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For simplicity's sake, I'm going to refer to switches between going with her career vs going with her family/bf as Plan A (career) vs Plan B(love). Hopefully this will make things clear when I'm switching between the two!
Plan A (career):
Ru Wei is still eating instant noodles while in Shanghai, although this time it's while skyping You Yan. She's complaining about how she's overworked and hasn't had time to sight see yet, much less eat fruit. You Yan tells her to take care of herself, and she nods until the call drops. Ah Skype.
Ru Wei's new manager Eason is smart, knowledgeable, and self-reliant. Once, she had to go pick something up for him at his apartment, and got caught by a woman in a silk robe as she was leaving with a piece of fruit (haha). Turns out he's got a different woman over every time though, so Ru Wei didn't get in too much trouble. When she handed him his requested documents, he nagged at her speed, but rushed off to his meeting.
We see another Skype call between Ru Wei and You Yan, but he doesn't respond to her hug request, and when she tries to recount the fruit taking story, he tells her he's tired and wants to hang up. Aw
At work, there's been a big blow up. A number of people have been sent to hospitals from food poisoning because of one of the new flavours seasoning packets, and the entire company is scrambling to handle the issue. Eason takes over, rapidly giving orders to each department.
Ru Wei stays late at a factory one night waiting for the last delivery of the recalled noodles. She sees Eason walking out from the gloom, he's come to check on the product recall himself. After poking around the boxes, he pulls out one of the curry flavoured noodles and offers some to her. He admits at one point to hating curry because of a trip to india, but when Ru Wei waxes poetic on the flavour, he jumps on the opportunity to use her words to rectify the situation.
He tells her to do three things: 1. if they don't get sick tonight, to tell PR to send a free box to all of the affected families 2. post what she just said under the name of one of the family members of someone affected with the food poisoning 3. notify the factory to prioritize the new flavours, and ramp up inspections. He aims to create demand and bring about success. We see a montage of Ru Wei working hard during the following three days with no sleep, until she finally collapses on her bed.
Plan B (love):
Ru Wei takes over shifts at the hospital, and gets some time with Uncle Tang. He complains about the hospital food, but refuses to stop them because that just means more work for his wife. When Ru Wei comments that this is what love is, he says that love stopped a long time ago. When Ru Wei gets up to grab the nurse, he thanks her for helping, and confides that after the fall his confidence was shattered, but knowing that You Yan stayed in Taiwan helped him feel relieved.
Aunt Tang seems to be continually longing for her daughter, and upset that she doesn't seem to be showing the proper amount of concern. She recounts how much effort she and her husband put into raising their daughter, and now she just says take care and doesn't fly back to Taiwan. When they go to the hospital to take care of Uncle Tang, he praises the soup she's made which nettles Aunt Tang a bit, since she nagged it for being too gingery.
Ru Wei chooses to ask Uncle Tang if she can rent You Shan, You Yan's younger sister,'s room since she gave up her lease. While she and You Yan eat dinner, she plans out how they can move forward with caretaking and covering work. Ru Wei volunteers to take care of Uncle Tang while You Yan works, and then find a job after. The two share a sweet moment talking about working together.
Uncle Tang's recovery is going well, and he continually makes improvements. Ru Wei wakes You Yan up for a midnight date to see a movie, and they seem happy and moving forward.
Of course, things aren't always perfect. Ru Wei gets sick, and when You Yan pushes back his shift at the hospital to meet a colleague, she deletes a text telling him she's sick, and decides to suck it up. You Yan finds her sleeping later, and cuddles behind her while she sleepily responds. Moments later though, his hand sneaks under the covers, and Ru Wei pulls it out, scolding him for trying while she's sick. He continues to try and entice her though, saying that he misses her and it's now or never since they rarely have time. Dude really? Ru Wei sigh and flops over before putting a mask on, and You Yan tells her to take it off. If she's sick, he'll be sick with her. You say that now…
You Yan's sister You Shan is finally coming back to Taiwan, and Aunt Tang is overjoyed. There's a bit of an issue now with sleeping arrangements, and when Uncle Tang suggests Ru Wei sleep in the same room as You Yan, Aunt Tang is scandalized. She refuses on the basis that word might get out – she doesn't care what the neighbours think of their family, but she doesn't want other people to think Ru Wei wasn't taught well. Ru Wei rushes to say that it's no problem, she has to head home to her own relatives anyways. She promises to clean up her room for You Shan so Aunt Tang doesn't have to, but you can see she's torn a bit.
You Shan has finally arrived in Taiwan, but from You Yan's expression it's clear there is something wrong. Turns out she and her husband are here with a client, and will be spending most of their time outside of Taipei. You Yan blows up, telling her that she's only here to visit for 10, maybe 30 minutes, her husband isn't even paying his respects to their dad because he "doesn't like the smell of hospitals", and that she's spoiled. Does he really have to tell her how to be a good daughter? These are her parents, not just anyone.
You Shan protests that she came as soon as she got off the plane, but You Yan tells her it's not enough. You Shan runs out, and You Yan heads to the garden in a bad mood. Ru Wei follows him, telling him that she understands, but she has to catch her own bus.
And yet, later that night, Ru Wei opens the door to the Tang apartment, where she finds Aunt Tang dozing on the sofa. It's clear that 1. Ru Wei chose not to get on her bus, and 2. You Shan didn't come home to stay after all. Aunt Tang groggily wakes up, and asks Ru Wei if she's eaten dinner. Ru Wei tells her that they can have instant noodles, and it seems as if the two have bonded a little.
The next morning Aunt Tang invites Ru Wei to pray with her, eliciting a surprised look from Ru Wei. Aunt Tang expresses her concern for Uncle Tang's health, praying for heaven to keep their family safe and sound, and to bless You Yan and Ru Wei in their career and lives. Fade out….
Plan A (career):
Ru Wei wakes up in the hospital, where a nurse tells her she's supposed to rest – working for days straight after the instant noodle fiasco has taken a toll on her health. Although she texts You Yan about being ill, he seems distant, and Ru Wei's manager drops by later to check on her and inquire about their relationship. Ru Wei can tell that her manager has something to say, and tells her not to let [Ru Wei] blindly go forward and make any mistakes. Turns out Ru Wei's manager saw You Yan in a car with a random girl, and found it odd, she tries to spin it off as over reacting but neither woman seems too convinced.
