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Distributor: Arrow Academy
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Region: Region Free
Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC)
Main Audio:
French Mono Linear PCM Audio
English Mono Linear PCM Audio
Subtitles: English SDH
Ratio: 1.33:1
Note: This set includes DVD editions of each disc.
"…Instead of making them within the same old movie industry, we spread out into the world of television. And so we made a film for English TV (British Sounds), a co-production for a unit of Czech TV and a private French producer (Pravda), a film bankrolled by Italian TV (Lotte in Italia), and a film for German TV with Munich Télé-Pool called Vladimir et Rosa.
What all these films have in common is that they were rejected, and went unbroadcasted by the State organs that financed them. So we were inside the system more than ever, but in a different place. Next, we started a film on the problem in Palestine, that's unfinished. We've drawn a certain number of conclusions from all these productions that we've tried to apply to a specific domain, that of the present-day French movie industry, with known actors and things like that… It's as a two-person unit that we realized some political possibilities for the practice of cinema." – Jean-Luc Godard
After finishing his film Weekend in 1967, Jean-Luc Godard shifted gears to embark on engaging more directly with the radical political movements of the era, and thus create a new kind of film, or, as he eventually put it: "new ideas distributed in a new way." This new method in part involved collaborating with the precocious young critic and journalist, Jean-Pierre Gorin. Both as a two-person unit, and as part of the loose collective known as the Groupe Dziga Vertov (a.k.a The Dziga Vertov Group—named after the early 20th-century Russian filmmaker and theoretician), Godard and Gorin would realize "some political possibilities for the practice of cinema" and craft new frameworks for investigating the relationships between image and sound, spectator and subject, cinema and society.
Godard was already considered the most radical of the French New Wave auteurs, and this period in his career rightfully solidified this notion. The Dziga Vertov Group adopted a hodgepodge of Maoist and Marxist philosophies and this could be said to be the foundation that these experimental films were built upon. To call these films subversive would probably oversimplify their nature (though they obviously subvert film form)—as these five selections clearly illustrate).
The following 16mm films are included in this collection:
A Film Like Any Other (Un film comme les autres) [1968]
1 hour 40 minutes
This film is an analysis of the social upheaval of May 1968 made in the immediate wake of the workers' and students' protests. The picture consists of two parts, each with with identical image tracks, and differing narration.
British Sounds (See You at Mao) [1969]
52 minutes
British Sounds is an aesthetically experimental examination of the daily routine at a British auto factory assembly line, set against class-conflict and The Communist Manifesto.
Wind from the East (Vent d'est) [1970]
1 hour 35 minutes
This is a loosely conceived leftist-western that moves through a series of practical and analytical passages ("an organization of shots," Godard called it) into a finale based around the process of manufacturing homemade weapons.
Struggles in Italy (Lotte in Italia / Luttes en Italie) [1971]
1 hour 2 minutes
Not necessarily a film about the struggles in Italy—largely shot, in fact, in Godard and Anne Wiazemsky's home at the time—this is a discursive reflection on a young Italian woman's shift from political "theory" to political "practice" and, at the same time, a self-questioning of its own practice and theories.
Vladimir and Rosa (Vladimir et Rosa) [1971]
1 hour 43 minutes
A searing and satirical comic-reportage on the trial of the Chicago Eight, featuring Juliet Berto and Godard and Gorin themselves.
Frankly, any potential interest in these efforts will spring from academic and historical curiosity as none of them are particularly enjoyable in the traditional sense of the word. Opinion about this particular period in Godard's career has been split between faithful praise for their audacious qualities and sheer disgust for the pretention behind their creation. Certainly, anyone new to Godard's work should probably begin elsewhere.
The Presentation:
4.5 of 5 Stars
Personally, it is this reviewer's opinion that Arrow Video and Arrow Academy has The Criterion Collection beat when it comes to the presentation of their boxed sets. For one thing, they typically put each separate film into their own clear hard-shell case instead of putting the discs into the same digipak to save money. These cases are then stored in a sturdy box that usually features its own artwork. What's more, there is usually a lengthy booklet included as well. (Admittedly, Criterion usually does include a booklet of some kind in these releases. However, there is a significant difference in how these booklets are presented.) They simply go the extra mile in terms of presentation and disc protection, and these are things that collectors appreciate.
