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The Eye likes what it sees, and as such has ordered full seasons of all five of its freshman shows for the fall: 'Blue Bloods,' 'The Defenders,' 'Hawaii Five-0,' 'Mike & Molly' and '$#*! My Dad Says.'
"Everything has clicked so far this year," CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler said in announcing the five-pack of pick-ups. "It's all testimony to the executives in our halls who remain restless for more success, and the amazing creative talent on our sets who continue to deliver the goods."
'Hawaii Five-0' was among the biggest no-brainers, having regularly won its Mondays-at-10 time slot in key demos and several times drawn the most viewers. 'H50' averages 14.15 million total viewers, and as TV's most DVR'd program, adds another 3.4 mil to that haul.
Similarly, Tom Selleck's 'Blue Bloods' not only dominates its Fridays-at-10 time period but is that night's most watched program, averaging 12.65 million viewers each week.
Buoyed by boffo lead-ins ('Two And A Half Men' and 'Big Bang Theory), 'Mike & Molly' and '$#*! My Dad Says' are the fall's top two new comedies in viewers and key demos, averaging 12.3 and 11.3 million viewers, respectively.
'The Defenders' has held its own against the name-brandier 'Law & Order: LA' on Wednesday nights, and is the season's No. 3 new drama (averaging 11.33 million viewers).

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Despite a strong start from the Saints during which Rickie Lambert and Guly Do Prado tested Owain Fon Williams from long range, the first half belonged to the hosts.
Gary Jones came within a whisker of his 20th goal of the season with a cleverly worked free-kick before Chris O'Grady had a gilt-edged chance to end his 12-game run without a goal. Matt Done sent him one-on-one against Kelvin Davis, but the Southampton goalkeeper won the battle of wits with a smart save.
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The second came four minutes before the break, O'Grady atoning for his earlier miss when he collected Done's pass and smashed a low drive beneath the outstretched Davies.
Saints had chances after the interval, Jonathan Forte and Radhi Jaidi foiled by Fon Williams while Dean Hammond flicked wide from eight yards after ghosting in behind the Dale defence. Adam Lallana's downward header looked destined for the corner of the net until Fon Williams dived to his right to save and the Southampton midfielder's frustration was compounded when his deflected shot struck the foot of the post.
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Inspired by the architecture of some of the nation's grand lodges and National Parks, The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch in Colorado sits alone at the foot of Beaver Creek Mountain. This standout resort constructed from a variety of indigenous natural materials is renowned as a top winter vacation getaway. With its dedicated express chair lift just feet from the resort's mountainside terrace, it's easy to see why this is a premier ski-in, ski-out resort. Situated between Beaver Creek Village and Arrowhead Mountain, there's a plethora of skiing opportunities for all, and best of all ski valets will carry all your equipment from your locker to the chair-lift. You won't have to lift a finger. Following renovations, the resort reduced the number of its guest rooms from 240 down to 200 to provide larger accommodations. The Residential Suites come complete with fully functional state-of-the-art kitchens with stainless steel appliances. All rooms feature feather beds with duvets, 400-thread count Frette linens and separate shower and marble bathtubs.
If you don't want to ski all the time, there are plenty of other winter sports on offer. There are sleigh rides, snowshoeing, ice climbing, snowmobiling and dog sledding to keep you busy. Speaking of dogs, you can actually take part in the complimentary Loan-a-Lab program with the hotel's own yellow Lab, named Bachelor. Bachelor is available for walks with guests, but he's very popular, so be sure to book well in advance.
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He may have been the greatest caricaturist of all time—he has imitators to this day—but his true passion was for a very different discipline
December 1995 | Volume 46, Issue 8
It was in Bali that the artist developed his passion for anthropological research, an avocation that would soon eclipse his affection for caricature. Even without the customary flower behind his ear, dark-skinned Covarrubias could pass for a native of the island, and with his gift for languages, he mingled easily. By the time the couple sailed for home, he had filled numerous sketchbooks with drawings of Balinese customs and ceremonies, many of which he transformed into oil and gouache paintings during the crossing.
Back in the States, Covarrubias applied for and received a Guggenheim Fellowship for creative work in painting in the Dutch East Indies, which contributed to his best-selling book Island of Bali . Its publication in November 1937 and the publicity that preceded it inspired a brief South Seas craze. Life magazine did a story, "Mexican Covarrubias in Dutch Bali," illustrated by the artist's work, the Brooklyn Museum exhibited his paintings of Balinese dancers, and Paramount's Honeymoon in Bali capitalized on the sudden interest in the exotic South Pacific.
With such heady success, Covarrubias can hardly be blamed for losing his enthusiasm for caricature. Vanity Fair , a victim of the never-ending Depression, had folded, and neither The New Yorker nor Vogue was a dependable showcase for his caricatures. Perhaps, too, the fact that other caricaturists—Garetto, for example—were using stylistic devices similar to his own made Covarrubias feel it was time to move on. And move on he did. He packed up and took Rosa back to his family's home in Tizapán outside Mexico City.
Covarrubias thought that by leaving Manhattan, he could simplify his life and focus on his newfound vocation of anthropologist, but his and Rosa's home soon became a magnet for every foreign writer or artist who visited Mexico. Rosa divided her time among choreography, some excellent painting of her own, and her lunches of gastronomic fame where one might encounter such artists as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Georgia O'Keeffe; film personalities like Orson Welles, Dolores del Rio, Luis Buñuel, Tyrone Power, and John Huston; the choreographer Merce Cunningham; the photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson; the aviatrix Amelia Earhart; and the art patron (and, some said, Rosa's lover) Nelson Rockefeller.
Covarrubias had begun work on Mexico South , a book about pre-Hispanic Olmec art, when World War II broke out. His involvement in leftist causes, often with known Communists like Diego Rivera, caused friction in his marriage when Rosa feared the effect of such associations on their friendship with the Whitney and Rockefeller families. Another cause of connubial stress was his general irresponsibility. Telegrams and phone calls from editors and art directors in New York went unanswered. Some assignments were years overdue.
In 1950 Trygve Lie, secretary-general of the United Nations, asked Covarrubias to help select art for the organization's headquarters in New York. As it happened, this would be Covarrubias's last trip to the United States. The FBI had been investigating him since 1943, and with the country in the clutches of McCarthyism, he was labeled a threat to national security. That meant no more visas for north of the border. It also precipitated the slow unraveling of his career.
As usual he was working on several books at once, but now he also had a time-consuming position as artistic director of dance at the National Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City. The pay was low, and the resulting cash-flow problem made Rosa unhappy. She was even unhappier to learn that her husband had fallen in love with Rocío Sagaón, a teenager in his dance company. In an operatic fury she drew first a kitchen knife, then a pistol, on the unsuspecting Rocío, but others intervened, and she succeeded only in exacerbating her husband's ulcer.
Now it was Covarrubias's turn to make a bad situation worse. As he and Rosa had not been married by a priest (he was vociferously anticlerical), Covarrubias chose to ignore their legal marriage and wed his new love in a Catholic ceremony. But facing two wives and several lawyers didn't do much for his ulcers. When the pain kept him from eating, he declined rapidly. He died on February 5, 1957, in a government-run hospital, officially of an ulcerous perforation that led to septicemia, but more likely of a botched operation. Obituaries concentrated on his anthropological works, and his caricatures received relatively little mention.
