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Orders of 100.00 EUR and above are shipped free of charge.
For all other orders, the shipping fees are 6.00 EUR for each shipment up to a product value of 99.99 EUR.
In general, within Germany we will ship your order via DPD. We will only use DHL for shipments to German islands and if the customer explicitly requests this.
If you have selected the option "cash on delivery", there will be always be an 8.95 EUR COD charge (irrespective of the value of the goods) in addition to the shipping fees.
Please note: the minimum order is 10.00 EUR.
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In general, we will ship our products worldwide. The shipping fees are automatically calculated based on the total weight of the products in your shopping cart and the country stated in the delivery address.
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Join me to learn the opportunities for working in the travel industry as a tour director, tour guide, travel staff, cruise host, adventure guide and more. There are wonderful full and part time opportunities for seniors, students, younger and older tour directors and guides, something for everyone. Yes, you can make an excellent living in our careers. We love our careers! Click here to join us: https://cherieanderson974330.typeform.com/to/wUAZ9o
I have found Cherie Andersons' Tour Director Training Course to be very informative and helpful. I am new to the World of Tour Directing and did not realize the expanse of the field. Cherie's course has provided me a wealth of resources and a thorough overview of the Travel industry. I highly recommend Cherie Andersons' Tour Directing Training course to anyone wanting to familiarize themselves with the opportunities in tourism and wanting the information they need to know in order to get hired. Thank you Cherie!
Cheryl Papin
Cherie, first I want to thank you for allowing me to take the Living Your Dream Job Beta course. I have never worked in the industry, but I am hoping to enter the industry after I leave teaching in June of this year. I have learned so much from the videos, the industry terms, the exercises, and from the office recorded meetings. Even though I was unable to attend the office hours, listening to them later gave me a lot of insight into the travel industry as well as helpful tips from other class members. I could tell you worked hard on the course and enjoy what you do, therefore, I worked hard on each lesson, taking extensive notes and trying to be as complete as I could. All the modules were presented in a hierarchical sequence. Most were easy to access and after some searching on various websites, I could find the information needed. Looking at the websites you gave us I realized how much information about the industry is out there. I also realized all the different careers and how different each one is. There are so many opportunities and learning about so many different jobs helps me to focus on one I would be interested in. I know I still have a lot to learn, but coming from the field of education and having planned and taken many, many trips with my students I know I can do this, be successful, and have fun! Your course and words of encouragement gave me that confidence. So again, thank you so much for this course and I know I am not finished learning from you.
Judi Caliendo
Blessings of Abundance -- And thank you for being our Teacher into this Whole New World!
Since I have no experience at all as a tour director, I am learning so many things that could be so valuable once I start to apply for a tour director job. I am so thankful for being able to do this beta course and completing all the assessments. By giving us all the links to the right websites, where we can find tons of information, it saves us a lot of time. Finding all this information would be time consuming. So far module 1 was excellent. Eager to learn more. Thank you Cherie
Marina Schiettecatte
I just want to say that I think this course is remarkable and having the book and some experience and what I have learned, I am so grateful!!
Cherie, with her decades of experience and real world stories, is right there with you every step of the way, available by video, email, Face Book, and within the course itself….is patient, energetic, and always positive with her students and covers all the areas someone new to tour directing and tour management will need to start their career in the exciting field of travel and tourism….actively works in travel and tourism and is up to date with the expectations of tour operators and companies working in Conventions, Meetings and Incentives…offers many ideas for preparing and breaking into these businesses wherever you live: locally, domestically or internationally….has done it all - from working on cruise ships, to leading domestic and international tours, to working with Incentive Companies and Destination Management Companies - and she enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience with new students and veteran tour directors and managers.
Joe Bordonaro
Thank you so very much for everything that you have done to contribute towards launching my career as a tour director. Your book, Tour Director Training Guide, get paid to travel, is like a bible to me for working in the tourism industry. In addition to reading your book, earning a Certificate of Completion for Professional Tour Management Training made me think about my life and experiences and focus on why I want to be a tour director and taught me how to achieve my goal. I just got off the phone with you, where you spent an extraordinary amount of time giving me positive feedback and tips and suggestions for my future. I think that talking with you, reading your book and taking your class have been one of the best educational and instructional experiences in my life. I will remember information that I learned from you and carry notes with me for the rest of my career. You've helped me with education and training for working in the tourism industry to specific comments about my resume and how to prepare for job interviews.