In this case, two of the discs contain two films while the third contains only one, but one of the films on each of the discs with two films were only about an hour long. In any case, it is difficult to imagine that collector's won't be pleased. The book that comes in the aforementioned box is an attractively illustrated 100-page tribute to The Dziga Vertov Group that includes an excellent English translation of an interview with Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin, a revised essay by Michael Witt, and vintage texts by Godard. These textual additions to the package substantially increase one's appreciation of these films and add enormous value to the package.
The menus are in Arrow's usual style and are intuitive to navigate.
Picture Quality:
4 of 5 Stars
It's usually difficult to score the various elements of a boxed set due to the simple fact that each film contains its own transfer and this means that the quality of each film in the collection can vary a great deal. Luckily, such is not the case with this release. Each of the five films in this collection are presented in their original 1.33:1 aspect ratio and were restored in 2K from the original film negatives and audio elements. Since all of these films were original shot on 16mm film, there is a somewhat softer look with a heavy layer of organic grain which is how these efforts were intended to look. None of these films have ever looked better on home video. Obviously, the format restricts the level of fine detail and clarity that is on display. However, colors and contrast is usually as good as anyone can expect from low budget 16mm films. There are times throughout some of the films that seem to exhibit slight photochemical anomalies but this is not a product of the transfer and never become distracting. Le vent d'est and Vladimir et Rosa may be the weakest transfer as it seems to have more damage on display than the other films in the set. Warped frames are apparent in both of these transfers but these issues are tolerable. Arrow has done some very fine work here as they have brought these films back from the dead.
Sound Quality:
4 of 5 Stars
The soundtracks on these films were problematic due to their low budget nature. One can hear occasional distortion and the original tracks are somewhat tiresome. Instead of listing the issues on display, we will merely state that Arrow's transfers are faithful to the original audio elements and represent them as well as could possibly be expected. What else could anyone reasonably hope for under these circumstances?
Special Features:
4 of 5 Stars
A Conversation with JLG – (02:08:21)
Dominique Maillet and Pierre-Henri Gibert conducted this extremely lengthy interview with Jean-Luc Godard in 2010. The conversation runs for over two hours and covers a lot of interesting territory. Frankly, it may very well be the best thing about owning this set as it contains a lot of information for Godard enthusiasts to devour.
Michael Witt on Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin, and The Dziga Vertov Group – (01:30:19)
Michael Witt (author of Jean-Luc Godard, Cinema Historian) guides the viewer through a comprehensive examination of The Dziga Vertov Group. It is a fascinating look at this particular period in Godard's career that is as instructive and engaging. The five films in this collection are discussed along with two other films from the period (Pravda and Until Victory). The political aims of these films are discussed along with details about the productions. Those unfamiliar with this period in Godard's career might even wish to begin by watching this excellent documentary in order to orient themselves. It may very well add to their enjoyment of the films.
"Schick After-Shave" – (00:59)
Only Jean-Luc Godard could turn something as simple as an after-shave commercial into a complex blending of political statement and satirical parody. This 1971 commercial is an excellent discovery that will delight fans of the director. It is extremely weird and purposefully overacted. It is strange that the director would even agree to make a commercial considering the fact that they are by definition a capitalist tool, but he manages to turn it into a parody of commercialism by overstating the effects of the product to a ridiculous degree and with overly cheerful actors hamming it up throughout the duration.
Final Words:
All of these films have been out-of-circulation for quite some time in North America (unless one considers shoddy film dupes and bootleg video), so it goes without saying that this release marks their Blu-ray debut. It is nice to know that good transfers of these films exist in this format, and the Godard completest will certainly want to add this to their collection. Having said this, these films are by no means an easy recommendation to the majority of the population. One can even imagine that some of the most ardent cineastes will find themselves checking their watches and hoping for the end titles. In any case, Arrow Academy should be commended for their efforts.


