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Until the arrival of large-scale development around her home in the northeastern province of Ratanakkiri, Sav Samourn, a member of the ethnic Jarai minority, was frightened of wild animals and ghosts.
But as trees disappeared and industrial machinery razed the forestland, the old fears fell away. People scare her now.
Samourn's tale of loss and struggle, in the face of a country that is changing at warp speed, is one of three narratives weaving through filmmaker Kalyanee Mam's new documentary, A River Changes Course, which will have its world premiere in January at the elite US-based Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
"Today, thousands of families across Cambodia have been thrown off their land or evicted from their homes," Mam said in an e-mail interview.
"Vast swathes of forests have been cut down and shipped abroad, and immense fields of rubber, sugar, soy, and cassava plantations are rising from the ashes of burnt forest."
The work is one among 12 in the World Cinema Documentary Competition, in which films from Egypt, Russia, India, Ireland and China, among others, fill the list.
A River Changes Course, which was produced by the Documentation Center of Cambodia, is in Khmer and Jarai, with English subtitles.
A Cambodian-American who did the cinematography for the Academy Award-winning film Inside Job, which takes a deep investigative dive into the global financial crisis, Mam addresses one of the central issues affecting the country, land rights, with an up-close approach.
"The film unfolds in an intimate, verité style, allowing the stories to unravel rhythmically, with art and poetry, but also methodically, to reveal an even deeper story," Mam said.
A River Changes Course avoids slamming the government, and Mam said that the team kept authorities apprised of their work. But that doesn't detract from the comprehensiveness of the telling.
The camera presents ecological destruction by following Sari Math, a teenage fisherman whose catches grow smaller and smaller.
And the story of Khieu Mok, who left the rice fields for the garment factories of Phnom Penh to help pay down debt, illustrates the bittersweet pull that work in the labour industry has on families.
Though the three Cambodians in the film tell personal histories, by the end, they've evoked the universal theme of the have and have nots.
And though the film may not be overtly political, environmental or investigative, Mam hopes that the sense of urgency it creates will "call the international and local community to action".
To contact the reporter on this story: Joe Freeman at [email protected]


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Luigi has left Mario, and gone out to prove he himself. With the help of Dimentio, Geminiman and Void; will his dreams of recognition come to fruition, or is he doomed to being second banana? Either way, we can be sure that it will be very silly. Currently on hiatus. Epilogue should be up eventually.
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I will never forget seeing Star Wars: A New Hope for the very first time. I was fortunate enough to see the film unfold during its initial theatrical run in 1977. As a nine-year old, I was awe-struck by the sheer power and enormity of the Imperial Star Destroyer in the opening sequence; I was thoroughly transfixed.
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I found this great little piece by Sean Illes of Calabasas Country Club. Sean does a great job of explaining the creation of lag in your golf swing. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to drop him an email.
This seems to be impossible to do given the direction of golf instruction for the past couple of years but before reading on do this try to do the following….
No swing plane, no shaft angles, no late load, no late release. Just stop thinking as mechanically as possible for a little bit and use intuitive analytical thinking when you read through this.
Here is something I think most will find extremely disappointing. The better the ball striker you will meet, the less they give a conscious damn about anything like backswing plane, where/how they set the club on the backswing, or how they do not allow their hands to uncock. They are on auto-pilot, and even when they're not, they're too busy hitting pure after pure that they don't even care about all this crap that bad golfers and worse instructors are obsessed with.
The best ball strikers who create that mega lag that seems to launch the ball far and straight are simply turning back, transitioning, and turning through. ALL OF THEM ALSO DO THIS USING DIFFERENT MECHANICS. Some swing the club upright an drop it flat, some set the club so that it's cocked early, some late, face shut at the top, open etc. Every great ball striker swings differently Trevino, Moe Norman, Snead, Hogan, their swings are nothing alike mechanically but they have dynamics that make them hit the ball so well.
Specifically what is the dynamic that creates lag? What can you focus on right now to create the coveted delayed hit?
The Answer: Sequencing
Now, for the sake of keeping this post somewhat short I cannot talk about all the sequencing that occurs in the golf swing. There is important sequencing even before you hit the shot that tremendously influences your swing–like the overlooked swing trigger. But the specific element in the golf swing that is responsible for that lag is the sequencing between backswing to downwing, the TRANSITION.
If someone asks me "Sean what is one thing I need to work on?" And they are pretty good golfers (meaning they are making a pretty athletic move back and through with good setup, grip, etc.) I say work on your transition.
The club swings back, it eventually has to swing through – SIMPLE. The transition is where all of the magic happens and if you are struggling, look there first. You can make great golf swings taking the club outside of the plane line, you can make great golf swings swinging to the inside. The same goes for clubface position at the top, left arm plane, shoulder plane, WHATEVER. But you CANNOT make a good golf swing that applies the club to the ball with authority unless the downswing is properly sequence. This is why Harvey Penick called it the "Magic Move."
Weight is constantly shifting in the golf swing, from even before the club is taken back at all. To create lag the secret is to make sure that the weight is being properly shifted FORWARD just before the club reaches its position at the top of the backswing. As this occurs a recentering of the center of the body will occur and the hands will automatically LAG behind the body.
THIS IS LAG! The hips shift the hips rotate, the hands FOLLOW or LAG behind. The DOG wags the TAIL. In a great golf swing the hands follow the movements of the body and have no choice but to delay their hit.
CONSCIOUSLY thinking about holding the release, delaying the hands, WHEN MAKING A GOLF SWING is the quickest way to destroy your swing. When you practice, sure, focus on where your hands need to be in the slot on the way back down using a pump drill or some variant of it. But when you are making an actual downswing it has to be a complete abandonment of positions, it is giving up control to get control, it is swinging the club from the body, it is creating lag.
The imagery I like to use with people who don't get this is the following: Imagine that you have a teatherball pole sticking up and down the center of your body at setup with the ball dangling. As you rotate back the pole shifts to the right and momentum slings the ball around the poll. Before the ball reaches the apex the pole shifts forward and spins with the tether and ball lagging behind the pole. Your body is the pole, the tether is your arms, and the ball is the clubhead. The clubhead lags behind the most since in the chain of events it is the final link of the swing to clear though, thus automatically creating lag.
SO all of this was to get to the following conclusion: TO create lag sequence your downswing so that you achieve the following:
- Weight begins shifting forward just before club reaches top of back swing.
- The weight shift forward is a RECENTERING of your swing center that SHIFTS the hips FORWARD.
- The hips rotate and clear, the legs fire through, the upper body follows, the hands follow, the clubhead follows last.
