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Anders' Top 10 Films of 2017
1. Phantom Thread (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
What It's About: The relationship between Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day Lewis), a designer of couture dresses in 1950s London, and his latest young muse, Alma (Vicky Krieps), is more than what it seems.
Why It's Good: Perhaps the most gorgeous film of many a year (with my number two film a close runner-up), Phantom Thread, as Aren remarked in his review, feels timeless. It's exquisitely shot and acted, subtle and playful at varying moments. While the story of a temperamental artist and his young (female) muse seems like old hat, Anderson upends our expectations and challenges us to consider how form influences interpersonal relationships. Ostensibly Anderson's Hitchcock homage (comparisons to Rebecca are thrown around, but this is as much a riff on Vertigo and even Psycho, in moments), Phantom Thread shares with Hitchcock's works an acute eye for human psychology and behaviour as well as a macabre sense of humour. (Note: Make it a double feature with my honourable mention, Personal Shopper, another film about fashion and uncanny relationships with the past).
2. Blade Runner 2049 (dir. Denis Villeneuve)
What It's About: In the year 2049, a replicant blade runner (Ryan Gosling) uncovers a secret about the past that threatens to upset the assumptions about the relationship between humans and replicants that drive this dystopian world.
Why It's Good: I didn't want a sequel to Ridley Scott's seminal science fiction classic (one of my 10 favourite films of all time), and to even attempt it seemed misguided. But Villeneuve shows with this film and last year's Arrival that he is a master at creating science fiction films that are imbued with thoughtful speculation about our rapidly-changing world. Blade Runner 2049 is not merely a sequel that extends the story of Deckard (Harrison Ford), but rather a further rumination on what it means to be human and the direction our planet is heading. Drawing as much on Philip K. Dick's novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, as on Scott's 1982 adaptation, Blade Runner 2049 offers a nightmarish portrait of gendered capitalism, where female replicants and AI's serve at the whim of powerful men; yet, the film finds glimmers of hope amongst the outcasts of such a society. Roger Deakins' precise cinematography helps to realize one of the most astounding science fiction worlds ever put on screen.
3. Dunkirk (dir. Christopher Nolan)
What It's About: Three interwoven timelines — land, sea, and air — tell the story of the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk in World War II.
Why It's Good: Christopher Nolan extends his narrative experimentation into the war genre, challenging our understanding of events as causally motivated. Dunkirk plunges the viewer into the events of the evacuation with minimal set-up, going for visceral experience rather than detailed backdrop to achieve an emotional effect. While most war films, even those ostensibly anti-war ones, marry their narrative beats to the accomplishing of a mission and thereby implicitly have us root for the war effort, Dunkirk complicates this by staging the action as a retreat and shifting the timelines for each of the three stories, freeing audience investment from the accomplishing of violent goals. Few films are as compellingly anti-war without upping the ante on gore and viscera. Dunkirk is a remarkable achievement of historical storytelling and technical filmmaking that resonates on a deep emotional and moral level.
4. Lady Bird (dir. Greta Gerwig)
What It's About: In her final year of high school in Sacramento, California, "Lady Bird" (Saoirse Ronan) navigates romance, university applications, and family struggles as she yearns to break free from her "nest."
Why It's Good: Lady Bird is a semi-autobiographical coming of age film from Greta Gerwig. For a solo directorial debut, it is a work of intense self-reflection and empathy. Few films about teenagers have struck me as authentically in their portrayal of family and community; Lady Bird is a shockingly-honest film about the challenges of class, gender, and striving for something better, all while maintaining a genuine affection for its cast of characters. Love, the film suggests, is found in the attention we are willing to give to those around us. In this funny and touching portrait of a young woman, propelled by wonderful performances from Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, writer/director Gerwig shows love to her hometown through the attention of this film.
5. The Lost City of Z (dir. James Gray)
What It's About: While working for the British Geographical Society in the years before and after the First World War, British officer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam) finds himself repeatedly drawn to the jungle after hearing the story of a lost civilization in the Amazon basin.
Why It's Good: Operating within the classically-inflected genre of the colonial adventure story, The Lost City of Z explores how a person might be drawn to something beyond his or herself, i.e. seek transcendence, and how this impacts their most intimate circles of family and individual calling. Director James Gray and cinematographer Darius Khondji create a dichotomy of jungle and civilization, while suggesting that such a dichotomy might be an incomplete understanding of the world. As Fawcett is compelled to return to the Amazon, eventually bringing his son (Tom Holland) with him, the film becomes unmoored from the conventional tale of exploration. Combining a literary sensibility with an assured sense of visual grandeur, they literally don't make many films like this anymore.
6. Mudbound (dir. Dee Rees)
What It's About: The intertwining fortunes of two Mississippi families, one black and one white, come to a head in the experiences of World War II and the crushing poverty of the Jim Crow South.
Why It's Good: Few films from this past year have stuck with me like this one did in its ability to reveal something about history and the complexity of human experience. In juxtaposing the injustices of the Jim Crow South with the role of servicemen in World War II, director Dee Rees draws out the intensity of the horrors of both experiences in this literary adaptation. There is something almost inhuman in the intimate brutality of lynching and also in the immense, almost science-fiction-scale, destruction of the Second World War; but in placing one next to the other, the film offers new insights in the experiences of both those who served and those who stayed and returned home. Filled with touching performances and evocative cinematography, Mudbound is one of the very best things Netflix has produced thus far.
7. Good Time (dir. Josh & Benny Safdie)
What It's About: A small-time crook, Connie (Robert Pattinson), attempts to free his developmentally-disabled brother (Benny Safdie) from institutional custody and has him participate in a bank robbery that goes wrong.
Why It's Good: On the surface, a straight-forward riff on the "one crazy night" genre of film, you likely won't find Good Time in fact a "good time;" but it is an engrossing, pulse-pounding, and tragic story of figures on the margins of society, and of how bad decisions can become compounded by further bad decisions. Robert Pattinson's Connie seems to genuinely care for his brother, and yet he treats others as merely means to try to get the money he thinks will cure all their problems. In contrast, the film itself treats both Connie and Nick and the characters they meet and damage as they careen around New York with the utmost empathy. It's a rare film that peers into the world of crime and the systems that keep people in poverty—including class, race, and bureaucracy—and ends up making you feel like you've gotten to know something of their lives rather than merely observed them. Good Time is a bracing and essential piece of American independent filmmaking.
8. mother! (dir. Darren Aronofsky)
What It's About: A religious and environmental parable in which Mother (Jennifer Lawrence) and her artist-partner, Him (Javier Bardem), find their paradise-like home and domestic relationship increasingly under threat as he invites a progression of characters into their space.