text: Nazareth's Patch turned one yesterday, happy birthday. I know some readers who have used the site because I see their name there;-) but I'm sure others have little to no idea what Patch is. So I'll tell you a bit about it, give some opinion, and share a post from NOC's day 1 back in 2006. Well, Patch is like NOC. Actually, it is kind of exactly like what I thought could be accomplished when I first thought of it. NewsOverCoffee was going to be the brand, and communities across the country that didn't have daily newspaper coverage focused on them would post about local events. Ideally, there would be many contributors including those from groups and organizations. For this reason, it is called NewsOverCoffee: Nazareth Edition. What I learned was that most people don't want to contribute, they just want to find out what is going on, and for as much as the local markets were touted as being untapped, the reality was most local businesses for a variety of reasons, weren't interested. As such, there isn't much of a business model for placeblogging. I've written about Patch quite a bit on my personal blog. Patch is owned by AOL, and AOL is currently subsidizing the site as there are both technical and human costs, specifically, each local area has a paid editor and there are freelance fees paid. I know at least for this area, it is unsustainable. I was surprised to see three local ads today on Patch. Mostly I've seen national ads delivered locally. Patch organizes itself around a 'community' which appears to be a very loose definition and then some content is shared amongst sites. I looked at the 13 day period from November 20 to December 1 and the site published on averager four posts per day. In reviewing these posts 58% are specific to Nazareth and 42% are general or regional but not specifically about the NASD area. Long and short, readers won't be left hanging when I close show on 12/31/11, there will continue to be sources of local information. March 26, 2006 was my relaunch and on that day I made a few posts including this: "How To Use NewsOverCoffee". It has changed quite a bit from then, but with daily publications focused online and so many people connected socially, maybe the need is going away for placeblogs as people can ask, share, and get the answers they are looking for. What do you think?

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I first discovered Mont d'Or in Ireland while working at Sheridan's Cheesemongers. They sell the big wheel and so you can buy a slice of this creamy, pungent, luscious cheese. In the US and Canada you can only buy small wheels (retail price US$35).
Because of it's format, and because it does not keep well once opened, I recommend that you eat it all at once. You can eat it in spoon fulls over a nice crusty bread and pair it with bubbly wine for your NYE celebration.
While cleaning boxes that we have stored in Will's parents house, he found some of my first cheese notes from a class we took together. Funny enough I had written down "cheedar > Brie," for the amount of pressure used to make those cheeses. Little did I know that almost a decade later I would be writing a cheese blog.
2009 was by far my best cheese year, not just because I had the honor to be a supreme judge at the World Cheese Awards or because I traveled around tasting cheese. It was the best because after going to Chiapas twice, now I know that cheese makers there have a good chance of earning a decent livelihood with their product.
Cheese for me should not be considered an elite food, but the craftmanship should be regarded as high skill and honored as such.
Mont d'Or is a perfect example. While you can pair it with fancy Champagne, the most interesting thing about this cheese is that is made with the same milk as Comte. Cheesemakers change to the production of Mont d'Or in the middle of the fall when cows start producing less milk and the flavor changes too much to keep making Comte.
They use everything that is available and hold the cheese with a piece of bark that infuses the cheese with a very distinct forest flavour, imagine tasting some of the logs in the fire place.
I am guessing those cheesemakers like changing the cheese that they make to keep things interesting, but always within the thing they know: Cheese.
For 2010, I have big plans within the things I know best. I will be doing field work for my PhD and will be helping Mexican cheesemakers enter their cheeses for the World Cheese Awards.
I hope you all have a great beginning of the year and thank you for reading. Happy 2010.
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Most of the current generation of pond liners hold moderate to high resistance to corrosion and abrasion and are witnessing a strong growth in sales owing to rising concerns about water conservation. Besides, rise in construction of artificial ponds or lakes in gardens or even at residential complexes is also serving to catalyze growth in the market. The global pond liners market is to rise at a CAGR of 8.9% from 2017 to 2025 and eventually be evaluated at US$2.32 bn by 2025. The market was previously calculated at US$ 1.09 bn in 2016.
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What are the Environmental Considerations of Using Pond Liners?
One of the key issues acting as an obstacle for the global pond liners market is the environmental concern over the disposal of materials after damage. Most types of pond liners in the market currently available do not decompose naturally and end up causing a negative impact on the ecosystem they are dumped into, where they can emit toxic gases and byproducts when exposed to other chemicals. This is slowing down the market's growth rate considerably and is required to be handled with high priority in the immediate future.
