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In Memory of
Susan Beth Arnold
December 6, 1958 - May 29, 2010
Susan "Beth" Arnold, age 51, of Norfolk, Virginia died Saturday, May 29, 2010 at Danville Regional Medical Center of Danville, Virginia.
She was born December 6, 1958 in Martinsville to Bennie L. Arnold and Betty H. Arnold.
Ms. Arnold graduated from Fieldale Collinsville High School in 1977 as valedictorian and Randolph Macon College in 1981 with honors. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Norfolk. Ms. Arnold was employed at Olive Grove Baptist Church in Norfolk as a creative assistant.
She was preceded in death by her father, Bennie L. Arnold; paternal grandparents, Edgar D. and Susie B. Arnold and maternal grandfather, Henry J. Stephenson.
She is survived by her mother, Betty H. Arnold of Fieldale; sister, Annette A. Willis of Roanoke, Virginia; brother, Bret L. Arnold of Madison, North Carolina and grandmother, Margaret H. Stephenson of Fieldale.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service and other times at her mother's home.
The Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, June 4, 2010 at Fieldale Baptist Church with Reverend Frank Gribble officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Burial Park.
Memorials may be made to Fieldale Baptist Church, P.O. Box 98, Fieldale, Virginia 24089.
Arrangements are by Collins-McKee-Stone Funeral Home, Bassett.
Online condolences may be sent by going to
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Friday, June 04, 2010 | 2:00 P.M.
Fieldale Baptist Church
Fieldale, Virginia
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Lita Ford talks about her Runaways days, her new album and much more with LRI
When the phone rings and the person on the other end happens to be a living legend you listen. When that person introduces herself as "Lita Fuckin' Ford" it starts to sink juuust a little further in. Lita Ford is not only a certified rock star and guitar icon but also the object of fanboy crushes since at least the mid-70s when she and the Runaways burst on the scene. I was most surprised and pleased to talk with Lita about her latest album, incidentally called "LIVING LIKE A RUNAWAY". As a fan of ALL of her solo albums the most insane thing about the album is not only how much better it is than her last album but that it might be her best yet. She's gone through well-publicized drama in her personal life and seems to have come out better as a result of it all and it's clear she channeled a lot of her emotions into the album. Lita's been kicking ass as part of the Def Leppard/Poison tour, she's focused, she's driven and she talked to us about all that and more. Read on….
Editor's note: This interview, as well as all of our Runaways related interviews, is dedicated to the memory of drummer Sandy West, Rest in Peace.
LRI: Thanks so much for talking to us Lita. Your new album blows me away, before I get into that I wanted to ask you an unrelated question since you really are the most preeminent female hard rock guitar player legend. It's been 30 years, this year, since Randy Rhoads passed away. You've worked with Ozzy and guitar legends from tons of bands. What do you think about Randy Rhoads loss all these years later?
Lita Ford: Randy was definitely a great guitar player who had his own style and his own look. He influenced a lot of people. Ozzy's always had great guitar players, they've always been smokin guys, Randy was just the crème of the crop. He was just a great, great, all-around person and guitar player. He's so very missed and I just think his death was so tragic. They were up in the plane, playing around and it was just a stupid accident. It wasn't cancer or any of the other things that cause someone to leave us too soon, the fact that it was an accident makes it that much more tragic and senseless.
LRI: In all of your years "Living Like A Runaway" how many friends and bandmates have you lost and how does that affect you?
Lita: Gosh, it's unbelievable. There's been a lot of people who have died in the past 5 or 6 years for all kinds of reasons. Randy Castillo had throat cancer. He was older than a lot of people realize though, Randy Castillo really aged well. He was always very handsome but as he got older he kept his looks. Kevin Dubrow, Jani Lane…. Sandy West….god damn…..
LRI: Does a loss like Jani or Kevin kind of put in perspective the whole idea of taking care of yourself and appreciating each new day no matter how difficult the circumstances?
Lita: Yeah, I mean, you always wanna take care of yourself no matter what. That goes for everyone, whether you're a celebrity or just an everyday person working at a bank, you've gotta look out for yourself. I'm 53 now and people will tell me things like "Lita, you look better than you've ever looked" and to tell the truth I usually cringe because some days I feel like I'm 53. Some days I feel like I'm 13 though, so it goes from one extreme to another but it does really help just going to the gym.
LRI: I am a longtime Lita Ford and Runaways fan but I will admit that I had no idea you had THIS good of an album in you and part of me thinks "Living Like a Runaway" had to benefit from your personal problems. How much differently did you approach this album than your last, "Wicked Wonderland"?
Lita: I honestly had hardly anything to do with the last album. It was really out of my control. This album I worked on for literally a year and I remember that Gary Hoey (producer) picked me up at the airport when the first snowfall came in New Hampshire and when we were done it was literally the last snowfall of the following year. It took that whole year just going back and forth writing material, we wrote stuff that we got rid of and went back and wrote more. We didn't want any filler on this album, we were really focused on the whole album being great.
LRI: It sounds like something cliché an artist would say or it sounds like I'm kissing ass but it's easily your best album yet. Did you spend a lot of time on pre-production?
Lita: No, we didn't, it was really weird. Gary called me and asked if I wanted to use his studio and said he had a really nice studio. He invited me over and I took him up on his offer and when I got there I already had in mind to start recording the track "Love 2 Hate U" which was the first song we wrote together. We recorded it at his studio right off the bat and it came off amazing and we were so happy. I got back on the plane and I flew back to Ft. Lauderdale where I lived at the time and I was just grinning from ear to ear thinking "Wow, this is really good". So later on, I called him back and said "Gary, I've got another couple of ideas for songs, can I come back?" and we worked out our schedules and I went back into the studio and we worked on some of those ideas and wrote "Branded" and I was again amazed at how great it sounded. So we just kept going. When we got to "Asylum" I knew we were on to something special and amazing so I said to him "You know, if we get a few more songs together I think we will have a really strong album, I should go shop a deal". So we put "The Bitch is Back" along with "Love 2 Hate U" , "Branded" and "Asylum" and did just that.
LRI: I'm a KISS fan and to me this strikes me as a reaffirmation of everything Lita Ford is good at just like the "Revenge" album was for KISS. The level of aggression and passion is similar too. Everyone is well aware of the drama and shakeup in your personal life, is it wrong to read all of that into this album's lyrics or are they as point-blank as they seem?
Lita: They're point-blank (laughs). Need I say any more? (laughs). They really are. It's everything that was going on in my life, during one of the darkest moments of my life and it's all right there for you to hear man. I was able to channel everything that was going on into this record and it also tells a story that I think a lot of people can relate to in general. There's aggression but that could also apply to someone who has a pile of paperwork or homework that they just wanna burn up rather than do. There's also a happiness in the album due to the fact that there's a twist of humor in some of these songs. There's also a bit of cockiness and restlessness and I think these are songs that a lot of people of all ages could relate to.
LRI: It's hard to imagine someone like yourself ever being compromised even in your personal life but judging by the lyrics it sounds like you feel that was the case.
Lita: Yeah, I was. I was compromising myself because I was being controlled. I was being controlled and I couldn't function. I couldn't breathe. That was not something I could tolerate and I did tolerate it for too long.
LRI: I've spent a lot of time these last few months on The Runaways interviewing Victory (Vicki Blue), Jackie and even Cherie's sister who wasn't in the band but has her own take on things. I spent over four friggin hours on the phone with Kim Fowley and I have no idea where to even begin with writing that up. Some have implied that he was controlling others have insisted that wasn't the case at all, what's your take?