A few days later, Ru Wei is called into her boss Eason's office – he wants to know the reason behind her resignation request. When she says that she misses home, he asks if she's married (no), if not her husband then is it her parents she misses (no), and lastly, so you've been dumped. He tells her he's taking her to eat something delicious, and later at the restaurant tells her to eat up – he won't tell her the three steps to getting over her bf until she does. Ah, so he's our daddy longlegs character.
Ru Wei eagerly starts eating, and he tells her that she shouldn't focus on what she's lost, she needs to focus on what she has. We see a montage of her finally realizing her dream to an extent, buying material things that she's always dreamed of, but never had the ability to before. She pauses as she eats however, since now she's realized she has to eat alone.
Later that night Ru Wei shows up drunk in front of Eason's apartment. When she knocks on the door, the director that she admired earlier opens it, and tells him in English that a lady is looking for him. Ru Wei is giggling and wobbling all over in her heels, and tells her boss that she's ready to learn step two.
Ru Wei wakes up on the couch with a bad hangover, and attempts to sneak out of the apartment but is caught by Eason. He tells her to eat breakfast before she goes, and as she sits down, tells her step two. Break up with You Yan – an expired relationship isn't salvageable, and it's easier to recover if she's the one calling the break up. As she sits in shock, we see the scene switch to You Yan with a girl about to eat dinner.
This drama keeps impressing me, and the issues it touched upon are ones I think many of its viewers can relate to. How image is important, and reflects upon how your parents/family raised you, as well as what level of effort is expected to be a good daughter or son. Obviously in this drama things are a little more clear cut; You Shan's husband is being rude by not seeing anyone else, and her visit to Taiwan is obviously not to see her father or for his benefit. If perhaps the issue had been gray – money was tight or she had children to mind in the US – it would have been a bigger struggle between what is expected and what You Shan can/is willing to give. Regardless, I'm impressed so far with the drama and personally, rooting for Plan A. I think Ru Wei deserved better than You Yan, and the fact that he ignored the fact that his girlfriend is sick to get some action made me annoyed since Ru Wei clearly wasn't interested (at first). I suppose they do share sweet moments, but I predict a relationship deterioration it both A and B for them. Eason seems ambitious, but slightly morally gray. I'm not a fan, but not against him (yet, ha!)


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One of my criticisms of the Washington Post's story about the voter intimidation case was that, by noting that DOJ whistle-blower J. Christian Adams was hired during the Bush administration, the Post signaled that Adams is "not the right kind of career lawyer." But Bill Otis points out that the Post's slant was more egregious than that.
The fact is that the Post never identified Adams as a career lawyer at all, a problem I missed because I already knew he was. Rather, as Bill puts it, the Post "slickly implied that [Adams] was political by saying that he was 'hired during the Bush years.'" But "hundreds of DOJ lawyers are hired in the administration of any given president, and almost all of them are career, as was Adams."
It's my understanding that, unlike the vast majority of DOJ's career hires, Adams is a conservative, not a liberal. If the Washington Post thinks this undermines his credibility, it should say so, and explain why the Post does not use the same lens to scruntize the claims of liberals who blow the whistle during Republican adminstrations. The Post should not attempt to make the point without expressing it, by misleading its readers about Adams' status at the Justice Department.
So, while this isn't exactly a correction, I do apologize for, in effect, giving the Washington Post the benefit of the doubt.
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Applies to: Generic CoreSight Components
You can find descriptions of these fields in the CoreSight v1.0 Architecture Specification and the ARM Debug Interface v5 Architecture Specification (ADIv5).
In most CoreSight components (ETM, ITM, TPIU, etc.), these fields identify the designer of the component and the specific component type and version number.
However, ROM Tables use these fields slightly differently; for a ROM Table which is pointed to by the Debug Base Address or Debug ROM Address register of an Access Port (ie. a top level ROM Table), the Peripheral ID registers should be configured to provide a unique identification of the chip (or more specifically, a unique identification of the subsystem controlled from that Access Port).
JEP106 Identity Code and Continuation Code represent your company's entry in the JEP106 JEDEC Standard Manufacturer's Identification Code list. JEDEC registration currently (in 2011) costs US$200: http://www.jedec.org/standards-documents/id-codes-order-form
The Identity Code field is bits [6:0] of the JEP106 code, and the Continuation Code is the number of 0x7F continuation codes prefixing your Id. For example, ARM is number 59 in bank 5, so therefore has Identity Code of 0x3B and Continuation Code of 0x4.
Once you have your own JEP106 Code, the Part Number is then your own numbering space for your company to allocate as you desire. You may, for example, simply number your designs in incrementing Part Numbers, or you may choose to allocate blocks of Part Numbers for different classes of chip or different departments or divisions.
To be specific, the Part Number identifies the debug subsystem behind an individual Access Port in the DAP, and the identity of the chip is considered to be the combined identities of all such top level ROM Tables (ie. debug subsystems) present on the chip.
The revision field should normally be used to indicate different revisions of the same chip or subsystem design.
The RevAnd field is intended to be implemented in a way which can easily be updated to indicate a late ECO revision of the mask set, so it is helpful if this is implemented in some way which can be updated through a minimal mask edit (eg via-only).
The Customer Modified field is reserved for authorized variations of a standard CoreSight component, and is generally a redundant field in a ROM Table. Although it could potentially be used to extend the part numbering space, debug tools may not expect this usage and may therefore not distinguish between parts whose numbers differ only in this field.
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Nokia's Impending Doom
Does anyone think that sitting on Windows Phone OS forever is going to change anything? Will Nokia just continue to hang its hat on the OS when it is becoming more and more apparent that it has no buzz, no karma, or apps, for that matter? It has to drop this OS and go with the Android as fast as it can.
Let's face it, you cannot take a quart of curdled milk, put it back in the refrigerator, and hope that somehow it "uncurdles." This is not the way things work.
