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By David Poland email@example.com
Funny People Video Review
31 Responses to "Funny People Video Review"
first! (i know, that's lame)
just wanted to comment that the video clips of dp are slow to download where as the video clips of movie trailer for Coen Bro's new movie is slow. found that to be the case for dp's Funny People and Basterds (sp) as well. Tech issue or just me?
take care
These embeds are always way too slooooooow.
Ditto. It is a tad inconvenient, but I go on to YouTube and watch them there without a glitch.
Good review.
You should have ended it with, "From the sun, this is David Poland reporting."
This is a serious question, not a sarcastic remark.
Is there a must see movie this summer (except The Hurt Locker)?
For me, Up and In the Loop are movies I would suggest all serious film lovers see.
Yeah, when I try to watch these things here, they pause and refresh every few seconds, rendering them basically unwatchable. But as the Pope says above, they play just fine at youtube.com. Just click the youtube logo in the bottom right of the frame.
Question: (admittedly I haven't seen F.P. yet):
Are there really any big comedic movie stars on the level of the Sandler character in this movie that would STILL be doing standup?
Just going by the trailer, the character looks to have the fame level of… er, Adam Sandler. But don't most if not all comics who REALLY hit it big kinda foresake standup at some point?
There are great and/or famous comics who do movies (Dane Cook, Chris Rock), but the focus always stays pretty much on the standup, and level of movie stardom stays pretty B- or C-list.
But the guys like Sandler, Eddie Murphy, Rogen, even Robin Williams (though I know he did a tour a few years back) — have all pretty much (understandably) stayed with film acting.
Minor, minor gripe, and certainly Apatow knows the standup world… but speaking from minor experience, the world depicted here seems… kinda 1989, where movie stars and TV stars are still doing gigs at the Improv, and up-and-comers like the Rogen and Hill characters are achieving some minor success; A more realistic depiction of modern standup would be Rogen and Hill doing bringer shows in the Valley or going up at the Amagi sushi bar on Gower to absolutely zero paying audience and the same six comics they see every night anyway.
I realize they're supposed to be a notch up from open micers, but the CURRENT L.A. comedy scene is so underattended there's almost zero middle ground… even the guys who get the most stage time at the Store and M Bar are essentially open mikers who might do one paid gig or festival a week (or month), and spend most if not all nights doing it unpaid for usually no audience.
Just saying, there's got to be some pretty '80s nostalgia for the old "brick wall" scene going on if no-name comics are performing on the same lineup as THE BIGGEST MOVIE STAR IN THE WORLD.
clearly nothing is knocking DP's socks off at the mo
I have to disagree with Dave on this one – I saw this, this afternoon, and loved it. Smart, funny, well acted, and sure a little longish, but I have to say it's actually Apatow's tightest film – really liked Knocked Up and 40YOV, but both felt longer and a little on the choppy side.
This is coming from some one who has NEVER allowed himself to truly enjoy an Adam Sandler movie – I absolutely hated Spanglish and though I'm a bit PTA fan, I did not really like Punch Drunk Love. But Sandler did a very good job in this – I have to say many scenes felt quite intimate, it just didn't have the flowing-from-the-raptors melodrama or punch of a Rachel Getting Married, a movie that I also liked.
Sandler's character is quite tough and is seething with resentment through most of the film and it is well-played and there is actually some growth there, though not too much.
Rogen is quite likable and suprisingly innocent, as well – probably among his more charming roles.
Mann brings her A game, as usual; the rest of the cast shines, too. And it was really nice to see Eric Bana play comedy and play it well.
I think a lot of the pre-release hype has gotten it quite wrong – this is a more serious movie, but it's as consistently funny as anything Apatow has done. The ads pushed Universal really hurt this, though – SPOILER BELOW
That first 3 minute trailer really ruins the plot and basically betrays the whole drive and even the climax of the third act – it sucked to know what was coming and would have been better as a surprise.
And LexG, I know you have remarked on the standup – I've seen those ads several times and virtually NONE of the standup jokes from those commercials appear in the movie; it's all much dirtier material and much funnier, too. This film gets it right where Punchline got it so wrong – the standup routines are ACTUALLY quite funny and the laughter is earned.
Is the movie as deep or profound as it aspires to be? Probably not, Dave is right as not as much transpires as you would expect, given the running the time. But I enjoyed these characters and enjoyed it, nonetheless. And it truly ends on the right note.
And sorry, yes half of the main characters are rich, but the other half are truly struggling – you definitely get the sense of desperation from Rogen's character and his wide-eyed appreciation for entering a new, more glamorous world. It's played very well.
I know a lot of critics are saying this, but I agree – Apatow showed real growth with this one. Is there a bit of naval gazing and inside baseball aspect to it?
Sure, but the movie is about standup comics and entertainers – that's the subject matter he chose.
Standout movie – probably the fourth excellent film I have seen in a row – 500 Days of Summer, Public Enemies, The Hurt Locker – this has turned out to be quite a good summer!
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The Judd Apatow movie for people who hate Judd Apatow movies?
People hate Judd Apatow movies? WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
Was that directed at me, Dave? I really liked 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, but liked Funny People a bit better.
I saw Funny People last night, and absolutely loved it. It's smart, funny, and doesn't feel formulaic- -which is Apatow's formula.
A very strange review David. Funny People's not about who these characters represent (movie star, struggling actor, housewife, etc.) that's important, but how these characters are portrayed, which in this film's case was surprisingly real. You didn't see how George was dealing with the idea of his death? The dude went back to an early love, stand-up comedy, at a dinky comedy club. It's when he meets Ira, how he encourages him and hires him so he has someone to be there without having to really deal with his reality. Ira reminded George of himself at that age. Ira is an innocent but also understands how the comedy business works, so I don't think his character was supposed to change as much as you would've liked.
I just think you're being a bit jaded. That happens sometimes.
Lex: I haven't seen the film yet, but I think brack answered your question — it appears that the Sandler character returns to stand-up only after getting his diagnosis.
Why is there always some "here's what's wrong with you if you disagree with me" thing?
Jaded? Sorry if "real" amd "real interesting" are not necessarily the same thing to me.
So we spent 2.5 hours on why a guy is a jerk before and after he gets a death diagnosis… just a different kind of jerk?
As I said in the review, I am fine with that, actually… if the filmmaker actually makes the hard call about why that isn't a good thing. But what we get are excuses for his bad behavior and utter disinterest in anything but his own comfort… which he is incapable of achieving at this point in his life… and which the death threat does not change.
THAT movie – without the mollycoddling – could be great. It would, however, be pitch black. It would include, for instance, the only reason why Ira would have to go back to the grocery store… George blackballing him. It would include, for instance, a real look at a woman who is willing to break up her family for another shot at being a successful actress instead of being a bored but rather well taken care of housewife, but only if it's easy. It would, for instance, take seriously the issue that Ira backstabbed his friend when the job came along, instead of putting the pal on a TV series so the damage wasn't noticeable… unlike real life, where the Jonah Hill character ends up on the couch and working at the grocery store.
Obviously, my examples don't have to be THE examples. My point is that reality is not as neat as this film. And that can be fine in film too… so long as it's not pretending otherwise.
As I said, I don't hate the movie… but this discussion is pulling me more in that direction because you have me thinking about the utter hypocrisy of the piece. Unlike Virgin or Knocked, this is not an absurdist piece at all. This pretends to be how life really is. You bought into that, brack. But Apatow reduced a lot of very serious choices by people down to the emotional level of a fart joke. I am sure that he is much deeper than that. But it's much safer this way. And for that, I am disappointed in him and the film.
