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Fiscal Requirements for Federal Programs. NEW FEDERAL PROGRAMS DIRECTORS TRAINING November 15, 2011. Session Topics & Group Assignments. Overview of Fiscal Information Related to: Legal Structures for Fiscal Accountability Allowable Costs and Procurement Procedures Inventory
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NEW FEDERAL PROGRAMS DIRECTORS TRAININGNovember 15, 2011
Overview of Fiscal Information Related to:
1. From what government documents are the basic fiscal requirements derived?
2. Which OMB Circular identifies allowable expenditures under general cost cutting principles?
3. Which OMB Circular provides the guidelines for fiscal audits?
4. Which OMB Circular provides the guidelines for the submission and approval of plans?
1. List several questions that should be asked before approving expenditures.
2. Describe some components of procurement procedures.
3. What information should be included at a minimum in all contracts?
4. What information should be provided on all invoices for contracted services?
Invoices submitted for payment on contract
(if applicable)
1. What information is required on an inventory form for federal programs?
2. What two parts of a property management system (inventory) are required, but most neglected within district procedures?
3. How often is a physical inventory and reconciliation required?
Inventory items purchased with federal funds
are divided into three categories:
Under Section 80.32(c) of EDGAR, grantees and subgrantees must maintain specific property records that include:
ED determined that an adequate internal control system must include a process for labeling and locating property purchased with federal funds
(e.g., Title I FY 12 or Title I ARRA FY10)
Subgrantees must take a physical inventory of equipment at least every two years and must reconcile the results. The person conducting the physical inventory should sign and date the inventory form.
If any equipment is missing, the grantee or subgrantee must indicate on an inventory form.
1. What employees are required to maintain time and effort documentation?
2. Describe the two types of time and effort documentation and describe the use for each.
3. How often must the amount of payment from each cost objective be adjusted for a staff member who is funded by more than one cost objective?
If an employee works on multiple cost objectives:
1. Do federal programs utilize the restricted or unrestricted indirect cost rate?
2. Why are most indirect charges expensed at the end of the year?
3. Which indirect cost rate must be applied to carryover funds-the grant year or the current fiscal year's cost rate?
1. Define Maintenance of Effort.
2. What percentage of the combined fiscal effort per student or the aggregate expenditure of the LEA from state and local funds for free public education in the LEA must the LEA maintain from the preceding year?
3. If a LEA fails to maintain this percentage, what are the consequences?
WAIVER – The USED Secretary may waive the requirements of maintenance of effort if it is determined that a waiver would be equitable due to exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances. Such exceptions may include a natural disaster or a precipitous decline in the financial resources of the LEA.
1. Discuss the supplement not supplant regulation as it applies to federal programs.
2. Provide a key question one should ask when trying to determine a supplant situation.
3. List three situations where an auditor will presume use of federal funds will violate the "supplement, not supplant" requirement.
1. When may a district obligate funds from a current grant?
2. What are some key parts of the grant award of which one should make note?
3. Why is important to track the entire grant award as well as individual school allocations?
4. What WVEIS reports are most helpful and what resources are available on the WVDE website?
1. From which NCLB programs may funds be transferred?
2. Which NCLB program may accept funds, but may not have funds transferred to another program?
3. What restrictions exist for districts which are identified for improvement?
4. What restrictions exist for districts which are identified for corrective action?
5. What effect do the fiscal year and the period of obligation have on transferred funds?
*Applies only to portion of funds subgranted on a formula basis.
1. Who authorizes the availability of federal funds and why is a time limit placed on the funds?
2. What is the obligation period of the federal grants?
3. Define the "tydings period" and of what benefit is this provision?
1. What percentage of the fiscal year's allocation may a LEA carry into the "tydings period" for the Title I and Title II programs?
2. What procedures must a LEA follow if it is determined that the LEA exceeds the permissible amount of carry over?
3. If a waiver cannot be granted, what action must the state take?
4. Name the three ways that Title I carryover funds may be utilized when planning the proceeding year's budget.
Title I and Title II are subject to a cap on amount that be carried forward into the "Tydings Period" which provides another 12 months for the use of funds.
* The requirement for equitable services to private schools also applies to carryover funds.
The LEA is not permitted to use Title I carryover funds in a school that is not eligible for Title I funding.
1. Define comparability of services.
2. How often must a district demonstrate comparability?
3. How would you determine if a district does not have to demonstrate comparability?
4. What is the purpose of excluding "all federally funded" staff when determining comparability calculations?
Section VII of the LEA monitoring document
Tell me and I'll forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I'll understand.
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Former New England Patriots cornerback and two-time Super Bowl winner Asante Samuel was pretty great during his playing days and was a good enough player to make the Pro Bowl four times. He's got a son who's a junior at football powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
RELATED: Son of Super Bowl Champ names his top 3 schools
And Samuel Jr. has a leader in the clubhouse for his recruitment right now. He named Clemson, FSU and Miami as his top three last summer and one of those schools has made a good enough impression to get some love from Samuel as his top choice:
Noles247 caught up with Samuel Jr. during a 7-on-7 tournament in Orlando and that's when he gave his early leader.
"FSU is at the top right now," Samuel said. "It's about the coaches, the players, the tradition, I love it."
He also said he's hoping to visit FSU soon as well as Auburn and Alabama by March. He also said he would not likely attend FSU's Junior Day and is in no rush to make a decision.
Samuel is a four-star 5″10′, 166-pounder who is ranked as the No. 14 CB in the class and No. 25 player in the state of Florida.
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1983 · Charlottesville, Va.
by Washington, George: Abbot, W.W., ed.
Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1983. Two volumes. xxviii,[1],390;xxiv,[1],385pp. Original blue cloth, gilt stamped, in crisp dust jackets. Boards slightly dampstained, light dust soiling to jackets. Small bookplates on rear pastedowns. Internally fine. Very good plus. First edition. First two volumes of George Washington's papers from the American colonial period, comprising his manuscripts and correspondence from 1748 to 1756. "The first volume of the PAPERS, spanning the years 1748 to August 1755, reveals much about the young Washington: his relationship with friends and family, his efforts to establish himself as a surveyor, and his growing ambition for a military career in the face of the threat to his colony from French encroachment on the frontier.... Volume 2... begins in August 1755 and covers Washington's correspondence to April 1756. In the autumn of 1755, the twenty-three-year-old Washington was given command of the newly reorganized Virginia Regiment. This volume treats in detail the military, strategic, and logistical problems that the young commander faced in creating the regiment." An important historical reference. (Inventory #: WRCAM51999)


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It's link-up time!
But first, thanks to all who are memorizing Isaiah 55 with us. We are off to a great start. If you'd like to join in, it's not too late: jump in whenever you're ready, wherever you'd like. Resources available here and Facebook conversations here.
This week (Feb 10-16) we're memorizing Isaiah 55:4:
Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
God made David a witness for His power. And later Jesus became the ultimate demonstrator of God's power.
But what about you and me? How do we witness to God's power? As we memorize this week, let's think about sharing with others how we see God in our own lives.
Now, please link any posts from your own blog about scripture memory and/or any verses you're memorizing. Share your struggles, your victories, your tips, your insights. We all learn from each other! Linky will remain active through March 31. Leave comments here.
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Therapy and Recovery can dependency be treated successfully in Woodruff SC.
Drug Dependency is a treatable disease. Study in the scientific research of dependency as well as the therapy of substance use disorders has actually brought about the growth of evidence-based interventions that assist individuals quit abusing medicines and resume effective lives.
Can addiction be healed in Woodruff?
Not always– however like various other chronic conditions, dependency could be managed effectively. Therapy makes it possible for individuals to combat dependency's effective disruptive results on their mind as well as habits and also regain control of their lives.
Does relapse to drug abuse mean treatment has fallen short?
No. The chronic nature of the illness means that falling back to drug abuse at some point is not just feasible, yet likely. Relapse rates (i.e., just how frequently symptoms reoccur) for people with addiction as well as other substance usage problems resemble relapse prices for various other well-understood persistent clinical health problems such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and bronchial asthma, which also have both physiological and behavior components. Treatment of chronic conditions includes transforming deeply imbedded habits, as well as regression does not indicate treatment has fallen short. For an individual recouping from addiction, expiring back to substance abuse shows that treatment has to be restored or changed or that one more treatment needs to be tried
In South Carolina, Exactly what are the principles of efficient opioid use condition treatment?
