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Rajasthan police to question two Mumbai cops over 2013 property case
A team of six policemen from Falna police station in Rajasthan, headed by Additional SP Kawalram, is in Mumbai to question two city cops, along with four other accused, in connection with a case registered at Malad police station in 2013.
A team of six policemen from Falna police station in Rajasthan, headed by Additional SP Kawalram, is in Mumbai to question two city cops, along with four other accused, in connection with a case registered at Malad police station in 2013.
That year, current senior police inspector of Vanrai police station, Chandrakant Gurav, and API Sunil Shinde, now attached to the side branch, had registered an FIR at Malad police station (where they were posted at the time) and later arrested Jagdish Chauhan, Dhumal Jain and Bhikamchand Sisodiya. The arrest followed complaint by Sukhlal Jain, who alleged he was duped of R2.5 crore in a property deal in Juhu, initiated by Dhumal and Jagdish. All three hail from Pali in Falna district, Rajasthan, and are jewellers in Mumbai.
According to a complaint filed at Malad police station, when Chauhan and Sisodiya [Dhumal managed to take anticipatory bail and got out of the case] were in police custody, the two cops transferred their properties to Sukhlal. Chauhan said in his statement: "Two of my family bungalows were transferred in Sukhlal's son, Raje-sh's name, while another was transferred in his servant, Haresh Nanalal Khatik's name."
Meanwhile, Jagdish alledged that Shinde threatened to kill him in an encounter. The statements even allege that Sukhlal beat Jagdish and forced him to sign an MOU for the property when he was in the lock-up. However, Jagdish alleged that the stamp paper purchased, dated February 6, 2013, while in the MOU, the date mentioned was February 5, 2013.
Delay in action
On August 7, 2013, Jagdish got bail and approached the Malad police, even filing a PIL in the Bombay High Court, which ordered Malad police to look into the matter. Transfer of senior officers delayed the process, and an alleged clear report was submitted to the court. A frustrated Jagdish then filed a PIL in Rajasthan court on September 17, 2014, which then ordered the Falna police of Rajasthan to file an FIR against Shinde, Gurav, Sukhlal, Rajesh Jain, Om Prakash Joshi and Harish Kumar Nanalal Khatik, under Sections 394, 384, 386, 387, 380, 462 and 457. Additional SP, of Pali district, KewalrRam, said, "We visited Vanrai police station to speak to Chandrakant Gurav but he was not there. The police team will question both the cops today."


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Another leak releated to Windows 8 has landed on the Internet. First, there's an image showing the new language explorer feature that will be included in the next version of Windows.
The latest image from Canouna shows that you can now sort languages by name, region, or writing system -- this feature has been in the builds of Windows 8 all the way back to M1. It would appear that Microsoft is going to support more languages out of the box rather than having to download languages updates like in Windows 7. But, the additional languages could be included in these early builds for testing purposes only and may not ship with the final product.
Also note, that Windows 8 will have a new 'Aero Lite' theme. A screenshot leaked on Twitter show the file structure for a new visual theme 'Aero lite". The tweet states that "generally, Windows 8 [aero lite] theme looks a lot like Metro UI in some parts.
The 'Metro' look is set to become a staple of Microsoft products as they continue to build a brand around that visual style to help differentiate their products.
Since M2 has been completed and M3 builds have been produced, more users have gotten their hands on the platform. With more users having the platform, the likelihood of leaks grows exponentially which could lead to a full build leak in the near future.

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Download Shorter Smiley for ASK apk 20110309 free for Android smartphone
Posted by Menny Even Danan in Libraries & Demo | March 8, 2011 | 16 Comments
Apk file size: 19.0 KB
A shorter smiley icon for AnySoftKeyboard v20110308 (35) or above!! First install the latest AnySoftKeyboard.
After install, select the Shorter smiley in AnySoftKeyboard Settings->Quick text keys
This pack will replaced the default smiley with a shorter version:
:) Happy
:( Sad
;) Winking
:P Tongue sticking out
=O Surprised
:* Kissing
:O Yelling
B) Cool
:$ Money mouth
:! Foot in mouth
:[ Embarrassed
O:) Angel
:\\ Undecided
:\'( Crying
:X Lips are sealed
:D Laughing
o_O Confused
Whats new
* You can now select a popup list or popup keyboard.
Menny Even Danan part of our Libraries & Demo and have average installs from 10000 to 50000. Last Update March 8, 2011. Google play rating is 85.5708. Current verison is 20110309. Actual size 19.0 KB.
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A Google User
Great! Please do a similar list for 3-char smileys as well,the default popup selection seems a bit odd to me
A Google User
Thank you very much! I was hoping for this possibility since I started using ASkeyboard:)
A Google User
Please fix FC on smileys bug, when using 16keys keyboard
A Google User
It sucks bcuz it won't open. DON'T get this app
A Google User
Move :D further up the list
A Google User
Please allow us to edit the list. Or just add O_O cause I need it! Thanks :)
A Google User
This app will not allow me to open it. This app needs fixing bad.
A Google User
It's the little things that matter! Thanks for a great plugin!
A Google User
Sucks It won't let me open it just gives u the option to uninstall it. :(
Oriyan Ovadia
Great. I Hated the default tweak.
lucy sky
thankyou thankyou!!
Shoshi Meiir
Nice...! How about including more emoticons?
A Google User
Great! Working great as it suppose to.
Magda S.
nexus s please add emoji keybord or something like this
Spliff Tolkien
Not what I hoped When I installed this I thought it would allow for replacing the smileys(smilies?) with those of my own choosing, like ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) or (งತಎತ)ง and such. Needless to say I was dissapointed. Using the app 'Look of Dissaproval' is functional but not ideal; it requires one to open the app, choose a smiley to copy to the clipboard, and return to the message to paste it manually. Not hard or time consuming but not ideal either. I continue to hope the plug-in I thought this was is created someday soon.
Keith Mesa
Nice I like this more than the original smiley buttons


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Michael Meets Patricia Clarkson and Chansi Harrow!
One of the best parts about going to national film festivals includes meeting... Chlotrudis members from around the country! We met Marilyn, Maryellen, Alex and Thom (although I already knew Thom) in Toronto, and Tara at High Falls... and this year, a bunch of us were lucky enough to meet and spend time with Chansi, one of our new members from Florida! Chansi was delightful, and I hope we get to see her again soon... maybe even at this year's 16th Annual Chlotrudis Awards Ceremony.
One thing that Chansi did as we were leaving the screening of CAIRO TIME was take a few photos of me while introducing myself to Patricia Clarkson! Did I mention how charming she was? And how accessible? I love these photos, because not only do they capture how beautiful she was, but how personable; especially the last where it looks like she's sassing me.
Anyway, here they are for your enjoyment!
TIFF Wrap-Up from Bruce!