"Why is there always some 'here's what's wrong with you if you disagree with me" thing?'"
Hey, it's fine if you didn't like the movie, but there were specific questions or ponderings you had about the film that I disagreed with, using specific examples, so to me it seemed you either weren't paying attention to the film or you didn't buy the film. That's fine if you didn't buy it, whatever, I'm not here trying to say you're wrong, just that you didn't seem to take a lot from scenes where it was pretty obvious what was going on.
"Jaded? Sorry if 'real' amd 'real interesting' are not necessarily the same thing to me."
The film is filled with a lot of good, earned laughs, and some silly laughs, and strong performances, that's what I mean by 'real.' Laughs might not interest you when it comes to watching a comedy, but it does to a lot of people. Is there really such a thing as boring laughs? I guess you wanted complete reality in a film if it touches on certain topics like leaving your husband to restart an acting career, or betraying a friend to get a job, but the thing you must realize is that the actions the characters take when dealing with their situations were indicative of their character and motivation. The film inferred a lot of drama going on off screen. What you're asking from this film simply wasn't warranted, and definitely wouldn't make much for comedy.
"Unlike Virgin or Knocked, this is not an absurdist piece at all. This pretends to be how life really is. You bought into that, brack."
It pretends to be, or is that just your interpretation? Regardless, I don't think the material called for the drama you were yearning for. You wanted the characters to make "difficult decisions." I didn't think the film made any choices about the characters that were out of character.
Caught it today. I enjoyed much of it, though it really only had one big laugher scene in it (The one where George is having dinner with a certain celebrity about how beating his illness might not have been a good thing). I would've liked to have seen the standup scenes extended more and some of the lengthier scenes cut down. The standup is good, but they only have a chance for doing one or two jokes per set before it's on to the next scene. A lot of standup is based off of momentum, and the biggest laughs are when the momentum's really rolling and you don't really get that here.
As for the what the characters learn, I think the movie's more about how it's the little things that change us than the big events. Yeah, it's not the most earth-shattering thing in the world, but for people like George, it was something he needed to figure out.
When George gets the love of his life back, sure it's great when they're banging and exchanging clever dialogue, but when he learns about the things that come with it, like watching her daughter sings Cats or spending time with them, his interest dissolves a little. He doesn't make the selfless step because he's never had to. As long he can pay people to take care of all the tiny things or have sex with all the star seekers he wants, he gets that quick fix that's good enough to keep going. He touches on something deeper with Ira and doesn't realize it until George fires him. At the end, he writes Ira some jokes for Ira's standup act, and it's probably the first selfless act he does in the movie, so it's a step. It's not gigantic and it's the end of the damned movie, but there it is, and it is something that's the one internal change despite being on the verge of dying and back. It's not going to change your life, but there are about a dozen things in your life that change your life. If one's a movie, it's a damned excellent one.
I didn't love it, and I see some of Dave's problems. Certain things like the Cats moment were overplayed (Plus, didn't Kevin Smith already pull the kids singing Cats thing in Jersey Girl? And is this "every girl sings that song from Cats" schtick a coast thing that I don't get, because we have little children singing hymns and Disney around here. I've never heard of a kid singing Cats around here), but I've seen people celebrate a lot less in a comedy.
You know, Dave, you're picking apart the film for content issues that it just did not need to address: SPOILER ALERT
There is a shouting scene between Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen addressing that issue and it works and it's a nice touch because it shows that Ira is not above being "competitive."
And really, you could pick apart just about any similar film like that, but you don't always do so. Sideways, any one???? You loved that film, but you could have easily picked the plot apart just as much:
i.e. Paul Giamatti's character steals money from his mom, how come THAT is never addressed again?
How come we never hear from Virginia Madsen's character again after she confronts Giamatti's character about the big lie? Didn't she deserve at least a follow-up scene?
Seriously, if you're looking hard enough, you can do that for most movies, especially character-driven comedies and/or drama's.
And there's the rub and it should be a newsflash for most of us who love movies – if you don't actually like the characters, then you won't like the movie, regardless of the plot. It's really that subjective and no more simpler than that – you did NOT like the characters in Funny People and thus did not like the movie. It's obvious that you loved the characters in Sideways and therefore, you loved the movie.
I mean, we're all guilty of this – I found things to pick apart from The Wrestler a few months ago (too many melodramatic flourishes in the second half) but upon reflection, I can honestly say I just didn't like The Wrestler character enough to make the rest of it work. I know this puts me in an extreme minority, but I did not feel that much sympathy for Mickey Rourke's character – felt to me that he did a lot of lousy things that lead him to the position he was in. It's subjective, of course, and I did think the movie was solid and very well made in parts, but that hurt the movie for me.
I wish more of us could just be honest about this stuff and get past all the plot bullshit to justify why we did or didn't like movies like this. If you DON'T like the character, you won't like the movie. Bottom line.
I'm sure that with regards to Iron Man, you just did not really like Tony Stark (it's come out in later blogs that you have written, referring to the movie) and that with regards to Pirates, you really dug Jack Sparrow. When you like the characters, you can forgive a lot of other stuff. Long thesis over, thanks.
Thoughts to follow, though I might rip off Poland and video-review it on my YT page.
Couldn't believe how good Sandler was in this. And I'm a huge fan… He's fucking incredible in this.
This thing made me want to do standup again for the first time since February '06.
I absolutely loved 40YOV and I did not warm to Funny People.
Maybe it's because Seth Rogen and Sandler are the kind of guys I ignore in a pub/bar.
Leslie Mann is excellent, however, so I think you should be campaigning for her Lex.
and I heart Eric Bana's lovely face.
This movie RULES and I haven't stopped thinking about it all day.
I don't give a shit HOW indulgent it is (and it is), but to anyone who's ever done standup, this shit is a heartbreaker, plus it has a cameo by PAUL FUCKING REISER YEP YEP HOLY SHIT I didn't think I'd ever missed REISER on my screen, big or small, but GODDAMN was that cool, and at that awesome ROUNDTABLE with GEORGE WALLACE IN THE HOUSE.
One of those movies where I TOTALLY understand and acknowledge everyone's complaints, but that female comic chick Rogen liked was EVERY CHICK AT OPEN MIKE EVER; Sandler was GOD in this movie– Can't even find words for how AWESOME it was to see him doing the OLD SANDLER VOICE again in those MERMAN clips… Holy shit, that was 1989 all over again… SARAH SILVERMAN… Norm… the Gudonov doctor… Romano/Eminem scene… It's one of those movies that on OBJECTIVE TERMS I don't know that I can entirely defend, but will go down as one of my favorite for this year.
Jonah Hill slays in this, Schwartzman's sitcom is the funniest shit ever, I was crying like a DOUCHE for half the movie because it sorta depicts both something I tried at in earnest for a long time (11 yrs of standup) with a goal in mind (Sandler's lifestyle) that plagues me to this day.
Can't by any sensible critical criteria say it's the best movie of the year, but it might just be my favorite.
I haven't been this pumped to get back on stage and try again in 3.5 years.
Love how that limp-dick sweater wearing TURAN has deemed that this doesn't get standup right, like that humorless, gravel-voiced, no-charisma SWEATERMAN who can't be ENTERTAINING in a 60-second internet clip in the least knows JACK OR SHIT about being funny.
FUCK TURAN, Funny People rules.