Think about a major league pitcher throwing using a full windup for a moment, especially a powerful one like Nolan Ryan. The pitcher shifts all their weight back–the backswing, then the pitcher takes that big step forward–weight shift that sets the weight forward, rotates their trunk–the turn through, finally releasing the ball–impact. The pitcher is doing the same thing as a golf swing, creating lag and power by using the momentum of the body, the centrifugal force of rotation, and then finally letting the ball go.
In fact, I think that most golfers would be better off not completing their backswing at the expense of poor weight shift. I know this sounds like blasphemy or whatever, but there is a lot more power had from that weightshift back and through before the club reaches its apex than there is created by the actual length of the swing. Don't believe me? Try hitting balls making a backswing from about hip high with your 7 irons just focusing on shifting back and shifting and firing through–you will get so much power and accuracy you might wonder why you take the club all the way to the top.
When someone who has never made a good move startings hitting crisp long shots with that mini swing they invariably ask me why they do not play golf on the course like that since they hit it farther and straighter than their normal swings even though it is only half as long as their normal swing. I tell them that they probably ought to play like that until they are capable of coordinating that move with a big shoulder turn. Of course they don't have the discipline to do this since apparently there is an unwritten rule that on the golf course you have to make full swings. Oh well.
So I guess the conclusion is if you want to start lagging, stop thinking with your hands, stop thinking with your brain, and start feeling with that weight transfer and transition. All this said, transition might be the most important element of a golf swing, but you still have to remember to shift that weight back and load the club up–doesn't so much matter when, but it just has to get done. From there just make that powerful move through and man you will be cooking on the front burner.
Sandy Clark
Finally i think i understand weight shift and when to do so. Always thought it happened during downswing.
But can see that you will get through doing it this way. (Hope , will attempt tomorrow) But i not sure what you mean about clearing hips.?? I am being taught to just swing my arms down , but don't think this is the correct thing to do.? Seems , when i watch the pros they use there shoulder turn to swing the club. (Am i wrong ?), but do you need to get hips turn more out of way or should your hands be in fornt of belt buckle at impact.
I discovered lag two nights ago, after now playing for over 50 years! I've been a 4-7 hcp'r for the past decade. Recent instruction showed that I was trying to turn back too far which caused me to "come up" on the backswing and change my swing plane.
So, I've been trying to start my downswing as soon as I "felt" I'd turned as far as I could go. This was such a change that I had to go back very slowly to do it right.
Too slowly sometimes, so I tried a backswing speed a bit faster and Voila! It gave me a more rhythmic backswing and I began to start my downswing (I guess it's the arms) JUST BEFORE I completed the backswing. I could feel that lag and I"d never felt that before. Now, if I can just continue to do it…
Lag is something 90% of all amateurs (including me) don't ever get on a consistent basis. It is SO critical to a higher clubhead speed and maximum distance. Maintaining your right wrist cock for as long as you can is one simple way for a right-handed golfer to hold that lag as long as possible.
Great post!
Golf Guy
I really like the content and the teachings i hope i can apply it!
nick cercone
I, for some unexplainable reason have alway's started my weight forward BEFORE completing my back swing..and it works[for the most part] like golf's magic move. It also, in addition to weight shift, creates centrifugal force which in turn creates clubhead lag, which creates a happy camper[for the most part]. Amost forgot,,it also creates, at least for me, rythmn/tempo. At age 80, I can still about half the time shoot in the high 70′s..My "bad" rounds are mid 80′s. You are so absolutely on re: the lagging of the clubhead.
Nick Cercone
I discovered the pure lag shot by fluke a couple of weeks ago. I noticed that I always played a pure shot when the ball was above my feet. I was wondering why I cant do this when on a flat lie. So I decide to try putting slightly more weight on my heels and I know the teachers say this is not correct. However it enables me to naturally create lag without thinking about it. I find it easier to shift my weight to the left before the end of my back swing with the weight more on my heels. This might be due to my stocky build I don't know but I am drilling the ball with a purity I never had before every time.
Terry F
Have been hitting the golf ball in the heel of the club forever! Knew I was coming over the top but just couldn't figure out how to fix. This made perfect since! With the proper transition it sets the club back in the slot on plane! I am now striking the ball in the center of the club on most shots and striking the ball with authority! My golf swing is more fluid and relaxed!
Dr. Alan Smith
Hi Sean
Worked your instruction this weekend on the course from Secret in the dirt forum. I was shocked at how well it worked. For me, the simplest thought for transition was borrowed from George Knudsen, and just walk onto the left foot, (I'm right handed)


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It amazes me how long it took me to actually receive my first Child Support check from the government.
Before the questions start filling your mind.. Yes, the father had a job. Yes they knew where he was.
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One of the hardest chants to be on the receiving end of at a football match is "you're not singing anymore" It's horrible to hear this when you're team has gone from a winning position to being in a losing one. It's so hard to listen to. "You only sing when you're winning" is a fair enough description of how our lives play out in the day to day. We're often at the mercy of our circumstances, our motivation to sing can be snatched from us by a deflected goal. Peter instructs first century Christians to 'rejoice, though now for a little while you have been grieved by various trials.' This is a call to sing and worship God at all times. So should we just put on a brave face and sing when we're clearly losing? Should we grin and bear it in order to appear more spiritual?
No. Peter calls our attention to a victory that is assured. He says that we have a 'living hope' because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He points out that the final outcome of the cross guarantees a result for those who trust in it. "According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable…" There is no sell by date or manufacturer's warranty on the victory that was accomplished at the cross. It's lasting. Peter says God's people always have reason to sing because the victory is not in doubt and cannot be snatched from us by a last minute screamer from Ronaldo (sorry City fans.)
Peter didn't always see it this way. He wanted to stop the cross at all costs. He tried to persuade Jesus not to go there. He cut off the ear of one of the mob who came to arrest Jesus. He denied even knowing Jesus. The thing that Peter once tried hardest to prevent became the thing that he gave his life to proclaim. There was a point in his life when Peter could see no sense at all in Jesus being nailed to a Roman Cross or lying dead in a tomb, it seemed like such a waste of potential. The resurrection changed everything.
Every buried hope and shattered dream we have, needs to be viewed in light of the cross. We face trials and hardship all the time as God's people. Our province has been plunged into real despair by the tragic deaths of Noel, Graham and Nevin Spence – as well as the recent death of Fermanagh GAA player, Brian Og Maguire. There are no easy answers or explanations to satisfy the huge questions that are raised by horrific circumstances such as these (or other personal disappointments we face that never make the headlines.) Our only hope is to look at the cross and pray that one day in God's eternal plan we would see these situations differently than the way we see them now. That we would boast in God's ability to overcome evil with good. That we would realise how we see things is flawed and limited in comparison to God's perspective. The Bible gives airplay to a different version of events, and calls us to trust beyond what our eyes can see. Jesus death on the cross offers us an imperishable inheritance that will never fade. Victory is not in doubt. We can sing.


