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It's Week Three of HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. Whenever possible, AJC high schools beat writer Michael Carvell will try to blog live Friday nights and take your questions about high school football and related topics.
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September 10th, 2009
11:59 am
Calhoun vs Cartersville – CSS
Go Jackets.
September 10th, 2009
12:20 pm
We Are Woodstock………
September 10th, 2009
12:22 pm
AJC Sports…….What's your line on Woodstock VS McEachern?
September 10th, 2009
12:29 pm
Yall don't show no love to B.T. Washington HS since Branden Smith left. Yall thought Washington was a one man show? #6 Zack Wichett( don't know if I spelled it right) Might be one of the top juniors in the nation. Plus don't forget about Antonio Goodwin, Quadrel Forte and Garrison Glass they make plays too. Show the APS school some more love.
September 10th, 2009
12:42 pm
Michael Carvell,
No disrespect, but you can't be serious about previewing those games.
Northview at Peachtree Ridge (Michael Carvell's live chat game)
Sequoyah at Hillgrove
McNair at M.L. King
Buford at Lovett
Are you serious? Oh I get it. You only preview more North Georgia Teams…… How bias…..
September 10th, 2009
12:57 pm
The 4 games you highlighted are probably not the best matchups to say the least. P'tree Ridge will put something on Northview that Ajax can't take off. MLK will do the same to McNair and likewise Buford to Lovett. As far as Sequoyah-Hillgrove, I know nothing about either school. I believe McEachern-Woodstock is probably the best metro matchup this week. South Gwinnett names the score against Meadowcreek & the Grayson-Dacula tilt will NOT be decided on the final play of the game (as Dacula's first 2 games were)
Would be interested in Carver-Columbus-NSWR game. Probably the best game in the state.
September 10th, 2009
1:35 pm
fitz/worth……I guess fitz 2nd string will get alot of playing time AGAIN…will fitz get tested in the regular season????fitz seems to have a better D this year, offense can not be stopped.
September 10th, 2009
1:49 pm
September 10th, 2009
1:50 pm
I've gotta agree with my new southern brothers. Woodstock-McEachern and CC-NSWR are by far the top games in the state. I'm not sure about the NSWR game, but I know that the winner of the Wood-McE game is going to be favored to win the region. Just wish I could make it up to see it. I wanta throw in Camden-Hoover game as the 3rd best game. Not sure about #4. Any body got anything so we can make the REAL, er the Fan's top 4 games of the week. haha
September 10th, 2009
2:13 pm
Peachtree Ridge destroying Northview is your live chat game and you've got MaCeahern at Woodstock probably battling for the region title?….Im with sportsfan 31313…You can't be serious
September 10th, 2009
2:30 pm
Wolverine2Blazer………Your game with MaCeahern is the #1 game this week due to it's implications,this game might turn out to be the #1 game of the year………Followed by Burke and Statesboro ,Northside/Carver and the game everyone seems to be forgeting about Peach Co and Baldwin.
September 10th, 2009
2:31 pm
Lowndes rocks! I'm with Reeze and the rest. Northview lost by 27 to Marietta so the Ridge game is a certain blowout. I know they don't like to get too far OTP (outside the perimeter for our southern friends) but I think Woodstock is closer to downtown than Suwanee! I don't really have a dog in this fight but I'll pull for the Woodstock Woodys using my ABC (Anything But Cobb) approach. We non-Cobb teams have to stick together. Besides there's something about the slim possibility of 9-0 EP at 9-0 Woodstock to end the season that I really like.
September 10th, 2009
2:43 pm
Lowndes rolls! Meanwhile, back in the BONEYARD, they're loading the cannon and getting the water ready because that barrel really heats up when you shoot it off so much! The S Cobb Eaglettes (the real eagles in the region are at Etowah) are flying in for a brief and extremely painful visit. I'm pretty sure there will be more band moms than football fans on the visitors side. One thing I'm absolutely sure of, I won't get any blowback from S Cobb fans because none of them can read or write! It says here Raiders 44 – S Cobb Eaglettes, thanks for coming!!!!! here comes the boom, here comes the boom, here comes the ….
September 10th, 2009
3:00 pm
Sports Fan 31313: Chip has picked Houston Co. over Bradwell this week. Give me your feedback, please.
September 10th, 2009
3:08 pm
Im still not sure how you could argue grayson is overrated at this point
September 10th, 2009
3:16 pm
SouthGARules …….Hoco's Running attack and defense is a lot better than the last couple season's…..They shouldn't have any problems with Bradwell
September 10th, 2009
3:17 pm
All I know is McEachern 2-0 (AAAAA) and Hillgrove 2-0(AAAA) are only 1/4 mile away from each other and both look to go deep into the playoffs…………POWDER SPRINGS FOOTBALL is on the rise….watch out.
September 10th, 2009
3:32 pm
Grayson is DEFINITELY overrated and I can't wait til next week when South Gwinnett proves it!!
September 10th, 2009
4:57 pm
Greetings AJC Sports,
Thanks for the update. I will definitely tune into the Camden County / Hoover Ala game on Espn.
September 10th, 2009
5:06 pm
Greetings SouthGaRules,
I see that Chip Saye has picked Houston County over Bradwell Institute. I am a Bradwell Institute fan by far, but I am also a realist. I don't think that Bradwell Institute has ever beaten Houston County, and I stand to be corrected if I am wrong. Bradwell Institute is a fairly young team with new players on a rebuilding year. However; this young inexperienced team is playing better than the team of last year. They are 2-0 this as compared to last year, Bradwell Institute went 0-2 the beginning of the season due to injuries at the beginning of last year's season. But Bradwell Institute ended up with a strong come back winning 7 seven games in row losing only to the last regular season game to Region3-AAAAA Champions Camden County who went on to win the State Championship. Bradwell Institute Defense this year is very fast and physical, just like the teams from Region1-AAAAA. They are getting better every week. So this year, I am going to give the edge to Bradwell Institute because of their defense, and them having home field advantage. This will be a very hard hitting game. This game will be determine by defense.
September 10th, 2009
5:08 pm
I disagree with you. I'm giving Bradwell Institute the edge because of their defense as well, and home field advantage.
September 10th, 2009
5:23 pm
there is no way south gwinnett will beat grayson. nuff said
September 10th, 2009
5:23 pm
team isn't overrated one bit, in fact im surprised they went down in the national rankings after shutting out warner robbins. what is overrated is yall's announcer: "G-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-a-y-y-y-y-son", he sounds like he ate too many beans for dinner last night
September 10th, 2009
5:31 pm
GAFB: WE will see if nuff said come next Friday night and haha.Grayson. Big deal ya won by 10 points!! 10 count them 10!! That ain't saying a whole lot. Yall really are just squeaking by with a W and I am waiting for someone to really sock it to ya!!
September 10th, 2009
5:54 pm
The Cannon is loaded and ready for tomorrow night at "THE BONEYARD", I am a bit curious about this years South Cobb team…they lost 14 / 6 to Campbell in their opener then BEAT Kennesaw Mountain 21 / 0 !!! Those type scores scare me a bit and I hope EAST is not looking past South Cobb to next weeks McEachern game.
and to "Wolverine2Blazer"…Regardless who wins the Woodstock / McEachern game tomorrow night the winner of that game WILL NOT be favored to win the division!!! BOTH of these teams still have to play EAST PAULDING'S RAIDERS…and our Raiders may be 9/0 going into that last week when we travel TO WOODSTOCK!!!
But the COUNTDOWN IS on for 5A-AAAAA and that noise South Cobb is hearing already IS NOT THUNDER…TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
September 10th, 2009
6:23 pm
Has anyone scored a lot of points on Warner Robins yet? That is a stout defense. May say Grayson offense is down, but is it really? Lets watch and see if Warner Robins beats up offense this week and if Grayson puts up points on Dacula to determine things a bit more. What has been seen the last 2 weeks is Grayson's defense dominating the other teams. Has South played a solid defense yet. I think not. With that defense Grayson is at least in the top 10 in the state.
I hope Camden changes the QB or they will get torn apart this week! They will really fall in the standings then.