Geoff – Thanks again for an analysis of what you think I think.
Thing is, I'm not nitpicking this film at all. I am speaking in the broadest sense about it. It does not live up to the courage of its convictions. I came up around comics around the same time as Sandler and Apatow. I have seen the drill. And we have all seen situations like someone going back to their "one true love" when confronted by horror in their lives. It's not a new idea. But I don't care. It's execution, not the idea. There are only six ideas. And I love plenty of movies, like Sideways, where the lead is not very likable.
The difference, since you asked, between this and Sideways is that the audience feels how pathetic Miles is, stealing for her drawer, just as he surely did when he was 10, 15, 20, and 30. The audience isn't asked to feel how pathetic Leslie Mann's character is when she disregards her family when the whim of "the old, richer, boyfriend" turns up again. Apatow protects her character.
Same with George. Yes, he is pathetic and needy. But what is he in the end? What do you FEEL about the guy?
How often do you FEEL anything in this movie about the threat of death and rebirth?
My issue, in the end, is that Apatow protects every character… no one is allowed to be truly unlikable… and not character is really likable… and no one really suffers… and no one really triumphs… they all just go along, living in their velvet-covered hells on earth.
If you want to reduce it to some quirk that you have decided I have in my personality, I can't stop you. But the difference between this and good Woody Allen or good Jim Brooks – both of whom make comic dramas about people who are "comfortable" and usually successful, is that their characters are self-aware. This is also true of good Apatow.
The dramatic tension in Knocked Up is, in part, that Rogen's character is completely caught up in being aware of being a bad fit with Heigl's. And the movie falls apart a bit when he forgets that. Conversely, Heigl's character chooses to have the baby and is fighting with herself about that choice through the whole film, usually in subtext.
In 40 Year Old Virgin, Carrell is hyper-aware of how odd it is that he got to 40 a virgin… but is still not willing to just throw it away… which is how he got there in the first place. He is not on a circumstantial journey.
George, in this film, is aware of the box he has built himself into. He didn't need a brush with death to teach him that, but no matter. Yes, he returns to his "first love" of stand-up. But the movie isn't really about him returning to stand-up because, a) he's obviously not 100% out of stand-up or he wouldn't have the MySpace gig lined up, and b) both his stand-up and his meeting up with old friends are really minor parts of the film.
But mostly, he goes on the journey with no real awareness other than "I am a successful, unhappy man and I don't know how to feel anything." And basically, he wanders through the film, falling into situations, reacting like a successful, unhappy man who doesn't feel much of anything, but it is not pathetic – which it really is in any real life version of this I have ever seen – because he is the star of the movie.
Even at the end…
…. is that some great gift to Rogen's character? That George shows up? Really. The lonely, unhappy man shows up and is instantly forgiven for being a unbelievably selfish asshole by the movie and, pretty much, Rogen's characterm who has had it all given to him and then had it all taken away and shows nothing much for the journey? Wow. Great drama.
You have some kind of deluded idea that I need every emotion to be spoken out loud. I do not. But there is the text of the movie and there is the subtext of the film created by the writer and director.
Apatow's great successes have all included character growth. The 40 Yr Old Virgin found real love and sex with it. Both characters in Knocked Up grew and learned real lessons because of that experience. The boys in Superbad talk a lot of Lex-ian shit, but in the end, they are boys who want to be liked by girls. Even the absurdism of Talledega Nights tears down the egomaniac hero so he can be rebuilt as a different kind of silly egomaniac.
All George clearly gets out of his journey is that he got away with yet another thing. But there is no show at all that he has learned anything, as he keeps behaving the same exact way. And so does Rogen's character. And so does Mann's character. And for that matter, so does every other character in the film.
And that would be fine with me… if the film understood that lack of movement was what it was about. But it does not.
Sideways, by the way, is all about Miles making a tiny change. And in the end, that's what he makes. A tiny change. That's all the movie is about and that is plenty… because it knew that that's all that it was.
Had George realized that he wasn't really interested in having a wife and 2 cute kids overnight… that as sad and lonely as he was, he was making a terrible mistake and was selfishly willing to break up a family that was working pretty good and throwing someone he loved into the cesspool of Hollywood competition and her daughters into a parent-lite life…
And chose NOT to do it, as opposed to her figuring it out and then her husband figuring out because of some bizarre, inexplicable action by Rogen's character…
That would have had me.
It would have been the first and only sign in the film that he could see and value anything besides himself in the film.
Even the Leslie Mann character… she didn't come to her senses… she realized that he would not love her kids the way she did… and then, she STILL goes to the airport to confront her husband… and then he wins her back.
Selfish People would be the right title. Blind People is what it really is.
Dave, you pretty much proved my point with your last two posts – you CLEARLY did not like these characters. And there's nothing wrong with that, it's not a "quirk" I ascribed to you, but something that I expressed most of us have. I mean, really, is it news or earthshattering to think that most of us will not enjoy movies featuring characters we did not like??? That's not really mind-blowing and you spent several paragraphs talking about the actions you did not like from those characters – not the performances, not the writing, not the direction, but pure content.
And sorry, I'm going to have disagree with you big-time about Sideways – Paul Giamatti's character goes through NO change at all. He's a sad-sack who feels sorry for himself at the beginning and pretty much the same at the end – I mean, the dreary music going on that he HAS to remain a teacher, wow, what a horrible fate!
And we're supposed to be inspired that he seeks out Virginia Madsen's character, again? Like he deserves her, at all? This sounds kind of similar to what you expressed, doesn't it? Because I did not like his character and it hurt the movie for me.
It's really no skin off my back that you didn't like Funny People, but it's clearly obvious you have some real dislike for those characters and I can see your point.
However, those flaws you were referring to – they're all right on display from the director for every one to see. The movie does not sugarcoat them, at all. Otherwise, how would you have noticed them, or me, or most reviewers, for that matter? If you think they're not worth caring about and where's the drama in that, fine.
Jeez, can't we ever acknowledge how subjective this stuff is?
When did I ever say that any feelings one gets from films are not subjective, Geoff?
I'm sorry you don't understand Sideways. It's not about teaching being dreary.
In many ways, the two films are about the same thing… being the walking dead. One film is actually demanding of the character who is living asleep while the other lets him off the hook utterly.
So… you think we are supposed to like Sandler's character? The Leslie Mann character? Do you? Why?
Do you think we are supposed to like the Giamatti character in Sideways?
Do you think we are supposed to like the Malcolm McDowell character in A Clockwork Orange?
Do you think we like Michael Corleone in The Godfathers I & II?
My criticisms have nothing to do with whether I like the characters. That's not an issue for me… so long as the film understands what is likable and unlikeable about the characters.
I honestly don't see how Apatow lets those characters off the hook, at all – does George seem any happier or more satisfied at the end of the movie? Is there triumphant music indicating this? It's a small gesture that he makes at the end of the film, nothing more and nothing less. My reaction is that I was still rooting for Rogen's character and was happy to see him get some help in return, for once. To me, George Simmons was a lost cause, but he was serving a purpose for a character I liked a lot better. I don't see how Apatom asked any more of the audience than that.
This is not a moral argument – many people cared about Tony Soprano without actually finding him likeable, same with most of the characters from Pulp Fiction.
Bringing up Corleone and the Droogs from A Clockwork Orange is a dead argument – we don't always like the characters who are the nicest. Otherwise, more people would have thought Luke Skywalker was cooler than Han Solo, not the opposite.
