Storm will lose all points from the 2010 season and will not earn any points for the remainder of the 2010 season.
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I entered my first organized race over the weekend. I had plans of sharing an inspiring story of adrenaline, triumph and afterglow.
Sadly, it was more a conquest of "let's just do this" and getting by.
It was a 5k/10k race (I opted for 5k), up through the orchards of East Kelowna, and our week of rain finally let up just in time.
Sadly, it was a rough night with the kidlets and by the time 8 o'clock rolled around and the starter horn blared, I felt like I was nursing a bad hang-over.
My body called out to me, "bed, BED! Take me to bed!" My head felt discombobulated from the rest of me.
staggered about ran for three minutes at a time, alternating that with a two minute walk for the duration of the 5k. And as I walked, well, I snapped a plethora of photos of the beauty around me… which made it all worth the effort.
Everything was so green (thanks to all that rain, I guess), and the view was captivating. I wouldn't mind running through the orchard more often…
In the end, my time was a miserable 36.12 minutes, which was just fine because I wasn't in it to win or anything, anyway. And it should be a cinch to beat that next time. Oops! Did I say next time? We'll see…
Are you a runner? Have you ever entered a 5k, 10k or marathon before? What do you most enjoy about it?
– Words and photos by Lori-Anne Poirier


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Crowding into the tasting room of the Brooklyn Brewery, in Williamsburg, the nearly 200 painters, metalworkers, writers and self-styled entrepreneurs — all former members of 3rd Ward, the Bushwick arts center, D.I.Y. haven and creative network that collapsed in October — sounded a little like refugees.
Part continuing-education center, part incubator, 3rd Ward, in a 35,000-square-foot former warehouse on Morgan Avenue, was the first, and, it seemed, the most successful of the arts-and-entrepreneurship meccas springing up around the gentrifying parts of Brooklyn. Its co-founder, Jason Goodman, 34, had predicted that within a few years, every big city in America would have one. He told one interviewer that 3rd Ward would be a household name by 2018.
And he seemed on track: A Philadelphia 3rd Ward opened in April, a Las Vegas project was germinating, and the organization had received a $1.5 million grant for a "kitchen incubator," a program designed to support new food enterprises, elsewhere in Brooklyn. Then, on Oct. 9, Mr. Goodman announced that 3rd Ward was closing, crippled by financial losses.
A failed start-up is nothing new. But 3rd Ward was not an app or a website, but a physical space with hundreds of stakeholders — people who had paid as much as $3,200 for lifetime unlimited memberships, which included free bicycles, free Intelligentsia coffee and unrestricted access to studios, workshops and classes, and who were told by Mr. Goodman that they would not receive refunds. There were also teachers who would not be getting their last paychecks and professionals who had seen it as a kind of creative utopia, now deprived of space to work.
Many of them turned their anger at Mr. Goodman, once seen as a visionary who could charm Bushwick woodworkers and wealthy investors alike. Former members speculated online and off about what had driven 3rd Ward under. In an interview immediately after the closing, Mr. Goodman said, "We really fought down to the wire to preserve everything that we built, everything that we stand for, over the years. Some of us wanted to continue fighting. But at the end of the day, I think this was the right thing to do." He declined to comment further.
Mr. Goodman founded 3rd Ward with a friend, Jeremy Lovitt, in 2006 so artists, craftspeople and other creative types — "makers," in the parlance of 3rd Ward — could band together, share studio space and equipment that they could not afford on their own. Mr. Lovitt was the less visible of the two, former employees said. Mr. Goodman did most of the talking.
With its industrial-chic exposed brick and beams, the building on Morgan Avenue percolated with energy, as professional photographers and amateur carpenters mixed in state-of-the-art workshops. Pickup soccer games broke out in the lobby. People wandered the area carrying cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon. At night, 3rd Ward hosted drink-and-draw events, art shows featuring members' work and parties featuring cocktail blenders powered by bicycle. "You walked in, and there was an environment that things were happening and things were getting done," said Robin Grearson, a Brooklyn-based writer and former teacher at 3rd Ward.
At first, Mr. Goodman concentrated on attracting more members and students to make 3rd Ward profitable; for a while he busied himself with outside projects, but as they failed or fell away, he focused on helping 3rd Ward grow. People as far away as Chicago had been asking Mr. Goodman how to replicate 3rd Ward's seeming success in other cities since its first year. He and Mr. Lovitt would often spend all day sitting around a back office, chain-smoking and tossing around ways to expand, recalled Elias Ragues, an early employee who worked at the front desk for five years.
"If Jason had just been, like, 'Hey, let's just have a cool company in one location in Brooklyn that breaks even and employs 25 people and everyone gets a decent salary and we create a lot of value in the community,' that could've sustained itself for sure," said one longtime employee who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was concerned about becoming enmeshed in the company's legal problems. "That's never been his goal. His goal's always been bigger."
In March 2010, Matthew Blesso, a real estate developer, bought a third of the company for $700,000, becoming its first major investor. The partners embarked on a top-to-bottom renovation of the building and secured a loan from Next Street, a merchant bank that specializes in urban small businesses.
Later that year, Mr. Blesso and Mr. Goodman bought out Mr. Lovitt, with Mr. Blesso paying about $400,000 to increase his stake and become half owner. Mr. Lovitt left.
Before long, 3rd Ward was beginning to draw notice from other investors and local tech moguls, like Perry Chen, the co-founder of Kickstarter, who introduced Mr. Goodman to Joanne Wilson, the wife of the prominent venture capitalist Fred Wilson, and Tony Hsieh, the founder of Zappos.
Mr. Goodman offered tours of the building, talking animatedly of the "maker movement."