September 10th, 2009
7:11 pm
Good luck Woodstock hope we will meet in Playoff Camden Wildcat Fan Go Cats Hoover Alabama 10 Camden Wildcat 34
September 10th, 2009
7:37 pm
TJ: I don't think this weekend is a true barometer for Warner Robins. They play Beach of Savannah Saturday night. In hoops, I would take Beach, but in football, Warner Robins rolls. Warner Robins keyed on Ean Pemberton all night. Grayson moved the ball between the 20's all night, but missed FG's & losing the ball on downs did not help. Grayson will be fine. I don't see anyone beating them in regular season.
Sportsfan 31313 & Reeze: Thanks for the input on Houston Co & Bradwell.
September 10th, 2009
7:40 pm
Haha okay!!! your an idiot. wow. if you think that grayson will lose to south. South beat a Norcross team that is not that good this year. Let's not get carried away. I mean it could happen but I highly doubt it.
September 10th, 2009
8:42 pm
Well Cannon, it seems that we've finally found something we dont agree on. The sound that Region 5 is hearing isn't your ticking alarm clock, but the sound's of hell's bells eminating from deep within the Rock, beating like the heart of the Woodshed, waiting to open up the gates and RELEASE THE FURY of the mighty Wolverines within. Dont forget ya'll have gotta come to us too.
September 10th, 2009
9:01 pm
Thanks Shoneybear……..it was a great trip to Camden last year…very friendly fans and a great atmosphere.
September 10th, 2009
10:05 pm
I'll tell you CANNON … S Cobb is a team that can easily be overlooked…that is…until they are looking back at you in their rear view mirror after running over you. I worry about the same thing. The best thing going for East in that regard is the week off prior to the game. They've had time to look ahead, watch some films from both teams and get focused on tomorrow.
I think they roll and the cannon roars!
September 10th, 2009
11:25 pm
Here's the deal…McEachern crushes Woodstock; Woodstock crushes East Paulding; Harrison crushes East Paulding; and the top 4 in 5AAAAA is…..McEachern, Woodstock, Harrison & Etowah!! Kool-Aid anyone?
September 11th, 2009
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September 11th, 2009
2:21 am
Shoneybear, I'm with my fellow Wolverine even if i dont know who it is. The Camden game was a great game last year and its something i'll never forget. And not just cuz it was my final game. Ya'll got a great program down there. Or overthere sense i'm in Valdosta now. haha. I've got nothing but praise for ya'll and hope ya'll whoop up on Hoover.
Hoya Chuck, I dont really thing that the McE-Wood-East games will be blowouts. They're all 3 great teams. Woodstock and East both have to great of D's to be lighted up. Not really sure about McE but i'm sure it isn't to shabby. I think that this friday's Wood-McE and the East-McE in a few weeks will shead alot of light onto who's going to be the top 3. I must say though. That Week 11 game of undefeted East and Woodstock does sound pretty amazing.
September 11th, 2009
6:39 am
Wolverine2blazer………Here's a hint………DM's dad.
September 11th, 2009
7:06 am
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September 11th, 2009
7:11 am
Hoya Chuck…
I wish that McEachern / Woodstock game had fell on EAST bye week I would have loved to gone to see it. I don't think last week was a fluke and I will be shocked if McEachern "crushes" Woodstock…Last year Woodstock came to "THE BONEYARD" and beat the Raiders…they are well coached and will be even tougher AT HOME…for McEachern to win they will have to play close to perfect all night. It may come down to a special team play from some of that "speed" we been hearing McEachern has this year.
As far as Harrison "crushing" EAST…You forget SOOOOO easy how hard fought last years EAST / HARRISON game was. You saw EAST only one time and that night EAST BEAT ITSELF!!! You forget how "BEAT – UP" Harrison was in the weeks following the EAST game…Ya'll LOST 2 of the next 3 games with players so bruised and banged up they needed weeks to recover from the beating they took from the EAST "D"!!! This year the Hoya "pups" come to "THE BONEYARD"…WELCOME TO REALITY!!!
EAST loyality aside if Harrison finishes above 500 this year it will be a a stroke of luck…the look of 5A-AAAAA has changes and you will hear a fan favorite all year….4th Quarter Raider Quarter!!!! as our Raiders finish off team after team on their march to the Division title!!!
September 11th, 2009
8:54 am
Michael: Just read your article on the top active coaches in GA. Would like to point something out to you.
There have been 3 Heisman Trphy winners that played HS ball in GA. In addition to Charlie Ward (TCC), there is Herschel Walker (Johnson Co.) & George Rogers (Duluth).
September 11th, 2009
8:57 am
Northgate can take Banneker tonite. Play team ball. Do not go back to daddy ball or Little Bobby ball. Go Nortgate.
September 11th, 2009
10:43 am
Chip Saye had this to say:
September 10th, 2009
10:35 pm
For what it's worth, three of the games you guys have mentioned (Burke vs. Statesboro, Houston vs. Bradwell, and Whitewater vs. Mays) were some of the ones I struggled most with this week. I do think Burke County, in particular, is very good. If they beat Statesboro, I'm on board big-time. Wins by Mays and Bradwell wouldn't surprise me one bit either. And I didn't think Hiram would beat Washington, either.
September 11th, 2009
10:44 am
How is the East Coweta Football doing tis year?
September 11th, 2009
12:00 pm
Grayson is Definitely on a mission this year. We're back and stroger than ever. We have one thing on our mind and that is STATE. Defeat the others to get to the top. it ONE TEAM ONE DREAM, baby. Go RAMS!!!! Check us out at Dcaula tonight at 7:30.
September 11th, 2009
12:29 pm
Prediction for 9/18/2009, Grayson 35, South Gwinnett 10. SG hasn't played anyone and their fans act like they're the best team in the state. They are in for a very rude awakening. With all the smack they're talking, this game will get bloody early.
September 11th, 2009
12:43 pm
Grayson is not over rated. They are a pretty good team. But I doubt that it could beat Lowndes County this year. It will be a toss up between Peachtree Ridge and Grayson. Peachtree Ridge beat them last year remember. Peachtree Ridge?????? I don't know as of yet. They got blown away by Perinnial Power Lowndes County did'nt they? But out of all fairness, No one will beat Lowndes County This year. Those Plow Boys are too Big, too Fast, Too Physical. This Team is the Camden County Team of last year. But I would'nt count out Peachtree yet.
September 11th, 2009
1:11 pm
What is it with the stupid cannons? Several high schools seem to be using them in the state. I guess it would be more "dramatic" if only one school were using them, but good grief, it seems pretty cheesey to me. Do the high schools that have the cannons not have bands to play after scores are made? It's all a mystery to me.
September 11th, 2009
1:13 pm
Hoya Chuck – You're going below 500 tonight. You'll probably rally the next two weeks but then Woodstock at home and EP and MAC on the road will put you sub 500 for the season. You beat EP last year because we self-destructed with a fumbled punt and Robbie G was great on O and D. This year you got nothing after the turnipseed kid and he's not enough…no playoffs for you.
September 11th, 2009
1:28 pm
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PHP solution for getting all keys
I have run Membase in combination with PHP, but run into a problem I could not solve. Once a day, I want to read all keys that are currently in a Membase bucket, but I never truly found a descent answer to this.
First some background info:
Not long ago I was still running Memcached instead of Membase, and there was a simple, though effective way to read these keys in PHP (see below). Basicly I would use the statistics to get slab ids and using those, I would retrieve all items in in that slap to eventually go on until all keys were read.
Unfortunately this functionality broke when I updated to Membase 1.6.x or 1.7 resulting in me staying with Memcached. I really like to update to Membase, mostly because of the database behind it, but I will need a way to read all present keys in the Membase bucket.
I was wondering if there are already some solution that could do this. This solution does not have to be in PHP, as long as I could eventually write it to a file or import it into my PHP solution.
Anyone who could help me out here?
$list = array(); $all_slabs = $this->_Memcache->getExtendedStats('slabs'); foreach($all_slabs as $server => $slabs){ foreach(array_keys($slabs) as $slab_id){ $cdump = $this->_Memcache->getExtendedStats('cachedump', (int) $slab_id); foreach($cdump as $keys => $values){ if(!is_array($values)) continue; foreach($values as $key => $value){ if(empty($store) || substr($key, 0, strlen($store)) == $store){ if(empty($store)){ $list[] = $key; } else{ $list[] = substr($key, strlen($store) + 1); } } } } } } return $list;
The most straightforward way to do this is via the TAP protocol. In 1.7 linux, there's an example script in...