Sideways just didn't work for me and no, it's not because I didn't "understand" it – that is such a cop-out to throw that out. That movie has been be ascribed more depth than I found it to have – the whole last third is basically about the Thomas Haden Church character not learning anything about cheating on his fiance, then doing it again and the chaos that ensues; and Paul Giamatti's character just sinking into more of a drunken stupor and feeling more sorry for himself after seeing his ex-wire. That's really all there is – no follow-up scenes wtih the Virginia Madsen character, no follow-up scenes with Church's character and the marriage he about to embark on. That's really all there is – sounds to me like THAT movie let its characters off the hook. I would really like to hear about what any character "learned."
The sad thing is that Sideways will probably end up grossing more and winning more awards than Funny People – Alexander Payne has the critics in his backpocket and Fox Searchlight is just THAT good at marketing these kinds of films. Hey, it works both ways – I love that they made Slumdog a blockbuster.
Did you see the last shot of the film, Geoff.
I agree with you about likability. You brought it up, not me.
As for Funny People, you are right… George doesn't grow… he is a lost cause. But it is a movie about George, not Seth Rogen.
I am comfortable with you connecting with Rogen's character and liking the movie for that, much as Lex identifying quite specifically with Rogen's character is fine. The reason we all feel things in movies because of how we personally connect (or on the flip, disconnect) is what it is. Film criticism is not, in my opinion, about that.
Your argument, from the start, was that I was making it personal. But I'm not. As I said in the video review, I am somewhat ambivalent. I didn't dislike the experience of sitting through 2.5 hours of this film. There are many funny and interesting moments. But seen in perspective, the film misses… and as best as I can surmise – especially after digging deeper in with you and others – the problem I feel it has is with follow-through.
And you like it better than me.
And no, Searchlight is not that much better at selling a film like Sideways. That film succeeded as it did for a couple of reasons. 1) it fell right into the wine craze moment and became zeitgeist shorthand and 2) it made people feel things, positive and negative… feel them strongly.
And again… Giamatti knocking on Madsen's door at the end is his growth. He moves from A to B… after all that. But he does move. He is not a lost cause.
I know we're getting into semantics, now, but ALL opinions are personal, it's not a gibe at you, Dave. I watched your video and read your comments – this was not a cold, removed distillation of the characters and the technique.
"Selfish People would be the right title. Blind People is what it really is."
You presented a genuine dislike for some of the characters; am I crazy to think that? I am still pretty comfortable saying that your dislike for these characters hurt the movie for you.
As for Sideway, what did he learn, really? He wanted the Madsen character for the whole length of the movie and he STILL wanted her in the end – he was desperate, still down on everything, and he's seeking her out.
Pretty much something that just about 99% of the guys is his state would. Moving from point A to point B would been the Giamatti character actually doing something to EARN the respect of Madsen's character in the end. Hey, you like the movie and you like the character, no great shakes.
I'm just using it as an example to illustrate my point – when you're rooting for charactes in a movie, chances are you're digging the movie. And when you're not, vice versa…..


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Stunning Mountain Views
Septic System Installed
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Two Parcels of Total 11 Acres Vacant Land Upstate
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Convenient location from which to enjoy winter sports
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A Little Stream Runs Through the Lot
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Beautiful Building Lot
Over 11 Acres to Enjoy
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Algonquin State Forest
off Sandy Brook Rd.
Colebrook, CT
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Allaire State Park
4265 Atlantic Avenue
Farmingdale, NJ
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Hackettstown, NJ
The Musconetcong River, with some of the best trout fishing in the state, winds through Allamuchy Mountain State Park. Several miles of trails cris...
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Allan H. Treman State Marine Park
805 Taughannock Blvd. (Rt 89)
Ithaca, NY
Allan H. Treman is one of the largest inland marinas in New York State. It boasts 370 seasonal, 30 transient and 30 dry boat slips. For...
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Alma Pond
4 Mile Rd
Wellsville, NY
Alma Pond is an artificial impoundment located on the headwaters of Honeoye Creek in south-central Allegany County. A permanent earthen dike was bu...
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149 Main Park Road
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Beartown State Forest has two distinctly different worlds between the summer and winter. During the warm months the pristine 35-acre Benedict Pond ...
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Stony Point, NY
Beaver Pond offers campsites, some with a raised platform, for up to two tents and six persons per site; select sites can accommodate a trailer or ...
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Polotsk University students: Ksenia Koltsova and Maxim Yevmeenko
At the session, involving the President and discussing the improvement of university and college admission regulations, Alexander Lukashenko explained why he is paying so much attention to the enrolment campaign.
"This is a crucial stage for our people and for the future of our country. A country relies on good specialists. And these are, first of all, university graduates," he said. Alexander Lukashenko stressed that the state commission for the enrolment campaign will do its best to solve pending issues. "We should pay close attention to this matter."
Mr. Lukashenko also reminded the participants about the agreement to analyse the enrolment campaign on an annual basis involving the state commission, drawing conclusions and introducing amendments if necessary. The President said that the needs of the economy, social sector, healthcare, education, agriculture and industry are the priority. "We'll always take into account these issues concerning the number and the level of training of our school graduates, future students," he emphasised.
Much has been already done to improve the enrolment system into higher and secondary special educational establishments. No-one is able to reasonably argue that it's fair, transparent and doesn't allow for nepotism and corruption. Everyone is equal on the university doorstep and knowledge is the only entrance ticket. The existing model has proven its efficiency in practice. However, the President believes that this doesn't mean that it should be resistant to change. Flexibility of response towards contemporary trends and economic needs should become a key indicator of quality in the formation of the student population.
Discussions are continuing regarding centralised tests both in society and among scientists and teachers. Various points of view are expressed but there's no conclusive evidence to prove either view. From this we can draw the conclusion that the system is balanced but this does not mean there could not be improvements.
The session also raised the issue of increasing enrolment to occupations which are currently in high demand in the economy. It did not recommend the simplification of the enrolment procedure, as the President is against such an approach. However, during enrolment to such specialisms, an interview, allowing an assessment of the corresponding level of knowledge to the chosen specialism, will be very useful. A further important message is that we have many young people who are studying, but there is no much need to attract everyone to higher educational establishments. A university diploma is a priceless achievement for the youth, we must not devalue it. Moreover, applicants should be oriented to those professions for which there's real demand. This is also a measure of preserving the prestige of the diploma. We might wonder what it's purpose is if it doesn't open the way to a professional life.
In summary, the President approved the proposals voiced at the session dealing with the correction of enrolment rules into university and secondary specialised colleges. These will come into force by 2017; by then, the public will have been widely informed of the changes.
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Body Techniques
2007. Photographic series (digital C-Types).
Produced during a residency at the Sharjah Biennial Artist in Residence Program and supported by London College of Communication and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Body Techniques (2007) is a series of eight photographs that considers the interrelationships between art and globalized commerce. The title of the series refers to a phrase originally coined by Marcel Mauss and developed by Pierre Bourdieu as habitus, which describes how an operational context or behavior can be affected by institutions or ideologies.
Set in the vast building sites of Dubai and Sharjah's futuristic corporate landscape, we see Carey Young alone and dressed in a suit, her actions reworking some of the classic performance-based works associated with Conceptual art, including pieces by Richard Long, Bruce Nauman, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Dennis Oppenheim and Valie Export. In thus recasting earlier works centered around the physicality of the body in time and space, it is ambiguous whether the artist is molding herself to the landscape or exploring ways of resisting it.