I'm still stunned that Stephen Elop is allowed to remain at Nokia. He came in as a valued executive from Microsoft and immediately made Windows Phone 7 OS the flagship. Did he not notice that this OS was getting zero traction? The first rule of marketing is not to throw good money after bad. He should have immediately looked at the terrain and seen that the hot ticket was the Android OS. He should have gone with it, no questions asked. Is he working for Nokia or Microsoft, anyway?
Of course, he can always point to the quote from Verizon CFO Fran Shammo in the Wall Street Journal: "I do think, though, that it is important that there is a third ecosystem that is brought into the mix here, and we are fully supportive of that with Microsoft." This, of course, is gratuitous nonsense and is all about making sure that no one mobile company gets total control of the market lest it gouges the carriers. I'm not impressed by this sort of specious comment.
And, as an aside, does anyone constantly read the name "Elop" as "Flop?" This can't be a good association.
While the carriers like the idea of Nokia suffering on the shelves, they do little to educate the public or actually move phones unless the salesmen are bribed with spiffs. This would be another reason to keep the Nokia phonesso they could get Nokia or Microsoft to up the ante on the spiff payout to the underpaid salespeople. They sure won't be getting any bonus money from Apple any time soon.
So, what can Elop do to save his job and save Nokia? He has to face reality and divorce himself from Microsoft before it is too late. I have some Nokia Windows Phones and I love the hardware. It feels great and it works great as a phone. To be honest, I do not mind the Windows OS except for the fact that I need to run it as a Zune phone. But the more obvious fact is that the Android is better.
As the old saying goes, you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. The silk purse is out there. It's Android and it's the iPhone. The sow's ear is the Windows Phone 7 OS and RIM and Symbian and other howlers that are being swept away.
If there was some indication that something was going on with the Microsoft OS, then I would not be writing this column. I prefer to see a variety of things to play with and examine but it is dead in the water. Nothing is going to change this reality and throwing money at the problem will not make people want this device. I do not see where any of the optimism comes from. If Nokia does not jump to Android immediately, it will indeed be doomed.
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It's tough enough to start a new business. Tougher still if that business is an independent restaurant. And tougher still if your vision for what it will be lives only in your imagination.
"I'm trying to make an old Memphis cafe," Kevin Keough, owner of Café Keough at 12 S. Main St., said one recent afternoon as he sipped coffee and explained his dream. "But that doesn't exist. So I had to make it up, what I think it could have looked like."
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What is certain is that Café Keough, which had a soft opening Dec. 23 and is now open Monday to Saturday, occupies the Commerce Tile Building, which in 1904 was built as the Memphis Trust Co. Building.
"This was a bank, but not a teller, money-changing bank," Keough said.
Yet, it is easy to envision that it was. High ceilings. Windows that are 16 feet tall. The long bar looks like it could have once been home to teller cages. Café Keough is spacious – about 3,000 square feet that are usable, the owner says – and has a distinct feeling of formality mixing with a more informal vibe. You could extend your pinky while drinking coffee, or just as easily sit at that bar and have a cold beer drawn for you.
It is, after all, the French meet Memphis. Keough loves New Orleans' French Quarter and has visited the south of France. Given a choice between new and old – in restaurants, bars, almost anything – he will take the latter.
In his mind's eye, France is never that far from New Orleans, and the Mississippi River always has extended that connection to Memphis. In fact, he enjoys the mere thought of Memphis cotton merchants sending their product back down the river for sale.
His great-grandfather, Johnny Keough, was a renowned Collierville businessman – the lumber and cotton industries, among others – and there is a street in Collierville bearing the family name.
The great-grandson, however, hardly was born to his present station. He began in the restaurant business as a cook at Blues Alley and Lou's Place, working for the Savarin brothers.
For almost two decades, he worked for Karen Carrier at Automatic Slim's on Second Street. He knows how hard this business can be. And, yes, he knows all about those daunting statistics that say restaurant startups are doomed before dessert arrives.
A research study a few years ago, published in the Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, placed the first-year failure rate at 26.2 percent, but the cumulative failure rate by the third year at 59.7 percent.
"Yes, there are always bad odds," Keough said.
And yet he has his reasons for believing Café Keough will meet a different fate. For one, Café Keough isn't going to try to be all things to all people. The menu, not yet printed, will be simple. Sandwiches and tapas.
"I've been at it so long," he said. "Bartending since I was 20. I've got a chef (Demitrie Phillips) that's been doing it that long and a general manager (Terry Jenkins) about that long. We have roughly 60 years of experience between us. We all feel what we're doing is what's needed in the neighborhood, what people want."
Jenkins literally has been a bartender and/or restaurant manager everywhere from Colorado to Central America, from Louisville to some half-dozen places in Memphis, including B.B. King's, Celtic Crossing and the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium.
"People downtown, they don't go to Applebee's or (TGI) Fridays," Jenkins said. "People want to come in and see Kevin, see the general manager or the chef, and know that we know their name."
Jenkins, who has a beard beginning to gray, wore blue jeans and a yellow button-down shirt under a backward green and white derby this day. He did not look like the marketing major he was at Michigan State, but a guy who understands in a real-world way that Café Keough's success will be determined over thousands of one-on-one interactions.
"Ninety-five percent of bartending is talking to guests," he said. "I can teach any schmoe off the street to pour a drink. As restaurant people, we're expected to be on stage. This is the (guests') safe sanctuary. They don't want to hear Susie behind the bar whining about her boyfriend who is such a jerk."
Given what they know, Keough believes they have everything they need to be part of that minority of new restaurants that survives beyond the third year.
"We've got a great location, a great building, great food, great coffee and liquor," he said. "If anybody (messes) it up, it's us."
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BUILD2LC project was presented during the European Week of Regions and Cities, an event held in Brussels from 10 to 13 October.
Andalusian Energy Agency, as the lead partner of BUILD2LC project, presented it during the plenary session "Smart Specialisation Energy and Innovation in European Region" in the round table "Energy priorities and enhancing interregional cooperation". Joaquin Villar explained the aims of the project and how the partnership is going to work during the project lifetime to achieve them.
