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So I went to see The Hangover: Part III today with mixed expectations. The first one broke new ground in the movie arena, bringing a fresh concept to a party style movie with the twist of what happens when the sun comes up the next today. I laughed so much that when the second part was announced, I found myself itching to get in the cinema to watch it. (That was 6 months before its release!) Unfortunately, aside from the hilarious scene in a Bangkok Strip Club, I felt that Todd Phillips and the gang were just reproducing the first outing in a different location. The fans wanted more.
And boy oh boy, in Part III, Todd Philips has shown why he had to make the trilogy and answer his critics (myself included) following the second outing.
First thing you need to know is there is no-one getting married, hence no stag do (batchelor party), no mayhem… yeah right!
The film opens in Thailand where Mr Chow escapes his prison cell, worthy of Andy Dufresne might I add, during a riot. A chase through the sewers leads him to jump from a cliff edge, plunging into the Gulf of Thailand.
Alan has not changed since we left him. He is still immature, brainless and damn right funny. His parents are sick of him because he is a constant disappointment, and when it all becomes too much for his father (quite emotional but funny at the same time), it's decided by his mom, sister and the Wolf Pack that he needs to go to Arizona Institution for an 'intervention'.
ROAD TRIP! Phil, Stu, Doug and Alan hit the open road but are quickly side tracked, and rammed off the road, by Marshall, a gangster trying to track down 40 odd million dollars' worth of gold bullion from Mr Chow. We then find out that subtle little hints have been dropped into the previous two movies to build up to this moment.
Always given the short straw, Doug is held hostage until the three amigos can track down Mr Chow, retrieve the gold and return it to Marshall before the sunrises 3 days later.
Cue the 'hangover'. What follows is pure genius, with a bit of long windiness to prolong the Wolf Pack's agony. I don't want to give too much more away but you'll be treated to a trip to Tijuana, old faces reappearing, seductive lollipop sucking in a pawn shop, abseiling down Caesar's Palace and finally the finale just outside of Vegas. Oh, and a happy ending too.
All in all, enough to make you feel as though you're the one with a hangover.
I am pleased to say that this movie is a good one to see, but do take it with a pinch of salt because after all, it is a comedy and therefore, not meant to be judged on anything more than whether it can make you laugh or not.
Salt or Sweet? Definitely Sweet.
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So I was sitting discussing with my colleague (JS) various different topics when we stumbled across old films we used to watch as children. There is not a significant age gap between us, only 5 years, but our choices in favourite films does differ quite considerably.
Once we had finished listing our favourite films, JS touched on the main actor in one of her films (The Indian in the Cupboard) and how she used to have a crush on him when she was 3 years old! I was more shocked at the age of her first crush then the fact she had a crush on Henri from the film.
After controlling my laughter, JS added fuel to the fire by declaring two further crushes: the first, Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone and the second, Buzz McCallister from Home Alone. This send me into an uncontrollable fit of laughter, some of the others joined me. JS literally smiled and joined in with us.
The dreaded question fell on me when on of the girls asked me who I had a crush on when I was younger? I could honestly say I went blank and could not think of a single crush at such a young age.
So now I've had time to think about it, I think it only fair I declare my crushes from childhood films:
1. Allie from The Karate Kid Part I (She also appeared in Back to the Future)
2. Andy from The Goonies
3. Jessica from The Karate Kid Part III
So there you have it, my three choice.
Keep reading and I'll keep you posted on my life as The Odd One Out.
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The 85th annual Academy Awards are nearly here and the sound of backs being slapped will soon be heard echoing across the world. I should say that I have not seen every film that has been nominated but I have seen most and my predictions are based slightly on hype, but mainly individual merit. Nonetheless, I am going to stick my neck out so here is my guide to who will win and who should win.
Best Actress
Who will win: Jessica Chastain
Who should win: Quvenzhané Wallis
I think this is Jessica Chastain's year. She seems not to have put a foot wrong in the roles she has played so far in her career and her name has been preceded by, "The up-and-coming actress", for a while now. It wouldn't be undeserved, she puts in a powerful performance as a focused, strong-willed woman in a masculine world. I also think Zero Dark Thirty will be overlooked in the other categories it's nominated in because it just cannot shake the criticism that it endorses torture. Jennifer Lawrence is not the finished article yet but no doubt she will appear in this category again.
Wallis would win if I were in charge because of the ones I have seen, her performance is the most authentic. At just nine years old performance in Beasts of the Southern Wild is brilliant because you do not for a second question she is growing up in a mystical American deep south village. Simply because she is so young it is so natural whereas the others are much more crafted.
Best Actor
Who will win Daniel Day-Lewis
Who should win Daniel Day-Lewis
Who else but Day-Lewis? In this category he is like Barcelona FC competing in the Championship; the other actors are solid, admirable even but they pail in significance next to a once in a generation talent. He made a film which is 99% dialogue engaging. He also stands a real chance to become the first actor in history to win three best actor Oscars.
Best Director
Who will win Steven Spielberg
Who should win (Quentin Tarantino but since he's not nominated...) Ang Lee
This category is wide open which is why I think the judges will go for the least contentious choice. Spielberg is an Oscars favourite whereas David O'Russell would probably start shouting at everyone if he won. My pick is Ang Lee for Life of Pi because he has actually used 3D in an ungimmicky way and created something that is technically and visually stunning.
Best Film
What will win Argo
What should win Licoln
In my opinion, Django Unchained is the best film on the list but I would be disappointed if it won. Here's why: the best films buck trends, challenge opinions and make you feel something. Django is one of those films that leave you feeling intoxicated and your skin bristling. To be recognised would remove the very reason that makes it cool, that it is dangerous and different and its jagged edges mean it doesn't fit in. So I will be happy to see it lose.
As for Argo, which don't get me wrong is a brilliant film, it will ultimately win because it is about movies doing good in the world and the Academy won't be able to resist the chance to celebrate that.
Licoln ticks all the right boxes but I think it will just miss out.
We'll see on Sunday.
Tags: Oscars, film
Categories: Film
This year's Oscars features two nominees in the best picture category that are about slavery: Lincoln and Django Unchained
The one that probably stands a better chance of winning the judges' votes is Lincoln, not because it is a better film but because it ticks all of the requisite boxes. World-class actor, check. Worthy subject matter, check. Steven Spielberg, check.
I thought it was really well made and it was reverential to Abe Lincoln without being patronising, which is to its credit.