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It's almost Groundhog Day! (Again.) So what mug rug would be more appropriate than this creation? Featuring raw-edge appliqué and machine embroidery, this mug rug might not tell you if spring is just around the corner, but it's sure to brighten your day. I especially appreciate that the cloud has a silver lining!
AQS posted a free groundhog appliqué pattern on their blog in 2017. Also, check out the quilt that Bill Murray's character gets to wake up with every morning in the movie Groundhog Day!


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Time to form a writing group!
November 4, 2014 by Claudia Scholz
Yesterday OSP announced that we'll be be posting every workday in November in support of Academic Writing Month. A key feature of AcWriMo is to make the often solitary act of writing into a public and social affair. AcWriMo participants publicly declare their writing goals and use social media to talk about writing.
One way to support our writing efforts year-round is to establish writing groups. Such groups take at least three forms:
- Accountability groups meet or check-in with each other to share their writing goals, successes and failures. The idea of such groups is to hold each other accountable for working toward goals. This can be very important in forming new habits around writing.
- "Write-ins" are meetings for people to actually do writing (as opposed to talking about it). Some people find it easier to write in a coffee shop or with other writers around.
- Critique groups read and give feedback on each other's work, usually featuring one member at each meeting. Such groups require a little more organization and a significant level of trust among members.
Here are some pieces I've collected about academic/faculty writing groups.
- Curtis,Claire P. March (2011) The Rules of Writing Group. CHE.
- Friend,Jennifer I. & Juan Carlos González. Get Together to Write. AAUP.
- Hara, Billie (2009) New Faculty Writing Groups. CHE.
- Toor, Rachel (2010) A Writing Group of Two. CHE.


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Cleveland Community College Fall Registration
(Shelby, NC) – Fall registration at Cleveland Community College will be held on Thursday, August 8, from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. in the Hunt Campus Center. The College offers Associate in Arts, Science, and Fine Arts degrees as well as certificates and diplomas in over 145 programs in a wide variety of fields including business, allied health, welding, machining, and automation. All of the College's popular programs will be offered in the fall including the Associate in Applied Science degree in Entrepreneurship. Growing interest in this program prompted CCC to hold its first Entrepreneurship Expo in April and since that time there has been an increased interest in the entrepreneurship program. Dr. John Lattimore, dean of Business and Allied Health, says the College is working on developing a strategic approach for broader implementation of the program as entrepreneurship becomes more important in job creation.
CCC is also welcoming back students with a new Student Lounge that is located in the Jack Hunt Campus Center near the Campus Café and College Store. According to Dr. Andy Gardner, vice president of Student Services, "The Student Lounge will be a huge asset to our students who spend much of their day on campus. It is in a centralized campus location where they can relax, meet friends, and recharge their electronic devices."
Prior to the August 8 registration day, students can apply and register online by visiting www.clevelandcc.edu or calling 704-669-4103. Students may sign up for placement testing by calling 704-669-4210.


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African agricultural sector is improving day by day. African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) is working hard on the development and overall growth in African agricultural sector. AGRF believes private sector investment and support can lead the growth to higher points and they are working as global platform for agricultural productivity and income growth for African Nations.
If the African governments become more helpful and take proper initiative they can gain more success. On a forum meeting AGRF Chairman Dr. Kofi Annan underscored the current progress and urges to extend the helping hand of government personals in this sector.
AGRF is currently working on improvement of smallholder farmers who barely can waver. Women play the important part in maintaining the whole family. They're care for land and productive nature is the reason behind for present success. But most of them don't have any expert knowledge or experience. If they can't find proper support this success won't long last.
Most of the African people lives below standard income line. Proper utilization of their resource might change the scenario. But for that they need to be expert in productivity. Smallholder farmers can play important role in country's economy. For that government should support them with knowledge and resources.
To boost up the agricultural growth and supply possible resources AGRF and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency has announced $10 million support. Government should wisely plan the next step and use it for the best output. Smallholder farmers are eagerly waiting for the next step and ready to attend technical workshop to improve their quality and productivity.
Government should immediately launch special propaganda to keep up this performance. More and more personal should get involved in agricultural sector with a motto to product. Hopefully present situation will change and stable income growth will be obtained.


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Welcome to your movie-geek roundup of what's new and worth your attention on the big screen and streaming at home. Let us know in the comments what you're going to be watching!
In Theaters
Ghost in the Shell (Now Playing)
Director Rupert Sanders approaches the American remake of Mamoru Oshii's animated masterpiece with all visual tribute and little intelligent writing. Scarlett Johansson plays (the) Major, who has been placed in the first completely synthetic cyborg body and is searching for clues about her past while working with the government organization Section 9. Despite being a more character-focused story than the original movie, which was drowning in philosophy and concepts of technology, it's an all-too-familiar story that's been done much better before. Still, I can't deny Sanders has a visual eye for respecting Ghost in the Shell—he nails the design of the characters and recreates scenes from the animated movie almost shot for shot. If nothing else, it's pleasing to see "Beat" Takeshi Kitano in another bad-ass role in which he can shoot up criminals with that classic look of intimidation.
The Smurfs: The Lost Village (April 7)
Finally: a Smurfs movie that not only does away with live action but also favors the original style of the cartoon. It's the first faithful CGI Smurfs movie ever made, adhering closely to its Saturday-morning-cartoon origins. Sadly, it's still a bit of a snoozer. The movie does deserve a little bit of credit for focusing on Smurfette coming to terms with who she is and discovering an entire village of female Smurfs . . . it's just too bad that such a plot comes with the baggage of average slapstick chases, magic without much in the way of rules, a Gargamel voiced by a surprisingly ineffective Rainn Wilson, and a feminist angle that's a little too direct without much depth. At least they don't overblow the joke of every verb being Smurf—one less Smurfing headache for the parents.