Mr. Villar, who was invited to EUWRC to explain the experience of Andalusia in the field of sustainable construction, remarked that one of the most important characteristic of Interreg Europe BUILD2LC project is the replicability of the future results, due to that all the partners has the sustainable contruction and rehabilitation as a priority sector in their regional strategies.
The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance. It is organised by the Committe of the Regions and the European Commission´s DG for Regional Policy.


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McCormick Place is committed to initiatives designed to conserve energy, protect vital resources and promote ecologically-efficient policies and procedures. To achieve this goal:
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SAVOR…Chicago and its team at McCormick Place are pleased to announce their recent honor, the Illinois Governor's Sustainability Award (Governor's Award). The recognition from the Office of the Governor recognizes the organization in Illinois that demonstrates a commitment to economy, society and the environment through outstanding and innovative sustainability practices.
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McCormick Place has been awarded the"Best of" Editor's Pick in the category of "Green Meetings" from the Illinois Meetings Events Magazine. We are proud to do our part by providing a sustainable environment for our customers.
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We are proud that the McCormick Place West Building attained LEED Certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) from the U.S. Green Build Council, the organization that sets the standards for what is officially considered environmentally-friendly or "green". The West Building is the largest new-construction facility in the country to be certified.
McCormick Place has also undertaken many other green initiatives designed to help the environment. We are committed to doing our part to help protect our environment, while also serving the needs of our customers and guests.
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Although based in California, he showed in New York and attained great acclaim there.
Shirring, tucking, trapunto stitching - he used all the sewing techniques. If you are lucky enough to find a Galanos, be sure to study the interior and the construction . It is always a learning experience.
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1980s Red Wool Crepe Galanos Day Dress ( with added belt). The shaping on this is superb. The 1980s padded raglan cut shoulders are balanced by the scaled up collar which is emphasized with channel topstitching. The large gold tone buttons create a center line for the eye to follow. Now available at Past Perfect Vintage
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1950s/60s Black Wool 2 piece Dress Set. The seaming is quite sculptural here, with curved yoke seams and a wide inset waist on the back of the top. The skirt has bubble silhouette to complement the curves of the top.
Very late 1950s Red and Black Plaid wool 3 piece Day Set with Coat, Dress and Hat. The fringed finishes and tam hat play well off the tartan wool in this set. The coat and dress both have an Empire waist, the coat with a unique cutaway skirt that exposes the dress front. The waists are finished with belts and buttons. For wearing comfort, the dress is sleeveless under the coat.
1950s Red Chiffon Dress and Tartan Jacket . This dress is defined by textural differences, with a simple short sleeve bodice, beautifully outlined with a wide silk satin bias binding and set off with a back button closure and a narrow satin belt.The chiffon skirt is voluminous with many yards shirred into the small waist. The matching jacket is a red and black tartan wool with black velvet collar.


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"U2 tickets on sale 9am, March 20": seven words that hit me this week like a mescaline flashback. I had visions of Somme-like trenches being dug around the Wembley box office, of half-dead survivors of a fortnight sleeping rough on the causeways of Brent tapping in their PIN numbers with the few remaining fingers they haven't lost to frostbite.
For I, dragged to Greenwich before dawn as a pundit for the BBC's Breakfast Show, was an eye-witness to the scene of Conradian horror that was the Michael Jackson ticket queue. This shanty town of shivering wretches, some of whom had been camped outside the O2 for two full days, reminded me of old Blitz-era news footage of starving Londoners queueing for the last scrapings of powdered egg. Only with more chatter about why dangling a baby off a balcony is "character-building".
What is this, Guantánamo? What time is it, the Dark Ages? What are we, animals? As the queue inevitably collapsed into a bloodthirsty stampede to the front an hour before the box office shutters went up, I was appalled that this – in the days of Bluetooth, Virgin Galactic and Oatibix – was the barbaric face of modern big gig ticket purchase.
Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band – Outer South
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Yesterday was the first time ever I hit 1000 views in one day. I know it's not much compared to what some are getting, but it was still good to see it there. How many views do you get per day?
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Just for fun, following up on the thread about hubstats,the latest figures for views per hub are as follows:http://hubpages.com/stats/•Hubs with 1,000+ hub views in the last month: 5,313•Hubs with 100+ hub views in the last month: 39,439•Hubs with 10+ hub views in the last month: 152,649How...
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I just hit 1000 Page Views, so says my "My Account" page!WOOHOO!!This is a particularly cool milestone for me, since I'm this new to Hubpages and like to think I have some great content.
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Just did it with 17 hubs with promotion via Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Stumble Upon, Pinterest and pinging sites for 3 months. Just excited. Looking forward to more views
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When I got to 1000 views there was no fanfare or congratulations. I have now just passed 2000 - 2003 to be exact and am very proud to have done so in 4 weeks.(Nothing like blowing your own bugle around here) If nobody else gets excited about it - it's OK.
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There are times when the British way of doing politics feels not merely unreformed, but unreformable. Not so long ago there was a coalition, a novelty in this country, which talked of overhauling the voting system, democratising the Lords and fixing election dates so they ceased to be a prime ministerial plaything. The first change died the death quickly, in a forgotten referendum, the second more slowly, ensnared in Westminster's arcane procedures. Now—with Theresa May's snap election—the shift to fixed terms has also been exposed as an illusion. After the unexpected return to single-party government two years ago, the oldest rule in the constitutional book, that an administration in possession of a Commons majority can do as it pleases, is asserting itself anew amid an extraordinary renaissance by a Conservative tribe which is—as Geoffrey Wheatcroft explains on p20—the most ancient and successful political party of the lot.


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When I was 18, I went on holiday to Zante with some pals. One night, we thought it'd be great fun to play on some inflatables floating just off the beach. The manager of the nearby bar went mental, and armed with an oversized bottle opener-cum-swiss army knife, demanded 40 euros from each of us before he'd let us leave. When his back was turned, we legged it down to the beach to our scooters and bolted it back to our hotel. As the Will of this real-life Inbetweeners sketch, my terror – and relief at making it back without any scars – was palpable.
This season has been a nine-month-long reliving of that experience, as Dundee have drunkenly lurched from one disaster to another before finally, undeservedly, embarrassingly stumbling to safety. I never want to speak of this season again.
