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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Daughter helps Pasuma to open twitter account
According to him, 'is it a crime for my daughter to open twitter account for me? She introduced it to me and i am really enjoying it' he explained.
His first message is 'good evening here' and his first tweet goes to 2face Idibia on 4.16 pm on friday, since his sign up to twitter, all tweets sent him were adequately replied.
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Hospitality in Assamese Way
JALPAAN means traditional sweet items which mainly consists of a varieties of puffed or flattened rice (cheera ,akhoi,muri,hurum,kumol chawal,bora chawal) ....served with curd(sweetened or plain) or cream......it can be further sweetened with jaggery.Just this morning right after our breakfast we received a call that a group of seven people(our village folks) are coming to our house.Whenever they have some work in city ..they rent a vehicle and come in group ...this way they save money,help each other plus elderly folks are in constant care of the younger ones....so less worries back home until they reach back.Once they reach Guwahati our house is a convenient place for them to refresh and have a cup of tea or so.......we to get to meet them and update ourselves with all the latest news from village.
Two elderly khuras(uncles) don't eat cooked food outside so we served them DOI-CHEERA(sweet curd and beaten rice)........for rest of the group including driver it was LUSI-GHUGHUNI(puris made with maida and lobia)......luckily we had LALMOHANS(gulabjamuns) as sweet .After a round of hot cup of tea they left the house........all of them had brought something for us......lemon,green veggies of varied varieties,rice,home made cheera etc......and of course two packets of LAYS CHIPS too. I am taking a week break here ..........so friends see you all after a week or so.......REGARDS for all of you.
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kavita ji........ReplyDelete
ek bar fir shandar post.....
aaj rail budget ke karan aapke blog par deri se aana hua...
mafi chahta hu....
This all looks very delicious. We don't seem to have many Indian restaurants here in Hawaii. Have a restful break, Kavita. See you in a week.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 03, 2009 7:46 PM
Kavita, enjoy your vacation! We will be waiting for your return.ReplyDelete
The food looks interesting and sweet. Do you drink Darjeeling Tea? Black tea or green tea?
bapre...1 week without motivating mails from K...have to grin and bear it..enjoy:(ReplyDelete
@KAY,GIGI...thank you...i will too miss you all....GIGI,Assam is famous for its tea gardens...we get here real good tealeaves...one can choose from dft.aromas,flavour and from light to strong one....here black tea is very popular....i use a mixture of many tea leaves Darjeeling+Assam tea and it tastes great.....my husband loves green tea and makes me drink atleast a cup /day...but i am a black tea addict....i love my mixture tea a lot.I am visiting Darjeeling too this week so i will get my quota of tea leaves right from there.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 03, 2009 8:27 PM
I rarely drink tea -- only when I am dining in a Chinese restaurant.ReplyDelete
I am a coffee addict. Love to fill my glass with ice cubes, then pour in coffee, and then skim milk. mmmm. Iced coffee is delicious!
u want idlis?? ok take a flight to chennai.am just calling up my wife..:) shucks...one weeekkkkk?????ReplyDelete
@Thank you Ramesh......i am off to makemytrip.comReplyDelete
I really feel blessed to be a Malaysian, getting the chance to sample all sort of delicacies. Tasted puri before and its really good!ReplyDelete
This was a great meal.ReplyDelete
Enjoy your week off. Can't wait for your comeback :)
Have a terrific week off.ReplyDelete
intiguing cuisine. have a good vacation. we are now home...ReplyDelete
Theres a lot of common food items in the assamese and the bengali communities, doi cheera is a fav brkfast thing for us during the summers, quite nicely replaces the milk and cereal thing. loved the utensils reminded me of my grandma's place.ReplyDelete
Hospitality in an Assamese way is really nice :) and your effort to keep in touch with old tradition is appreciable.ReplyDelete
The food items look inviting and sound simply delicious :) will definitely miss your interesting pieces of writing for the week.
Wishing you and your family a very "Happy Vacation"; hope you will bring back from the tour a basket full of memories and photos to share :)
Take care,
Cheers, Sai.
nice to see those plates. We too had simlar brass plates but hardly used them, since they required regular cleaning with lime or tamarind.ReplyDelete
We too have meal on a banana leaf, it tastes wonderful and spreadout. :))
know door closed..but came to knock as u r a gr8 friend..cheersReplyDelete
In Kashmir, at the famous "Kheer Bhawani" temple devoted to one of the incarnations of Goddess Durga, these maida puris are called "Luchis" ("ch" pronounced as in "Bachchan"). These puris are served with suji halwa and traditional Kashmiri "Kehwa" tea after the visitors offered prayers at the temple. Luchi-halwa and kehwa used to be one of the high points of visits to the temple when we were children and Kashmir was still paradise on earth. I recently visited the place about 5 years ago, but that feeling is gone now, unfortunately.ReplyDelete
Thought I would share this little bit with you because I found it interesting to read about the Lusi-Ghughuni in the above blog.
Enjoy your week's break and come back refreshed and with more for us to read. :-))
The brass utensils look beautiful. But is tough to keep them shining!ReplyDelete
My grandmother and people of her generation used to eat curd with rice flakes too. No eating cooked things from outside. Banana leaf was a must!
Enjoy your trip, Kavitha!
Your blog is a virtual gold mine. I love the similarities with the bengali culture. The puri (we call it luchi) and ghugni is the universal favourite in a bengali household as well.And so is doi-cheera during summers.ReplyDelete
Kavita.. :)ReplyDelete
first time here on your blog...loved your way of placing the tradition so beautifully...from here on you are blogrolled.. :)...
Hope to read more of your writings... :)
i'm not sure if my other comment processed. i hope you had a great weekend. cool post. i love trying new things. your post always makes me want to try the food you're talking about.ReplyDelete
आसाम की समृद्ध सांस्कृतिक और भूगौलिक परम्पराओं को जानने को मिल रहा है आपकी सुन्दर लेखनी से. पोस्ट बहुत अच्छी है जैसा कि हमारा आसाम जैसा हमारा भारत देश .... अगली पोस्ट की प्रतीक्षा हैReplyDelete
I mailed you before reading this post... so this means the phone call will have to wait a few more days. :-)ReplyDelete
Loved the dishes and food you served. the utensils are unique.
Have a great trip.
I hope you are enjoying your week.ReplyDelete
be back very soon :)
kayyyyyyyyy...nice to hear fm u...cheers..ReplyDelete
i like this post ....the wayReplyDelete
mera bhi ek dost hai jo Asaam ka hai...agar kabhi uske ghar jana hua...to Asaam ka kuchh dekh sakoon :)
It looks cool!!!ReplyDelete
this is my first visit to your lovely blog, which is rich with the colours and rituals of Assam. I came over from Priya's blog and I really enjoyed this post and how you have managed to keep traditions alive and flourishing. Bell metal utensils were used in my house when we were young, but have long since disppeared. Although, I , too have kept a set (plate-bowl-glass) to teach my daughters the old Bengali tradition of eating in 'kanshar thala bati gelas'.
The food is so delicious and yummy especially puri.My favourite dish.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2012 6:47 PM
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Runner knee.......?
I mean like an A+ good.
A couple weeks ago I felt like a pinch on my left knee during my long run.
I know I felt it. It was sharp.
It kind of went away after a few walking steps and I finished my run and all the ones I did since.
I thought...well maybe it was in my head... Yeah right....I knew I felt it...but let's pretend I did not because I am very "mature" like that.
I wanted to do my 8 miler Saturday but the schedule was full with soccer and baseball games starting at 8:30 am and birthday party for the kids so that came before my running. I always say I am a mom first and it is true :) I did not run Saturday and I thought I would be well rested for my long run.