The Boss Baby (Now Playing)
In The Boss Baby, Alec Baldwin voices a baby in a business suit with the mind of an executive. That's a funny bit for an animated short, but a movie does not bode well for this short children's novel turned DreamWorks animated feature. With an overly intricate plot about a secret baby organization trying to prevent puppies from stealing their cuteness, all the movie amounts to is a series of absurd baby jokes with unearned sentimentality. And for how much time the movie wastes trying to explain the idea of a baby organization in the sky, it still leaves many holes in its internal logic. It's never directly addressed whether seven-year-old Tim is really hearing Boss Baby talk or if it's all in his head, as implied by several confusing scenes. The ultimate goal of the evil puppy organization is to create an immortal puppy that will never grow up, thus taking away the cuteness of babies, but wouldn't the puppy market stagnate if puppies never died and generate saturation of the same cuteness? Are these questions a grown man should be asking in a movie with cute jokes about babies and puppies? The answer to that last question is no, and the fact that The Boss Baby is simultaneously so convoluted and so vanilla with its comedy leads me down these depressing alleys. I pray for all parents suckered into this CGI equivalent of jingling keys.
Power Rangers (Now Playing)
The Power Rangers return to the big screen without the Mighty, the Morphin, or most of the humor. Striving to be a little darker, per the formula of reviving Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, this new cast of rangers appears colorful and chipper with more personality than expected from this franchise. They bond together so well that the movie seems to forget at times that it's a Power Rangers movie. The plot continues to delay the inevitable moment when the five rangers slip into their costumes and hop into their giant robots so much that by the time we reach the action-packed climax, it's too little too late with cluttered designs of the Rangers' Zords and the putrid mess of melting gold that is Goldar. The only actor who seems to be playing up the camp factor is Elizabeth Banks as the villain Rita Repulsa. She's smart enough to know that you can't play a serious antagonist in a movie where you have to eat Krispy Kreme donuts in a close-up shot.
Kubo and the Two Strings (April 8)
The Laika studio has made some of the finest stop-motion pictures of the 21st century, but Kubo and the Two Strings is by far their grand masterpiece, having been nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Visual Effects. The one-eyed Kubo hides out in the mountains with his ill mother, using his magical abilities with paper to hold shows and earn money. Targeted by his evil-witch aunts, he must soon set off on a quest to retrieve a mystical sword and armor to defeat his grandfather, the evil Moon King. Aiding him on this adventure are a snarky snow monkey (Charlize Theron) and a forgetful samurai beetle (Matthew McConaughey). With sword fights, magic guitar playing, an emotionally fulfilling theme of family, and some of the most breathtaking stop-motion animation ever put to film, Kubo is sure to become an animation cult classic.
Amazon Prime
Everybody Wants Some (Now Streaming)
Dubbed Richard Linklater's spiritual successor to Dazed and Confused, this offbeat college comedy follows the partying lifestyle of a baseball fraternity three days before the new semester starts. Using a fresh young cast of unknowns, Linklater takes an easy approach to the material, focusing more on tone and character than any solid story. We see these boys make weird bets, challenge each other to games of table tennis, smoke weed while questioning society, try to score at a party, try to pick up chicks at discos, and practice baseball before the season starts. Everybody Wants Some stays true to the atmosphere of Dazed and Confused, in which young men try to find some fun and get into a bit of trouble before quietly sliding back into the grind of education. It's a hangout movie, and a pretty fun one at that.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (Now Streaming)
If the recent revival of Samurai Jack has you itching for bad-ass samurai action in between new episodes, why not take in one of the biggest inspirations of the series? Based on the manga of the same name, Lone Wolf and Cub is one of the most violent and awesome of samurai film series ever produced in Japan. Filmstruck now carries all six of the films, but if you have to choose one, I'd recommend you make it Baby Cart at the River Styx. In this second film of the series, the starring duo of Ogami (Lone Wolf) and Daigoro (Cub) are hired by a clan to protect their secret of indigo dye from being revealed to the shogun. Not a very interesting job, but the only way to complete it is to hack and slash through dozens of warriors, including female ninja spies and the ruthless Hidari brothers. It's a bloodbath of a macho samurai picture that remains my favorite of the Lone Wolf bunch.
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#1 Posted 19 April 2015 - 08:21 PM
If you are playing World of Tanks Blitz on smartphones or tablets, you have come to the wrong forum. These are the forums for World of Tanks PC version, you need to go to http://forum.wotblitz.asia/ instead.
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#2 Posted 19 April 2015 - 08:26 PM
Pin this thread wasaabi?
I'm fierce and I'm feeling mighty,
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#3 Posted 19 April 2015 - 08:57 PM
Pinned to keep it visible for new players.
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#4 Posted 12 June 2016 - 03:29 PM
I played on WOT blitz.Is there any possibility to play in WOT from the level I've reached in blitz?
#5 Posted 13 June 2016 - 09:28 AM
Zaw_4, on 12 June 2016 - 03:29 PM, said:
I played on WOT blitz.Is there any possibility to play in WOT from the level I've reached in blitz?
Nope. The gameplay and mechanics is way different here compared to blitz. No auto lead etc (thats illegal here in pc ver btw), so the level transfer is also not possible.
I'm not good at this game, its just that the rest of the server sucks~
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#6 Posted 02 December 2016 - 12:45 PM
I just wondering that AMX-chaffe autoloader tank was exsist in WoT like in WoT blitz.
#7 Posted 06 January 2018 - 09:06 PM
I did download WoT from Steam, turns out it is the Blitz version, thanks for the information!
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I agree, John. I heard these with all-Octave amplification at RMAF last October and was equally impressed. IMHO, Dyns compete favorably with speakers cost 3-4X their price point.
An interesting speaker for you to review would be the Contour S3.4, the product lineup just below Confidence.
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CALGARY—Politics in British Columbia has always been volatile and unpredictable, as last week's election again proved. But it also was instructive in another way.
It was the first major election campaign in Canada to feature both the economy and the environment as key issues. That is surely a sign of the times. And even though Premier Christy Clark and her intense focus on the economy garnered the most seats for the Liberals, the popular vote tells another story.
The Liberals raked in 44 per cent of the popular vote but the combined vote of Adrian Dix's NDP (39) and the Green party (8) totals 47 per cent. B.C. voters rendered a split decision when trying to decide whether they favour protecting the environment or protecting their province's prosperity.
So the question remains: how will British Columbians reconcile these two competing interests? And how will that affect the rest of the Canada?
Of most interest to Albertans is whether or not two proposed pipelines crucial to the Alberta economy will proceed through B.C. and under what conditions. During the election campaign, those pipelines came to symbolize the choice between economic growth and environmental protection.
Dix's announcement midway through the campaign that he opposed the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline that would carry bitumen from the Alberta oilsands to tankers in Vancouver's port surely painted the NDP as scary job killers.
Both Dix and Clark had already voiced opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline that also would carry tarry bitumen. But opposing that pipeline had somehow become more symbolic than real: it was about protecting aboriginal rights and pristine wilderness.
