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With a wealth of experience, gathered over 25 years and centred around the skills of the blacksmith's craft, a diverse range of work is undertaken including the reproduction and restoration of historic wrought iron, to the creation of original sculptural pieces.
I am able to work in differing styles, from traditional to contemporary, on functional or purely decorative pieces. Commissions range from small scale domestic pieces to larger architectural works. All work is handcrafted and forged using traditional skills and finished to a high standard.
With an emphasis on hot forging techniques - working at the fire with hammer and anvil - each piece receives the same care and attention to detail, craftsmanship and finish.
Work is mainly carried out in mild steel, although wrought iron, stainless steel, copper and brass are also used.
Projects can be overseen from the design stage through to installation. I can work with you either on your own initial idea, or I can produce a design to meet your requirements.
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The gallery shows a selection of pictures to illustrate the variety of work I can undertake. This includes creating original artistic and sculptural pieces, producing or repairing functional ironwork as well as undertaking historical restoration and replication work.
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Western Oregon BLM Federal Public Forestlands:
A Clearcutting Frenzy
Beginning in the 1950s, clearcutting of old-growth forest was rampant on Western Oregon BLM lands. The extremely high levels of cutting (at its peak in the late 1980s and early 1990s, over two square miles of Oregon forest was being clearcut each week) were not sustainable and were driving species toward extinction and watersheds to collapse.
High levels of logging combined with high log prices to give the O&C and CBWR counties a windfall of receipts. When the northern spotted owl hit the fan in the early 1990s, Congress stepped in with several stop-gap supposedly transition funding measures to wean the O&C and CBWR counties off the federal timber tit. These emergency stop-gap measures are getting harder to renew. These timber-addicted counties (TACs) now seek a permanant and very high level of federal funding. These counties have some of the lowest property tax rates in the nation.
To answer the question on the table of how much, if any, do the O&C (and CBWR) counties deserve to be paid by the federal government in lieu of taxes, it is important to know how much they received during the highs and lows of the clearcutting frenzy, as well as under special congressional stop-gap funding. Today, the 18 O&C (and 2 CBWR) counties are demanding $110 million annually. Had these now federal public forestlands remained in private ownership and on the counties' property tax rolls, the counties would be receiving $8 million annually (a testament to Oregon's extremely perverse property tax system!). For the details download a 2-page memorandum (with sources) that I prepared on the subject entitled Federal Payments to the O&C Counties, 1960-2012.
The O&C counties are demanding $110 million annually from the federal government as payment in lieu of taxes for the O&C lands, which were once in private ownership and on the counties' property tax rolls. By federal law, the O&C counties are due 75% of gross receipts from federal timber sales from these lands. If the federal public forestlands were still in private ownership and taxed as private timberlands, the counties would be receiving $8 million annually. See County Revenues if Western Oregon BLM lands Were Still in Private Ownership.


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How To Make A Wallet Out Of Duct Tape
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A duct tape wallet is one of the easiest crafts to do with duct tapes. So today let's look at how to make a wallet out of duct tape. For this DIY crafts project, you will need
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Closing my eyes I held my desire
In a clenched fist
Please please kiss me
I feel my lips murmer
Too far away to hear
Yet he still moves closer
Arms intertwined dancing
My hands burn
Until his lips are on mine
Confusingly consumingly good.
Clouds of moisture float
Casting shadows on a hot room
Rippling blurs of touch
Let's play with gravity.
Hot walls
Metal Railing
2 bodies awake,
3 asleep.
We roar in our silence.
We play until the morning rolls around.
Peircing green eyes remind me you are real.
Golden body.
Curled rough fingers
I remember your hand so well
Resting on my knee underwater
Your freckles so stark against me.
The depart is just a little bitter.


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Colonialism and Homosexuality
Routledge, 2003 - Всего страниц: 436
Colonialism and Homosexualityis a thorough investigation of the connections of homosexuality and imperialism from the late 1800s - the era of 'new imperialism' - until the era of decolonization. Robert Aldrich reconstructs the context of a number of liaisons, including those of famous men such as Cecil Rhodes, E.M. Forster or Andr Gide, and the historical situations which produced both the Europeans and their non-Western lovers.