Why It's Good: I still can't believe that a major Hollywood studio gave Darren Aronofsky the money to make this wild parable of a film and then attempted to release it as a mainstream hit! It's no wonder many audiences were repelled, as the film is so out of step with the norms of dramatic storytelling our culture is used to. Rather Aronofsky engages with parable and loose-allegory, in which various approaches to the narrative help reveal facets while remaining incomplete. The film's messiness helps the allegory to reach a nightmarish fever-pitch in the final 20 minutes of the film. This is a film unafraid to engage with Biblical-mythic frameworks and Byronic Romantic notions of artistry at the same time. While it would be easy to try to interpret this as some kind of statement on Aronofsky's relationships with his various muses, the film defies such a reductive reading. Built around a fearless performance by Jennifer Lawrence, mother! is a one-of-a-kind film.
9. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (dir. Rian Johnson)
What It's About: Rey (Daisy Ridley) petitions the reclusive Jedi Master Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to train her in the ways of the Force, while Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and the First Order attempt to eliminate the Resistance .
Why It's Good: Rian Johnson's entry in the Star Wars series is proving to be one of the most divisive pop cultural artifacts since perhaps Lucas's own Star Wars Prequels. But don't let the passionate arguments dissuade you. This is blockbuster filmmaking that is both technically proficient, cinematically literate, and narratively challenging. While the ultimate reverberations of what happens in this episode may not immediately reveal themselves, The Last Jedi (as we exhaustively fleshed out in our three roundtables) both challenges and draws on the depth of Star Wars lore to tell its story and pave the way for further chapters in the Star Wars saga. Containing both scenes of striking visual grandeur and others of goofy charm, The Last Jedi is a thrilling and grand tale of space adventure that demonstrates the continued viability of the series under Disney's management.
10. Get Out (dir. Jordan Peele)
What It's About: Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) faces an uncomfortable weekend at the estate of his white girlfriend's (Alison Williams) liberal parents (Bradley Whitford and Katherine Keener), but something more sinister lurks beneath.
Why It's Good: Director Jordan Peele, best known for the brilliant sketch comedy show, Key & Peele, aims his target not at immediately recognizable hillbilly racists, but tries to create a sense of the way that race structures all kinds of seemingly progressive relations. Equally a comedy and a horror film, Get Out was perhaps my most memorable theatrical experience of the year, with an audience unsure of whether to scream or laugh, or of where the film's criticism were targeted. While the underlying genre premise of Get Out doesn't quite track with the film's more biting social commentary, Get Out nonetheless sticks the landing with memorable performances, big laughs, and genuine thrills.
After the Storm (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Alien: Covenant (dir. Ridley Scott)
Baby Driver (dir. Edgar Wright)
The Beguiled (dir. Sofia Coppola)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (dir. Noah Baumbach)
Personal Shopper (dir. Olivier Assayas)
Song to Song (dir. Terrence Malick)
T2: Trainspotting (dir. Danny Boyle)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (dir. Luc Besson)
Wonder Woman (dir. Patty Jenkins)


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Last night, the 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards were held in Beverly Hills at the Beverly Hilton hotel with GLAAD (The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) honoring those who have gone above and beyond spreading positive LGBT messages. The next GLAAD Media Awards will be held on May 3rd in New York City at […]
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Hello Spiceworkers,
my girlfriend asked me to go shopping with her tomorrow. She wants to buy a new gaming notebook. As anyone a recommendation?
I don´t have to be the overkill machine with Quad Extreme Processor and SLI Graphics and 17" Display. It just has to run WoW and some other older games smoothly. I thought I would recommend her a Asus G50, G70 or G71. Should work for this one.
If I had enough money on my bank I would buy one too. But I have to wait until they pay back my overpaid tax.
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Dell are very good. I bought an xps few years ago, and its still playing all the latest games. Best thing is to go to the dell website, and search for whats in your budget. if its for gaming, make sure it isn't an intergrated graphics card (intel etc) and go for a nvidia or equiv. Also bought a Dell Studio 15 in december last year for my nephew, made sure it had a good gfx card and ram, came to about £480, and plays half-life 2 fine, ms fsx etc.
Most games can't handle quad core yet; With all the good will in the world, proper process threading in games development still isn't mature.
I look at gaming laptops and think "I could get a gaming PC and a 37" HDTV for that." But if it's what you need, it's what you need. All three will run WoW well. You might benefit with Qcore if you bumped most of the background processes to cores 0 and 1, game on 2 and 3, but don't quote me.
I hear on the grapevine that Dell XPS laptops are gash.
I have to ask; Why a laptop? Be hell on your back / shoulders / neck playing for any longer than about 20 minutes, I'd think...!
EDIT: Above poster says Dell are fine. Perhaps more research is needed...! :)
Why a laptop? Simple: To carry it around ;-)
Dell could an option, yeah, but unfortenately very expesince compared to Asus, Acer, MSI or FSC.
I have made a little typing error in my first post. It should have said: There´s no need for SLI Graphics and Quadcore. Dualcore, 15" and midrange grphics should do for playing WoW
I would also recommend that you look for a laptop with an XP downgrade option only because you mentioned you're looking to play older games. It'll save endless hours trolling through forums trying to find fixes and workarounds to get those older games running properly in Vista.
This being the case I'd recommend Dell too as their support for XP downgrade is a lot better than most. Asus's isn't, I've had experience of that too!
I'm sure WoW would be okay because it's a continuously developed game and has a large enough user base for them to warrant support for Vista and you can always put Vista back on the laptop in the future when you've had enough of the older games.
I'd also question a laptop for gaming - I played an all-nighter Project Reality LAN party on an Alienware 17" laptop and I certainly felt that the next day! (Aside from a hangover too.)
EDIT: Oops, sorry you've already given your reason as to why it needs to be a laptop!
I bought a laptop from pctorque.com a while back. Sager is a Clevo rebrand, which is what a lot of the boutique laptops are (Alienware, VooDoo, etc). Great machine - it's over 3 years old now and at the time had a dual-core AMD, 7800GTX, 17" screen with 1920x1200 rez, and raided hard drives - it's still a nice machine, even though it weighs a ton...I don't carry it around daily anymore :) But they do have a lot of options for a lot less than an Alienware.