Easter Sunday, I got up early to get my 8 miles done and have the rest of the day with the family. I was fine...until mile 4.
That is when I felt that pinch again.
I could not ignore it...I had to skip a little instead of running....and stop and walk....I did not want to call Bill because he was at the park with the boys practicing hitting the ball. I was able to run slow back home. I felt the pain a couple of time. I was worried to feel it with each step.
The pain is at the front of the knee, below the knee cap.
I don't feel it all the time.
It is random and so far just on 2 runs.
See denial.
It is not swollen.
So anyone has had runner knee? Is that it?
How did you heal it?
I read a little online.
I found that ice-rest and elevate is the way to go. I also read that this can be caused by weakness of hip muscles kind of the same as plantar fasciitis and my groin injury. It is the knee on the same side as my groin injury.
I also read that it is recommended to try to run on softer surfaces like the treadmill and to not stop running. So today I did 4 miles very slow. I felt the pinch once. It was not as sharp but it was there.
I want to go see a sports doctor not my GP because I know she will not help me and I will just waste the copay.
I will go back to doing my PT exercises that I had stop doing. Very stupid I know.
I hope this is nothing serious.
If you had that and you have advices for me please share! And thank you in advance! :)
I am writing this on the blogger app so pictures at the end of the post. I wanted to show you what my son is willing to do to impress the girl he likes....
And give his dear mom some material for his 21st bday!!!
He was invited to her birthday and all the games were for girls and he was such a good sport.
You can see for yourself...(she IS a doll..I cannot blame him!)
4 in heels race and put the lipstick on! He won the just dance wii contest!
And he got a cool dragon tattoo!
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- Terzah said...
Wow, that is love! My little girl is always getting invited to boy parties, but she likes them better anyway.
Good luck with the knee--I haven't had that one (yet). I hope it's not serious or long lasting!
- April 2, 2013 at 6:23 PM
- Tasha @Healthy Diva said...
Okay, I am not a medical professional....buuuut it kind of sounds like you might have tendinitis in your knee. Your symptoms sound similar to what I experienced when I had it a couple of years ago. Mostly ice and rest helped it. You can also buy the band to wear below your knee cap for around $10.
Your son is the absolute cutest too!!!!!
- April 2, 2013 at 7:02 PM
- Darlene said...
Me too. I wore a brace below the knee for awhile. It stopped hurting when I stopped running. Now I occasionally feel twinges of it :(
- April 3, 2013 at 4:18 AM
- Gracie said...
When I briefly had runner's knee I rested and iced; when I returned to running I wore a strap for a few weeks and changed to a more neutral shoe. The stability shoes I wore were too restrictive and prevented normal patellar tracking.
- April 3, 2013 at 4:21 AM
- Amanda RunToTheFinish said...
runners are so stubborn :)
Ok from my experience I agree it sounds like runner's knee. Have you started more speed work, more hills or a lot more mileage lately?
The only real help is going to be the PT exercises. However the good news is you really should stay active!! It helps to keep it from getting stiff so anytime it hurts stop immediately, but otherwise you should be good with walks and easy runs that aren't super long.
- April 3, 2013 at 6:29 AM
- Redhead Running said...
It sounds like you know what you need to do to get it back on track. No more of that ignoring the pain! Bad stubborn runner! :)
- April 3, 2013 at 7:54 AM
- {lifeasa}RunningMom said...
Runners are great at running through discomfort so we are tempted to run through pain.
I agree with all the advice you have received but have to ask - any new shoes? Are your shoes old?
And when my hips start getting out of alignment I tend to feel things in my knees too. Take care and keep up with your PT exercises...and now I will go home and listen to my own advice and stretch daily.
- April 3, 2013 at 10:57 AM
- Coy Martinez said...
Hmmmm, you should take a photo and point to exactly where it hurts on your knee. Maybe someone else has it and know exactly what it is?? I agree with you on the copay. I wasted a lot of money getting my IT Band figured out. That is also a pinch feeling as well but it's more to the side of the kneecap.
- April 3, 2013 at 12:06 PM
- Zaneta said...
haha... LOVE all the pics!! Looks like everyone had a fun time!! Hope you're doing well and that your knee heals up quickly! I've been dealing with the same nagging knee pain now for about 8 months and am fed up, but i'm poor so I can't go to a specialist yet... I'm saving up! ;) I'm actually just hoping that strengthening and balancing out the muscles in my legs will resolve the issue... we shall see...
- April 3, 2013 at 4:24 PM
- Boston Bound Brunette said...
I have had some knee issues in the past and the best thing is resting and icing. You can also try running with some type of support on your knee. I have also used KT Tape. Maybe I can bring you some to try to see if it helps you. There is a way to tape up your knee for full support.
- April 3, 2013 at 7:37 PM
- Yum Runner said...
I recently had some issues with tendons in my knee and the doctor put me on an ibuprofen + rest regimen. I took about 400mg of ibuprofen three times a day and cut back my mileage from 30 per week to 10ish. I was totally fine in 7 days. I don't know if this would work for you, but if it's a tendon problem like I had (and "Runner's Knee" is a tendon problem), then you could try ibuprofen. good luck!
- April 5, 2013 at 6:24 PM
- Yum Runner said...
Oh, and I also got rid of my shoes! I had changed shoes just a few weeks prior to the problem emerging, and when I threw them away (at the doctor's prompting), I started getting better. So... yeah, someone else mentioned shoes.. that's something to think about.
- April 5, 2013 at 6:26 PM
- Nelly said...
That sounds just like runners knee. You may need to take some time off and work on some PT strengthening exercises for your glutes and hips. Also, is it time to replace your shoes? I would try to stay away from braces and work on strengthening. May want to go to a sports doc if it doesn't get better soon
- April 5, 2013 at 11:38 PM
- Black Knight said...
The sport doctor is the best solution because the knee is a very complicate part of our (running) body.
Great pics!
- April 7, 2013 at 11:23 PM
- Novak Jim said...
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THE WIZ, CABARET, SHOW BOAT and More Set for Moving Image's SEE IT BIG! Series, 1/24-2/28
The Museum of the Moving Image's popular series See It Big! will turn its focus to the movie musical with a fourteen-film celebration of the genre, from January 24 through February 28, 2014. Musicals are, by their very nature, filled with spectacle. They are heightened forms of storytelling, in which the narrative is amplified by song and dance, where characters express their innermost feelings in the most extravagant ways imaginable. It is a genre that celebrates excess and stylization, and the best examples of the form can only be truly enjoyed... big!