I don't want to relive it all, as the memories are still too fresh and mediocre, but here's a list of ways in which Dundee outperformed even our own tragicomic tendencies this season:
– Signing Danny Williams on a 3 year deal
– Signing the seriously-injured James McPake on a 2 year extension to 2019
– Signing United reject Marcus Haber, a move mocked by the support, who somehow then saves our season
– Scott Bain getting into arguments with fans in the Bobby Cox Stand (who, to be fair, make St Mirren fans look like rays of endless sunshine and positivity)
– Replacing Greg Stewart and Kane Hemmings with an amateur wrestler from the 27th tier of Dutch football
– Signing social media guru Marc Klok to boost his highlights reel by a full 10 seconds before chucking him
– Going out of the Betfred Cup at the group stage to the footballing gods that are East Fife, Dumbarton, Forfar and Peterhead
– Losing 7-0 at home to Aberdeen and still not sacking the manager
– Hartley persisting with Tom Hateley and not being sacked
– Hartley playing Cammy Kerr at left-back and not being sacke
– Losing 21 league games this season – seven of which were in a 10-game run of no wins, and another seven in a row in March and April, ending our top six hopes and Hartley's time at Dens.
In the end, our fate rested on a bold decision from the Board to sack media-darling Paul Hartley and appoint another media-darling, pundit, Dundee legend and generally handsome man Neil McCann, in the hope of pulling us out of the post-split mire. Points gained against Motherwell and Rangers in February, when both teams were as disciplined, measured and graceful as the customers of kebab shop at 4am, would prove to be vital in keeping us away from a true relegation dogfight. In the end, the "new manager bounce" (read: playing players in their actual bloody position) got us over the line in time for the players to absolutely fart out defeats to Caley and Accies.
On reflection, it's a minor miracle that my tweet hailing Neil McCann as the new Messiah did not end up in the "retweeted to death by bitter United fans" column, as did happen to my Betfred Cup "piece of piss" tweet, but whoever takes on the Dens Park hot seat has been left a hot steaming mess of a squad. Given how borderline unhinged elements of our support can be, I've yet to work out how nobody has chucked a scarf, season ticket, pie or farmyard animals on to the pitch in disgust at some point. We've been shortchanged for years by Lyle Lanley-style charlatans in charge of the club, but now that we have what appears to be off-the-park stability, we need the right man in charge next season to finally deliver something approaching success. Hell, I'd even take simply avoiding cup embarrassment as a down-payment.
Anyway, the ratings:
Scott Bain – 5
Players' Player of the Year, Evening Telegraph's Player of the Year, and (I think) voted Dundee's POTY by the Daily Record, Scott Bain is a stellar example of a player rated by reputation rather than results. Yes, he's had a shakier defence than the Maginot Line to cope with all year, but his positioning at set pieces and distribution are all on him, and he definitely regressed after a terrific 15/16 campaign which ended with a Scotland call-up. He's had the temerity to snap back at fans online and in the Bobby Cox this season, which doesn't exactly show an ability to cope under pressure, but definitely improved after Hartley's departure and made a few crucial saves post-split. Previously thought to be heading out the door to try and find his BOMAs Hemmings, McGinn, Stewart et al, there's now talk of Bain staying for the final year of his contract.
David Mitchell – 2
A point per game for our back up keeper, who did keep two clean sheets and is therefore statistically the best keeper in the land. Despite that 100% record (which included the infamous ghost goal against Motherwell), he never really looked like challenging Bain, and it's no surprise he's heading to the Championship to seek pastures new.
Kevin Holt – 6
Much-maligned last year, Holt has become a solid but not flashy left back who hasn't done too much wrong. Like Matt Lockwood and Daniel Day-Lewis, his dependence on his left peg is something else, and his ability to get up the park has been hampered by the lack of a dependable left-mid in front of him to help cover, but he's still chipped in with a number of valuable goals and assists.
Cammy Kerr – 9
He's one of our own, he's one of our own. Cammy Kerr. He is one. Of. Our. Own.
Full disclosure – I love this guy. Challenged by Hartley to make the right back position his own, he's taken it on with gusto, and has blossomed into an athletic dynamo who isn't scared to leave Kenny Millar flat on his arse in front of a baying Derry. Deservedly voted Player of the Year by the fans with a win percentage Kim Jong-Un would be proud of. Thankfully, he's Derry'd oot his nut and isn't likely to be going anywhere any time soon.
Darren O'Dea – 7
It's early April. Dundee are awarded a penalty in Dingwall. I'm frantically refreshing my feed in a hotel in Vietnam at 2am. "O'Dea scores!"
WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS WHERE O'DEA IS ON OUR PENALTIES? I'll tell you where – it's a hell where he saw the need for a leader on the pitch and took action. He's not the fastest centre back in the world, but his positioning and command of his fellow defenders makes up for that, and he brings a passion to the side that was sorely lacking elsewhere this year. A true leader who I'd back to be given the captain's armband permanently.
Kostadin Gadzhalov – 4
This mark is artificially held down by his lack of appearances, because let me be clear: I love Gadzilla, and don't have a scooby why he's behind Gomis and Julen in the pecking order. He doesn't take any chances, is pretty tidy on the ball, and scored the equaliser to send United down; what's not to like? I'd be gutted if he's released this summer, but he'd be a great option for any other bottom 6 team.
James McPake (yes, he is still here) – 0.
I like James – I won a top from him in a Twitter competition, so he's a good lad – but he's not played a game since January 2016 and it's hard to see him ever coming back from injury now. I understand he's getting involved elsewhere at the club, and could step up to coaching in the near future, and I'm guessing his two-year contract extension this season is to reflect that work.
Kevin Gomis – 3
Vince Cable once said Gordon Brown had gone from Stalin to Mr Bean. Kevin Gomis is clearly cut from the same cloth. When he's paying attention and using his brain and immense frame to patrol the backline, you can see why he's played at such a high level before. When he has one of his regular brain farts and removes somebody's spleen by accident, you can see why he's now at Dundee. I don't see him getting a new contract, and I won't miss him too much.