Quentin Tarantino's latest offering takes the same approach to historical accuracy as Inglourious Basterds and they are both incredibly similar to each other. They are both revenge fantasies of ethnic groups who have suffered great atrocities. But Tarantino handles this subject matter with the sensitivity of a Frankie Boyle.
Rather than making something preachy dealing with slavery head-on, the issue is used as a tool to make the audience feel all the more intensely. No one is going to go into this film thinking slavery is a good thing so it's an effective way of turning feeling you get rooting for the good guy Django (Jamie Foxx) and hating the bad guy (Leonardo DiCaprio) all the way to 11. Plus no one does violence like Tarantino and this doesn't disappoint with bucket loads of blood flying across the screen.
The casual use of the N-bomb and the general way slavery is depicted is enough to incense anyone but, if a film can make you feel anything then it is doing its job.
Two very good films but in two very different ways.
Tags: Oscars, film, review, Django Unchained, Lincoln
Categories: Film
The cast of the Inbetweeners gave an ironic thumbs up when they were asked what they thought of Gravesend, as they attended a screening of the movie at the town's Woodville theatre.
"I love Griggs bakery, which is surely just a copy of Greggs" joked a bearded Simon Bird, known to fans as Will McKenzie, at the event promoting the new cinema at the venue.
A near sell-out crowd sat for an hour as actors Simon, Joe Thomas, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and co-creator and writer Damon Beesley answered audience questions on Friday.
They posed for photos and signed various items of memorabilia from the show, which were auctioned to raise money for new seats at the theatre.
A signed poster of the Inbetweeners Movie – the highest grossing British comedy film – was bought for £200, while t-shirts and a jumper worn in the film and series sold for more than £100.
The four stars agreed to attend the screening as a favour to writer Damon, who grew up in New Barn and went to Longfield Upper School.
The audience laughed as Damon confirmed, unfazed, that the Woodville itself was the real-life setting for one particularly hands-on scene in the series, involving character Simon and a young girl at a school disco.
Damon himself agreed to attend thanks to a childhood friend who works at Gravesham Borough Council, who asked him to come along.
The Q&A got off to a spluttering start, as a couple of the mics did not work and the panel were flummuxed with some bizarre questions.
Damon, 41, confirmed there would be no more series but hinted a few ideas were being floated around between himself and co-writer Iain Morris about making a second film.
Just as the cast warmed up, the Q&A came to a close, almost too soon, with the film screened shortly after to roaring laughter from fans.
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The greatest pleasure of interviewing Inbetweeners co-creator and writer Damon Beesley was finding out that the stuff viewers didn't see on camera was just as funny as what made it onto TV in the Bafta-winning show.
Ahead of talking to fans at a Q&A and screening of the Inbetweeners Movie, Damon revealed his sense of humour was still equally as juvenile as that of Will, Simon, Jay and Neil.
As well as his own adolescent experiences, the 41-year-old, who grew up in New Barn, near Gravesend, revealed his cast were such good sports that he could use their moments of embarrassment for comic scenes.
Ahead of talking to fans at a Q&A and screening of the Inbetweeners Movie, Damon revealed his sense of humour was still equally as juvenile as that of Will, Simon, Jay and Neil.
As well as his own adolescent experiences, the 41-year-old, who grew up in New Barn, near Gravesend, revealed his cast were such good sports that he could use their moments of embarrassment for comic scenes.
"Over the course of three series we have managed to get all four of them partially naked," he said with glee, pictured below, right, with co-creator and writer Iain Morris.
"We have seen all their bottoms, which Iain and I are very proud of.
"Joe [Thomas, who plays Simon] gets the brunt because he is most pliable. There are a lot more rude bits just for Simon because Joe is just so up for it.
"When we were filming on the boat for the field trip episode and Joe had to stand naked, there was a quite a lot of concern for him because it was freezing cold in January.
"In the scene, he falls into the water and they have to take all his clothes off because he is going to get hypothermia and at one point he stands up naked, to wave back at the land.
"We asked costume to give him some coverage to go over his front parts, to save his embarrassment, but what wardobe didn't tell us was that instead of putting a box on, for some reason they put a sock over his bits and it looked mental.
"As James Buckely [Jay] pointed out, they may as well have covered him with a condom because it was so tight. It wasn't saving anyone from any embarrassment at all.
"We all fell about laughing and because it was so funny, during the edit we wrote in a few lines to the script that Neil [played by Blake Harrison] had put a sock over his parts – why would you do that?
"But it was brilliant and it made a good joke."
As all four stars arrive with Damon at Gravesend's Woodville Halls for the Q&A and screening – which is drumming up support for the new cinema which launched at the theatre this month – many will wonder what other behind-the-scenes gems will be unveiled.
The Inbetweeners Movie is shown on Friday, January 25, at Gravesend's Woodville Halls with a pre-screening Q&A with writer Damon Beesley and the four stars.
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You may not have noticed but this week saw the much anticipated return of everyone's favourite alcoholic, sociopathic misogynist. Bond, James Bond is back for his 23rd outing and the result is good, very good.
Skyfall sees Daniel Craig's 007 return to duty from a brief period of freedom. After a mission goes wrong he is presumed dead but when MI6 comes under attack from a former agent, Raoul Silva (played by Javier Bardem), he steps back into action.
What makes Skyfall so successful is that it goes back to what makes the franchise so great. That's not to say it goes back to the predictable Bond by numbers style some of the previous films are guilty of. For instance, cartoonish gadgets seem to be a thing of the past. But it does reclaim the sense of humour without ever becoming tongue in cheek.
Skyfall is a massive improvement on Quantum of Solace, which, as a lot of people noticed, tried to reinvent James Bond by borrowing heavily from the Jason Bourne films. Thankfully, the sequel gets rid of the shaky camerawork and 50 cuts per second of Quantum. One thing it has is a genuine Bond Villain in Javier Bardem's menacing yet flamboyant Silva who seems like he wants to kiss Bond as much as he wants to kill him.
Although it has been touted as the best bond ever it probably falls just short due to some clunky, unconvincing flirting between Bond and Naomi Harris' character and it would probably benefit from being 20 minutes or so shorter.
Overall however it's hugely enjoyable and a massive crowd pleaser. Bring on number 24.
Tags: James Bond, Skyfall, Film, Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem
Categories: Film
It's that time of year again when a load of animated horrors are released to mildly scare kids everywhere before they go off trick or treating. Probably the pick of the bunch this Halloween is Tim Burton's latest offering Frankenweenie, a 3-D stop-motion animation entirely in black and white. Actually a re-make of a short film the director made in the 80s, his latest offering is also a loving homage to classic creature features of the 1930s. This return to the influences that he made such excellent use in films like Ed Wood, and Edward Scissorhands, also sees him return to form after a handful of disappointing efforts - does anyone actually remember anything from Alice in Wonderland?