Colonial lands, which in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century included most of Africa, South and Southeast Asia and the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Caribbean, provided a haven for many Europeans whose sexual inclinations did not fit neatly into the constraints of European society.
Each of the case-studies is a micro-history of a particular colonial situation, a sexual encounter, and its wider implications for cultural and political life. Students both of colonial history, and of gender and queer studies, will find this an informative read.
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There is a new litter CanineSA registered Jack Russel puppies that was born 11 February 2013
The proud parents is Oudie and Jack
There is still 2 males and 2 females available from this litter. They are now 4 weeks old and will be ready from the 25th of March to go to loving homes (can keep them till after the long weekend).
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Tension is one of the key challenges that holds us back from progressing our movement. Socially we face challenges each day that promote negative effects on our posture. We drive and we sit. In ratio day to day we are conditioned to be a rather sedentary. Our body wants to move, however that desire can be hidden in the layers of pain caused by tension or adhesion in our Myofascial. The inflammation or pain found in our soft tissue. With a little time each day and the proper techniques and sequence, you can begin to relieve yourself of the tension. Move better, stand taller and relieve pressure.
Come join Morgan Kate for this 90 minute extensive and focus workshop on how you can start regaining your mobility with Myofascial Release. This hands on approach will empower you to aid in your bodies recovery. You will learn how to apply release techniques that can relieve pain and improve your movement. This is not a learn to foam roll session, it it quite the opposite. You will learn how to properly pin and apply pressure to key areas in the body that habitually effect most people. We will execute different surface pressure to provide you with the most beneficial release for you body and it unique needs. You will leave understand how your body moves and why it carries tension. You will be more mindful of your body and it's movement.
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- Daily Function of Piriformis, Gluteus Maximum and Medius, IT Band, Adductors, Rectus Femoris, Pectoralis Major, Serratus Anterior, Levator, Rhomboids and Latissimus Dorsi.
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Each participant will receive a lacrosse ball and PVC pipe to apply the practice at home.
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DETROIT. Like all leaders, I have participated in neverending staff meetings that wasted everyone's time. I am also guilty of leading some useless meetings. Occasionally I find myself in a meeting that actually saves time and accomplishes much.
No matter what industry you are working in – business, sports, education, entertainment, government, church – here are four essentials for making your staff meetings more effective and more efficient, or better and shorter.
1. FOCUS. Before the days of film-less auto-focus smartphone cameras, I had a Nikon FM. (I miss real cameras, and real film.) I remember looking through my viewfinder at a blurry subject, then with a deliberate twist of the lens, my subject would snap into focus and the perfect picture would be captured. The staff meeting is a time to eliminate the blur and refocus the team on the mission, values, and culture. The leader's task is to keep everyone focused on the right subject, and to frame the picture by eliminating background distractions.
2. UPGRADE. I am writing this blog from the Detroit airport. In two hours I will board my Manila flight. Long international flights are more productive and enjoyable when I am able to get a mileage upgrade from coach to business class. Like long flights, weekly staff meetings are more productive and enjoyable when the goal is to upgrade not just to update. When in Nashville, I led a Tuesday 59-minute local church staff meeting that is divided into three 20-minute parts: prayer, update, upgrade. After quick "popcorn" updates from each major department, we then try to upgrade what is sub-par, what is average, and what is excellent. Updates are about what we are doing. Upgrades are about how to do it better. Use your staff meeting to upgrade, not just to update.
3. SIMPLIFY. I read an interesting article about simplicity in the Wall Street Journal this morning. Here's the opening sentence: From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, simplicity is the new watchword. Books with titles like "Simple: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity" and "The Laws of Simplicity" are must reading in boardrooms. Companies aim for the elegance of Apple's design and Google's search box. Then there's Obamacare. As I read this I wanted to add, then there's the church staff meeting. Simplification is not a simple task. It requires time and effort. But it is worth every minute. Jesus was the master of simplification. He made complicated spiritual truths so simple that a child could understand. And He had a simple organizational structure based on relational discipleship. Wise leaders use the staff meeting to simplify the complicated.