Among the titles are two of the first films produced at the rejuvenated Astoria studio-across the street from the Museum-in the 1970s: Series opener All That Jazz (1979) is choreographer and director Bob Fosse's largely autobiographical tour de force featuring a lithe and passionate Roy Scheider as Fosse's alter ego (January 24); The Wiz (1978), directed by Sidney Lumet, reimagines The Wizard of Oz in a gritty urban fantasy land and stars Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Nipsey Russell (February 7). Production materials from The Wiz are currently on view at the Museum in Lights, Camera, Astoria!, an exhibition exploring the history of the Astoria studio (on view through February 9), and also in the core exhibition Behind the Screen.Two other 1970s musicals also feature in the series. Cabaret (1972), another acclaimed Bob Fosse picture, starring Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey, won all three of them Academy Awards, and features John Kander and Fred Ebb's rousing show tunes for a tale set in Berlin on the eve of Hitler's rise to power (February 21). New York, New York (1977), also starring Liza Minnelli with Robert De Niro, is Martin Scorsese's dramatically powerful ode to classic MGM musicals and 1940s jazz; the title song, written for Minnelli by Kander and Ebb, was the film's grand finale and, became arguably the most beloved song about New York City (February 28). Another highlight of the series is Herbert Ross's Pennies from Heaven, the 1981 film starring Steve Martin as a sheet-music salesman and Bernadette Peters as his lover in Depression-era Chicago, presented in a restored 35mm print from the Academy Archive. This movie musical adaptation of Dennis Potter's serial television drama, beautifully photographed by the great Gordon Willis, contrasts the somberness of the era with tantalizing fantasy sequences; Christopher Walken as Tom the Pimp shines in a tap-dancing, striptease number. A trio of 1930s musicals in the series are Love Me Tonight (1932), starring Maurice chevalier (who will be featured on the same day in Gigi), directed by the innovative Rouben Mamoulian (January 26); Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), featuring the dazzling choreography of Busby Berkeley (February 2); and Show Boat (1936), James Whale's adaptation of the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein musical, starring Irene Dunne, Paul Robeson, Hattie McDaniel, Helen Morgan, and Allan Jones in this American saga set on a Mississippi River Boat-a rare 1930s film that depicted racism head-on (February 23) . Among the classic movie musicals in the series are Vincente Minnelli's Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (February 2) and George Cukor's A Star Is Born (1954) (January 31), both starring Judy Garland at her heartbreaking best; The Sound of Music (1965), Robert Wise's adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway show, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer (January 25). The series also includes two more Vincente Minnelli musicals, both set in Paris and starring Leslie Caron-and major Oscar winners: Gigi (1958), about a young girl's coming-of-age (January 26), and An American in Paris (1951), with Gene Kelly as a down-and-out American artist, set to an all-Gershwin score (February 22). Another rarity in the program is The Pajama Game (1957), a Doris Day musical, directed by Stanley Donen, and featuring dazzling and instantly recognizable choreography by a young Bob Fosse (February 22). Tickets for screenings are included with paid Museum admission ($12 adults / $9 seniors and students / $6 children 3-12) and free for Museum members. Museum members may reserve tickets in advance. For information about Membership and to join, visit http://movingimage.us/support/membership. See It Big! is an ongoing series programmed by Reverse Shot editors Michael Koresky and Jeff Reichert, Chief Curator David Schwartz, and Assistant Film Curator Aliza Ma.
All screenings take place in the Sumner M. Redstone Theater or the Bartos Screening Room at Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Avenue in Astoria. Screenings are included with Museum admission and free for Museum members unless otherwise noted.
All That Jazz
Dir. Bob Fosse. 1979, 123 mins. New DCP restoration. With Roy Scheider, Ann Reinking, Ben Vereen. Fosse's dazzling, partly autobiographical, partly fantastical musical, largely filmed at the Astoria studio, is an interiorized epic, starring a never-better Scheider as Fosse's alter ego, Joe Gideon, a boozy, pill-addled choreographer negotiating a love life and a career. The footwork is as astonishing as the self-critique. It is an enveloping sensory experience, brilliantly shot and edited.
Dir. Robert Wise. 1965, 174 mins. DCP. With Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker. At the time of its release the most financially successful film ever made after Gone with the Wind, Wise's spectacular adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway show is one of cinema's greatest musical extravaganzas. Julie Andrews gives an iconic performance as a novice nun whose life changes when sent to care for the bratty children of a handsome military captain (Plummer) on the heels of World War II. The Sound of Music bursts with unforgettable songs and glorious CinemaScope images shot on location in Salzburg, Austria.Love Me Tonight
Dir. Rouben Mamoulian. 1932, 104 mins. 35mm. With Maurice chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles. From its opening sequence, with the camera floating over the rooftops and through the streets of Paris (Paris, Hollywood, that is), Love Me Tonight, with Maurice chevalier as a jovial tailor who tries to collect on a bill from a Count-and falls in love with a princess-was the first truly modern movie musical. The Rodgers and Hart songs (including "Mimi" and "Isn't It Romantic") are perfectly integrated into the narrative, and Mamoulian showed how to turn a theatrical form into a cinematic experience. Gigi
Dir. Vincente Minnelli. 1958, 115 mins. 35mm. With Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice chevalier. The CinemaScope frame is crammed with exquisite detail in this thrillingly visualized musical about a young girl's coming-of-age in wealthy turn-of-the-century Paris. The winner of nine Oscars (a record at the time), including Best Picture, Director, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Song, and Score, Gigi is a triumph on every level, like a Toulouse-Lautrec painting sprung to giddy life.A Star Is Born
Dir. George Cukor. 1954, 176 mins. 35mm. With Judy Garland, James Mason, Charles Bickford. The ultimate Judy Garland vehicle, this is the quintessential Hollywood tale of lost love and found fame. As a movie star on the rise, Garland is magnificent, both triumphant and tremulous, and Mason is her poignant equal as her husband and mentor Norman Maine, an alcoholic actor on his way down the ladder of success. Garland's rendition of "The Man That Got Away" is one of the highlights of 1950s musicals. Meet Me in St. Louis
Dir. Vincente Minnelli. 1944, 113 mins. Restored 35mm print. With Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien. In this bittersweet turn-of-the-century musical, a family contends with life, love, and an impending move from St. Louis to New York City. In his first color film, Vincente Minnelli deftly organizes the Technicolor palette around Judy Garland, moving seamlessly between story and song-and what songs they are, including "The Trolley Song," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and "The Boy Next Door."Gold Diggers of 1933
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. 1933, 96 mins. 35mm. With Joan Blondell, Warren William, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell. The ideal Busby Berkeley film: the super-choreographer created some of the most eye-popping, elaborate musical showstoppers ever filmed for this fluffy entertainment about four aspiring actresses trying to make it during the Great Depression. Numbers such as "Remember My Forgotten Man" and "Pettin' in the Park" are high points of early Hollywood, examples of cinematic ingenuity that have not been bettered to this day. And Ginger Rogers sets the escapist tone in the opening number, "We're in the Money." Pennies from Heaven
Dir. Herbert Ross. 1981, 108 mins. Restored 35mm print from the Academy Film Archive. With Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken. Herbert Ross's delicate and brilliantly conceived adaptation of Dennis Potter's television serial drama stars a moving Martin as a sheet-music salesman during the Great Depression. For him and the schoolteacher he loves, played by Peters, music provides an escape from a dreary reality, however briefly. Endlessly moving, with spectacular dancing (including a number by the great hoofer Christopher Walken) and lip-synched period songs, all captured in exquisite Edward Hopper-esque images by master cinematographer Gordon Willis.The Wiz
Dir. Sidney Lumet. 1978, 134 mins. 35mm. With Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor. A Harlem school teacher is transported to the land of Oz in this lavish screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. At the time the most expensive production filmed in New York City, The Wiz helped revive the Astoria studio. A Motown co-production, the musical features songs by Luther Vandross and Ashford & Simpson, and a superstar cast headed by Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.Cabaret
Dir. Bob Fosse. 1972, 124 mins. New DCP restoration. With Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey. Fosse rightly won the Oscar for Best Director for his shattering musical set in Berlin on the eve of Hitler's rise to power. Minnelli and Grey also scored Oscars for their unforgettable performances as, respectively, Sally Bowles, a vivacious but damaged American singer selling her soul in a seedy nightclub, and the devilish emcee who presides over it. A devastating, delirious movie experience, featuring John Kander and Fred Ebb's rousing show tunes and Geoffrey Unsworth's gloriously ragged photography.An American in Paris
Dir. Vincente Minnelli. 1951, 113 mins. 35mm. With Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant. Minnelli's breathtaking Best Picture winner stars the ever-captivating Kelly as a painter struggling to make ends meet in the city of light. With a thrilling all-Gershwin score and a spectacularly designed, climactic dream ballet sequence shot by the brilliant cinematographer John Alton, An American in Paris is pure cinematic bliss and a musical movie landmark filled with such Gershwin gems as "I Got Rhythm," "'S Wonderful," "Our Love Is Here to Stay" and "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise."The Pajama Game
Dir. Stanley Donen, George Abbott. 1957, 101 mins. 16mm. With Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney. Can management (John Raitt) and labor (Doris Day) co-exist at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa? Perhaps the most scintillating entertainment about unionization ever made, this high-powered musical features typically energetic direction by Stanley Donen, dazzling and instantly recognizable choreography by a young Bob Fosse, songs like "Hernando's Hideaway" and "Steam Heat," and Doris Day at her best.Show Boat
Dir. James Whale. 1936, 113 mins. 35mm. With Irene Dunne, Paul Robeson, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, Hattie McDaniel. A great American saga, Show Boat follows the lives of the performers and workers on The Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River showboat, over 40 years. Expressively adapted for the screen by James Whale, this Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein musical was considered radical at the time for its serious treatment of race. Paul Robeson's "Ol' Man River" is the most famous of its many great musical numbers.New York, New York
Dir. Martin Scorsese. 1977, 164 mins. 35mm. With Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli. Scorsese's ode to classic MGM musicals and 1940s jazz marked a departure of sorts for him, combining his gritty hard-boiled realism (he had just made Taxi Driver) with a celebration of the surreal artificiality of Hollywood. Minnelli belts out the now-classic title song in a show-stopping finale.