Frankenweenie is based on Mary Shelley's gothic novel except in this case Victor Frankenstein is a young boy who lives in the town of New Holland with his parents and his beloved dog Sparky. When the pet is killed in a tragic accident, Victor tries to resurrect his best friend after being inspired by a science experiment at school. After bringing Sparky back from the dead, things start to go wrong when the other children find out what has happened.
Tim Burton has dabbled in animation before as a co-director on Corpse Bride - he did not actually direct The Nightmare Before Christmas, although he produced it as well as the CGI animated 9. Frankenweenie is a much better film. It is heartfelt, funny and just the right side of morbid. There plenty of gross gags whether its bits flying off Sparky or exploding animal corpses. Meanwhile, there are lots of nods to classic horror films like The Wolf Man, The Mummy and, of course, Frankenstein, that will keep older audience members happy. There is even a reference to Bride of Frankenstein as the neighbour's poodle gets a lightening bolt beehive hairstyle. It is a film for children (big or small) obsessed with the gruesome and the gross - the kids who chase each other around playgrounds with worms.
What is particularly pleasing is that vintage Burtonesque mixture of gothic elements with the bland kitsch of 1950s suburban America. The town of New Holland is just like the setting of Edward Scissorhands where its bland perfection gets suddenly introduced to an element of otherness.
The voice-overs are all well performed, particularly Atticus Shaffer who voices Edgar 'E' Gore and sounds exactly the way you would imagine a child version Egor to be.
The 3-D does add a depth to the look of the stop-motion and there are moments when you can see how the models would have looked as the film was being made. Also because it is in black and white, the darker image you have to put up with in other 3-D movies is not an issue here. That being said, you forget about it after a while and it is probably just as good without it.
While it is not Burton's best film, it is certainly a simple, enjoyable and a welcome return.
Tags: Frankenweeine, Tim Burton, review, horror, comedy, animation, halloween
Categories: Film
In 2008 Christopher Nolan completely changed the comic book movie with The Dark Knight. So it was hard to imagine going into this sequel how he could top arguably one of the greatest films of its genre. The answer he seems to have come up with is to go bigger. So with an extra $50 million dollars to play with he has pulled off the dual feats of improving on his previous effort and managing to bring the Batman trilogy to a satisfying conclusion. What a relief.
Picking up eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, the caped crusader (Christian Bale) has disappeared from Gotham city after he was blamed for the death of Harvy "Two Face" Dent, who has become idolised as a white knight. Things are finally looking rosy as the people have unified and crime has dropped; meanwhile Bruce Wayne has become a recluse. Lying in wait beneath the streets, however, is "Gotham's reckoning" in the form of Bane (Tom Hardy), a huge, masked terrorist leader and his army of fanatics. Batman has to come out of hiding to face this new threat before the city is destroyed.
The Dark Knight Rises is a triumph of tension. There is a sustained threat for the majority of the film, like a wrench gradually turning tighter and tighter, which makes the near three hour running time fly by. The narrative keeps you guessing, as Batman gets broken, beaten and tested to his limits. Everything happens on such a grand scale that the twists and turns feel refreshingly new and unexpected. Rises also taps into the current climate of instability and questioning of society. As Gotham's underclass strike the stock exchange and go after the wealthy, some viewers may even find themselves sympathising with Bane's mission. The action is pretty awesome too.
The story is big and wide-ranging without ever becoming uneven or all over the place. There are a lot of strands, which are juggled to perfection by Nolan and everything comes together neatly, including events from the previous two films. Hopefully the massive box office takings it will undoubtedly make will not tempt the filmmakers to make a fourth one because Rises really does bring everything to a satisfying conclusion.
Tom Hardy gives an electrifying performance as the villain Bane, which is a worthy successor to Heath Ledger's Oscar winning performance as The Joker. His voice does take some getting used to and at first it comes across as a mixture of Sean Connerry and Brian Badonde from Phonejacker. But the longer he peseveres, the more effective it becomes. It is clear the decision has been made to replace the characteristic rage of the comic book Bane with a subtle menace. Hardy should also be acclaimed for the physicality he brings to the role. Anyone who has seen him in Bronson or Warrior will know he takes a similar commitment to changing his body for a role as Christian Bale, who withered down to eight stone for The Machinist. Also, despite wearing a mask that covers about 70% of his face, he is still able to convey the characters mindset which takes a special kind of actor.
The rest of the cast put in solid performances as well. Christian Bale cements his position as the greatest on screen Batman of all time (sorry Adam West), although that list is not a particularly stellar one. Anne Hathaway is impressive as Catwoman, the morally conflicted thief and Joseph Gordon Levitt's performance as a tough cop makes it hard to imagine him as the kid in Third Rock from The Sun.
After Inception, The Prestige and Memento, critics might be expecting Christopher Nolan to drop a clanger soon, but The Dark Knight Rises is certainly no clanger.
Tags: film, review, dark knight rises, christopher nolan
Categories: Film
After the global success of Borat in 2006, the notoriety of the follow up Bruno, and not to mention the extravagant public appearances, Sacha Baron Cohen must have wondered how he could continue his career if everyone recognised him and his characters. The solution he has come up with in The Dictator is to depart from the hidden camera hijinks he became famous for and instead go back to a more conventional narrative comedy style. But I wonder whether this was a choice on his part or if he is a victim of his own success.
Luckily the film itself is pretty funny - fans of Baron Cohen will not be disappointed - but the bad news is it does not reach the giddy heights of Borat. In fact, it has more in common with Ali G in Da House than his last two mockumentaries.
The latest character to be unleashed on audiences is General Aladeen, the beloved oppressor of the fictional North African state of Wadiya. He struts around his oil rich nation as the supreme ruler where all his subjects have to obey his every whim. That is until his jealous uncle (played by Ben Kingsley) stages a coup during a trip to a United Nations summit in New York. Aladeen escapes but robbed of his trademark beard he is forced to walk the streets as an anonymous foreigner. Liberal American Zoe (Anna Faris) takes pity on him and takes the deposed leader on as an employee at her organic food store.
The aim of the film is to make the viewer sympathise with someone who is completely detestable and it achieves this through sheer brute force. Aladeen is effectively a spoiled toddler given control of a country. He holds his own Olympic games where he wins every medal by shooting anyone who dares to out run him and he orders scientists to be killed because the missiles they make aren't pointy enough. But once you become acclimatised to his exploits you come to care for him as you would any other flawed protagonist.