Lita: Really? (laughs). Holy shit (still laughing). Four hours…wow. Well, I wouldn't say control was an issue with Kim was at all. He's very eccentric and you have to take Kim with a grain of salt. He has this weird way of trying to explain things that are very difficult to understand so it can get a little confusing at times but he's just got his own way of going about things. I really did pick up a lot on the business side of things from Kim though. He really taught us things that weren't necessarily things that we considered or were concerned about like choreography for instance. He would tell us "Don't just stand there and play….move around!!!" and I was like "Well, ok….how?" (laughs). How are you supposed to move around while playing and singing? He would tell us "Lift your leg up like this, stick your butt out like this". I'm sure you can picture Kim trying to be sexy and show us these moves, demonstrating them…and at the time, we were looking at him like "What an idiot!!! What are you doing???" but then I got it. I understood what he was trying to teach us, he'd be like "Shake it…move around, be like Mick Jagger and shake your arms, whip your hair through the air" and it actually made a lot of sense. The Runaways later on actually ended up getting ahold of Kenny Ortega who was the first official choreographer we worked with. Kenny ended up being really famous and did all the High School Musicals and worked with Michael Jackson but he taught me a lot back then. A lot. I was voted best female performer onstage for the better part of a decade back in the eighties and early nineties and I really think a lot of it is due to the things I learned from Kenny. The fact that I was best female performer for that many years in a row was absolutely as a result of Kenny's help and guidance and I think that what Kenny taught us was the same thing Kim was trying to get across to us. He would tell us really important details like "Hold your micstand like this" and he'd look like a complete moron with his weird look, weird clothes and funny faces he'd make but he was RIGHT! Kim Fowley was absolutely dead on. He knew what would translate to the audience and it wasn't new but it was new to us. He just had a vision.
LRI: It's been a long time since The Runaways split but the band continues to mean something to people. Movies including Victory's documentary have been made and books are coming out. The story continues to be told but in a sense it's still being written. Will the Runaways story continue to live on?
Lita: I hope so. I really hope it's told correctly too and maybe it will be up to me to see that it's told correctly, I don't know. I've been in the process now of trying to regroup the girls. I got on the phone with Cherie Currie who I hadn't spoken with for a long, long time prior to this. Joan Jett actually put me in touch with Cherie and gave me her contact information and email and all that. I sent out an email to Cherie and she was very happy to hear from me and we had dinner together which was really nice. Then my manager reached out to Joan's manager and Joan and I had dinner together in New York City and that was also really nice. So, to be honest, I'm trying to reach out to everybody but unfortunately Sandy West (drummer) is not with us any more. I just think if we got a really kick ass rhythm section we would be okay with just me, Joan and Cherie if we can get Joan to commit to it at some point. I know she's busy and I'm super busy right now with this record but hopefully by the time this is done and I'm ready to move on to the next project the other girls will be ready as well.
LRI: You talked earlier about the pressure to look good and some of the people I've spoken with about The Runaways have mentioned that it's kind of unfair the expectation put upon you as women to somehow live up to the pictures you took as teenagers. No one expects Motley Crue to look how they looked in 1981 but somehow people feel they need to talk shit about female acts in the same situation. Do you understand that on any level? Is that sexist?
Lita: Women are supposed to look good but it's harder and harder to look good as you get older. It's easy to look good when you're a kid but when you start getting into your fifties and you begin to show crow's-feet around your eyes or whatever but I still have the same figure because I work on myself. I've been able to maintain my weight and get a little sunshine on my skin and wear some nice clothes and so have the other girls. There's no reason why we can't get together and make some more music, there's no age limit in rock and roll. There's no fuckin age limit. Look at the Rolling Stones for god's sake, they're going on their 50th anniversary.
LRI: I love them and they'll probably die onstage.
Lita: Right???!!! What a fuckin way to go. That's fine!!
LRI: Back to your new album "Living Like a Runaway". The artwork and the packaging is fantastic. What was your inspiration as far as the cover art goes?
Lita: I'm so glad you like that. We wanted the album art to match the music. We didn't want a polished, really pretty looking image of me with lots of makeup on the album cover. We wanted it to look like the music sounds. My photographer Mark Weiss and I were pretty much done for the day and had shot lots of photos when we saw those railroad tracks. All of a sudden you could almost see the lightbulb go on over both of our heads and we thought "Ohhh, railroad tracks" and we stopped and did a few shots on the tracks and that wound up being the album cover and it's amazing. There were syringes and old, dirty condoms laying all over the railroad tracks. If you look at the picture you can see that's actually what I'm looking at in the photo! It just matches the album title and the music for "Living Like a Runaway" perfectly. I wasn't all dressed up, I had on some old torn up jeans and the black and white film and grittiness of it just works.
LRI: Was it important to you to actually release the album on vinyl? To me the sound is totally warmer and different and packaging is just way better. That's the copy I always buy.
Lita: I think it's cool that it's something that people still want and that there's still a demand for it. Its still an option and that's important to me in of itself. You're right about the sound too, although I've moved on to digital there is something completely warmer and different about the way the actual record sounds. Somebody recently asked me in an interview, "Why do you have so many different versions of the release and all these different options with various different bonus tracks?" and I just said that people like different things and multiple options. Some people may want more Lita Ford than others and I think it's a good thing that the record company has made all these different versions and put so much emphasis on getting behind the project, they've given me so much support. I think it's cool that you want it on vinyl and you can get it on vinyl…that's a good thing. I'm honored that you'd want that version. It's a really cool package too, with double red vinyl albums and the big double gatefold, it's really cool. It really turned out nice.
LRI: Well, thanks again for talking to us. Hope to see you on a headlining date. My wife and I will be the ones up front yelling for "Waiting for the Night".
Lita: Right on!!! Well thank you and I hope to see everyone out there when we come around. We are doing headline shows when we're not out opening for Poison and Def Leppard so it's really going to be great to be able to stretch out and play a lot more of the old classics and the new album as well. Take care!
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Social Media
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As the Internet becomes the dominant source of recommendation, it makes sense to engage with your fans, promote your music, and stake out your space on the web.
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What started as a way to share internal news and info has become a social media giant! Users flock to Twitter to gain access into what the daily lives of their favorite artists, friends, and companies. Maintaining a presence on Twitter can be both beneficial and profitable. We'll teach you about how to use Twitter, help manage your account, and show you the best ways to target potential fans and followers.
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Divine Touch is a talent in the Holy tree, that is supposed to instantly heal a target for 10% of Renews total periodical effect.
1) it doesnt. when I have a normal 4 tick renew, that ticks for about 3.5k, for a total of 14k, it will heal for about 1550. it seems to double dipp from ither the renew talent or glyph. This is of course not my concern :-)
The Problem is, when you manage to get more ticks, lets say 6 (trinket, bloodlust etc), it will still heal for only 1550, alltough the total periodical effect is 6 * 3.5k = 21k.
ither bug, or wrong wording in tooltipp! I say bug, why shouldn't the talent profit from your haste on gear?
2) even when that bug is fixed, I personally find the talent to weak. in its current state, it doesn't even give you an extra half tick, its just peanuts. It's not supposed to be a super instant heal, thats obvious, but in its current state it just does nothing, and are 2 nearly useless prerequisite talentpoints for the 0.5sec GCD reduction.
I think 15% to 20% instant would be an appropriate value. (Blimey I would even take it if it cost 3 talent points for each 6%, because then you would at least notice its presance)
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2010 Chevrolet Camaro
Camaro (VIN F) Service Manual
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#09-08-50-009A: Scraping/Moaning/Creaking Noise from Front Seats (Apply Lubricant) - (Jun 4, 2009)
Scraping/Moaning/Creaking Noise from Front Seats (Apply Lubricant)
2010 Chevrolet Camaro
This bulletin is being revised to add the driver's six-way power seat creak condition. Please discard Corporate Bulletin Number 09-08-50-009 (Section 08 - Body and Accessories).