4. COMMUNICATE. Once we have focused, upgraded, and simplified, we now must communicate. It accomplishes little if we have a great meeting and fail to communicate when the meeting is over. Even if your organization has a communications department, as the leader you are the CCO, the Chief Communications Officer.
Staff meetings do not have to be a necessary evil or a waste of time. They can be productive if we use them to focus, upgrade, simplify, and communicate.


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Hello. I cant think of a way for anyone to understand this. Everyone makes mistakes but the mistake I made that led to this fundraising is also the mistake of those that put me in this place. The government passed a bad law in my state. On top of the traffic tickets we get points added to our drivers license which in turn suspends the license once it reaches certain points accumulation. Expensive surcharges have to be paid in order to restore the license. I paid the traffic tickets but unfortunately the government failed to make me aware of this law and they never notified me by mail. I was never made aware of this by any means in the courts or law enforcement agencies. This lack of responsiblity by the government lead to more surcharges becaues I ended up driving with a suspended license without me knowing it. The amount of money I want to raise will cover this whole mess. Unfortunately I dont have such amount all at once due to unpredictable economic conditions. Knowing the government is now profiting more with this kind of law, I know I will be more vigilant in making sure I never get a traffic ticket just to be on the safer side. Please help, I no longer wish to deal with these kinds of troubles and I've never gotten into any trouble except with this kind of problem.
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Medals, Scars & Politics
It was a cold, miserable German morning in March 2011 and I hadn't slept much the previous night. None of us had really, as we'd been filling ourselves with endless amounts of cold beer, not knowing when or if we'd ever have another. We trudged across camp toward the parade square carrying all of the possessions we would need for the next 7 months, where the coaches would meet to take us to our designated flights. It was the day we'd all been waiting for. The day we had trained arduously for almost 2 years; the defining moments of our careers and lives. We were going to war!
Touchdown Afghanistan! We were there, finally in theatre with adrenaline pumping through our veins as we disembarked on to the runway at Camp Bastion. All that would keep us alive now was our wits, training, luck and our brothers in arms. After checking in and completing the mandatory procedures for all those arriving in theatre, I flew out to my checkpoint (CP), with one of my closest friends and colleagues. We were met off the helicopter and given a brief tour of the CP before being shown our sleeping quarters and given orders for the next days patrols, our first of the tour.
What I thought would be a relatively straightforward reassurance patrol of the local area turned out to be anything but. We were going out looking for a fight and the Islamic extremists were more than happy to oblige. British superiority in terms of training and fire-power won out this time, with a huge helping dose of mortar fire. This was day one and we still had 7 months to go. It was going to be a rough one for myself and my colleagues. Fire-fights, grenade attacks, improvised explosive devices were just some of the threats which I, and colleagues, would possibly face on a daily basis; and would continue to face over the coming months. It takes its toll on a persons frame of mind, that I can assure you of. Constantly on edge, constantly looking for where the next attack may come from tends to fray ones temper and plays with your logic and senses.
Seven months ticked by though, and it was time head home to families and friends, safe with the knowledge that our last will and testaments would not have to be acted upon. At 22 years old, writing your last will and testament is truly life altering. Some were only 18, prepared to lay down their lives for Queen and country. Most at that age are enjoying themselves without a care in the world. My regiment were all thankfully alive, but we would never be the same again. Some physically, others mentally or both. The vast majority of us had gone to war as boys and returned as men, our outlook on life changed for evermore.
For months afterwards I carried on as normal, unaware of what turmoil lay ahead. Little did I know at the time, but I too was suffering mentally. It's like cancer, you never think it's going to affect you until it's too late, and at that stage you either sink or swim. I sank, and I sank with disastrous effect. Over the coming weeks I capitulated in the same way that many others do. I wouldn't admit it to anybody. I wouldn't even admit it to myself. I didn't think anything was wrong at all. A litre or more of rum per night said differently though and it wasn't long until I had begun skipping work. Either because I was too drunk to care or because I just didn't care at all. I hated myself, and the only source of comfort I had was at the bottom of a bottle. The booze made me feel good again, it made me forget. Yet I was slowly killing myself. I was actively doing to myself what the enemy had tried and failed so hard to achieve. This lasted for months until I broke.