It should be possible to go from there to file or pipe, and then to PHP. Here's some more info on the TAP protocol details...
Problem is that I only run Windows systems, so a linux solution is out of the question, and basically, I was looking for a solution that I could simply 'plug in'; a finished client that is able to get me those keys
Since I am very sure I am not the only one wanting something like this from Membase I hoped to find someone who does have this
One extra aspect of this is that python (like PHP) is cross-platform. Unlike linux systems, however, Windows doesn't come with python stuff pre-installed with the O/S. You can get Windows python installers, though, from http://python.org
If you like Java, too, there's Java class libraries that implement the TAP protocol. Please see: http://www.couchbase.org/
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According to court documents, it appeared to be some kind of wholesale business, though not so much for the appliances but rather large amounts of Mexican marijuana.
This week, more than a ton of marijuana was seized from a truck, packed in a number of freezers.
It was the largest seizure of marijuana in Fort Wayne since 6,700 pounds – more than three tons – were seized from Matthew McChesney six years ago.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of 50-year-old Martin Gonzalez Medina, an Indianapolis man now facing a charge of possession with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana.
The 2-year-investigation into Medina's activities revealed he wanted to set up warehouses in Texas and Indiana for the purpose of shipping loads of pot concealed in what would look like a legitimate cover of appliances, court records said.
Through investigative techniques, officers with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency Task Force in northeast Indiana learned Medina established a fictitious business in January with phony paperwork and a bank account, according to court documents.
The task force consists of federal agents from the DEA and IRS, as well as agents from the Steuben and Noble county sheriff's departments and Fort Wayne Police Department.
Medina said he leased a warehouse in Texas to package and ship the pot, then leased a warehouse in Fort Wayne, according to court documents.
In February, Medina met with an informant at his Fort Wayne warehouse and discussed an upcoming shipment from his warehouse in Texas.
In March, he told the informant they were ready to start running empty trucks between the warehouses, according to court documents. Later in the month, he talked with the informant about the big opening or the shipment of the first load of marijuana from Texas to Fort Wayne, concealed in the appliances.
On Monday, Medina was arrested at a local hotel room. Earlier in the day, the Fort Wayne Police Emergency Services Team entered the warehouse off Industrial Road and secured the loaded box truck and the building.
After opening the freezers in the truck, officers found 2,160 pounds concealed in 12 freezers and wrapped in nearly 100 bundles varying in size and weight, according to court documents.
Jack Riley, the DEA special agent in charge of the Chicago Field Division, said in a statement Wednesday that the shipment was among the largest in the area in recent years.
This seizure shows that large-scale criminal drug trafficking organizations continue to try to use Fort Wayne both as a local distribution center and a trans-shipment point for distribution to other states, Riley said.
In the unrelated case from 2008, McChesney is serving 27 years in federal prison.
An alleged associate, Michael Fabini, awaits trial on a federal indictment of conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana.
In an unrelated case, two men were charged last month after 582 pounds of marijuana were found in a home in the 8000 block of Auburn Road.


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Pan-Grilled Tomato and Feta Salad with Lemon-Caper Dressing
Photo: William Meppem
Yield: Makes 6 servings
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 heaping tablespoon capers, rinsed
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 3/4 pound green beans, trimmed
- 1 4-ounce piece of Feta cheese (not crumbled)
- 3 large slicing tomatoes, cut into 3/4-inch-thick slices
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, or 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 bunch arugula, or 1 bag mixed salad greens
- 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- To make the dressing, combine the oil and lemon juice in a small jar and shake vigorously. Mix in the capers and parsley; set aside.
- Heat a large pot of lightly salted water to boiling. Drop in the green beans and cook, uncovered, 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain, then rinse immediately with cold water. Cut the Feta into 4 slices and set aside to drain on paper towels. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle the tomato slices with the thyme, salt, and a few grinds of pepper. Place the tomato slices in the skillet and cook until lightly browned, about 1 minute. Flip and brown the other side. Arrange the arugula on 4 salad plates. Place a few tomato slices on each plate along with some of the green beans. Coat the Feta in the bread crumbs. Add the oil to the skillet and brown the cheese on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. Add to the salad plates. Drizzle the dressing over the salads.
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- COURSE: Salad Dressings, Side Dishes/Vegetables
- CONVENIENCE: Quick/Easy
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Cheese, Vegetables
- OCCASION: Autumn
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Top 50 of 1980s January 27, 2009Posted by clydefro in : Classic Films, 1980s , 11 comments
My lists of Top 50 films from each decade seem to be quite popular and I'm happy to continue with them. They are compiled for the purpose of submission at the Criterion forum (.org), in the Lists Project. I then put together an attempt to justify my selections via a few sentences, as well as adding links whenever I've written about a particular film. This decade, the 1980s, is a particularly difficult one for multiple reasons. Foremost, I don't like it. The '80s in general just don't interest me. I don't really like the movies, the music, the television, anything. There are, of course, exceptions and all 50 of these films listed below are ones I do enjoy on some level. The additional snag is that I've probably seen less movies of merit from the '80s than any other decade since the '30s, or maybe even the '20s. I tried to fill in a lot of the more obvious gaps (I'd never seen Blade Runner before this project, for example), but some things still eluded me.
Another problem is the multiple versions for so many of the important films of the decade. There's a director's cut for this and an extended cut for that. Who can see all of these different iterations? Mostly, I found a version that seemed definitive and used it. Thus, The Big Red One is really the Reconstruction from 2004 and Fanny & Alexander is the longer television version. I don't even know which Manhunter my vote is for, though. The simple idea of so many versions and so many extended cuts makes for additional anxiety. I cheated with Fanny & Alexander since it has a television and a theatrical cut, but I didn't feel right about including mammoth productions like Berlin Alexanderplatz or Kieslowski's The Decalogue. How do you begin to weigh a program that lasts hours upon hours against a simple 90 minute picture? My decision was to stick to theatrical features.
The list itself is one of my more eccentric offerings. There are things you won't see and will wonder where they are, and there will probably be others that you'll fail to understand how they either made the list at all or received such high placement. I can only say that this is what felt right at the time and I'm sure it'll change or improve eventually. Enjoy, and thanks for reading.
1.) Blue Velvet (Lynch, 1986) - A film full of disorienting playfulness hidden behind suburban America. Lynch is so good at turning the sense of what makes us feel safe completely on its side and resulting in something terrible and horrific. I'm not a fanatic of Lynch's films, but absolutely no one in American cinema has been able to so successfully peel back the scab of suburbia. I think this is still his best film and I'd be extremely disturbed to encounter either Dennis Hopper or Dean Stockwell in the darkness of night. Virtually every film (plus Twin Peaks) that Lynch has made since owes some debt to Blue Velvet.
2.) After Hours (Scorsese, 1985) - Better than Raging Bull?? I don't know. I do know that I'd rather sit down with After Hours. I absolutely love movies that veer off into unpredictable and odd directions with the protagonist in tow. This is, in my opinion, the best of that sort of film. Griffin Dunne plays a guy who has the night of his life in New York City, all while simply trying to get back home. You get a sense of the frustration and the strange exhilaration he experiences in the process. Scorsese is one of my favorite directors, and I've seen virtually all of his films, but this may actually be my favorite. When I met him a couple of years ago, this was the DVD I asked to have signed.
3.) Wings of Desire (Wenders, 1987) - The idea of the "life-affirming" film too often gets relegated to a ghetto full of junk. This is different. This is nearly perfect in its insistence on gathering everything we know about the human experience and reminding us how privileged we are. We're privy to the idea that our emotional treasure chest is greater than most anything the world has to offer. I've not seen all of Wenders' work by any means, but it's nonetheless surprising to find him having made this particular film. It is far from being overly sentimental or treacly. It is, however, entirely life-affirming.
4.) Raging Bull (Scorsese, 1980) - Brilliant indeed, but what turns me off slightly from Scorsese's mammoth achievement is the sheer brutality of the whole thing. There is no redemption. There is no sense of any warmth being exuded at all. I don't feel that even Scorsese likes Jake La Motta. De Niro probably does, but not screenwriter Paul Schrader or Scorsese. Otherwise, this is a high point in the film biography for its unflinching desire to reveal the unsympathetic reality of celebrity. There's no one in the film I feel any emotion for, but like a car crash, I'm still completely enthralled.