Research study shows that integrating treatment medications (where offered) with behavioral therapy is the most effective method to ensure success for most clients. Treatment methods need to be tailored to deal with each client's substance abuse patterns as well as drug-related clinical, psychiatric, and social troubles.
How can medications aid treat medication addiction at a rehab in SC?
Various kinds of drugs could work at different stages of treatment to help an individual stop abusing medicines, remain in treatment, and also stay clear of regression.
Rehabs in Woodruff South Carolina Treating Withdrawal of opioid
When clients initially quit using drugs, they can experience a range of physical and also emotional symptoms, including depression, anxiety, and also various other mood conditions, along with uneasyness or sleep loss. Certain therapy medications are designed to lower these symptoms, which makes it easier to stop the drug use.
Staying in Rehab in Woodruff South Carolina.
Some treatment medicines are made use of to assist the brain adapt progressively to the absence of the abused medication. These medicines act gradually to stave off drug food cravings and also have a relaxing effect on body systems. They can aid patients focus on counseling as well as various other psychotherapies related to their drug therapy.
Protecting against Relapse.
Science has educated us that stress, signs connected to the medicine experience (such as individuals, areas, things, and state of minds), as well as exposure to medications are one of the most common triggers for regression. Drugs are being established to disrupt these triggers to help patients endure recovery
How do behavioral therapies treat opioid dependency?
Behavior therapies help involve people in substance use disorder treatment, changing their attitudes and habits associated with substance abuse and also enhancing their life skills to take care of difficult conditions and ecological cues that may trigger intense yearning for medicines and punctual another cycle of uncontrollable use. Behavioral therapies can also boost the performance of drugs as well as assist people continue to be in treatment much longer.
How do the best treatment programs aid individuals recuperate from the pervasive impacts of dependency?
When people go into therapy for a substance usage condition, addiction has usually taken control of their lives. The compulsion to obtain medicines, take medications, and experience the results of medications has controlled their every waking moment, as well as abusing medications has filled in all the things they used to enjoy doing. It has actually interfered with exactly how they function in their family members lives, at work, and in the neighborhood, as well as has actually made them more probable to deal with other severe health problems. Because dependency can influence a lot of elements of an individual's life, therapy should attend to the needs of the entire individual to be successful. This is why the best programs include a range of corrective services right into their detailed therapy programs.
Acquiring the capability to quit abusing medicines is just one part of a long and also intricate recovery process.
Therapy counselors could choose from a menu of services for meeting the details medical, psychological, social, employment, and also legal needs of their clients to cultivate their recovery from dependency.|When individuals get in treatment for a material use condition, addiction has actually often taken over their lives.
Because dependency could impact so lots of facets of a person's life, treatment needs to deal with the requirements of the whole person to be effective. Therapy therapists may choose from a menu of solutions for fulfilling the specific medical, emotional, social, trade, as well as legal requirements of their people to foster their recuperation from addiction.


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Concept development and design of tooling and equipment for various aerospace, automotive and oil/gas applications. Select components, materials and hardware for final assembly. BOM generation and management. Detail parts, sheet metal parts, structural steel and weldments for machining, fabrication and assembly. Concept development and design unmanned aerial systems and radio control aircraft for recreational and commercial use. Create standardized SolidWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD and Excel BOM templates.
Esotec Developments is a multidisciplinary research and creative design studio focused on independent research in aeronautics and fundamental physics while providing services in a variety of disciplines. Operating in British Columbia, Canada as a sole proprietorship, Esotec provides elegant, practical solutions while thinking outside the box. Conceptual layout, design, analysis and optimization of Esotec's Hummingbird Aerobatic Aircraft to create a 33% scale model for test and evaluation using SolidWorks, Simulation, Flow Simulation and AutoCAD. Fuselage, wing, empennage, duct and propeller lofting using ESBLADE Lofting System (proprietary SolidWorks macro that uses loft data generated by ESLOFT in CROTOR or DFDC-ES). Airfoil, duct and propeller design, analysis, optimization using CROTOR (custom version of XROTOR), DFDC-ES and ESPROP. Create SolidWorks, AutoCAD and Excel BOM templates. Current project working on in my spare time.


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Summer's over and it's back to school for Roxanne Miller. The brunette bomber girl knows how to pick out the right outfit to murderize the faculty and her classmates. All eyes will be on her this semester as she strolls across the campus every day on her way to her courses, her 36GG tits bouncing as she walks. Roxanne studies media and communications, speaks four languages, writes poetry and fiction and works in radio as a DJ. She is well-rounded in every way and we mean every way! A guy needs good steering skills to handle those curves As soon as Roxanne gets home, she needs some relief from the pressures of higher education before she tackles her work load. And this is how she does it. Roxanne knows her body and how to finger-dance her way to nirvana. This is the best kind of desktop. Now on to Roxanne's reading and essay writing! The pictures from this SCORELAND video are just as educational.
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- "JJ always listens to 275fm."
- ―The Radio Station Note
The Radio Station Note is a piece of evidence in L.A. Noire, it is featured in "The Black Caesar" case.
The radio station note belonged to Cornell Tyree and Tyrone Lamont. Jermaine Jones had a special Scott Phantom floor radio that was custom designed by Ramez Removals to have a secret compartment. Jones used this compartment to store stashes of drugs, money and number slips. The band dials had to be turned to a certain frequency to trigger a hidden switch to open the compartment.
Events of L.A. Noire
While investigating the deaths of Tyree and Lamont, Detectives Cole Phelps and Roy Earle discovered that Jones was a supplier in a morphine distribution operation. The visited Jermaine Jones Musical Booking Agency. Using the note found in Tyree and Lamont's apartment, Phelps tuned the radio station to 275 FM, opening the secret compartment and revealing Jones' contraband.


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London's Palm Beach Casino Welcomes the City's First WPT Event
Since its founding in 2002 by American attorney and television producer Steven Lipscomb, the World Poker Tour (WPT) has hosted over 100 poker tournament series in cities all over the world. Though poker friendly locales such as Las Vegas and Atlantic City have understandly been the most common destinations, the WPT has also put on events in Barcelona, Cyprus, and Paris. Despite this inter-continental precedent, there is one very notable city that has never been home to a WPT tournament.
Until now. The WPT is currently hosting its inaugural London event at Mayfair's Palm Beach Casino–which, regardless of what the name suggests, is located in England's capital and not South Florida. The 5,000 Euro championship event spans five days, of which three are already in the books. There is also a 15,000 Euro high roller's event that kicks off on September 3rd.
Despite this being the first stop in London for the WPT, the city has always had a thriving poker culture, with nearly two dozen different casinos and card clubs. Additionally, London is the home of Betfair, the world's largest Internet betting exchange. Betfair maintains an online poker room allied with the OnGame network, and sponsors several top players, including Peter Jepsen and Annette Obrestad. The WPT's PokerStars-sponsored rival circuit, the EPT, has hosted numerous events there in cooperation with the city's Gosvenor Victoria Casino. Many well-known poker professionals call London their home, including Roland de Wolfe, Devilfish Ulliott, and Luke Schwartz.
Schwartz, known online as "__FullFlush1__" on Full Tilt Poker has become somewhat of an infamous figure due to his controversial oponions and oversized ego. In a well publicized incident during the 2009 EPT season, he walked out of a Grosvenor casino cafe with a sandwich that he refused to pay for. Unsurprisingly, casino staff disagreed with Schwartz's view that he should be allowed to eat gratis, and the fuming "customer" was bounced from the premises. In the absence of any real information, rumors of penalties swirled on the internet. Some said that he was banned from playing any events in the remaining EPT season, while others claimed that he was now blacklisted from all UK casinos. If such a blacklist does exist, it appears his name has been lifted from it. Schwartz was among the 171 hopefuls who threw down 5,000 Euro for a spot in the championship event.