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Payday lenders can trap working people in a never-ending cycle of debt. Big Banks also have gotten into the business by offering "deposit advance" loans. For years, consumer advocates have been calling on regulators to rein in abusive payday loans, which often charge interest at more than 300% per year. These exorbitantly high interest rates drain money from low-income communities.
Last week, two federal banking regulators issued proposed guidance that will rein in predatory bank payday loans. The Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) want banks to consider a borrower's ability to repay a loan before making a deposit advance loan. While this seems like common sense, a borrower's ability to repay is often not part of a banker's calculation when deciding whether to extend a payday loan.
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Blow rubber molding techniques created for the manufacture of space boots was adopted by Nike in the production of their Air line of athletic shoes. The cushioning inside athletic shoes also has an Apollo pedigree The woven-fiber fabric used now absorbs energy and gives it back to the athlete improving efficiency and reducing fatigue.
As you watch the cable suspended camera flying over the field, you might wonder how it can produce such steady images. Technology developed by NASA to stabilize video of shuttle launch analysis video was adapted for use in those overhead cameras.
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That satellite dish hanging off the side of your house is part of a digital direct-broadcast satellite system which was pioneered by NASA. If you find yourself watching the "big game" on a aircraft, train, bus or in the back seat of an minivan equipped with technology that enables mobile reception of satellite television, you've got NASA to thank there as well.


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I am 24 yrs old. I have 2 children. One was born in 2007 and the other was born Dec 2008. Before my 1st child I had a sore on my cervix. My doctor said it was from sex. Well I did the cryo and it went away. I went for the check up everything was fine. I didn`t need to come back in. Well at my 6 week check up after my second child was born I had another sore, although my docor had to think of what to call it. He said it was from irritation from the birth. I had to have cryo done again. When it was safe to have sex, I bled some afterwards. When my period came I didn`t bleed until a couple of days before I had to stop even then it wasn`t much. I went back to the doctor, and he said everything was fine, but this time he wanted me to go back in 6 months for a recheck and another pap test, which will make my 4th this year. I had sex a few days ago and bled a little afterwards. I thought it was because my period was supposed to start the next day. I never started my period. Today is the 3rd day after my period was supposed to start and I`m bleeding just a little red and a little brown. I`m worried I may have cevical cancer. My aunt on my mothers side had a rare type of cervical cancer. Should I wait and see how things go or should I get a second opinion? Why would I need a recheck if everything is fine?
Your history is a bit complex. I am wondering if you were ever told you had dysplasia. This is a precancerous lesion that is detected by Pap smear and confirmed with a biopsy. On the other hand, did you have a polyp or scar tissue from your delivery. This can cause bleeding and can be treated by cryo therapy. There is no inherited risks for cervical cancer. Regular Pap smears detect precancerous lesions well. With the number of Pap smears you have having, it is unlikely that something will be missed. If you can't get your doctor to explain things to your satisfaction, you could always seek a second opinion to help put you at ease.
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Reflecting On The Capitals Early First Round Exit In The Playoffs
I was completely convinced that this year was going to be the year for the Washington Capitals. I thought they had the right mix of youthful, talented players and solid veteran leadership, I thought they had a defense just good enough to get them by and I thought that with unquestionably, two of the top ten best players in the world in Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom, this offense could make magic happen in the postseason and persevere through any hardship. Plus, if the Capitals were still following the same trajectory that Pittsburgh had followed since the lockout in 2004-05, it was actually predetermined, this year was going to be our year.
But sadly, our dreams of drinking champagne and other adult beverages from Lord Stanley's Cup did not materialize. And now we're left with another summer full of what-if's and a bunch of regular season memories that seem to elicit more bewilderment than joy, more anger than hope.
I've tried to wrap my head around this season for a few days now, and I've come to a few solid conclusions. Why did the Washington Capitals lose to the eight-seeded team in the first round of the playoffs, a team in which they finished 33 points ahead of in the standings, after looking nearly unbeatable for three quarters of the season? Let's just say, sometimes in the end, it's not how talented you are, but how much you evolve your game to your competition that truly matters.


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Last night's ep alone should get Jim Parsons another Emmy nomination. Instant classic!!!
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Last night's ep alone should get Jim Parsons another Emmy nomination. Instant classic!!!
Yeah, you don't get to see Sheldon break down that badly too often, and he made good work of it.
Why are we talking about Big Bang in the HIMYM thread?
Reminds me of Jolt from about 20 years ago. I used to drink that stuff during finals in college.
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I didn't care for last night's episode, it just felt off, splintered. And Carrie Underwood (really? why?) didn't seem even remotely up Ted's alley.
That's weird about the similarities to life. Unfortunately, that's how fiction works sometimes. The X-files spinoff The Lone Gunmen had its pilot episode dealing with a plot to fly an airliner into the World Trade Center which aired in March of 2001.
My sister and I were on the phone watching the episode, and she and I both exclaimed that Scooter looked enough like NPH to be his brother. Turns out, it's NPH's long-term boyfriend!!! Yikes.
Me too, I liked it and was bummed it didn't continue, and then that crappy X-files follow-up episode was a massive disappointment.
Yeah, no kidding. The last full year with Duchovny and then ESPECIALLY the episodes with Annabeth Gish were unbearably bad.
Fox treated another X-files-related show badly, Millennium built and built and then disappeared, only to get a crappy final story in another garbage late X-files episode.


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i love looking at weddings that have unique design elements to them, so i thought i'd share a few fun decorating ideas from this beautiful wedding today. photographer ashley garmon sent over these photos of sarah senter's wedding and i loved the ways sarah and her husband used a simple flower display rack filled with roses as the focal point for their aisle. it's such a simple idea, but it looks so striking behind them, and then as guests left, they were free to take roses with them as favors. i'd love to try this with huge flowering cherry blossom branches, or some other leggy stems, but these roses are perfect for a wedding. i hope you'll like the rest of sarah's wedding details (including wedding invitations by alyson fox, a good friend of sarah's) below. thank you to ashley garmon for sharing these photos with us.
[if you're looking for more floral ideas for your wedding or home, check out sarah's how-to video for weeder's digest this week]
so many lovely details, the light on the bride in the last photo is romantic and beautiful…gorgeous wedding
This wedding is lovely, lovely, lovely. When I have one, I want it to be like this one. And I love all those roses.
so sweet and lovely! love the rose display
What is the wooden box filled with? Are those notecards from guests?
I love the idea of the address file! Do you know what type of cards were placed in there? Could guests leave notes?
The photography is really amazing. Great shots!
Where are the rings from? I'm getting married soon and have been looking for rings like these.
So pretty…I love the dress! Where did you find it? Or is it vintage…?
her dress is amazing, perfectly matched with those necklaces. best wishes for them!
mmm…I get a very romantic vibe over me when I look at these pictures. very lovely. I love the idea of presentation of the flowers.
Awwweeee. So personal…that's what weddings should be about right?
Sooooo pretty! I love her dress and the sweet drawing:)
Those flowers are just lovely!!
That dress is just beautiful! very classic!