Everything was fantastic!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart and the soles of my tour director shoes.
Claes Elfving
Dear Cherie,
I want to express my deepest appreciation to you and to your excellent classes in tour management. I can truly say that you have changed my life!!
Through your all-encompassing resources, I received the names of tour companies and cruise lines and learned the best approach to apply for a variety of tour-related jobs.
Once I was hired as a Tour Director with a superior tour company, I had all of the skills necessary to perform my new job, thanks to the thorough instruction I had received from you. You gave top-notch training, good advice for all situations and I received a wealth of information from your classes.
I can thank you for the 17 successful years I have had as a Tour Director, along with the 18 exciting years I have spent at sea in my cruise line job. Neither job would have been possible without you.
Not only did you provide detailed instruction and resources, you also provided a personal touch. Through the years you have been available to your students, helping as necessary and rejoicing in our successes. You have put in a good word when it was needed and you have provided new information. You have even provided extra work assignments, such as the privilege to work the Super Bowl, the Rose Bowl and help out with shore work for cruise lines in port and in airports. This has been outside the scope of your classes and you have gone over and above!
As I continue in my two rewarding jobs, your expertise and your relationships in the travel community has now provided me with a new and exciting challenge in an additional job onboard cruise ships, combining the skills and passions I have. I look forward to this new addition and challenge to my career. The last 18 years have been the most amazing, exciting and adventurous of my life and I have you and your classes to thank for that.
If there is anyone thinking about embarking on a travel career, I would say "Go for it". With Cherie as your unique teacher, you will have a fantastic journey!
Heidi L
Hi Cherie,
I just want to update you on my job hunting progress so that you can feel like a proud teacher.
Well, just days after I finished your class (Dec '07), I sent out 8 resumes. I've been contacted by 4 companies already (3 in less than a week); have done 2 phone interviews and passed the first rounds. EF Smithsonian has invited me to their January 08 TD orientation. And, I will be meeting with Peak Performance Tours' Ops Manager at the end of January for her final review of me. I will be meeting the other 2 companies (Directors Choice Tour & Travel and One If By Land Tours) within the next 3 weeks. These companies are looking for TDs for the NY, Boston and DC area. Boy, I knew I had to move fast to get in for the Spring season and it paid off.
I'm so excited that I had to share it with you. Thanks for all your guidance, it really paid off. Hope you have a Happy New Year and Happy Holidays!
Take care,
Diana Tobias
Cherie Anderson is a vivacious, detail-oriented, multi-cultural, superior tour director who eagerly shares her passion for travel and her vast knowledge of our world. Not only is Cherie a tireless champion of the travel and tourism industry but also an approachable, sincere teacher always generous with her time and expertise. Her "Tour Director Training Guide: Get Paid to Travel" should be on every travel agent's, tour operator's, and prospective tour director's/guide's book shelf. It was a real treat for us and our listeners to have Cherie on our radio show
"Travel Talk: Escapes."" February 28, 2009
Hi Cherie,
Thought I would drop you a quick line. It's been almost a full year since I completed your on-line course (end of September). I have completed a full season with EF Explore America and am in full throttle with Paragon Tours.
I have passed my year end review with flying colors at EF and have been invited back for next season with a "not so bad" raise. This has all worked out well. I leave tomorrow AM for a Maine Booth bay Harbor tour which at this time of the year will be beautiful.
I do have to tell you that your course has opened the doors and the information learned is as good as anywhere else. I constantly get asked by other TD's what year I went to … and really knock their socks off when I told them where I was trained. Most, after paying big bucks, the very expensive travel school … are amazed and some are "really put off" because I got the same job as they did without paying thousands of dollars. I can stand my ground with the best of them. Of course, the knowledge is one thing, but once learned, it's the personality that makes the tour (and tips :-)).
Anyway, that's it for now and thanks again!!!!!!!
Tom Robert
Hello Cherie,
I hope this email finds you in good health and in good spirits. I wanted to let you know how helpful your course has been for me. I paid attention to your advice and was very persistent and followed through using your methods.
I am now working in San Diego for 4 DMC's as a guide/field staff and as a tour director for a motor coach tour operator guiding day trips in So. Cal and into Baja. I will do my first 7 day motor coach tour in May! I am still guiding my own wine tours in Baja for Carnival.
Anyway, thanks again for your wisdom and excellent instruction.
Su amigo, Steve Dryden
Update 2010: "Steve Dryden: "Looking back over the last six years in the tourism business, your program put me light years ahead of my competition."
Hi Cherie,