But did that mean that most people in B.C. were opposed to all pipelines?
Apparently not: in the minds of many voters, the Kinder Morgan line was much more tied to the province's future prosperity. Dix had gone too far.
It's going to be fascinating to watch how British Columbians resolve this dilemma. Protecting the environment and reducing greenhouse gases are obviously important to a lot of people in that province. But so is resource development and the employment it creates for professionals, technicians and construction workers.
Viewed from Alberta, it was refreshing to see those issues so fiercely debated. Voters in B.C. had to decide if the risk of environmental damage from oil spills was more important than employment opportunities. They mulled over whether B.C. should accept oil from extraction operations that will significantly increase greenhouse gases for decades. They argued about the impact of hundreds of oil tankers plying coastal waters.
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I just returned from spending 8 days in Peabody, KS, with my sister and her family. It was lovely. We chatted, we crafted, we shopped,* we snacked, we didn't find time to play Scrabble, but that just means I didn't lose.
I came home Wednesday to find my yard overgrown and maple seedlings colonizing my rock garden. Today, I get to clean out my gutters, which are also full of maple seedlings. Looks kinda pretty, though — like windowboxes for the roof line.
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On my journey exploring MySQL and its advanced features, especially regarding the performance optimization I bumped in some extremely important feature for SQL performance improvement mos of us knows just as "Index"
I went on with some experimentation and found out, that I can improve my database reads, and advanced write functions from 20 to 100 times just by applying additional index, to one of the most used columns.
Natural comes a question, if such a performance improvement is viable, why not to set up indexing for every database column, and have 2 till 100 times faster database operations?
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Many mistakenly think that recognition is only about expressing appreciation – telling someone thank you and moving on. In reality, recognition is about far more and, when applied strategically as in peer-to-peer recognition programs, it encourages teamwork and builds chemistry. Kris Dunn, the HR Capitalist, wrote well about this, keying off this basketball highlights video:
"For those of you that don't know the culture of basketball, it's now common and customary for teammates to come up after a free throw and give the shooter a high/low five before he shoots his second shot. "Let's look at what Bogut [the shooter] did. His team (the Bucks) are in the dramatic minority in that the two teammates on the side of the lane did not come up to encourage him after the first shot. I'm guessing Bogut is used to this, because instead of staying on the line, he comes forward and is either trying to give himself encouragement or is mocking the fact that his teammates won't give him encouragement that has become customary at the college and pro level. Get with the program, he seems to be saying. Either way, it's bad. "Is there any doubt after viewing that the Bucks are in decline as a team? If they refuse this level of chemistry, what happens when teamwork and chemistry is really required? "Small recognitions in the day-to-day workplace. It's not always about recognition, sometimes it's about encouragement and chemistry."
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Mida salicifolia (NZ Sandalwood)
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Superorder: Santalanae
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Mida
Specific epithet: salicifolia
Botanical name: Mida salicifolia
Synonyms: Mida cunninghamii M. myrtifolia , M. salicifolia var. myrtifolia , M. eucalyptoides. Fusanus cunninghamii
Common names: Willow-leaved Maire, Maire Taiki, New Zealand sandalwood
Mida salicifolia is is a species of the sandalwood family and is a root parasite on a wide range of trees including kauri, requiring host plant to establish on and is endemic to the North Island. The only other species of the genus is restricted to the Juan Fernandez islands near Chile.
It is a slender tree of lowland or lower montane forest and grows up to 6 m tall. It has smooth bark that is grey to grey-black. The branchlets are slender and brittle.
Leaves are mostly alternate, slender (5-10 cm x 3-10 mm ) leathery and somewhat glossy above.
It has small greenish, pink or red flowers which are borne in clusters (racemes). The fruit appears from October to February and they develop into a 7-12 mm x 6-8 mm scarlet, fleshy fruit (berry).
Photographed February
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We dropped another game, but we looked better. We simply could not make a shot, and we could not stop our opponent's best player who was the biggest, strongest, fastest player on the court and played point guard. It was a tough match-up. We should have done better, but we're learning.
Our offense appears more organized. Players are starting to understand when to cut, when to reverse the ball, where to look on a pick-and-roll. Teams here tend to play the pack-line defense and over-help, so we have plenty of wide open three-point shots. We need to do a better job attacking the gaps, much like attacking a zone defense. We also need to finish better when we get opportunities. Of course, we also need a little luck; we kick out to an open shooter who makes the shot, only to have the official call a foul on the passer and send a below-average shooter the free-throw line for a 1-and-1. Normally not a big deal, but when you are struggling to score, that made three-point shot is a big boost psychologically.
Before the game, I told the team that the game would be decided on free throws and lay-ups. It was. They got and made more lay-ups than we did. However, we did a much better job attacking the basket and getting to the free throw line.
Now we have five days off due to Christmas and state rules prohibiting practice around the holiday. This week, I added a new scoring to our scrimmages that like. I think that I stole it from Geno Auriemma when I was looking at his offensive sets on youtube, but it may have been from another youtube clip. To win, a team has to get a stop, a score, and a stop in succession. In practice, I noticed a little more intensity, especially on defense, and a little better shot selection. As a negative, I also saw some players trying to do too much and not trusting teammates, especially when they needed a basket to prevent a loss. Overall, I liked the scoring system, and referenced it at halftime of the game, saying that that same method was how we would get back into the game: one stop and one score at a time – there are no 10-point plays.
When we return from our break, we are going to focus more on small-sided games. First, I worry about fitness with the five days off, and several recent studies have shown that small-sided games condition athletes as well or better than other conditioning approaches, like interval training. Second, we need to defend better in space. We are often flat-footed on defense. Third, we need to practice in help-and-recover situations, as we failed to adjust and provide more help on their star player. We will work on digging in on the dribble and closing out. This should help our offense as well, as our passes off penetration often lack the proper timing.
I also plan to return to drills similar to the Blitz Basketball drills to practice shots that we should get in our offense. In a workout yesterday, we added some dribble hand-off drills and I want to add another series for entries into the strong side too. Hopefully by practicing shots and finishes within our offensive set, we will feel more comfortable with the shots in the game and shoot a better percentage next time. As bad as our defense looked to my critical eye, we held them to a total that should have given us an opportunity to win had we executed offensively.
Those will be the emphases when we return: fitness, help defense on penetration, passing off penetration, defending the dribble, and shooting within our offensive sets.
By Brian McCormick
Author, Cross Over: The New Model of Youth Basketball Development
Director of Coaching, Playmakers Basketball Development League


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- Combine Scuppernong Tipper, gin, St. Germaine, and ice in a stir glass and stir for 10 seconds.