I use an Acer Aspire 5720-6514 for gaming. It runs nice and has the following:
- Intel Core 2 Duo processor (1.66GHz, 667 Mhz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)
- 358 MB Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
- 15.4 WXGA Crystalbrite LCD
- Multi Layer DVD burner
- 802.11 a/b/g
- and of course Vista Ultimate (I Upgraded to get rid of Acer's crap software)
WoWLK, Combat Arms, Guild Wars, and a few other games run smooth on it, Also I can run 3d Studio Max 2010 on it with no problems (including 3D renderings overlaying video).
I paid $579.00 EACH at Office Max (for 2 of them), so it's also economically priced.
I just picked up an Acer from Newegg last week. It was $799, but this morning it's dropped to $749. I have two games on it, one of which (GTAIV) is pretty graphicly intense and this machine handles it very well (as long as the power config is set to high performance).
I just found the right one:
1599$ (which is for us about 1227 Euros):
16" Display with 1920x1024 a resolution
Geforce 130m GPU with 1 Gig VDDR3 Ram
320 Gig 7200RPM Harddrive
4Gig Ram
Backlit Keyboard
Blueraydrive /DVD RW Combo.
This is pretty much a good compromise between performance, what you get for your money and mobility I think.
I just have to figure out if I can get a german keyboard layout for it. :-)
WTFBBQ : I have a Dell XPS M1710 and its the shiznit. It can handle anything I throw at it. Looking to upgrade for the sake of doing it not because I need it though.
Gateway gaming laptops are cheap and good. My brother has 2, my other brother has 1.
Plays anything, even Crysis @ high settings.
I want to get a tablet PC...but only HP sells them *yuck*
***Waiting for Asus tablet netbook***
2 expensive :-(
Asus Netbook 10in


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Enclave patrolman
Enclave patrolman
As a loyal soldier of the Enclave, I got orders to kill you. Hope you don't mind."
Enclave patrolmen are the core component of Enclave patrols around Navarro in Fallout 2.
Background[edit | edit source]
Clad in the recognizable advanced power armor of the Enclave, patrolmen are brutal, efficient, and thoroughly deadly. Under Proposition 312, they have standing orders to eliminate all illegal aliens on Enclave territories, without exception.
They are heavily armed with various energy weapons and even heavy support armaments and are a major threat to anyone foolish enough to cross through Enclave territories.
Interactions with the player character[edit | edit source]
Interactions overview[edit | edit source]
|This character has no special interactions.
Inventory[edit | edit source]
|Advanced power armor (not lootable)
|Rockwell BigBazooka rocket launcher or
L30 Gatling laser or
PPK12 Gauss pistol or
Rockwell CZ57 Avenger minigun or
Glock 86 plasma pistol or
Yuma YK32 pulse pistol
Carried items
Drops on death
Notable quotes[edit | edit source]
- "Now I suppose you're going to tell me you're just out looking for a water chip. Do I look dumb? Get him!"
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Enclave patrolmen reference the main quest of Fallout.[1]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
Enclave patrolmen appear only in Fallout 2.
- ↑ Enclave patrolman: "{204}{}{Now I suppose you're going to tell me you're just out looking for a water chip. Do I look dumb? Get him!}"


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I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me...
I'm sure I will look back upon these past few months as The Winter of my Discontent. Or The Winter That Saw Fit to Kick me in the Nuts Repeatedly for No Particular Reason. Let's take inventory, shall we...?
In early December, my very beloved feline companion, Tim, passed away. I'm still heartbroken over losing him and having not done more to prevent his passing. But then I've always been a champion at the art of self-flagellation.
Within days of Tim's passing, I also found myself having lost a very close human friend as well. I'll refrain from getting into the details behind that because I still can't do so without sounding bitter...though, I am working toward coming to terms with the latter "loss."
At any rate, it was a big punch in the gut to lose the presence of those two souls in my life so suddenly. Either one by itself would have been bad enough, but for both experiences to occur seemingly in tandem was particularly upsetting. For a few weeks - and Wendy and Cindy can attest to this - I barely knew the difference between up versus down, black versus white, etc. I felt like somebody'd shoved me into some room where this really ugly alternate universe existed. Bless them both for enduring my whiny second-guessing during that period...
Next up was that most unpleasant of milestone-birthdays (at least for the next decade): the Big Four Oh. There isn't anything I can say about this occasion that somebody else hasn't already said so I'm not gonna bother. I just handled the birthday itself the same way I usually observe it...by ignoring it. Helped tremendously that the Super Bowl was going down on the same day (and even more that it turned out to be a damn good game).
But then came the big shocker: after more than fifteen years at the same job (pretty impressive - or depressive - when you consider both my age and the times), I became introduced to the exciting world of unemployment. On the one hand, it was pretty great because I've been trying to get away from those motherfuckers for years, and the atmosphere at that place had become increasingly grim, oppressive and insulting. But on the other hand, it would have been a hell of a lot more enjoyable if I'd have beaten them to the "fuck off" punch. I had a damn good collection of words compiled for my resignation letter that I was really looking forward to using...but, shit happens. And so now I spend a great deal of my time poking around for new jobs online. (If anyone has any leads or ideas, please don't hesitate to pass them my way!)
As it happens, the aforementioned shocker happened the day before I was scheduled to trek down to New Orleans to spend some time with Animal Rescue New Orleans before returning to Dallas with my new feline friends (see image at left) - themselves rescued strays born since Katrina in one of the many neighborhoods, Lakeview, still in recovery from the storm. (One of the more affluent neighborhoods, as it turns out...the cats were found living underneath the slab of a house next door to one of the New Orleans Saints players. So they totally scoreboard me in terms of lifestyle history. Well, except for the whole "homeless and living under the slab of a destroyed house" thing.)
Anyway, I proceeded with the plan as scheduled and returned on Monday with my new roommates and with five other piggybackers going to some Dallas-area foster groups. I had visions of spending ten hours driving with my soundtrack being a constant cacophony of disgruntled or anxious meowing, but almost everyone slept the entire time. Other than exchanging text messages with Wendy, it was actually one of the more peaceful road trips I've ever experienced.
So far, it's been a much easier transition for them than I had any reason to expect it to be. Two of them (Frank, at top; Mary, below) could very easily be described as being "semi-feral" (and were described thusly by the ARNO folks and the cats' fosters in the French Quarter). And the third, now christened Mack (at bottom) is pretty much just a spazz who's almost instantly social in any situation and requires no socialization effort whatsoever. But Frank and Mary and I have made tons of progress (another benefit to unemployment - lots of extra time spent on socializing my new friends) and I think, other than being a bit shy when new folks come around, they'll be living like "normal" cats in a "normal" household in no time. It's been educational, entertaining, and just a blast in general.