5.) Videodrome (Cronenberg, 1983) - I was a latecomer to the Cronenberg parade. It took actually hearing him speak and then trying to understand his point of view before being sold, but I think I'm there now. I watched Videodrome one night and couldn't believe my eyes. Where Cronenberg excels is by inventing these situations seemingly indebted to the science fiction genre while still maintaining a more intellectual stance that allows for separate consideration apart from stomach cavities. This is, for me, his peak thus far and just about as compelling as cinema gets. If you can get past the muck and ooze of the make-up, there's an important cautionary tale about technology and obsession. And, of course, some people enjoy the muck and ooze.
6.) Do the Right Thing (Lee, 1989) - Incendiary statement against racism, certainly. Powerful announcement of a new voice in American cinema. Spike Lee is another of my favorite contemporary directors. This is simultaneously loud and aggressive, truly the work of a master filmmaker with strong opinions. He's since managed to alienate a great deal of the moviegoing public, making his name almost a liability on a picture, but very few directors from Lee's generation have branded themselves to such a degree on the public at large. Do the Right Thing is special because it was clearly made for a select few who might understand the intentions of a simmering racial divide in the midst of what is supposed to be one of the most diverse areas in the country. The film was slightly misunderstood, but has never abandoned its reputation of being, foremost, an important work of its time.
7.) The Verdict (Lumet, 1982) - Unfortunately, this didn't even rank in the final tally, but it's very nearly Paul Newman's best performance, rivaled by The Hustler and, possibly, Hud. I particularly like Sidney Lumet's films because they seem free from so much of the superfluous nonsense actors often try to inject. Lumet got great performances from his actors time and again. The work here from Newman and the script from a young buck named David Mamet are extraordinarily balanced and distressing. The film does well in highlighting one man's attempt at redemption and the constant force he seems to be struggling against. It's not a movie about alcoholism or, really, the judicial process, but the idea of a last chance where failure really means the end.
8.) Something Wild (Demme, 1986) - Proof that the studio system didn't take a break the entire decade. Jonathan Demme's outrageous and entertaining tribute to both film noir and screwball comedy is a marvel of the unexpected. You think one thing and the film does another. It's two very separate halves that form an impressive whole. Melanie Griffith has never been better and Ray Liotta has rarely been as psychotic, though the competition is a bit fierce there. Yet, it's Jeff Daniels who holds it all together as the suburban geek whose home life is shot to hell. Griffith's Lulu is using Daniels no more than he's benefiting from her.
9.) The Purple Rose of Cairo (Allen, 1985) - Jeff Daniels once again, this time in an effective dual role as both a 1930s film character who emerges from the screen and the worried actor who portrays him. Mia Farrow seems to basically be imitating Woody Allen with her mannerisms, but it's somehow okay this time. If you love film in general, especially watching old movies in the cinema, this should resonate. There's a perfection via Allen's reluctance to go overboard that he rarely achieves in his films. The only complaint is Danny Aiello's character, who may be necessary but still comes across as a stereotype.
10.) Veronika Voss (Fassbinder, 1982) - Such beautiful black and white cinematography that the rest almost seems beside the point. Inspired by the tragic life of Sybille Schmitz, Fassbinder finds an affecting plot to complement the aesthetics and ends up with a film that's both engrossing and deeply unsettling. The character of Veronika Voss may have been modeled after German actress Schmitz, but here she also resembles Norma Desmond from Sunset Blvd. and I think that elevates the film into something beyond simply the fictional biography.
The Natural April 5, 2007Posted by clydefro in : Classic Films, 1980s , add a comment
The Natural, now twenty-three years since its theatrical release in 1984, seemed like an almost instant classic. Call it nostalgia if you like, but Barry Levinson's movie of the 1952 Bernard Malamud novel just feels like it was made several decades before it actually was. Mostly set in 1939, the film effectively captures the look and mood of that era in baseball. Its PG rating accurately reflects the limited profanity and lack of overt sexuality that would make The Natural feel right at home if it had come out a generation or more earlier. As a child, I can remember being shocked that the film wasn't older since it seemed like the mystique of The Natural had always existed.
Then again, I was partially right, even if I didn't realize it at the time. Aside from the period detail, the main reason Roy Hobbs' story resonates so loudly and feels so authentic is because it's heavily steeped in mythology. Taking its cues from Malamud's book, the film goes to great lengths to connect Roy Hobbs, fully embodied by Robert Redford, to characters like Odysseus and King Arthur. This not only adds a sense of timelessness, but also advances the idea that baseball is merely a backdrop for a story that applies to countless persons throughout history. A large part of why Greek tragedy and mythological stories have remained popular for so long is their eternal relevance to human life. Specific circumstances have changed over time, but no emotions are felt that haven't been agonized over repeatedly before.
There's more to the mythology angle though. No other film about baseball has had the cognizance to recognize the nearly intangible mythic qualities of the game of baseball itself. It's the journey of Roy Hobbs in the story of The Natural, but there are many other figures from the real life history of the game that inspire comparisons to mythology. Babe Ruth, the obvious inspiration for the character of "The Whammer" in Malamud's story, will probably always be the supreme baseball god, the Zeus of the diamond. His legendary strength (he finished his career with 714 home runs, surpassing the all time record when he hit his 139th in 1921) and seeming invincibility were unknown to baseball mortals. Other players from before World War II, when baseball was unrivaled in popularity among sports, have been deified for their unbelievable accomplishments as well. Lou Gehrig's incredible 2,130 consecutive games played and the once-believed untouchable strikeout total of pitcher Walter Johnson have both been bested, but in significantly different circumstances and decades later. Thus, it's not too much of a stretch to call baseball players the mythological gods of the American twentieth century.
If Roy Hobbs had been real, he might have been right up there on baseball's Mt. Olympus with Ruth and Gehrig. Sports stories have a way of feeling stale or recycled in the movies, but The Natural is able to make its own path despite using a few of the old stand-bys we've come to expect. Much of its enjoyment lies in the intriguing idea of a supremely talented, confident young ball player who is literally shot down before his prime, only to be resurrected on the downside of his thirties to lead a cellar dwelling team to the pennant. The execution is key as well though, with Barry Levinson ably directing only his second feature film. Levinson has been a frustratingly inconsistent director who's made some wonderful films like Bugsy, Wag the Dog and the Oscar-winning Rain Man, a film I still love despite a downsliding critical consensus. He's also directed some pretty mediocre things, but his heavy involvement in the television series Homicide: Life on the Street, the best procedural drama ever, tips the scale in his favor for me.
A lot of what makes The Natural so enjoyable for myself and others is subjective. The viewer has to approach the film more as a fantasy than reality-based (similar to another great baseball movie of the eighties, Field of Dreams), and it surely helps to be a fan of baseball. But if you give yourself over to the mythology of the story, The Natural is a wonderful film. The cinematography of Caleb Deschanel is spectacular and was deserving of an Academy Award (he was nominated, but lost to the work of Chris Menges on The Killing Fields). Countless scenes look like poster-ready photographs in motion. The slow motion sequences, complete with Randy Newman's intense and oft-imitated score, succeed because they're reinforcements of the cliche, serving as an example of why such scenes became cliches in the first place instead of seeming trite and unoriginal. The acting is uniformly top-notch, including great character turns from Wilford Brimley and Richard Farnsworth and Redford's charismatic lead performance.
There are plenty of possible criticisms to hurl at Levinson's film though. It's emotionally manipulative, arguably too long, the baseball scenes are lacking from a technical standpoint, and some more character development would have been nice. All are valid complaints, but most wouldn't provide significant improvement over the finished product (or the recently released director's cut, which has apparently become the only version available since Sony decided to not include the theatrical cut on the new release while also taking the original disc out of print). There's magic running through The Natural and you either allow yourself to fall under its spell or you don't. Some of the pitching and hitting scenes look a little too inauthentic for my taste, but that's a minor, nagging detail that still doesn't detract enough to stamp out the twinkle that appears in my eye when Hobbs shatters the clock or breaks the stadium light. A film as earnest as The Natural, with a subject as cinematic as baseball, gets a free pass for a few tugs at the heartstrings.