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- Research article
- Open Access
- Open Peer Review
Prevention of urinary tract infections in nursing homes: lack of evidence-based prescription?
- Jenny Bergman1Email author,
- Jan Schjøtt2, 3 and
- Hege S Blix4
© Bergman et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011
- Received: 7 July 2011
- Accepted: 1 November 2011
- Published: 1 November 2011
Urinary tract infections (UTIs, including upper and lower symptomatic) are the most common infections in nursing homes and prevention may reduce patient suffering, antibiotic use and resistance. The spectre of agents used in preventing UTIs in nursing homes is scarcely documented and the aim of this study was to explore which agents are prescribed for this purpose.
We conducted a one-day, point-prevalence study in 44 Norwegian nursing homes during April-May 2006. Nursing home residents prescribed any agent for UTI prophylaxis were included. Information recorded was type of agent and dose, patient age and gender, together with nursing home characteristics. Appropriateness of prophylactic prescribing was evaluated with references to evidence in the literature and current national guidelines.
The study included 1473 residents. 18% (n = 269) of the residents had at least one agent recorded as prophylaxis of UTI, varying between 0-50% among the nursing homes. Methenamine was used by 48% of residents prescribed prophylaxis, vitamin C by 32%, and cranberry products by 10%. Estrogens were used by 30% but only one third was for vaginal administration. Trimethoprim and nitrofurantoin were used as prophylaxis by 5% and 4%, respectively.
The agents frequently prescribed to prevent UTIs in Norwegian nursing homes lack documented efficacy including methenamine and vitamin C. Recommended agents like trimethoprim, nitrofurantoin and vaginal estrogens are infrequently used. We conclude that prescribing of prophylactic agents for UTIs in nursing homes is not evidence-based.
- Nursing Home
- Trimethoprim
- Nursing Home Resident
- Nitrofurantoin
- Prophylactic Agent
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in the elderly include upper and lower symptomatic UTIs [1]. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is common and there is a wide consensus that this should not be treated. Guidelines have been developed for diagnostic criteria and treatment of UTIs [1–3]. In spite of this, studies show that a large proportion of antibacterial use in nursing homes may be inappropriate [4, 5].
Nursing home residents frequently have infections and the prevalence is estimated to be 6-8%. UTIs accounts for around half of these infections and the estimates are similar irrespective of differences in study design [6–8]. In Norway, antimicrobial resistance among uropathogens has been relatively stable in the last decade [9]. Antimicrobial resistance pattern and health policy influences the national guidelines and pivmecillinam, trimethoprim and nitrofurantoin are the drugs of choice for treatment of acute symptomatic UTIs in Norway. Quinolones are only recommended in case of resistance or in upper UTI [3, 10].
As a consequence of the high frequency of UTIs in nursing homes, several prevention strategies for recurrent UTIs are suggested. In addition to infection control programs and appropriate use of urinary catheters, use of prophylactic agents has been regarded as important. The use of prophylactic treatments for UTIs is commonly studied in subpopulations with risk factors like catheter use or urine reflux. These risk factors are prevalent in nursing homes, but little is known about UTI prophylaxis in these institutions. There is evidence that prophylaxis with low-dose antibiotics [11, 12] and vaginal estrogens in postmenopausal women reduce the rate of UTIs [13]. In accordance with this, Norwegian guidelines recommend low dose of trimethoprim and nitrofurantoin as UTI prophylaxis in nursing homes residents. Vaginal administration of estrogens can also be tried [3]. Less proof is found for other prophylactic agents like methenamine and cranberries [14–16] although they are mentioned in the guidelines with a lower grade of evidence [3].
We could not find any studies looking at the prevalence and pattern of UTI prevention in nursing homes. The aim of this study was to explore which agents are used and the prescribing pattern for this purpose in nursing homes.
Study design
During April and May 2006, a one-day point-prevalence prescription study among all residents in 44 Norwegian nursing homes was carried out. The nursing homes were enrolled by members of the national network of consultant pharmacists. Data were collected by the use of two questionnaires and the consultant pharmacists were responsible for the data quality with the aid of nurses in the respective institutions. One questionnaire concerned the nursing home characteristics and demographics and the second questionnaire concerned the prescription of prophylactic agents for UTIs. Appropriateness of the prophylactic prescribing was evaluated with reference to evidence in the literature and current national guidelines [3]. The study was approved by the ethical committee and the Norwegian Social Science Service (NSD).
Nursing homes
Nursing homes in Norway are community-based, not a part of hospitals, and populate 14% of the elderly aged 80 years and older. In 2006 there were 1003 nursing homes with 40 537 beds in Norway and 77% of the residents were ≥ 80 years of age (Statistics Norway http://www.ssb.no). Nursing homes provide 24 hrs nursing care and have own physicians employed, part or full time. The physicians are normally general practitioners (GPs) and specialisation in geriatrics is not compulsory. The nursing home physician has the medical responsibility for the patients in the nursing home and prescribes all drugs and other agents used for medicinal purposes in the medical record. Infection prevention and control specialists are not employed at nursing homes in Norway.
The data collected for each nursing home were number of residents, proportion of single rooms and level of care for each institution. Level of care was categorised as rehabilitation, long term somatic or dementia special care units when at least 70% of the beds fell into one of the categories. Otherwise it was called a mixed institution. Risk factors like catheter use and faecal incontinence were not recorded. Demographics included registration of gender and age.
Prophylactic agents and antibiotics for therapy
All possible agents used for prevention of UTIs noted in the residents medical records were included, i.e. medicinal agents, vitamins and herbals, and they were recorded by name, daily dose and route of administration. Agents were classified according to The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) system [17]. Cranberry products represents a heterogeneous group of agents (including different doses of extracts, juices and capsules) but were coded together. The indication for UTI prophylaxis by the nursing home physician was accepted without further details of treatment criteria. Furthermore, length of treatment (according to the physician) was recorded in days. Prophylactic treatments are expected to be long-term and if no date of evaluation or withdrawal was assigned by the physician in the medical record, the treatments were recorded as continuous in the study.
Statistical analysis
The data was analysed using SPSS 15.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago IL). Descriptive statistics are shown as means with standard deviations (SD).
Nursing home and resident characteristics
Forty-four nursing homes with a total of 1473 residents were included. The institutions were situated in central and northern parts of Norway in five out of 19 Norwegian counties. Data collection was performed by 11 consultant pharmacists. The average nursing home had 33 residents (SD = 18.0, range 8-86). 19% of the residents lived in dementia special care homes, 43% in long term somatic homes and 38% in mixed institutions. In 26 nursing homes (59%) all residents had single rooms; one nursing home had no single rooms while in the remaining 17 nursing homes the majority of the residents lived in single rooms. 81% of the residents prescribed prophylaxis were females and 61% were above 80 years of age.