I love that last photograph. So romantic and sweet.
Stunning dress.
Why haven't we seen any photos of your wedding yet?
Such a gorgeous wedding. I have to know where her wedding band is from!
Such beautiful photographs, especially the last one. If I had mine to do over…
i love everything about this. makes me want to have a do-over wedding.
so gorgeous. im just starting to gather ideas for my wedding!! it is going to be a 1920's theme and so many of the details in the picture are perfect!
Oh, what a beautiful dress! I'd love to know more about it…
SO beautiful. the bride, and the photography!! i love garmon's work!
everything is awesome!! great photography!!
Where is that wedding band from? I love it!
Ooh, that rose display is wonderful. It's so much more creative than an arch!
Beautiful! Love the dress & necklaces together! Perfect!
Hi everyone! This is so fun for me to see our pictures here… we just got back from honeymooning and what a surprise!
Fyi: the dress is a John Galliano i found randomly at Neiman Marcus Last Call, and knew it would be perfect with just a little bit of work, mainly changing out some of the buttons and making a belt for it.
My wedding band is from Erie Basin, a shop in Brooklyn with a website that i Love; Adam's is from Eliza Page, a shop in Austin where we live, and the designer is Jamie Kelsch. Thanks for all your super sweet comments! -
Wow, this wedding in particular sure got around in the blogosphere! Still beautiful.
Sarah S. I am in love…madly with your dress. i've been looking all over for something similar. my fiance and i would like to have a small, using reused items at our wedding. obviously, i'm searching for a used dress. Would you be interested in selling your dress for a great cause?! :)
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I recognized the card file right away. It's from lovelydesign. I love Sharilyn's work! Beautiful wedding!
What a gorgeous wedding. I hope to get married in my hometown of Austin one day – maybe I will have mine at Laguna Gloria too! It is great to see such simplicity and creativity together.
I love the whole look and feel of your wedding!!! You are beautiful! Those roses are spectacular–you've inspired me. May I ask the name of them? My florist says Esperanza, but I don't think they are. Help?
Thank you. :)
Miss Perfume: if you're referring to her bouquet, I believe they're called Amnesia roses. I used them for my wedding and they're absolutely stunning and quite hardy-my bouquet and arrangements lasted over a week!
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In an aside to one of his other remarks [in The Real Work: Interviews and Talks, 1964–1979], Gary Snyder implicitly criticizes the "stress on individual names" which characterizes the way we readers respond to our poets; he does so because he writes out of a tradition of self-effacement, and his yearnings are for a communal poetry rooted in place. But without a "name," poets aren't asked to do interviews, and without a big name such interviews are never collected into a book like Snyder's The Real Work: Interviews & Talks, 1964–1979. And, I think, it takes a very big name on such a collection to find readers, and to convince readers to be open enough to engage ideas like Snyder's, which lead, paradoxically, to self-effacement and no names. (p. 113)
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Jake and Michael have the most amazing on-screen chemistry that makes the viewers believe they're truly best friends and police partners. The way the script was written allowed David Ayer to elicit an incredible range of emotion from the viewers. It's hilariously funny during car scenes between Jake and Michael, playing on relatable awkward topics of sex, dating, and other things best friends would joke about, yet incredibly serious, showing just how intense and dangerous police officers' jobs in South Central LA can be. The use of Jake's hand-held camera gives a Paranormal Activity feeling (without the headache) that adds to the "realness" of the film. I highly recommend this film and challenge anyone to not be completely moved by the end of it.
When I actually sit down and think about it, there aren't many good
movies about your average, every day police officer. There are a couple
notable television series', like "Hill Street Blues" and the now dated
but oddly fascinating reality series "Cops", but on film, these guys
don't get a lot of luck. I guess everyone would rather see movies about
undercover officers or detectives. Well for anyone like me who's been
waiting for it, here it is. End Of Watch, an excellent take on the
genre. It may not be perfect, but it's unique and shows the day to day
life more effectively than most if any cop movies I've seen, and as
such I think it will one day be essential viewing for fans of the
In the film we meet Brian Taylor, an ex-marine working as a police
officer while he works his way through law school. He also just so
happens to be taking a class in filmmaking and is filming his
experiences to make a documentary for said class, and this is where we
get much of our view into the film from. Featured frequently in the
film is his partner Mike, often called Z. After stumbling upon a
drug-lord at a routine traffic stop, they quickly fall into trouble
with the cartel and have to fight their way through it while still
trying to figure out where it's all coming from.
The great thing about this mockumentary/found footage style isn't so
much the way it's able to present the action of being a cop
realistically (which it does but so do normally shot movies), but it
better gives us an understanding of what happens inbetween the action.
Being a fly on the wall in the various dull, inappropriate, and often
times hilarious conversations the two have when patrolling brings the
film a much needed dose of comic relief, but the kind that never feels
forced. It's all set up naturally. This really gives a chance for stars
Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena to shine as well as they fit so
naturally into these characters, often sounding unscripted whether or
not they are. They play them as regular guys instead of complex
characters which may make them a little less compelling, but all the
more fun to watch.
The film also mixes in a variety of other video sources from the
dashboard cams of the police cruisers to security cameras. This really
benefits the style as a whole. 99% of the time, using the self-shot,
found footage for an entire film can come off as gimmicky and
unnecessary, but by using a variety of sources the director is able to
keep the realistic tone consistent while downplaying the gimmick idea
and instead choosing to use Brian's self shot footage and monologues to
the camera only when they prove most effective to the story.
Along the way the film is also interspersed with subplots of Brian
meeting his new girl Janet, played by Anna Kendrick who makes a
memorable impression despite her little screen time, as well as Z and
his wife having a baby. While I find it hard to really complain about
Anna Kendrick (she's just so damn cute! And she looked stunning on
stage introducing the film), these subplots, while important for
character development, are thrown in a little too randomly throughout
and mess with the overall flow of the film. It's not a huge complaint
as I've seen it done worse in other movies, but it could've been solved
with some tighter editing. But who knows, this was the premiere I saw,
studios still often tweak movies before wide-release.
Fortunately for writer/director David Ayer, this is really the only
complaint I have about the film. The entire movie is fairly well
written. I did find the dialogue of a lot of the street thugs to be
cliché and racially stereotypical, but the things Brian and Z say are
priceless throughout and help you deal with a lot of the more serious
scenes, and there are quite a few of them. For as entertaining and
light-hearted as it is at times, End Of Watch has many dark, brutally
violent, and emotionally impacting scenes that are not for the feint of
heart. They do ultimately seem necessary though as the film needs
action to keep it going, and to create the realistic document of day to
day police life it's trying to create, which does get pretty brutal
sometimes despite the mostly mundane times in between. The important
thing though is that the film is able to balance all of these moments
so well.
David Ayer has dedicated what seems to be his whole career to police
movies. Most are mediocre to bad (Street Kings), some are genre
classics (Training Day), but I think End Of Watch is by far his finest.