I want to tell you how wonderful your class was if it weren't for your class I would not have been offered the three jobs that I have accepted this week.
Last week I was offered a job with a Destination Management Company to start training with them the first week of April and I accepted it. At the beginning of the interview the company interviewer asked ,"so you are Cherie Anderson trained?," and I said, "Yes." His comment:"That is good enough for me!"
Thanks; for a job well done!!
Myrna Orr
I sent out about 10 resumes in early December and applied to a couple of cruise lines' Alaska programs. I received one call for an interview in mid-December and had a phone interview just before X-mas. The 35-minute interview, which consisted of questions, scenario and discussion was pretty intense, but I made it through, although I was a little nervous. The interviewer started out by asking what I thought the responsibilities were and my corresponding qualifications. I was prepared with my list because of Cherie's outline in Lesson 12. This lesson was invaluable, especially Chapter 4. This was followed by the typical interview questions, some follow-up about the specifics of the position and then scenarios. The scenarios were almost identical to what Cherie had prepared for us. Anyway, last week I received an invitation to the TD training later this month. I can't wait!
A special thanks Cherie for making it possible for us to break into this new career and get our first assignments.
Take Care Randy
Hi Cherie:
Thank you once again for all your help and sending me the pdf files of your book. It is an amazing product and I congratulate you on it.
For your information, I purchased the book for my "God son" as a graduation gift for his receiving his Master's Degree from Kings College in London. He is now beginning his studies for his Ph.D. I'm not sure what the correct title of his degree is but it is in the Tour and Travel Industry and deals with eco-travel and such. He is currently in Gran Canaria prior to beginning his continuing studies. He has already read your book and wanted me to tell you the following:
"I want her to know that I'm finding the textbook EXTREMELY helpful!"
I'd also like for you to know that he is an AMAZINGLY talented young man and has a very promising future in the tour and travel industry. I was hoping he could enroll in your classes, but his studies abroad prevent that at this time, thus the reason for sending him your book and pdf files. And, as a result, he will escort his first international tour in March 2013 for a company based in Florida.
Again, I am so thankful for your help as it has given me great joy to give your book to him to assist him in the beginning of his travels. I know he will be a blessing to all who travel with him.
Jerry Burks
Palm Springs, CA 92264
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Let me help you personally! "Live Your Dream Travel Job!", my new online course, covers everything you need to be successful and get hired.! The course is interactive with videos, activities, a private FB page, networking, Live Office Hours and more! I taught my course for ten years online through over 2,400 colleges. This time I wanted one where I can personally help in my student's success!
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I have been getting paid to travel the world and training others to do the same for over 20 years. We live the wonderful 'gifts' of tour directing and guiding, including travel, adventure, sharing destinations, cultures, stories, lifestyles, knowledge, history, experiences and helping to make dreams come true. Let me help you to do the same. Get started today!
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I always wanted to travel! When working as a Physical Education teacher, I spent all of my holidays traveling. It was my passion. I started my travel career years ago working on cruise ships and then moved on to leading international and domestic tours. I used to pinch myself with the excitement of visiting new destinations. I love working in the travel industry.!
Over 20 years ago I started training professional tour directors and guides. I worked with colleges throughout Southern California. That lead to an online course I offered for over ten years to over 2,400 colleges worldwide. It was a wonderful experience working with international tour directors and guides worldwide. Today my new online "Live Your Dream Travel Job!" is an interactive course where I can personally help my students in their success and hiring.! My eBook, the "Tour Director Training Guide" is used by tour directors and guides around the world and can be downloaded today!
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The last couple of decades have seen a decided shift in the way investors invest, largely due to the accessibility of the Internet. Although investors like the idea of being independent in their financial strategies, their lack of expertise puts their overall portfolios at risk. In seeking to have some control over the direction of their investments while getting the expert consultation needed, investors are finding these 3 benefits in fee-only financial planning.
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The ultimate rapid language-learning guide! For those who鈥檝e despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick. At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently.聽 He didn鈥檛 learn them in school -- who does? -- rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources. In Fluent Forever Wyner reveals what he鈥檚 discovered.聽
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My Side of the Mountain
Jean Craighead George
Publication Date
May 21, 2001
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"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."鈥?lt;/b>The New York Times Book Review

 Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods鈥攁ll by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever.
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The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein
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February 18, 2014
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As The Giving Tree turns fifty, this timeless classic is available for the first time ever in ebook format. This digital edition allows young readers and lifelong fans to continue the legacy and love of a household classic that will now reach an even wider audience. Never before have Shel Silverstein's children's books appeared in a format other than hardcover.

Since it was first published fifty years ago, Shel Silverstein's poignant picture book for readers of all ages has offered a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return.

Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit.

And don't miss Runny Babbit Returns, the new book from Shel Silverstein!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Rise and Shine)
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November 22, 2016
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The all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in聽your聽life?

For the first time, Eric Carle鈥檚聽The Very Hungry Caterpillar聽is now available in e-book format, perfect for storytime anywhere. This classic story of a famished caterpillar who eats his way through a week of various foods makes the perfect addition to your child's digital library, easily available to read again and again.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell
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February 08, 2010
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Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches.

Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply.

More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.

In celebration of the book's 50th anniversary, this edition has an introduction by Lois Lowry, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Giver and Number the Stars.

French Short Stories for Beginners + French Audio: Improve Your r...
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November 27, 2016
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Develop your French listening skills, expand your French vocabulary, and improve your French pronunciation with French Short Stories for Beginners.

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With this book and accompanying audio, you can start improving your French today!
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What the hell happened this week, Hollywood? Did the various studio dons declare war and decide to start throwing trailers at each other like hand grenades? Whatever the case, 1,000 new movies got teased this past week, so let's kick the tires and light the fires. And where we would normally do a considerable amount of culling down, this week was just so crazy with so many movie stars showing up in so many new projects, we wanted to fully immerse you in the mania. Good thing it's a holiday weekend, because we're going to be here for a while. Never say we don't take care of you.
The One Everyone Is Talking About: Crimson Peak
No one working in the studio system loves a dark fairytale more than Guillermo del Toro, and with a casting roll call that sounds like a fantasy league team, we could not be more excited for Crimson Peak. Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddelston, Mia Wasikowska, Charlie Hunnam—get the adrenaline needle because our hearts are about to quit! Calling it now: This will be the Pacific Rim of Spanish-influenced gothic haunted-house horror. IMAX, please.
Pause at: 0:25. This is not a micro-budget movie. Evil Chastain, or just Misunderstood Chastain at 0:27? This toy at 0:39 is like child abuse. Even ghosts need to unwind with a bath at 1:09.
Song: PJ Harvey, "Red Right Hand" (Nick Cave cover)
Essential Quote: "We were not allowed in here as children. We were confined to the nursery. In the attic."—Lady Lucille Sharpe (Chastain). Wait... attic nursery?!
The Guy Ritchie One: The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Man of Steel (Henry Cavill) co-starring with the Lone Ranger (Armie Hammer) playing American and Russian spies, respectively, from the mind of raucous British crime auteur Guy Ritchie! In other words: Two of the most dashing, square-jawed men in Hollywood playing international Mad Men of mystery. We could chop and screw this movie's description all day long and just find more reasons to be excited about it. Cavill plays CIA Agent Napoleon Solo opposite Hammer's KGB operative Illya Kuryakin in this cinematic re-up of the 1960s TV series. Solo and Kuryakin must set aside their petty, nationalist differences to pair up and take down a mysterious criminal organization. Their only hope is the daughter of German scientist who's gone missing, and we're all very lucky she's played by about-to-be-major Alicia Vikander (coming up soon in Ex Machina). The Cold War is so hot right now.
Pause at: 1:06. Cavill's face was made for this. This wardrobe tho at 1:29! Yes, Armie Hammer just threw a motorcycle at 1:43. More of That Face at 2:04. Hugh Grant surprise at 2:10!
Song: Edwin Starr, "Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On"
Essential Quote: "When you hear something that sounds like a gunshot, drive."—Napoleon Solo (Cavill). No, Napoleon, that's just the sound of our beating hearts.
The Alterna-Screen One: Bloodline
You know what's better than watching Kyle Chandler in a movie for two hours? Watching him for 13 straight hours while you inhale Netflix programming like rails of TV cocaine. There used to be a time when new binge-able web shows felt like an event, something you counted down to. "Just 136 days until House of Cards comes back, guys!!" But now, between the 'Flix and Amazon and wherever else you watch digital programming, it's gotten hard to keep up with the output. Bosch, Mozart in the Jungle, Marco Polo, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? Wake us up when they're all released! And all the aforementioned shows look good, but this Bloodline kind of looks amazing, right? There's the massive Chandler bonus. There's Ben Mendelsohn (coming off big buzz for Mississippi Grind at Sundance). There's Sissy Spacek and there's Sam Shepard, and they all play one big family with a secret. Toss in the fact that it comes from the creators of Damages and the hook sinks in well past the barb. Get here, March 20.
Pause at: 0:05. Miss you always, Coach. Is this nude man drenched in green light at 0:39 a key to the Rayburn family's secret?? Do we spy Chloë Sevigny at 1:24?
Song: Lissie, "Nothing Else Matters"
Essential Quote: "Your life's not always gonna be this perfect. Things happen."—Danny (Mendelsohn)
The Documentary One: Seymour: An Introduction
Not content to rest on his Boyhood laurels, Ethan Hawke is moving behind the camera (while still standing in front of it) for this very personal-looking exploration of pianist Seymour Bernstein. Hawke certainly never went away. He's worked consistently since breaking out in the early 1990s. But since his Linklater venture it feels like there's a resurgence happening. There's the sci-fi thriller Predestination. The war drama Good Kill. The horror movie Regression. The Sundance selection Ten Thousand Saints, and five more movies slated for 2015. That's a major year! So why not tack on a documentary directing credit, too? Here, he has focused his lens on Bernstein, the wunderkind who traded in a career as a concert pianist to be a music teacher—and doesn't seem one bit regretful about it. This exploration should be plenty touching, considering we've only known Bernstein for two minutes and we already want to start weeping.