TIFF 2009 was slightly smaller than it has been in past years but there were still 335 films to choose from, an absolutely impossible task. This year seemed generally higher in quality than past years but that could be simply the luck of the draw. At the end of the festival I had four clearcut 5 cat favorites:
DOGTOOTH - this Greek film makes one painfully aware that many interesting films rarely see the light of day in English speaking countries. This dark comedy is the story of parents who have succeeded in raising three children in a fortresslike compound. The three teenagers, a boy and two girls, have never seen another person other than their parents. When the father hires a sex worker to satisfy the biological urges of the son, things begin to unravel.
THE GOOD HEART - reunites Brian Cox and Paul Dano, this time in a black comedy from Iceland directed by Dagur Kári. No, Cox and Dano do not speak Icelandic as the film is in English and is set in New York City. Cox, a curmudgeonly bar owner, rescues homeless man (Dano) after the two end up as roommates in hospital. Each changes the other profoundly and things go swimmingly until a woman (Isild Le Besco) enters the picture.
LES HERBES FOLLES - this French absurdist comedy is the latest from master Alain Resnais (LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD, HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR, PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES). A stolen handbag leads a middle aged man into an adulterous affair with an emotionally unstable avaitrix. I totally agree with a critic who said the cinematic agility of this film seems more likely the work of a 27 year old than an 87 year old. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
VISION - veteran director Margarethe von Trotta succeeds in making the 12th century fascinating,with her tale of nun Hildegard von Bingen: the mother of herbal medicine; a composer,poet and the person most responsible for resuscitating dramatic arts which had laid dormant for one thousand years since the time of the ancient Greeks. Hildegard wrote liturgical musicals which the nuns in her convent performed and her music is very much alive today. Barbara Sukova is magnificent as the nun who had visions, a fatal attraction to one of the nuns in her order and a wily tactical ability to manipulate the chauvinistic leaders of the Catholic Church who held great power over the people. She even convinced the Archbishop and Pope that science and religion were compatible.
Other excellent films include: AN EDUCATION, LESLIE MY NAME IS EVIL, CHLOE, J'AI TUÉ MA MÈRE, POLICE ADJECTIVE, LIKE YOU KNOW IT ALL, CAIRO TIME, I AM LOVE and WHITE MATERIAL.
Chris Kriofske's TIFF Reviews
I scheduled less films than usual this year to make time for some of Toronto's more notable attractions (CN Tower, Casa Loma, and the Bata Shoe Museum, among others), but I did manage to see ten of the former.
In a London suburb in 1962, Jenny, (Carey Mulligan) a teenager preparing to apply to Oxford University meets and falls in love with a worldly, seductive man (Peter Sarsgaard) more than twice her age. With director Lone Scherfig (ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS), an adapted screenplay from novelist Nick Hornby (HIGH FIDELITY) and an excellent cast including Alfred Molina, Dominic Cooper, Olivia Williams and a tart cameo from Emma Thompson, it's no surprise that this film received a glowing reception at Sundance earlier this year. Although a little clichéd at times (especially when it cues the Serious Music) and verging-on-implausible at others (Jenny's parents are wildly inconsistent in their behavior), this is still an enjoyable, bittersweet coming of age story and a likely indie hit to boot. Most exciting is how it recreates and examines a particular place and time—Britain just before the Beatles ushered in the swinging Sixties. Expect Mulligan's whip-smart Jenny to be this year's buzzed-about breakthrough performance. 4 cats
The latest from Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-Liang (WHAT TIME IS IT THERE?) plays like a greatest hits album. It's brimming with all of his favorite obsessions: the prevalence of water (culminating in his most hilarious Buster Keaton homage to date), manipulation of time and space, delightfully absurd musical numbers and preferred actor Lee Kang-sheng in the lead. However, he also includes a few worthy new tracks to the playlist: most of the film is set in France, with such celebrated actors as Jean-Pierre Leaud, Fanny Ardant and Jeanne Moreau playing more or less versions of themselves (and don't miss Mathieu Almaric's cameo); additionally, the plot hinges on the making of a film within this one, encouraging viewers to question what's real or a façade. Stunningly gorgeous (the mirror-filled forest sequences will take your breath away) but challenging, it may prove too obtuse for some viewers, but it was my favorite film of the festival. After seeing it, you will never look at crushed tomatoes the same way again. 5 cats
The arrival of an aristocratic Spaniard student upsets the delicate hierarchy of an elite, remote, all-female 1930s British boarding school. Eva Green stars as a flamboyant, idealistic, controlling teacher. A slightly overcooked directorial debut from Jordan Scott (daughter of Ridley), all this has to recommend it is lovely cinematography (packed with foreboding, nighttime lake shots) and the continuously shifting alliances among the characters in the film's first two acts. A genuinely shocking twist then arrives, but it doesn't prevent CRACKS from lapsing into a lesser version of HEAVENLY CREATURES; nor does it dissuade Green from ravenously chewing up the scenery. At least it was the only truly mediocre film I saw at TIFF this year. 2.5 cats
Director Andrea Arnold's follow-up to RED ROAD is decidedly less ambitious but no less captivating, suggesting she could prove a female heir to Mike Leigh and his working class, actor-focused domestic dramas. Its tough teenage protagonist, Mia (impressive newcomer Katie Jarvis) uses her love of hip-hop dancing as a means of escape from her rough housing project home and also her young, immature, uninvolved mother and exceptionally foul-mouthed little sister. Tension mounts as Mia and her mother's charming boyfriend Connor (Michael Fassbender) develop a mutual attraction. Arnold redeems this not entirely original plot with strong performances, a poetic pace and an inspired, dense visual composition (shot in TV-like 1.33 aspect ratio, which gives the film its immediacy). The penultimate scene is exquisite in its simplicity, resonating with movements rather than words. 4.5 cats
This comedy from Canadian media personality Sook-Yin Lee (best known in the States as the lead actress in SHORTBUS) lays bare its quirkiness from the opening shot of a clucking chicken alarm clock. Sammy (Cristen Milioti), a tomboyish grocery store detective in charge of exposing shoplifters is attracted to Eugene (Mark Rendall), a musician who busks in front of the florist next door. When inexperienced Sammy finds herself sexually incompatible with Eugene, she aims for carnal fluency with a variety of partners. If this all sounds insufferably precious, it's not. Lee proves herself an adept writer/director, while Milioti is a real find, resembling a more likable, approachable Sarah Silverman. It's also a treat to see Canadian comedic legends Kevin MacDonald and Sheila McCarthy show up as Sammy's parents. Although not as novel, soulful or graphic as SHORTBUS, this is a better acted and at times, much funnier film. 4 cats
Gau Xiaolu's film (a Golden Leopard winner at the Locarno International Film Festival) defies categorization. Markedly dissimilar from most contemporary Chinese cinema, it alternates between stylistic allusions to the French New Wave and a naturalistic, documentary like feel, with passages that conjure up states of mind rather than narrative momentum. It charts the journey of Mei (Huang Lu), a young provincial woman who moves to a large Chinese city and eventually ends up in London. She meets a series of men, all of whom add varying sorts of conflict into her life. Presented as a series of titled chapters, the film's pace fluctuates, often deliberately jumping past a major plot point while occasionally stretching out time to an impressionistic degree. An intellectual and at times inscrutable work, but also an original, lyrical character study with a surging and wonderfully loud rock and roll soundtrack. 4 cats