Some customers may comment about a scraping or moaning type noise coming from the front of the front seat track area. This condition occurs when the seat assembly is being cycled into the full forward position. Some customers may also comment about a creaking noise coming from the driver's six-way power seat when it is in the full rearward position. This condition only applies to six-way power seats.

This scraping or moaning condition may be caused by the seat position sensor (SPS) making contact with seat position sensor target bracket. This contact is made in the lead in area of the SPS. This contact area controls the function of the SPS. The drivers seat creaking condition may be caused by the lack of lubricant in the rear of the drivers seat track assembly.

The application of a lubricant to the contact area of the components will eliminate the noise. Use the following steps to apply lubricant to the seat position sensor target bracket, located on the inner seat track and to the rear of the drivers seat tracks.

Move the seat assembly to the rearmost position.
Locate the seat position sensor target bracket on the seat inboard track.
Passenger Seat Position Sensor Target Bracket Location

Passenger Seat Position Sensor Target Bracket

Driver Seat Position Sensor Target Bracket Location

Driver Seat Position Sensor Target Bracket

Apply a thin coating of Super Lube with PTFE, GM P/N 12371287 (in Canada, use P/N 10953437), or the equivalent, to the top and bottom of the driver and passenger seat position sensor target bracket. Coat the full length of the bracket and ensure the coating extends at least 10 mm (0.40 in) from the edge of the bracket as shown.
Cycle the seat to the full forward position and verify the concern is corrected.

With the drivers seat in the full forward position, locate the rear of the inboard and outboard seat tracks.

Using a small screwdriver, pry off the two seat track end caps.

Apply a thin coating of Super Lube with PTFE, GM P/N 12371287 (in Canada, use P/N 10953437), or the equivalent, to the front side of the two stop tabs identified by the arrows, as shown. Repeat the application on the second seat track.
Insure the lubricant covers the area where the lower stops make contact with the upper seat track stops.
Clean up any excess lubricant and reinstall the two seat track end caps.

Parts Information
Part Number
10953437 (Canada)
Super Lube with PTFE

Warranty Information
For vehicles repaired under warranty, use:
Labor Operation
Labor Time
Lubricate Driver And Passenger Seat Position Sensor Bracket
0.2 hr
Lubricate Power Seat Track
0.1 hr
* This is a unique labor operation for bulletin use only. It will not be published in the Labor Time Guide.
GM bulletins are intended for use by professional technicians, NOT a "do-it-yourselfer". They are written to inform these technicians of conditions that may occur on some vehicles, or to provide information that could assist in the proper service of a vehicle. Properly trained technicians have the equipment, tools, safety instructions, and know-how to do a job properly and safely. If a condition is described, DO NOT assume that the bulletin applies to your vehicle, or that your vehicle will have that condition. See your GM dealer for information on whether your vehicle may benefit from the information.
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Lisiere showed promise over 5f in a couple of runs in the autumn while Tooley Woods was second over 7f at Wolverhampton in February, though more is needed here. It should be third-time lucky for TRAIL OF TEARS, who didn't look entirely straightforward when beaten at odds-on at Wolverhampton last month but clearly has ability and can make the most of her experience. Finesse can improve on her Kempton sixth while a market move for newcomers Sherry Cherie or Toodeloo would be interesting.
Al Dain (IRE) 9-1 (8-7) Dwelt, pushed along towards rear and outpaced, 7th of 9, 14l behind Ashpan Sam (8-9) at Beverley 5f 2yo mdn aut (4) gf in Sep.
Bessichka Exceed And Excel filly out of Jouet.
Caboodle 9-2 (8-7) Went right start, outpaced in rear, never dangerous, last of 7, 16l behind Morocco Moon (8-7) at Wolverhampton 5f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Dartrix 9-2 (8-9) Slowly away, behind and wide, headway over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 7, 14l behind Untold Melody (8-9) at Southwell 6f mdn auc stks (6) fbs.
Elegant Girl (IRE) Amadeus Wolf filly out of Zuccini Wind.
Finesse 8-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 6th of 11, 5l behind Yeeoow (8-13) at Kempton 6f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Irish Girls Spirit (IRE) Desert Millennium filly out of Shone Island.
Lisiere (IRE) 5-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, outpaced soon after, kept on again inside final furlong, not pace to threaten, 4th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Pearl Secret (9-3) at York 5f 2yo mdn (3) gd in Oct.
Sherry Cherie (IRE) Footstepsinthesand filly out of Tipsy Lady.
Toodeloo Royal Applause filly out of Polo.
Tooley Woods (IRE) 12-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 4f out, edged left well over 1f out, stayed on, unable to challenge, 2nd of 5, 1 3/4l behind Rosby Waves (8-7) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn fll (5) pol in Feb.
Trail Of Tears (IRE) 4-5fav (8-9) Tracked winner, edged right over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Dreaming Of Rubies (8-9) at Wolverhampton 6f mdn fll (5) pol in Mar.