Museum of the Moving Image (movingimage.us) advances the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. In its expanded and renovated facilities-acclaimed for both its accessibility and bold design-the Museum presents exhibitions; screenings of significant works; discussion programs featuring actors, directors, craftspeople, and business leaders; and education programs which serve more than 50,000 students each year. The Museum also houses a significant collection of moving-image artifacts.Hours: Wednesday-Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday, 10:30 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Holiday hours: The Museum will be open Monday, January 20 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day); Monday, February 17 (Presidents Day), and Tuesday, February 18, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Museum Admission: $12.00 for adults; $9.00 for persons over 65 and for students with ID; $6.00 for children ages 3-12. Children under 3 and Museum members are admitted free. Admission to the galleries is free on Fridays, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tickets for special screenings and events may be purchased in advance by phone at 718 777 6800 or online.
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Your choice of words in every communication is a key element of your style and effectiveness. Many of us evolve from children who say exactly what they mean to educated adults who feel compelled to demonstrate their advanced education by using strange words and complex structure to beat around the bush. Aristotle provided some great advice on this topic. Paraphrased: (more…)
Posts Tagged 'Verbosity'
Simple words connect betterWednesday, August 1st, 2012
Most of us are overly long-windedTuesday, July 31st, 2012
Words count. The difference between good writing and good speaking is mostly in word selection and sentence structure. English has evolved over hundreds of years so that we can communicate more clearly and use a single meaningful word to describe the same thing that previously required several words. Yet most people recognize only a small percentage of the words in the English language. Most of the words are obscure and rarely needed. However, the larger your vocabulary, the more concise you can be. A poor choice of words may obscure a great thought. Good ideas are not worth much if they are not communicated effectively. Communicating an idea by writing it down is a great way to organize thoughts, analyze alternatives, and reason through its strengths and weaknesses.
Basically, we have to get back to basics.Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
One of the most brilliant people I know had the worst adverb overuse problem I've encountered. He was a "basically" addict. He used basically in about 70% of his sentences, sometimes twice in the same sentence. As with most adverb overusers, he was especially prone to this habit when he was somewhat nervous, speaking in front of a large audience. His most memorable line was, "Basically, we have to get back to basics." This sort of speaking and writing problem does not indicate a lack of intelligence or experience. It is simply a bad habit that even the smartest, most articulate among us can pick up without realizing it.
Impotent AdverbsMonday, September 19th, 2011
One of the most common speaking and writing problems is the overuse of empty adverbs. I call them impotent adverbs because that is what they are. Impotent is defined by Dictionary.com as follows: (more…)
Long-windednessFriday, September 16th, 2011
Most of us speak and write verbosely, using as many fluffy, multi-syllabic words as we can think of when we only need one simple, straightforward word. Here are a few examples of long-windedness that you hear every day. (more…)
VerbosityWednesday, September 14th, 2011
In almost every discipline there is a common theme for improvement: simplification. The simplest communications are usually the best communications. Perhaps this is more of an American problem: Our culture too often views more as better. This is simply not true in communicating. William Zinsser said it best in his classic book, On Writing Well: (more…)


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Now I wasn't going to Maryland to ride motorcycles through chicken farms, and I was pretty sure I wasn't getting any crabs to eat either. I was going to take a three hour Amtrak ride to Baltimore then a one and a half hour drive to Phoenix Color to press check Panic in Hagerstown, Maryland. The trip took place in one day. Being that travel alone was 8+ hours, we packed in a whole lotta adventures. Here's the break down!
First up, because I'm a total nerd for all things machinery, let's explore the plant! And yes, it's exactly how you'd expect it to be. If I had better editing abilities I'd make this. And I'd commission music by They Might Be Giants, but you get the idea. Each time I have the pleasure of visiting a plant, or anywhere where people make actual things I think of Sesame Street and the 1980's. Maybe it's all those "buy American" commercials that were popular then...maybe those commercials were only shown in Michigan. Anyway, I'm transfixed by conveyor belts, cutting machines, the rollers on the printing presses, glitter machines, embossing plates—everything!
Two picture books were being collated, bound, and well I guess "put together" while I was there. One is currently the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book and the other was one of my childhood favorites. Behold! The creation of What the Fox Say? and Corduroy.*
*Over simplified and maybe in the wrong order.
But we did work on our book too! After the tour (and again apologies if that was out of order, and I know it's severely lacking in actual information, but still it's fun!) we tackled Panic, and its awesome use of Litho Foil. Now, I don't know how Litho Foil works. A few people have attempted to explain it to me but all I can hear (and see!) is: It makes things pretty. It's awesome. It's new. It's on.
Getting the color of the foil to match proved to be a challenge, a lot of odd trapping (areas where the foil and the ink aren't lining up) issues were apparent. I won't pretend to know how the wizards at Phoenix fixed the white halo issues that surrounded the type. Something I did in my file wasn't translating to printing language. But the left over silver film was pretty cool.
|Litho foil for cover and spine
When I say it was a while in getting there, I'm not kidding. A lot of really hard work happens here to get everything just right—most of it before I get to the plant. A jacket would come off the press, people look at it for color and trapping, then discuss what isn't quite right. A whole lot of buttons are pushed. Phrases like "Let's up the cyan by 2%" or "increase the black plate by x!" are thrown around. Then pull another jacket. This happens a few times before all the images in our minds pop out exactly the way they are supposed to on paper. And before anyone freaks out, all materials are reused or recycled, this isn't wasted.
I'm in so much awe at the people who make this all happen. I only know the process until a jacket gets to the printer, after that it's a mystery. After I hand the files off to my production department, all this magical stuff happens and a few weeks later I get a book, you get a book, we all get books! But it's the awesome visions and talents of a lot people that take whatever I have on screen and transpose it into a perfect piece of tangible stuff. And I have to say, it looks mighty, mighty fine...
|Panic's final jacket will be gritty matte, litho foil, and embossed.
Panic is available in stores and on line March 2014.