It easily has the most likable characters, and as such the most
emotional involvement for the audience, which thus creates the most
tension in the high risk, action scenes. It has the most believable
story of any of his movies, or most cop movies for that matter, and
lastly it just told in an interesting way. Neither the cop story, found
footage action or fly on the wall comedy genres are anything new, but
End of Watch takes old ideas and fits them together to make something
In conclusion, it's tough to go wrong with End Of Watch if you're a fan
of the genre. Even if you're not particularly fond of cop movies, I'd
still recommend it. It's a highly entertaining, tension filled ride of
a movie. It may not be as deep as some other movies coming out now, but
it really brings you into another world well. It's well written, well
directed, well acted, and was well enjoyed by the whole crowd. Check it
If you want to be at the edge of your seat the entire movie you should
definitely watch this. I went to a screening a long time ago so the
scenes may have changed a bit and maybe made a bit easier on the viewer
but the version we saw was absolutely AMAZING movie. The story grips
you all along and drags you without giving you a moment to look away
from the screen. If you like intense movies like Crash, Stuck or Drive
then this is for you.
Everyone applauded after the movie finished at the screening. The story
is just so real and so intense that makes your hair stand straight.
The good thing is that from the first second you get into the movie
until the very end. Its a story of love and intense action combined
that is real not superficial. Its something that could be happening
right now in your neighborhood.
It's not hard to tell that David Ayer grew up on the mean streets of
South Central, Los Angeles. Training Day, The Fast and the Furious,
Dark Blue and S.W.A.T. all showcase his passion for writing screenplays
about these streets and the role that police officers play in them. His
two films as director (Harsh Times and Street Kings) showed that he
could also direct hard hitting dramas depicting the underbelly of the
L.A. and the police force. End Of Watch marks Ayer's second film as
both writer and director.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña star as a two young officers in the
Los Angeles Police Department. Using the "home footage" format of
filmmaking, End Of Watch shows us the ups and downs of these two young
officers as they work, love and fight in the streets of Los Angeles.
In terms of subject matter this film doesn't cover anything really
different. Its about cops dealing with their issues at home and on the
job. This topic has been covered countless times but what makes End Of
Watch different and better then many of its predecessors is that it
holds realism as its number one priority. This is one of the most
realistic portrayals of police life ever put to celluloid. The day to
day lives of these two best friends are shown in a format that is both
convincing and horrifying. It doesn't flinch away when showing the
disturbing aspects of this high pressure career.
Using everyday video sources (chest mounted cameras, vehicle cameras,
P.O.V angels, aerial shots from police choppers) definitely gives the
film an unprecedented level of proximity to cops in the line of duty.
Unfortunately, this format doesn't always work. Some chaotic scenes
become a little bit confusing when the camera is constantly changing
from first person shots to third person angles. But for the most-part
it works well.
Gyllenhaal and Peña provide us with two highly believable characters
and their chemistry is palpable. Whether they're talking about the
women in their lives or having a friendly argument about racial
stereotypes, these two actors ensure that we stick with their
characters through every step of the way. Gyllenhaal continues to
solidify himself as one of the best actors around and Peña delivers one
of his best performances to date.
It's got a great script and a focused story that is handled confidently
and told well. David Ayer has crafted an intense, hard hitting drama
that benefits from the two excellent performances by the two leads.
This was a real unique journey in drama. A mix of studio camera and innovative character cameras interwoven with the story. Casting brought two very strong actors together and their chemistry was right on target. The plot was simple but the ingredient that put this film over the top was realism and believability. Yes it is very raw and if I got a dollar for every "F-bomb" I could by a home in Malibu for sure. Realism is the main course and this film would not lose it's true identity. I found what really put this movie in the must see category is that ...One minute your laughing and the next you're crying. There are very few films that can achieve this element with this level of quality. This is, without a doubt, one of the very best films of the year.
This is hands down the best cop movie i have ever seen, nothing depicted here is new, gangs, money, drugs, torture, cops, death, etc...it is the way that its depicted that makes it stand out, the last time that these issues were well shown was in SHIELD. Jake gives his best performance yet, he really does stand out all the way till the end him and his partner play amazing cops. You really feel the intensity and reality of thee life of a cop shown through Jake's recordings, its just amazing how it all feels so real...you will not regret watching this film if you can handle it that is... This movie will keep you glued to the seat till the very end. End of watch was a great watch.
If I were to pitch you a movie about two police officers who are
partners on patrol in South Central Los Angeles, one of your first
inclinations might be "not another buddy copy comedy." While "End of
Watch" is often funny, the newest film from "Training Day" writer David
Ayer, is no comedy.
Ayer, who spent a lot of time in South Central, takes the found footage
approach to his latest film featuring the LAPD in the spirit of modern
trends and perhaps the show "Cops."
It's hard to tell if Ayer's exaggerating, but a lot of dangerous stuff
happens to Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Zavala (Michael Pena) despite
being beat cops. So much so that they get involved with the wrong
Mexican gang, and their attempts to go above and beyond to protect and
serve put them in the line of fire.
Gyllenhaal and Pena have incredible chemistry as two cops who are best
friends as well as partners. They epitomize the modern "bromance" in a
number of ways, joking around, giving each other a hard time, offering
love/dating advice with hyper-masculine sarcasm, etc. Ayer takes time
to show these men out of their blues frequently to humanize them in a
critical way. On the job, they are often cocky, proud and reckless,
pushing the line of appropriate police behavior and protocol. They jump
back and forth between making laudable, responsible choices and
borderline police brutality.
The portrait that this paints of law enforcement feels so much more
authentic than we're normally treated to in cop films and police
procedurals on television. They are heroes and good, honorable men, but
that doesn't make them beacons of morality. No matter how much you
believe in the quickly escalating plot of "End of Watch," there's no
disagreement to be had over the authenticity of the characters and the
environment they operate in.
Although we do get independent "episodes" in which Taylor and Zavala
respond to calls and find more than they bargained for, there's a
through-line involving a powerful Mexican drug cartel and the gang that
enforces it. Ayer glamorizes these thugs a little bit, but it makes
them formidable villains in the story. As things come to a boil, the
realism of the film really unravels in favor of a more compelling,
heart-pounding finale.
Ayer takes certain liberties with the found footage style as well. The
premise involves Taylor filming everything for a school project or
something. He has a hand-held camera but also cameras positioned in the
squad car, and ones that clip onto their uniforms. The gangs also carry
cameras around to film their violent escapades. At times, however, we
can't tell who is supposed to be holding the camera like when Taylor
starts making out with his girlfriend, Janet (Anna Kendrick). Neither
is holding the camera, so that's a bit strange.
Still, that filmmaking style does more good than harm to the film. Say
what you will about the found footage trend, but this is an appropriate
example that really works. The extra layer of realism and authenticity
that the technique gives to a film really goes miles in favor of "End
of Watch."
Humor is an unexpected benefit of this film as well. Michael Pena has
failed to be funny in films including "Tower Heist" and "30 Minutes or
Less," but he succeeds in territory that blends it with the dramatic in
this very organic way. It would be impressive if most of the dialogue
in this film, at least between him and Gyllenhaal, weren't improvised
given how natural it flows.
It sounds like a stretch to consider this one of the better acted films
of the year, but Gyllenhaal and Pena should've been considered for
awards contention. The nature of found footage detracts from what we
tend to associate with/look for in an Oscar-worthy performance. We
expect authenticity from found footage and only comment when it goes
poorly, not when it's done exceptionally well. Having seen enough films
made in the found footage style, no other two actors have done better
in this genre.