Pause at: 0:28. This sweet face.
Essential Quote: "Most people don't tap the God within."—Bernstein, on music
The Biopic: Straight Outta Compton
If you're wondering how young Ice Cube in this trailer looks so much like actual Ice Cube, it's because O'Shea Jackson Jr. is Cube's real life son. So, yeah, this movie is fully blessed by the members of landmark music group N.W.A. F. Gary Gray has Friday and Set It Off in his pedigree, and it looks like trust was wisely placed in him to render the frighteningly tense climate of late 80s/early 90s Los Angeles as a backdrop for N.W.A.'s rise to prominence. Corey Hawkins co-stars as Dr. Dre with Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E and Paul Giamatti playing manager Jerry Heller.
Pause at: 1:09, where the trailer officially starts. Stop at 1:50 for young Cube. Damn! Did they bring Eazy-E back at 1:58? Revolutionaries in white Ts at 3:25
Song: N.W.A., "Straight Outta Compton" and "Fuck Tha Police"
Essential Quote: "Our art is a reflection of our reality."—Ice Cube (Jackson Jr.)
The Small Screen Standout: Silicon Valley
Attention brogrammers: The HBO sun is shining on you once again.
Pause at: 0:11. Guess who's back! Martin Starr, never change at 0:32. The gang is alive and well at 0:45.
Song: Danny Brown, "Smokin & Drinkin"
Essential Quote: ""What kind of a monster puts artisanal butter in the freezer?! Fucking animals!"—Erlich (TJ Miller)
The Sci-Fi One: Robot Overlords
It's called Robot Overlords and it stars Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson. I think we've got everything we need here.
Pause at: 0:08. Getting notes of Oblivion. Our kind of villains at 1:10.
Essential Quote: "Robots never lie."
The Apatowvian One: Trainwreck
Amy Schumer plays a woman who doesn't believe in monogamy. Brie Larson plays her married sister. Vanessa Bayer plays her co-worker at her men's magazine job. Tilda Swinton is her editor and Bill Hader plays a sports doctor whose best friend is LeBron James. How can this not be a blast? Oh and it's written by Schumer with direction from Judd Apatow. Done. Done and done.
Pause at: 1:09. Drunk Girl should be Vanessa Bayer's next SNL recurring character. Blonde and tan Swinton at 1:19?! Bill Hader seems like the best fake boyfriend at 1:54.
Song: Lady Sovereign, "9 to 5" and AJR, "I'm Ready"
Essential Quote: "I really like you Amy. You're clever, but you're not too brainy. You're pretty-ish. You're not gorgeous. You're approachable."—Dianna (Swinton!)
The Action One: Hitman: Agent 47
Really, isn't any movie where a helicopter rains hell upon the atrium of a building worth watching? Unfortunately for all of us Timothy Olyphant fans in the house, his attempt playing the titular Hitman didn't go over so well, and the potential franchise stalled. (It wasn't your fault, Timothy!) But now Homeland's strong silent type assassin Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend) is donning the red necktie and giving it a go. And Zachary Quinto came to the party, too.
Pause at: 0:12. We are now on notice. The pose at 1:20. Necessary at 1:51. Double necessary 1:58. Who needs gravity at 2:02? Helicopter maelstrom at 2:16!
Song: Ginuwine, "Pony"
Essential Quote: "No, Mr. Sanders. You're locked in here with me."—Agent 47 (Friend), because no one locks up an agent
Honorable Mentions
Happyish— Steve Coogan plays a role originally intended for Philip Seymour Hoffman in this new Showtime series about a middle-aged man struggling with contentment. Sounds kind of trite, but Steve Coogan is genius and he co-stars with Kathryn Hahn and Ellen Barkin. Major reasons to be encouraged for this one.
Hot Pursuit— Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon aspire to Bullock/McCarthy levels of chemistry in this cop-escorts-the-witness buddy comedy. No, really. It looks like The Heat mashed up with Identity Thief. We totally believe in Vergara and Witherspoon. They're very good performers with great comedic timing, but the director, Anne Fletcher, is best known for The Proposal and 27 Dresses—not exactly Paul Feig-style projects, which is exactly what this movie wants to be.
Regression— Emma Watson is a golden goddess, so we're just hoping this trailer is a poor edit of a better movie. Alejandro Amenábar (Open Your Eyes, The Others) directs, so we've got lots of reason to believe this creepfest about a young woman (Watson) who accuses her father of an "unspeakable" crimes—potentially related to Satanic rituals—will be deftly executed. Ethan Hawke and always-unnerving David Thewlis co-star with the Wonderful Watson.
Juaja— If you've been longing for more Viggo Mortenson surviving untamed and beautiful landscapes since Hidalgo back in 2004, then you're in luck! No but seriously, this movie looks pretty arresting, with Mortenson playing Argentinian Army Captain Gunnar Dinesen who goes into hostile territory to track down his missing daughter. Always count on Viggo for an emotionally gripping turn.
Last Knights— Is this going to be released in a Blu-ray two-pack with Seventh Son, accompanied by commentary explaining how these movies got made with these performers? Because that's what we want to know. Actors must love it when movies they shot years ago and hoped everyone forgot about finally decide to surface.
A Perfect Day— Who hasn't been waiting for the Tim Robbins/Benicio del Toro tag-team comedy about aide workers in a conflict zone? If anyone can sell a picture about people trying to deliver clean water to residents of the Balkans by removing a corpse from a well, it's Robbins and del Toro—with an assist from Olga Kurylenko.
* Eisenstein in Guanajuato*— This movie looks positively batty and brilliant. Art cinema legend Peter Greenaway presents the story of also-legendary Sergej Eisenstein. It's a movie about a movie maker making a movie (people who talk about movies love that stuff). Finnish actor Elmer Back plays Eisenstein as he attempts to make his movie Que Viva Mexico in 1930s Mexico, a hugely influential experience in Eisenstein's life, both personally and professionally. Sounds kooky!
Aloha— Director Cameron Crowe has stars on stars on stars for this one! We're talking Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone, Danny McBride, John Krasinski, Alec Baldwin and Bill Murray! Cooper plays a military contractor who's stationed in Hawaii to oversee a satellite launch. McAdams plays his ex, and Stone plays his endearing potential love interest. Let's hope for a rekindling of that special Cameron Crowe style of romantic magic.
Cut Bank— This movie looks more than a little Coen-esque, right down to the unlikely yet enticing ensemble cast. Liam Hemsworth is a man trying to get out of his drab small town, but when he tries to break free by turning knowledge of a gruesome crime into a get-rich quick scheme, things start to unravel. Obviously. Teresa "I'm Not Kristen Stewart" Palmer co-stars as his girlfriend, along with Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Dern, John Malkovich, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Oliver Platt. Strong work in the casting department by director Matt Shakman.
The Water Diviner— Russell Crowe directed a movie?