In 2012, Ms. Wilson led a round of financing, bringing in between 10 and 15 investors, she said. The new investors committed a total of at least $4 million — $2.5 million to pour into the company, and around $2 million to buy out Mr. Blesso and pay off loans. Mr. Hsieh and a group of investors he led contributed a majority of that money. Mr. Goodman, with 30 percent of the company, was the largest individual shareholder.
Another real estate developer, David Belt, offered to help Mr. Goodman build another 3rd Ward in Philadelphia in 2011. Mr. Hsieh was so enamored of Mr. Goodman's vision that he made plans for a 3rd Ward in Las Vegas, where Zappos is based. And last year, 3rd Ward won the $1.5 million Economic Development Corporation grant for the kitchen incubator.
Mr. Goodman, dazzled, kept saying yes. And he did not listen to doubts from within 3rd Ward, even from Mr. Blesso. Mr. Blesso said he made a substantial profit when he was bought out by other investors last year, though he declined to be specific, and said he left because he felt the company was growing too fast.
"He's a very compelling guy, and very persuasive," Mr. Blesso said of Mr. Goodman. "But he had much more aggressive plans for growth than I thought were feasible."
As the company's expansion accelerated, the original 3rd Ward, never fully stable, fell further into disarray, in part because the Next Street loan materialized later and smaller than promised. (A spokesman for Next Street did not respond to a request for comment.) Barry Pousman, 29, who was hired to oversee classes in Bushwick in the summer of 2012, said that though Mr. Goodman had pressured the staff to devise more classes — "product," he called them — to increase revenue, there never seemed to be enough students, a problem made worse by the building's relatively remote location several blocks from the nearest L subway stop.
As former teachers, students and staff members recalled in interviews, the financial strains that had marked the company's early years became more evident, even as 3rd Ward raised more money. Teachers were often paid late. Machinery went unfixed. Policies were often revised to add fees. Within the past year, 3rd Ward gutted the "unlimited" memberships, charging fees for classes that were formerly free and raising prices, and driving some longtime members away.
The company said in its final fund-raising plea that it had had $3.6 million in revenue in 2012, but former employees said that after spending money for renovations and expansions, the Bushwick location had consistently barely broken even or operated at a loss. When Mr. Pousman was hired, along with about 15 other new employees, Mr. Goodman gave a party to introduce them to 3rd Ward's instructors. Within six months, he and the others were laid off, leaving most jobs to be done by members who worked in exchange for studio time or class credits.
As attention and money poured in, Mr. Goodman's lifestyle edged closer to those of the tech chief executives who had befriended him. Some of the changes were modest: he exchanged his bike for a motorcycle and dressed better. Some were more eye-catching: he began traveling to Art Basel Miami and taking Fridays off to fix up a pair of cottages in Montauk as a weekend home. But he remained popular with employees and members alike, hosting an all-night pig roast and a retreat to Montauk within the last year
"When I met Jason, he was covered in dust" from building parts of 3rd Ward by hand, said William Etundi, a promoter who helped throw 3rd Ward parties in the early years. "And he wasn't that same guy later. But I think at heart, he's still that maker guy."
Though his ambitions — and the company's financial troubles — grew, his improvisational management style evolved little: changing his mind from one day to the next, tossing out bold ideas that he could not execute or trivial ones, like knocking down a wall or changing bits of the website, that required disproportionate time, effort or money, according to many involved with 3rd Ward. One particularly unpopular gambit involved compensating teachers based on how many students they were able to recruit, a structure that made several instructors decide to quit, they said. As 3rd Ward hemorrhaged money this summer, Mr. Goodman and the board cast about for ways to save it, approaching several investors, Ms. Wilson said. A crowdsourced investment drive on the website Fundrise received only $375,000 in pledges out of the $1.5 million needed to cover operating costs and was shut down just days before 3rd Ward closed.
Even as Ms. Wilson and other board members realized 3rd Ward could not survive, Mr. Goodman believed someone — Mr. Hsieh or another investor — would offer more money. Not until the last investor he had asked to step in called to say no did he agree to suspend operations, on Oct. 8.
It is unclear what will happen to the studios. The Economic Development Corporation is seeking a new operator for the kitchen incubator, which was scheduled to open in the spring. Applications are due Thursday.
A spokesman for the Economic Development Corporation, Patrick Muncie, said 3rd Ward had only received a portion of the $1.5 million grant after reaching progress markers such as signing the lease, with the rest reserved for other milestones.
At the Brooklyn Brewery gathering, the talk was not of finding money to reopen 3rd Ward, but of recreating its network elsewhere. One leader of the effort has been Jen Messier, the co-founder of Brooklyn Brainery, which offers one-of-a-kind hobbyist classes. She and her co-founder started the Brainery after taking classes at 3rd Ward.
"It never really occurred to me when I was in college that I could one day learn how to weld just for fun, or bookbinding, or take a six-week painting class," she said. The 3rd Ward opportunities, she said, "helped us realize that, oh yeah, there are lots of possibilities for ways to learn things and really, do whatever you want."


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Lally with a basket of Medlars and Hawthorn Berries.
Dried Crushed Chestnuts
Wild Pigeon Hearts destined for Pigeon Pate. The carcasses went on to be a Pigeon reduction for the roast partridge, and the breasts and livers await their fate in the freezer.
Partridges from a shoot in West Sussex
Hawthorn Jelly Sheets.
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+Raviolo of Jerusalem Artichoke and Chestnut, Jerusalem Artichoke Broth and Bubbles
+Roast Partridge, Bone-Marrow Beignet, Cider-braised Turnips, Medlar Pudding, Pear Crisp
+Bitter Chocolate Cake, Quince Semi-Freddo, Hawthorn Jellies