The locations for Young's photographs are a series of empty, uninhabited 'new build' developments reminiscent of Las Vegas, rising from the desert's tabula rasa aimed at bombastic luxury and spectacle and intended for thousands of incoming Western corporate executives. The architectural style is consummate 'global village' - a business theme park composed of swathes of multinational HQs and Italianate McVillas. These non-places could eventually compose an entire world-view: a hyperreal, corporate vision of utopia. Half-constructed backdrops are used as a 'stage' for the action, with the artist appearing as one tiny individual, overwhelmed, dislocated from, or even belittled by the corporate surroundings, while dressed up to play a role within it.


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What landlords and property managers need to know about the impact of GDPRDATA hit the headlines in 2018, with the implementation of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) – the new standard by which companies must deal with the personal information of their clients. While businesses are still trying to understand the full implications of the GDPR, it's clear that its repercussions are set to be huge across every industry, especially property*.
Many property agencies will already have a comprehensive GDPR strategy in place but for some smaller landlords or agencies (particularly those who may manage one property or less), the GDPR can be a daunting process. Luckily, a few inexpensive tweaks to existing systems could be enough to ensure total GDPR compliance.
So what are the best ways to stay GDPR compliant?
- Leave a paper trail - maintaining detailed records is imperative when it comes to GDPR. You need to evidence exactly what you've done and when. Landlords and agents should include what decisions they've made around data protection and how they comply with the principles of data protection in any record-keeping.
- When you're trying to implement a strategy around GDPR, the best thing is to map out how you intend to process it. Make sure you're asking tenants reasonable questions, assess how you collect that information, how you store it and who has access to it. It's also important to consider how you intend to dispose of it when it's no longer relevant.
- It goes without saying that all stored data should be accurate, but you'd be surprised by how much inaccurate information is retained in company files. Inaccurate data should be disposed of or altered and all data storage should be time sensitive. A lot of tenant data should only be held for up to a year after the end of a tenancy, so landlords must take the necessary steps to dispose of the relevant information in a timely fashion.
- Assess and update your computer security. This doesn't necessarily have to mean an expensive new system, but landlords should look at things like email storage and password strength to ensure they're offering tenants adequate protection.
The GDPR is an enormous topic and its reach is only going to expand. As with all compliance issues, it's always best to seek expert advice. For more information on GDPR and other compliance issues, why not download our FREE E-book, '10 laws that property managers need to know'.
*There are some business exemptions from GDPR, for example companies that don't use electronic equipment to process data. But given that all it takes is one smart telephone to negate this exception, it's unlikely that any landlords or agents will meet the criteria to opt out of GDPR.


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Evening, just a little post to say whats caught my eye this week. The dog situation is better, he's on a waiting list for 6 weeks, and in that time we have to try with him, get him neutered, train him, and give him one final chance. So I'm feeling better about that. Which means I've felt better about blogging and have a few posts lined up, one I'm really looking forward to writing about particularly... anyway onto today's post.
1. Necklace - River Island £5
A cute gold costume jewelry necklace. I love this symbol and the cross symbol too at the moment. I think I like how simple they are and the clean lines used in the design. I think I'd prefer this is silver though to go with a little bracelet I have.
2. Belt - ASOS Curve £6
I love the selection of skinny belts that asos curve have at the moment, and great prices too. I think a tan belt and a black belt should be in everyones wardrobe. I like this simple one, and the studded black and silver belt.
3. Eye liner - Stila £14
I hardly go a day without wearing a black eyeliner. And this one looks like a nice little addition to my collection. Not only is it waterproof, but it's sparkly too. This one would probably be for special occasions. Ooh I sound like my Grandma.
4. Cardigan - New Look Inspire £24.99
What a great cover up for summer. The dip dye trend is still going strong, and this cardigan would look great with some skinnies and a white vest top for a relaxed outfit. Or with the jeans next to it.
5. Jeans - New Look Inspire £26.99
I never usually go for something so bright. But these jeans look so pretty. Must be having a pink moment this week.
6. Creepers - AX Paris £26.99
I wouldn't usually go for creepers either but these brogue ones caught my eye. I actually bought a pair yesterday from a vintage market in Liverpool, and they're very similar. But these ones are just as good.
Thank you for the lovely messages on my previous post I really appreciated everyones kindness. I'm looking forward to posting and reading everyones blogs I've missed whilst moping about Marley!
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What's been happening in the world of fintech this week? Sit yourself down, ask someone you love to pour you a glass of gin laced with tonic and read on.
New kid on the block
New kid on the financial block META Finance will help banks cultivate relationships with start ups and get to grips with the tidal wave of tech disruption heading their way. META, a consultant to financial institutions and software providers, launched this week and has already piloted its coaching services with Aegon UK, Arachnys, Brooks Macdonald and Redington.
Eyeing up the IPOs
Fintech will be the first sector this year to float an IPO. Integrafin, a service for financial advisers, will use the money raised to allow some of its shareholders to cash in on their investments.
Crowd-pleaser Oval Money exceeds fundraising target
Oval Money, the European automated saving and crowd investing marketplace app, exceeded its crowdfunding target of £500,000 last week, just 72 hours after a public launch.
The round remains open to the public until Monday, 29 January.
Previously, Oval has been backed by b-ventures - an incubator from Japan's DOCOMO Digital (disclaimer, DOCOMO Digital is a client), and Bertoldi Group Family Office, also with the support of Intesa Sanpaolo Group.
Facebook under (more) pressure
Pressure on Facebook continued this week, when a group of the UK's biggest advertisers called on the social media platform and Google to establish an independent body to crack down on fake news and inappropriate content on their platforms. The group's members include Lloyds Banking Group, Unilever and Procter & Gamble. Facebook's own plans to moderate the content shared on its platform, as shared on their blog this week, included proposals to ask users to fill out a two-question survey on whether they found a story trustworthy. This idea was roundly criticised by press freedom campaign group Reporters without Borders. Tech & Tonic tends to agree and is not convinced the truth can be outsourced in this manner. Brands will of course watching any move Facebook makes very carefully indeed, given it (probably) makes up a sizeable portion of their marketing spend.
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The Big Apple - a NY City Guide
Welcome to the Big Apple, the City that Never Sleeps
When most people say "New York City" they are really referring to the island of Manhattan, a borough of NYC. When most people visit New York, this is where they go. The area is small compared to the State, but the history is a rich, multi-cultural one. Those who love to live here are a special breed. Some people think that New Yorkers are a tad brusque. Others find it very refreshing how they seem to get right to the point.
Ever hear somebody say "What is this?... Grand Central Station?" Here's a picture I took of the main hall the last time I visited. If you watch the movie THE FISHER KING you can watch hundreds of couples waltz in this space, and in THE AVENGERS you can see one of the alien beasts/ships crash here after being shot down.
Hot Time, Summer In The City
The Big Apple's Best Summer Events
If it's a classic NY street fair that you're looking for, they tend to run from April to November. Here's a great guide that will let you see if there will be one during your visit.
All summer you can help revitalize and celebrate Lower Manhattan at the River to River Festival, which takes place each summer from June through September, in a variety of public venues that canvas all of Downtown New York - from Chambers Street down to the southern tip of Manhattan and across the island from river to river.
Most Friday mornings from April to August, you can catch a free concert as part of the Today Show Concert Series. The range of musical guests is really diverse and if you get on camera, you can wave to the folks back home.