Schwartz is also lucky to count himself as one of the 39 players still in contention for the top prize after two day ones and a merged day two. He is sitting on a stack of 92,500. Other notable pros among those left in the field are fellow Brit Richard Ashby, with 140,000 in chips, and Full Tilt Poker pro Huckleberry Seed, with 162,700. Play will resume tomorrow at 12 p.m. London time, and continue until a final table is reached.


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Woodrow "Woody" Carlston Parkerson
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- Date of birth: May 18th, 1942
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Eastman, Georgia, United States
- Date of passing: March 26th, 2016
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Warner Robins, Georgia, United States
This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, Woodrow "Woody" Parkerson, 73, born on May 18th, 1942 and passed away on March 26th, 2016. We will remember him forever.
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A new Universal app was introduced today called Image Straightener. This app was done by the same person that created Image Blender, one of those apps I use almost every day.
[Image Straightener is] A minimalistic app with everything you need to straighten up a crooked picture. This app only does one thing, but it does to very well.
"A friend" borrows your device to take a picture, the horizon gets a 3° angle, and you have to fix it. Happens every day. This app makes it very simple to do fix that in no time. And with the accelerometer it's actually fun!
It comes with:
– Customizable grids to help you align your image,
– PhotoAppLink support to quickly jump between different photo apps
– A special slider made for this for better precision
– No limitations on image sizes
– Works great with PNG images
– Copy and paste images from app
– Multitouch gestures
– Single-step fine-adjustments
As it says, this is a minimalistic app. I can never argue with that! Currently it has no help screen, but that will be included in an upcoming update. Here are a few tips to help you out. The basic GUI is shown below after an image has been opened. At first you may not see a grid or the accelerometer icon. To see that, just tap anywhere on your image.
To show or hide the grid just tap on the grid icon in the upper left corner. Once the grid is visible you can use the standard pinch/zoom motion with two fingers to change the resolution of the grid (more or less lines).
There are several ways to rotate the image. You can adjust the slider along the bottom, tap the left/right rotation buttons, rotate the image with two finger motion, or tilt your iPhone/iPad to get the image to straighten out.
To rotate the image with two fingers you have to be sure the grid is not visible. If it is visible you can just tap on the grid icon (upper left).
To use the most entertaining method you can tap on the accelerometer icon in the upper right corner and then tilt your device back and forth (don't get seasick!). When the image looks good just tap anywhere on the screen and it will then lock at that position. If it wasn't perfect you can still tweak it with slider or left/right arrows.
I tested the app on my iPhone 4S and iPad 2 with everything from iPad photos to 18 MP images from my Canon DSLR. The exported images retained the full resolution (after cropping which will happen after rotation) with no problem.
This is a great app for anyone that needs to quickly straighten an image every now and then. For some odd reason my hand is often crooked, so a bit of quick/minimalistic straightening will definitely help me out.
Image Straightener is currently $1.99 on iTunes.


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From the New Jersey Market Report: Steven Pozycki is Jersey to the core. So is the firm he founded, SJP Properties, long based in Parsippany, New Jersey. So it surprised some industry insiders when the executives moved a few years ago into 11 Times Square, a Manhattan office building they own.
Yet the shift wasn't as dramatic as it sounds. Although the C-Suite moved to New York City to keep an eye on its expanding list of projects there, the vast majority of the employees remained in the Parsippany headquarters. And the development focus remains in the Garden State. "We certainly haven't forgotten about New Jersey," said Pozycki, SJP's chairman and CEO. [more]


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You know you're very pregnant and probably deficient in iron when you open your menu at the Vietnamese lunch place and the first thing you see is, "Seven Courses of Beef, $32" and you think, "YES. Yes, this is the answer to everything I've always wanted in life."
And then you remember you used to be a vegetarian and it all seems so bizarre and distant and why would anyone not want Seven Courses of BEEF?? Who was that Veggie Puff?
I got to have lunch with this lovely blogger today, who laughed at my giddy delight over the beef extravaganza. I did not order it. But I did have BBQ beef vermicelli with pork spring rolls. Oh heavenly YUM.
In other news, another nose bleed. I came this close to taking a photo for y'all. Maybe next time.


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Saratoga Central Catholic returns to varsity football after 20-year absence
Saratoga Central Catholic's varsity football team had to forfeit its opening game of the 1988 season because it did not have enough players available.
In the six games the Saints took part in that fall, they scored one touchdown.
"That last year, we should have put in a junior varsity schedule," said Phonsey Lambert, head coach of Saratoga Catholic's revilalized football program. "It was a tough season. The team had no numbers."
The Saints do now. With a roster of 34, including 28 underclassmen, Saratoga Catholic will make its first varsity appearance in 20 years Friday night at Canajoharie. Following that game with the defending Section II Class D regular season champs, the Saints travel to six-time area small-school titlist Rensselaer. Home games with Warrensburg and Greenwich at East Side Recreation Field take place the next two weeks.
The Saints won their last varsity contest in 1987, and put together their last winning season in 1975, going 5-3 the year St. Peter's Academy was renamed Saratoga Central Catholic.
"We have a program that has not lost a game at the modified and junior varsity levels, but before we have consistent success at the next level, we'll get smashed in the mouth a few times," Lambert said. "I'm looking at this realistically, and I know what we're up against. It's not going to be easy going up against these established programs."
"What we've talked about is, we have a lot to prove," said senior receiver and safety Dan O'Rourke. "Everyone is saying, 'A first-year varsity team, they'll win a couple of games.' Our goal is to win more than a couple of games."
Lower level success
The Saints won all seven of their modified games in 2006 with a roster of 19, and went 8-0 as a junior varsity entrant last fall with 24 players. Of this year's 34 players, the Saints have eight who are back for their third season in juniors Jeremy Furey, Ryan Kramer, Conor Mehan and Dave Mulcahy, sophomores Dylan Anderson, Billy McDonough and Jordan Stubblebine, and freshman John Walsh.
Among those rooting will be 12 girls who form the school's new cheerleading team.
"To bring it back from the very bottom and have it develop so rapidly, it's overwhelming," said Saratoga Catholic principal Chris Signore. "The numbers they have and the success they've had, it's been such a dramatic turn of events. Much credit goes to the coaches involved and the parents' support."
"We've taken a lot of baby steps, and it's been neat to watch this thing grow from guys figuring out where knee pads go to now, but we have no false illusions," said Lambert. "There are going to be days when things don't turn out the way we'd like. We've just got to keep working and believing and stay committed.
"I'm interested to see how the kids are going to react. Knowing them, I have to think it will be in a positive manner."
"It's not about getting knocked down. It's about getting up," said Spa Catholic assistant coach Pat Gormley, who coached JV ball at Queensbury and Averill Park before joining the Saints this year. "This team is going to have to deal with adversity. How they deal will determine the outcome of games. We'll see how mentally tough they are."
"We've been playing football for two years, and we don't know what it's like to lose," said Furey, who plays center and linebacker. "If we do, we'll have to overcome it."
While some setbacks are sure to come their way, Lambert and his Saints have for two years been preparing to deal their opponents some, as well. They believe they can, yet to what extent is the big unknown.
"You've got to respect your opponent, but you don't bow down to them. I've told my guys the other team puts their pads on the same way you do," Lambert said. "We're going to try to compete and try to win. I'm a competitive guy, and I put this together with the idea of winning. We're not just going to show up."
"I envision this team being competitive because of their
performance at the JV level, and because of what I see in them," said Gormley, a Spa Catholic alumnus. "The athleticism is there. They're a coachable group of kids. And they've already developed a team chemistry. We've got boys in ninth grade and 12th grade, and you don't see a division."
The Saints will open up against Canajoharie and Rensselaer teams that went a combined 15-4 in 2007. Canajoharie went 6-0 to win the Class D regular season title and
9-1 overall, losing only to Fort Edward in the Section II championship game.
"Canajoharie and Rensselaer will be true tests," said Signore. "If we get through the first two games without any major injuries or setbacks, we can have an incredible season. We played them both tough last year, but this is a step up. I have guarded optimism."