The laughs come steadily and there is a good mix of close to the bone un-PC jokes and gross out humour. It's not a movie for those who are sensitive or easily offended either by middle-eastern politics or the sight of genitals. Baron Cohen's trademark sharp satirical sense is also present, especially in *SPOLIER ALERT* a climactic speech when Aladeen describes the benefits of living in a dictatorship which are all too familiar, such as having all the media controlled by one family.
Although it works as a straightforward story, it lacks the thrill of seeing interactions with actual people. So rather than linking together a series of improvised scenes with a loose plot as in Borat, you get some fairly functional scenes, performed by actors heading, towards a predictable outcome.
In the end, although it isn't quite a worthy successor, The Dictator is just funny enough to rule on its own.
Tags: Film, dictator, sacha baron cohen
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Alternative Therapy - Distraction
What is distraction?
Distraction draws a patient into a highly interesting activity to take his/her mind off pain or discomfort.
Can distraction help people with cancer?
Distraction has been found to be effective when patients are experiencing anxiety, nausea, or pain. It does not cure cancer but it has been shown that distracting patients' minds from unpleasant thoughts, procedures, or pain can help them feel better.
How does distraction work?
Many different types of activities and therapies can provide distraction. Some of the therapies that provide effective distraction in addition to other therapeutic benefits include the following:
- art therapy
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- virtual reality and computer games
There are also many activities that may be part of your daily life that can distract your mind from unpleasant things, including:
- talking with friends or relatives
- watching TV
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Are there any possible problems or complications associated with distraction?
Distraction, as an addition to your cancer treatment plan, has the potential to be pleasant and productive, but should not replace the care and treatment provided by your cancer care team. Always consult your physician for more information.
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This collection brings together 12 of the finest short stories of prominent American feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. "The Yellow Wallpaper", Gilman's best-known work, was first published in 1892 and represents an important examination of 19th-century attitudes toward women's physical and mental health. Written as a collection of journal entries by a woman whose physician husband has confined her to her bedroom, the story depicts the narrator's descent into psychosis as her confinement gradually erodes her sanity.
This collection also includes the stories "The Giant Wistaria", "According to Solomon", "The Boys and the Butter", "Her Housekeeper", "Martha's Mother", "A Middle-Sized Artist", "An Offender", "When I Was a Witch", "The Cottagette", "Making a Living", and "Mr. Robert Grey Sr."
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"Feminist literature or Lovecratian horror?"
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was famous as a 19th century feminist author, and apparently she's taught in a lot of feminist/women's studies courses. I was vaguely interested in her most famous story, The Yellow Wallpaper, so when this collection was an Audible deal of the day, I went ahead and downloaded.
I'm glad I did. I'll get to the title story in a minute, but I found the other short stories - which were all about a woman being presented with a choice (usually in the form of a man). Clearly there is a feminist undertone to each story, though bear in the mind this is 19th century "First Wave" feminism, so it remains largely a given that even a spirited, talented, independent-minded woman is still going to marry eventually. But Gilman was first and foremost writing short stories meant to have a beginning, middle, and end, and does not beat her readers over the head with any "message." In that respect, these stories were quite enjoyable, some of them having an O. Henry twist. I particularly , in which a moralistic, wealthy old spinster aunt promises her two nephews $50 (a small fortune, especially to children) if they forego butter for an entire year, believing butter is bad for children and too "rich." They do, and when the year is up, the old hag gives them their $50 in the form of membership pledges in a missionary society. The reader seethes with anger along with the boys at the injustice of it, but Gilman delivers a satisfying coda to the story.
Some of the stories are really just simple romances, though with a slightly feminist spin, but all of them showed that Gilman was a master of characterization and not bad as a prose stylist either.
Now, The Yellow Wallpaper is famous because it represents an early feminist look at the treatment of women and mental health. The main character is a wife suffering in the aftermath of some sort of nervous breakdown and made to stay in an upstairs room decorated with a hideous yellow wallpaper that she abhors. She wants to leave, she wants to do something, she craves mental stimulation, but her kind but egostistical and patronizing physician husband refuses to let her go anywhere or lift a finger. And so he accomplishes exactly the opposite of his intent as she slowly goes mad.
This has obvious significance as an indictment of how women with mental health issues were treated, how their concerns were not taken seriously, and how they could be reduced to powerless chattel even by the kindest and most well-meaning husband. However, as a horror fan, I submit that this story can be read completely differently...
... as a tale of Lovecraftian horror! A trapped woman slowly discovers the secret of the things that live in the in-between spaces accessible from our reality through unearthly patterns in a hideous yellow wallpaper. In the climax, her husband discovers her after she has gone insane from exposure to secrets man was not meant to know.
Seriously, read it that way and it totally works.
Anyway, I really liked these stories, even the ones that were very short and had not much in the way of conclusion.
"I love The Yellow Wallpaper. The other stories..."
I'm a huge fan of horror and psychological thrillers, an ally to feminists and an appreciator of classic literature, and The Yellow Wallpaper absolutely satisfied all those sensibilities. It is an absolutely thrilling narrative; it's strange, it's funny, it's sad, then it's chilling. The two or three other stories I listened to in this collection were less well crafted and blatantly proselytizing; still enjoyable listens, for what they are, but they've got the tone of Chick gospel tracts (even if their message isn't quite so deplorable).
Trying to support 1) the comparably smaller non-fiction selection and 2) the few here that are not misinformation. Got mind? Use it.
"Classic short-stories, perfect narration!"
Perfect, she got me right into the stories.
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is truly a gem. "When I was a Witch" was also a standout. Makes me want to read her non-fiction work as well...
"Interesting Stories from a Unique Time Period"
I really liked the title story in this collection of short stories. It was a bit chilling for me, however, as it reminded me of my mom and how she hated the wallpaper in her room when she was terminally ill, just like the heroine hated the wallpaper in her room. I enjoyed most of the stories, and I appreciated the fact that they were different. While they all had a feminist message, I did not feel as if they were all "cookie cutter" stories. The narrator was good and I like the audio format. The one criticism I have is that some of the stories seemed to end a bit abruptly.
I had never heard of this author before and was concerned that it would be difficult to read because of the dated language; however, that was not a problem at all. I got this book when Audible offered it as a daily deal, and I'm glad I did; I probably would not have ventured into this author otherwise.