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What books arrived in your mailbox this past week? Here's what I found:
Fire in the Blood, by Irene Nemirovsky was sent to me by a dear, bookie friend who remembered my birthday. I am very excited about this book because I read Suite Francaise in February 2007 and loved it (read my review). I have had Fire in the Blood on my wish list ever since – and now I no longer have to wish for it … Thank you, Jill!
The Grift, by Debra Ginsberg arrived from Shaye Areheart Books – a beautiful hard cover review copy. This one is about a psuedo-psychic who doesn't believe in psychic abilities until she finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery…and suddenly is able to see the future. Ginsberg has written one other novel: Blind Submission.
Landour Days: A Writer's Journal, by Ruskin Bond came all the way from India thanks to A Reader From India. I won this charming little book in a give-away and it looks fabulous. I'm looking forward to reading it!
Good-Bye and Amen, by Beth Gutcheon arrived on Saturday from Nicole at Authors on the Web (thank you, Nicole!). This is the sequel to Leeway Cottage which I have sitting patiently on my TBR mountain (and now it will get moved up and read sooner rather than later so that I can throw myself into this latest book). It is set on the coast of Maine, so how could I resist? Good-Bye and Amen was just released in July – have any of your read it yet?
What gems arrived at your home this week? Check out today's Mailbox Monday post at Marcia's blog and leave a comment!