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Companion to the Brogue 1 decoration. Playing with the Christmas theme of light, these decorations are part of Suzanne's Brogue series.
The shape is taken from components of a handmade brogue, the holes added as a design detail in a nod to the origins of the piece, making wonderful shadows in the light.
Hand pierced & drilled, Hallmarked London
"Brogue 2 Decoration" by Suzanne Seed | Sterling silver | 38 x 38mm | £81


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MCLA to Host 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference
NORTH ADAMS, MASS. - Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will host its 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) on Thursday, April 17, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Venable Gym, when hundreds of MCLA students will present their research.
Held each year in April, the URC is a campus-wide celebration of the talent and dedication of MCLA's students. Part of the College's~Undergraduate Research Program, the conference encompasses a broad definition of "research," as it welcomes undergraduate scholarship and creative activity in all fields of scholarly activity, including that in the arts, the humanities and in the sciences.
Depending on the discipline, students display their work as a poster, an oral presentation or a performance.
This year's key note speaker will be Dr. Victoria Welch '09, who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from MCLA. After she graduated from the College, Welch attended New York Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls, N.Y., where she was selected for an internship at the nation's largest military teaching hospital - Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
Now a chiropractor at Chittenden County Chiropractic in Vermont, Welch will speak to faculty, presenters and their guests about her work with graduate research and her internship at Walter Reed, where she cared for wounded warriors and active duty military members.
According to Dr. Anthony Daly, a history professor at MCLA, the URC represents an ideal forum for students to demonstrate the value of active participation in a liberal arts education.
"Our students pursue their academic interests in collaboration with dedicated faculty, while they gain confidence and experience as they prepare for life after college," Daly said.
This year's student research includes an examination of writer Toni Morrison and her book, "Jazz"; a look at the relationship between students' beliefs about the nature of knowledge, where knowledge comes from, and academic success as measured by GPA; an examination of the effects of music and personality on creativity; an analysis of strategies employed by abolitionists and anti-slavery politicians during the Antebellum period in America; and how teaching future teachers science with argumentation - which encourages the discovery of scientific knowledge as opposed to merely memorization of facts - will help their students also to utilize that practice.
For more information, go to Experience/undergraduateresearch/conference and news/alumnatodiscusschiropracticcareer_1159.


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Isn't this little bunny and all of the sentiments so cute? If you played last month you should have received this set automatically, but if not you can purchase it for a very reasonable price. Why don't you join in on the fun - who could resist this darling little bunny sending his messages of love?
Thank you for taking the time to visit. On this bitterly cold day (6 degrees) I am warmed by your visit and comments. See you soon and I wish you all a bright sunny day.


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Today's moodboard – what do you find if you search under "Happy" ? This is what came up !
Statement necklace in Turquoise by Vadjutka
White Cream Cotton Pillow Case by LaceonPillow
After the Rain my Roses are Happy Necklace by StaroftheEast
You make me so Happy – fine art print by LouisesestARt
If you'd like to see more moodboards you can find them over here.
And if you are curious to see what I have been working on this last week, have a wee peek here. If there is one of my Polaroid paintings that you would like to see featured in this set just let me know and I'll add it to the next group I make.


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In a lot of ways, websites are like books. They tell the story of a person, business, or hobby and they take a lot of work to create. Our example site this week was made by someone skilled in both fields. Jerielng.com is the website of Jeriel Ng, an up and coming author, who uses his website as a central hub of information for his fans. Check out the site for yourself:
This is another example of a website that takes a minimalistic approach to website design. The top navigation bar looks clean and crisp by organizing all vital links with the help of a drop-down menu.
In addition to simple to navigate site layout, Jeriel uses these great Webs features to jazz it up:
- Blogs App is used to keep in touch with fans and post interesting updates. Remember adding a blog app to your website is a great way to showcase your personality.
- Biography page is used to let website visitors learn more about the author. Did you know adding your picture to the About page can increase sales?
- Contact Form is used to provide a simple way to lets users get in touch.
Jeriel's minimalistic design is not only easy to look at, but it also makes it easy for visitors to navigate the page and is keeps the content as the center of attention. Try simplifying your site to get your visitors to focus on the important things on your site.
Another great idea that Jariel utilizes: proudly showcasing social pages on his website. Jariel has a Facebook Fan page for his business that is showcased in the sidebar of the website.
What is a Facebook Fan page?
Not to be confused with your profile page, fan pages are public pages that many businesses use to have a presence on Facebook. Instead of connecting you with "friends," Pages amass "fans" that you can keep in contact with. The biggest benefit of having a page is that it is indexed by Google and it available to view even if you are not logged into Facebook. This makes promoting the page a whole lot easier. Another great thing about pages is that pages are much more customizable than profiles. Learn More.
Congrats to Jeriel for such an awesome site! That's it for this week's example site, if you liked it or if you want to be considered for a future example site, leave a message in the comments.
Until next time,
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Cook County Sheriff's Police arrested a 21-year-old La Grange Highlands man after the makings of a methamphetamine lab was found in his home, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today.
Daniel Kowalski has been charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of methamphetamine manufacturing materials, and possession of methamphetamine precursors, which are all felonies. He also was charged with a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
At approximately 6:45 p.m. on Monday, Sheriff's Police narcotics officers went with members of the Sheriff's Electronic Monitoring Unit to perform a home check at his residence, a coach house in the 1000 block of 61st Street in unincorporated La Grange Highlands, after narcotics officers received information that Kowalski may be trying to cook methamphetamine.
Inside the residence, officers found glass beakers, burners, chemicals, and instructional materials for making controlled substances. The lab was not active.
Officers also found 12 jars of psychedelic mushrooms in the residence.
Kowalski is on electronic monitoring.
Sheriff's Police had arrested him in July after they found a suspected methamphetamine lab at his home at that time.
Two other men were located inside the residence during the home check on Monday. They were taken into custody and later released without charges.
An Illinois State Police Clandestine Lab removal team responded and removed the chemicals and lab equipment.
Kowalski is scheduled to appear this morning for a bond hearing at the Bridgeview Courthouse.
Sheriff Dart reminds the public that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty by the government in a court of law.


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On Saturday and Sunday, April 22 and 23, 2017 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to experience a living history event at the town's oldest structure, the Harper House, which was a recruitment station during the War of 1812.
The structure was run as Williamson Tavern and it was a place where military recruitment was conducted by the 12th Regiment in an attempt to stop the British Invasion. The Tavern, built by Robert Harper in 1782, was run by Basil and his young wife Margaret, a Harper descendant who encouraged sixty thirsty Armory workers to enlist and defend hearth and home. Margaret and her family were politically and financially powerful within the growing industrial town. But with the advance of the British forces, her family lived in fear of slave insurrection and a possible British attack on the federal armory.


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Aftershocks from the Northridge earthquake of 1994 are still being felt by local hospitals, which are spending millions of dollars to meet seismic standards deadlines enacted just five weeks after the destructive temblor.
Glendale Adventist Medical Center estimates it will spend roughly $240 million — most of that in the form of a new tower — to meet standards state legislators set in February 1994, with deadlines of 2013 for hospitals to ensure higher levels of safety for buildings housing patients.
"What we have spent to date on our new towers and what we are continuing to spend is in the neighborhood of $240 million," said Warren Tetz, chief operating officer of Glendale Adventist. "It is much more than anyone anticipated, and at a time when the hospital industry is having difficulties."
The California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, which oversees the seismic compliance effort, says $20-billion worth of reinforcement work is being planned or completed by hospitals around the state.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A line or mark on a shore indicating the highest or lowest level reached by the tide.