The terrific Danish actress Paprika Steen (THE CELEBRATION) is absolutely harrowing and brilliant as Thea, an alcoholic actress in this intense drama from director Martin Pieter Zandvliet. Although John Cassavetes already covered this territory decades ago in his films which starred his wife, Gena Rowlands (particularly OPENING NIGHT), Steen is so riveting and her character's persona so all encompassing that whether the story is second hand soon seems irrelevant. As the film follows Thea's attempts at sobriety, it folds in scenes of her onstage (and backstage as well) as raucous, boozy Martha in a production of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF. Martha and Thea's similarities are obvious, but Steen's grasp on both roles lends depth to the connection. Throughout, Thea emerges as an intriguing (if deeply troubled) blend of personality tics, constantly speaking her mind only to immediately rescind. At one point, she nonchalantly blurts out, "I hate ordinary people," and then quickly apologizes; it's to Steen's credit that you could spend an hour debating whether Thea is sincere or just merely defensive. 4.5 cats
For Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, this is certainly not an obvious follow-up to masterful familial drama STILL WALKING. After all, the main character here is an inflatable sex toy that one morning magically comes to life. It sounds incredibly silly on paper (and I dread any potential American remake), but Kore-eda is a serious filmmaker, and this foray into pure fantasy is affectionate and rather poignant. A lot of the credit goes to Korean actress Doona Bae (THE HOST), who is perfectly cast as the titular character. Cute as a button in her tentative movements and little maid's uniform, she plays the role as an innocent discovering a strange new world, learning by mimicking everything around her. Kore-eda stretches the premise by introducing additional characters to symbolize the philosophical implications of what it's like to be an air doll: isolated and expected to serve a function. As a result, for me, the film loses some of its mojo along the way; I would have almost preferred two hours of Bae just bouncing around Tokyo—in those moments, AIR DOLL is as light and graceful as a feather but compelling enough to hold your attention. 4 cats
Sometimes, an actor's presence alone convinces me to check out a film and Patricia Clarkson is the main reason to see this one. She plays Juliette, an American magazine editor who arrives in Egypt hoping to meet up with her husband, a Canadian diplomat. Unfortunately, he's held up in the Gaza Strip due to an escalating conflict, leaving her to wonder the streets by herself, where she's seen as an oddity by the country's Muslim men (and women). Tareq, a local man and an old friend of her husband reaches out to her, and they find themselves attracted to each other. Although not a towering performance by any means, Clarkson is charming and provides a good surrogate for the audience. To her credit, director Ruba Nedda is not afraid to build momentum with subtlety and silence, and the growing affection between Juliette and Tareq exudes class and restraint—perhaps almost too much, as CAIRO TIME is a perfectly affable film that could benefit from a bit more tension. 3.5 cats
LESLIE, MY NAME IS EVIL The Manson Family trial re-imagined as a farce? That's the gist of Reg Harkema's follow-up to his anarchic comedy MONKEY WARFARE. Here, he gives us the twin tales of Leslie, a runaway who falls under the wild influence of Charles Manson, and Perry, a young, sheltered chemist who becomes obsessed with her while serving on the jury for her trial. At the premiere, Harkema introduced the film as "anti-realist" and he wasn't kidding: LESLIE plays like the love child of late John Waters and Charles Busch (minus the drag), gleefully sending up late-1960s America. While often crude and always over the top (don't miss the ultra-groovy virgin sacrifice sequence!), the film is also a hoot in how it comically inverts a tragedy without managing to entirely trivialize it. Mostly avoiding garishness and almost approaching wit, Harkema's palette is nonetheless an acquired taste, and this one could use more of the previous film's discipline. Still, it's hard for me to hate on a farce that's actually quite sincere in how it secretly holds up a funhouse mirror to the real, modern day world. 4.5 cats
TIFF Day 4 - Sunshine and Sex Dolls!
Sunday continued the trend of bright sunshine and balmy weather. After catching a program of short films in the late morning, Scot and I met Bruce to walk west on Queen St. to the Robert Bulger Gallery to attend the Opening Reception for Don McKellar's art installation, IMAGINARY LOVERS. As we strolled down Queen Street, we serendipitously ran into Gil and Amanda who had arrived the evening before and invited them to come along. After a lengthy and surprisingly warm walk, we arrived at the Gallery (formerly Atom Egoyan's Camera) and joined the party. Tracy introduced us to her good friend Caroline Gillis, with whom she has worked on stage (most notably the Off Broadway run of Daniel MacIvor's play, 'A Beautiful View'). Caroline would be recognizable to fans of 'Twitch City,' 'Slings & Arrows,' or MONKEY WARFARE. Don's installation was comprised of a series of short films shot on cell phone featuring women all over the world sending message telling their boyfriends they missed them. Some Chlotrudis members might remember a pair of Don't films, PHONE CALL FROM AN IMAGINARY GIRLFRIEND: INSTANBUL and PHONE CALL FROM AN IMAGINARY GIRLFRIEND: ANKARRA bookending one of our short film festivals. After complete the two initial films, Don continued to make these shorts during his travels, including stops in Wellington, New Zealand, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Regina and Montreal. The films are strangely touching and haunting, and utilize Don's trademark humor to good effect. They are visually arresting, despite the limitations of shooting on cell phone. It was great to be able to see them as part of this installation.
The other non-film highlight of the day was my chance to finally meet the delightful Paprika Steen (who as you may recall was scheduled, but unable to attend our Chlotrudis Awards Ceremony earlier this year). I introduced myself after the screening, and she said she'd recognized me in the audience. (She gives a great Q&A!) We spoke for a few moments before she was rushed off, and she invited us to the APPLAUS party (which, if you can believe it, we were too exhausted to attend!) My hope is we are able to bring Paprika to Boston for Chlotrudis sometime in the future. She would be a terrific guest. Congratulations on your outstanding performance Paprika!
And now, on to the reviews!
Short Cuts Canada Programme 2
director: Sami Khan
director: Sonya Di Rienzo
director: Kazik Radwanski (pictured right with Guy Maddin)
director: Guy Maddin
director: Ryan Mullins
director: Richard Kerr
director: Samer Najari
Contrary to what you might think, I didn't elect to see this program of short films because the new Guy Maddin short was featured (although that certainly was an added bonus). I really wanted to see the third film by Kazik Radwanski, Chlotrudis Short Film Festival alum. His debut short film, ASSAULT was a Chlotrudis selection in 2008. I'm always a little wary of the short film programs, because there are usually a couple of gems, and a couple of bombs, with some mediocrity filling out the rest. I am pleased to report that this year's batch was the best selection of short films that I have seen in Toronto! Sami Khan's 75 EL CAMINO is a moving film about getting older and the nostalgia of an old car and what it represents. In THE TRANSLATOR, Sonya De Rienzo subtitles the thoughts of various people on a subway ride, including a young couple who find themselves drifting apart. Kazik Radwanski completes his trilogy begun by ASSAULT and followed by PRINCESS MARGARET BLVD. with OUT IN THAT DEEP BLUE SEA, a poignant examination of middle age and the conflict between doing what you need to do and what you want to do. Guy Maddin is wacky and I just love him. In NIGHT MAYOR Guy invents an imaginative history for a real life friend, weaving humor, social commentary and Canadian history into a seamless fantasia. VOLTA by Ryan Mullins, explores the disappearance of the movie theatre, and what that means for a social life in this documentary about a little village in Africa. Richard Kerr's DE MOUVEMENT is a visual collage of images plucked from historic trailers. The program ended powerfully with Samer Najari's fantastic portrait of the immigrant experience in the snowy streets of Montreal in the film SNOW HIDES THE SHADE OF FIG TREES.