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Marvel Releasing "Director's Cuts" of Star Wars and Darth Vader Comics
Marvel Releasing "Director's Cuts" of Star Wars and Darth Vader Comics
Marvel is releasing expanded editions of the first issues of Star Wars and Darth Vader complete with scripts and art from the making of the comics.
Thus far, Marvel has had some good success with its new line of Star Wars comics. The first issue of Jason Aaron's Star Wars easily broke a million copies sold, while its various spin-off series have also been solid sellers that have helped the publisher rake in new heaps of dough. Understandably looking to further capitalize on its popularity, the company has announced its intention to print new "Director's Cuts" of both Star Wars and Darth Vader issue one.
The new editions of the comics, in addition to the content from the original versions, will include extras such as their orignal scripts and early, previously unpublished artwork taken from their creation. The Director's Cut comics will retail for $5.99, a dollar more than the series' standard price. The two comics will be released to stores beginning next month on Wednesday, June 17th.
What remains to be seen is how comic readers will respond to these. The success of Star Wars issue one is undeniable. It sold like pancakes at a maple syrup fan club convention. That said, with many readers having already purchased multiple issues to snag unique variant covers, we could picture some not being too keen on spending six dollars more even for fancy . Then again, if you were already collecting multiple copies of the comic, there's a chance that a Director's Cut could be right up your alley. What's your impression? Will you be opening your wallet to buy these comics?
Source: Comic Book Resources
Is that the sound of more tie-ins being ground out relentlessly?
I dread to think how bad it will get when episode 7 releases


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Bureau Veritas Opens Automotive Testing Laboratory in Tianjin, China
27 Jun, 2013, 06:30 BST
TIANJIN, China, June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (BVCPS) is pleased to announce the grand opening of its new automotive testing laboratory in Tianjin, China in May, 2013.
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Bureau Veritas' management, senior representatives from the China Government Authority, and hundreds of automotive OEM and component suppliers witnessed the opening ceremony of the new laboratory on 24th May. The laboratory occupies 3,000 square meters, staffed with experienced technical specialists. Complete with the latest equipment to provide comprehensive reliability testing services to the automotive supply chain in North China. The services offered includes material testing, automotive electronics performance testing, durability testing as well as analysis on how environmental factors affecting the functioning of automotive equipment and components from R&D to production.
According to Henri He, General Manager, Automotive Product Line of China, Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services, "Strategically located in Tianjin, the second largest city in North China where automotive manufacturing is one of the pillars of the local industry, the setup of this automotive laboratory is a key milestone of Bureau Veritas' expansion in Northern China." Mr. He added: "Complementing our EMC and reliability testing laboratories located in Shanghai, this new Tianjin automotive laboratory further strengthens Bureau Veritas' leading position in automotive testing while demonstrating our commitment in supporting and delivering value-added services to the automotive supply chain in China."
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Women are disproportionately affected by climate change.
Climate change is undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges that the world is facing today. Its consequences will affect productivity, food security, increase natural disasters and have a long-term impact on all levels of society. This is particularly pertinent in relation to rural communities in developing countries across the world where women are primary land and resource managers, are primary caregivers and are responsible for the provision of water and energy for the household. In fact, women are the main producers of the world's staple crops.
Drought, erratic rainfall and the increase of global temperature causes a decline in crop production and prevents these women from being able to carry out these responsibilities. Often as a result, girls often have to drop out of school to help their families and communities. The long-term consequences for their education and eventual contribution to economic development cannot be ignored.
Climate change and adaptation measures are expensive. With women's salaries much lower than men's, this leaves single mothers and elderly women at greater risk, unable to address climate change and protect themselves. Increasing demand for biofuels, in the search for alternative fuels, is often imported from developing countries and from marginal land farmed by women for household subsistence rather than the prime agricultural land farmed by men for export. Moreover, as many key decision-making institutions related to climate change have a male-dominated hierarchical structure, women are once more heavily impacted.
Call to action:
Policy developments in climate change, energy and the environment must include a gender perspective;
Investment in gender-specific climate change research and the development of gender-sensitive indicators. We support the recommendations of the IUCN Global Gender office[1] to:
Adopt principles of gender equality at all stages (research, analysis, design and implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies);
Encourage governments to ensure the involvement of women and gender experts when they prepare their contributions for international and national processes and ensure women's participation at international and national meetings;
Develop strategies to improve and guarantee women's access to and control over natural resources.
Empower women as the powerful agents of change that they are and have the potential to be;
Recognise the main responsibility industrial countries bear for greenhouse gas emissions;
Direct international aid funds towards climate change adaptation measures that help to decrease the standard of living gap created by the gender pay gap.
[1] https://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/publications/Gender-FS-June2009_2.pdf
[2] http://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/policy-areas/environment-and-climate-change