For some people, though, the main problem with the movie was that it changed the ending from what was written in the novel. The happy Hollywood version eschews the bitter failure and public decline of Malamud's Hobbs. The mythological aspects are more in tact in its literary incarnation also, punishing Hobbs and denying him a second-chance victory. The character, in both film and book, doesn't really learn from the mistake that got him shot initially so perhaps Malamud's original conclusion is the fate Roy Hobbs deserved. Regardless, I'm not one who believes movies based on books are obligated to adhere strictly to their source. The film version of The Natural would seem more appropriate to end as it does, given the filmmakers' other creative decisions to make the picture less dark and more crowd-pleasing than the book. Hobbs is still a deeply flawed character in the movie, but, as one of the interviewees on the newly released two-disc director's cut alludes to, the 1980s audience was different than the post-war readers of Malamud's novel.
Twenty-first century audiences may not see with rose hues like they did twenty years ago, but the legend of Roy Hobbs remains as vital as ever. The man who wanted to be "the best there ever was" is baseball's great mythic figure of fiction, a name more famous today than the majority of the actual players enshrined in the Hall of Fame. The company Ebbets Field Flannels produces and sells replica uniforms and hats of vintage professional baseball teams. All their memorabilia is authentically detailed to closely match what real players wore in baseball's bygone era, but I believe there's only one team whose merchandise they sell that's fictional - the New York Knights, the team of Roy Hobbs. I wonder if, fifty years from now, kids will know Hobbs' name and, if so, think he actually played the game. I'm guessing they will, on both counts.
White Dog February 22, 2007Posted by clydefro in : Classic Films, 1980s , 3 comments
I'm not entirely sure where to start with this film, frequently identified for being one of the most bootlegged videos even though it's still largely unseen. I guess the most logical place would be with Paramount's absurd decision to withhold its release in 1982 due to pressure from the NAACP and likely fear of a controversial backlash. The film's basic storyline of a white German Shepherd trained to attack black people somehow became a hot potato 25 years ago despite the story's basis in fact and repeated accounts of similar situations, recounted in the film as originating when slave owners would train their dogs to attack runaway slaves. The biggest headscratcher is how someone could view White Dog as even the least bit racist or perpetuating racist ideals.
The dog's attacks and training are consistently portrayed as shameful and wrong. The whole movie is built around the premise of trying to get the dog to unlearn his violent reactions to black persons. There is absolutely no indication at any point in the film that racism is acceptable behavior. The dog itself can't even be accurately classified as racist since it was merely trained to act out of fear and anger towards persons with dark skin. Furthermore, the inevitable ending provides a definitive answer for anyone who hasn't caught on throughout the film's entire running time of showing racism as evil and hateful. It's simply unfathomable how such an anti-racism movie could be shelved by its studio because of worries over it being deemed racist. Yet, that's exactly what happened and has continued to happen ever since, as evidenced by the lack of a full U.S. theatrical release and an absence of a North American VHS or DVD release.
The origins of the story began in a magazine article, later expanded into a novel, written by Romain Gary, whose then-wife Jean Seberg had found a dog much as Kristy McNichol's character does in the film. Seberg, who had starred for Jean-Luc Godard in Breathless, soon realized the seemingly friendly animal had been trained to attack black people after several incidents where the dog specifically targeted them. In White Dog, McNichol's character, also an actress, becomes protective of the dog after he saves her from a rapist and wants to have him unlearn his violent training. She takes the animal to Paul Winfield's character, an animal trainer who's dealt with these types of dogs before but hasn't successfully cured one without incident.
Going in to the film, I was sort of expecting some kind of horror type of movie with an out of control dog attacking black people in a rampage as the authorities tried to put an end to the animal attacks. As it turns out, director Samuel Fuller gives the audience something else entirely. It would be easy to watch White Dog and take the face value approach of seeing the Cujo-like story I had initially expected. It certainly plays a little like one of those exploitation films cable channels used to air late at night. Indeed, there's little doubt that Fuller's film could have enjoyed a rich life on television stations alongside Stephen King adaptations and animal gone wild tales.
This duality between cheesy 80's attack dog film and brave parable on racism creates somewhat of a baffling response at first glance. It's deeply entertaining, but there's a surreal quality to seeing Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield and Burl Ives in a film that many read as an allegory about racism in general. Frequent dips into humor from Ives, whether he's bemoaning R2-D2 or showing his appreciation for sour cream, only add to the bizarreness. There are campy moments galore that nearly make it difficult to take any message being espoused very seriously. It's almost like learning valuable life lessons from a very special episode of any number of laughtrack laden sitcoms.
Yet, when the film truly works, such as Winfield's speech as to how the dog was trained over time to fear and then attack black people, it becomes clear that Fuller's intent to allegorize the evils of years of racial prejudice through his simple story manages to movingly succeed in the unlikeliest of places. These scenes are crucial to set off the light bulb in the viewer's mind that we're dealing with more than just a story about a dog trained by a racist. While most of the film triumphs as a nearly unclassifiable horror/human-dog love story hybrid, the few moments of introspection into generations of racist stereotypes and fears are exceptionally potent without ever seeming preachy. By using B-movie techniques of economic filmmaking and viewer-friendly plotting and editing that Fuller built his career on, the director was able to insert a profound message about the dangers of continued prejudice.
The question then becomes to what degree was this message intended. I'm not exactly sure how far Fuller and Curtis Hanson, who co-wrote the script and went on to direct fine films such as L.A. Confidential and Wonder Boys, meant for the audience to take the premise of the white dog as representative of white America. Could the film possibly be insinuating that white society, like the white dog, has been conditioned or indoctrinated to view black people negatively? I'm honestly not sure. The white dog is ultimately an innocent who's been trained to hate and I can see a possible correlation with media portrayals of black men conditioning white audiences to fear and create prejudices against black persons. I don't know if that was the intention, to go to that extreme, or if such a comparison ever crossed the mind of Fuller or Hanson, but it can certainly be made with a little imagination.
In fact, much of the praise that is sometimes reserved for White Dog may reflect what viewers want to get from the film more than what the film actually gives us. Certainly that's not an entirely bad thing since too often we're hit over the head repeatedly with a glaring "message" reiterated umpteen times just in case we missed it meandering along the first few attempts. But, on the surface of Fuller's film, it's mostly left for the viewer to put together the ultimate take-home message, as the narrative plays a much more important role than the racism angle. Winfield's speech is the only true insight the filmmakers provide for emptyheaded viewers to catch their not entirely subtle message. Since audiences probably prefer to draw their own conclusions and opinions, assuming they've been nudged ever so slightly, this might account for part of the film's esteemed reputation.
I also think that the positive cult status surrounding White Dog may in large part be a result of its unavailability, a cinematic forbidden fruit of sorts. The film could easily disappoint those expecting an eloquent, thoughtful exploration of race in America. Instead, the film is a little clumsy and awkward at times and leaves most of the serious discussion for the audience to mull over on its own. These flaws are characteristic of much of Fuller's work, and White Dog certainly fits well in his unique catalog. However, I don't think it's the director's best film, and would give the edge to some of his earler films like Pickup on South Street or The Naked Kiss. Regardless, White Dog, occasionally popping up in a sparkling new print in retrospectives, shouldn't be missed by anyone interested in Fuller and his films.
Time Bandits October 4, 2006Posted by clydefro in : Classic Films, 1980s , add a comment
I've never considered myself a big follower of fantasy films and I had only a slight interest in watching Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits, which he wrote with fellow Monty Python member Michael Palin. However, with Mr. Gilliam's announced presence at a recent screening I decided to give it a chance and I'm really glad I did. The new 35 mm print of the film was stunningly beautiful, especially for a movie first released twenty-five years ago. I discovered that the film itself is a brilliantly realized story of a young boy's adventures through time. It's also a whole lot of fun.
One night Kevin, the child protagonist, stuck with bickering parents who are obsessed with their latest technological appliances, goes to bed only to see men on horseback leaping from his closet. The next night the boy, eager for an encore, gets a different result as six dwarf-size men come barreling out of the closet doors. Kevin soon learns that his closet is a time warp and joins the small men who have a map of all such doors throughout history. Their plan is to rob some of history's richest men and jump through the time warps before facing the consequences. Along the way they encounter Napoleon (a priceless Ian Holm), Robin Hood (John Cleese) and his not-so-merry men, and Sean Connery as King Agamemnon. They also wreak havoc for Michael Palin and Shelley Duvall (twice), an ogre with back problems and somehow end up aboard the Titanic. All this is done while trying to avoid the all-knowing Supreme Being, whom they stole the map from originally.