director: Martin Pieter Zandvliet (pictured right with Paprika Steen)
cast: Paprika Steen; Michael Falch; Sara-Marie Maltha; Otto Leonardo Steen Rieks; Noel Koch-Søfeldt
In a tour de force performance, Danish actress, and Chlotrudis honoree Paprika Steen unleashes a powerful and fiery performance as an actress recovering from alcoholism. Thea's addiction led to her divorce and loss of custody of her two young sons. Now on the road to recovery, Thea takes hesitant steps toward being a part of her children's lives again. Her ex-husband is trying to help, but Thea's impatience causes her to lash out in frustration, needing things to move more quickly because as she notes, she doesn't drink anymore. As she feels her life spinning increasingly more out of control, she relies heavily on her caustic wit and biting intelligence. She lashes out in one moment, and then submits to logic and calm the next. It's exhausting to watch, giving the viewer an idea of what it must be like to live it. The narrative is intercut with scenes of Thea playing Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' on stage – scenes of Paprika actually performing the role in Denmark. The juxtaposition allows for insight into Thea's character, and provides us with a nice twist at the film's end.
While first time solo director Martin Pieter Zandvliet does a good job keeping things tightly focused on Thea, shooting her in unflattering lighting and in tight close-up as an unforgiving witness, he and his collaborator Anders Frithiof August fare less well with the screenplay, which doesn't allow for much of a dramatic arc. That said, this film is all about Paprika Steen and her unflinching, exhilarating performance. Awarded the best actress award at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, this is a sure contender for a Chlotrudis award if it gets released in the U.S. While I would give Paprika's performance 5 cats, the film as a whole gets 3 ½ cats.
director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
cast: Du-na Bae; Arata; Itsuji Itao
One day an inflatable air doll, a substitute for sexual pleasure, wakes up to find she has a heart. She is self-animated, self-aware, and filled with wonder as she discovers the world around her. On a meandering sojourn around the neighborhood she wanders into a video rental store and gets herself a job, carefully concealing the fact that she, in fact, made of plastic and filled with air. She returns home each night before her owner arrives from work, but soon grows tired of the sexual acts he performs with her and becomes more fascinated by the parade of humanity that she encounters each day; most particularly the young man with whom she works at the video store. Of course, as we all know, along with wonder and delight, life brings sadness, pain and heartbreak. After she accidentally tears a hole in her arm and her true nature is revealed to her co-worker, he hastily tapes her up and re-inflates her with his own breath. It is at this point that she truly learns what it means to be human, as she falls in love with her benefactor. Her further adventures lead her to an elderly man in the park on a respirator, a woman struggling against aging, a little girl and her harried father, and the man who created her.
Kore-eda is a master filmmaker, weaving elements of loneliness and alienation into this charming story about the creation of a new life. In parallel to the air doll's inflatable nature, we see a series of humans who are empty inside, desperately seeking something to fill the void in their hearts. Duna Bae is magnificent as the innocent experiencing life for the first time. Her large eyes grow wider with each miraculous sight she sees, and she capably conveys the joy, confusion and pain of living with each move she makes. Despite the wacky and somewhat salacious premise, Kore-eda is such a life-affirming personality that you know you're in for something special. 5 cats.


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I wish I could say this surprises me, but it doesn't. An interesting poll performed by Bankrate.com (Nasdaq: RATE) reveals some pretty disturbing realities about American borrowers. The poll, discussed in detail here, found that a full third of borrowers had no idea what kind of mortgage they held.
Worse yet, 58% of ARM borrowers had no idea what they were going to do when the rate ratchets upward. Thirty-six percent of respondents said they planned to refinance into a long-term fixed mortgage, but for many of these borrowers, that may be tough, given the new tightening of lending standards in the face of the fallout at subprimes like Novastar Financial (NYSE: NFI), New Century Financial, and Countrywide Financial (NYSE: CFC).
And, now ... Cue the victim chorus. Here's an example of the kind of bogus heartstring pluckers we can expect from the press. This Washington Post tearjerker carried a subhead reading "Economic Success Story Turns Sour ..."
Bravo! Your comments are right on the money!
Do you really think it fair to equate the malfeasance of a financial professional who offers a debt product whose obligations the prospective debtor cannot possibly, in the long-run, hope to meet with the wishful thinking of the financial naif (or, yes, the witless boob) who longs to be a homeowner?
A person who starts out blind to financial realities and who is rendered even more so by the shiny prospect becoming a homeowner seems pitiable. But a person already possessing wealth and financial acumen who elects to become still wealthier by securitizing someone else's naive and impossible dream is contemptible.
There may be plenty of blame to pass around, but you do no one a service by pretending that it's one size fits all.
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Constraints For Collective Action In Bulgaria'S Irrigation Sector
Water for irrigation and irrigation infrastructure are both common pool resources, due to their low excludability and high rivalry. The wellknown common pool resource dilemma is often the consequence. Collective action may be a way how societies can overcome this dilemma. First results from a three-month empirical field study in Bulgaria are presented trying to explain how actor groups characteristics, such as lack of trust between community members and effective institutional settings at the local level, such as information asymmetry, limited sanctioning and enforcement mechanisms and almost no monitoring mechanisms provide conditions under which opportunistic behaviour dominates. The effective rules-in-use in local communities are presented. The simplest example is watering crops without paying the water price. Individuals will use their power to maintain their opportunistic strategies and, consequently, they will not agree to any rule change. Moreover, the actors` attitude towards collective action is very pessimistic. This has a crucial impact on the evolving of credible commitment which is one prerequisite for collective action. The effects on water management can be severe and the common pool resource dilemma situation may continue. This article questions if there are additional influencing variables inherited from the transformation process that will have an impact on the institutional change and constrain the emergence of collective action solutions. The discussion is based on empirical material from Varbiza village in the south of Bulgaria.
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Step 3 - Switch off your phone. Now go to Download Mode. How? Press and hold the Volume Down + Home buttons together, and then press the Power button till you see "downloading" on your screen.
Step 4 - Make sure you have your Galaxy Ace 2 USB drivers installed on your computer.
Step 5 - Open ODIN on your computer. Connect your phone to your computer while your phone is in the Download Mode.
Step 6 - If your phone is connected successfully, one of the ID:COM boxes will turn yellow with the COM port number. This step might take some time.
Step 7 - Now select the files that you have to flash/install on your phone. These files are to be found from the extracted files in Step 1.