Julen Etxabeguren – 4
Would you dance, if I asked you to dance? Julen is a handsome man, but by Christ does he love giving away cheap penalties, even managing to offer up two in one game against Caley. He missed the last few months through injury, and is a frustrating player to watch at times, but a solid enough squad player.
Daniel Higgins – 3
Signed from Celtic's youth team, Higgins was only thrown in at the end of the season when our paper-thin squad began to creak, but he performed admirably at the back when he was played and is a hope for the future.
Darryl Meggatt – 1
Yeah, I know, I forgot we signed him too! The utility player was utilised out to Ayr United, never to return.
Paul McGowan – 5
Apparently, he's our friend because he hates coppers. He also seemed to hate tracking back, following his man and shooting with power and accuracy this season, but those aren't quite as easy to fit into a terracing chant. Performed much better in the advanced role he was deployed in by McCann than the quarterback role preferred by Hartley, and has enough quality and experience to bounce back from a fairly poor season. Remember to count to ten, Paul….
Mark O'Hara – 6
Mind when Gary Mackay-Steven was a thing? The Joel Sked lookalike built a career on YouTube montages, and there's a risk that some are applying that logic to O'Hara. He's had a good first season, and has had some excellent games, but there have also been stretches when he's been anonymous. He's adapting to his role on the right wing and building an understanding with Cammy Kerr, and will hopefully push on next season.
James Vincent – 5
I'm going to get pelters for this from some fans, but I think Vincent has improved massively since he joined. He's still not being played in the attacking slot he was used to at Inverness and can be guilty of some slack passes, but his pressing and positional awareness have been excellent. Anybody who claims McGowan has had a better season is letting the name cloud their judgment.
Danny Williams – 1
The aforementioned Mr Williams is not in my good books. Signed for width and pace, Williams provided a slow, dithering, lightweight and overly cautious presence somewhere on the pitch a few times this year, before going home to giggle at the fact he's landed a three-year deal with us. He gets a mark because, in my sunnier moments, I think that our formation and tactics haven't yet suited him, and he may yet come good.
Tom Hateley – 0K (as in absolute zero on the Kelvin scale)
There are a few ratings in here that I'll accept some quibbling over. I will fight to the death over this one, though. Hateley is slow, slight, ponderous, risk-averse, and all of the other adjectives I've come to associate with a typical Hartley midfielder. He put in a decent shift at right back against Motherwell, and I'm reliably informed that his stats belie his reputation among fans, but if he was stuck in stocks outside the Caird Hall I'd be the guy selling rotten fruit next to him. He's got to go.
Nick Ross – 2
Like Gadzhalov, this mark is indicative of a lack of game time rather than performance. An ever-present last year, Nick Ross has now had an entire forest of splinters from sitting on the bench all season, but saw some game time after Hartley left. A neat, tidy player, but one who can (and does) have some total stinkers too.
Marc Klok – 0 for performances, 6 for music choice for his highlight reels.
Signed in a last-minute panic on deadline day in January, Klok was an archetypal Hartley signing; a lightweight, slow, indecisive central midfielder who has better career prospects in promotional videos for seedy nightclubs than he does on the pitch.
Nicky Low – 0
We seem to like signing midfielders called Nicky with legs made of shite and sellotape, but unlike Riley, Low couldn't hold his limbs together long enough to play for us and was punted out on loan. A pity, because from the few games he has played, he provided pace and width on the left that his supposed replacement Danny Williams must have sold for some magic beans.
Marcus Haber – 8
His eye for goal is questionable, to say the least, but get yourself into enough scoring positions and you'll eventually get lucky. His arrival heralded a change in tactics from "suicidal" to "punt it up to the big man", and while it wasn't pretty, it did work. Unfortunately, it's also the only system we found that did work, which meant that if Haber was injured or having one of his "couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo" days, we were out of luck. He's not the fastest player, and if he has too much time on the ball, he'll inevitably make a poor decision, but without him, we'd have been automatically relegated.
Craig Wighton – 5
Craig gets an extra mark in recognition of the fact he relegated United at Dens last May. Have I mentioned that Dundee relegated United? I have? Repeatedly? Oh.
Anyway, Wighton's had a lot more game time this season than last, but hasn't really made his mark. He's still easily bullied off the ball and has lacked a little bit of dynamism and energy. A lack of natural wingers has had him deployed on the left most of the season, which isn't his natural position, but his ball skills show that there's a player there if he's supported properly.
Faissal El-Bakhtaoui – 6
He's not replaced the regular supply of goals we had from Hemmings and Stewart, but El-Bakhtaoui has shown glimmers of real promise. Like Wighton, he is incredibly slight and can bounce off the bigger defenders in the league, but he buzzes around the park causing bother, and is capable of some very neat touches and ridiculous goals.
Yordi Teijsse – 2 (1 for telling the Sun where to go on Facebook, 1 for the WWE-style hair)
I feel sorry for Yordi. He was signed as a two-year project and immediately thrown in as a sacrificial goat once Hemmings and Stewart left. What a goat he was, as well. Other than a good performance against Forfar in the Betfred Cup, he offered nothing before being punted out on loan to Germany and then released at the end of the year.
Rory Loy – 2
An opening day brace wasn't enough to save Loy, who didn't score again until late October before being punted out on loan to St Mirren in January. He was touted far and wide as a player worthy of the step up to the Premiership when at Falkirk, but the higher end of the championship is probably where he's most comfortable.
Michael Duffy (loan) – 1
Signed as a winger/forward from Celtic, scored a screamer in the BetFred Cup, then did nothing else before his loan was terminated halfway through the season so he could sign for Dundalk.
Henrik Ojamaa (loan) – 3
Signed on loan to provide some physicality and a link between midfield and attack, Ojamaa looked the business for a few games before fading away and drifting on to the bench by the time of the split. He definitely played his part, but a permanent deal doesn't look to be on the cards.
Paul Hartley – 2
The 2 is in reluctant recognition that Hartley brought us up, cemented us in the Premiership, and relegated United at Dens. The absence of any other marks is a reflection of the shabby recruitment strategy for this year, our one-dimensional tactics, and generally doing such a piss-poor job. Shipping seven goals at home to anybody, giving Hamilton their only away win all season and going out of that Betfred Cup group are all unforgivable.