Cairo-Durham was the last Section II school to join the varsity ranks, in 2007, and went 1-8. Hoosic Valley lost its first 16 games after its 2006 varsity debut.
"We're just trying to get the kids geared up for what's in front of them. Canajoharie went 9-1 last year and returns a lot of good guys. I know them through baseball," said Lambert, the school's athletic director and a 300-plus game winner as its baseball coach. "I'm sure their eyes will be as big as saucers in that first game."
Saints struggled
While Lambert expects his Saints to take some lumps along the way, he's confident this varsity season will not turn out like the school's last. The Saints went 0-7 in 1988 and got their only touchdown on a
10-yard pass from Jason Hartman to Brian Ross with 22 seconds left in a Week 6 loss to Poultney.
Saratoga Catholic had to forfeit its first game that year with Broadalbin-Perth because it did not have the state-required 18 players available. The Saints played only two games in 1977 for the same reason and lost them both. Those campaigns were part of a 14-year stretch that saw the Saints go
18-89-6. The best season during that span was in 1980, with a 3-6 finish.
"Opening night is for all of the kids who sacrificed and played in past years," Lambert said.
Saratoga Catholic's last varsity victory came in its final game of the 1987 season, 33-18, over Corinth, when Dan Godlewski scored three touchdowns. The Saints went 1-7 that season, and 2-6 before that.
"Athletes weren't coming out, and the program started to spin downward," said Lambert, who played fullback and linebacker for the school's varsity from 1981-83. "It was very sad when this thing ended. It was a big part of my life growing up."
"You can't change the past. In the 1980s when the program went under, there was a basketball climate in the school," said Gormley. "People rallied around the basketball team and they were successful. Football at that point ..."
The Saints went 1-6-2 during Gormley's senior season in 1984. When Lambert was a senior in 1983, the Saints put together a
2-6-1 mark.
"I wouldn't trade my football experience at Saratoga Catholic for anything," said Gormley. "It was not all about wins and losses. It was about playing the game. We only had about 21, 22 guys, and a lot of us went both ways. We got to play a lot, and it was a lot of fun."
Signor was a teammate of Lambert's on that 1983 edition.
"That was one of the most positive athletic experiences of my life, and I played on a basketball team that year that won 23 games and reached the regionals," Signore said. "We learned lessons about determination and dedication. That stuff stays with you."
Glorious past
The football program enjoyed its greatest success from 1972-74 with a combined 23-3 record, and featured such standouts as Jerry Mirro, Rick DeVoe, Mike Hannon, Tony Grant, Rick Phillips, Chuck Grolley, Mark Parisi, Mike Conroy and Skip Izzo. The superb run came under three head coaches, while Frank Crowley — the current principal at Saratoga Springs High School — served as the Saints innovative offensive coordinator.
"We didn't win the year before," Mirro, now 52 and the father of five, said of the 1-6-1 1971 team. "After that, we just clicked. It was a phenomenal, phenomenal time, and we were beating schools that were bigger than us. We had phenominal athletes, guys who played three sports together, and we jelled. We were all on the same page."
Current Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute coach Joe King directed the Saints in 1971 and in 1972, with that group recording six straight shutouts before losing to then fierce rival Hoosick Falls, 8-6. The Saints, quarterbacked by Mike Ebert after Sean McDonald's W eek 3 shoulder injury, wrapped up a 7-1 campaign by beating Corinth, 20-6.
"There was a questionable call. I scored a touchdown and we went for two," Mirro, a star running back and lineacker who captained the 1972 and 1973 teams, said of the loss at Hoosick Falls. "My people thought I was in. That motivated us for the following year."
Coach Jim Van Allen's 1973 team went 9-0 and led the area in both scoring (238 points) and fewest points allowed (34) en route to a No. 7 state small-school ranking. Mirro and DeVoe led the area in scoring that year with a combined 30 touchdowns, and both produced second-half touchdowns as the Saints rallied for a win in their final game, 14-6, over Cardinal McCloskey.
The Saints rang up five shutouts that year, including a 26-0 thumping of Hoosick Falls.
"I remember the game very well. I ran for three touchdowns against them," said Mirro, a Port Jefferson resident who played at Fordham and had a short NFL stint with the Cincinnati Bengals. "It was such a big game. They were lined up seven, eight, 10 deep to see that one."
Coached by Nick Alex and sparked by DeVoe's running, the Saints went 7-2 in 1974. St. Peter's also went 5-1-1 in 1960, 5-2 in 1963, and 6-1 in 1966, with that team among the 2007 inductees into the Saratoga Catholic Hall of Fame.
"This school produced some legendary football teams in the area," said Lambert. "And the legend gets bigger over the years."
The new Saints will be leaving a lasting mark, too, be it one way or another, in this season of renewal.
"I think we can go pretty far," said Jack Keller, a sophomore linebacker and offensive lineman. "We've got a lot of athletes and speed. We all get along. I think we can hold our own with all the things we have going for us."
"It's definitely a step up. We'll see bigger kids and better athletes than last year, but we can do it," said Furey. "We've prepared ourselves, and going undefeated the last two years has to help us. We believe in ourselves."
Small school
Based on the new state-regulated enrollment figures in grades nine through 11, Saratoga Catholic will be the smallest school in Section II and the third smallest in the New York competing in football this year, with 84 students. Rome Catholic of Section III and DeSales of Section V have enrollments (in grades 9-11) of 59 and 79, respectively.
"All of the Class D teams face the numbers game. The biggest thing is you've got to stay healthy," Lambert said. "You utilize time outs differently. You condition athletes differently. You don't have full contact all week in practice."
But in this physical game, injuries do occur.
"You can talk about what you have on paper, but it never comes out that way," Lambert said. "You've got to prepare guys to play two or three positions. Guys will have to adapt. What we try to do is have two players ready for each position, so you've got coach every kid."
Many of those kids on the opposite scrimmage line are going to have advantages in size, age and varsity experience over the Saints.
"We've got to be disciplined. Avoid penalties and turnovers," Lambert said. "We did a lot of fundamental things right last year, and I'm looking for that to carry over. What we don't want to do is hurt ourselves."
"We have to do everything we can. Every little thing has to be perfect. We can't have a bad game and expect to pull out a win," said O'Rourke. "Last year I didn't know how good we'd be, and we did very well. We've got basically the same guys coming back, so it can be done with a lot of hard work."
That's what it took to get the football program going once again.
"We had a bunch of kids who pushed the envelope. They had a petition with 14 names on it. I didn't want to get involved because I had just got out of coaching at South Glens Falls," said Lambert, who had earlier revitalized both the baseball and girls' basketball programs at Spa Catholic. "They asked if I would consider it, so I called [assistant coach] Murry O'Neil for some advice. We got together, priced things out, and took it to our principal. He [Signore] had it put on the agenda for the school board, and it caught on. The rest is history."


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Typically, on weeks that I join up with Ginny's yarn along and Nicole's Keep Calm, Craft On, I write about knitting and reading. But it's hard with the children at home to find enough time to read so I hope you don't mind that I pair knitting with gardening this week. These pictures seems so calm and soothing. Inside the house it's a wild mess of sibling bickering this summer, so being outside is always a good place to be right now.
Yesterday I finally finished this cardigan that I've been working on since April. I used gorgeous Radius yarn from Knitterly. It's a 100% merino wool from Vreseis Farm just an hour or so away from us. Dreamy stuff and would be perfect for a highly cabled fisherman's sweater. The pattern is called Vodka Lemonade and I thought it would be a great little cropped, three-quarter sleeve cardigan to throw on over tank tops, which I wear all the time. I wear fairly simple clothes. Not much lace work or cables, but having the lace work go all the way up the back and the seed stitching makes this cardigan really pretty. Knitting it was fun, this pattern was the perfect blend of simple and interesting for me.
Small parts of our garden are starting to look like little meadows, this time of year at least. Walking around today I realized that I wouldn't mind if it always looked a bit like a meadow. It takes me a long time to make design decisions regarding our house and our garden. Do we go with structured? Modern grasses? Overgrown, colorful homestead mish-mash? We're hurting for water too much to go with overgrown and bountiful. Modern, symmetrical grasses planted in tidy rows are just too…structured for my taste. But I'm liking this meadow idea. Maybe I need to work on propagating the plants that are already here and spreading them outwards.