Prophylactic agents for UTIs
Prophylaxis regimes for urinary tract infections in 1473 nursing home residents, number and proportions (%) of all residents and of residents with prophylaxis.
% of all residents
% of residents with prophylaxis
Residents given prophylaxis for UTIs
One agent
Two agents
Three or four agents
Agents used for prophylaxis
Vitamin C
Methenamine was used by 48% of the residents prescribed prophylaxis, vitamin C by 32%, estrogens by 30% and cranberry products by 10%. In women receiving estrogens as prophylactic treatment, 25 (31%) had vaginal administered drugs and the others oral. Trimethoprim and nitrofurantoin were used as prophylaxis for UTIs in 9% of the residents, Table 1.
Dosage of UTI prophylactic agents used in 1473 nursing home residents; Last columns: Norwegian guidelines on recommended UTI prophylactic treatments in nursing homes.
Dosage of UTI prophylactic agents used in 1473 nursing home residents
Norwegian guidelines: recommended UTI prophylaxis in nursing homes
Agents used
Mean (SD)
Dosage range
1.87 g (0.47)
1 - 2 g daily
1 g twice daily
Low grade documentation****
Vitamin C
490 mg (370)
60 - 2000 mg daily
Not recommended
0.5 - 2 g daily*
0.5 - 1.5 mg weekly**
Vaginal estrogens can be tried in recurrent UTIs
1 - 2 capsules daily***
Low grade documentation****
110 mg (26)
100 - 160 mg daily
100 mg daily
Consider local resistance pattern
70 mg (35)
50 - 150 mg daily
50 mg daily
Less effective with low or intermediate eGFR*****, pulmonal and kidney function must be assessed if long term treatment
The main finding of this study is that agents frequently prescribed to prevent UTIs in Norwegian nursing homes lack documented efficacy in the elderly. Recommended agents like trimethoprim, nitrofurantoin and vaginal estrogens are infrequently used. Instead we observed a high prevalence of methenamine, vitamin C, systemic estrogens and cranberry products. We conclude that prescribing of prophylactic agents for UTIs in nursing homes is not evidence-based according to the literature and current national guidelines.
Recurrent UTIs are common, especially in older women. Thus, high frequency of residents using prophylaxis in our study could be expected. However, the high variation in prevalence and the choices of prophylactic agents were surprising. One or several concomitant prophylactic agents were used by almost one fifth of the residents. At present we do not know which factors contribute to this high variation in prophylactic prevalence.
This and former studies have shown that the urinary antiseptic agent methenamine is frequently used in Norway and in Norwegian nursing homes, in contrast to most other countries in Europe [18, 19]. In Norway, the use has even been increasing, and in 2010 methenamine represented 17% of antibacterials for systemic use, measured as share of DDDs among antiinfectives for systemic use (ATC-group J01) [20]. A Cochrane review of methenamine for preventing UTIs, found the overall quality of the studies to be poor. Few studies addressed long term use or the use in postmenopausal women or elderly in general. In the review it was concluded that methenamine may be effective for preventing UTI in patients without renal tract abnormalities, particularly when used for short-term prophylaxis [15]. In our study we found methenamine to be used frequently. The use appeared to be continuous which is in accordance with the SPC that does not state any limitations to treatment duration but in contrast with other documentation as summarized in the Cochrane review [15, 21]. Current Norwegian guidelines include prophylactic use of methenamine as in patients without catheter, but point out the low grade of documentation for this agent [3].
Traditionally, cranberries have been used to prevent UTIs, but studies of efficacy have shown conflicting results. A recent Cochrane review concluded that cranberries could be effective, but that the evidence for the elderly still was inconclusive [16]. Another review did not recommend cranberry products for the prophylaxis of UTIs due to heterogeneity in study design and results, and a lack of consensus regarding both dosage regime and formulations. Interactions may be a problem in patients with polypharmacy, especially for concentrated cranberry products [22]. In addition, intolerance to cranberries probably represents a problem in the elderly and high withdrawal rates are reported in several studies [16, 22]. In contrast to this, the withdrawal rates due to adverse reactions were the same comparing 500 mg cranberry extract with 100 mg trimethoprim in one study and with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in another study. These studies included community dwelling women, age 45-93 years and 18 years to menopause respectively, and the relevance for nursing home residents is unclear [23, 24].
Vaginal estrogens have been shown to decrease UTIs while systemic estrogens do not appear to have the same effect [13]. In our study only 31% (25 of 81) of the estrogens prescribed as UTI prophylaxis were for vaginal administration. This is troublesome because systemic estrogens have been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, venous thromboembolic events and breast cancer [25]. Current Norwegian guidelines recommend vaginal estrogens to women with recurrent UTIs [3].
Trimethoprim and nitrofurantoin were the two antibiotics prescribed for prevention and used only by few of the nursing home patients. Long-term antibiotics are well documented to reduce the rate of UTIs but may be complicated by bacterial resistance and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) [11, 12]. The prevalence of trimethoprim resistance in Escherichia coli isolates in Norway was 19% in 2007, being the drug with the highest prevalence of resistance in urinary tract isolates [9]. Nitrofurantoin was only resistant in 2.3% of the isolates [9]. However, nitrofurantoin should be used with caution in patients with renal impairment as reduced renal clearance increase the risk of ADRs and sufficient concentration in the urine depends on renal function. In addition, long term use of nitrofurantoin is associated with lung fibrosis and peripheral neuropathy [3, 26]. As glomerular filtration rate decline by age, nursing home patients are at risk of a negative risk/benefit balance for the use of nitrofurantoin [27]. Local resistance pattern and individual renal function should therefore be considered before prescribing trimethoprim or nitrofurantoin for long-term use to nursing home residents.
Vitamin C has traditionally been regarded as effective in preventing recurrent UTIs. However, we could not find any studies showing that vitamin C is effective in preventing UTIs in the elderly. Norwegian guidelines do not recommend the use of vitamin C for UTI prophylaxis in nursing homes.