And so I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to my new pals. If you're not a fan of cats, just fight through it, please. But if you are, prepare for copious amounts of cuteness and "aww" moments to ensue...
See Frank sitting next to my printer on the nightstand in the bedroom watching the birds outside. He loves watching birds. Actually, he loves pretty much any activity that doesn't require...well, activity. (He's a bit on the pudgy side, so there will be some diet and exercise in his future. Not that I have room to make negative statements in that regard...)
See Mack joining Frank for more birdwatching...this time in the living room.
The fact that all three are siblings was obviously quite helpful in getting them acclimated to their new home. If anyone's experiencing any anxiety (usually Mary who, in addition to having far and away the most complex personality, will take the longest to overcome any skittishness and fearful behavior), they all have one another to turn to and/or lean on. Which, as you can see, they do pretty frequently.
There are also plenty of Kodak moments like this last one. Frank usually takes on a "protective" posture or appearance in scenes like these, but that's really only by default. Being the resident large, chunky dude - at least in comparison to the other two - he's really not so much protecting as he is just being lazy. Either way, it's nice to see around the house.
Anyway, that's what I've been up to lately...minding new feline friends when not trolling for jobs online. Oh, and by the way...if there's anyone out there who doesn't understand the pain of losing an animal companion or the joy of gaining new animal companions, I have two words for you: fuck you. (Yes, I have someone specific in mind, but, no, I'm not identifying that person.) People who don't like animals or who don't react with empathy toward either humans or non-humans in the aforementioned scenarios are not to be trusted. Period. You can know everything you need to know about a person based on his or her attitude toward animals. That's one of the simpler rules of life that I've never seen disproved. But I digress.
(Oh, and also...if anyone happens to find themselves sitting on an extra ticket for the Ace Frehley show at HOB tomorrow night, please feel free to hook an unemployed brotha up...!)
Have a nice day...from the new and improved acs household.
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The introduction of the census in England, Scotland and Wales in 1801 was a very British coup. It was largely the inspiration of one man, John Rickman, an obscure journalist in his mid-20s who, in 1796, hit on the far-from-earth-shattering idea that it might be handy to know the size of the nation's population. Rickman, who had no previous experience of public administration, then spent the next 40 years overseeing the decennial census, backed up by a small team of clerks who collated the returns from an army of data gatherers in the field – overseers of the poor in England and Wales, schoolmasters in Scotland, and policemen and clergymen in Ireland, which was added in 1821 and always proved more recalcitrant than the rest of the UK. It sounds like a recipe for chaos, but, while the pre-1841 censuses were far from complete, Rickman and his team did an admirable job.
Historians have tended to overlook the operation of the census, perhaps considering the subject too dry and statistical. There is no modern biography of Rickman, and analysis of the Victorian censuses tends to be found in specialist statistical journals. Credit then to the prolific author Roger Hutchinson for filling the gap with an engaging history of a survey professional historians have too often taken for granted.
Hutchinson is good on the pre-history of the census – the half-century of what in retrospect seems absurd argument over whether an official population count should be made. The far-sighted Tudor administrator William Cecil had suggested a national register to collate local population records as long ago as 1590, but died before he could do anything about it, and it wasn't until 1753 that another proposal was made for a systematic population survey when West Country MP Thomas Potter brought forward "An Act for Taking and Registering an Annual Account of the Total Number of People in Great Britain".
Finland had already introduced a census in 1749 and other Scandinavian countries followed suit soon after, but the idea of Britain enumerating its inhabitants was too much for some in the House of Commons. A national census would "molest and perplex every single family in the kingdom", complained William Thornton, MP for York. It was "totally subversive of the last remains of English liberty". Despite the reactionaries, the measure got through the Commons, but it foundered in the Lords and the idea lay dormant for the rest of the century.
During those years, as Hutchinson demonstrates, there were numerous conflicting estimates of Britain's population and persistent scaremongering that it was in precipitous decline, at the same time as France's was thought to be growing rapidly. The Napoleonic wars gave extra weight to the need for proper data, and Rickman's modest essay "Thoughts on the Utility and Facility of Ascertaining the Population of England" – written in 1796 but not published until June 1800 in an ailing magazine of which he had been made editor – found a ready audience.
His ideas were immediately picked up by several prominent parliamentarians, the pressures of war and the vagaries of the harvest silenced the libertarians, and what came to be known as the population bill was enacted astonishingly quickly – the legislation paving the way for the first census received the royal assent on 31 December 1800. Just six months from conception to execution – or 210 years if you consider Cecil to be the true begetter.
The first 40 years of the census form a coherent unit, not least because Rickman was in charge throughout, and this opening section is the most convincing in the book. Indeed, one can imagine a more academic volume dealing with just this period, and looking in greater detail at how information – which varied from census to census but at this stage usually included approximate age and general occupation – was gathered. Hutchinson relates the occasional story of enumerators being attacked or abused, but he offers little systematic analysis of the machinery of data collection.
It would have been useful to have heard from the enumerators themselves – how residents responded when they called, how they dealt with illiterate people, how fines for non-compliance were collected. Also, there must have been a great deal of coverage of "census day" in the local press, but we get few accounts here. This, though, would be a very different type of book. Hutchinson is keen to cover the whole life of the census, though in truth he has little to say about the last 50 years, and his style, as the title suggests, is breezily anecdotal.
Once his hero Rickman is dead and the census is established as part of British life, the structure of the book becomes rather haphazard. Thus one chapter on the mid-Victorian census encompasses the use of population statistics to establish which occupations were the most dangerous, the controversial introduction of a question covering religious affiliations and the classification of prostitutes (a few declared themselves openly, but the vast majority hid behind terms such as "seamstress"). He then makes a leap to the suffragettes, who, under the banner "No vote, no census", made non-compliance part of their campaign.
The real problem of Hutchinson's book lies in the subtitle – "The story of Britain through its census". There is quite a bit of overfamiliar padding on the Irish civil war, the first and second world wars, the great depression. Some of it is relevant to the census – the Irish civil war meant newly divided Ireland didn't get its 1920s census until 1926 and the second world war meant no census at all was taken in the 1940s. But do we really need chunks of Yeats, reminiscences of life after the first world war, or a lengthy extract from Charlotte Brontë on the Great Exhibition of 1851?
More census and less story of Britain would have been welcome. But perhaps without the butcher, baker and candlestick maker – not to mention the hoyman, snuffer-maker and abecedarian (professional teacher of the alphabet), all of which became obsolete in the 19th century – the book might never have been published. There may be a reason why academic studies of the census are largely confined to online journals.