"Interesting collection of Short Stories"
A couple of the stories were too "moral of the story" for my liking but I did like her more suspenseful stories. She had an engaging storytelling technique that survived through the century, I found myself thinking that she wasn't all that different in 1892 than women are today.
Audible started me reading fiction again. What a treat to have professional actors narrating a book I may not have had the time to "read".
The first story was almost tolerable were it not for narrator racing through it at too fast a rate. The stories seemed to run into each other and it became confusing. The reading became faster and faster and I finally gave up.
Bi-Vocational Pastor/Draftsman. Full time husband and dad. Audiobooks are a staple in my life because I can read and work...
"Not That Interesting..."
Although an avid reader, I am not a student of literary art and perhaps that is why I feel I didn't find most of these stories very interesting? I understood what was happening, but it just didn't command my attention as a lot of stories do. I feel like any of these short stories could have been written by a high school prose student. To me, there wasn't anything exceptional about the stories themselves. After reading about the author and her personal struggles, I can see where one might find some interest in her work. It is considered a classic and I have now read it, so I will move on. She felt somewhat feministic and the theme of second marriage is repetitive. The narration was good and I listened comfortably at 1.5X speed. I would not spend a credit on this, but I picked up on the deal of the day. I hope this helps. Later.
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At first I was very pleased with this book. BUT that was while reading the FIRST story in the collection of twelve. "The Wallpaper" was as psychologically horrifying as the film "Psycho" or being INSIDE the Ingrid Bergman character's mind in "Gaslight". The story was well-crafted and creepy! However, NONE of the subsequent 11 stories even came close to it. The second story was confusing and the remaining 10 are just boring. The synopsis promised to deliver a book that "represents an important examination of 19th century attitudes towards women's physical and mental health". Well, the first story came through with flying colors - a tantalizing "appetizer" before an anticipated "meal" prepared by a Michelin star chef. "The Wallpaper" was like quail eggs with Kubbitz Dan caviar as the first course and the rest of the book served canned Spam! Ewwwwww! 😝👎
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She won the Gold Medal at the 1970 First New York International Art Show, * the Grand Prix at the 1971 Locust Valley Art Show * on Long Island, New York, and the Award of Excellence at the Abraham & Straus-Hempstead Art Show, "Long Island Art '74". for her explorations of classical realism. Samizu was first woman member of the Salmagundi Club.
Born March 16, 1936 in Uryu, Hokkaidō, Japan to educators Satoru and Masue Matsuki. Her father Satoru's opposition to the Japanese War led to official reprisals forcing he and his family into hiding for most of World War 2. After the surrender of Japan, his known anti-war sentiments resulted in his being given an educational leadership post, where he applied the innovations of American educator Ruth Benedict & philosopher John Dewey to the Japanese educational system, earning him an award from Emperor Hirohito in 1970. The family lived in a number of locations on Hokkaidō, finally the resort city Noboribetsu, famed for its scenery and hot springs. Samizu's lineal ancestors had moved to southern Hokkaidō in the late 19th century.
Samizu was awarded a scholarship to the Women's College of Fine Art's Faculty of Western Painting. Tokyo. She graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor in Arts degree. Her graduation work "Daphne" (oil, approximately 4' by 5'), is in the collection of the Noboribetsu Cultural Center, Hokkaidō, Japan. The painting suffered some notoriety for its sensuality; briefly pulled from view, it mysteriously reappeared on the display wall the next morning.
Her two teaching jobs, one at an elementary school in Itabashi Precinct in 1959, the other at Shimura Daisan Junior High School in Tokyo in 1960, illuminated for her the malleability of children per Reade's call for originality and creativity.
An active member of the Tokyo Teachers Union, in 1960 the Teachers Union Monthly published a presentation and lecture Samizu gave in the swank Bunkyo Precinct in Tokyo, where , speaking on behalf of the teachers of the more working class Itabashi precinct, she called for adoption throughout the Japanese educational system of the education principles laid out by art critic and historian Herbert Read in his book Education Through Art.
In 1961 Samizu married American airman Herman Berry at the American Embassy in Tokyo. They left Japan in 1962, and for the next seven years lived at airbases in Europe and the United States. When her husband was sent to Pakistan, Samizu spent eighteen months with Berry's relatives, where she painted portraits of residents of their remote Appalachian mountain community in western North Carolina.
Upon his return, they spent four years at the Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. During this period 1964 to 1968, Samizu visited Rome and painted commissioned portraits for five Air Force officers and their wives, and was commissioned by the Officers Club of the 49th Tactical Squadron to paint a portrait of the recently deceased USAF fighter ace Richard Bong
Samizu became increasingly disillusioned with her spouse's violent jealousy, and in 1969 divorced Berry while they were living at Calumet Air Force Station in northern Michigan. Uterine cancer shortly caused her to get a hysterectomy at age 32. She spent that summer in Albany, Oregon, where she submitted the winning design for the logo of the 1969 Albany Jaycees Timber Carnival. This being the Carnival's 25th anniversary, the theme was "passing the torch." Samizu's drawing, shown here on the carnival's pinback button, depicts a young logger with hardhat and chainsaw and an elderly logger with wool cap and axe, standing behind a short bark-covered log. The young logger has an arm around the shoulder of his elder in comradely fashion.
Informed that six years would pass before she could be declared free of cancer, in 1970 she plunged into the New York fine arts cultural scene. By 1975 her explorations of classical realism had won her a gold medal at the 1970 First New York International Art Show, membership as one of the first woman artists in the hitherto men-only New York art club, the Salmagundi Club, the Grand Prix at the 1971 Locust Valley Art Show on Long Island, New York, and the Award of Excellence at the 1974 Abraham & Straus-Hempstead Art Show, "Long Island Art '74".
Becoming less concerned about a resurgence of cancer, Matsuki, who'd become known as "the shark", by friends for her seemingly never slowing down, then worked at a more leisurely pace, and stopped entering competitions. She returned to Oregon in 1980, where she taught at the Albany Art Center, worked on a baccalaureate at Oregon State University in nearby Corvallis, and was employed by the university as a janitor, and created additional drawn works. During a brief sojourn in California, Matsuki painted a mural at a health spa in Montecito.
In 1985 Samizu met Earth First! activist Ron Huber in Corvallis, Oregon. Several months later, she drew the cover art for the August 1985 edition of the Earth First journal. The drawing featured Huber treesitting in an old growth Douglas Fir, confronted by two Linn County sheriff's deputies elevated to him by a crane.