I was driving back to Germany having been on leave and got to around Luton where I had an overwhelming and sudden urge to pull over. Upon pulling into a service station, I sat and cried, and cried, and cried for two straight hours. I was a total mess. A shadow of the man that returned from war only months earlier. It was now abundantly clear that I needed help. But how? From what and from who? The army wasn't the answer as it had and still does have an outdated attitude toward mental health issues at regimental level. Why I'll never know, but I turned around and drove home to see my own civilian GP. The service was outstanding and I was immediately signed off of work and told to remain at home due to a diagnosis of major depression. My civilian GP proceeded to liaise with the military and arranged a consultation with a military doctor. Upon attending this appointment, I was diagnosed again with major depression with an added adjustment disorder, a form of PTSD. This I was told was caused by the brain not readjusting to normal life after Afghanistan. Subconsciously my brain wanted to be in a war zone. It also went a long way to explaining why I drank in an attempt to blot out normal daily life. These sessions with counsellors and psychiatrists continued for 6 months until I was ordered back to my regiment in Germany. It was at this point the army drastically failed me. Due to the illnesses I had been diagnosed with the army were meant to slowly reintroduce me back into regimental life so as not to trigger and cause a relapse. They did not follow their own protocol and ordered me back immediately.
On arrival back in Germany, my Battery Commander welcomed me back with a serious talking to, plenty of choice words and by calling me a liar and an embarrassment not fit to wear the uniform. Bear in mind that my Battery Commander had never stepped foot inside of Afghanistan! With such ill-feeling toward me, being thrown back in at the deep end and the general animosity from commissioned officers, I quickly became a recluse and relapsed. I hit the bottle again to make life bearable. All treatment I had been receiving in the UK had been inexplicably halted now I was back in Germany. I was alone, without anybody which I felt that I could turn to, and slipping further by the day. Eventually my Battery Sergeant Major realised that I was seriously ill and in need of extensive medical help so made arrangements for me to restart my treatment. It was pretty futile in all honesty as I was so far gone; that the only thing on my mind was how to end it. I had it all planned, right down to the fine detail of how to end my life. I didn't feel anything any more. Not happiness, not sadness. Not even affection or love for my family and friends. I was emotionally dead, so why not be physically dead too was my justification. My counsellor noticed I was on the edge, maybe even past it, so had no choice but to take the decision to admit me to a psychiatric hospital specialising in military mental health issues. I spent 6 weeks in that hospital under 24 hour supervision, being fed pills which to this day, I still have no idea what they were for. Countless hours of therapy sessions passed and I was deemed mentally fit enough to be discharged back to my regiment. This time they continued with my treatment and did so until my eventual discharge from the army. They did this due to frequent relapses into sever depression brought on by the PTSD and adjustment disorder.
Back on 'civvy street' I was on my own, bar my family and close friends. No help at all from the army or from the government with my continued ill health. It suddenly dawned on me that all I had been for my entire adult life to date, was a number. I wasn't a human being in the eyes of the army and government, I was 8 digits to be used at the will of politicians. All for the sake of forging some sort of legacy for themselves. Pretty twisted I know! So much for the Military Covenant the Conservatives promised to uphold in 2010. They very quickly reneged on that. What could I do though? I was just one man who wanted change. It turned out that I wasn't alone and an old friend and colleague pointed me towards politics. Towards the same group of people I felt so much disgust for. That was, until I found UKIP. The first thing I did was read UKIP defence policy. I was sold. It just so happened that I agreed with wider UKIP policy too.
As the months and years went gone by, I found myself becoming more and more involved with UKIP and I was appointed County Chairman for the youth wing of UKIP, Young Independence. This really cemented my involvement in the party, in Young Independence and in politics. I felt for the first time in years that I was actually able to achieve something of note; that what I was doing would actually help people. As I sit here now as the recently elected Regional Chairman for Young Independence North East, I know that what UKIP is doing is making lives better. Not just for veterans such as myself, but for all walks of life regardless of background, race, religion or sexual orientation.