- n. A trace or indication of past activity: "Just along the highway into town is the last tidemark of the Nazi advance, a brutal tangle of brown sculpture" ( Regina Nadelson).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. a line (of seaweed or differently coloured sand etc) on the shore showing the level of high or low tide
- n. any mark showing the limit of some past activity
- n. a line of scum left on a bath tub when the water is drained away
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. a mark on a shore line indicating the normal level of the water at high tide, caused by the action of the flowing water; sometimes also used for the mark left at the point of the normal low tide; -- called also high water mark.
- n. the maximum level which some activity has reached and from which it has declined; -- called also high water mark.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The limit of the flow or of the ebb of the tide.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. indicator consisting of a line at the highwater or low-water limits of the tides
Sorry, no etymologies found.
At some point the old cast-iron guttering must have become blocked with autumn leaves, because a tidemark of where it had overflowed could still be traced running down the brickwork.
Driving from Tuzla in BiH to Bijeljinja in Republika Srpska, for example, brings you to what is almost a tidemark of wrecked homesteads and minefields.
He walked along the tidemark and searched for the smooth fist-sized stones he preferred for hunting rabbits.
But outside the cottage, beached above the tidemark of black weed and smashed shells, lay a good boat, as good as any in the islands, and the nets spread to dry over the boulders were far better than Brude could have made.
It surprised him that they had stuck in his memory, like flotsam left at a freak tidemark.
It may be upon a tiny bay that you have emerged, with the meadows sloping straight to tidemark, and out beyond the wild fowl feeding by the kelp beds.
Mr. Cahoon's countenance -- that portion of it above the whisker tidemark, of course -- registered horror at the thought.
Grudgingly they obeyed, drew the boat beyond tidemark, and followed him to the top of the miserable islet, whence a view was commanded of the whole wheel of the horizon, then part darkened under the coming night, part dyed with the hues of the sunset, and populous with the sunset clouds.
Much the largest proportion of the lands so reclaimed, though for the most part lying above low-water tidemark, are at a lower level than the Lincolnshire fens, and more subject to inundation from the irruptions of the sea.
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 04 (historical)
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
A Bel 142 helicopter carrying several Malacanang executives were reported missing after taking off from Baguio City's Loakan airport. The helicopter took off from at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Apr 7, for a 30-minute flight to Banawe as advance party for Mrs. Arroyo. President Arroyo who is spending her Holy Week in Baguio City was scheduled to inspect the Halsema Highway on April 8, Wednesday. Passengers of the missing helicopter were Press Undersecretary Jose Capadocia, Pres. Arroyo's senior military aide Brig. Gen. Carlos Clet, Appointments Secretary Malou Frostrom and two pilots.
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I created this page for a "Let's Celebrate International Scrapbooking Day" challenge over at Finnabair's blog. We were to take a quote that is close to our heart, and create a piece of art inspired by it.
As you might know, my art is full of inspirational quotes - I like to put quotes on almost everything I make.
I started by drawing shapes into texture paste I'd scraped on a piece of cardstock.


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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – When a man says he'll be back, he means it. Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed filming of the next installment of the "Terminator" film series will be shot in San Francisco.
According to an interview with the former Governor of California with TheArnoldFans.com, filming will begin sometime in the middle of April in New Orleans, Los Angeles and some in San Francisco.
No characters or storyline have been officially revealed, however, Schwarzenegger is the first to be cast in the film. "I'm really looking forward to that because as you know, the last time when they did the Terminator, it was when I was Governor and so I couldn't be in that movie but now I'm back again and they are very excited about having me in the film." Schwarzenegger tells TheArnoldFans.com.
Filming of "Terminator: Genesis," the project's current title, is pending on permits that yet need to be filed with the San Francisco Film Commission says SFist.com.
"Terminator: Genesis" is the first of a stand-alone trilogy, produced by Skydance Productions. The studio behind "Star Trek: Into Darkness," "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" and the recent "True Grit" reboot. Screenwriters Patrick Lussier of "Drive Angry" and Laeta Kalorgridis of "Avatar" and "Shutter Island" are said to be attached to the film.


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The final video of our three part series on how to carry out a site analysis from start to finish. Part three looks at how to present the site analysis.
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Posted by Brandy on 7/12/2011 to Nursery Ideas & Design Inspiration
Suzi Embassi of Luxury Baby Nursery commissioned New Arrivals Inc. to create an exclusive set for her store. The exclusive "Susan Jane" set is named in honor of Suzi's mother, whom passed this past year. Suzi said "I swear if you were to plop a crib in the middle of my mother's living room, this is *exactly* what it would look like; your team could not have done a better job making my vision a reality". To jump start her exclusive line she is offering a giveaway! The first set created!
Beautiful "Susan Jane"!
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Insurer Did Not Waive Right to Rescind Policy
A federal district court, applying Ohio law, has held that an insurer did not waive its right to rescind a professional liability policy issued to an accountant and his firm when the insurer knew of the accountant's potential involvement in a fraudulent investment scheme but still issued the policy and then canceled it after complying with a 90-day notice of cancellation provision. Chicago Ins. Co. v. Capwill, 2011 WL 6440756 (N.D. Ohio Dec. 21, 2011).
In 1997, the accountant applied for and obtained the first of three consecutive professional liability policies from the insurer. In 1998, two investment companies that had suffered losses in a fraudulent investment scheme sued the accountant and then went into receivership. At some point in 1998, the insurer learned that the accountant potentially was involved in the fraudulent investment scheme, but because the 1998 policy contained a 90-day notice of cancellation provision, the insurer issued the 1999 policy, then provided the accountant with notice of cancellation and canceled the policy after the 90-day period expired. The accountant eventually was convicted of fraud and imprisoned. When the receiver for the investment companies sought to recover from the proceeds of the 1999 policy, the insurer filed a declaratory judgment action, seeking to rescind the policy based on misrepresentations in the renewal application.
On cross-motions for summary judgment, the court held that the insurer was entitled to rescind the 1999 policy because it had established as a matter of law that the accountant had made material misrepresentations with fraudulent intent in answering three questions on the renewal application for the policy. The court relied on unrebutted testimony by the insurer's former underwriter to find that the questions were material. The court also held that the insurer had presented clear and convincing evidence that the accountant had intentionally submitted fraudulent answers. Finally, the court rejected the receiver's argument that the insurer was barred from rescinding the 1999 policy by the doctrines of waiver, acquiescence, or equitable estoppel. The court reasoned that it would be inequitable to penalize the insurer for attempting to comply with the 90-day notice of cancellation provision. The court also concluded that the insurer had not indicated any intent to relinquish its right to rescission.


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Jammu: For the second time in two years, the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) has put up posters in Darhal tehsil of Rajouri district of Jammu province threatening that girls above 12 years of age should not continue their studies. It has also specified a dress code of white Pathan suits and white Suleimani caps for teachers. The People's Democratic Party-led state government has taken a serious note of these threats. Talking to The Indian Express, Minister for School Education Harsh Dev Singh said: ''The state government will provide every possible help to the people of the area to ensure that they don't feel scared.'' He added that he hoped the people would not take the threats seriously. However, according to reports reaching here, the threats have started having an impact. Most of the parents of the area have not been sending their daughters above 12 years to schools for the past couple of days. The worst-affected villages are Topa, Raiki Bhan, Saj and Thannamandi Main — there are two government higher secondary schools, six high schools, 10 middle schools and a number of primary schools in these areas. Last time too, the HM threat had had immediate affect in the area. But later, with the intervention of some educated members of the Muslim community, they had restarted sending their daughters to schools. According to Singh, Pakistan was responsible for the latest threats and the militants have been issuing them at the behest of its intelligence agency ISI. ''Pakistan does not want peace in the state, whereas several steps taken by the state government are leading towards bringing back normalcy. That's why the ISI has been forced to ensure that such threats are issued,'' he charged. In reply to a question, the Education Minister reiterated that the recent spurt in militancy-related incidents in the state and such threats had nothing to do with the ''healing touch'' policy of the coalition government.