Samizu married Huber in 1987. They moved to Cheverly, Maryland in 1988, then to Rockland ,Maine in 1992. Neurological problems that flared up in 1991 while living in Calvert County, Maryland led to a reduction in Samizu's painting and drawing efforts for more than a decade. In 2006 Matsuki underwent a physical and neurological rehabilitation regimen in Rockland, Maine, and, with chronic pain reduced, began painting in oils once more.
Two of her works, Ah... and A Celebrator are owned by collectors William and Christina Chan Johnston of Huntingtown, Maryland.
Samizu's works aided in re-legitimizing realistic oil painting as a practiced high art form, challenging a dominant expressionist paradigm and foreshadowing the coming e-realism of the then-dawning era of computer generated imagery.
One of the first women admitted to membership in the prestigious Salmagundi Club in New York City since its founding in 1871. Samizu's winning entries at two major New York art shows in 1970 helped rekindle enthusiasm for realistic painting among American artists.
In 1970, Samizu's painting "Triumphal Return" earned her two awards: the Gold Medal at the First New York International Art Show *, (her first entry in open competition), and the Grand Prix at the Locust Valley Art Show *, on Long Island, New York.
According to Matsuki her works "integrate the classic Western method of painting with the theoretical propriety of Contemporary Art, including the colour theory of pointillism, multiple focal points of the Cubists, Modiglianni's deformations; Buffe's"Ideosyncracyism" Picasso's dislocation of perspective, and the dislocation of time and or space of Egyptian wall painting.
Samizu's "Magical Realism" as she dubbed her painting style, pays close attention to fine detail, together with subtly impossible perspectives, triggering an emotional charge to the works' subject matters.
"Triumphal Return" (1970, Oil on Canvas, 50" by 60") reveals the thousand yard stare of air force veteran Andrew Delaney, musing among his childhood relics in the Long Island enclave Rockville Center.
Samizu describes the purposes and techniques involved in the painting of Triumphal Return:
The painting "Triumphal Return" was done in the epoch where the Vietnam conflict was nearing its zenith. The most vocal of all sentiments was that of 'anti-war'. The most immediate experience which inspired my theme was the one where I, by chance, attended the yearly ceremony of the local American Legion, Long Island New York, in which the entire procession was conducted seemingly most diffident and eventlessly hastened up way. The National Anthem was sung in hushed voices in disarray. The white rectangular military caps looked as forlorn as the brown of deserted piers.
There was something moved me deep enough to plunge into my first major work, which the production of demanded total concentration for four months working every night (I painted during night.) Except for Saturday. I went to the movies during the day, to the bar at night for distraction.
Preparation of painting surface was done by mixture of opaque and transparent regular oil color pigments produced by Windsor and Newton and Grumbacher which eventually took the hue of reddish dark brown. I used a commercially prepared cotton small grain canvas. So far acceptable for my rendition of details. On this prepared surface, of approximately 1~2 mm thickness of the pigment after sufficient dryness was achieved, I first transferred the final sketch of the theme using medium strength charcoal of commercial origin.
Approximately 3 or 4 coats of a commercial brand fixative were applied before the execution of final underdrawing (cartoon) by oil colour, mixture of burnt umber and Prussian blue in various composition ratio for the purpose of shortening drying period, with pure turpentine, as medium.
When the under-drawing was sufficiently dry, therefore accepting overlapping pigment application without causing surface damage, I began first application of painting, molding. Medium: pure turpentine plus linseed oil. Ratio, approximately 2 turp/1 linseed. Pigments used were burnt umber, optional Prussian blue and yellow ochre (in later paintings I changed this colour to Naples yellow, because of its larger covering strength and fast drying speed.)
After adequate surface dryness of the so far monochromatic sketched first coat (at this level the entire pictorial plane was equally developed), the second coat was applied to achieve chromatic "mapping" according to the psychological connotation and aesthetic atmosphere desired by the theme.
In this case, I began by using opaque-est possible pigments for the purpose of similar strength such as yellow ochre, cobalt blue, burnt sienna etc, and quick drying properties like umbers, prussian blue, naples yellow mixed by turp and linseed with aforementioned concoction ratio. At this stage the entire effect of the painting still presents monochromatic, relief-like quality, although proper hues were ascribed to the major areas of the composition. I call it "the view at dusk" for its similarity in chromatic effects.
At this stage the painting surface began to appear "realistic" Since the canvas dimensions of "Triumphal Return" is rather large, 50" by 60", the earlier applications became dry enough to accept further application by the time this coast was finished.
Once this stage is achieved, real part of "painting" begins: rendering of the objects with utmost objective fidelity. The method I used for this purpose was glazing (thin application of transparent pigment) techniques employing pigments of high transparency such as alizarin crimson, ultramarine, prussian blue, verdian green, chrome yellow, aureolin, zinc white, ivory black, etc.
I found later on that the family of "Thalo" had good property for glazing. Especially thalo violet was intriguing in its chameleon-like adaptation to the underlying hues. With same pigment, thalo violet, one can develop several nuances upon surfaces depending on the hues of previous application(s). Thalo family was considered by authority such as Ralph Meyer as comparatively safe but not time tested to the perfect desirability, which might take 500 years to complete. If the surface of "Triumphal Return" crumbles, then the Thalo family of pigments should be buried with it.
When the entire pictorial surface was covered and safely dried, I used larger brushes such as 1inch or 1 1/2 inch flat, sable and fanshaped and or pig hair brushes, employing "wash" technique which is similar to second coating, to go over the entire canvas in order to achieve thematic and pictorial unity*. This is the final stage of the painting. When the surface becomes adequately dry, regular application of 3~4 coat of "retouch" varnish (I use this frequently to bring out sunk-in colors) was given to the entire pictorial surface. The final varnish by finish varnish was applied much later. In fact, after the exhibitory entry to the 1st NY International Art Show had been over.
* Pictorial unity: In this case the term is used to connote all the executional aspects utilized for the purpose of constructing pictorial surface."
End of Samizu's description of the painting of Triumphal Return. (Letter to Ronald Huber, March 24, 2007]
Samizu painted more than 100 other works in oil on canvas, charcoal, pencil and pen.
In 1971, New York's towers have crumbled in her eerie work __opia, which truncated phrase is printed on a scrap of paper blowing past two women in the shattered landscape of the ruined city. The work took shape in her shocked reaction to discovering America's greatest city in decay, even fabled Harlem. Oil on canvas. Audio recording of Matsuki describing this work(recorded April 18, 1989)
Also in 1971 Samizu painted Barbara and the Fortune Teller: in which a young woman who had fled bourgeois suburbia for Greenwich Village, now flees what she'd just learned from a swart gypsy in a hovel beneath a howling subway crossing. Oil on canvas.