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One of the most frustrating things in the world is intolerance.
Something I realized when I first moved to Utah was the abundance of Mormon people. It was so different than the world I grew up in where there were maybe 3 Mormons at my school, and no one even knew--or cared--what the religion meant.
Living in Utah, I see several sides to this Mormon faith I haven't seen before. There are amazing, wonderful spiritual people. There are also extremists. We all have one thing in common: we are hypocrites.
It's kind of my least favorite thing but also my favorite thing in the world when people say, "Mormons are hypocrites."
My first response (is usually nonverbal) but I typically ask, "Why do you say that?"
Answers come in many forms. Usually bitter comments like "because they're supposed to be Christlike and they're judgemental." "Because my bishop was having an affair." "Because I knew a Mormon lady who was addicted to drugs." And so on.
It brings a wry smile to my face.
1. Thank you for esteeming the Mormon religion enough to be disappointed in your fellow man's human error. You obviously realize there is some truth in the religion, and believe enough in Jesus Christ to care. Saves me the trouble of trying to argue He does exist, He does have a true gospel, and most Christians are just trying their best to live it.
2. Human error is inevitable. & Also part of God's plan.
It is difficult to accept at times, and hard to understand why the poor conduct of others can be allowed especially when it causes enormous pain to the lives of others undeserving of it. If you studied the gospel of Christ, instead of making fun of it, you would gain an understanding about this principle. Agency. The power of it. And your refiner's Fire.
3. Are you perfect?
If yes, oh please teach me!!!
4. If not, Then you are also a hypocrite.
It's okay. I am too.
Some days I think I'm pretty great because I serve actively in a church calling and volunteer so much of my time...and then I'll turn around and harbor really negative thoughts about someone or about a situation and think, "They aren't deserving of my forgiveness."
This is the thing: we all have character weaknesses and each of us dabbles in hypocrisy without meaning to. Without even being aware of it. We may indulge in gluttonous conduct on Saturday night and show up to church on Sunday sitting in the front pew. Then we gaze around at one another and pin point all the flaws and sins we see in other people and somehow think we are better because our sins are different.
Calling someone a hypocrite without recognizing one's own character weaknesses is hypocritical. Agreed?
I've heard many times, "I had a bad experience with a Mormon so I don't want anything to do with that religion."
I've had a bad experience with Mexican food, but that doesn't stop me from eating tacos! In all seriousness, I understand their point of view. I myself have had some really bad experiences with Mormons, but I've had bad experiences with lots of people, Christian and Athiest alike. It doesn't mean I hate everyone or think all religion is bad. People do dumb things that have absolutely nothing to do with God. Some people abuse authority in a church. The world watched this happen, not in the Mormon religion, but in another powerful Christian organization where young boys were being sexually abused. Does that mean the foundation of the religion and the gospel of Christ isn't real? Ya, ya agnostic folks will still debate that. For me, I know Christ lives. I've studied His gospel and have a fairly firm and deep knowledge of it. It sucks when people treat me unfairly, when they lie or steal or gossip, but it doesn't matter to me what religion they belong to. They are all children of Christ. Some children make worse decisions than others.
I lurv you all, even the ones that gave me a big fat eye roll.
I lurv you all, even the ones that gave me a big fat eye roll.
One of my favorite quotes is "Tolerance of intolerance is intolerance."
Extremists on all sides are at war over beliefs, discouraging the freedoms and liberties men died to protect in this great country. It saddens me that people think because you have different beliefs that you must be enemies, that one person must be wrong and evil, and that person must be "changed". While I stand firm in my own Christian beliefs, one of the founding 13 articles of faith in the Mormon religion says "we believe in the freedom of religion". I don't see it as my job to judge someone else for having different ideas or values. There is such thing as right and wrong, and I will always refer to the Bible when being asked about my own beliefs. However, I want to make it clear that I will mess up. I will make mistakes. I will honk at cars or cuss at the spilled milk. Sometimes I say something bad about another person out of anger and betrayal. There are days when I don't really want to serve others, I would rather take care of myself...pick myself up off the floor and find motivation to go on. Yes, I am a Mormon hypocrite at times. I've been a church go-er, I've been a God-hater, and lots of places in between. I wear tight yoga pants sometimes that show the shape of my butt. I read scriptures at night. I drink Mountain Dew. I don't go see Rated R movies (anymore). I love playing Craps. People who get married in the temple after dating like 3 weeks seriously annoy me, these are elements that make up my super imperfect personality. And I love me. How hypocritical do I look to my crowd of non-religious friends now that I quit drinking and live a modest, Christian life of church on Sundays and zero coffee Monday morning? Probably very. So we all are hypocrites.
It is impossible to be perfect, to "perfectly" follow your value system. It is part of being mortal, and was predesigned in God's plan when He allowed us agency. There are thousands of religions and not one single perfect person alive. In some of these religions, groups of extremists have done really bad things. Men have sexually assaulted young boys, suicide bombers have murdered other religious persons, etc. These are the acts of confused and unrighteous mortals acting with their free agency. They're hypocrites. It doesn't mean every person in that religion is a horrible human, and it doesn't mean the beliefs of that faith are false. The fact that it bugs people so bad when Mormons screw up says more about the religion (and they're beliefs) than they know...I love it!
We happen to live in Utah, so the focus tends to be on "Mormons". If we were in Italy and Catholics started becoming discriminated against, there would be an uproar. It is considered a violent hate crime to discriminate against religions in many parts of the world. What Mormons do to other Mormons here in this state is surprising. In another country we might be imprisoned. But we aren't...we are in here in the humble beehive state, and there are lots and lots of different faiths lots of diversity, and lots of Mormons. You might meet a good Mormon, you might meet a mean one. The fact that you have such high expectations of Mormons warms my heart, truly. I wish all Christians were good people and nice and friendly and charitable. Wouldn't that be something? I wish someone wasn't made fun of because they were religious and I wish someone wasn't left out of a birthday party because they weren't. There are millions of ways to be a solid Christian, but one sure way NOT to is to call someone else a hypocrite when we will all be found at fault at God's judgement bar. Every single on of us.
Without talking about any major crime, I would like to close by saying there are bad people in the world. And there is evil. Instead of fighting amongst the good and those that still try, shouldn't we become comrades? Shouldn't we embrace faith and encourage the positive efforts people make? Even though we might not be out there performing some abominable atrocity that would land us in jail, it is still required of us to forgive those that do. In fact, we can go one step further and try to teach them about the gospel of Jesus Christ, a doctrine that is taught in many religions, believe it or not. We are all we have in this world. It would be wiser to help others, forgive the treaspaases of the lost souls, and lead by EXAMPLE, would it not?