Stealing the show, though, is David Warner as the Evil Genius, a devilish character with a huge chip on his shoulder against the Supreme Being, whose decisions he humorously questions. ("If I were creating the world I wouldn't mess about with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started with lasers, eight o'clock, Day One!") His dialogue hilariously borders on camp and, in a movie that's quite funny, his scenes manage to be the funniest. "I feel the power of evil coursing through my veins, filling every corner of my being with the desire to do wrong! I feel so bad, Benson!" That line and Warner's impeccable delivery are magic.
The real stars of Time Bandits, despite the opening credits and advertising materials, are the little bandits themselves. Gilliam recalled that he decided to use actors who would be roughly the same size as the young boy and that the small men were tirelessly pushing themselves past their limits to the point that one even broke his arm near the end of the shoot. Their characters are refreshingly normal as opposed to some sort of freakish portrayal as we've seen in numerous other films and television shows. I particularly liked the scenes with Napoleon, who was of course quite diminutive himself, and his love for all things little. The small stature of the men is never a burden and they even use their size as assets for their rescue from the Evil Genius.
After the screening, Terry Gilliam commented that the small studio that released the film was, understandably, hesitant of the darkly comic ending and wanted it changed. A preview screening was held in Fresno, California and the audio suffered from technical difficulties. By the time the film was over and the audience was asked to select their favorite part of the strange fable they'd just seen, the most popular choice was "the end." Even if the responses were intended to mean that the audience was happiest once the picture was over and not how it ended, Gilliam was able to keep his demise of Kevin's parents as scripted.
Overall, I was really delighted at how much I enjoyed Time Bandits. The original poster and DVD cover art both left me uninterested in seeing it and I wrongly inferred that the story was primarily set on a boat. Not surprisingly, the water scenes with the Titanic, the ogre or the giant were the ones I found to be the weakest, but there were so many other sequences that I didn't mind those a bit. Apparently, the Criterion Collection's DVD was one of their earliest efforts and surpassed by Anchor Bay's release in terms of picture quality. While the Criterion version does have a commentary by Gilliam, Palin, and others, it's also non-anamorphic and a possible candidate for a new release either on DVD or perhaps on HD format somewhere down the line.
Bad Timing July 19, 2006Posted by clydefro in : Classic Films, 1980s , add a comment
I try to not write about films that I've only seen once and feel like I don't fully understand their significance. Having said that, I recently watched Nicolas Roeg's Bad Timing for the first time and I'm not sure what to think of it. I'm rather new to Roeg's films, having previously only seen Don't Look Now and The Man Who Fell to Earth. After having time to digest those films, however, I decided that I enjoyed both quite a bit, especially the latter. Reading the novel included with Criterion's release of The Man Who Fell to Earth DVD added a whole new layer to the film for me and I also particularly liked David Bowie in the lead role. For the follow-up to that film, Roeg continued his casting of famous musicians (which also included Mick Jagger in Performance, Roeg's first film and co-directed by Donald Cammell) with the somewhat improbable Art Garfunkel in the lead role of 1980's Bad Timing.
Garfunkel plays Dr. Alex Linden, a psychoanalyst working as a professor at a Viennese university. Through a dynamic series of edits, Roeg shows the audience how Linden meets and becomes involved with Milena Flaherty, played by Theresa Russell in a brave performance. The film opens with Milena being taken to a hospital via ambulance following a drug overdose. At the hospital, Linden is first questioned by Inspector Netusil (Harvey Keitel foregoing an Austrian accent) who then interrogates him at various points throughout the film on his involvement in Milena's overdose. Denholm Elliott is along for the ride as well, playing Milena's Czech husband.
The most striking thing about Bad Timing is its editing. As in other Roeg films, the director alternates between the present and the past and the audience must make sense of the puzzle-like composition. In this particular film, though, the fragmented nature is never severe enough to confuse the attentive viewer to the point of no return. We understand what is happening even though we're not sure exactly where everything fits just yet. One particularly memorable sequence is when surgeons make an incision in Milena's neck immediately after we've seen Alex and her in one of the film's many erotically charged scenes.
One can look at Garfunkel's performance as either appropriately detached given the oddly obsessive nature of the character or as blandly uncharismatic resulting from his lack of acting ability. I'm still undecided, but leaning towards the latter. Watching the film, I had trouble figuring out what Milena was ever attracted to in Linden and Garfunkel's lack of emotion was a key factor in this. I suppose the effects of timing and coincidence hover over the film enough that the two lovers being such opposites may be an essential element, but the idea that Milena would be drawn to Alex was a distraction for me nevertheless. On the other hand, Garfunkel's mostly lethargic acting does infuse the climactic scene between his character and the nearly comatose Milena with an additional shock value. The other performances fare better and Russell is particularly quite good, if almost too enthusiastic especially when compared to Garfunkel. If you can get past Keitel being somewhat miscast as a Viennese inspector, his performance is fine as well.
Despite its flaws, however, Bad Timing manages to stick with you and roll around inside your head for a good while. When films are capable of making you think without being overly manipulative, something worthwhile must be present and Roeg was a master of this in his prime. His films are ideal for multiple viewings, when the audience can pay less attention to the plot and instead focus on other interesting aspects such as taking a closer look at the characters. The viewer can peel back the first, superficial layer and look deeper inside the film. One example of this in Bad Timing might be Roeg's use of paintings by the artist Gustav Klimt. I also found The Who's "Who Are You" to be an interestingly appropriate choice and somewhat jarring given its unique inclusion. It's rare to see a film use a single rock song since we usually hear multiple instances of rock music if any at all. The song's use is timed perfectly as we see Alex watching Milena from afar. The notion of spying or watching that he had lectured on at the university is perhaps revisited through Alex's actions here.
Overall, Bad Timing is certainly worthwhile viewing but seeing it once may not be enough to fully grasp everything that's going on. It's obvious Roeg has a reason behind his choices and has much more talent than fancy camera tricks . What's less obvious is exactly what his motivations are at times and whether the audience is meant to comprehend them. Regardless, Bad Timing works best not as a thriller or mystery, but as an exploration of the two main characters' obsessive natures. When viewed as a psychological journey, the film is much more interesting and compelling, which I assume was what the filmmakers intended anyway. Additionally, the Criterion Collection DVD supplements are helpful for digging deeper into the film. The interview with Theresa Russell, in particular, is very informative. I imagine most anyone interested in Roeg's films would certainly find much to keep them occupied in Bad Timing and the DVD is a great resource for watching, rewatching and learning more about the film.


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The lead singer of Against Me! came out as transgender in the latest issue of Rolling Stone, which hits newsstands on Friday. While some of the comments on Rolling Stone's online article are predictably disgusting, commenters on the official Against Me! message board have been overwhelmingly supportive.
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Pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of European monitors after being pressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet the terms of a tenuous truce with Kiev.
DONETSK: Pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of European monitors after being pressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet the terms of a tenuous truce with Kiev.
Both Ukraine and its Western allies have been seeking concrete steps from Russia to back up the ceasefire Kiev extended with the militias on Friday in the hope of calming a deadly insurgency sparked by the country's new westward course.
The four monitors from Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) -- one woman and three men -- looked tired but relieved as they were handed over by heavily-armed rebels to one of the group's representative at a hotel in the eastern hub city of Donetsk at around 1800 GMT.
"We are releasing the last four observers who were being held on the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic," the prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic told reporters.
"We consider that we have fulfilled all our obligations," Oleksandr Borodai said.
The first group detained on May 26 in the Donetsk province was handed over to the OSCE on Thursday. Borodai said one the second team's members was from Russia but gave no other details.
The Vienna-based organisation's representative at the handover also hailed their colleagues' freedom.
"We welcome the return of the last four of the missing OSCE special monitoring teammates after a month away," deputy mission head Mark Etherington said in a statement.
"The detention of OSCE monitors has substantially constrained the operations of the mission in eastern Ukraine at a time when a flow of objective information has never been more important."