"End of Watch" offers an intense look at the life of L.A.'s finest and
a harrowing portrait of life in the barrios and gang-ridden parts of
L.A. Although exaggerated at crucial points, it shows what can happen
when officers try and step out of their clearance level. At the least,
it's one of the best films found footage has given us to date.
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Unlike many of the current crop of macho cop dramas, End of Watch plays mainly to the grit of the daily challenges of patrolling the mean streets of South Central LA in the "Shootin' Newton" division. Unlike the stunning LA Confidential, with a historical story line, End of Watch is done in the cinema ver'ite' style - in a realistic real cops on duty in the LA war zone frame. The casting in this movie is picture perfect, with each actor giving in depth performances.The story line brings the Mexican / US drug problem into crystal clarity. Initially, the story fails to coalesce, and the video cam work is a bit disjointed and over done at the outset, but once you settle in to cinematic method, the film gets a hold on you. Definitely a movie for any law enforcement aficionados collection.
End of Watch seems to be another film that uses the found-footage
style, but once again it's not a successful try. However, it still gets
what it wants by being a true to life buddy cop film with a ridiculous
amount of intensity. End of Watch looks pretty simple as a crime
thriller, but everything is actually brilliant. The crimes are grim and
the action is a load of thrills. But what really makes this film so
appealing is the chemistry between Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña.
Their bromantic moments keeps the entire film so charming. The rest of
End of Watch is engaging and interestingly gripping.
The story is about the lives of the lead pair. As these police officers
patrol around the streets, they spend their time talking and joking
around until they see something going on. Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael
Peña brings it to life. Their chemistry is the magic of this film. When
it gets serious it becomes really intense, makes you wish both of them
are safe on their dangerous jobs. The common elements of cop movies are
explosions and stylish gunfights, but this film is all about tension
and momentum.
The found-footage style is as messy as what the recent found-footage
film, Chronicle, did. Which falls into being unnecessary. It sometimes
gets shots that aren't filmed on any hand-held cameras. The camera-work
is still well shot and serves a different experience, but it could have
been something like what action directors, Mark Neveldine and Brian
Taylor(strangely has the same name of the main character), do. Shaking
the camera ridiculously without calling it a found-footage film. If you
ignore the style, it would be cool. The quality of the film is being
realistic and there it succeeds. They left the impossibly cool police
movie stuff behind and instead make them simply scrutinize, arrest, and
watch the streets.
End of Watch doesn't have much of a concept but to depict the credible
lives of these hero cops. While the lead stars shine on their beautiful
down-to-earth bromance, there's a grim reality about to affect their
lives thus makes this an indeed so compelling film. Still, it could
have been a Crank like film than a found-footage. The crazy cam is a
great effect, but not the characters holding the camera. Aside from
that, it's a top notch thriller that is easy enough to enjoy. Worth a
ride and recommended.
The script is so well written, it almost hurts. Almost because it is
really just good! And I loved the fact, that it got recognized in
America too (at the Box office, it did open at Number 1). While I won't
go into the story, the casting of Jake and his partner couldn't have
been better. It feels like the guys know each other their whole life.
Their interactions with social media and "real" life feel ... well
real. Nothing in this movie feels like it is staged for entertainment
purposes nor does the dialogue sound fake.
I did write drama, but there is also quite a bit of action in this one.
The hand-held approach to some of the scenes does not take anything
away from them, it actually heightens the experience most of the time.
Of course as an Anna Kendrick fan, I would've loved to see more of her
in the movie, but it does belong to our two "heroes" and what they are
going through. It's nice to see a movie that keeps in touch with
current events, have the courage and the quality to bring that "cop"
experience on screen
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A human being who is so inept that their intelligence is below that of not just a donkey, but a donkey with special needs.
Can be shortened to "SND".
Can be shortened to "SND".
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"My boss is such an SND; I can't believe he got me to help him dial the phone."
"My boss is such an SND; I can't believe he got me to help him dial the phone."
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Premiere day. Finally! It feels like a long time coming, and it's nice to know our cast feels the same. There are plenty of real feelings mixed with shenanigans in this episode, all of which manage to keep the conflict engaging but light, at least at this point in the game. So far King of Dramas is proving to be an unchallenging watch (which is NOT a bad thing), yet one full of stakes and subsequent rewards. And laughs. And squeals. And yes, even tears. But when those tears come with a laughter chaser, I can hardly complain.
EPISODE 11: "The Line of Life and Death"
Anthony gives Go-eun his trust, but reminds her that it won't be enough – if she found the two works similar, she'll have to prove that she wrote her script first and clear her name. So that others will believe in her, too.
With that, Anthony has the microphones turned back on and addresses the entire production as he reminds the cast that they can't treat their drama with distrust. He gives them all a pep talk, basically, asking everyone to band together and believe in Go-eun.
He also vows to prove that Go-eun's work came first, and tells everyone to continue filming in the meantime. The last bit he directs to Min-ah specifically: "If you still can't trust this script, then trust me and act for this role."
Tears of frustration fill Min-ah's eyes, while Hyun-min broods backstage.
Anthony's on a quest to help Go-eun recover a file for Kyungsung dating before 2006, but the only place where one could feasibly be is on Writer Jung's computer, from when Go-eun was an assistant. Unfortunately, Writer Jung is abroad.
Anthony solves this problem by lying to a locksmith that they've been locked out of their own home so that they can break into Writer Jung's house. In order to fool the man, Anthony throws his arm around Go-eun, lying without a qualm that his "wife" does stuff like this all the time. Ha.
Once they've broken inside, Go-eun mutters under her breath that their age gap is too big for him to be lying about them being married. Anthony responds by teasingly calling her "yeobo," an endearing term between husbands and wives. Double ha.
After ransacking the place, Go-eun eventually finds the old laptop. Score.
Meanwhile, Min-ah can't seem to get her mind off Anthony's "I believe in you" line to Go-eun, especially when she remembers an old fishing date her and Anthony had shared before her debut.
He'd told her he didn't believe her when she claimed she wasn't nervous, but that was because he didn't believe in anyone. (Just like he told Go-eun.) But, he'd believed in Min-ah's ability to become a world star.
Back in the present, Go-eun has no luck retrieving the file since the laptop has been wiped, while the SBC executives mull over replacing Kyungsung due to the plagiarism scandal. Again. Wait, again?
Things are tense over at World Productions, since the submission of evidence in the plagiarism case is due by midnight, and Go-eun doesn't have enough to defend herself. Anthony decides to meet with Writer Jo of Fated Lovers, resolving that even if he has to kneel and beg, they have to get their drama to air.
Go-eun takes her search home, and her and Mom share some cute moments as Mom reminisces over Go-eun's dreams of becoming a writer over the years. She has a box of keepsakes from Go-eun's childhood, and just so happens to have saved a floppy disk from when Go-eun first wrote Kyungsung.
Luckily, it's a file dating from 2005. Go-eun all but cries in relief, and calls Anthony just as he's on his way to meet Writer Jo, exclaiming, "I found it! I found it!"
The filming atmosphere is on pins and needles the next day as everyone, including the SBC execs, waits for the court verdict. Go-eun seems in dour spirits as the leave the courthouse. Eek, did something go wrong?