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Enjoy the texture of finger waves.
Thatwave cap looks good on you today.
Our versatile style I love.
'Cause we setthe trend. Of what is
hot and what is in.
Did you know that I dig nappyhair?
Who should care but I? Now listen when
I say that the finer things inlife
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We sure look good in black,
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text: Nirmala Sitharaman is the Minister of State for Finance as well as the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry. She is also an alumna of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. On November 24, the minister was in the JNU for a conversation with some students on various issues including the demonetisation drive. A student asked her a few questions on the same but before she could respond, he quickly cut her off. He kept on rejecting everything the minister tried to say, and was just not letting her speak.


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Spring is coming up pretty soon, which means it's time to break out the essential oil diffuser blends. These are fun to make and smell amazing! The recipes in this post are great for helping to make your home smell fresh and clean. Here is a list of essential oil diffuser blends for spring – you're sure to find one that you love.
(If you're looking for an inexpensive diffuser, mine's from Mountain Rose Herbs and it was under $20 including the replacement pads. I also like their oils and their awesome little terra cotta diffusers for my car and closets.)
Spring Flowers
- Four drops of lavender
- Two drops of geranium
Spring Garden
- One drop basil
- Two drops peppermint
- Two drops lime
Spring Rain
- Four drops lemon
- Four drops Vetiver
Allergy Relief
- Three drops peppermint
- Three drops lemon
- Three drops lavender
Good Morning
- Four drops grapefruit
- Three drops lemon
- 1 drop tangerine
- 1 drop lime
Fresh and Clean
- Four drops grapefruit
- Three drops peppermint
- Three drops Clary Sage
Enjoy the scents and the change of season! Happy diffusing 🙂
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I had so much fun last month celebrating a New Year at Blushington in Dallas with some of my favorite local style bloggers. On the evening of January 22nd, I hosted an evening of beauty with Lynsey Eaton, Amy Havins, Sally and Molly Miller, and Mary Summers. Blushington is a chic little beauty lounge… Read more »
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As you might remember, I made a visit to the new Blushington in Dallas last year. Whether you are shopping for new makeup, want to try a new look, or are interested in a cat eye (but aren't quite sure how to master the look on your own), Blushington is the place for you!… Read more »
With New Year's Eve right around the corner, local cosmetic salon Blushington has shared a special tip with Nonsense & Sensibility on how you can create the perfect sparkling look this holiday season! This look comes from Blushington's expert makeup artist Jessica Scantlin. 1. After you have found the perfect foundation and concealer, match apply… Read more »
I had so much fun trying out the brand new Blushington Dallas boutique this morning! The new beauty lounge (infused with 1950s Hollywood glamour) just opened this past Saturday in The Shops at Highland Park and it truly couldn't be in a more perfect location- it's right next to The Dry Bar! The Blushington… Read more »