The OSCE -- a 57-nation body created in the 1970s to oversee European security during the Cold War -- has played a central role in trying to mediate an end to a 12-week insurgency convulsing the ex-Soviet state.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko returned triumphant from Brussels on Friday having opened the way to his splintered state's eventual membership in the European Union by signing the final chapters of a landmark free trade and political association accord.
The 1,200-page tome spells out the minute details of the terms under which Kiev will slip from the Kremlin's embrace and tie its future to European economic standards and values on human rights.
But Poroshenko had ordered his top security chiefs to meet him at the airport on landing in order to make a fateful decision about prolonging an expiring truce with rebels who have seized effective control of Ukraine's industrial east.
The rebel uprising has killed nearly 450 people and is viewed by both Kiev and its Western allies as Putin's revenge for the February toppling of a leader who had ditched the very EU accord Poroshenko had signed in Brussels.
Poroshenko ultimately decided to extend the shaky ceasefire until Monday evening under the condition that Russia requires the insurgents to return border crossings to Ukrainian forces and set up a monitoring mechanism for a long-term truce.
A spokesman for Ukraine's eastern campaign told AFP that the past day of fighting saw three soldiers killed and six others wounded outside the rebel stronghold city of Slavyansk.
"Everyone knows that a bad peace is better than a good war," Defence Minister Mykhailo Koval told Ukraine's UNIAN news agency.
Poroshenko is expected to enlist the support of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande when he places a scheduled call to Putin on the eve of the ceasefire's expiry.
Sunday's teleconference -- the second in four days -- is primarily meant to check on any visible shift in Moscow before the European Union and Washington consider unleashing biting sanctions against Russia's financial and defence sectors the following day.
Putin has publicly backed the ceasefire's extensions and promoted direct talks between Poroshenko and top rebel commanders.
But the West wants the Kremlin chief to call on the fighters to lay down their weapons and relinquish control of state buildings they had seized across a dozen eastern cities and towns.
EU leaders agreed at their Brussels summit "to reconvene at any time to adopt further significant restrictive measures if a detailed list of concrete steps are not taken by Russia and the separatists by Monday".
The United States stressed that it was also ready to act at any point.
But public statements in Russia have thus far suggested that it was busy preparing an economic counter-offensive against Ukraine that would put up prohibitive barriers to its trade.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that Moscow would treat Ukraine and the ex-Soviet states of Georgia of Moldova that signed their own EU deals on Friday "based on one criterium -- how (the agreements) might hurt Russian trade".
Russian and EU ministers have tentatively agreed to meet on July 11 to discuss how Moscow's concerns might be best addressed.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel has prevented high-level diplomatic delegations from Indonesia, Cuba, Malaysia and Bangladesh from entering the West Bank from Jordan.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor says they were denied entry because their countries don't have diplomatic ties with Israel.
The delegations were to head to the West Bank on Sunday to support a Palestinian bid to win U.N. General Assembly recognition of an observer state of Palestine. In all, 12 delegations representing member states of the Non-Aligned Movement were to meet in Ramallah. The other eight delegations are from countries that have ties with Israel.
The Palestinian hosts canceled the meeting in response. Indonesia and Malaysia were being represented by their foreign ministers.
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I recently discovered that if you are renter, like me, one of the easiest ways to make a space feel more personal is to change the light fixture. It can change the overall mood of a room and it also gives you the opportunity to select the kind of light you want in your home. Of course, in my case, the change was extreme as we only had bare bulbs to begin with, but it's incredible how a relatively simple task can make such a difference!
When choosing a new fixture for your home you have to carefully consider, not only the style, but also the type of light you want to have. Different types lamps and different types of bulbs can produce light of different temperatures. Some are warm giving a red-yellow light like that of a fire, and some are cool giving a blue-green light like that of an overcast sky.
Here are some of the most common types of bulbs:
Incandescent bulbs are the most common but most inefficient. Although each bulb costs less, they don't last as long and consume more energy than other options. A pro they have is that they are dimmable.
Temperature: Warm
Halogen bulbs a more energy efficient version or regular incandescent bulbs, these also provide very good color rendition (the way colors look when illuminated by them). They are also dimmable.
Temperature: Warm to neutral
Flourescent lamps use about 25% less energy than incandescent bulbs to provide the same amount of light. The also last up to 10 times longer However, you need a special kind of ballast (that controls the amount of electricity flowing to the bulb) to be able to dim them.
Temperature: Warm to cold
LEDs, or Light-Emitting Diodes, are very energy efficient and offer very good light quality. They consume up to 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs and last up to 25 times longer.
Temperature: Cold to neutral
Here is a quick video from the Dummies Channel on YouTube to show you how to change a ceiling fixture:
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I am looking to change the lights in my rental thanks to West Elm.
Has anyone used the undercounter LED lights from IKEA? I'm talking about the ones that mount to the underside of the cabinet and can be joined with more lights to run the length of your cabinetry. I saw them and got really excited (light! finally!) but they're about $45 each strip so I wasn't sure whether it was worth it.
I have not used the IKEA under cabinet LED lights, but we installed a similar product from Home Depot to replace an old fluorescent fixture in our condo. We liked that they were cool to the touch and the bulbs would not need to be replaced. However, I find the light to be really harsh and blue - until the light quality of LEDs improves I would stick with a new fluorescent or maybe a halogen.
Pi, Yes I have used the Ikea under cabinet lights, I used the individual ones not the ones that come on a strip. I really liked the ones we got and I was totally thrilled to have 6 lights that I could control with one switch. We have been using them for almost a year with no problems. My advice,buy one strip, and try it out. You know there will be more where that came from.
Glad Pi asked the question as I'm moving to a new place and considering them too. Has anyone tried their lights for over paintings? Wondering about those too.
Not to be all safety monitor or anything, but DIYing a light fixture can be more of a challenge than you might realize. You must turn off the circuit before you start work, and you need to know what kind of mount there is inside the ceiling or wall. Make sure your new fixture has the same mount, or pick out a fixture that does. It's worth it to check before you buy your new item. And remember, it is possible to burn your building down by wiring incorrectly.
I changed the several of the lights in my new apartment when I moved in. I had been thinking of doing it, but my hand was forced when one of the old fixtures came crashing down from the ceiling in the middle of the night. After juggling around some of the less-ugly fixtures, I eventually was able to replace the fixture over my kitchen table (replaced an old ceiling dome with an inexpensive pendant lamp from Ikea). I did the same thing over the kitchen sink.
It was amazing how that instantly made the place look better. I even replaced the switch for the lamp over my table with a dimmer switch from Home Depot, and it has allowed me to really remake the feel of my kitchen/eating area, especially in the evenings.
I also found the led undershelf lights that I bought from Home Depo to be harsh (and they had sort of a sickly greenish tinge. Never used them, got rid of them.). Fortunately, the Ikea lights usually have displays where you can see what they look like turned on, so you can see for yourself whether you like the quality of the light. (If I buy that kind of light again, it's definitely going to be somewhere where I can see it on before I buy it!)
fluorescent, not "flour"escent
it comes from the name of the element fluorine
May I ask who makes the light fixture that you chose? I don't know that I've seen one like that before - I can't quite tell from the picture, does it have two shades or is the inside part we can see just a fancy (ie specialty) round light bulb or something and not a glass globe shade?
surprised how easy this seems...maybe too easy?


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Leaked FEMA Training Video - Domestic Terrorism
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This video shows FEMA agents telling new recruits that US founding fathers were "the first terrorists" and that any activist civilians who are dissatisfied with their current government are considered domestic terrorists by the CIA.
The U.S. government, under a program called REX 84, runs approximately 3,708 detention camps nationwide. They are all fully operational and ready to recieve prisoners should the US government institute matial law.
The Rex 84 Program was initially established as a way to deal with a mass exodus of illegal aliens crossing the Mexican/US border, they would be quickly rounded up and detained in detention centers by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). Rex 84 allowed many military bases to be closed down and to be turned into prisons.
Operation Cable Splicer and Garden Plot are the two sub programs which will be implemented once the Rex 84 program is initiated for its proper purpose. Garden Plot is the program to control the population. Cable Splicer is the program for an orderly takeover of the state and local governments by the federal government. FEMA is the executive arm of the coming police state and thus will head up all operations. The Presidential Executive Orders already listed on the Federal Register also are part of the legal framework for this operation.