At the same time, one of the more crucial implementations of pond liners lies in water conservation and environment protection. Recently, the effort by federal bodies to clean up a Montgomery County borough Superfund site was announced to be nearing conclusion. The project took 30 years to finish and regulators are looking ahead to the final stages, which was initiated in the 1930s. The site required major overhaul after an asbestos manufacturing plant in Ambler began dumping all its waste chemicals and materials into the site for many decades to come. The use of pond liners was a key part of the process and is expected to help preserve the ground composition as well as conserve water around the site.
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What is the Scope of Applications for Pond Liners for Tomorrow?
The applications of pond liners are gaining diversity in type as well as in end users. Some of the key end users of the global pond liners market include the providers of oil spill containment services, potable water, aquaculture, agriculture, and floating baffles, where high abrasion resistance and corrosion resistance provided by pond liner materials can come handy. From a regional perspective, the demand for pond liners is expected to remain on the diverse side of the demand spectrum. While Europe and Asia Pacific have so far shown a matured market for pond liners, they market and the trend is expected to stay constant in the future as well.
Other applications such as building and construction is expected to contribute towards the rise in demand for pond liners. There has been a demand or rise in the construction of artificial ponds or lakes in gardens or even at residential complexes, accelerating the growth rate further.
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Greeted by a girl in a pretty floral Chinese top. We said we had no reservation. No problem, cause they leave seats at the bar open for walk-ins. As, we were walking though the dining room, your eyes wonder into each of the 5 rooms that showcase Chinatown in an non tacky way that most American Chinese restaurants do. Hodgepodge, but fashionable chaos. When we sat down at the bar, which looks like your sitting outside on black patio with a lattice top, is tight in many ways. Right way as you sit. Your close to the people on either side of you and not very much room to have a feast or share things, which both involve many plates. But that all drifted away from the mind as we both were surprised to see a mutual friend bartending.
He sold us right way on the Peking duck, which neither of us ever had before. They only have so many a night and does take some time to come out. So, if you know you want that going in. I would order that right way, then look over the menu to decide what else to eat for the evening and you'll still probably get other dishes before the duck.
Hope to go back to Duck Duck Goat sooner then later. To try some noods, scallion pancake and mapo tofu that were hard to not get but got passed on since getting the duck. I'll be sitting at the bar again. But if you want a table. Best of luck. On Opentable there is nothing till August and even then it's the dreaded 10pm time. It is patio season thou too.


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For a small explanation of the subtitle of this post, I've been really happy with my skin. I still have acne marks / hyper-pigmentation, but they're slowly reducing in size and color. I also had problems with my lips (cold sores and a weird lip allergic reaction) and so I haven't been able to wear that many lip products besides lip medication and lip balm. I celebrated by testing out a beautiful red liquid lipstick by Life's Entropy.
The look is pretty standard and even boring, but I used some older products and I fell in love all over again.
Now the list of products!
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- Makeup Forever HD Invisible Cover Foundation in #127 (review here)
- theBalm Bahama Mama Bronzer as a contour
- Urban Decay All-Nighter Setting Spray
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- MAC Paint Pot in Indianwood
- Inglot Freedom System AMC Eye Shadow in #52 (review here)
- Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Half-Baked
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Highliner Gel Eye Crayon in Brown(Out) (review here)
- On the outer half of the lower lashline
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Highliner Gel Eye Crayon in Blacquer (review here)
- Tightline on the upper waterline
- CoverGirl LashBlast Volume Waterproof Mascara in Very Black
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in Dark Brown
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Having Rodriguez didn't make up for not having Derek Jeter or Mark Teixeira. In fact, Vernon Wells was the only Yankee swinging a hot bat with a three-hit night, although his teammates had six combined themselves. But with Pettitte giving up seven runs, no amount of offense would have been enough.
Jerry Blevins was even worse than Ziegler in that department: the lefty struck out his fair share of batters, but he gave up more hits than innings pitched. His 3.70 ERA still looks respectable, but Blevins was one of those players that every fan feared when he entered a tight spot.