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ok the pressure switch sounds more likely. i was simply using fill valve because that's the term i was being given by everyone. had no luck finding a manual today. Grr.
The pressure switch would be the square box-like part, attached to the clear tubing that goes TO the fill valve, correct? that, the pressure switch, where the clear tube attaches, looks like it has "muck" in it. someone on another site mentioned a clog so i cleaned it out a little. is there anything i can do to check the pressure switch itself?
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ESL beginner : English as a second language made nice and easy! / Sherry Boguchwal ... [and others] ; and the staff of Research & Education Association.
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The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. attorney`s office moved Tuesday to permanently confiscate more than $611,000, most of it in $100 bills found two years ago in the garage of murder victim Hal C. Smith, a prominent North Side bookmaker.
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It's been awhile, way too long… I've been consumed… by a good book. It's great to read a good book but I'm the type of person that spends every waking moment reading and the balance in my life goes out the window. Aaaaand! I'm missing my friends that I just spent a week with, every waking moment with… my reality is teetering, and I'm having to cope with the loss. see, this is why I shouldn't read. I have no control!
In my other world, this is what I've been up to…
travelled to long beach to hear Matt of www.mattbites.comspeak about food photography. I've followed his blog for years and when a good friend called me up to tell me he was speaking, I was all over it. He's funny, cute, and he's my bff- my reality is still a little bit shaky
traveled to Lake Tahoe to photograph an elopement with Logan and Amy. Amy is a great singer and make up artist but a horrible driver. Logan is a great photographer but a horrible dj. And I'm definitely horrible at giving directions, I've lived there for years but couldn't remember anything!
finally watched The Vow and I cried about 10 different times… hard, sobbing cries. it was not pretty!
I'm on week 6 of Insanity and it just doesn't get easier. the first month tricks you. makes you think the workout is doable… so not the case for the second month!
I shot an all fim engagement session at Keys Creek Lavender Farm– my first time there and it's an amazing, beautiful place!
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"Cirrus" is a 2013 instrumental performed, written and produced by British musician, producer and DJ Bonobo. Released as the first single from his fifth studio album The North Borders, the song did not chart but in 2014 the song was featured in a Vodafone advert. The song premiered on Giles Peterson's BBC Radio 6 on 19 January 2013. It was released on 1 April 2013 worldwide and on 2 April 2013 in North America.
"Cirrus" was performed, written and produced by Bonobo.[2] The song contains complicated drum patterns and live instrumentation.[3]
Release and receptionEdit
The song was released as the first single from his fifth studio album The North Borders.[1] It premiered on Giles Peterson's BBC Radio 6 on 19 January 2013.[4] The track was released on 1 April 2013 worldwide and on 2 April 2013 in North America.[5] Although the song did not chart, the song was featured in a Vodafone advert in 2014.[6]
The song has been met with positive critical reception. A writer for Fact magazine called the track "a twinkling slice of fairy-light house", noting it to be "delicate" while also containing a "slightly steelier edge" that deviates from his style.[7] Jason Grishkoff from Indie Shuffle found the song "pursuing the same sound" of his previous four albums, characterizing it as "absolutely perfect" for San Francisco rain.[8] Phillip Yung of Earmilk stated the track "immediately" gives the listener "a spacey organic feel" and found the slide bass during the middle to give it "much anticipated weight",[9] while Amy Heaton of Kaltblut magazine wrote the song was "the perfect soundtrack" to come out of hibernation to, calling it "one big loop of elation".[10]
Music videoEdit
A music video created for the song by Cyriak on 24 January 2014.[11] The video manipulates footage from American Thrift, a public domain film from 1962 depicting American consumerism.[10][12][13] Cyriak borrowed inspiration from Zbigniew Rybczyński's film Tango,[14] and obtained the film through the Prelinger Archives through the Internet Archive, calling it "a goldmine for us video artists."[12] The video clocks in at 3:23, and, Template:As of, has obtained over 3,000,000 views on YouTube.[15]
Critical reception for the video has been positive; Kimber Streams of The Verge called it "beautifully surreal",[5] whereas Oli Kruscher of DropoutUK said that it "would slot smoothly into Monty Python's world [and] will take you on a mind-bending trip".[3] Andrew Tarantola of Gizmodo reckoned it would be "what doing acid with the Beav would be like".[16]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jeffries, David. Review: The North Borders. AllMusic. Retrieved on July 9, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Template:Cite AV media notes
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kuscher, Oli (25 January 2013). Video: Bonobo 'Cirrus'. DropoutUK. Retrieved on January 6, 2014.
- ↑ Ruff, Megan Jean (January 2014). Bonobo – 'Cirrus'. House of Balloons. Retrieved on January 6, 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Streams, Kimber (26 January 2013). Animation and music collide in 'Cirrus,' Bonobo and Cyriak's incredibly trippy music video. The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved on March 27, 2014.
- ↑ Staff writer "Paul" (20 January 2014). Vodafone – Winter Sale. TV Ad Music. Retrieved on March 27, 2014.
- ↑ Bonobo drops new single (plus probable album countdown). Fact. The Vinyl Factory (23 January 2013). Retrieved on May 2, 2014.
- ↑ Grishkoff, Jason (24 January 2013). What's so good?. Indie Shuffle. Townsquare Media. Retrieved on January 6, 2014.
- ↑ Yung, Phillip (24 January 2014). Bonobo – 'Cirrus' [Audio + Video]. Earmilk. Retrieved on January 6, 2014.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Heaton, Amy (20 May 2013). Bonobo – Cirrus!. Kaltblut Magazine. Retrieved on January 6, 2014.
- ↑ Bonobo (1 March 2013). Cirrus Video. Retrieved on January 7, 2014.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Cyriak (26 February 2013). Bonobo Cirrus Official Video (2013). Internet Archive. Retrieved on March 27, 2014.
- ↑ Cone, Justin (28 Jauary 2013). Cyriak: Bonobo 'Cirrus'. Motionagrapher. Retrieved on January 8, 2014.
- ↑ Holmes, Kevin (28 January 2013). Cyriak's Video For Bonobo's 'Cirrus' Is A Cascading Visual Mantra. The Creators Project. Vice Media. Retrieved on March 27, 2014.
- ↑ Bonobo (24 January 2013). Bonobo: Cirrus [Official Video]. YouTube. Retrieved on January 7, 2014.
- ↑ Tarantola, Andrew (29 January 2013). Bonobo: Cirrus. Gizmodo. Gawker Media. Retrieved on January 6, 2014.


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Bill O'Reilly has done some great journalism, and he's even achieved major reforms on important issues. Maybe that impressive track record made him a little too ambitious in this instance: He decided he could in one month solve a 16-year ordeal. There was no way he could have — nor should he have tried. With genuinely good — but sorely misguided — intentions, he stepped all over a situation he never should have inserted himself into in the first place.
But no matter how much damage O'Reilly caused — though he did some specific good — the real villain in this tale is the State Department. State bought into the lie that Alia and Aisha were "happy" as part of a "statement" they gave to the consular officer — and then State immediately lied to the American public about the condition under which the lies were made.