Anthony calls Director Goo with the verdict, which he passes onto the production crew: Kyungsung Morning isn't plagiarized.
The set erupts into cheers, while Go-eun remains overwhelmed from the whole experience. Anthony takes this time to teach her a lesson in saving and copyrighting her files, and hilariously refuses to accept his handkerchief back after she uses it to blow her nose.
Go-eun notices the initials "A.K." on the handkerchief, and asks why Anthony was never given a Korean name if he had Korean parents. "My name was Anthony from the day I was born," he replies flatly.
Only when she asks him why he never asked his parents about it does she learn that they both passed, though he's not as affected by that as she'd think.
So she takes it upon herself to give him a Korean name, reasoning that because he receives so many insults, his name should be short for a term meaning "plenty of insults." Hee. She does love to toy with him.
Unfortunately for him, they end up getting pulled over by the police for running a stop light, which forces him to give the officer his driver's license. The officer reads his real name – Kim Bong-dal – and Go-eun starts laughing uncontrollably. Haha.
The name sounds funny and decidedly ungraceful for Anthony, but better yet is the meaning behind it – "Bong" is for mountaintop, and "Dal" is for moon. So to her, his name may as well be Kimchi Mountaintop-moonface, and she finds that to be just about the funniest thing she's ever heard. At least Anthony takes her teasing like a champ.
Later, Go-eun hears some persistent knocking at her door and is reminded of Hyun-min's last surprise entrance. So to prepare, she pulls her hair over her face and opens the door to scare him…
Only to find Min-ah on the other side. Awk-ward.
It seems like she's come for an apology, and like a true writer, Go-eun only has coffee to offer her. However, Min-ah's expression grows dark when she sees Anthony's embroidered handkerchief on Go-eun's drying rack.
To Min-ah's credit, she does sincerely apologize for believing the plagiarism accusations, and Go-eun is nice enough to forgive and forget. She is taken aback, though, when Min-ah asks what her relationship to Anthony is.
After a few moments of blinking, Go-eun laughs off the thought: "What kind of woman in the world would like a man like him?" Ha. Poor Min-ah.
She goes on to say that if she had to put a name to their relationship, it'd be that of a demon and an angel. HA. Min-ah seems soothed, at least.
I knew the ratings were going to come up in meta talk. Or at least, I'd hoped they would. Anthony rallies the boys over securing first place with the premiere, even though "SBC's" drama hasn't even broken 10% in the ratings. And that drama didn't have help from its predecessor, which we can equate to Faith in the real world. (Faith didn't do miserably, but it hovered at or below 11% for most of the run.)
"It seems we will have a hard fight," Dong-seok notes. "Of course it will be hard, but no matter what, we will win," Anthony replies. Oh, the meta.
The Chairman finally gets his accounting books in the hopes of finding fraud from Anthony, only to find that the only illegal accounting Anthony did was under the Chairman's orders. It's with some surprise that he realizes Anthony never embezzled a single penny.
But, even though it was all his orders, Anthony's name is still on the damning ledgers. The Chairman calls for his legal team in the hopes of using that evidence to lock Anthony away for at least a decade. Dude, sometimes you need to learn to let go.
Meanwhile, Anthony gets a text from Go-eun addressing him as Kim Bong-dal. Hee. She's having so much fun with that.
A frantic call from her mom sends her to the restaurant, but she's crestfallen that it's only because there are too many customers.
…Except those customers are Hyun-min's fan club, which he's brought to the restaurant in order to promote the drama. Is this his indirect apology? Because it's adorable.
After Hyun-min introduces her as "the beautiful writer" to his fans, he takes Go-eun outside to apologize for misunderstanding her script. "I thought that apologizing with only words wouldn't be enough," he admits, which prompts Go-eun to ask if he thought that apologizing with money and fans would be.
Instantly, Hyun-min's air of seriousness is gone as he replies: "Because I have nothing but money and fans!" Haha. They're back to their old bickering selves, and all is forgiven.
Anthony calls her in to do some script revisions on a clumsy and lifeless kiss scene, flat-out asking her if she's never kissed a man before. Go-eun hesitates before replying that she has, which may or may not mean it's a lie.
"Then, do it," Anthony challenges. Omo.
He hands the script over to Dong-seok to do the reading as he steps in close to Go-eun. Anthony starts acting out the scene as Dong-seok reads, with Go-eun still in a state of shock that this is happening at all. (Dong-seok is barely keeping himself from cracking up. I love it.)
Actually, all the World Boys are trying to keep it in because of the cheesiness of the scene. Anthony acts out Hyun-min's part while Go-eun acts Min-ah's, and you can just see her squirming with awkwardness and embarrassment as she says her lines.
And then, at the end, Anthony stands up and declares that this is the moment Hyun-min is supposed to kiss Min-ah, except it doesn't work at all. "I'm not an actress," Go-eun defends, but Anthony fires back that a writer's job is to write in order to make actors act. Basically, the scene is unplayable.
For proof, he tells her to ask the World Boys what they think as a male audience. She looks to them all hopeful, like, It's okay, right?
But they all shrug in a way that says, "Ehhhhh." So Go-eun gets to revise the script.
Min-ah keeps messing up her takes during filming because Hyun-min won't stop making faces to distract her. This ends up being his personal revenge since he doesn't know that Min-ah apologized to Go-eun, which is a cute reason except for the fact that they're in a blizzard. I'd be saving revenge for an indoor scene.
Of course, they're both horrified to learn that a kiss scene was planned in Episode 7. Min-ah's only hope is that it gets revised.
Go-eun struggles on the revision of the kiss scene, mainly because she doesn't have any kissing experience to write about. "Should I experience a kiss to write a kiss scene well?" she reasons aloud to herself. "Then, what about a story about a serial killer? Should its writer be a serial killer?"
She has a point there. In order to practice, she puckers up for a picture of Johnny Depp, and chickens out at the last minute because of that "Kim Bong-dal." But then she focuses on his birthday in her calendar. Is today the day?
Anthony sends the boys home to rest for the premiere date tomorrow, only to have Dong-seok come back in… followed by the rest of the boys and Go-eun, with a birthday cake. They sing him an extreme rendition of "Happy Birthday," replete with confetti and candles. So cute. SO CUTE.
Go-eun knows his birthday from their run-in with the police. Anthony's face remains stoic as he orders them out. Can't they see he's working?
They shuffle out, wondering if they had the date wrong. Anthony remains in his office sitting across from his cake, and he doesn't take his eyes off it until the candles burn all the way down. This is surprisingly sad. It's like he's never been given a birthday cake before.
Min-ah invites him out next to wish him a happy birthday, and passes over a ring box… it's the Absolute Ring! Well, a copy. She knows how meaningful it was to him. (This one seems to be fashioned around the actual Lord of the Rings ring.)
He ends up rejecting it on the grounds that it's not his ring – the one he cherished with his life because he believed it protected his success. Well, there can be only one.
We see why the original ring was so important to him in flashback, where his blind mother had given it to him shortly before he left to study abroad in America. It once belonged to his father. (Not going to lie, Kim Myung-min's styling is really freaking me out because he does look so much younger. It's downright bizarre.)