21. San francisco Giants – San Francisco fans can relax about Matt Cain, who has put up numbers very similar to previous seasons but simply doesn't have the wins or ERA to show for it.
12. New York Yankees – The Yankees deserve a lot of credit for hanging in the playoff race all season. Joe Girardi deserves AL Manager of the Year, and Mariano Rivera gets a tip of the cap for a tremendous career.
11. Texas Rangers – For the second straight year, the Rangers hosted the wild card game against an AL East team and had their postseason stay cut short.
I do believe that Friday's game, the next "home" game people will be more interested in the game not only because it's against the sale jerseys, but also because we're nearing the end of Spring Training and the rosters should be just about complete. We'll have a better idea of who will be on the team and what the lineups for the regular season will look like.
In the second, he retired David Wright on a groundout to third, struck out Carlos Gonzalez on an impressive slider, and got Yadier Molina on a fly out. Then in the third, struck out Troy Tulowitzki, got Michael Cuddyer on a weak ground out, and finally got Home run derby runner up Bryce Harper on a line out.
25. Chicago Cubs – It will be interesting to see if the Cubs make any significant moves on the free agent market this offseason to close the gap between the top and bottom of the NL Central.


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Detoxification of Mind:
Detoxification or detox is a process of releasing toxic component from our body. Like our body, our mind is also intoxicated by the toxic emotions and negative thoughts. Every emotion is the energy. So, a balance among the every emotion makes the mind beautiful and peaceful. If this balance is disturbed, the mind begins to suffer with stress, worries and unhappiness. This stress leads to search happiness outside, whereas it is within us. The toxicity of the unhealthy emotions like anger, hate, jealousy, greed, panic, frustrations, depressions etc., intoxicated our innate happiness. So, we need to detoxify our mind. Only then, we can find our innate happiness and peace of mind.
10 Ways To Detoxify Your Mind:
There are several processes of detoxification of the mind. Here, I describe the ten major ways to detoxify the mind.
1. Releasing toxins:
Those toxic emotions should be released from the mind. But, don't throw those to other's mind in a raw form. Suppose, you are getting angry for some reasons. It raises your stress. Your mind will always try to release this toxin. To get relief from the stress, you just throw it to another person and he just follows the same procedure for his relief. In this way, anger toxicity is transmitted person to person. But, if you release your anger in some of your activities (it's better to say which you love to do) like writing, dancing, painting, singing, jogging, cooking, walking or the works which need a huge energy (and you like to do that), it cannot spread toxicity in the environment. But, keep in mind, whatever you do, do alone. Try to use the tremendous energy of the powerful emotions, like anger and hate, in a purposeful work.
2. Transformation of Toxin:
Some toxic emotions like jealousy, guilty of mistakes, Hate, you can transform into some good emotions. Suppose, you are jealous of your friend, who has a brighter career than you, and feeling intoxicated by the toxicity of jealousy. If you stop comparing you to your friend and practice the habit of appreciating the person rather than destroying the relationship, you can transform your jealousy to your empathy. Like this way, you can also transform the hate into forgiveness by accepting the person as he/she is and learning a lesson from the incident . In this way, the energy of the toxic emotions will convert into the energy of performing some good work.
3. Habits of learning- Innate Immunity:
This is a habit, which acts as our Innate immune system. It protects you from the exotoxin (the toxic emotions come from the external incidents). If you practice the habit of learning from every small and big incident of life, the toxicity of those incidents couldn't harm you. The lessons, which you have learned from the incidents will enrich you more. Suppose, if you try to learn from your failure rather than feeling frustrated, you can use the failure as your stepping stone.
4. Self-value- Acquired Immunity:
Society has a tendency to release the toxin like panic, frustrations, negative thoughts in the raw form to the environment , that means to other persons. These toxins can affect badly to the persons, who has no self-value. They see the poisonous toxins as the medicines for their improvement as they don't know themselves. So, one should give value to oneself. Otherwise, one cannot fight with these kinds of exotoxins. It acts like an Acquired immunity. People make this system strong by the repetitive attack and exposure to these toxins.