The Delacorte Theater in Central Park will play host to the Public Theater's productions of Shakespeare In The Park from June through August. These free performances reach over 75,000 visitors and city residents alike.
At the end of June is a NY one-of-a-kind event, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade.
If you're in the city over the 4th of July, it's pretty much guaranteed you won't miss Macy's Fireworks Show.
If you'd like to get out of the city, and take a step back in time, NY offers two Renaissance Fairs. Running from July into August is the Sterling Renaissance Festival held in Sterling, NY. Then, running from early August into September is the New York Renaissance Festival held in Tuxedo, NY.
The Heart of the Big Apple Map - navigate Manhattan and more
Art Museums of the Big Apple
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: metmuseum.org
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Web site features information on upcoming museum events, fine art exhibits, special exhibitions, the Met collection and art galleries online.
- Guggenheim Museum
Spiral your way through this musuem.
- MoMA | The Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art's Web site provides information on current and upcoming art, film and media, and online exhibitions; highlights from MoMA's unparalleled collection of modern and contemporary art; and listings of education and family programs
- American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent institutions for scientific research and education, with collections of more than 32 million specimens and artifacts.
- Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney has always been a forum for discussion about ideas and attitudes in American culture.
- American Folk Art Museum
American Folk Art Museum, 45 West 53rd Street
New York Travel Guides - take yourself on a tour of Manhattan or beyond!
Free Wireless in NYC
Many folks traveling today hope to be able to get online somewhere to keep up with email and other developments back home. If you're traveling with a laptop, you'll be able to log on from these free wireless hotspots.
- Free Wireless Access at the Library
The Branch Libraries of the New York Public Library.
- Lower Manhattan Wireless Network
In eight different public spaces throughout Lower Manhattan, you can enjoy free wireless Internet access from your laptop or PDA. So step out and log on: surf the Web, check your e-mail, and send instant messages while relaxing in the park.
- UnionSquareNYC.org - Wireless Access
Union Square Park is open for free wireless connections to the Web. The Partnership has teamed up with Wired Magazine and Emenity to provide free-of-charge Internet access from anywhere in the Park. Students, office-workers, anyone with a wireless-en
- free_wifi @ the Saurin Parke Cafe
We offer it free to our customers every day and the cafe is one of the best places to go to surf the web.
- chelseamarket.com - free wireless internet
Get FREE, high-speed, wireless-internet access every time you step foot inside Chelsea Market's ground floor concourse with your laptop. It triples the speed of a T1 connection (meaning 40 to 100 times faster than dial-up), and you don't need any con
The Skyline - of the City That Never Sleeps
Looking out over Manhattan...
New York Pizza - Best In The World!
I was in New York City for the first time in 20 years in the fall of 2005. I had a small list of to-dos. Right at the top in the #1 spot was eat real NY pizza. Number two was eat a real NY bagel. Obviously, it's got to be something in the water.
New York pizza is one of those things. It's like Chicago pizza. Once you eat it in the hometown where it's from, you get what everyone is talking about. I grew up eating NY pizza, going into the city on weekends as a teenager. You ate it standing up, at crowded shops with greasy counters. You fold your pizza. Hey, that's just what you do there, like how you read the NY Times on the train. (I played 'spot the Tri-state commuter' for many years in the Bay Area). If you watch the movie "Saturday Night Fever" I learned to eat my pizza the same way that John Travolta's character Tony eats his in the movie: walking down the street, folded in half.
The crust of a NY pizza is thin, whereas Chicago is thick. I think both have their merits, but my preference is for the NY style. There's something about the NY sauce too. That's what struck me the most this fall with that first bite. Right after the perfect crunch of the crust, the sauce was a spicy burning flood over my tongue. Aaahhh....
Real NY pizza does not have things like artichokes, shrimp, eggplant, bbq chicken and the like on it. It does not blaspheme itself with things like whole wheat crust. A classic plain cheese pizza done well NY-style will have enough flavor to satisfy, enough texture to fulfill. Too often, NY-style fails, becoming soggy instead of capturing a necessary crispiness.
The worst pizza I ever ate was in London in the summer of 1985. 'Nuff said on that.
New York Websites - Take a bite out of the Big Apple
New York City web sites, including major museums and arts organizations, travel sites, and New York guides.
- NYC.gov
Welcome to the official New York City Web site
- NYC & Company
NYC & Company (formerly known as the New York Convention & Visitors Bureau) is New York City's official tourism marketing organization.
- NYC Ballet
New York City Ballet
- NYC Opera
New York City Opera
- The New York Public Library
Come see the big stone lions as well as one of the world's best known libraries.
- NYC Marathon
Homepage of the world's largest marathon.
- Welcome to www.nycsubway.org
NEWS & EVENTS, Photos from Today's Date in History, Station by Station Guide
- New York's Greenwich Village: A one-stop place for food, fun and unique NY
This small and vibrant section of New York City is packed with places to eat, stores for shopping and all the people watching you can come to expect from the Big Apple.
New York for the Holidays
starting in late November and running into early January
New York doesn't just do things big, it does them BIG! The holiday season definitely gets off to a start in November, with the city setting up displays and decorations thoroughly by the end of the month. Two of the City's regular ol' celebrations are so big, they get televised nationally. Think about that. The rest of the country is willing to watch average New Yorkers going about their thing in the streets.
One of the BIGGEST events in NYC during the holidays is the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade which inevitably gets shortened verbally to "Macy's Parade." This parade and it's large scale balloons is unlike any other in the world. It also features lip-sync and live dance performances by current Broadway stars and show casts.
If you're attending the parade live, bundle up! Traditionally, it's very "nippy" this time of year, so extras like gloves, hats and scarves are really required to ensure comfort. Also, bring binoculars if you have them, you never know how far away or close you'll wind up. And don't forget a digital camera!
At the end of November, the famous New York City Christmas Tree will be officially lit in Rockefeller Center. This too is such a well-known event, it too is given national tv coverage. The entire center is decorated elaborately and the massive installation will stay up through New Years. It gets taken down shortly thereafter.
The City also lights an official Menorah to mark the eight nights of Hannukah.
New Year's Eve spent in Times Square is a NY classic! Hundreds of thousands turn out no matter what the weather to watch the famous ball drop down the spire of the building at One Times Square.
Share Your NY State Of Mind - comments and contributions
I would hope you could post more things about the different boroughs of NY and the individual neighborhoods. If you go to NY you absolutely have to eat at local places, there's no excuse for eating at an (overpriced) chain where you can eat anywhere else.
My son wants to live in NY once he graduates.
Just came back to tell you I added you to the NY section of my East Coast road trip lens.
I haven't been to NYC in five years or so. I'm anxious to get back there. Last time I went we were there for the Feast of San Gennaro Festival (every September) in Little Italy. Blessed by the US Travel Angel!


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The Rev. Richard Benedict Markham, whose longtime tenure at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, West Brighton, Staten Island, New York, was marked by his kindness, generosity of heart and deep spirituality, died January 2, 2015 in Staten Island University Hospital. He was 75. Born in Westerleigh, Markham graduated from Curtis High School and earned his bachelor's degree in history from Wagner College, Grymes Hill. He was ordained an Episcopal priest in December 1973 in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Manhattan.
Not long after his ordination, Markham began serving in the U.S. Army for a term of eight years, from 1974 until 1982. A chaplain's assistant and supply sergeant, he was stationed in Virginia, Germany, Okinawa and saw duty in Danang, Vietnam, for a year. After his military stint, he returned to religious work, but also held a secular position with the Army as a civilian employee at the New York Military Entry Processing Command at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, until retiring in 1999.