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Italian postcard by Ed. A. Traldi, Milano, no. 35. Photo: Pinto, Roma.
Italian postcard by Ed. G. Vettori, Bologna, no. 188.
Two films that made history
Mario Parpagnoli started his career in 1917 in the Italian silent film L'aquila by Mario Gorgiulo, set in the Italian Risorgimento and based on a play by Arturo Colautti.
A countess who sleeps with two men, has two sons: one is pro-Austrian (played by Parpagnoli), the other pro-Italy (Ubaldo Maria del Colle).
Parpagnoli then acted in two films by Anton Giulio Bragaglia that made history. One is a lost film: Il mio cadavere, which Bragaglia codirected (uncredited) with Riccardo Cassano. It is based on the novel Francesco Lannas (1851) by Francesco Mastriani. Sets were by the Futurist Enrico Prampolini.
Parpagnoli had the male lead as the penniless composer Daniele who hopes for fortune & fame in Naples, but is refused the hand of a young contess until he earns a million. Emigrated, he meets an old gentleman who nominates him his heir. To speed up things Daniele kills the old man, inherits and runs to Naples to marry his countess. But then Daniele discovers that he killed his own father and goes berserk.
Parpagnoli's other film, directed by Bragaglia and Cassano is Thais. Leading actress was Thais Galitzky as an extravagant and cruel femme fatale, who meets her equal in a cold count (Parpagnoli), who rejects both her and her friend Bianca (Ileana Leonidoff).
When Thais finally manages to melt the count's heart and then rejects him, she tells so to Bianca, who is madly in love with the count. Bianca rides away on her horse in a maddening galop and is killed underway. Thais then repents and kills herself by mortal vapours which exit from strange eye-shaped gaps in her room.
The futurist sets were designed again by Enrico Prampolini. A print of Thais was found and restored in Paris, although it is incomplete.
Italian postcard by Vettori, Bologna. Photo: publicity still of Diana Karenne in the Italian silent film Zoya or Zoja (Giulio Antamoro, 1920), a Tiber Film production. The man left might be Mario Parpagnoli.
Italian postcard, no. 1099. Edy Darclea and Mario Parpagnoli. Darclea and Parpagnoli played together in two films, Martino il trovatello (Alberto Capozzi, Ubaldo Maria Del Colle, 1919) and La valse ardente (Torello Rolli, 1921).
Hunting for the fortune of a bonvivant
After some neglectable dramas (a.o. with Claretta Rosaj) and a propaganda film, Mario Parpagnoli played the male lead role in the comedy L'Ultimo dei Cognac (Riccardo Cassano, 1918), based on a story by the famous Trilussa, and dealing with heirs hunting for the fortune of a bonvivant.
After a minor role in Martino il trovatello (Alberto Capozzi, 1919), Parpagnoli played the lover of Diana Karenne in La peccatrice casta (Gennaro Righelli, 1919) and again in La signora delle rose (Diana Karenne, 1919).
Next he was the lover of Vittoria Lepanto in Per aver visto (Enrico Roma, 1920).
In 1920 Parpagnoli peaked with some 10 films in one year. While he had a minor part in the divafilm Chimere (Baldassarre Negroni, 1920) starring Hesperia, he had the male lead opposite Rina Maggi in La complice muta (Livio Pavanelli, 1921), and opposite Pauline Polaire in L'istinto (Baldassarre Negroni, 1920), about a rich writer falling in love with a poor thief.
After the neglectable Liberazione (Jacques Creusy, 1921) and a supporting part in the divafilm Zoya (Giulio Antamoro, 1920) with Diana Karenne, Parpagnoli had the male lead opposite Francesca Bertini in three films.
These were La sfinge (Roberto Roberti, 1921), based on Feuillet's Le sphynx (1874), Marion, artista di caffè-concerto (Roberto Roberti, 1920), based on Annie Vivanti's novel, and Maddalena Ferat (Roberto Roberti, 1921), based on Emile Zola's Madeleine (1865). All three were produced by Francesca Bertini's own company.
After another Bertini film L'ultimo sogno (Roberto Roberti, 1921), Parpagnoli was the adventurer who ruins a princess's family life in La valse ardente (Augusto Genina, 1921), with Edy Darclea and Marcella Sabattini.
The story was shamelessly copied from Bertini's earlier divafilm Sangue bleu (Nino Oxilia, 1914).
Italian postcard by Ed. G.B. Falci, Milano. Photo: publicity still of Francesca Bertini and Mario Parpagnoli in Ultimo sogno (Roberto Roberti, 1921).
Italian postcard by Ed. G.B. Falci, Milano. Photo: publicity still of Francesca Bertini in Ultimo sogno (Roberto Roberti, 1921). The man could be the male protagonist, played by Mario Parpagnoli.
Haunted by letters of young Venetian girl
In 1922 Mario Parpagnoli was the rival of Sandro Salvini in La fanciulla, il poeta e la laguna by Carmine Gallone.
Parpagnoli is a poet, haunted by letters of young Venetian girl. Cynically and proudly, he asks his secretary to respond to the girl…
He appeared in various films by Toddi starring Vera D'Angara, including the ghost story Al confine della morte (Toddi, 1922), for which Parpagnoli's performance and the photography by Romagnoli were praised.
Others were Fu cosí che… (Toddi, 1922) and L'amore e il codicillo (Toddi, 1923).
He had a supporting part as bad guy in La rosa di Fortunio (Luciano Doria, 1922) with Diomira Jacobini and Lido Manetti, and another one in the Pina Menichelli vehicle L'ospite sconosciuta (Telemaco Ruggeri, 1923).
It was probably on the set of Mario Bonnard's adaptation of I promessi sposi/The Betrothed (1922) that Parpagnoli met his future wife, actress Emilia Vidali - daughter of film producer/director/actor Giovanni Enrico Vidali.
She played Lucia while he himself played the evil Don Rodrigo. Italian critics considered the film 'too grey', but audiences loved it and the film was awarded a golden medal at a film festival in Turin in 1923.
For Emilia Vidali, who had been away from the film set for several years, it didn't mean a full comeback, and after one more film, Amore e destino/Love and Fate (1923) directed by Parpagnoli and with Vidali and Parpagnoli in the leads, she left the Italian screen again.
Vidali and Parpagnoli had married in the meantime. Because of the crisis in the Italian cinema, the couple emigrated to Argentine.
There they played in the film Galleguita (Julio Irigoyen, 1924). In 1930 Parpagnoli scripted and directed in Buenos Aires the musical film Adios Argentina/Goodbye Argentina, in which Mexican star Libertad Lamarque had her debut.
Adios Argentina was originally made as a silent film, but later a soundtrack was added. This succesful tango film starred Ada Cornaro and Pierina Dealessi.
While Vidali returned to Europe in 1930, Parpagnoli remained in Argentine, working as official for the Empresas Filmadroas Italianas in the 1950s.
Italian postcard by U.C.I.G. / Vettori, Bologna. Photo: publicity still for the film I promessi sposi (Mario Bonnard, 1922), one of several adaptations of Alessandro Manzoni's famous novel, set in 17th century Italy. Caption: "Let me kill that infamous traitor!"