In 1973, after a year in Japan, Samizu returned to New York City. A newspaper photograph of a wrecked Egyptian tank -- in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War -- became, in her 1974 oil painting Ah... a shattered, larger-than-life partly-devoured lobster sprawling across bleak, ruffled newsprint. Oil on canvas. Ah... won the Award of Excellence at the Abraham & Straus-Hempstead Art Show, "Long Island Art '74".
The oil painting A Celebrator reflects the growing culture of narcissism that she saw enveloping America.


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A:The Henna Brun will give you the richest brown color, without adding red tones to your hair. Using a wrap around your hair can allow the henna to process the red color more efficiently, allowing a richer color, sped up by heat. If you are interested in keeping your hair as free from red tones as possible, I would recommend not using a wrap around your hair as you are allowing the henna to be absorbed.Answered on 3/21/2015 by Emily from LUSH Direct
A:Hi Beckie, I used both marron and brun and would definitely go with brun. Marron gave me a sort of chestnutty colour with a lovely red gloss and brun gave me a shiny brownish colour. My natural hair is a very dark ashy blonde (most people would identify it as light brown but hairdressers tell me it is ash blonde...)
I always wrap and I wrapped brun too but it does not seem to have much red really. Apparently the longer the henna retains the heat the more red it will become, that is where the wrapping comes in. It is simply a way to keep your head warm. Hope this helps!Answered on 3/17/2015 by The Green Queen from Ireland
Q:Can i mix two henna hair dyes? i want to get a very dark brown and was thinking about mixing caca nior with caca brun in the ratio of about 1 nior cube to 3 brunAsked on 2/25/2015 by Syd the squid from st louis
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A:Definitely! You're more than welcome to play around with our henna dyes to achieve the shade you want - finding the right combination can be part of the fun!Answered on 2/27/2015 by Meg from LUSH Direct
Q:Does this product work to cover up gray hairs? If so, about how long does it last?Asked on 2/13/2015 by BL
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A:It does a great job with covering gray hair. My gray streaks turn into red
to light brown highlights that look like the really expensive salon
highlights and lowlights friends get, or better really because it looks
more natural.
The color lasts longer than it takes me to grow out objectionable amounts
of gray roots. When i color now, for my bra-strap length hair, i use a
square of brun and half a square of marron and focus on my roots. Once
they're covered i spread the remainder on the rest of my hair and put it up
french roll style. I put a baggie on my head and wait three hours. Clearly
the length of my hair gets some color boost but not much, so I'd say it
lasts a very long time.Answered on 2/16/2015 by Anonymous
A:Unfortunately, our Caca Brun doesn't work very well to cover the gray in hair, because it has a hard time dying the hair follicle. I would recommend using Caca Rouge and then layering your hair until you've reached your desired colour!Answered on 2/13/2015 by Pauline
Q:The top half of my hair is golden brown, while the bottom is dark brown. I've never dyed it before, and I want all of my hair to be a dark-ish brown. I'm okay with slightly red undertones, but I don't want my hair to have any noticeable red in it. Is there a special way I should use this, or should I just not use it at all?Asked on 1/18/2015 by kc from austin, TX
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A:Follow the directions in the pamphlet that's wrapped around the henna block and you should achieve shiny, chocolaty locks!Answered on 3/21/2015 by Kels from LUSH Direct
A:In my experience, the longer you leave it in, the redder it will be - leave it in just a couple hours to get maximum brown with minimum redness. (I leave it in 6-8 hours, and my hair is very red in the sun.)Answered on 1/25/2015 by Zara from St. Louis, MO
Q:I have medium to dark brown hair that is 50% grey. I am desperate to stop coloring it and find a natural healthy alternative but am wary of the awkward in between.
I have salon colored my hair for over 20 years and right now I have about a half inch of regrowth...seriously considering using this but worried it wont blend...suggestions??Asked on 1/8/2015 by mj from new jersey
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A:It will be quite difficult to blend the regrowth with your previously colored hair, but over time you should be able to find an overall color that works for you. The nice thing about henna is that you can reapply as often as you need to to build the color you are looking for. Definitely be sure to do a strand test ahead of time so you can make sure you are getting the results you are looking for.Answered on 2/13/2015 by Melissa S from LUSH Direct
A:So the thing about Henna is that it wont give you an all around color. Any highlights/roots/grays you have will not blend in with everything else. So for example your brown hair will become darker, and so will your grays, but just not the same amount of darker. I would still recommend doing it because your hair will feel very healthy and soft (cause no chemicals is amazing!). I would say do henna it, and then 4-6 days later henna it again, or even just henna the grays/roots to make it a bit more even!
Hope I helped!Answered on 1/9/2015 by Kaylee from Milwaukee
Q:I don't really love the color this dye gave me, how long until my hair color returns to normal?Asked on 1/3/2015 by abc
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A:You will likely notice the color fade very slightly over time, but the nice thing about henna is that you can color over it as often as you like!Answered on 2/13/2015 by Melissa S from LUSH Direct
A:I'd say 40 to 60 days the most, the more often you was your hair, the fater it will fade. If you use a shampoo with sulfur and salicilic acid (such as the ones used for dandruff relief), the color may fade away faster :) Good luck! I hope it did not give you a headache too, like it did to me (I love my color though!).Answered on 1/12/2015 by Product junkie momma from Alexandria, VA
Q:I have a light red/brown hair color and it's VERY curly. How will the Henna effect my hair?Asked on 12/30/2014 by KJ
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A:It is always best to do a strand test ahead of time to see how henna will work for you particularly. Henna tends to work differently on different hair and while we give guidelines, it can really change depending on the person.Answered on 2/13/2015 by Melissa S from LUSH Direct
A:its an individual thing. I have done henna every few months for about 30 years. In younger days I used it as a wonderful conditioning treatment. If you use the colored henna, its a subtle color change, deepened color of your own tone. Henna gives glossy, shiny hair that is wonderfully conditioned, with beautiful golden red highlights. THAT is why I've done it all these years. Now that a few grays are popping out, it covers gray nicely.Answered on 12/30/2014 by Anonymous


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Letter of introduction for ship captain, Richmond, 1863
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J. A. Southard of Richmond wrote to Brig. Gen. George F. Shepley, military governor of Louisiana, to introduce Capt. Edward Howe, who was taking Southard's ship Ellen Southard to New Orleans.
Southard wrote that he would appreciate "any favor you may show him" and noted that the captain would have a package on board "which he will send you if desirable."