O'Reilly's interview and explanation of the circumstances surrounding the London trip lay bare the ridiculous assertion by State over the weekend that Alia and Aisha were "on vacation." This lie was meant to hoodwink Americans about the real nature of the trip — which was for Saudi p.r. purposes — and disguise it as some voluntary, spontaneous action by the girls. It was no such thing.
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Mildred Melrose shakes her money maker in an excellent rendition of the Black Bottom - fabulous!
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Dog lovers show off their hounds and enter comical races.
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If you are a Democrat elected official, you know you are in deep when the left-leaning Washington Post Editorial Board calls on you to resign.
That's what they did in today's editorial, carrying the hilarious title "Buy-Buy, Mr. Burris."
From the moment that Mr. Burris was selected, he strove to portray himself as a blameless public servant. The sad pictures of Mr. Burris being cast out into the rain by the Democratic leadership of the Senate, which initially refused to seat him, turned public opinion in his favor. Mr. Burris got his seat. But this latest revelation makes a mockery of his professions of no quid pro quo. It is a violation of the public trust. The people of Illinois have suffered enough. Mr. Burris should resign.
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It is Monday again, and Cyber crooks are increasingly targeting the growing array of Web applications — everything from interactive maps to stock tickers — potentially giving them access to the credit card and Social Security numbers of people using those sites.
Despite the increased security threat, experts say, some Silicon Valley companies and others that make the software enabling many of these online features aren't responding quickly to fix the flaws.
"It's a wild, wild world out there," said Mandeep Khera, chief marketing officer at Santa Clara-based Cenzic, which sells software to help ward off hackers. Despite a growing effort to beef up security on the Internet, he added, "consumers need to be aware of how vulnerable most of these websites are."
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Last year I wrote a post about I tried to play this game but failed. This year, after I complained about this on Broken Forum, someone replied that the Steam version should be fixed by now. 'Lo and behold, it is and I can now download, patch and launch it successfully, all but confirming that my previous troubles were likely not my fault. So even though I've mostly lost interest in this and, wow, has it really been four years since this game was first released, I thought I should at least give it a whirl since I did buy it so long ago.
- I've never played any of the games in this series before this and it doesn't seem to have much of a tutorial so I was lost for a very long time. Eventually I figured out that it's like a futuristic version of Settlers or something, and things got much better from there. One thing I found really puzzling about this design is that the population needs goods to thrive and effectively upgrade to higher level tiers but the production buildings themselves don't require access to the population beyond the prerequisite of having a minimum number of the required type to unlock that building.
- Due to this, it seems that the optimal design is to have all, or almost all, of your population on a large island and having all of the end products that the population needs be shipped there. The underwater settlements ram this home. You can't even build habitats underwater, just resource production and their support infrastructure. I guess we'll just have to imagine that the workers are commuting or controlling them via remote control.
- There are three factions in this game, but they're not really enemies, more like rivals. Eventually you can even build stuff from all three factions on the same map. If you really want to develop stuff from all three factions to the furthest extent possible, the number of goods you have to manage is just staggering. This is even more true when you consider that island can produce only a limited number of crop types, so the other ones need to be cultivated on other islands. Furthermore, quite a few resources, especially for the Tech faction, can only be produced underwater.
- This is really the fun part of the game I think, setting up the production chains within the constraints of the land available and managing the logistics of the trade route so that everything works smoothly and no one lacks for anything. To complicate matters you also need energy and to manage the ecobalance. I don't like this doesn't result in cities that are pleasing to look at, but there is a certain kind of satisfaction when you see the gigantic apparatus that you built run well.
- That said, this is an RTS and there is a combat system but for the life of me I don't see any point to the military aspects of the game at all. The combat system is so basic in comparison with the building up your cities part that I wonder why it's even there at all. This is I never finished the campaign missions and was much happier with the sandbox mode. It doesn't help that the story for the campaign is the usual puerile nonsense.
- I have mixed feelings about the graphics in this game. On the one hand, wow, look at all that detail on those buildings and the people walking around in maximum zoom. For all of its faults, the sweeping views the campaign missions gives you of how just much detailed work went into all of the models look really impressive. On the other hand, the color palette is so limited and the overall look so heavily geared to be futuristic that there is a boring samey-ness to everything. Simply said, the cities don't look beautiful. You can be proud of your creations as a well-oiled machine but not as something that looks pleasing to your eye.
- Finally, this game seems quite determined to be an online one though it doesn't me strike me that many people would want to play this with other people. One effect of all these features is that when I finally logged into the game I had a ton of spam mail waiting for me, asking me to vote in elections, about promotion opportunities and special missions and so forth because I'd originally set up my account last year. That was really annoying.
I didn't put in much time into this at all and missed a ton of stuff, most obviously the bits about research and upgrading your personal Ark. For my part, while I can see a certain appeal in managing logistics in exacting detail, this game most of all made me yearn to play a more organic city builder like the SimCity games of old, which means that I should probably be playing Cities Skylines like everyone else.


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OPITO Spotlights Improving Safety Standards in Malaysia
Delegates from across Malaysia's growing oil and gas community attended an industry briefing this month to discover how safety and training standards are improving in the region.
OPITO , the body which sets the bar for safety and competency in the worldwide oil and gas industry, held the event in Kuala Lumpur on January 12 which was attended by around 50 representatives from more than 36 local and international companies.
Aberdeen-headquartered OPITO opened an office in Kuala Lumpur in 2008 and now employs nine staff to provide technical support to energy companies operating across Asia Pacific.
Delegates were told how the company is supporting the development of world class training providers in the oil and gas industry with 29 providers in the region now operating to OPITO standards, compared to just 18 in 2007. Worldwide, more than 120,000 people across 30 countries are trained to OPITO standards every year.
The event was part of OPITO's new international drive towards delivering common standards to improve workforce safety and competency in world-wide oil and gas provinces which has already seen a similar event take place in the Middle East.
David Doig, CEO of the OPITO Group, said, "For any company working within any industry, its people are its most valuable asset. This briefing provided us with the opportunity of demonstrating to energy companies within this vibrant region what the industry, through OPITO, has achieved in terms of raising safety and training standards in just a short time.
"Working with employers we will continue to build on these developments to further establish our presence in Asia Pacific and work towards achieving further recognition on the world market in a bid to raise safety standards globally."
- OPITO Launches Digital Safety Training Option (Nov 08)
- UK Oil, Gas Companies to be 'Disproportionately Affected' by New Levy (Feb 13)
- Former Trainee Car Mechanic Scoops Oil, Gas Apprenticeship Award (Dec 22)


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I read:"Where there is love,there are precious moments in everyday life.Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections".
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At this very moment? Reading you..sitting with my morning cup of green tea with lemon and ginger..Admiring the journal..and thinking I am so glad I kept that book:)and found you blog:)ReplyDelete
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Monica, I look forward to your series of inspirational posts. For me simplicity is the key to happiness. One of my favorite moments is when I can sit in the screened porch with a cup of coffee and listen to the birds. Or when I'm hiking with a friend and enjoying nature. Now I have to pick up "Simple Abundance". Have a peaceful weekend.ReplyDelete
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Simple Abundance will always be my favorite book. Mainly because it came to me at a time that I really needed to read it and live by the principles written in it. In some ways, it changed my life and helped me make a huge shift in my thinking. I read it over eleven years ago and still read from it's pages often.