Italian postcard by U.C.I.G. / Vettori, Bologna. Photo: publicity stll for the film I promessi sposi (Mario Bonnard, 1922), one of several adaptations of Alessandro Manzoni's famous novel, set in 17th century Italy. Caption: "Begone this instant, and with unscathed limbs or we'll see."
Sources: Vittorio Martinelli (Il cinema muto italiano, 1917-1930) (Italian), Wikipedia and IMDb.


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The fictional Robert Langdon cracked the equally fictional "Da Vinci Code" by discovering clues hidden within the "Mona Lisa." But it's a French scientist and art researcher, Pascal Cotte, who has uncovered the real secrets of one of the world's most famous portraits. His amazing work is revealed in a walk through "Da Vinci - The Genius," an exhibition featured at the Venetian resort in Las Vegas.
In a darkened gallery, panels reveal Cotte's discoveries about the masterpiece, painted not on canvas but on a plank of poplar. Visitors can go face-to-face with a highly detailed replica of the masterpiece, observing a crack in the wood on the painting's face and a butterfly splint, applied ages ago to the reverse side to prevent a bigger split.
The Louvre granted Cotte unprecedented access to the "Mona Lisa." He spent several hours with her in a laboratory at the art museum -- capturing digital images with his own creation: a 240,000,000-pixel camera that captures a whopping 4,000 pixels per square millimeter.
"We can analyze all the cracks. We can analyze inside the cracks," Cotte said.
Da Vinci began working on the piece in 1503 and continued making revisions and touch-ups for the next 12 years. Cotte's work uncovered that the artist applied more than 150 layers of paint to the "Mona Lisa."


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Kenyatta Johnson Challenges the Status Quo
We usually think that political careers have a trajectory towards wider office. A municipal official will move on to work in state government or as a congressperson. But officials representing larger populations can be drawn to the allure of municipal government; serving the people directly and having more agency in moving your agenda forward. Kenyatta Johnson is one such DMO, having left the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve on the Philadelphia City Council. He has wasted no time in responding to the issues that persist in his district, and many like it across the nation. The 2nd District will be hosting Democrats from across the nation as we gather in its hotels and halls for the Democratic National Convention. June's DMO of the Month is working to make sure that when July ends, the people of Philadelphia will continue to benefit from Democratic ideals.
With the annual Memorial Day shootings fresh in the news, articles covering gun violence can seem more perfunctory than outraged. Councilman Johnson fights to replace the banality of daily shooting reports with a culture of pushback against this status quo. Johnson himself founded Peace Not Guns after the murder of his cousin. The group holds local events to help combat gun violence, and connects young people with community groups. He outlawed the sale of 3D printed guns, and warns against the hazard of selling realistic looking model guns to children. Johnson has personally walked his neighborhoods listening to residents and their concerns for public safety. Although many have come to expect gun deaths as a hazard of urban life, leaders like Councilman Johnson help us to reject seeing these casualties as unavoidable.
Another staple of city living Johnson refuses to accept is gentrification. Especially in the 2nd District, resisting the gravity of gentrification is a constant struggle. Councilman Johnson supports LOOP, or Longtime Owner-Occupants of Residential Properties, which provides property tax relief to home owners in gentrifying areas. This March he successfully passed an addition to the bill which extends LOOP until the sale of a home or the death of the owner. These changes ensure that annual tax increases won't effectively evict longtime residents. More affordable housing is another way to ensure that locals aren't priced out of the 2nd District, and Johnson has secured land specifically for such developments. Vacant lots have also been transformed into LEED certified town homes. These properties are designed with a suite of green amenities, and keep the area evolving alongside contemporary housing trends. More than just developing property, Johnson uses these projects to build up the community in tandem with rising structures. He negotiated with the owners of a newly approved casino to ensure a $12 minimum wage and 50% minority participation throughout construction. As economic forces push residents out of their traditional neighborhoods, local officials like Kenyatta Johnson fight to keep residents in their homes.
More than anything, Councilman Johnson's leadership focuses on building a more livable community in the 2nd District. For instance, he has invested in public parks as a safe place for children to spend time. Quality, nearby parks are a racial issue, and places like the newly renovated Smith Playground help address the iniquity in free public spaces for communities of color. Johnson negotiated to keep E.M. Stanton Elementary school open, and has brought busloads of Philadelphians into the halls of the state capitol to lobby for better school funding. Open hearings lead by Johnson ensure that locals have a fair say in how their community is managed. These listening sessions target issues like making the Schuylkill River Trail safer and ensuring the Democratic Convention brings lasting value to the 2nd District. Johnson also restored $3 million in funding for the city's only shelter catering to survivors of abuse. Having a safe bed to sleep in is beyond value, and Councilman Johnson helps more residents sleep better as their neighborhoods grow safer.
A strong community is built through the participation of the people who live there, but relies on an environment where those connections can flourish. Violence reduction, affordable housing, and public spaces all help grow a network of individuals who create thriving neighborhoods. Kenyatta Johnson stepped from the statehouse to the city council, and in doing so has become a powerful force for the people of Philadelphia. DMO looks forward to visiting his city this July, and hopes that municipal Democrats who gather for the DNC take the time to appreciate the 2nd District. And when another delegate inquires when you plan on running for wider office, ask them when they plan on running for their city council.


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The far right New York based Morality In Media organization has voiced support for the recent Chinese Communist Party crackdown on free speech in China. Under the phony guise of a crackdown on Internet based sexually oriented websites, the Chinese Communist Party used the recent purge to roll back Internet search freedoms opened up during the 2008 Summer Olympics that allowed reporters open access to their home news sites to report Olympic coverage. Major Internet search engines such as Google were forced by the Chinese Communists to issue apologies and to comply with their political repression and roll back of press freedoms.
It is outrageous when far right organizations such as Morality In Media voice support for the type of political repression that is still common in China despite more open trade with the United States and the world community. But antidemocratic elements of all types, whether they be the Chinese Communists, or American far right organizations such as Morality In Media all thrive by keeping people ignorant, ill informed and in the dark. These sort of intellectual dictators all trade in ignorance, lies and deceptions to peddle their control of people's intellectual freedoms. Whether they be foreign Communist officials, or American far right figures, they are all the same sort of ruthless elements who want to control other people and they all view a free press and democracy as a great danger to their shallow political power which is completely built on lies and deceptions.
It was certainly hoped the Summer Olympics would have permanently opened up more press freedom in China. However, with more Chinese accessing political information via search engines such as Google since the Olympics, Chinese Communist Party Government police agencies became fearful of losing political power with more Chinese residents than ever searching Western websites. Even searches of sexually oriented websites by millions of Chinese meant that many Chinese were beginning to question the repressive government official cultural morality as well.
The Chinese Communists were fearful of losing power and perhaps facing more Tienanmen Square type protest incidents in the future. And the Chinese Communist Party officials who are living lives of wealth and privilege, while most Chinese toil for low wages, were fearful of losing their position of power within Chinese society. Many Chinese Communist Party officials profit from all of the corporate and trade arrangements with the West, where corruption is still a major problem in this country. And the Chinese Communists are always fearful about how the Soviet Communists lost their power after Russian leader Gorbachev opened up his society somewhat and more press freedom to be critical of the government was tolerated.
One thing is pretty clear though, both the Chinese Communists and the American Morality In Media organization both fear press freedom and democracy as dangerous to their own goals of political control and economic privilege. Like their Chinese Communist counterparts, the leadership of Morality In Media live very well off of over $600,000 a year in political donations as well some $150,000 taxpayer funded federal government cash grants slipped into some spending bills by Republican Congressman Frank Wolf of Virginia. Fascists of all political stripes have much more in common with each other than not.
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