5. Introspection- Antitoxin:
Sadness or depression like emotions, generally distract people from the external environment and make the people less energetic. If one accepts this intoxication as the opportunity of self-growth, it helps one in introspection. So, you can save your life from losing in a world of depression, by this way. Introspection is a very good antitoxin to detoxify the mind from many kinds of exotoxins like criticism, negative thoughts, wrong guideline, blind faith and so many toxins those badly intoxicate the mind. So, these types of toxic emotions can create antitoxin in the mind and then detoxify it.
6. Patience-Innate Immune System:
This is also a type of the innate immune system. It helps us to keep patience in any unexpected situation and observe it properly. People with this quality cannot get affected by the environmental toxin easily. One can adopt this nature by increasing his tolerance level of mind by continuous practice. Then, you can say it, as an acquired immunity.
7. Dissolving the Ego:
Ego is highly responsible for toxicity in mind. Usually, we cannot understand it well until we find our true self. But, we can understand its presence by our pride or "I-ness". Pride is a kind of toxin that not destroy the person only, but also ruins his/her relationships. It intoxicates the mind such a bad way, that the person forgets almost all of his/ her good qualities and emotions. The funny thing is that the pride intoxicated persons cannot realize their toxicity until they are ruined by their pride. So, it's better to be conscious of the presence of the pride after every success or achievement. If it arises, try to dissolve that at the beginning. Otherwise, it will rise like a giant and finally kill you.
8. Antitoxin- Self-praise:
Toxins, like extreme criticism, the pressure of high expectations, negative thoughts, which are coming from the outside, can create a severe level of depression toxicity in one's mind. This kind of toxicity kills the hope of living anymore or it can cause mental death. Sometimes this toxicity also leads committing suicide. In this case, self-praise acts as a chemotherapeutic medicine, which is formed from the poison of the snake. Self-praise, itself the pride and kills our original good nature in normal condition. But, in the critical condition, it acts as a lifesaving antitoxin to detoxify tremendous toxicity in the mind.
9. Meditation-Preventive measure:
Meditation is a good measure of preventing toxicity. But, a toxic mind cannot meditate well. So, if you practice meditation on a daily basis, environmental toxicity cannot intoxicate you easily.
10. Acceptance:
It is the ultimate way to detoxify our mind. It also prevents toxicity in the mind. Think positive and accept the life as it is. Everyone is unique. You cannot compare yourself to another person. So, appreciate the good nature and accept the bad nature of the people. Don't allow the others interference in your life. Live the life in your way. This is the acceptance and ultimate medicine or preventive measure of toxicity in the mind.
Toxicity in mind is very common in our daily life. So, either we should do some preventive measure to protect our mind from the environmental toxicity, or we should practice the detoxifying measure to detoxify our mind. Practice these measures of detoxification to keep your innate happiness and peace in your life.


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4 Reasons You Need to Visit this Spring
We might be the coldest place in the state, but that means when spring rolls around, we get the chance to truly defrost and rejuvenate! During the spring months our region bursts to life with blooming flowers, colourful wildlife and exciting events celebrated across the season. Escape the humidity of the Queensland coastal region and spoil yourself with sunny days, stunning sunsets and perfectly cool nights.
Here's 4 reasons why you must add a Southern Downs visit to your spring weekend plans:
1. Nature's Playground
Our warmer seasons are the ideal time to explore untouched national parks, waterfalls and wildflowers. Nature's playground is waiting for you with three National Parks in the region, offering a range of walks, cascading waterfalls, prolific birdlife and pristine bushland.
Just south of Stanthorpe, Girraween National Park is a favourite for bushwalkers, campers and photographers, with spectacular granite outcrops and a choice of easy walks through to the popular steep Pyramid climb. Girraween, meaning 'place of flowers' lives up to its name in spring and summer as delicate wildflowers emerge beneath the towering granite boulders.
Nearby Sundown National Park offers rugged wilderness, perfect for keen four wheel drivers and campers, with waterholes along the Severn River suitable for swimming, canoeing and fishing.
In the north east of the region, Main Range National Park's impressive mountain peaks and valleys are World Heritage listed and feature flowing creeks, breathtaking views and walks through sections including Cunningham's Gap, Spicers Gap and Goomburra. Queen Mary Falls is a popular daytrip destination providing ample picnic spots and views of the spectacular waterfall. Look out for fireflies and glow worms at dusk from late October to November!