That's mainly my goal in life. I'm not here to baptize anyone...I don't think? I'm 99% sure I have too much attitude to be a missionary, which is what keeps me grounded and in the lovely hypocrite category as my friends! Nonetheless, I would like to be a good example of Christlike demeanor and improve myself a little each day. If you'll allow it.


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October 22, 2018
A propitious stop at John Glavina and Jinny Lee's Giant Head Winery in the spring of 2017 led to Unlimited Vision creating brand materials for both Giant Head Winery and the winery's second brand, Canyonview Wines.
Through our video production company – Storyboard Productions, we also created videos for both wine labels.
Since meeting John Glavina on that warm spring day of 2017, Unlimited Vision has been responsible for the following:
location photography
wine bottles photography
video and editing (Storyboard)
obtaining drone footage
advertising materials
wine labels
wine bottle foils
cork graphics
sell sheets
point of purchase materials
event planning
writing press releases
Canyonview Wines website
Top photo is of the stunning Giant Head Estate Winery property. Photo below is the pulling of the nets in the autumn with Roark Critchlow, John Glavina and Jess Glavina.
All of the wine bottles for Giant Head Winery and Canyonview Wines were photographed in our studio.
The poster below right was originally designed as a point of purchase piece for the Whistler Hilton Liquor store. It is now an ad and also runs in wine magazines such as Edible.
The imagery and videos below were created by Unlimited Vision and Storyboard Productions for Canyonview Wines. The aerial shot of the rows of vines (photographed by an independent drone pilot) is the inspiration for the Canyonview wine label for which we recreated the vineyard rows in a silver embossed foil on the wine bottle.
Krimo Souilah, winemaker from Napa Valley has worked with John Glavina and Jinny Lee to help them produce the top flight wines in their lineup. His photo is below.
Jessica Glavina, (daughter of Jinny and John) also shown below was our stunning model for the Canyonview Wines brand.
Footage and stills of the wine production at both Giant Head Winery and Canyonview Wines was taken throughout the year in 2017. By being present at the various stages of the grape growing and wine making process, we followed an entire years activities at the winery and the result is the following video. This is the short version of the video.


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ISO wins top U.K. claims award for Case in PointBy Caryn Warner | May 24, 2016
ISO in the United Kingdom is pleased to announce that it has won the "Innovation of the Year"' category at the Modern Claims Awards 2016. Organized by U.K. insurance publication Modern Claims Magazine, the Modern Claims Awards were established to recognize the outstanding achievements of individuals, companies, and solutions in and around the U.K. insurance industry.
ISO won based on the merits of Case in Point, a powerful personal injury claims analytics solution. The judges considered the major cost efficiencies and reductions in preventable litigation that Case in Point has delivered to long-standing ISO customer LV=.
This new award is in addition to the "Claims Technology Initiative of the Year" award that Case in Point won at the Insurance Times Tech Awards in late 2015. ISO was also short-listed for "Claims Technology Partner of the Year" at the Claims Awards in 2016, indicating that the industry continues to recognize ISO and this industry-leading predictive analytics solution.
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The PSW workers are excellent they took very good care of my parents most of them went above and beyond what was required. The Manager is excellent. The administration staff is not very organized and paperwork was either lost or not forwarded to whomever needed it. Unfortunately the number one thing we counted on was having the medication handled. This is where they failed the most. Upon first arriving medication was given for both of my parents but the staff lost one set of medications. It seems whenever we had a new medication being introduced the staff couldn't seem to dispense it. It got to the point where one parent took over dispensing their own medication as they could not count on the staff.
Maple View has been a good community for our father for the past 10 months. Unfortunately his health has declined causing hospitalization and now waiting for long term care to become available.
My Uncle is happy
My uncle is really enjoying his new lifestyle
Great place for respite
My Uncle stayed at Mapleview Terrace for 7 and 1/2 weeks for respite. They helped him get strong enough to go home by giving him his prescribed medications and good meals. The staff were very kind to him and their services were much appreciated. Without them, he wouldn't have been able to go home. It also helped him to get back into a regular routine of going to bed at a decent hour and getting up early in the morning. This is wonderful as his medications have to be taken it proper intervals for them to work. Thanks Mapleview Terrace!
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The location almost had me cancel as it's in a sketchy area of town. [Name removed] was very pleasant but I didn't like that I saw few residents. There was Bingo going on downstairs so maybe that accounted for it being so quiet. It was too much like her being back in her apartment. After seeing Ashwood Manor, it fell short.
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I was not as impressed with this venue. Although there were some good features, I found it lacking in many ways. It was not as clean and organized as I expected it should be. The people were nice, but it's not the place I want for my Mom. Thanks-[Removed]
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After viewing many different homes, mom decided on Mapleview Terrace. The room she chose was larger than some others that had higher prices. She has plenty of room for a love seat, twin bed (a double would be OK also), a small armoire, a TV cabinet and side tables, and the room comes with 2 closets. There is a lot of counter space in the bathroom with lots of storage underneath for her plastic drawer storage towers. She said there are many options for meals and snacks, and if you miss a meal such as lunch, because you were out, there are still options for sandwiches, fruit, cookies, etc. All the staff we have met are very friendly and accommodating. There is always some cleaning going on somewhere. It has a nice atmosphere for visiting and mingling and getting to know people. Mom seems happy there so far, but it has only been two weeks and she's not quite unpacked. Basic cable and telephone is included in the fee, you do not have to arrange this separately, they do it for you.
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Great Place
We love it for my Mom she is very happy there . It is very clean, good food, good help when needed friendly staff .We are very happy she is there thanks again
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Mapleview Terrace was a great place to respite. I was there for 5 weeks in a cast. All the doors were wide enough for my wheelchair..The garden is the little slice in heaven in downtown London.. it made Mapleview feel twice as big. The garden is wheelchair accessible which was a huge bonus.. the food was delicious, the soup tasted like my grandmother made it.. the tv in my room with all those channels was a real treat since i have basic cable at home. The staff were very caring and friendly. i felt so welcome right from the first moment i arrived .
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My family and I are very pleased with the advice given to us by A Place for Mom.
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My family and I are very pleased with the advice given to us by A Place for Mom.
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Maple view terrace is very nice, airy and great atmosphere. I'm actually encouraging my uncle toward this one. He's still being stubborn, so it's out of my hands now.
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Fantastic Find!!