For veterans though, we are saying that you will have a job to go to upon leaving the armed forces, that 8 veterans' hostels will be built to house homeless veterans. Each of these with 200 rooms available, alongside 500 purposely built, affordable rent homes, every year for ex-forces personnel. UKIP will also create a 'Boots to Business' scheme which will channel loans, grants and access to free professional advice and mentors to veterans who wish to set up and own their own businesses after leaving the forces. As Britain is the only major country in Europe that does not have a dedicated military hospital, we will build one. It will provide specialist physical and mental health services and provide accommodation for 150 relatives or friends on site.
If like me, you have been abandoned by this and previous governments, and you want to see a well funded, well equipped, Army, Navy and Royal Air Force, you will get behind UKIP.
If like me, you want our service personnel and veterans to receive the help and support they need and deserve, you will back UKIP at all opportunities to ensure that our armed forces and veterans are not just left with medals and scars!
Lee Harris
Young Independence North East


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About Me
My name is Freddie and PhD student at the University of Leicester. Leicester was where I did my undergraduate degree in physics and I'm now working here as a postgraduate researcher in the condensed matter theory department. My topic of reasearch is Near Surface Dopants in Semiconductors and involves, surprisingly enough, the simulation of semiconductor surfaces and dopants in order to better understand the physics of small scale systems.
I'm an avid gamer, playing both console/computer games and dice/card/board games. When it comes to console gaming I'm with Sony all the way, having owned all 3 iterations of the PlayStation line. I have nothing against the Xbox, I've just never had any desire to stray away from the PS camp. Some of my favourite games include:
- Batman: Arkham Asylum/City
- All the God of War games
- Saints Row
- Red Dead Redemption
- Marvel ultimate Alliance 1 and 2
- Skyrim
- The Rock Band/Guitar Hero games
For PC gaming I'm much more into FPSs and RTSs and recently MMOs.
- Team Fortress 2
- Half Life 2, 2.1 and 2.2
- Portal 1 and 2
- Champions Online
- DC Universe Online
- Dawn of War 1 and 2
- Star Wars: Empire at War
You can find my various online profiles here if you want to add me.
When it comes to comics I only really read stuff from DC or Marvel [1]. I have favourite writers: Jonathan Hickman, Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, Alex Ross; favourite artists, Alex Ross, Esad Ribic, Jim Lee, Jerome Opeña, Olivier Coipel; favourite series, Secret warriors, Marvel-X, Justice, Green Lantern, and more of each that I won't bother listing here.
Hopefully all of my interests and hobbies will feature on this blog to some extent.
- the only real consistent exception is Invincible published by Image Comics.↩


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Men's Ministry
Our church's plan for discipleship is focused around the Elders equipping the heads of households to disciple their households. We do this equipping primarily through monthly Men's Meetings. Men's meetings cover topics related to being followers of Christ, husbands, fathers, and theologians-in-residence.
As this is one of our primary means of equipping besides Sunday worship, we strongly encourage all men to attend, unless providentially hindered, regardless of the topic. This is not an optional meeting for you if you like the topic -- it is a time of equipping, sharpening, covenant fellowship, and an opportunity to pray for your brothers. Check the church calendar for the next Men's Meeting date.
As part of our effort to inspire the next generation of godly manhod, we have an annual Men/Future Men Campout. We also sponsor an active Trail Life USA troop.
For the women who are the heads of their households, we do not include them in the Men's Meetings. Instead the Elders meet with them individually and make sure they receive at least the same level of equipping as the men.