What is making me happy at this very moment...is looking out the window at the birds who are stopping by to eat the crab apples off the big tree out my window, making me very glad that I have a garden that allows them nourishment on this cold winter's day.
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I hear so much of this book... I think I need to buy a copy soon! I decided on Jan. 1st to simplify this year... starting with some of my collections (a girl can only keep collecting for so long... then she starts having collections of collections)! ;) I feel freer as I move some of my things along for others to appreciate.
Sarah Ban Breathnach has become a close, close friend by this particular time of my life! It was very hard to get SIMPLE ABUNDANCE here in my country, but finally I found it at an used-books store; and since then it has been my favourite book forever. Right now, what makes me happy is strawberry tea -served in a beautiful English styled decorated cup- and writing on my personal journals... By the way, I´m your newest follower and look forward to reading more posts like this!ReplyDelete


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Pinning is a verb we've seen more frequently in recent years. Pinterest, founded in 2010, is a social networking site with a "virtual pinboard" interface. Instead of putting photos on your wooden pinboard at home, you collect photos and links to products that you have, love, or want to own while following other people's pinboards at the same time.
The recent study made by RJMetrics about Pinterest, where 50,000 random pinners were questioned, reveals some shocking and interesting insights into the website.
This site is definitely favoured by the female population. 92 per cent of all pins are made by women. And they are pretty loyal as well. 84 per cent of them have been active since Pinterest first launched four years ago. In the first year of its existence, the average female user posted 42 pins and now the number has reached an astonishing 158 pins per average female over the past year.
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December 8th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Great work, the images are really interesting! I would love to play around with this grasshopper file is there any way you could post the definition? Thanks
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Could you show us the ghx files?
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Hi! this looks great!
how did you make the depth from Jpeg file?
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June, use the "heightfield" command in rhino. It's pretty crude – darker colors simply recede – but can be effective to simulate depth from an image.
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Thank you for the share this great grasshopper work!
How did you paint light brown inside of plenty of circles on top picture?
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Pretty easy – just use the Make2D command in rhino, export as .AI, then open in illustrator and add a fill.
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Jazz Jams in Grand Rapids
Something is happening with jazz in Grand Rapids. Overnight, it seems, the art form which hitherto has garnered lots of respect but little support is coming into its own in this area. People are turning out to hear live jazz. It has been a long time coming, and it's good to see. Last night I went to a jam session at the Winchester, located at 648 Wealthy Street SE. Running from 9:30 to 12:30, the session is hosted by trumpeter Chris Lawrence, with John Shea on keyboards and a rotating lineup of bass players and drummers. Besides being an incendiary improviser, Chris does a splendid job fronting the session, and he has an enthusiastic audience. A number of great area jazz musicians showed up to share their talents, among them veteran drummer Scott Veenstra, vocalist Kathy LaMar (she's a marvel!), and keyboard wizard Steve Talaga. Steve arrived after wrapping up his own earlier jam session down the street at Billy's in Eastown. I haven't made it to that session yet, but it's on my list. Like the one at the Winchester, it's new, and it amazes me in the pleasantest way that, suddenly, not just one but two Tuesday night jazz jam sessions have emerged right down the road from each other. Steve's runs from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. at 1437 Wealthy. A guest musician could close out that session and then, if so inclined, head over to the Winchester and still have plenty more time to play. Both of the Tuesday sessions are recent and very welcome developments, and the Winchester and Billy's are to be saluted for supporting them. But that's not the end of it. Across town on Sunday nights is where the session with a history to it takes place. At SpeakEZ Lounge, 600 Monroe NW, well-known drummer and harmonica man Randy Marsh hosts this town's longest ongoing jam session. The session began a couple years ago at HopCat, where it ran for quite a while before moving to SpeakEZ. The second location is an excellent venue for Randy, who rotates a consistently topnotch cast of section players and provides a welcoming setting for visiting musicians to air out their chops. Blowing sessions are a part of the jazz tradition, and to see them emerge and succeed here in Grand Rapids seems to me a litmus test of the state of the art. West Michigan has got some world-class musicians as well as a heap of upcoming talent, and I'm delighted to see room being made for all. I have an idea that there's a link between the explosion of craft beer in this town and the ascendance of live jazz. Beer--good beer--is art, and artists recognize and support other artists. In a town that has been named Beer City for two years running in the Beer City USA national poll, and which in recent years has also garnered national attention for its three-week-long, citywide ArtPrize contest, a new and positive mindset toward things aesthetic has become apparent, and it is sweeping up jazz into the mix. Bravo for those restaurant owners who see value in live jazz and are choosing to support it by giving it a venue in their establishments.
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Just spent a few days around here..it's super, awsome!
- August 2, 2010 at 7:33 am #100184
Beautiful photos Katy.
Reminds me of some of the stunning landscape/beaches in north Cornwall. Very rugged there too.
- August 2, 2010 at 5:48 pm #100200
Very similar to prai de rocha in the algarve, very rugged and beautiful.
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Have you been their in Winters or Autmn ??
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I've been to both Galicia and Cornwall in the Autumn.
Colours are amazing as the leaves etc. turn. In the Winter the rough seas are also a great sight.
One just has to remember to dress sensibly and don the thermals. 🙂
For us (and the dogs) walks are enjoyable and invigorating. Love it!
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For the first time since 1996, in Paris, sell painting of the famous Dutch painter.
Auction house Milon auctioned painting "Nature morte aux bouteilles", written by Van Gogh in the years 1884-1885, on the eve of his move to Paris. In 1968, the painting was sold to a private collection, but now it is again put up for sale.
The sale, which is determined by the new owner of the picture, will be held on November 27 in IX district of Paris. The estimated cost of the canvas is 600 thousand euros.
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Jacquelyn Eckert this Sunday evening at 8:00 PM Eastern time for this fun discussion group. Our movie this month is "Brother Sun, Sister Moon".
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Italian: Fratello Sole, Sorella Luna) is a 1972 film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Graham Faulkner and Judi Bowker. The film is an examination of the life of Saint Francis of Assisi.
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Our next movie will be "The Nines" Starring Ryan Reynolds and Melissa McCarthy. Our next meeting is Sunday July 31 at 8pm ET.