2. Seasonal Produce Paradise
There's an abundance of fresh and local food and wine to be savoured and celebrated on the Southern Downs and Granite Belt. Embark on a pick-your-own berry adventure in Stanthorpe, or stop by a roadside stall to taste juicy just picked summer fruit.
Apart from the visual feast of apple blossoms in the orchards, spring also brings the new vintage, providing the perfect excuse to hit the wine trail to meet winemakers at the cellar door. Not a wine fan? Our Granite Belt breweries make some exceptional craft beer and ciders too.
The region bursts to life in spring, with vibrantly coloured vineyards, blossoming fruit trees and glorious wildflowers filling roadside fields. It's not only spring when the blooms come out to play. In summer from late December onwards, a sea of yellow floods parts of the region as spectacular sunflower fields line major highways and country roads attracting thousands of snap-happy visitors. Travel the Sunflower Route from Warwick to Allora to take in these picturesque scenes that stretch as far as the eye can see. Warwick lives up to its name as the 'Rose City' in Spring, with plenty of opportunities to stop and smell the roses planted in the main streets.
One of the region's major annual event, the Warwick Rodeo and Gold Cup Campdraft brings the town of Warwick alive on the last week of October. The main event is held over the last weekend (27-29 October 2017), giving you the chance to hear the roar of the crowd, see the dust rising as the cowboys and girls launch themselves onto that beast and smell the victory! Check out our Events Calendar for other events happening in Spring.


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I am in my ninth year of teaching at New Life Christian School. I spent my whole life, up until about nine years ago, in Indiana. I have four children and 10 grandchildren. Leading worship at my church, Open Door Church, brings me great joy. I also enjoy being a wife, mother and grandmother. On a weekend, when I'm not at church, you might find me walking, shopping or watching football (and other sports). I love my Savior, Jesus Christ, and my life is centered on worshipping and serving Him. My favorite scripture is "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God and are the called according to His purpose" Romans 8:28. God has called me to New Life Christian School and it is an honor and privilege to serve.


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I find out why I don't like Sal very quickly. After a couple days of getting rested up, I have my first real run-in with him.
Katarina had made a pretty interesting, albeit quite tasty, concoction with our latest batch of canned goods and the three of us were munching away at it. I tell Katarina that it's amazing how well she can make dinner, given the obvious scarcity of supplies. She chuckles nervously and then mumbles a quick 'thanks', then glances over at Sal, who nods approvingly.
'What the fuck was that?' is the only thing that I can think of. She needs HIS approval before taking a compliment? Oh this shit is going to be VERY interesting. I mean, I know I come across as a real dick sometimes, but I've never thought that a woman should be THAT submissive. Yeah I've had a few lady friends in my life, but none of them were that meek around me. Of all the people to be left surviving with, I've gotta get the chauvinist, and the battered wife.
I continue to eat my stew with a smile on my face, but I don't think I'm doing a real good job of hiding my disgust with that whole thing. Sal looks at me with a smug grin and chows down on his food too. Katarina? All she does is stare down at her bowl; I think she realizes that I'm pretty pissed.
Dinner finishes up, and I offer to get the dishes. I can tell by the look on Sal's face that he had no intention of doing them, and probably thinks a little less of me for offering. Oh well, once again a case of I-don't-give-a-fuck sets in, and I get my hands all soapy and wet. Its really the LEAST I could do. I mean, they saved my ass from the same fate that has befallen ninety percent of mankind, so I'll wash the damn dishes and have no second thoughts about it. Until we make our next trip out to restock on supplies, I'm just dead weight and a terrific way to deplete the rations quicker than usual.
I finish up the dishes and then slowly make my way to the main area that we all stay at. As I get closer, I hear grunting and heavy breathing. As I get even closer, I recognize the feral nature of those grunts, and I realize that it's Sal making the noises. I peek around the corner and see Katarina bent over one of the beds and Sal behind her, thrusting himself around so hard that he's bright red. I want to look away, I really NEED to look away, but I can see a puddle by Katarina's face, and I realize that she's not making any sounds because she's sobbing silently into the bed sheet. Sal, in between breaths, mumbles obscenities to her and all I can really make it is that they are threatening words, and not necessarily dirty talk. What a cock this guy is, I think to myself.