To summarize, our results show lack of evidence-based prescribing of prophylactic agents for UTIs in Norwegian nursing homes, according to evidence in the literature and current national guidelines. Low dose antibiotics and vaginal estrogens are at present recommended agents. However, they were only used by 18% of the residents prescribed prophylaxis in this study. The use of methenamine and cranberries were common, but the efficacy of these agents is not well documented. Systemic estrogens and vitamin C have no place in preventing UTIs and are to be considered as inappropriate as alternative and more evidence-based therapy exists. Prophylactic agents were prescribed continuously to residents, suggesting that their use were not regularly evaluated. The influence of catheter use and other risk factors are not known in our study, but an European surveillance study found the use of urinary catheter to be low (4,8%) in Norwegian nursing homes [28].
Generalisations from prevalence studies must be made carefully, but results can be useful to define quality improvement projects in institutions with less developed infection control systems than in hospitals. In previously published data from this study we showed prescribing of antibiotics for therapy to be in line with other studies from nursing homes [6, 7, 18]. We found all prescribing of UTI prophylaxis to be continuously which minimize the variation in results of this prevalence study. Interestingly, a recent Dutch study found a high occurrence of non-catheter related UTIs in nursing homes, perhaps due to frequent faecal incontinence among residents [29]. If this is true, prophylaxis should be focused on improving hygiene and providing incontinence materials rather than prescription of the agents found in our study. Notably, our study included a large number of nursing homes representing diversity in size and function. Thus, we believe the results from this study apply to Norwegian nursing homes in general, and that they also could be of international interest.
This study showed a high prevalence and large variation in the use of UTI prophylactic agents in Norwegian nursing homes. The prescribing of agents to prevent UTIs was in most cases not in accordance with evidence in the literature or current national guidelines. The wide prescribing of agents that lack documentation of effectiveness is troublesome, and could represent an international problem as treatment of recurrent UTIs is a common challenge in the elderly. Thus, further studies are needed to clarify this prescribing behaviour and to evaluate possible benefits and disadvantages of prophylactic treatments in nursing home residents.
We thank the consultant pharmacists and data providers; Egil Fagerheim, Kari Urnes Fagerheim, Trine Fevik, Hilde Flatås, Bodil Stien Haugene, Kirsti Wang Jørgensen, Marja Kos, May Oddrun Sti, Elisabeth Grav Sørensen, Margareth Wiik, Trine Aag, making it possible to perform this study.
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NEVERTHRONERS! To your #got bunkers! This is going to be a rough one!
After much personal debate, I made it out to the theater to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The debate was based on the fact I loved the first three movies, and I really didn't want to see a stinker of a film taint my love of the series as a whole. I finally knew if I didn't go, I would regret it down the line, so I headed out on Memorial Day to take it in,
In short: it could have been a lot better, but it wasn't horrible.
(Spoilers intermixed from here on out) It's 1957 and we learn Dr. Jones had fought in World War II, been a spy, earned the rank of Colonel, won multiple medals and somehow been involved in the 1947 clean-up of the Roswell, NM UFO crash site. He's been a busy boy.
As the movie opens, we're at Area 51 (though you don't know this for a bit) and Russians have kidnapped Indy and a friend of his to locate a container Indy had helped with at the Roswell crash site. Normal Indiana Jones craziness takes off from there, leading to a nice cameo shot of something every fan of the series will instantly recognize,
It's difficult to review this movie without going through it blow-by-blow, which would take forever, but I think this movie suffered greatly from the addition of too much CGI and a loss of the idea of what made the previous three films so great.
While Indiana Jones has always had his insane stunts (under the truck comes to mind from Raiders of the Lost Ark), they were always at least slightly believable, and just over-the-top-enough to be believable. The stunts here just go too far, or seem totally disconnected from the narrative.
Take the "Doom Town" sequence for instance. The scene of Indiana getting trapped in one of the towns the United States built to test nukes on has circulated for years now, passing through who knows how many script revisions. While it was entertaining, it was pointless, and the idea that Indy could survive being thrown several miles inside of a refrigerator was ludicrous to the extreme. Near as I could figure, the point of the scene, when he turns to stare at the cloud, was supposed to be some sort of commentary on the "brave, new world" Indy now inhabits, as opposed to the 1930's world we had previously seen him in.
However, this whole sequence just felt "wrong" somehow. Yes, it led to him being questioned by the FBI, but couldn't that have been handled by him simply being picked up by some military guards after the jet car test? It felt tacked on, out of place and ludicrous in the extreme.
The second scene that made me hold my head in my hands, literally, was the Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf), Jungle Boy sequence. The vine swinging with the monkeys was just… silly. All we were missing was him calling out the quintessential Tarzan yell, and the whole sequence would have been one for the record books.
The third thing, and I promise it is the last I will go into grand details on, that was the "aliens" being some sort of "inter-dimensional species". What was the point to this? They couldn't have just been extra terrestrials? They had to be "inter-dimensional", and not only do we hear about this from Professor Oxley (John Hurt) once, but twice. How did he know the difference? Why did he know the difference? (I assume the skull told him from their psychic link, but it doesn't make it any less pointless)
Alas, there was more that seemed pointless, but I won't bore you with anything more than bullet points:
Then there was one thing about the entire arc of the story that just annoyed the heck out of me. What happened to Indy? This wasn't the same Indiana Jones as the previous films, and I don't feel it was an age aspect, it was the idea that he was merely following the clues Oxley had left, and not doing any true "archeology" of his own. When Indy and Mutt enter the tomb of the Conquistadors, Mutt mentions the two sets of foot prints in the dust, and that he thinks it means one person has been here twice, to which Indy agrees. I don't know how to explain it, but this actually made me a bit sad.
In the first three films, Indy was the ground breaker. Think about when he entered the Well of Souls in the first movie as an example. He was the first person to enter that chamber in thousands of years, and he found it through his own trials, he had earned this moment through sweat and hard work. In the fourth film, he's following a paint-by-numbers quest someone had laid out for him. It was almost like he was playing a video game, I kept expecting messages to pop-up on screen: "Congratulations! You located the Crystal Skull and unlocked stage 3!" Oxley had already found the skull, been to the city, gotten past the native Indians, touched the obelisk, and he was the one who figured out how to activate the gate. It was like Indy was just along for the ride, and that really disappointed me.
The thing is, even with all of these quibbles, it was still fun to watch. The motorcycle chase, minus the silliness in the library, was vintage Indy. The warehouse chase was a good time since it was such a confined area. The jungle chase was good, also minus some silliness. There was just an overwhelming sense I was watching a very watered down version of Indiana Jones, an "Indiana Jones Lite" if you will.
There have been rumors of a fifth film already with a higher focus on Mutt, and Indiana playing more of the Sean Connery role from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the father trying to impart wisdom to his son feeling. My hope is this will not come to be, but considering the box office receipts for this film already, we might as well start expecting it.


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