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Mark Bell - Life's Frequency Operator/
I met Mark Bell through my DJ partner, Huggy, in the early 90s. He was quiet, thoughtful and serious. These were uncommon traits for the people I was meeting from the emerging electronic music scene in Yorkshire at that time. Mark made an impression by not remotely trying to make one. The news of his death (October 2014) struck a unified chord of disbelief among our local scene that shared a worldwide resonance. He had a huge impact on people, the scale of which only seemed to become apparent after he was gone. It felt like we had all known Mark's records individually but no one had really stepped back to see how big the body of work really was. I have read most of the features available online at the time of writing and recommend this excellent piece in the Guardian by Jim Poe that lists 10 of Mark's definitive works. It shows the incredible diversity of the productions and the calibre of artists he produced for; Bjork, Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Deltron 3030 and his own LFO project. There are good pieces about Mark out there already but I wanted to share my own personal experiences of him. I also decided to give something back to the people who collected his music - a track called 'Mash' that Mark produced with Huggy for 2020Vision (which you can find below.) Up to this point no one knew Mark was behind 'Mash' as he was already in a recording contract with Warp records, that he had the ultimate respect for, so he asked not to be credited on the record. I feel it is a fitting time to give this track back and I am sure Warp would agree.
Mark was best known for his work with Bjork, which comprised of seven albums spanning fourteen years but it was his work with Gez Varley under the LFO name that he first came to everyone's attention. LFO pioneered the 'Bleep' sound along with Nightmares on Wax, Sweet Exorcist and on Warp Records. Along with Ital Rockers and Unique Three, who did not release on Warp but were instrumental in the scene.
It is a lesser known fact that there was originally a third member of LFO called Martin Williams and it was Martin who I first met from the group. I have no idea what happened and it's not my intention to pry, so I don't know why Martin left LFO in 1990 but he was an active member when I visited his studio in 1989. The strange thing is that I have absolutely no memory of how I met Martin or ended up getting such a prestigious invitation to his workspace. But I think the connection must have come from Drew Hemment who was the resident DJ at The Twilight Zone, which was an after-hours 'Blues' club on Francis Street in Chapletown that I used to frequent when I first arrived in Leeds. He is another very interesting character that you should check out but I will transgress too far if I go into any more detail at this stage about him. I will only briefly add that I met Drew because of his appearance. He wore huge baggy black trousers, brothel creepers and had his head totally shaved apart from a lock of hair at the front which he had twisted into a bleached blond question mark like Tintin. As soon as I saw him walk past me going into the Union building I had to stop and talk to him.
Anyway I ended up back at Martin Williams studio and he had a DAT machine, which at the time, was the state of the art way to record final mixes onto Digital Audio Tape. Now I never quite understood how tape could be digital but that is a sure fire way to go off on another tangent. Anyway, in that DAT machine he had the tape of LFO - LFO, which he played me. It was still early days for me and techno music as I had come into the scene via punk, live bands and more recently hip hop. But there was just no escaping the sound I was hearing. I clearly remember Martin laugh as he watched my face show utter disbelief. It wasn't that I had never heard anything like it before as I had already been listening to Drew drop Unique 3 - 'The Theme' every week at The Twilight Zone and I was familiar with Derrick May's work from Detroit (I think LFO - LFO comes somewhere in between those two sounds) but STILL it was just a jaw dropping piece of music.
The next time I heard the track was off the same DAT at the Astoria. I know the track eventually took the name 'Leeds Warehouse Mix' but I am pretty sure it was busted at The Astoria first. The Astoria was a club on Roundhay Road in Harehills, originally opened in 1929 as a Palais-de-danse. It lasted until 1992 when it was first turned into Amrik's Electrical store then demolished and turned into flats. It had high ceilings and felt a little like our very own Hacienda, even though it was nowhere near as busy. The buzz on the track was just insane, people reacted to it in the same way everywhere. The bass rattled windows and shook the doors in their frames. In case you didn't know LFO stands for Low Frequency Oscillation and there couldn't have been a more fitting name for the track. Incidently, I first met Huggy outside the Astoria.
"Where you from man ?" Huggy asked.
"London", I said.
"Ah cool man, have you been to those Orbital raves?"
In discussing this piece and Mark's passing with Huggy he remembered being at that exact same night that LFO was dropped at The Astoria off DAT and the effect it had on him. He went on to work with Mark on two tracks. The first was Hoth - 'System 1' and the second was on the track 'Mash', I mentioned earlier.