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More Spoon Collections
Okay, we couldn't resist. Just a few more images of collected spoons. While the aforementioned "spoon trend" was a bit vague (we had thought of it as merely bloggers' photographs of their spoon collections), the spoons have risen again! This time as honest-to-goodness collections on display for all of the world to see. And let me tell you, we like what we see...
The utensil chandeliers are a bit too quirky for our own home, but we might let their artsy-crafty goodness sing as wind-chimes in the wilderness of our backyard.
And of course, Martha brings her "A" game with her shadow box cleverness. Grab a shadow box from ikea, spiffy it up with a coat of paint, line the back with some gorgeous wallpaper or wrapping paper, attach your collectibles with hooks or velcro and you're ready to go. Instant fancy collection.
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DIY: Schroth Rallye 3 Install
Disclaimer: Do this at your own risk!
This is for cars with through-loading system. If you do not have this, you will need to remove the rear seat back.
I also need an interior detail - I have brake dusty fingerprints all one the back seat from swapping winter wheels. I never sit back there, so I didn't notice until the photos!
The removal is fairly straightforward, just a few steps to get in the correct sequence. The only real pain was putting the shoulder trim back in because of the airbag release clips. I dropped one on each side. At least when I get a rattle, I know where to look now. I'll go get them when I get the urge.
The seat anchors are installed the same as in this thread from Bigjae:
My first impression sitting in the stationery car is that your hips are absolutely locked in, but your upper body can move around a bit with the long pivot to the rear, however, once you are strapped in and driving, you are held pretty damn solid...much more than a CG lock or "locked off" stock harness. Once you get used to leaning into the straps, it really stabilizes you and you hold the wheel with your fingertips even on tight bends. You can really feel the weight of the car move around, especially the braking as you feel it in your ass and also now on your shoulders. It does change your ride. After a couple of commutes, I am used to having the harness there now, and tight bends become a lot more fun when you are not hanging on. The compression feels a little odd, and you can't move around to look in mirrors (an old habit of mine from the UK) as much. I am looking forward to my skid school tomorrow.
You absolutely need the accessory grips for the pull down and waist straps if you want to get tight. I would recommend the extra padding for the shoulder straps if you have a thick neck like me. After a couple of tries, the best way to tighten the lap is to tighten while sat in the seat, unclip, tighten the straps a little more and get back in and leave the lap belt at that setting and clip in. I found that tightening the lap belt first with the shoulder straps off makes it much easier to line the lap belt up, then pulling the shoulder straps your shoulders and pulling tight. If you have the shoulder straps on while tightening the lap belt, it has a tendency to pull the lap belt up and get the alignment with your hips wrong.
Anyway, so far, so good. Hope this helps someone else out!
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October 12, 2012 - Letter to the Editor, The Berlin Daily Sun
To the editor: The Androscoggin Valley ATV Club (AVATV) manages the Jericho and Success OHRV trails along with the downtown connector trail. This amounts to approximately 80 miles of trails in Berlin and Success that need constant maintenance.
All of this work is done by a limited number of volunteers. A portion of the funds to accomplish this work comes from your ATV/ UTV/Trail bike registration dollars in the form of Grant-in-Aid funding and from gasoline taxes you pay when you fill up your OHRV. Per state statute these funds can only be applied for and received by a non-profit organization, such as your local ATV club. Also per state statute, the Jericho Mountain State Park ATV trails would not have been born or continue to exist without your locally organized AVATV Club.
There are costs associated with the operation of a non-profit club that are not covered by grants which is what some of your membership dollars pay for. Since the first Jericho trails were opened in 2006 membership numbers have dropped from a high of over 200 to just below 50 to date. There are many ATV enthusiasts in this area that enjoy the Jericho, Success and City Connector trail system on a regular basis. You may have noticed trails needing work, more signage, obstacles blocking trails, memberships slow to get processed, etc. This is all due to not enough volunteers.
By this time next year you will be able to ride an OHRV from Gorham to the Canadian border. This would not be possible without the Androscoggin Valley ATV Club and all of the other ATV Club�s from Gorham to Pittsburg along with tremendous support from the NH Bureau of Trails. Every club along the way has played a vital role in the interconnection of the trail systems, which will rival that of the popular Hatfield-McCoy trails in West Virginia, while providing a huge boost in the tourism economy!
For the past three years the AVATV Club has organized the popular Jericho ATV Festival. The work involved in organizing this event, coupled with the duties of managing several miles of ATV trails, has put a tremendous burden on the AVATV Club volunteers.
Please consider joining the AVATV Club and offering your help in any way you can. There are many more duties other than physical trail work that need to be done. The club also needs volunteers to make the 2013 Jericho ATV Festival bigger and better. The AVATV Club has regular monthly meetings held on the last Wednesday of every month at the Tri-County Cap office on 30 Exchange St. across from the post office in Berlin at 6:30 p.m. with a festival organization meeting following at 7 p.m.
All are welcome to attend and you do not need to own an OHRV. An enthusiasm to help grow our community is all that is needed. Membership applications are available at Jericho Motorsports, Absolute Power Sports or on our website at www.avatvclub.org and clicking on the membership page.
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I'm tediously trying to learn all I can about responsive design. I had a frustration over the past week trying to get some basic @media queries to work, and it made me realize that good tutorials are few and far between. I have an iphone-4, whose browser window width in portrait mode is 320. So I created a simple media rule to test with, based on detecting that as a max width...
Sure enough, if I view this on Chrome or Firefox and shrink the window, the color will change when I cross the point where the width is 320. Trouble is, the iphone display would not switch to the lightblue color until I added something like this to the page.Code:<style> body { background-color: #33cc99; } @media screen and (max-width: 320px) { background-color: lightblue; } </style>
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Does history still matter to today's country music artists and fans? If the answers from Jason Aldean, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, and others attending Tuesday's All for the Hall benefit concert in New York City are any indication, the answer is a resounding yes.
Aldean, Gill, Harris, Rodney Crowell, Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes of The Allman Brothers Band, Ashley Monroe, Train's Pat Monahan, and surprise guest Joan Osborne were all at New York City's Best Buy Theater Tuesday night (Feb. 26) for the All for the Hall benefit concert honoring Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Jason Aldean stressed the importance for country fans to learn the history of country music. He said that today's country artists have a role to play in that as well.
"I think it's important for us younger artists to represent that and say, 'Hey, don't forget about these guys over here,'" he told Radio.com during an interview backstage at the event. "They're the ones that paved the way for us to be here."
Vince Gill echoed Aldean's sentiments. "I don't know if the country music of today realizes in what esteem it will be held down the road," he told Radio.com.
"I think it's a great thing," Aldean said about the Country Music Hall of Fame. "We donate stuff to it all the time, and they put it up for exhibits. We've done a couple of these All For the Hall deals. I think it's important for us to carry on that legacy as artists. You never know, one day one of us may be enshrined in that building and hopefully it will be there for people 100 years from now to come and check it out and keep the story going."
Emmylou Harris also stressed the value of learning from country music's past.
"It's really important to know where we came from and this music still inspires us. Obviously we have to bring something new to it, but you can't bring something new to something unless you know what went before it," she explained to Radio.com. "It's important what the Country Music Hall of Fame does. It's an extraordinary archive and that will keep on going. And one day if we're lucky we will be in the archive."


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But the slew of copolymers of acrylonitrile doesn't stop there. Poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) (SAN) and poly(acrylonitrile-co-butadiene-co--styrene) (ABS), are used as plastics.
ABS is a stronger plastic than polystyrene because of the nitrile groups of its acrylonitrile units. The nitrile groups are very polar, so they are attracted to each other. This allows opposite charges on the nitrile groups to stabilize each other like you see in the picture on the left. This strong attraction holds ABS chains together tightly, making the material stronger. Also the rubbery polybutadiene makes ABS tougher than polystyrene.
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On a very serious note: I don't make comments like that to anyone... even in jest. One reason that I don't act a fool on the internet is because there are many guys here who can handily beat my ass... and I don't know who those people are because I don't actually know anybody on this board except for Clyde... who can also handily beat my ass.
2. I don't say **** because it is not very hard to figure out who I am. I don't hide. Getting my ass beat is not my main concern because I can take an ass beating. However, there are people on this board who may affect or benefit/harm my career someday that I really don't want to piss off (i.e. Crappler, who knows, I might be interiewing with the guy or one of his friends for a job or I may see him in court... who knows). Clients can see my posts or potential future employers and possibly affect my career.
3. I try to respect everyone on this board. I may vigorously disagree with some stances or ideas, but I never make it personal.
So, while all this is fun and "not serious business", it can have serious consequences.
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Clyde seems like a good old school kind of instructor.
But you are reading too much into it:
Sirc is a reactionary and wants the reaction. He gauges his success/failure based on the reaction. He will say things like this, because when something is deemed sacred, that is the first target, to desecrate that which is hallowed.
The moral outrage and indignation play into his hands like Play-Doh.
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Gostick, C. and Davies, Bleddyn P. and Lawson, Robyn and Salter, C. (1997) From Vision to Reality: Changing Direction at the Local Level. Arena, Aldershot, 200 pp. ISBN hbk: 1857424085 / pbk: 1857424093. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided)
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In this book, the authors look back to the early stages of community care, comparing them with today's emerging policy with a view to improving community care still further.

The book describes the first stages of the local development of the community care policy reforms laid out in the 1989 Caring for People White Paper and the subsequent 1990 NHS and Community Care Act. It spans the period between the mid-80s, when the policy initially began to crystallise, and the beginning of 1993, when the reforms were formally implemented.

By 'Vision' the authors mean policy in the broadest sense – what might be potentially achieved and by what means. 'Reality' refers to those elements of the community care world which are adapted and used to achieve the policy ends – structures, procedures, resources, values and commitments – the "real world". From Vision to Reality is about central-local relations, and field agency response to a major new central policy initiative.