Worlds collide in most unusual ways in The Nines. Ryan Reynolds plays Gary, a Hollywood television actor whose crack cocaine escapades land him under house arrest. A no-nonsense publicist (Melissa McCarthy) who specializes in rehabilitating bad-boy stars for public consumption keeps Gary in line until a sexy neighbor (Hope Davis) makes him wonder if his reality is truly all it seems to be. Indeed, once the question is asked, another world washes away the last one: this time Reynolds plays Gavin, a TV showrunner whose best friend (McCarthy) is dropped from his new series after a network executive (Davis) manipulates him. A watchful viewer of The Nines will begin to note that certain themes and bits of dialogue overlap the first two segments of the film, and that certain key lines (e.g., "You're not a man") are laced with double meanings. A haunting resonance, a sense that everything is imbued with some unknown quality or secret, overtakes one's deepest experience of the movie. That feeling only grows in the final third of the story, in which Reynolds becomes Gabriel, a doting husband and father who leaves his wife (McCarthy) and child (Elle Fanning) with their stalled family car while he fetches help. Along the way he meets a wary stranger (Davis), and nothing is the same again. Everything loops into everything else in August's clever story, which taps into that profound sense of alienation and dislocation most of us feel at one time or another, and pushes it toward the realm of myth. Fans of Donnie Darko may well find The Nines equally intriguing. –Tom Keogh


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TITLE: I Love You More Than Pierogi
SERIES: World of Love
AUTHOR: K.A. Merikan
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 112 Pages
RELEASE DATE: January 4, 2017
Marek and Adrian dated in high school, but a bitter breakup led them to choose different paths. Adrian is out and proud while Marek is in the closet. Adrian embraces his eccentricity while Marek clings to a conservative image. And while Marek worked hard to build a successful life and financial stability by climbing the corporate ladder, Adrian threw caution to the wind and has spent the last five years backpacking across the world.
Now Adrian is back in Warsaw, Poland, but while Marek thinks they will have a hookup and have a blast from the past, Adrian is just looking for a place to crash. Worse still, Adrian turns up at Marek's advertising agency for help with his outrageous new business venture, and if Marek wants to get promoted, he might have to work with the guy who broke his heart.
This was certainly a change from the K.A. Merikan books I've read in the past. I've focused mainly on their Guns N' Boys series and their Coffin Nails MC series, both of which are quite brutal, dark and gritty. I didn't get gritty from I Love You More Than Pierogi. I think this series will be much more fitting for some of the other reviewers at Love Bytes who really enjoy romantic stories.
Let's talk about the story in this current installment. Marek comes across at first as kind of a self-centered jerk, focused on his career at the detriment of a personal life, any sort of social interactions, and even of an active sex life. One day he hears from his teenage boyfriend, Adrian, who has just come back to Poland after five years traveling to, and living in, exotic locales.
When Adrian asks to stay at Marek's apartment, Marek instantly thinks it is about sex, but when that is proven incorrect, he goes into a sulk, and focuses even more of his time (if that was even possible) on his advertising career at a prestigious company. So what if his coworkers constantly tell homophobic and sexist jokes. If he just laughs along, he'll be fine, right?
When Adrian approaches the company about helping with advertising and marketing his new Polish food truck idea, and he specifically asks the owner of the ad agency to assign Marek to the account, things get complicated.
I really enjoyed the story, even though it was a surprise to me. It was a kind of sweet, miscommunication, former lover type romance that I'm sure will play well with a lot of our readers. I recommend it if you are into those sweet type stories with a HEA. It is proof that these ladies can't write a bad story. I might not personally have loved it as much as their darker and more gritty works, but it was good.


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19th Annual Gay Days Anaheim: Three Days of fun at Disneyland Resort
"We'll have fun, we'll meet new faces. We'll do things and we'll go places. All around the world we're marching. Who's the leader of the club, That's made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!"
I can never resist the call of Mickey, the happiest mouse on earth, now can you? Returning once again this year, with a star-studded lineup is Gay Days Anaheim, from Friday, September 30 through Sunday, October 2, the "unofficial" gay days at Disneyland Resort.
From the check in on Friday at the Trillium Room at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel to the T-Dance at the Hollywood Backlot, your weekend will be filled with dining, dancing, entertainment, with stars from the screen, stage and of course of the Disney kind!
Here are a few of the highlights: Wonderland takes place at Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen Friday evening featuring DJ Ray Rhodes, with RuPaul's Drag Race star, Trixie Mattel and hosted by Kelly Bailey! Saturday's big evening event is Kingdom with All American Boy, Steve Grand performing.
Also on Saturday, the hilarious Leslie Jordan performs his show Straight Outta Chattanooga! in the Sorrell Room of Disney's Grand Californian Hotel and in the same location on Sunday evening, superstar Alan Cumming will also be on hand to discuss the many facets of his illustrious career.
Sunday's big event is Plunge at the Anaheim Majestic Garden Hotel's pool and the aforementioned T Dance at the Hollywood Pictures Backlot. Whew! Just a tiny sampling of the plethora of fun waiting for you at Disneyland! How am I gonna find time to hang with Snow and the "Little People?"
Not to mention all the hot, full-size boys and girls… There's a whole lot more chances meet with Mickey and the gang throughout the weekend, so make sure to get your tickets to the "Gayest place on earth." Well, at least for one fab weekend each year!
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Release Date: June 13th, 1997
DVD Release Date: March 9th, 1999
PG-13|2 hr 5 min
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Annie (Sandra Bullock) is looking forward to a Caribbean cruise with her cop boyfriend, Alex (Jason Patric), who purchased the tickets to make up for lying about working on the SWAT team. Their trip turns dangerous, however, when an explosion disables the ship's communication system and it becomes clear that the vessel is under someone else's control. Alex and Annie must fight for survival as they discover that John Geiger (Willem Dafoe), a crazed passenger, is behind the chaos.
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison, Brian McCardie, Christine Firkins, Mike Hagerty, Colleen Camp
Director: Jan de Bont
Genres: Action
Production Co: Blue Tulip, Twentieth Century Fox
Keywords: Love, Police officer, Girlfriend, 1990s, Survival, Office, Intense, Escape, Suspenseful


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The Solar Impulse plane has broken the record for the longest non-stop solo flight without refuelling. The milestone was achieved 76 hours into the latest leg of its attempt to circumnavigate the globe.Pilot Andre Borschberg is making steady progress as he attempts the first solar-powered crossing of the Pacific. After leaving Nagoya, Japan, early on Monday (local time), he has now passed Midway Island and is heading towards his destination of Kalaeloa, Hawaii. At 76 hours into the journey, he broke the record for the longest ever non-stop solo flight without refuelling.
The previous mark was set by the American Steve Fossett in 2006. His jet-powered Virgin GlobalFlyer vehicle completed a full circumnavigation of the world in that time, travelling more than 41,000km.In contrast, Mr Borschberg's Solar Impulse plane, which carries no fuel at all, had gone "only" some 5,500km in its 76 hours of flight. Source: Solar Impulse breaks solo record


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Got a fair view questions on this one, any feedback would be appreciated
What are people's views on Hick's campaign?
Could it have ever succeeded?
Does anybody know a rough timeline of the key events in the Hicks campaign from him leaving in India to his arrival in Khartoum?
Thanks in advance


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If you feel sick and you tell a guy and he says I wish there was a way I could help what would you say back?
Have an opinion?
Honestly, that seems like the kind of thing someone says when they don't actually want to do anything to help you, but offer help just to be nice, if you understand what I'm saying.
I could be wrong, but that's just my first impression.
Just let him off the hook and say "I'm sure I'll feel better soon, thanks for caring" or something like that.
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