His first parish assignment was at the Church of the Ascension, West Brighton, and he also served as a priest at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Tottenville; St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Manhattan; St. Mary's, West Brighton; Church of the Redeemer, Brooklyn, and St. Paul's Memorial Episcopal Church, Stapleton. He then returned to St. Mary's in West Brighton, where he spent a total of 18 years, and retired in 2008.
Markham was a 50-year associate of The Society of St. John the Evangelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He never married, but was very close to his brother, Dr. Eugene Markham, his sister-in-law, Johanna (Joan), and their son, his nephew Andrew.
Funeral services were held January 8, with a Requiem Mass in St. Mary's Church. The Rt. Rev. Andrew Dietsche, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of New York, officiated.


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Happy New Year!! Time passes so quickly especially when you have family, kids and dogs.
It was an extremely busy and eventful year but it was fun and interesting.
I am glad we are relatively healthy and are looking forward to a prosperous New Year.
My New Year's resolution? Well, I made some in the past and some just cannot be achieved.
We did not travel in 2010, so I am looking forward to doing some travelling...
Also, I should just try to maintain my exercise regime while working.
If everyone is healthy and working, that is all that counts!
(trying to tell myself that while working)


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Top of the five immersions schools in Minnesota that took the test this year:
Chinese Proficiency
Saturday, July 23, 2011
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As long as we're on the subject of bragging...ReplyDelete
My 18-year-old son graduated from Minnetonka High School this year, and scored the highest possible score on the International Baccalaureate Oral Chinese exam. (He seems to have misplaced the letter with the code for retrieving his score on the IB written Chinese exam.)
He has attended the Concordia (Moorhead) Language Villages for two summers. He applied and was admitted to Concordia. What's really interesting is that the textbook for 2nd year Chinese is the textbook he used his senior year. Not sure what to make of that.
If Hope needs any Chinese help, maybe he can be of assistance.
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2013 Sonoma County Syrah
54% Russian River Valley Syrah, Papa's Block
40% Sonoma Mountain Syrah, Steiner Vineyard
6% Sonoma Valley Grenache, Rossi Ranch
Like our Rossi Ranch Grenache, this was another one of the surprises of 2013. Despite the perfect growing season, we felt our Papa's Block Syrah lacked its typical uniqueness. Rather than being an outstanding Papa's Block Syrah it was merely an outstanding Syrah, but still worthy of bottling on its own. Was the weather actually too good? Hmmm… Nevertheless, we decided to look at potential blends. Sure enough, we found that by combining Papa's Block with our Syrah from Steiner Vineyard, a wine much better than each component was produced. We have no idea if this wine will score as well as our '09 Sonoma County Syrah (which, coincidentally, also had Papa's Block in it) but we are reminded of it. And given its price, surely one of the greatest wine values you'll ever find. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
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- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
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- 1 jalapeno, seeded and finely diced
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
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I took these shots yesterday of the one and only plant in the house. I thought they looked a bit zen-ish... until I tried to convert the RAW-format into jpg. Turned out that my regular editing tools didn't want to communicate with each other and/or compressed everything to small-size pictures. But I found a way around eventually ... and ... I changed the settings of my camera back to the regular jpg-format.
Photography needs to be zen, not hours of editing and reformatting on the computer!
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Summer Final Assembly
Another year at Latymer has come to an, to we held our award assembly. Well done to all who won an award today. We would like to wish all a restful summer and good luck to all of our leavers from this year.
A copy of the power-point from today's assembly can be found here
Garden Party
Today the Charities Committee held their annual Garden Party, where the local care home came to enjoy cakes, music and sunshine
More photo's of the event can be found here
The Junior House debating competition was a tough battle this year, with many outstanding debates and enthusiastic participation from all Houses. The Final was a repeat line-up from last year, with Keats up against Wyatt, but this year Keats managed to keep their cool and created the winning argumen...
Congratulations to all of the students that took part in The Latymer Festival of Sport and thank you to all of the staff and Year 12 students that contributed to officiating numerous events and supervising students. There were some fantastic performances and an excellent show of sportsmanship throug...
Fantastic news from Hong Kong!
As many of you will know Neel Nanda (Year 12) was one of just six UK students selected to represent the UK at the International Maths Olympiad in Hong Kong this summer.
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It's quite a life in a senior village, a Leisure World at that.
It's a waiting lobby community, ladder stages of happiness
betrayed by the looks in their eyes. Conversations border around
landscapes, air conditions, thefts and plumbing. But this is life and we've
lived the happiest best part of it. In the village, it's just another day
of pleasant and funny talks about what truly matters at this later stage
of happiness, flowering greens a given, your life partner smiling with you.
Nelson D Reyesalrededor de 3 años
Thank you Robert. You know exactly what it is, how it is - to manage the few steps remaining before the threshold. We can hold on to a few devices available for our well being but in the end treading that ever shortening distance to the "door" would be least depressing if we kept a smile in our face and spill our cup of coffee once in a while. Air out the fear. Accept.
Nelson D Reyesalrededor de 3 años
Thanks Brod. And you framed it rather vividly in your "The Waiting Room".
Overall Betsy and I enjoy living where we are in Orange County, CA.
We live among our age and all the poignancy sans regret that goes with it.
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What if Nothing Was Wrong?
Who would you be if nothing was wrong? This is a question I ask myself from time to time. It's a therapeutic question I drop in there from time to time because my habitual thinking tendency is to look for what's wrong - it's a way I survived. It's a way I made sure to keep track of anything that could go wrong, so I could get away from it or fix it or protect myself in some way if I needed to.
The thing is… that way of being became so embedded in EVERYTHING, that it was the normal way my mind ran over and over again - even when things weren't wrong. One way that many of us coped with things being wrong around us when we were little was to make ourselves wrong or broken. We did this because, if we understood it was what was happening outside of us, then we'd become frightened because we wouldn't know where our safety would come from. Where would our safe haven be?
If it was our primary caregivers/parents that were causing harm or dis-ease, we couldn't get in touch with the feeling that what they were doing was wrong because that would mean that we had no one to care for us, no one to trust, no sense of belonging. Instead, unconsciously internalizing the "wrong-ness" or "brokenness" of the situation is the best bet to a child and then it gets carried forward through life.
If you're someone who's internalized "something's wrong", you may be running an old operating system. It may be that these days everything is relatively ok. Or possibly even better than that. But because you're mind is stuck in that habit pattern or neural pathway, that's just what it pays attention to because it's used to paying attention in that way. It's like it gets stuck in that gear and doesn't know how to find another one.
In this video, I share an experience I had in meditation the other day where I found pieces of myself that I hadn't been in connection with. They were beautiful and at peace, and I'd never known them before because I simply hadn't been paying attention to them. I describe a way I used to be with myself in practices like meditation where I'd go mindlessly on a hunt for what was wrong and what might be there to fix instead of allowing space to feel other things as well.
My hope is that this brings you some freedom and peace in your relationship to yourself and even a newfound experience of meeting new parts of yourself you may have never known before.
Let me know what you find.
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I recall a moment from a Tommy Emmanuel show a few years ago. The legendary Aussie guitar master was introducing one of his best-known songs.
"I've played this song in front of the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh… and many other pubs". (Insert your own rimshot here).
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"Surprising people is a very big part of what it means to entertain people. You think you're coming to a serious guitar show, the guy comes out and says 'Hey folks, great to be here. I got pulled up by the police. I didn't know they were allowed to drive that fast'.