Shepley, a Maine native, was a Portland lawyer before the war and enlisted as colonel of the 12th Maine Infantry. He soon became commander of the 3rd Bridgade in Louisiana, then military commandant of New Orleans, and military governor of Louisiana following Union victories.
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- Title: Letter of introduction for ship captain, Richmond, 1863
- Creator: Southard, J. A.
- Creation Date: 1863-12-14
- Subject Date: 1864
- Town: New Orleans, Richmond
- State: LA, VA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions (cm): 24.4 x 19.4
- Local Code: Coll. 117, Box 3/9
- Collection: George F. Shepley papers
- Object Type: Text
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FILE - In this June 3, 2009, file photo a bee keeper from Brownings Honey removes the lid from a hive near Jamestown, N.D. The U.S. Agriculture Department is eliminating its reports on the production of honey, one of 14 reports to be eliminated or have its frequency of reporting reduced in an effort to cut spending. The reports influence prices of many commodities and help producers, processors and traders decide when to buy and sell. (AP Photo/The Jamestown Sun, John M. Steiner, File)
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They rejected every other means of instruction, and claimed that to be saved one must even be ignorant of the first letters of the alphabet; whence their name, A-B-C-darians. They also considered the study of theology as a species of idolatry, and regarded learned men who did any preaching as falsifiers of God's word.
Nicholas Storch led this sect, preaching that the teaching of the Holy Spirit was all that was necessary. Andreas Karlstadt adopted these views, abandoned his title of doctor and became a street porter.
In a 19th-century American one-room school, an abecedarian or a-b-c-darian was a student in the youngest group of scholars in the typical one-room school of 19th-century America, so-called because they were just learning their "a-b-cs."
In his autobiographical reminiscences on his school days, Warren Burton recounted that he "was three years and a half old when I first entered the Old School-house as an abecedarian."
Noah Webster's early school dictionary contains the following entry for abecedarian: A-be-ce-da'-ri-an, n. One who teaches or is learning the alphabet.


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Two children drowned in River Tana on Monday as they fled to escape being arrested by security forces who have been deployed to pacify the region.
Bodies of the children aged 15 and 10 were retrieved from the river on Wednesday and buried at Ozi village.
"These are the children who drowned as they escaped being arrested. Their bodies have been retrieved and buried," a police source said, requesting anonymity.
Villagers told police they saw the two children try to cross the river when contingents of heavily armed GSU officers advanced to their home.
"The incident is unfortunate," the officer said.
Coast Province police chief Aggrey Adoli did not comment on the matter.
The officers had responded to a fire that was set on some 20 houses when the incident occurred.
Meanwhile, police are on Thursday to exhume bodies from two mass graves discovered in the area on Monday night.
"We obtained the court order and the exercise will take place tomorrow," Adoli said.
A police source in the region told us they believe the bodies belong to Pokomos who "must have carried their people who were killed in the battle when they attacked their Orma neighbours."
"We have been told that they never leave their people behind when they are killed, they could carry bodies and we believe these are the ones in the mass graves," he said, adding "the others might be people from the other community who were either abducted and killed or were found around this area and killed in revenge attacks."
A team of pathologists has already been dispatched to the coastal region to assist in the exercise of exhumation and postmortem to be able to establish the cause of death.
Police also want to initiate an identification process of the bodies.
Members of the Orma and Pokomo have been fighting since mid August, culminating in the deaths of at least 107 people from both sides--in what has been blamed on grazing rights fuelled by politics.


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Bloggernews.net has published an article by Simon Barrett about ZomBcall's Kickstarter campaign to fund manufacture of their "Zombie Sound Vocalizer Toy". The Bloggernews.net ZomBcall article was written by Simon Barrett in his signature entertaining and fun style and provides readers with an insightful and entertaining perspective on the story.
"Duck hunters have used duck calls for a very long time to attract the prey. In fact there is a whole industry and reality TV series on the subject. Could it be possible to adapt this idea to Zombies? Christopher and James think so. Both have immersed themselves in the study of Zombie behavior and vocalizations. By using this knowledge they have created zomBcall. Alas they have not been able to secure funding from DARPA, the CIA, or any other government agency, even the NSA shunned them, doubting that many Zombies used cell phones or email so there was little intelligence to be gained," Simon Barrett, Bloggernews.net.
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- Cloverfield (Trailer)
- The Dark Knight (Trailer)
- WALL·E (Trailer)
- In Bruges
- Hunger
- Dear Zachary : A Letter to a Son About His Father (Trailer)
- Burn After Reading (Trailer)
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Trailer)
- Watchmen Motion Comic (Trailer)
- Kung Fu Panda (Trailer)
- Son of Rambow (Trailer)
- The Wackness (Trailer)
- The Wrestler
- Iron Man (Trailer)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Trailer)
- Pineapple Express
- Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
- Frost/Nixon
- Ghost Town
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Very Good
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Strangers
- Yes Man (Trailer)
- RocknRolla
- Defiance
- Role Models
- Pride and Glory
- Futurama : Beast With A Billion Backs (Trailer)
- Mamma Mia (Trailer)
- Tropic Thunder
- The Forbidden Kingdom (Trailer)
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno
- Taken (Trailer)
- Speed Racer (Trailer)
- Get Smart
- Rambo (Trailer)
- Be Kind Rewind (Trailer)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull (Trailer)
- The Incredible Hulk (Trailer)
- Gran Torino
Guilty Pleasures
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan
- Wanted (Trailer)
- Hancock (Trailer)
- Drillbit Taylor
- Superhero Movie
- Vantage Point (Trailer)
- Jumper (Trailer)
- 21 (Trailer)
- Star Wars : The Clone Wars (Trailer)
- Quantum of Solace
- Eden Lake
- Semi-Pro (Trailer)
El Sucko Grande
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Street Kings
- Step Up 2 The Sreets (Trailer)
Unranked - Rewatch Needed
- Saw V
- Blindness
- Slumdog Millionaire
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Have you find 2008 so far to be much weaker than 07?
Off the top of my head for last year I can think of; TWBB, No Country, Atonement, Silent Light, Zodiac and more. 08 - it has Cloverfield, which I've heard is great, but I've not seen. Other than that though, I feel it is lacking.
With the exception of Zodiac, all the film you mentioned were released at the end of 2007. Most studios release their best films in the last two to three months of the year so they're fresher in the Academy's minds when they're giving out Oscars. Which doesn't mean 2008 won't turn out lacking in the end, but give it a chance first.


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