Neil McCann – 10
He's blue, he's white, he's fucking dynamite – he's Neil McCann!
Handsome Neil's appointment boosted the support and the club at a time when morale was non-existent, and was mocked by many. BUT WHERE ARE THE HATERS NOW HE'S KEPT US UP, EH?! He didn't even need all five games to do it, managing to eke out two wins and a draw to secure our status in the first three games. What a fella.
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With just a under month til we vote on the most important political decision of our lifetime, if you didn't know (what cupboard have you been living in?) it's the EU Referendum on the 23rd June. It's about time we all start coming to a decision about which way to vote. I'm certainly starting to really have a think about which way I want to vote and I personally have struggled with which way to vote. I think there's a massive lack of useful, trustworthy information that gives an overview of the pros and cons of both sides.
I'm doing a post on the #EUreferendum with facts for & against in vs out. If you had to vote now how would you vote?— Sarah Ann (@sarahaannn) April 23, 2016
Why we should remain:
#1 The Influence
#2 We get a say
#3 Let's get away
As a generation of wanderlusters being in the EU makes it easier than ever to travel across the EU. In leaving it may make it more difficult for us to travel or work abroad without the need for a Visa. The 1.4million Brits living across the EU would likely have to move back in order to get Visas and the same would be a case for those who have come to the UK from across the EU. Not only that but holidays would likely become more expensive and our driving licenses which are currently valid across the EU, likely wouldn't be any longer.
But: would travel really be that much more expensive? It's in the interest of airlines to stay competitive - particularly given their profits have been less recently due to all the recent issues.
But: would travel really be that much more expensive? It's in the interest of airlines to stay competitive - particularly given their profits have been less recently due to all the recent issues.
#4 The Investment
But: most of what we 'get back' is not actually in 'physical cash' it's sort of invisible through investment and what not, would the investment stop? I doubt that.. Our universities remain some of the greatest in the world, our jobs market one of the strongest.
#5 Protection
But: at the same time Schengen Agreement (which makes the EU 'borderless') also means convicted criminals to freely move around too and prevents us from deporting dangerous suspects.
#6 Work Work Work Work Work
Why we should leave:
#1 Economic costs
#2 Trade
#3 EU innovation is lagging behind
But: EU regulation does also protect us and our rights and it's possible the EU could set up regulatory barriers to UK services and investment.
#4 Immigration
#5 DemocracyThe European Parliament is elected, but the Commision (which holds the power and proposes legislation) is not! Then there's also the European Council, where in the last couple of decades Britain has voted against 72 measures in the European Council and been defeated 72 times. We choose who is elected to lead our constituencies and our country but we have no say over anyone elected to pass legislation in the EU, which then means they aren't held to account in the same way our politicians are. Democracy only works if you know who your representatives are. MEP's aren't in a meaningful position of power. Those that are appointed not elected hold the power and debate laws in secret whereas EVERYTHING debated in the UK Parliament is publicly available.
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Edith O'Donnell Arts and Technology Building Transforms Architectural Dynamic of Campus
Nov. 4, 2013
Since its inception in 2004, the Arts and Technology (ATEC) program at UT Dallas has infused new energy into the traditional liberal arts by creating connections between science and engineering and the arts and humanities. Now, the program's new infrastructure – the Edith O'Donnell Arts and Technology Building – has transformed the architectural dynamic of the campus itself.
The 155,000-square-foot facility, which houses programs in arts and technology, visual arts, emerging media and communications as well as a 1,200-seat lecture hall, opened to students this semester.
On Thursday, President David E. Daniel will lead a formal dedication of the building before an audience of faculty, staff, students, community members and University supporters. An inaugural orchestral concert will be held in the new facility on Nov. 9 to celebrate the University's new addition.
The building was designed by STUDIOS Architecture – the same firm that designed Google Headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. The building itself is an architectural representation of the core values of the ATEC program, said Dr. Dennis M. Kratz, dean of the School of Arts and Humanities. VAI Architects of Dallas was the architect of record.
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The building features an anechoic chamber (non-echoing or echo-free space) that completely absorbs sound and electromagnetic waves.
Highlights of the building's design include open public spaces; lobby seating on polished concrete steps with plug-ins for laptops and phones; and visual color cues throughout to direct visitors. Offices are blue; restrooms and utilities are housed in the building's red core.
Window views line the building's perimeter and offices are located on the interior. Visual arts classrooms on the fourth floor have natural northern light. The north-end studio has 20-foot floor-to-ceiling windows on one side. The third floor features a "floating" conference room with a view of the Dallas skyline.
The building has a green-powered electricity contract and is 18 percent more efficient than other buildings on campus.
20 percent of the building materials are recycled content.
Planned as a showcase to the visual arts and a highly adaptable technology hub for the ATEC program, the $60 million building is at the heart of campus, adjacent to the Eugene McDermott Library and facing the mall and reflecting pools designed by Peter Walker of PWP Landscape Architecture.
Inside are classrooms for game design, sound design and visual arts, conference rooms, 2-D drawing and painting art studios, 3-D art studios, a recording studio, a motion capture lab, soundproof chambers, and photography and 3-D fabrication labs, among others.
The Edith O'Donnell Arts and Technology Building bears the name of one of Texas' most generous philanthropists in honor of her long-standing dedication to higher education, scientific research and the arts.
Known for their civic and business leadership, Edith O'Donnell and her husband, Peter, and the O'Donnell Foundation they established, have given exceptionally generous support to UT Dallas since 1984. During the last 30 years, the couple's foundation has contributed more than $600 million to support scientific research and education in America.
The building will house a number of students – the program has expanded from 138 students during its first year to 1,120 students this fall – including those pursuing bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.
The building and program are both designed to spark ingenuity and collaboration among the arts, engineering, computing and design fields. Faculty and students from the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and the School of Arts and Humanities will share lab space, classrooms and offices in the new building.