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This was the slogan Laure (my granddaughter) chose to write on her very first protest sign, which she proudly wore on Sunday, March 18. She passed it on to me as a gift. What a swell gift. I have her permission to share the photo.
In exchange, I donned her sign at the recent demonstration at Loyola, as did Antoni Abad (Barcelona) who was at Loyola for a 3 day visit to the Mobile Media Lab.
Laure loves reading, writing, drawing, discussing- and studying. To study is important, as she so succinctly writes … "étudier est important".
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Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen has invited David Wright to the Winter Meetings, where he is participating in things such as roster discussions, reports SNY's Andy Martino.
Martino, who reported in September that Wright could be a prominent member of the Mets' front office in 2019, noted that Wright does not have an official front office title at this time.
"I definitely can see myself enjoying the kinds of discussions that have been going on the last day or so, as opposed to a coaching or broadcasting type of thing," Wright said Tuesday, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. "Brodie has been extremely gracious in letting me be a part of this, and I certainly don't want to overstep my boundaries, so if he needs help I certainly would be willing to share and be a sounding board and just give him my perspective."
Mets COO Jeff Wilpon said last week that the team was currently working on a potential injury settlement with Wright.
Wright, whose contract is insured, is under contract through the 2020 season -- set to earn $15 million in 2019 and $12 million in 2020, during what is the final year of the eight-year, $138 million deal he signed prior to the 2013 season.
Wright, who started for the Mets on Sept. 30 after missing over two years due to multiple injuries including chronic spinal stenosis, said after playing that he doesn't envision a return to the field.
In 13 seasons with the Mets, Wright -- a seven-time All-Star -- hit .296/.376/.491 with 242 homers, 390 doubles, 970 RBI, and 949 runs scored.
Among the all-time Mets records Wright holds are hits (1,777), doubles, total bases (2,665), RBI, and runs scored. He is second all-time in homers, behind Darryl Strawberry (252).


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This project started as an experiment in finding a product that would play well with my skin. As others with sensitive skin already know, it's really difficult to find a comfortable cosmetic line and because we all know the benefits of eating home cooked organic foods, I chose to brand my own cremes and lotions. These use purely natural ingredients, and because the list of the elements are minimal, I carefully adapted the design to it.
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A product that has this kind of a description is targeted at a market whose consumers prefer organic, local products obviously. They have healthy eating habits, exercise regularly and are considerate with their schedule. These organized, practical people are comfortable spending a considerate amount of their money on luxury items, including leisure, travel and pampering. Being so ambitious, I'd assume they also have interest in contemporary design, personal growth and cultural diversity topics.
While exploring the theme of simplicity, a fictional brand that is "all about the results" was born. For the brand name, I explored quite a few possibilities while searching for synonyms for words like purity, heyday, zenith or vigor, just to name a few. Verdure simply resonated with the vibe I wanted to send off with this creation. It was a subjective decision, it just felt good (probably because its latin origin happens to be pretty familiar) and I went with it, of course.
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I am a biophysicist interested in plant growth and biomechanics. Please consult my CV for more information.
In September 2017, I have been appointed as an assistant professor in cell biology at Universite de Montreal.
Emilie Echevin
Emilie is a master student in the group since September 2018. She has a background in Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology. Emilie works on cell size regulation in growing organs.
Hana Bertrand (Hana Rakusova)
Hana joined the group as a post-doc in April 2019. She is a specialist in live microscopy, auxin transport and gravitropism.
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Paula Belska
Paula was an intern in the group in 2018. She worked on cell growth in the shoot apical meristem.