My mother-in-law moved into Maple View a little over a week ago. The process was made so much easier because of the staff at this facility. They were so accommodating and helpful throughout the process of touring facilities, deciding on the right place and time, and setting up the move. I cannot say enough about this location. Initially, we were not going to tour it as the location did not seem ideal, and from the outside, it did not look "exceptional". Once we stepped foot inside, though, that perspective changed. It is beautifully decorated and maintained. Very modern and fresh. Communal balconies on each floor, a beautiful secure courtyard, friendly and helpful staff on the reception desk, building security, good food and the list goes on. This facility has all the things that we felt our loved one needed at this point in her life. It gives us peace of mind that she will be allowed to maintain independent living, but ensure that she is eating well, clean and cared for.
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very impressed with this facility. Described as diamond in the rough & very true. The location at the first held me back from seeing but I was definitely glad I did go to view.
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Great place!
I stayed at Maple View Terrace fro Feb.24 to mar 26 2016. I went there after shoulder replacement surgery. My Husband was able to stay with me which was a blessing. I found the staff to be very friendly and helpful.
The meals were great, a good choice of healthy meals, if you didn't like what was on the menu you could ask for something else.
We stayed an extra eleven days because of the attention we received and it helped my healing a little more.
All things said I would recommend this place to anyone who needed Respite care.
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Review of Maple View Terrace - London, ON
We were very surprised by this place based one what you see in the brochure and on-line. The original appointment was schedule with Michael [Removed]. When we first arrived we had to actually go to someones office in order to let someone know we had arrived and when I asked for Michael I had learned he had left the company. This created a great deal of concern since no one notified us of this and we had just flown in from Bermuda for this meeting. Kathleen [Removed] proceeded to take us on tour. She immediately started showing us around. Unlike the other tours we did not start off talking about my Mom...she seemed to go right into showcasing the property. There really wasent much PROS on this property compared to the ones we saw. CONS There was too much diversity of residence in this property compared to its size. We found there were convalescing patients there (who were not retired) who primarily shared the floor that supported assisted living. When we went to the floor that provide assisted living we met the nurse on duty. She did not have a warm welcome and appeared not to be too happy. When leaving we wished her a good evening which she then countered by saying that she has to leave this job and go to her second job. This wasent very assuring that their staff was happy and potentially over worked. The facility is over 50 years old and you can see this when you look at the HVAC system. Plus its located in industrial area close to the railway tracks in the heart of London City. The social areas aside from the dining room and lobby were placed in the basement (which is dark). And finally we felt the rooms were too dark and very clinical (like a old hotel or hospital). This impacted our rating of this place.
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Revera – Maple View Terrace is a welcoming and warm retirement community offering affordable, spacious suites and high standards for quality care and support. One of the highlights of this well-established community is the experienced and dedicated long tenured team, proudly serving the South London community for over 45 years.
This is a vibrant community in every way, with a variety of acclaimed daily programs to choose from, well-used common areas, and a wonderful multicultural mix of residents and staff. Retirement living at Maple View Terrace is designed to help residents remain as independent and active as they want to be, while offring the right amount of support tailored to the needs of each resident.
Maple View Terrace is part of the Revera family, one of North America's leading and most trusted providers of seniors' accommodation, care and services since 1961


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New presentation of the collection of the Fondation Louis Vuitton from 3rd June 2015
As the current exhibition 'The Keys to a Passion' brings out, the contemporary Collection of the Fondation Louis Vuitton which it echoes is devised in accordance with four axes of receptivity entitled contemplative, subjective expressionist, popist, and music / sound. After two previous displays, the first featuring a limited choice of works embodying these axes and the second a selection based around two of them, the subjective expressionist and the contemplative, this third hang focuses on artists concerned with the popist and music / sound axes.
The 3rd Hang will take place in two phases: from 3rd June, 2015 a group of works will be displayed over three levels of the Foundation (in Galleries 4 to 11, the 'Observatory', the Studio, and in the interstitial spaces), and then, from 25th July, 2015, a complementary presentation will occupy the rooms on Level –1 vacated by the exhibition 'Keys to a Passion'.
The 'popist' works testify to the ongoing interest of artists for the objects and images vehicled by advertising, TV, film, and, latterly, the Internet.
The 'music / sound' line presents installations and videos showing the musical component as an integral component of the artwork.
From 25th July, 2015, the rooms on Level –1 will present video and sound installations that exemplify the role of pop and the new music scene in the work of contemporary artists. It is worth noting that a number of commissions, some linked to the Foundation building, remain on show during the exhibition: Olafur Eliasson, Ellsworth Kelly, Adrian Villar Rojas, and Cerith Wyn Evans.
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Extensive international pre-publicity for Silverwoods' Specialist Militaria sale resulted in exceptional prices across the board at the June Fine Art and Antiques Auction.
Topping the bill was a rare copy of Mein Kampf signed by Adolf Hitler which was originally presented to a BBC journalist during a visit to Munich in 1936. Hitler was notoriously reluctant to sign anything and only did so in this instance at the behest of his friend Unity Mitford, and the blue cloth- covered edition sold to an internet bidder for a whopping £17,000.
Also the subject of coverage across the antiques trade and national media, a George Medal awarded to William Mason for an outstanding act of bravery during the Salford Blitz was knocked down to a phone bidder for £3,400. All the medals put forward for the auction exceeded their estimates, with a First World War Distinguished Conduct Medal group selling in the room for £750. The sale also featured helmets, uniforms and many other military artefacts and there was strong interest in a Japanese Katana sword which went under the hammer for £650 and a Georgian Navy flintlock pistol which achieved £380.
Earlier, the sale offered a late 18th/early 19th century Delft Flower Brick which was hotly contested in the room but, again, the internet won out with a hammer price of £450.
A group of nine Chinese pottery figures as immortals decorated in Famille Verte enamels were sold in the room for £680 despite damages and losses to four of them. The section of the auction that featured 20 lots of coins and sovereigns was particularly popular with the bidding community. A George IV Silver Crown coin, as mint and uncirculated was snapped up by an internet bidder for £450 and all the gold Sovereigns offered outperformed estimates, selling at around the £350 mark each. Jewellery highlights included an 18ct white gold amethyst and diamond dress ring which went to a room bidder for £350 and a gentleman's Rolex Oyster steel wristwatch that sold to the internet for £700.
In pictures, a 19th century watercolour of children picking blackberries in the manner of the popular artist Birkett Foster went to a room bidder for £500, while two signed oil on boards by the 20th century artist Claude Harrison titled Dog Magic and Study for Alternative Questions were sold to the same enthusiastic phone bidder for £700 and £1,300 respectively. The top lot in the furniture section was a bureau by the noted 'Mouseman' (Robert Thompson of Kilburn) and the attractive piece went to a commission bidder for £3,000.