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Is the amount charged for the federal excise tax (FET) included in the tax base for calculating sales tax?
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Lee County Domestic Animal Services, Lee County Sheriff's Office, Code Enforcement and the Department of Children and Families were all called out to the home.
The Lehigh Acres Gazette got a first-hand look at hoarding in Lehigh Acres as officials recovered ten cats and piles of trash from a home in Lehigh Acres.
"It's totally infested with roaches, fleas and ticks," said Lt. Angel Cruz with Lee County Domestic Animal Services.
Code Enforcement deemed the home "unlivable," so the family will need to find another place to stay. They told the Gazette they're relieved county officials showed up so they can finally get the help they've needed.
"We can go nowhere but up from here," the resident said.
Animal Services currently has more than 50 reports about animal hoarders in Lee County. Many hoarding cases often involve animals.
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"Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear."
"Every man is occasionally visited by the suspicion that the planet on which he is riding is not really going anywhere; that the Force which controls its measured eccentricities hasn't got anything special in mind. If he broods on this somber theme long enough he gets the doleful idea that the laughing children on a merry-go-round or the thin, fine hands of a lady's watch are revolving more purposely than he is."
"Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge."
"Next to reasoning, the greatest handicap to the optimum development of Man lies in the fact that this planet is just barely habitable. Its minimum temperatures are too low, and its maximum temperatures too high. Its day is not long enough, and its night is too long. The disposition of its water and earth is distinctly unfortunate (the existence of the Mediterranean Sea in the place where we find it is perhaps the unhappiest accident in the whole firmament). These factors encourage depression, fear, war, and lack of vitality. They describe a planet, which is by no means perfectly devised for the nurturing or for the perpetuation of a higher intelligence."
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How Can I Save My Marriage?
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Do you feel like your marriage is on the brink of a divorce that you don't want, and are desperate for answers to save it?
Did you know that during this time you can actually do the most damage to your marriage while trying to save it?
It's not because you intended to of course.
It has more to do with the fact that most of us have never had to do it.
How do you know what to do, how to act, what to say to your spouse to have them second guessing their decision to leave or how to make saving the marriage seem more attractive than leaving?
My guess is, if you are anything like me, that you believe you know your relationship, spouse and your world inside and out. So, you probably feel like you got a pretty good general idea of what to do but you just need a little bit of advice to fill in the gaps.
But let me ask you, has anything you've tried worked so far? Or has it just seemed to back fire and make things worse?
Here's the problem, it doesn't matter who you are we all make the same instinctive naturally occurring mistakes. These mistakes are pretty universal and even the best of us fall prey to making at least some, if not all of them.
These mistakes end up making our situation a whole lot worse. Everything becomes harder than it needs to be and things just don't go as well as we would like them to go. Which just leads to more frustration and anxiety that's already got a pretty good hold of you as it is.
That's why it is so important and beneficial to take guided action to save your marriage so that you don't damage it further or for that matter ruin your chances to save it altogether.
I made the same mistake. I'm not sure if it was just my stubbornness of thinking I could fix things on my own or if it was the overwhelming fear that every day that went by I wasn't making any progress was bringing me that much closer to divorce.
Because like I said before, it doesn't matter who you are, we instinctively act on impulse when it comes to matters of the heart. It is these very natural reactions that cause us to ruin our chances of saving the marriage.
And, before you know it you've added a half a dozen more problems.
So what can you do?
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Haven't you had enough stress looking for ways or answers as to how your going to save your marriage?
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What if you could take most, if not all of that worry away starting today?
Would it help you to know….
- The Top 5 Mistakes people make when a crisis arises, how to avoid them or fix them if you've done any
- The "real" secrets to a healthy, stable, loving marriage and how to start rebuilding your marriage on these principles
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Underreported: The Death of Sergei Magnitsky
Thursday, December 10, 2009
In November, a 37-year-old tax lawyer named Sergei Magnitsky died in a Russian jail cell. Before he passed away, Magnitsky drafted a series of letters and petitions describing the squalid conditions in Russia's prisons. Now, those documents have leaked and have created an unusual firestorm of criticism in a country ...