That night, he goes to a care center… to visit his Mom? So she's alive. She's asleep when he enters her room, but her nightstand is littered with newspaper articles about him. Aww.
As he's about to leave she wakes, and instinctively knows it's him as she asks if he's had seaweed soup for his birthday. She apologizes that she couldn't cook it for him in the state she's in, which has him urging her to get better so she can leave. Something tells me that isn't going to happen.
She "sees" him by touching his face, causing both of them to well up with emotion. Anthony almost loses his composure when she tells him that she's looking forward to the premiere, both of them knowing that she won't be able to watch it. But it's the sentiment that's sweet.
Both he and Go-eun are pensively hopeful about tomorrow's premiere, and Anthony hopes to himself that he'll finally be able to smile. Before he realizes it, he's spread his arms out like wings in the same way Go-eun taught him last episode. And when he does realize it, he just gives himself over to it.
And on her rooftop, Go-eun does the same.
It's finally premiere day, and the team scrambles to do all that needs doing: trailer cutting, news interviews, etc. Director Goo calls it a day early so they can all watch the broadcast from their homes, something which has Hyun-min on edge as he counts down the minutes to air next to a sullen-looking Bit-na and the rest of his retinue.
Comparatively, Min-ah is the very picture of calm, since she refuses to watch the first episode of any of her dramas based on the superstition that ratings will plummet if she does.
Anthony, Go-eun, and Director Goo get to watch from the broadcasting room. It's all finally coming together, and the feeling is palpable. Anthony reminds Go-eun that she'll be breathing with the audience for the next twenty episodes, and that she'll need to study the live ratings graph to see what specific moments excite the viewers as well as which ones cause them to change the channel.
Everyone's waiting – even Min-ah, as it turns out. And Anthony's mom, too. She may not be able to see the show, but she'll be listening in, while Go-eun's mom has her entire restaurant watching.
The first episode begins. Ratings start at 7.1%, which CP Lee notes as being pretty mediocre. I actually feel the worst for Min-ah – everyone else is watching with a support group, but she's the only one watching alone.
There are disappointed faces galore, though, as the sight of the ratings. SBC is pulling in the lowest line on the graph, and it's heartbreaking to see Anthony literally fighting back tears. You can just see his hopes and dreams going down with those numbers.
It's only a half hour in, but Anthony calls it quits. When Go-eun tries to stop him he soullessly responds: "Half an hour has passed already and the ratings are in the pits. We've lost, miserably."
Anthony ends up drinking and taking his pills at a street-side stall, doing everything he can to resist the urge to break down.
That's where Go-eun ends up finding him, which means she's given up on watching her very first broadcast in order to comfort him. (And yeah, probably also herself a little.) He's not interested in company, until Director Nam calls him with the final average. We don't hear what it is, but Anthony's face twitches infinitesimally.
Go-eun hesitates to ask what the number was, and Anthony's poker face is firmly in place: "We must have had a spike toward the end." She nods, waiting…
"Viewership rating was 15.7%," Anthony exclaims. "We're in the lead!"
I caught myself literally jumping for joy before I realized it, because Anthony and Go-eun are doing the same. That was a HUGE spike, so it's no surprise that everyone would be losing their minds over it.
Hyun-min gets to scream and yell in happiness, and even Min-ah, all alone, becomes girlishly excited when she gets the good news.
I love that Anthony acts like he had faith the entire time, even when he'd been moping about their mistake in making Kyungsung noir and not melo. Strangely though, I can't tell if Anthony is lying or not when he claims he can't remember saying it. Could it be the meds?
They each get a turn to claim why they are the reason for the ratings success, until Anthony hones in on Go-eun's kiss scene again. "Tell me truthfully," he begins. "You've never had a kiss, right?"
Go-eun blusters a bit, but he sees right through her. "You haven't felt your heart beating for a man," he continues. She argues that she has, but he shoots back that he's not talking childish crushes. He means the real deal.
And he knows just as easily that Go-eun hasn't experienced that kind of love, which causes him to look at her in a new light. One that she feels a bit uncomfortable with, ha.
She mentions how he needs to stop drinking, to which he confidently replies, "I'm Anthony. Mere alcohol cannot defeat me."
…Only for him to end up face down on the table. Go-eun ends up dragging his drunk bottom all the way to the production building, and into his hilariously lavish bedroom.
After dumping him on the bed, she feels entitled to speak in banmal as she tells him to sleep well. Hee. But she doesn't get one step out the door before she's grabbed by Anthony and pulled down onto the bed, her face inches from his. And he's wide awake. Omo.
"What do you think about me?" he asks. "How do you think of me as a man?"
Whoa. That was unexpected. I mean, anytime you get one drunk character in a closed space with another this sort of thing usually happens, and while I wouldn't say that it felt out of place, it did feel sudden. Not bad sudden, not good sudden, just… sudden.
While we can't pinpoint who fell for who first, I like the idea that Anthony was the one who broke first. It makes sense even considering his exterior, because we've seen how flimsy his outer shell of bravado really is. At any moment he's on the verge of breaking down, which we saw clearly when he was eyeing the ratings. I'm hoping that at some point his depression issues are brought up and resolved somehow, unless the message they're trying to convey is that the medicine he takes is good and necessary for his overall well-being.
I liked the meta reference to King's ratings, which have once again dropped this week. Even I let out a sigh of frustration when looking at Episode 11's numbers (7.3%, for the curious), wondering how they could lose what little footing they'd gained last week. While this show isn't perfect, I *am* enjoying it immensely and am therefore a bit stuck wondering what exactly the viewers feel like they aren't receiving from the show.
Conversely, it could just be that everyone is watching Horse Healer. (Sageuk always wins, unless it's The Great Seer. Or Faith. Wait, sageuk hasn't had a very good year, has it?)
I was hoping that we'd get a meta reference during Anthony and Min-ah's fishing flashback, just because I feel like I've seen that scene in every drama this year. Camping/outdoor gear companies have been on a strangely aggressive marketing campaign lately, causing dramas like Equator Man and To The Beautiful You to have completely coordinated, mostly unnecessary outdoor excursions with which to show the camping products and coats. Even though we got a better integration of product placement here in the form of a flashback that didn't derail the plot into some sort of group camping trip, a little wink and a nudge would have been fun.
Overall, I'm liking the turn we've taken this week and hope that the inevitable obstacles to come won't end up feeling like curious afterthoughts or fresh off the assembly line. At least with the time slot fully secured by virtue of finally having aired, we might (at least) stop getting the Last Minute Replacement Threat from the broadcaster. But the drama world presented here is nothing if not ridiculously fickle, so there's no telling where we'll go. As long as the tone stays fun, I'm game.


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TORONTO, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Canada's Bombardier Inc is targeting Monday for the first flight of its all-new CSeries jetliner, weather permitting, the planemaker said on Friday.
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Monday's flight will be a huge milestone for the $3.4 billion, five-year program that Bombardier hopes will position it to compete against industry leaders Boeing Co and Airbus.
The single-aisle CSeries, the company's largest aircraft family, is Bombardier's bet on the lucrative 100- to 149-seat segment, one it eventually hopes to command with a 50 percent market share.