I slowly and quietly backpedal into the kitchen and wait until Sal finishes up. As I'm sitting there, drinking a glass of the bottled water that we are rapidly getting low on, Sal walks in. Naked as the day he was born, he looks at me with that smug motherfucking smile and says "She's mine, dipshit. Ain't no way she's leaving me for you, I saw to that shit" I respond with a restrained "yeah, I guess so" and stand up and walk past him. As I walk past, he makes a point to knock my shoulder and we have a brief moment where we glare at each other.
I get back out to where we sleep at and see that Katarina has made every effort to clean herself up, but her ear is still red, and is starting to swell badly. She doesn't say a word, just looks at me timidly, and then lies down for the night.


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ScaleOut Software, a provider of distributed caching and data grid technology, has released the ScaleOut Management Pack, extending its current offering for Web-based grid computing applications. The Management Pack includes object browser and parallel backup / restore functionality, helping developers and architects view, manage, and back up objects stored in the ScaleOut StateServer distributed cache.
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The ScaleOut Object Browser gives developers and architects the ability to view cache contents, including metadata and serialized data for individual Java and .NET objects. The object browser also can perform management operations such as searching the cache to find specific objects by name or all objects in a particular group. The user can clear individual objects, groups of objects or the entire cache.
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Upon quitting my job with only the wisp of a safety net ("I guess…I'll drive Lyft?"), I have found employment. More on what exactly it is I'll be doing when I have a better idea of the new company's policy on social media…but suffice to say that it's incredibly up my alley, I'm really excited about it, and my years of anglophilia will finally pay off.
One of my fears upon quitting my last job was that I'd be unemployed for a long time. When I gave up everything and moved to Los Angeles in 2011, I spent three and a half months temping before Fox Sports hired me (and LOL, I still can't believe in I worked in sports). In 2013 I quit a start-up that wasn't starting up because I had a couple of opportunities on my plate…but then all of those opportunities fell through and I was jobless for four months. There wasn't really any promise that this paycheckless stint wouldn't be any different. I promised myself that I'd survive on Lyft. For my career trajectory's sake, I wouldn't apply for a job unless it was something that I really, really wanted to do.
This was one of two jobs that I applied for, which I did in my last week of work. It was to a company I knew no one at, through one of those vacuous, personality-free corporate websites that sucks your resume into a black hole with what feels like no guarantee of anyone on the other side.
But alas! The company's Human Resource team in Washington DC emailed me for a phone interview, which I had less than a week after my last day at ABC. A week later I was in Century City for a panel interview. Six days later I got a "Congratulations!" call.
It's not all sunshine and rainbows – I'm taking a pay cut to do this and it is still an assistant position. But that said, it's an assistant job that makes sense for me. I'm going to be working with women who know that I want to contribute and have given me the green light to do so. We talked about the TV and movies we love, the glory of efficiency, and the joy that comes from information properly organized on a spreadsheet – I'll crusade until everyone is aware that "ALT+ENTER" creates a new line in a cell!!
So! I'm stoked. This company knows what I'm about from the get-go and is small enough that I believe my efforts are going to be noticed and appreciated. Even better? They're okay with the vacation I have booked after my start date. So my first day is October 3rd, and then eight days later I take off for Ireland.
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Check out Eric in video form for his single, "Pen Just Cries Away" from his....LEFT cd. His pen cries, wow! How awesome. So, I guess he's saying, "baby, I was trying to write a song about you- I was emotional, so instead of tearing up, I allowed the ink from my pen to do the crying".
That's my definition of creative expression, saying I love you in a different way. :)
If you like it, tell someone else about ERRO.
One of the many highlights during Eric's show is when he freestyles, r&b style. He takes one word subjects from random audience members, puts them together and formulates what could actually serve as a hot song for his cd. The subjects shouted to Eric during his show this past weekend were, Nikes, HU (he's a Howard University Alumni),Obama, Inglewood, and sucking toes(that's 2 words, but he did it). I swear, he made the most beautiful song with those words. Above is video sample of a similar freestyle performance of Eric on the Michael Baisden show.
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