There is a lot of talk about this next winter being an El Nino year, which means that there is a chance that we could get a very rainy winter. Or it could be just as dry as it's been the past four years. We won't know until we go through it. But as always I remain hopeful so I allow myself to think that we'll have enough water next spring that I can plant away, guilt free.


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If you love Jean Vigo's works, just know that "The Complete Jean Vigo" is magnificent. Once again, the Criterion Collection has released a 5-star Blu-ray release that is a must-buy and must own! Highly recommended!
Image courtesy of © Gaumont. 2011 The Criterion Collection. All Rights Reserved.
TITLE: The Complete Jean Vigo – The Criterion Collection #578
MOVIE RELEASE: A Propos De Nice (193o), Taris (1931), Zero De Conduite (1933) and L'Atalante (1934)
DURATION: A Propos De Nice (23 Minutes), Taris (9 Minutes), Zero De Conduite (44 Minutes) and L'Atalante (87 Minutes)
DVD INFORMATION: Black and White, 1:33:1 Aspect Ratio, 1:19:1 Aspect Ratio, Monaural in French with Optional English Subtitles
COMPANY: Janus Films/The Criterion Collection
RELEASE DATE: August 30, 2011
À propos de Nice
Directed by Jean Vigo
Cinematography by Boris Kaufman
Directed by Jean Vigo
Cinematography by Boris Kaufman
Zero de Conduite
Writtena and Directed by Jean Vigo
Produced by Jean Vigo
Executive Producer: Jacques-Louis Nounez
Music by Maurice Jaubert
Cinematography by Boris Kaufman
Directed by Jean Vigo
Scenario by Jean Guinee
Adaptation and Dialogue by Albert Riera, Jean Vigo
Produced by Jacques-Louis Nounez
Music by Maurice Jaubert
Cinematography by Louis Berger, Boris Kaufman
Edited by Louis Chavance
Art Direction by Francis Jourdain
Jean Taris as himself
Zero de Conduite
Jean Daste as Surveillant Huguet
Robert le Flon as Surveillant Pete-Sec
Du Verron as Surveillant General Bec-de-Gaz
Delphin as Principal du College
Leon Larive as Professeur
Madame Emile as Mere Haricot
Louis de Gonzague as Prefet
Raphael Diligent as Pompier
Louis Lefebvre as Caussat
Gilbert Pruchon as Colin
Coco Goldestein as Bruel
Gerard de Bedarieux as Tabard
Michel Simon as Le Pere Jules
Dita Parlo as Juliette
Jean Daste as Jean
Gilles Margarities as Le camelot
Louis Lefebre as Le gosse (Kid)
Maurice Gilles as Le chef de bureau
Raphael Diligent as Raspoutin, le batelier
Even among cinema's legends, Jean Vigo stands apart. The son of a notorious anarchist, Vigo had a brief but brilliant career making poetic, lightly surrealist films before his life was cut tragically short by tuberculosis at age twenty-nine. Like the daring early works of his contemporaries Jean Cocteau and Luis Buñuel, Vigo's films refused to play by the rules. This set includes all of Vigo's titles: À propos de Nice, an absurdist, rhythmic slice of life from the bustling coastal city; Taris, an inventive short portrait of a swimming champion; Zéro de conduite, a radical, delightful tale of boarding-school rebellion that has influenced countless filmmakers; and L'Atalante, widely regarded as one of cinema's finest achievements, about newlyweds beginning their life together on a canal barge. These are the witty, visually adventurous works of a pivotal film artist.
Jean Vigo…the man who influenced the French New Wave post-humously.
Jean Vigo…the legendary filmmaker who died of a young age of 29, only directed four films which didn't do well in the box office but yet, is highly regarded by filmmakers and critics.
Jean Vigo…the filmmaker who directed the adaptation of "L'Atalante" considered by filmmaker Francis Truffaut as the predecessor of Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" and considered by Truffaut as one of his ten best films of all time.
So, who is this man… Jean Vigo?
The filmmaker was the son of a famous, anarchist militant named Miguel Almereyda who died of mysterious circumstances in prison (it is believed that authorities strangled Almereyda during his sleep, while the prison wrote it down as a suicide).
So, Vigo as a young man lived a life full of pain. Living from one orphanage to the next. His descendants were afflicted with tuberculosis, his grandmother was institutionalized, his siblings died at a young age and the only thing he had to his name was a photo of his grandfather with the inscription "I protect the weakest".
And as a teenager, he fell in love with cinema, established his own film club in Nice and wanted to work in cinema to the point that he wrote to as many companies asking if he can be an assistant.
But when Jean Vigo met his girlfriend and wife (from a good family), his father-in-law gave him the opportunity to make films by giving him a camera and this would begin Jean Vigo's career as an independent filmmaker and lead him to the road of creating his four films "À propos de Nice" (1930), a commissioned film titled "Taris" (1931) and his two films that he is known for: "Zero de Conduite" (1933) and "L'Atalante" (1934).
And to celebrate the career of Jean Vigo, the Criterion Collection is releasing "The Complete Jean Vigo" on Blu-ray and DVD in Aug. 2011.
The first short featured is a silent film titled "À propos de Nice", a short documentary that includes real life footage of the rich and the working class via hidden camera in Nice but also staged elements.
Vigo said of "À propos de Nice" that it is a "last gap of a society so lost in its escapism that it sickens you and makes you sympathetic to a revolutionary solution".
Vigo pokes fun at the rich showcasing them with their expensive outfits but also showcasing gag elements such as a man getting a suntan and his face is burned black to the man getting his shoes shined to the point where the shoe is shined to the point of disappearing.
The 1930 film also showcases special effects of the time as Vigo utilizes slow motion to showcase the vibrant dancing girls (which he makes his own brief appearance dancing) to using reverse footage.
The second short is a commissioned film titled "Tardis", in which he was hired among other newer filmmakers to create educational film. In this case, a nine minute film about champion swimmer Jean Tardis teaching people his style of swimming. Vigo could care less about the character but wanted to experiment with shooting in water and while Vigo was not so fond of the film (as the company brought in another filmmaker to complete it), Vigo's interest in shooting in water would be showcased in his final film "L'Atalante".
The final two films featured on the Blu-ray disc are films that Vigo is best known for.
"Zero de Conduite" is Vigo's 1933 film which many say is a predecessor to films such as Francois Truffaut's "The 400 Blows" and Lindsay Anderson's"If…", while the film can be seen as being inspired by Jean Renoir's "Tire au Flanc" (1928) and Charlie Chaplin's "Shoulder Arms" (1918).
The film revolves around a group of boys wanting to revolt against the system at their boarding school. The authority of the school are painted as imbeciles and in terms of the style of the film, "Zero de Conduite" can be seen as Vigo's experimental film but also a film that draws from his own experience of attending boarding school and having to endure a repressive educational establishment. Showing Vigo's maturity, as well as inheriting his father's anarchistic view during his childhood and demonstrating his artistic flair, the use of slow motion, camera angles and a bold storyline for its time showcasing realism and revolt.
An audacious film for its time, "Zero de Conduite" was banned by film censors due to its content and would never be released until nearly a decade after his death in 1945.
The final film on the Blu-ray is Vigo's last film and his defining masterpiece is "L'Atalante".
Directed while the young filmmaker was sick from tuberculosis (its important to mention that "Zero de Conduite", Jean Vigo was also ill and directed scenes wile laying in a cot). Filmmaker Ingmar Bergman once said "One must make each film as if it were the last", perhaps Jean Vigo knew through his illness that if "L'Atalante" was to be his last film, you go out with a bang.
A film ahead of its time, "L'Atalante" was a failure in the box office, misunderstood by theater owners and the final cut that Vigo made was butchered. But through restoration and efforts to try to restore the film, it is what the filmmakers of the French New Wave would watch and be inspired by Vigo's work.