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4 Things RI's Government Can Do to Improve the Economy, But Won't
Saturday, March 08, 2014
- Eliminate the personal income tax
- School choice / Vouchers / Right to Work
- Delaware style corporate reform, including tort reform.
- Eliminate the estate tax. Don't simply raise the exemption threshold, We want billionaires dying here!
In both business and sport the competition is constantly analyzed, especially if they are beating you. A common refrain from the boardroom to the locker room is:
"What are they doing that we're not that is leading to their success and dominance over us?"
This isn't rocket science; in fact it's conventional wisdom. A team that's getting beat, like Rhode Island is, should naturally look to the teams that are thrashing them and determine what those teams are doing differently, that is leading to the thrashing.
Fortunately in the League of States where Rhode Island is a chronic last place finisher, it's easy to determine what the leading states like Texas, Florida and others are doing that we're not. Unfortunately Rhode Islanders have developed an affinity for politicians, who for one reason or another, ignore conventional wisdom and repeat the failed policies and tactics of a loosing team. On the playing field of business and sport this gets you fired, in Rhode Island, oddly, this gets you re-hired.
Eliminate the income tax
If you want to encourage people to work, so they make money and spend it locally and remain self-reliant (a pre-Obama American virtue) you don't penalize or tax them for working.
A sales tax is the only true measure of productivity and the fairest way to fund government. Furthermore raising taxes on vises like Alcohol (society's most destructive drug) and legalizing marijuana would help raise revenue, the rest would be made up in growth (because people would have more money to spend), reforming education and right sizing government. Keep in mind NH has no sales tax, no income tax, is 7 times our size and their roads freeze and are destroyed every winter, yet they operate on about half of our budget. Go figure.
It's a proven fact, that parents will move mountains and to mountains to get their kids into a great, free or affordable school.
Unfortunately, Rhode Island schools are nothing to brag about. About 30th nationally in a country that is 28th out of 32 industrialized nations. In other words no one anywhere is studying what we are doing in education. Not surprisingly in the government jobs program that is masquerading as an education system, we are spending at the top as a nation and state on below average schools and our children are paying the price in a competitive global marketplace. My hometown of Newport is spending over $18,000 per pupil--and trust me the private schools on Aquidneck Island are a thriving alternative and unfortunately families that can afford to, are making the sacrifices to prove it…
As a comparison, the government doesn't make the food in this country, but they do supply vouchers to people who can't afford food. Sheldon Whitehouse, a big supporter of food stamps, is really, really rich and can afford to send his kids to the best private schools, and he does. However, he is the exception in Rhode Island, not the rule.
Most people have one choice for their kids' education, a government school, the same school that Sheldon Whitehouse and other progressive leaders in Rhode Island have opted out of for themselves and their children. These progressives are big fans of vouchers to be redeemed for private sector food, yet against school vouchers. In fact they are big supporters of the single choice government monopoly on education for people who can't afford private school. Why? If Rhode Island became a school choice state, educational opportunities would explode into a true competitive marketplace enabling families and educators a broad selection of places to work and learn. And where there is competition, quality always improves.
Furthermore, tax payers and our struggling towns, would benefit from lower costs derived through competition. And trust me, people would move here to take advantage of our enlightened education system. Rhode Island children from all walks of life would enjoy the same schools that people like Sheldon Whitehouse choose for their children…In fact you'd hear a big sucking sound from states around us, as hard working people, pursuing a better education for their children, flock to Rhode Island to work and live.
Who knows, Langevin may even hold on to his congressional seat for the rest of his life if our population decline turns around and we keep that seat which is now getting sent to a Pro-Growth state in a few years.
Tort reform
When business people drive through Rhode Island, generally on the way to a state where they have jobs, they can't help but notice the Heavy Hitter and others like him gracing our billboards and airwaves. This sends a clear message to business owners, "that guy must be making a lot of money suing people like me, probably not a good idea to locate my next facility here"…
Common sense tort reform with real consequences for frivolous lawsuits would make Rhode Island a much friendlier place to conduct business. Rhode Islanders can get ahead through job choice rather than falling prey to unscrupulous litigators…and while the legislature is reforming one system ripe with fraud, the workers comp system could use a business friendly overhaul as well…
Smart policy would be designed to keep them in Rhode Island spending their time, spending their money, here, not in Florida. The income tax already drives the high taxpayers out of state, the exact people the progressives need in order pay for their dependency programs. As one of the few remaining states with an inheritance tax, Rhode Island's hefty estate tax is the final straw for all those on the fence. In fact I had many lawyers, accountants and financial planners all say same thing to me during the campaign, "it would be malpractice if I didn't tell my clients to move to Florida to set up their estate", and of course they do… and in response Rhode Island, has a system that points a gun to the head of our wealthy spenders forcing them to leave the state, for six months, right before the holidays, so they do their shopping and dining in Florida. And to add insult to injury, one of the tests of residency, is where you donate, so of course the Florida charities benefit while the Rhode Island charities suffer…
Duh. Let's keep them here, spending in our shops and restaurants and donating to Rhode Island charities. Maybe they'd leave for a couple months after the holidays to avoid the worst of the weather, but six months, which includes the shopping and giving season is just plain stupid.
Who wants to bet me these things will never happen in Teresa and Gordon's Big House on the Hill?
Former U.S. Senate candidate Barry Hinckley is an entrepreneur, most recently founding and building Bullhorn, Inc. into a world leader in staffing and recruiting software. Bullhorn was sold in 2012 to Vista Equity Partners. Barry, a free market libertarian, lives in Newport where he is working on his next business venture.
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Occurred 11/23 at 12:18AM Harvard and Beacon
An Officer stops a vehicle for an equipment violation. The vehicle was not displaying both headlights. Further investigation revealed the subject had just left a Restaurant in Coolidge Corner. He was determined to be operating under the influence of Liquor. He was placed under arrest and his car was towed. He now faces the following charges.
M.G.L. 90:7 Defective Equipment (Passenger Headlight not Illuminated)
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Occurred 11/22 at 143PM on Washington Street
Officers responded to an apartment on Washington Street, a reported unwanted person. There had been a dispute between the resident and the contractor doing work in the apartment. Apparently this dispute had lead to an altercation prior to the officers arriving. Officers investigated and found evidence to support summonsing both parties into Brookline Court for Assault and Battery.
MotorVehicle Accident
Occurred on 11/22 at 2:37 PM –Independence Drive
A three car accident resulted as one vehicle stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the street. A vehicle in line failed to stop causing a chain reaction. One operator was taken to the Newton -Wellesley hospital for observation.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Attempted Larceny:
Occurred on 11/21 between 12:14 and 3:30 PM – Longwood Ave./Marshal St.
Officers were dispatched for an attempted theft of a package. The victim stated she came home and discovered her package had been rummaged through.
Inside the box the victim discovered a shipping form that was not associated with the package. The shipping form was from a package that was stolen from her roommate at the beginning of the month. It is unknown if the suspect dropped the old packing slip while rummaging through today's package or how it ended up inside that delivery.
Occurred on 11/21 at 10 AM – Brook House (44 Washington St.)
Several fire units responded for a kitchen fire at the Brook House. A contractor who was doing work in the unit suffered a burn to his nose and was transported to the hospital. The cause of the fire is unknown.