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Clay Underwood Submitted via Twitter: @tclayunderwood TY for The Race Card Project, @michele_norris. My words, inspired by my mom's first voting experience: Poll taxes keep blacks from voting.
Clay Underwood Submitted via Twitter: @tclayunderwood TY for The Race Card Project, @michele_norris. My words, inspired by my mom's first voting experience: Poll taxes keep blacks from voting.
Albert Marten, San Antonio, TX. Trinity University I'm ashamed and embarrassed to admit how unaware I was as a white person about the hate, the daily indignities, and in many cases, the physical terror suffered by my fellow citizens because of the color of their skin. The failure of my country to live up to […]
Elon Race Card Project, Isabella Cannon Room, Center for the Arts
Elon Race Card Project, Isabella Cannon Room, Center for the Arts
Anthony Villarreal, Adrian, MI. Former Police and Criminal Justice Major people automatically think I'm going to correct them on every little wrong I see them do.
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This was a one of show at The Banshee Labyrinth. We found the staff extremely helpful and they assisted our tech in setting up our music and were very helpful dealing with the audience who were greater than we had anticipated. .
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Arriving at a restaurant a short stroll from the Pacific Ocean this week, Dr Conrad Murray was generous in his assesmment of those attempting to prove he is a killer.
Before heading to a table with his actress girlfriend Nicole Alvarez, 29, and their two-year-old son, he said: "I would like to pray for the prosecutor, his associates, and his expert witness. I pray for them. That's all I can say."
The 58-year-old physician to the late Michael Jackson is barred from talking about the intricacies of his case, but it is clear there is much he would like to say about the way he has been portrayed as greedy, starstruck, incompetent and medically reckless.
Within a matter of days a jury will decide whether it was indeed his negligence that led to the singer's death, or if he was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Each morning, Dr Murray makes the 20 mile trip from his rented apartment in the seaside town of Santa Monica to the Clara Shortridge Foltz criminal justice centre, a monolithic concrete tower block in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.
He enters through a back door to avoid running a gauntlet of hatred out front, where his detractors wave placards bearing slogans such as "Lock up the Doc" in front of TV cameras.
Once inside he sits at a table with his legal team and from 8.45am a television camera is trained permanently on his face, broadcasting his reactions live to millions across America.
On the advice of his lawyers Dr Murray, who denies a charge of involuntary manslaughter, has tried to maintain an impassive mask.
But every time it slips, with a furrow of the brow or a moistening of the eyes, the moment is endlessly replayed and dissected by high profile legal analysts on TV.
So far their verdict is that things have not gone well for the defendant.
The prosecution has, in the opinion of most commentators, had a field day.
Over a period of four weeks David Walgren, a dogged Los Angeles deputy district attorney, has sought to prove that Dr Murray gave his insomniac patient an overdoese of propofol, a powerful anaesthetic intended for use in hospitals, and then failed to call 9-11 when he stopped breathing.
Jackson, who was rehearsing for a major series of concerts in London, was found dead at the age of 50 in his rented mansion in Los Angeles on June 25, 2009.
Dr Murray has admitted giving the singer a small amount, 25mg, of the drug.
The defence case rests on the theory that Jackson self-administered another, lethal dose while his doctor was out of the room, and that the entertainer therefore caused his own death.
The early headline moments from the trial came when Mr Walgren controversially presented a harrowing photograph of Jackson lying dead on a gurney, and a haunting tape of him slurring while apparently heavily sedated. With a dramatic flourish he also produced an IV bag and propofol bottle.
But the real damage to Dr Murray was done subsequently by a less theatrical, but steady, drip-feed of medical evidence.
The prosecution's star witness was an unassuming, white-haired anaesthesiologist called Dr Steven Shafer, who methodically set about demolishing Dr Murray's reputation.
It was he who wrote the guidelines and warnings that accompany each vial of propofol. In court he detailed a total of 17 "egregious" violations of the standard of care committed by Dr Murray, any one of which could have led to a "catastrophic outcome."
He also accused Dr Murray of operating in a "pharmacological never-never land" and even set up an IV drip in the court room to show how Jackson's $150,000-a-month personal physician had done it wrong.
In an attempt to undermine Dr Shafer's damning critique, which took up a week in the witness box, the defence produced their own expert, a man known to his peers as "the father of propofol."
The appearance of Dr Paul White set off an academic sub plot when it emerged that he and Dr Shafer had been friends and colleagues since meeting at Stanford University in 1978.
Their relationship appeared to have soured as a result of the trial, Dr White telling a journalist: "I will take the high road, not the low road with him." It earned him a post-trial hearing for possible contempt of court from Judge Michael Pastor, who has gagged trial participants from talking to the media.
Dr White was also accused of whispering "scumbag" to journalists during his former colleague's evidence., although he denies doing so.
The 16th and final person to take the stand on Dr Murray's behalf, Dr White used a complicated mathematical model to show that Jackson had probably injected hinmself with 25mg of propofol about one hour after a similar dose was administered by Dr Murray.
He said the second, self-injected dose of propofol, combined with eight tablets of the sedative lorazepam taken earlier in the night, could have had "lethal consequences."
The defence case is already drawing to a close after just one week, amid rumours of a rift between members of Dr Murray's defence team.
His lead attorney, the cigar-chewing Texas-based Ed Chernoff, had been staying at the California home of defence lawyer J Michael Flanagan, but has reportedly moved out.
In an attempt to highlight their client's skills as a doctor the defence called a string of former patients whose hearts Dr Murray had repaired with stents and other procedures.
Andrew Guest of Las Vegas told the court: "I'm alive today because of that man. That man sitting there is the best doctor I've ever seen."
Another patient, Ruby Mosley, described how Dr Murray founded a clinic in a poor Houston neighborhood in memory of his father. At that point tears welled up in the eyes of the normally stoic-looking defendant.
Dr Murray also has supporters outside court, amid the circus that accompanies anything to do with Michael Jackson, even in death.
Beatrice Fakhrian, a film and television agent, stands on the pavement every day brandishing a sign saying "Fair Trial for Dr Murray."
She told The Sunday Telegraph: "He's a gentle giant, very sofly spoken, non-threatening, non-confrontational. We played golf together recently and he's a member of my church. He's a very Christian, godly man who is very generous to people in need. He loved Michael Jackson. They were friends."
Standing just three yards away, eyeing Miss Fakhrian warily, stands Jackson fan Denise Smith, 47, a machinist from Seattle who is convinced of the doctor's guilt.
She said: "I think the prosecution has proved it's case and defence is a waste of time. Dr Murray is too chicken to get on the stand and answer the questions from the prosecution."
At the outset of the trial the rival camps used to form prayer circles, but as the weeks have gone by tempers have flared. Occasionally police have had to come in to keep the peace.
Among Jackson fans conspiracy theories are rife. Denis Conruit, 41, who came from Paris, France with a sign saying "Justice Pour Michael," said: "We want to discover the conspiracy behind the trial because Murray is the perfect scapegoat. There are lots of other people behind this."
Among the wilder theories are that Jackson was murdered by shadowy figures who wanted to make money out of his death. His own sister La Toya claims the singer told her he was going to be killed, and alleges that someone else was with Jackson and Dr Murray in the room when he died.
There has been no sign yet that Dr Murray himself will take the witness stand, and legal analysts said doing so could backfire. So far the jury of seven men and five women has only heard him speak in a recording of a two hour interview with police, in which the doctor said he had been trying to wean Jackson off propofol.
If convicted he faces up to four years in prison but, even if he received the maximum sentence, he might serve little or no time in jail due to overcrowding.
As a non-violent offender he may well be placed under house arrest and be required to wear an electronic tag.
"That's ridiculous," complained Jackson fan Miss Smith outside court.
"But what we want is for him to lose his medical licence, that's the main thing."