Francois Truffaut who first watched the film at the age 14 said in an interview about the film, "When I entered the theater, I didn't even know who Jean Vigo was. I was immediately overwhelmed with wild enthusiasm for his work."
"L'Atalante" is a story about a couple Jean (played by Jean Daste) and Juliette (played by Dita Parlo) who have just gotten married. Jean is the commander of the barge "L'Atalante" and Juliette, who has never left her country village, joins him on his voyages in the canals of France.
Joining the two are Le père Jules (played by Michel Simon), the first mate of the barge who is constantly drunk, buying odd things and has way too many cats onboard the L'Atalante. Also, joining them is a young kid (played by Louis Lefebvre) who is pretty much Jules' apprentice.
But for Jean and Juliette, the two are in love and she tells him one day that according to a story that she was once told, you will see the person you love when you stick your head into water. Of course, Jean joking around with her, keeps putting his head in a bucket and then into the canal and jokingly tells her that he sees her.
As the four to continue their journey riding on the barge, Juliette starts to grow bored of being confined to a small place, pretty much the bedroom and never ever having the chance to go on land.
When Jean tries to listen to the radio one day, she overhears a news report on the pop culture of Paris. Hoping to one day see Paris, we get to see a sign of Jean's anger, perhaps because he feels that for a person who has never seen the world, she may leave him? But she insists on listening to the radio, he doesn't want her to and it is the first sign of bickering of the two.
Juliette tries to relieve her boredom by sitting on the chair and riding on the barge and then even to the point of visiting the drunken and unkept Le père Jules, who tries to show all the things he has found all over the globe. But for Jean, seeing Juliette inside Jules bedroom fuels his jealousy of his wife being around another man that he goes into a state of destruction, trying to destroy whatever he can inside Jules bedroom.
As the L'Atalante reaches Paris, Juliette asks if Jean can finally take her out and show her around on land, and get out of the barge just for once. He agrees.
But as they go into a bar/club to grab something to eat, immediately a salesman from Paris begins flirting with her in front of Jean. Jean doesn't do a thing to stop it but inside, his anger starts to grow.
The salesman picks up Juliette from her seat and asks her for a dance and we can see Jean's temper starting to grow until he is unable to control it and ends up hitting the salesman.
While Jean brings his wife Juliette and forces her to stay in the barge as he feels he can't trust her on land, Jean, Jules and the kid go out for awhile but waiting for them to leave is the salesman. The salesman tries to win Juliette's affection and tells her that all he needs is for her to leave for an hour and he can show her the beauty of Paris.
Juliette wants to see the world but how is she to enjoy life when she is stuck in a small space nearly every day of her life? Will her love for Jean make her stay or will her wanting to see the world want to make her leave for a few hours?
Each of the films presented on "The Complete Jean Vigo" Blu-ray release are presented in 1080p High Definition (1:33:1 aspect ratio for "À propos de Nice" and "L'Atalante" while "Zero de Conduite" is presented in 1:19:1) and look absolutely fantastic.
First, for the first three films, the condition of these films are in very good condition especially for the 1930 film "À propos de Nice", a silent film which you would think would have major problems with its overall look, the film actually looks fantastic on Blu-ray. And this goes for every other film in this release, blacks levels are nice and deep, contrast is fantastic as grays and whites do pop! and for anyone who has watched "L'Atalante" and have only seen bad copies of the film, once you watch it on Blu-ray and see how good the film is, fans of this classic will be surprised.
While some of the films have white speckles, by no means are these a distraction. Trust me on this one, these films look very awesome on Blu-ray, especially considering the condition of the previous video versions I have seen of these films awhile back.
According to the Criterion Collection, these new high-definition digital transfers were created on a Spirit Datacine from the following elements: "À propos de Nice" and "Taris" are from 35 mm fine-grain master positives, "Zero de Conduite" is from a 35 mm fine-grain master positive and a 35 mm duplicate negative and L'Atalante from the 2001 Gaumont 35 mm restoration negative.
Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter, flicker and instability were manually removed from each film using MTI's DRS system and Pixel Farm's PFClean system, while Digital Vision's DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain and noise reduction.
"The Complete Jean Vigo" is presented in French LPCM monaural. According to the Criterion Collection, the monaural soundtracks were remastered at 24-bit from 35 mm positive and negative optical soundtracks. Clicks, thumps, hiss and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. Crackle was attenuated using AudioCube's integrated workstation.
For "À propos de Nice", a score was performed by Marc Perrone in 2001.
For the most part, each of these films feature a clear soundtrack which I detected no noticeable hiss or any problems whatsoever. Dialogue is clear for "Zero de Conduite" and also L'Atalante". Once again, this is the best I have heard from these films and fans of Jean Vigo's films should be happy with the overall soundtrack.
Subtitles are in English.
"The Complete Jean Vigo – The Criterion Collection #578" on Blu-ray comes with the following special features:
- Audio Commentary – Audio commentaries featuring Michael Temple, author of "Jean Vigo" for all four films.
- Alternate version of À propos de Nice – (21:31) An alternate version of "A propos de Nice" which Jean Vigo gave to a friend. No score for this alternate version.
- A tribute by Michel Gondry – (:45) A short animation as a tribute to Jean Vigo by Michel Gondry.
- Cinéastes de notre temps – (1:38:15) Featuring director Jacques Rozier's documentary on Jean Vigo from October 15, 1964.
- Truffaut and Rohmer on L'Atlante – (18:17) Conversation from 1968 between filmmakers François Truffaut and Eric Rohmer on "L'Atalante".
- Les voyages de "L'Atalante" – (40:03) Film restorer and historian Bernard Eisenschitz's 2001 documentary tracking the history of the various versions of the film released.
- Otar Iosseliani on Vigo – (19:57) A 2001 interview with director Otar Iosseliani who talks about how Jean Vigo influenced his work.
"The Complete Jean Vigo – The Criterion Collection #578" comes with a 46-page booklet, which includes the following essays: "Jean Vigo" by Michael Almereyda, "A Propos de Jean and Boris" by Robert Polito, "Rude Freedom" by B. Kite and "Canal Music" by Luc Sante.
With releases from the Criterion Collection, I tend to be quite grateful for the films they bring out to the US and give special treatment, but there are times when a title comes along and literally puts this big smile on my face throughout the day and just waiting and anticipating its release because I want to watch it so badly.
This is how I feel about "The Complete Jean Vigo" Blu-ray release.
And there are not many filmmakers with a short oeuvre that really catch my attention but for Jean Vigo, this is an exception. Afterall, if you love the work of Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Jim Jarmusch to name a few, these filmmakers were pretty much inspired by Jean Vigo.
Afterall, this filmmaker in the 1930's, not only went against traditional cinema with his poetic, artistic style, he also faced critical attacks from critics and theater owners because his films were not like other films of that time. You can say that Vigo's films were ahead of its time and to think that with the four films that he worked on, if he lived a long life, one can only imagine the possibilities of the types of cinema that would have been created by him.
I think Francois Truffaut was correct when he compared another French filmmaker of that same era, Jean Renoir, who was a humanist but in Truffaut's words, "Renoir's heart never bled".
Vigo was a man who drew from his painful experience and it was that drive that brought him to cinema and to create the films that he did. From "À propos de Nice" and showcasing the rich and the poor and also mocking the rich. And then getting the opportunity to film a champion swimmer in "Tardis" but caring less about creating a film about a swimmer giving instructions but to use the time wisely to learn about doing the kind of film he wanted to do, but this time in the water. While "Zero de Conduite" is Vigo's chance to let out his frustration of boarding school through the boys featured in the film.
His artistic expression with the use of reverse film, slow motion and as Truffaut had said of Vigo, the use of two major tendencies of cinema – realism and estheticism. "L'Atalante" has a theme that focuses on the journey of a couple from marriage, their difficulty of trying to adapt to each other and one having to go through love, pain, reconciliation and acceptance.
"L'Atalante" is a love story first and foremost but its efficacy lies in its realism. This is no love story that lies within the confine of the typical love story banality. These are human emotions that anyone can feel but the way its portrayed, as the word Truffaut used "estheticism", bringing art to daily life.