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Taking place on a secluded beach on Oahu's beautiful southwest shore, Germaine's Luau is considered one of Oahu's most family-friendly luaus, offering a casual, laid-back atmosphere. Visiting Germaine's Luau is a great way to experience a piece of Hawaiian culture.
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By Jami Jones, managing editor
Hot on the heels of the release of a report to Congress on the minimum required insurance for motor carriers, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced the formation of a rulemaking task force team to re-evaluate the current minimums.
The report, which was heavily criticized by the leadership of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, was based on a study by the Volpe Foundation.
The report confirms that the number of crashes costing more than the current $750,000 minimum liability insurance for interstate operations is very small, a stance that OOIDA has taken since the first mention of increasing insurance minimums was raised.
OOIDA Director of Government Affairs Ryan Bowley points out that a footnote to the study used as the basis for the report says that approximately 74 crashes per year occur that are above the minimum level. However, the study conducted by Volpe did not consider fault in the crashes studied.
Bowley points out that between 75 and 85 percent of crashes – depending on what research you use – are the fault of the passenger car driver. That would drive the number of truck driver-responsible crashes to less than 20.
Yet the agency has announced the pursuit of a rulemaking team to re-evaluate the minimum level of insurance required, and a rulemaking could be initiated by the end of 2014.
"Even though the agency's report confirms that fewer than one percent of all truck-involved accidents result in injuries or property damage that exceed current insurance requirements, it seems pretty clear they plan to raise those requirements anyway," said Todd Spencer, OOIDA executive vice president.
One lawmaker has already introduced a bill seeking to increase the required minimum insurance to $4.2 million, five times the current amount. That lawmaker is freshman Rep. Matthew Cartwright, D-Pa. Cartwright is a licensed attorney in the state of Pennsylvania. Before being elected to Congress and taking office in January he was part owner in a law firm with his in-laws.
Pressure to increase the minimums is also coming from The Trucking Alliance, a group of six large motor carriers such as Knight Transportation and J.B. Hunt.
OOIDA's Spencer points out that financial motivation is the primary objective of both Cartwright and The Trucking Alliance.
"The agency seems to be bowing to the economic objectives of the personal injury attorneys and mega-trucking companies who have been campaigning for higher insurance requirements," Spencer said. "Trial lawyers will see windfall payouts in the increases, and big trucking companies – who already use special exceptions in the law to avoid buying insurance on the open market – see an opportunity to drive up business costs and do away with their small-business competitors."
Spencer points to the core mission of FMCSA – highway safety. "The amount of insurance carried by motor carriers has never been shown to have a correlation with safety."
Spencer says that minimum insurance requirements do not have a direct correlation with reducing crashes. It's not a problem that needs more government intervention.
"Even the insurance industry has stated that the market does a very good job of addressing risk – outside of any government mandated minimum," Spencer said.
The financial burden that small-business truckers would face if any sort of significant increase is implemented would have the potential to cripple upwards of 90 percent of the trucking industry.
OOIDA has launched a Call to Action urging all members to get in touch with their lawmakers and fight against any increase to the current minimum requirements. Bowley said truckers can visit http://bit.ly/stoptriallawyers and fill out a letter to their lawmakers directly from the site. He said that with a highway bill in the making, it's imperative for lawmakers to hear from truckers right now. LL


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Monsters is not an extravaganza of action at all, like, there is hardly any; it's a sci-fi drama. It was compared a lot to District 9, though why I do not know. Yeah, they both involve aliens . . . and that's about where the similarities end. If you felt District 9 had too much action and too much aliens then check out Monsters, a well done and suspenseful sci-fi drama.
Monsters asks a lot of the audience. You go in knowing there are aliens, you go in expecting aliens, and you don't really get them. I mean, they're there, but the movie is about the people, the couple trying to get across the border. I can see how people think of it as a metaphor for immigration and such, but look hard enough into anything and you'll find something symbolic, whether it's really there or not. The whole argument about emigrants isn't as easy as "they want to cross the border". There's economic reasons. I'm pretty sure if the people could, they'd stay at home and work and not opt to try and cross any border illegally for work and money. The people in Monsters want to get back home. I see nothing that makes it a metaphor for people crossing the border illegally. The girl want's to get home and the guy just basically wants her to get home too so that he can be done with her.
On the way they gotta deal with these large monsters. And that one sentence is about the equivalent of the amount of monsters you'll see in this movie.
The movie doesn't need to have monsters all the time, not a lot of special effects or anything like that. A movie called Monsters, however, does rather create the expectation of seeing monsters. It's hard to blame the advertising because there weren't a lot of monsters in the preview either, but still, the movie is called Monsters.
And I say all of this because the movie is a good movie, it's just that – like my wife (my wife gave up on it after awhile. She really liked District 9 but was bored with Monsters). – people will miss out on this movie because it's not what they expect. It's difficult to be in the mood for a Monster movie, sit down and shift gears during the movie. It's almost an hour into the movie before you get any Monsters, and even then it's not really much at all. The beginning is great and really hooks you, but again it does more damage than good because the rest of the movie is nothing like the beginning, no gun shots, no crazy camera, pretty much no action. It's a great opening but it continues the set up for disappointment. Monsters is a great movie, one that many won't see because they're expecting monsters through the whole movie, or they won't stick with because they're expecting monsters through the whole movie.
And then the ending. Holy crap the ending of Monsters was like, lean forward in your chair and say: "Wait a minute." The ending is like the whole movie, quiet and calm, but such a holy shit moment. The ending of Monsters doesn't baby you, it doesn't drive into your head an explanation for what's happening, it just does its thing and hopes you're smart enough to put two and two together. If you're not, then fine, the movie ends with no resolution and you probably won't like it, if you do get it, then the movie ends in a pretty cool way.


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ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) The Russian army on Saturday (April 25) carried out artillery drills in the southern Rostov region bordering Ukraine. Twelve 2A18 howitzers were used in Saturday's drills. Soldiers prepared the guns for shooting, loaded them with blank shells and fired practice rounds. In late April the servicemen of the Southern Military District started training on the military grounds. Despite the economic crisis brought on by low prices for its energy exports as well as Western sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to spend more than 21 trillion roubles (413 billion USD) to revamp the military by the end of the decade.