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Dan Bacalzo • New York City • Apr 19, 2012
Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Clybourne Park, will open at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre on Thursday, April 19.
Pam MacKinnon directs the play, which examines how a Chicago neighborhood changes over the course of 50 years. The Broadway production features the entire original cast from the play's Off-Broadway premiere at Playwrights Horizons: Crystal A. Dickinson, Brendan Griffin, Damon Gupton, Christina Kirk, Annie Parisse, Jeremy Shamos and Frank Wood.
The show features sets by Daniel Ostling, costumes by Ilona Somogyi, lighting by Allen Lee Hughes, and sound by John Gromada.
Opening night guests will include Pulitzer Prize winners Edward Albee, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Tom Kitt and Marsha Norman along with first nighters Bob Balaban, Laura Benanti, Daniel Breaker, Bobby Cannavale, Jake Cannavale, Rick Elice, Edie Falco, Ben Feldman, Michael Greif, Bryant and Hilary Gumbel, Moisés Kaufman, Arian Moayed, Richard Nelson, Steven Pasquale, Wendell Pierce, Martha Plimpton, Roger Rees, Salman Rushdie, Johanna Settle, Lois Smith, Paul Sparks, Elaine Stritch, Tamara Tunie, and Pauletta Washington.
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Film-maker Stephen Fingleton whose apocalyptic vision of the future was shot in the wilds of Co Antrim... and how he thinks The End might come
As his movie The Survivalist opens at Belfast's QFT tomorrow, BAFTA-nominated NI film-maker Stephen Fingleton tells Ivan Little why Northern Ireland really could be the new Hollywood
From the moment that Londonderry-born Stephen Fingleton caught sight of blockbusters like ET and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, he made up his mind to work in the film industry.
"I was obsessed," says the 32-year-old writer, director and composer who, unlike his youthful friends, wasn't just captivated by the characters on screen, but also by the people making the films.
Stephen, who has been shortlisted for the outstanding debut BAFTA award, didn't watch the films in his formative years with the same wide-eyed wonderment of his peers and instead concentrated on what the camera operators were doing.
Stephen recalls: "I used to wear down the video tapes of films like Thundercats and Back to the Future, as well as ET and Close Encounters.
"I was trying to work out where the cameras were and all the angles they were filming. I saw them so many times that I think my knowledge of how to shoot films nowadays comes from that period."
Stephen, who also lived in Warrenpoint and Enniskillen, where his family are still based, never entertained thoughts of anything other than a movie-making career, though for a time he toyed with the idea of becoming an actor.
However, the opportunities in Enniskillen for aspiring film producers weren't exactly plentiful and Stephen moved to London to study English at a university which had a film society, where he was able to indulge his passion.
"I got access to the right equipment and started to make films. I also began writing scripts and making short films to improve my craft," says Stephen, who had to work long and hard before industry insiders sat up and took notice of his talents.
But his patience paid off — and a number of his short films earned him widespread critical acclaim.
One of them called SLR, which was about voyeur pornography and starred Liam Cunningham and South Armagh actor Ryan McParland, was in the running for an Oscar for a Live Action Short Film in 2013, the same year Stephen was selected by Screen International as a Star of Tomorrow.
The Irish Independent also named him as one of the 14 names to watch in 2014 and Stephen proved them right with The Survivalist.
"I wanted to make a film that I could fund myself," he points out. "My plan was to write a story that was small enough for me to know that I could achieve it."
The end result was the script for The Survivalist, which was heavily promoted by Northern Ireland Screen and got him recognition in Hollywood and in Britain, enabling him to raise a budget to turn his dream into a reality.
The Survivalist was well received at its world premiere at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival in New York, where one reviewer from an industry magazine called Stephen a major discovery.
Similar rave reviews followed at a series of festivals around the world for the film which has been billed as a post-Apocalyptic thriller, telling the story of one unnamed man who lives alone, struggling to stay alive in a small piece of land hidden away in the depths of a forest after the collapse of civilisation.
His sanctuary is threatened, however, when two women, a mother and daughter, find his farm and seek food and shelter, offering him sex in return.
The lead role is played by award-winning west Belfast actor Martin McCann, who was in Closing the Ring, Killing Bono and The Pacific, and the women are portrayed by Mia Goth, star of the movie Nymphomaniac, along with the Irish stage actress Olwen Fouere. The movie was filmed in a private estate just outside Ballymoney last year and for McCann, it marked a series of firsts in that he has sex scenes and also appears naked for parts of the movie.
Another departure is that there's little dialogue for an actor who's more used to having a lot to say on screen.
Stephen is a fervent McCann fan and collaborated with him on another short called Magpie, a prequel to The Survivalist.
"Martin wasn't originally going to be in The Survivalist because I wrote it for an older actor, but I had such a great time working with him on Magpie that I used him on The Survivalist. He really is a special actor.
"Even though he has so little dialogue in the film, you know what he is thinking at every point of time through what he communicates with his eyes. He is also a great leader of a team."
Stephen prefers to call The Survivalist a "post-event" film than a post-Apocalypse movie, but he acknowledges that the genre is increasingly popular with cinema audiences, who have flocked to see the likes of the Mad Max movies, The Road and 28 Days Later.
Stephen believes the films are exciting and he adds that some of them are almost like westerns especially Mad Max: Fury Road which he compares to the classic John Ford movie Stagecoach, only for a modern audience.
The BAFTA nomination has obviously been a major fillip for Stephen, who says: "I am very pleased. The BAFTAs are among the most prestigious awards in the world and for a film like ours to be up for one of them is great. I see it as recognition of the work of our cast and crew.
"And if it was a bigger film, I have no doubt that it would be nominated in other categories, too.
"My premise in writing was to see if I could make a science fiction film without special effects, and it is based on the idea of population growth and limited world resources.
"Maybe it has something to do with coming from Ireland because we know how important resources are to us, because we had the famine and we've been through that."
Stephen also likens his story to the decline of ancient Rome and ancient Greece where people had to adapt to a new world and new circumstances.
So, is that how he sees the future which lies ahead for the modern world?
"I think there are two bets on the table — that we will continue growing forever. And the other one is that we won't. Personally I think it's the latter and The Survivalist is one depiction of how things may happen.
"I think there are tough times ahead, but I don't know when. Right now we have a global economy which depends on various resources like fresh water, petroleum and even antibiotics. And if any one of those goes into decline and is not able to match the growth of the population, we are going to have a serious conflict."
Stephen read up extensively into the subject of how societies fail or succeed before finishing his script for The Survivalist and one book, Collapse by Jared Diamond, about the choices that civilisations make, had a significant impact on his thinking.
"The film almost takes an anthropological approach to people," says Stephen. "It studies them from the outside and invites the audience to study them, too. And that's what I was interested in — the various strategies that people will deploy to survive and the different things that are revealed about human nature."
The Survivalist will be released throughout the UK next month, but will have its first showings at the Queen's Film Theatre from tomorrow where Stephen will be doing a question and answer session after the first three nights.
But that may be as far as he gets into the spotlight because his early ambitions to act have been left behind. For now.
He adds: "I think what I do best is getting performances out of other people. My services are much better deployed behind the scenes, but I do still sometimes think about acting because no one should ever underestimate the power of vanity."
Stephen's next project will in America. "It's a more mainstream, bigger budget film which will be what a proper science fiction production should be — with lots of special effects. It's very different in tone."
Stephen will direct the movie and he is currently writing the script for the production which will be shot in the States.
But he is keen to work again in Northern Ireland which has become one of the movie locations for film-makers from around the globe.
"I will always look to reward the loyalty which Northern Ireland Screen has shown me by making productions here," he says, adding that The Survivalist's location in Co Antrim was a perfect fit.
"There was an argument that we should have shot it in Wicklow on a mountain top but in Ballymoney we were able to be on set after breakfast in three minutes. So it wasn't all about travelling for the actors."
During a series of media interviews to promote The Survivalist Stephen revealed that he might, one day make a film on the subject of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. But that's a long way off he insists. For the moment he's more concerned about how The Survivalist will go down with audiences in Belfast and across the UK.
That and the small matter of an acceptance speech which he will hopefully have to make at the BAFTAs on Valentine's Night in London...
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