The inclusion of the other Vigo films in this Blu-ray release is a way to understand Jean Vigo and how it applies to "L'Atalante".
"À propos de Nice" towards society, as the character of Jean already has some contempt towards city life and that is probably why he is somewhat of an escapist, preferring to live his life in his barge instead of living in the city with his wife.
"Tardis" as a way for Vigo to reconnect with his passion of filming ala the aquatics and provides one of the most beautiful scenes in "L'Atalante" and "Zero de Conduite" as a way to showcase Vigo's rebelliousness and to ensure his drive to create anything through non-traditional means. Sensual scenes where we see both husband and wife, miles apart, dreaming of each other sexually and the way it was filmed was bold yet artistic and poetic.
It's hard to believe that the film was so ill received but at the time, no one dare try anything outside of traditional cinema. Granted, the Germans were known for their expressionist cinema but even Fritz Lang's 1927 "Metropolis" didn't do well in the box office. But you look at 1934 and romantic films were driven by romantic comedies of MGM's "The Thin Man", RKO's "The Gay Divorcee" and Columbia's "It Happened One Night" which dominated not just America but also international cinema.
"L'Atalante" was nothing like those films that year. Fast forward to 2011 and watching "L'Atalante" today and I still feel that why this film is still loved was because it is a film that was done the way that Vigo had wanted. The theaters owners and the movie studio Gaumont obviously didn't feel the same way and butchered the film (and ironically, would many decades later work to restore the film).
But the beauty of Jean Vigo's work is that he remained true to himself, to his work and died at a young age, but yet managing to give everything he had to what possibly saved him from his own destruction. Cinema provided the outlet, and Jean Vigo used it well, even though he was ill with tuberculosis, which would claim his life at the young age of 29.
"The Complete Jean Vigo" is a magnificent release. For many years, cinema fans have wanted this release for America but the only way to watch these films was the 2004 Artificial Eye European release or bad copies that existed in terrible condition.
So, watching these four films on Blu-ray and seeing how great they look in HD, I was ecstatic. And then to watch them with in-depth commentary bundled with lengthy special features and once again, the Criterion Collection has released a magnificent Blu-ray release.
Criterion Collection fans, those who are curious about this release and of course, the die-hard Jean Vigo fans, "The Complete Jean Vigo" is absolutely wonderful and is a must-buy, must-own 5-star release. Highly recommended!


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Our Daily Spread December 01, 2012 Saturday©
Guidance Today is about influence being gained and wielded (specifically by a proud, manipulative, powerful type man) verbally … in politics, in romance, and in social life generally. Some ditzy folks become powerful and power-mad, and that has a lot to do with talking (or bullshitting). In the same breath, Tarot also speaks of inspiration (the muse) that overwhelms and overloads willpower in a delightful way.
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King of Pentacles
Ten of Wands Star Fool
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Headings [So you can choose which belongs to you]
Tarot Readings: Don't Worry, Be Happy (Star + Fool)
Tarot Readings: Sexy Man in Love (Star + King of Pentacles)
Tarot Readings: The Man in Charge, the Powerful Man (King of Pentacles)
Tarot Readings: Talks Too Much (Ten of Wands + Star)
Tarot Readings: Studmuffin, Sexy Man, Charismatic Man (King of Pentacles)
Tarot Readings: Politics, Politicians, Bankster, Manipulative Dude(s) (King of Pentacles)
Tarot Readings: Don't Worry, Be Happy (Star + Fool)
*Finally he has the money to be happy and free.
*Finally, he masters his wild optimism.
*Wellsprings of the unconscious overwhelm the manipulative mind.
*The muse is speaking to and through you, overpowering your will.
*When you have had it up to here with politics "Don't worry, be happy."
Tarot Readings: Sexy Man in Love (Star + King of Pentacles)
*Oh how sexy he is, mindlessly saying sweet nothings all the time.
*He may as well just confess his love, his sexy nature overwhelms him.
*He is so charismatic, I am open to his sales pitch.
*I don't know, that extra studly dude makes my motor run!
*Having been so flamboyant, macho, and full of himself, he is instinctively crazy about her flamboyant style.
*For a while, she had a lighthearted flirtatious banter going with the leader of the pack.
*Wellsprings of the unconscious overwhelm the manipulative mind.
*The muse is speaking to and through you, overpowering your will.
*You had no idea Mr. Big was in love with you all this time.
Tarot Readings: The Man in Charge, the Powerful Man (King of Pentacles)
*It would be fun to be nobody, I'm tired of being the go-to guy.
*The leader of the place always talks to us so casually.
*Don't believe what you are told: It took me a long time to be a leader.
*You don't know what you are talking about: He is skillfully handling a very difficult situation.
*Wait forever for a VIP to talk and say nothing.
*I don't care what they say: He backs this with all his influence.
*He is always in control of a situation. I thought that was just talk.
*In a situation that has dragged on for so long, he is in control of himself: Don't believe the publicity.
*At last he is so influential he needn't worry about publicity.
*Don't care what they say about me anymore: I am finally in charge.
*Has been in power so long no one even mentions his name anymore.
*He isn't about to tell us how he furthered his grip on power.
*It goes without saying that the man in charge is overwhelmed.
Tarot Readings: Talks Too Much (Ten of Wands + Star)
*This guy talks about himself so much we don't even hear him.
*I'm sick of his whims, and he talks too much.
*It's sad how fickle the man in charge talks.
*He had no idea she would say all that.
Tarot Readings: Studmuffin, Sexy Man, Charismatic Man (King of Pentacles)
*He has been Studmuffin so long, he doesn't even know how tiresome his flattery is.
*Was told all about it but still doesn't know how manipulative he is.
*Yeah, he makes me feel good, but he is too much the flashy stud.
*I assumed it was just talk, but this guy is too much the flashy stud.
*He is a heavy hitter but doesn't know what he is talking about.
*He's worse than a politician, he doesn't even know when he's promising something.
*Coming up for a breath of fresh air after all the talk of politics.
*Happy to be free: That guy was too manipulative.
*Bankers delay without notice.
*Manipulatively drags it out, without telling you.
*It feels so good when you get your mind off depressing control freaks.
*When you have had it up to here with politics "Don't worry, be happy."
King of Pentacles
Ten of Wands Star Fool
Both Star and Fool are happy, optimistic, feeling good, are free and active.
Ten of Wands is their party pooper. It negates most of their traits. Ten of Wands is overloaded, in difficult times, overwhelmed and maybe depressed, moving slowly.
But Ten of Wands has undertaken something and is accomplishing it … straining, but getting there … whereas Star and Fool are enjoying themselves on a lark. Fool can be in Foo-land.
King of Pentacles manipulates others and gets attention with his flamboyance, so he can pick up some of the 'performance' theme of Star (getting attention). King of Pentacles is Star is enthusiasm, fancy talk (any kind of talk, really), so that is another theme it intersects King of Pentacles on. The studly guy seduces, flatters, declares his love.
So our story today is about influence being gained and wielded (specifically by a proud, manipulative, powerful type man) verbally … in politics, in romance, and in social life generally. The group Tarot readings cover bullshitting one's way to the top as well as a more legitimate politicking to power.
Another message is about how inspiration (the muse) overwhelms and overloads willpower in a delightful way. I put that first … of course.
|Ten of Wands
|King of Pentacles
Ten of Wands Doing it in one load instead of making a second trip. This is us when we are overloaded, in difficult times, overwhelmed and maybe depressed, moving slowly, but we are undertaking something and straining to accomplish it … and we will.
Star Happy, optimistic, feeling exuberant and good, feeling uninhibited and free like singing in the shower, Star is on a lark enjoying his or her own performance. This is the sales pitch, the cheerleader's performance, is pouring your guts out and declaring your love.
Fool Fool is one happy, optimistic, lighthearted heedless fellow out on a lark and in throes of enjoyment, not looking down. Fool can be in Foo-land. This Rider Waite Tarot card in Tarot Verbatim™ means free, free of, absent from, and refers to unconscious muse states, which is feeling good and unmindful of realities
King of Pentacles He can be a caricature of himself as The Italian Stallion type: The sexy studly fellow who manipulates others, gets attention with his flamboyance and 'throws his weight around' even if he isn't influential. He flatters, he seduces, he has presence and is exciting.