Entries are now invited for the next Antiques and Fine Art Auction at Silverwoods which will take place on Thursday, August 17th. This will also include a Specialist Sale of Sporting Art and collectables, so sporting and rural/countryside antiques will be a strong focus for worldwide collectors. These items can be appraised, valued and entered in advance of the sale by Silverwoods' experienced team of experts either during the regular Monday intake (9am to 3pm), or by private appointment until July 24th. Call 01200 423322 for details.
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After seeing Savages at SXSW, Jim reported back that he"saw god."So imagine how thrilled we were to have god…er…Savages perform live in front of an audience at Lincoln Hall in Chicago. Jehnny Beth, Gemma Thompson, Ayse Hassan, and Fay Milton played songs from their Matador debut and talked about drummer warm-ups, rock and roll PhDs and why we should all"be here, now."Couldn't be there in person? We've got video!Go to episode 409
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The post-punk band Savages is back with their second album Adore Life. The group's first album, Silence Yourself, was a big hit with Jim and Greg. And Jim is not disappointed with the new one, which posits that there's nothing silly about love songs. These are twisted, dark and unconventional with none of the band's hellfire sacrificed. Greg agrees, praising this departure and each band member's contribution—from the propulsive rhythm section of bassist Ayse Hassan and drummer Fay Milton to guitarist Gemma Thompson's innovative guitar noise to Jehnny Beth's vocal intensity. Adore Life gets a double Buy It.
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The virtual band led by Blur's Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, is back with the group's fifth album. While they may technically be a"fictional"band, their impressive record and concert sales are very real. Their new record, Humanz, features collaborations with artists like Mavis Staples, Pusha T, Jehnny Beth of Savages, Grace Jones and more. Jim thinks Humanz is another great and creative effort from Gorillaz. He thinks the guest cameos work well from track to track, and that Damon Albarn created an interesting, dystopian effort. He gives it a Buy It. Greg is also a big Gorillaz fan, and thinks that Albarn gets the best out of his guests, and particularly loves the cameos from new artist Benjamin Clementine and rapper Vince Staples. While he doesn't think much of the collaboration track from Albarn and"enemy"Noel Gallagher of Oasis, he thinks Humanz is a great end of the world party soundtrack. He gives it a Buy It.


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We Are All American – Silent March for Peace with Faith Leaders
(TEMPE) Valley-based faith leaders will join community and immigrants activists for the 'We Are All America – Silent March for Peace' in support of Muslims, refugees, immigrants on Friday, Feb. 3, in Tempe.
"Our ability to embrace one another despite our differences is always something that should be celebrated," said Saud Inam, operations director for Islamic Community Center of Tempe. "As a nation, as a people, we will not allow the forces of hate, bigotry and racism divide us. We stand united with beautifully diverse Americans from all ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds."
The Arizona event is one of nearly three dozen taking place nationwide in association with the Partnership for New Americans. Groups across the country will be rallying, marching, and holding mass gatherings to stand united with those ostracized by the Trump Administration's various executive orders aimed at Muslims, refugees, immigrants and other vulnerable communities.
WHO: Local faith leaders and community activists
WHAT: We Are All America – Silent March for Peace (#WeAreAllAmerica)
WHEN: Feb. 3, 2017, 4 to 7 p.m. (Participants are asked to arrive by 4 p.m., a call to prayer begins at 4:30, silent march starts at 5 p.m., a final call to prayer at 6 p.m. The public is welcome to participate in the prayer sessions.)
WHEN: Islamic Community Center, 131 E 6th, Tempe, AZ 85281
"This is a historic struggle against leaders who seem determined to restrict our constitutionally protected rights, the rights all of us should enjoy, no matter our backgrounds," said Petra Falcon, executive director of Promise Arizona. "Our silent march is in homage to the silent prayers of support we're sending across the country and around the world to our most vulnerable populations."
Deedra Abboud, a Muslim community activist, said, "The name of our event is 'We Are All America' because that's the overarching message we want to come out of this and the many other events happening across the country. Different communities are doing their own thing today, rallying or marching or praying, but we are all preaching the same message of love and peace."
Inam added, "What we want is our American Muslim community, and Muslims around the world, to stand with us to celebrate the diversity of our beautiful nation, and help build bonds of compassion, empathy, and love for all.
Local groups supporting the event:
- Islamic Community Center of Tempe
- Promise Arizona
- AZ Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Phoenix Allies for Community Health
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Marcel III
Can I ever get enough of Marcel Duchamp??
While never reaching the stratospheres of chess, and it wasn't for lack of effort, Duchamp, nevertheless, became a competent chess player. Some of his efforts included:
- French Championship at Nice, 1925
- French Championship at Chamonix, 1927
- Championship of Paris, 1927
- 1928 Chess Olympiad at The Hague
- French Championship at Paris, 1928
- Paris Team Cup, 1929
- International Master Tournament, Paris, 1929
- International Tournament, Nice 1930
- International Tournament, Paris 1930
- 1930 Chess Olympiad at Hamburg
- 1933 5th Chess Olympiad at Folkestone
"His competitive play in Hyères, Paris, The Hague, Marseilles, Nice, Hamburg, Prague, La Baule and Folkstone occasionally resuted in what were, to Duchamp, gratuitous victories. In 1930, he played to a draw with the American champion, Frank Marshall, and in 1932, he won the Paris chess competition. But Duchamp always insisted that winning was not the point. He wanted to get away from winning so that he could comprehend chess in the same way he had gotten away from painting, so that he would not fall into the trap of becoming an addict to the smell of turpentine. To be seduced by the act of art was tantamount to losing one's ability to comment intelligently about it." - Neil Baldwin, Man Ray, American Artist
In Folkestone, England, where Duchamp played in his last major event, they are commemorating Marcel Duchamp with a project called, Zugzwang.
"The project in Folkestone was a series of six tables and twelve benches to commemorate that it was here that Marcel Duchamp played his last major chess tournament, the 1933 Chess Olympiad. Each table represents one game he played; upon each top are three etched stainless steel plates:one for Duchamp and one for his opponent, on which their respective chess moves are displayed in chess notation; and a chess board upon which is etched the final position of the pieces at the end of the game. (Duchamp lost most of the games, which is perhaps why it was his last major tournament.) It's almost an inversion of a readymade. They were 'specially-mades' which strive for invisibility, rather than a readymade that becomes newly visible." - source


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