All of a sudden, this person is making you laugh and having a laugh at himself. 'If I make any mistakes tonight, they're probably on purpose'."
In the liner notes to his latest album 'Live at the Ryman', he writes "This is genuine 'had to be there'…no fix ups…no frills recording" – an acknowledgement of potential imperfection that is undetectable in the actual recordings within. Tommy steps on stage armed purely with two or three Melbourne-made acoustic guitars, his astonishing musical memory and no set list. An hour and a half later, you look around the floor to find where your jaw dropped so you can put your face back together and go home. While Tommy is sometimes left unsatisfied with a performance, it's because he's holding himself to an ideal that would be hard for anyone else to imagine. Asked what his goals are moving forward, he says simply "I want to play better".
The new live album is the document of Tommy's dream gig – performing at the historic 'mother church of country music' in his adopted home town of Nashville, and selling it out. For the most part, it's a pretty typical TE gig – raucous and tender in equal measure, drawing from his own dense songbook and some of his best known arrangements (Classical Gas, his Beatles Medley, Guitar Boogie) and as much a classic pop concert as a masterclass in fingerstyle dexterity.
What made the show truly unique was that Tommy was joined on a few numbers by Steve Wariner and John Knowles, the other two living Certified Guitar Players. The CGP title was bestowed on a select few guitar geniuses by Tommy's idol, mentor and surrogate father Chet Atkins. This show was the first time the three remaining CGPs had performed live together.
Wariner will join Tommy down under this month, a special guest on all the shows of the Australian tour – the first time two CGPs have appeared on the same show in Oz.
"You'd better be up on your game, because they're watching," Tommy says of touring Australia. "In every city, there's always the real hardcore fans."
If you mention Tommy's name to any random Aussie, you'll get an interesting variety of reactions. Any guitarist will either salivate at the memory of Tommy's mastery, or curse his name as the unattainable ideal. Some people know Tommy best from his frequent appearances on variety television at the start of his solo career, or from his stint in Dragon, his performance with his brother Phil at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 or even as the little kid who toured the breadth of the country before he was old enough to shave.
Tommy started his professional career during his formative years (he initially retired from touring at the age of eleven) and he developed a skill and love for performance that bordered on compulsive. One of my favourite (and most revealing) Tommy stories starts with him getting snowed in in Allentown (yes, the city from the Billy Joel song) on his way to a show. The airport is closed and… well, I'll let Tommy pick up the story…
"We weren't going anywhere. The only place we could get was the shuttle to the Sheraton hotel and there happened to be two rooms left. Everything shut down. The hotel is full and no one is coming in or out. So we're stuck there for at least three days.
So we were there for three days and all I could do was just practice my playing. I get antsy if I'm on tour and there's too much time off. I don't like that. I started looking around the kind of bar/disco area where there was a PA in the ceiling and there was a DJ desk and everything with a microphone and everything.
So I talked to the hotel manager I said 'How about we put on a show for all the people. No one can go in and out. Why don't we put on a show?' and he said 'Okay' just like that. 'After dinner we'll move all the tables and chairs and moves the chairs concert style. We'll open the bar and people can drink for free'.
We made the announcement, everybody had dinner and we all sat down. The place was jamming with people and I came out and played about 45 minutes, everybody loved it."
To me, that story sums up what is special about Tommy and a lot of what separates him from other incredibly skilled musicians. It's also what comes out when you talk to him, and hear the well-crafted anecdotes he's developed to explain himself and his life. Nothing frustrates Tommy more than a missed opportunity to entertain, to bring happiness to other people.
"When I come off the road at the end of a long tour, there was a time where I'd get very teary and weepy several times a day and I couldn't figure it out and my ex-wife she said to me 'It's end of tour blues. You're putting out all these emotions every night and now they're waiting to come out and there's no outlet. You're just hanging around the house drinking coffee and reading books and whatever'. It's like your emotions are wanting to come out."
There are great musicians who have mastered a craft. There are inspired songwriters who can weave beautiful songs out of the ether. There are journeymen who tour relentlessly like it's a day job. But Tommy Emmanuel is more than the sum of those qualities. He's the quintessential entertainer.
"When I was a kid," he often says. "I wanted to be in show-business. Now I just want to be in the happiness business. I make music, you get happy."


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1 Apr 2016 – 8 May 2016
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Publish or Perish focuses on artists who align their practice with varied modes of content distribution and circulation, often experimenting with new forms that promote accessibility, collaboration, and engagement with others.
"The definition of artistic activity occurs, first of all, in the field of distribution."—Marcel Broodthaers
Publish or Perish focuses on artists who align their practice with varied modes of content distribution and circulation, often experimenting with new forms that promote accessibility, collaboration, and engagement with others. Publishing, broadly defined to include books, zines, PDFs, and other digital content, is a central component of their artistic repertoire. These works often defy conventional aesthetic hierarchies in counterpoint to prevailing market conditions. In an over-saturated and over-built culture, notions of ascribed value continue to expand, as some published works take on increasing value as they move through different channels of distribution and are absorbed into institutional and private collections. However, as economic challenges relate directly to issues of cultural over-abundance, our perspective regarding the value placed on art is also challenged, thus recontextualizing production into what Edgardo Antonio Vigo calls the "unmaking" of art objects. Ultimately, as self-publishing becomes more prominent as a tool in the pursuit of autonomy, so too does its intrinsic ideology of the self-organized.
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"La Bibliothèque Fantastique is an artist's books virtual publisher. Our books are free and downloadable from the internet so that you can print them at home."—Antoine Lefebvre
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"Za Nami is a 32 page full color photo book taken in Poland. Bound by elastic so you can put your favorite pictures on your wall."— Nicole Reber
"The exhibition is a tool of the market, but at the same time oddly resistant to being sold. The curator is a force within that market, but has the alternative to maneuver against the current rather than with it."—Sessa Englund
"All these projects are caused by my experience as a reader and by my dissatisfaction with this position. They deal with what we could call the 'mediate knowledge' issue. In the past, people used to be preoccupied by the events that concern them directly. They were in the dark about the global situation of the world but they were in close touch with their limited reality. On the opposite, we know a lot about the world but almost everything we know about it we learnt second-hand. Consequently, the reality we deal with is purely intellectual, like disembodied."—Benoît Broisat
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If you take group or private lessons at Elegant Dancing in August or September, YOU ARE A MEMBER! Join Chris, Lee, Jim and the teachers for a special evening with our group and private students. We'll be celebrating Chris and Lee's 7 year anniversary as Elegant Dancing and say Godspeed to Zach after more than 6 years at ED. It's sure to be a fun night! Great refreshments by Elena.
A fun 50's / 60's theme in honor of our 7 year (itch) anniversary. Get in the spirit by dressing for the "Marilyn & Madmen" theme or come as yourself - either way COME!
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Can you imagine calling all of these beautiful beads and components your own? It's easier than you think. Hope on over to dear Andrew Thornton's blog and they can be yours -- it's just as simple as leaving a comment on this post. When will I host a giveaway? When I reach 30 followers, I will give away 30 of my polymer clay beads to one lucky reader. Tell your friends, become a follower -- it will be fun! Have a blessed day.
A mix of Frank Sinatra's charm and Sandi Mazell-James' polymer clay beaded jewelry, tossed together gently with a sprinkling of life
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Andrew Thornton's Thursday Giveaway
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