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Each Tarot sentence is a literal-interpretation reading of the scenes pictured on the four cards you see. Only what each of the cards says – phrase by phrase – no fillers – no psychic ability used. The readings are about you and the people around you. They are about today and the days around it. Tarot, all by itself, talks to you. This is a demonstration of that .
Tarot will address any group flexibly, as it does here of 'all the visitors.' (It can address 'all the people at work who have a say in my raise,' for instance, without you knowing who or where those people are.)
Horoscopes are group readings too.
Astrology has to be based on someone else's birth data, though, so it does not solidly apply to you just because of where the sun was when you were born. (Astrologers know this.)
Emily wants to know whether these sentences are more accurate for regular visitors than for people who have come only a few times. Would you help with a comment, if that is who you are? Please?
Without a question to focus the answer, four cards can mean contradictory things, especially when the Spread has a card that means 'no, never or not.' That negative modifier can apply to any one of the cards.
Without a question also the pronouns (you, him, her, me, us, them, they, etc.) in a group reading are more flexible, especially in some of these Rider Waite Tarot spreads. When a pronoun is in parentheses, feel very free to substitute. Notice how, as much as possible, we drop pronouns, which makes for some awkward phrasing.
The question in a 'real' individual reading supplies at least half the information! In a 'real' reading, the parties are identified (including the gender of the questioner!), and so is the time frame if there is one. In this group reading, we cannot do that, so we have variety.
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When we left Panama we had a good downwind sail to Bocas. It took us 26 hours in 20 kt winds and 10' seas. A bit rolly but all in all a good trip. We arrived at the beautiful Isla Bastimientos and stayed at the Red Frog Marina. The marina was not very expensive and was just beautiful. We had a least 4 people greet us upon arrival and everyone made us feel so welcome. This is the spot we picked to hide for the Hurricane season. We arrived July first and left at the end of October.
During our time at Bocas it rained, rained and rained some more. People told us it was the rainy season but we never experienced anything quite like the constant downpours with thunder and lightening that we experienced here. But we still managed to have lots of fun with many, many panga trips to Bocas town, lots of hiking on the island and seeing so much wildlife. On our normal daily walks we would see slouth's, two toed and three toed, white faced monkey's, some having way to much fun! Red frogs, raccoons, snakes and so many beautiful parrots.
Bocas Town is a busy but small town on Isla Colon. Lots of water taxi's, many small grocery stores and one gourmet store where you could get most anything that you might be missing from home. The people are very friendly and speak a combination of Jamaican, Spanish and English all in one sentence. We spent lots of time in Bocas Town and tried out many of their local restaurants. Some on other island's surrounding the area. Had a wonderful Sunday brunch with fellow cruisers at Cosmic Crab which is built right on the water. Did a dinghy ride around the Cayo Nancy or Isla Solarte visited another beautiful spot for snorkeling and dining at the Blue Crab. There are also quaint motels built right on the water. We didn't stay at any of them but the sure looked like they would be a lot of fun.
Discovered that if you have a medical emergency at Red Frog it will take at least two hours to get to a hospital. Not the spot to get sick but all in all everything worked out fine. Just remember to take your sheets, blankets, bottled water and anything else you might need with you.
Of course Libby loved having a dock to play on and pretty much owned the marina. She even attended Happy Hour at Cast-aways and sat at the bar for cocktails. We loved Bocas del Toro and would definitely visit again. Just next time not during rainy season.
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Hey you…hope you are doing awesome.
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Petrobras Strikes Oil Near Pampo Field, Offshore Brazil
Petrobras has completed the drilling of exploratory well 4-PM-53 in shallow waters (200 meters) offshore Brazil. Located in the post-salt area of the Campos Basin, the well has discovered a new producer area adjacent to the Pampo Field.
Drilled six kilometers away from the PPM-1 (Pampo platform), the well detected the existence of a continuous, 128-meter net pay column of 20 degree API oil in Albian calcareous rocks located in reservoirs of excellent porosity and permeability. The volume of recoverable oil has been estimated at 25 million barrels.
Due to the quality and thickness of the reservoir, it is estimated the oil well's flow will be approximately 3,000 barrels per day. This discovery opens an important exploratory front to the east of the Pampo and Bicudo concessions.
Since there is already production infrastructure installed at the site, the well will go on stream later on this year. The possibility of interconnecting it to the PPM-1 or to platform P-7, which is producing in the Bicudo field, is under analysis.
This discovery is the outcome of the exploratory strategy of intensifying work in areas that neighbor fields already in production aiming to take advantage of the capacity of the existing facilities, to reduce production costs, and to speed up the production of new volumes of oil. Petrobras intends do drill further wells in the region.
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Tiger Wings And Things ate 15 ears of corn in five minutes on Thursday morning, earning himself the first spot in Wing Bowl 23.
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The 94WIP Morning Show broadcast a halfway to Wing Bowl 23 eating contest at the Amish Market of North Wildwood on Thursday. Each of the eight contestants were given 25 ears of corn and five minutes to eat as many as they could. Simply, whoever ate the most ears, would win the first spot in January's Wing Bowl 23.


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text: Home > Sports Streaking Aces topple Texters ABS-CBN News Posted at Nov 03 2012 12:11 AM | Updated as of Nov 03 2012 08:11 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn MANILA, Philippines – Alaska Aces rode on Jayvee Casio's heroics to hammer out a stunning 94-92 win over defending champion Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the PBA Philippine Cup on Saturday. With the scores tied at 92-all, Casio escaped Kelly Williams' defense and slipped in the game winner with 2.4 seconds left in the game. Alaska's Jayvee Casio (C) while doing one of his heroics for the Aces. Alaska pulls off a 94-94 squeaker against Talk 'N Text on Friday's PBA. Photo by Mark Cristino for ABS-CBNnews.com "The game was out of hand and Jayvee single-handedly brought us back. He refused to lose and he made us look good," a delighted Alaska coach Luigi Trillo said in PBA.ph. Cyrus Baguio also nailed 16 points for Alaska's 5th straight victory in 7 games, while San Sebastian standout Calvin Abueva drained 14 points and collared 5 rebounds. But it was Casio who carried Alaska down the stretch by scoring 12 of his 25 points in the last 3 minutes. The Aces gave Talk 'N Text its 1st loss in 7 starts. "It's just one game and you can't get excited on certain things. But who wouldn't want to beat Talk n Text. We hadn't beat them since 2010 when we had Diamond Simpson as import," said Trillo. "I wasn't even diagramming. It was really Jayvee," he added. Jimmy Alapag paced the Texters with 17 points. Ranidel de Ocampo chipped in 15, while Ryan Reyes had 13. Box scores: Alaska 94 - Casio 25, Baguio 16, Abueva 14, Thoss 13, Jazul 8, Baracael 6, Hontiveros 6, Espinas 4, Reyes 2, Dela Cruz 0, Belasco 0. Talk 'N Text 92 - Alapag 17, De Ocampo 15, Reyes 13, Williams 13, Peek 11, Castro 10, Fonacier 5, Gamalinda 3, Aban 3, Carey 2. Quarters: 29-20, 52-45, 68-73, 94-92 Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: pba basketball PBA Philippine Cup talk 'n text tropang texters alaska milk aces /news/01/19/18/joma-sison-blasts-arrest-order-on-tiamzons/video/news/01/19/18/bulkang-mayon-patuloy-ang-pag-aalburoto/video/business/01/19/18/ph-shares-make-last-minute-jump-notch-weekly-gain/video/news/01/19/18/mrt-7-construction-in-qc-begins-saturday/video/news/01/19/18/biktima-ng-loan-shark-syndicate-nasagip


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do I need a voltage converter when traveling to switzerland?
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Apple's chargers and devices are all multi-voltage. So they will work quite happily on Swiss/European 230V 50Hz.
You just need a pin adaptor or this travel kit which allows you to swap your local plug for one compatible with Swiss outlets.
- Answered by David K
- Apr 22, 2014