The camps all have railroad facilities as well as roads leading to and from the detention facilities. Many also have an airport nearby. The majority of the camps can house a population of 20,000 prisoners. Currently, the largest of these facilities is just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. The Alaskan facility is a massive mental health facility and can hold approximately 2 million people.
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Eeeeeee May 23, 2011 10:11:52 AM CEST
Lets Not Get Off The Subject Matter People.We Are One...Our Name Is Freedom. The NWOIs Slavery To Humanity. If Humanity IsSpaired Slavery...It Will Be Because Of American Disidents.
Amazeroth September 26, 2010 12:43:13 PM CEST
Awesome - this is one of the best comments I ever read. Thumbs up, Smuggler.
Ricokc July 28, 2009 11:44:04 AM CEST
The video clip is legit. It was filmed in Oklahoam City, Ok. in 2007.
Smuggler July 28, 2009 3:19:28 AM CEST
Boondox681 you are the problem sir/madam not the solution. Your hate for a perceived enemy you can not even define except in the vaguest of terms ie "The Illuminati" and any and all authority figures. You are an Anarchist sir/madam. One who thinks his way is the only way and will kill or worse, anyone who disagrees with your pathetic narrow view of the world. Spazomaticyeti's reply was in no way counter to the opinion's expressed here by my self and others, you just either did not read it closely or you can not comprehend what you read. I lean toward the later as your view is so self centered as to preclude any other reason. I am very unhappy with the way our representatives are handling the problems we face but I would much rather live under this form of government than the one you propose for us. You give the opposition fuel for their anti-guns laws, you preach hate, you preach violent revolution instead of common sense and discourse, you sir/madam are the ENEMY. We are long passed the point where taking up arms will do any good, it can only contribute to more death and destruction and chaos. The solution is solidarity not mayhem.
Boondox681 July 27, 2009 4:35:27 PM CEST
you've wrote a half page and said absolutely nothing.my 'enemy' is the u.s. gov't and the powers that be(the illuminati).who takes their orders from those 2 entities.LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE MILITARY!i'm not snookas foe by MY choice,but by his.he's the one who said we should give our trust to the police.that means he's drawing a line NO one should cross.he's a pig and an infiltrator.i've neither heard nor seen anyone,anywhere-in my personal life or on any site who has said this.i would never sit and do anything with this moron(or you for that matter)if i listen to any of the shit you or snooka are saying,we will meet for tea and crumpets.IN A FEMA CAMP.
Spazomaticyeti July 27, 2009 3:06:21 PM CEST
I think they get away with this because most of the time the people who should be together to fight against things like this are too busy bickering with each other to come together and have some coffee and discuss the real enemy. Give the masses enough to decide differently and they will never agree enough to amass any worthy opposition. This guy reminds me of Hitler. Separation creates hate. For I am better than you because of (whatever). We have all been duped. We will continue to be. Our morale is under constant attack. The best reason to lie is because truth is power. Those who know the truth have power. And the only way to change this is to decide all together and agree with each other. I would rather be shot dead fighting for what my heart knows is true than cowering in my basement waiting for them to come and cleanse me. History has shown me that they have not changed. They just got better at lying, cheating, brainwashing, killing, and keeping us fighting amongst ourselves so we cannot accomplish anything but what they want. We are all slaves. Just different kinds of those we have read about. There are now many things we cannot do anymore including fighting for what we believe is right. They have taken that from us with countless trojan horses through the years. We all know something is wrong. Do something about it and get together and fight. What they take from us they take from our children and our neighbors and our family. I want my freedom back. Do you? How do you show it? There are none but ourselves to blame. For those who do nothing are accomplices. Keep smiling! They are watching! Peace!
Deadspace76 July 27, 2009 2:59:58 PM CEST
People dont like Pindz because they think He cheats on the ratings by using more than one account to vote for His own material.. Who gives a flying fuck, it is the content that I care about, and if it is good I could CARE LESS....!!!! Fucking Whiney Bitches.......!!!!!
Deadspace76 July 27, 2009 2:54:37 PM CEST
Jesus fucking Cry Baby Christ.. Who has no life.. That be Darkstuffed..!!! Good Vid Pindz...!!
TheDuck July 27, 2009 4:16:43 AM CEST
Smuggler July 27, 2009 4:00:54 AM CEST
I don't know where you got this vid but the instructor is with out doubt a nut case. However beyond all the rhetoric on Fema it is clear that our elected representatives are stuck up to their collective asses in a problem they can not fathom nor explain their way out of. They are also aware that the public is growing more and more dissatisfied with their performance. It is no wonder if they, in their ignorance of a solution that would benefit the people that they would turn to Plan B. Which historically has always been to use force to maintain the currant status and retain the reins of power. Hence the great interest in "Continuity of government" which has griped Washington in the last few years. Someone posted "who can you trust if not the cops and the FBI". To you I say go read your history book again, you must have missed the part where it tells you about the cops beating and shooting peacefully picnicking workers and their family's as they attempted to unionize the steel mills and provide a fair living for their family's. While you have it open keep looking there's a lot more of the same. The Cops don't protect you, they protect those that have the money, from you, the one's with out. They defend the established institutions. To assume that the police will not continue to support the moneyed elite is foolishness or wishful thinking at best. Maybe you missed the the actions of the Denver police during the last political convention. The constitution says you have the right to protest, do so and a cop will bash you in the head spray you with mace electrocute you with a 100,000 volt taser and slap your ass in jail and label you a terrorist. I don't know if they have detention centers all over hell or not, but not having them would not deter them one iota, having them would just make it easier. For our part, we are way to scattered in our views and wallow in useless confusion, leaderless and powerless with out unity of thought and spirit. Unless we as a people can agree on some basic principles and very soon we will lose what it took 200 years to accomplish and we will do it in less than a tenth of the time. When enough folks wake up and see that they are trapped in a debt creating ponsi scam with out end, that the perpetrators will do anything to maintain their hold on you, then and only then will we have a chance to take our lives back. But only a chance, they have had their way for so long the entire world hangs on their thread and they hold the scissors.


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"Futuristic" Two-Tone Hair And "Hooded" Gray Lids Backstage, At Alexander Wang
Fall 2013 marks a season of firsts for Alexander Wang. In addition to showing his debut collection for the house of Balenciaga in Paris next month, he also moved his namesake show to a brand-new financial district venue in New York. It may be a new year, but backstage, it was pretty much the same Wang. "It's still his girl," Diane Kendal contended. "There's no real color in the face." In its place was NARS Single Eyeshadow in Lhasa, a steely gray, that Kendal dragged through the crease of the lid, using its forthcoming greasy Eye Paint in Transversal, a dark slate, to beef up brows and diffuse the shadow into a soft wash for a "hooded effect."
While a dearth of catwalking superstar surprises generated a bit of backstage buzz among a crowd used to seeing the likes of Gisele Buündchen, Shalom Harlow, Carmen Kass, and Liberty Ross take to Wang's runway, the Ukrainian stunner who opened his show last season still appeared to be very much on his mind. "It's based on Irina's hair color," Guido Palau said of Irina Kravchenko's henna-treated "cognac" strands that he implemented on every girl with a custom-dyed ponytail extension, courtesy of the Whittemore House's Larry Raspanti. "Alex really wanted a pop of color," Palau explained as he pulled lengths into a sleek updo, coating the top section of hair with Redken Hardwear 16 Super Strong Sculpting Hair Gel as he went. "It's quite futuristic," he continued of the two-tone style, which served to unify the models into a roving tribe of Irinas. "The fakeness of it clones them a bit," Palau added of the color's effect. Then, right before models hit the runway, he coated razor-cut ends with Redken's forthcoming Diamond Oil Shatterproof Shine Intense for a multidimensional glossiness, which was evident even underneath the medieval-hoods-come-hats that models like Julia Nobis, Jamie Bochert, and Juliana Schurig wore down the runway.
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I heard I believe from Giriraj Swami at the recent installation of Krishna Balarama at Alachua that the man who gave Londonisvara said he would sponsor any temple that wanted a deity and he sponsored Alachua 's Krishna Balarama
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Several sources pointed to oversupply, short mill lead times and erosion in scrap pricing as factors placing downward pressure on flat-rolled prices for the fourth quarter.
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