I was indeed from London and at that stage I was still returning back there a lot. The summer of 1990 was the time 'Bleep' really hit London. The rave scene had got big by now and I visited 'Mash' on Oxford Street to buy my first pair of dungarees, kickers and pick up the flyers that littered the exit shelves. They colourfully urged me to go to raves with names like Energy, Biology, Sunrise or World Dance, all boasting 20K Turbo sound and the biggest DJs, usually Judge Jules, Kid Batchelor, Evil Eddie Richards, Paul Trouble Anderson, Carl Cox and Trevor Fung. On the airwaves were two pirate radio stations named Sunrise and Dance FM and those stations played the sound of Yorkshire 'Bleep' records. The favourite tracks of the summer were Forgemasters - 'Track with no Name' and 'LFO'. At home I'd hang out with my brother and drive around in my Mini Metro. If you had a tinny car stereo, as I did, you could only really hear the hi hats and the presenter telling you to 'feel the bass'. Well, we couldn't even hear the bass but it was still great and we played it as loud as we could.
LFO hit the main UK charts making it to number 12 that summer. I remember Steve Wright, who at the time was the hot shot Radio One DJ, totally slagging it off. He had to play it because it was playlisted but he couldn't resist telling the world how much he hated it. You know you're on to something when you provoke that kind of reaction from the mainstream but still end up in their charts.
I must confess that I didn't pay the first LFO album - 'Frequencies' much attention at the time. Mainly because I was only buying 12s to DJ and album cuts were annoyingly quiet in volume in comparison. So I listened to it again while writing this piece and once again was totally blown away. It is STARTLING good, even over 20 years down the line. Standout tracks to pick up on again are 'Nurture', 'Freeze' and 'Love is The Message'. I then listened to 1996's 'Advance' and then finally 2003's 'Sheath'. All the time checking back on my player to find out the name of a track I'd overlooked. Bell and Varley's knowledge and use of sounds is just staggering.
After Gez departed the band LFO output dropped as Mark begun his career as the man behind the songs rather than the artist himself. He obviously had a special relationship with Bjork and was instrumental in helping to develop her sound and keep it exciting. So much so that he was noticed by the princes of synth pop Depeche Mode and asked to produce their 'Exciter' album. The record put the band back on the map and was also commercially successful. 'Dream On' and 'I Feel Loved' crossed back into the same underground clubs LFO once inhabited with superb remixes.
The week after the announcement of Mark's death happened to be a back to basics party at The Wire club in Leeds. All week I had seen the reaction to Mark's passing mount and I started to feel less alone in my own sombre reflections. People from all over the word cared about this unassuming lad from Lofthouse, just outside Leeds. The only thing I knew about my set that night was that I needed to start, right from the off, with LFO - LFO and take it from there. So that's exactly what I did. The night was dedicated to Mark and it was a pleasure to see old faces that knew Mark personally or were there at the beginning mix on the dancefloor with fresh new faces who still knew every section of the record. Just as that record has surpassed a generation of clubbers, Mark Bell's work will surpass for years to come. I am proud to have just one moment from him on my label 2020Vision, even though nobody knew except us until now. And here I give it to you to keep as a memento of a truly great artist, producer and person.


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Don't let the number of candles fool you,
my Grandpa is 85 today.
Over Labor Day weekend we threw two birthday celebrations for him and he got another today. When you turn 85 you should have more than one birthday party!
On Labor Day afternoon we banished him to the back bedroom while we decorated the house in train theme.
The table was decorated with little train car gifts (loaded down with Grandpa's favorite type of cargo).
|{Aunt Laura added red eyes to her train to give it personality and I kept poking fun that it was a monster train...for the picture I placed a little animal cracker in its grate to be devoured}
We had a brownie train car decorating contest judged by Grandpa.
and the winner was.....
|{Debbie's square wheeled train from the Island of Misfit Toys, Mom's palatial car, and Stephen's alien usurped car}
We formed a line behind Grandpa as he followed a string "railway" around the house leading him to presents and cards decorated as train cars.
Then we shared a most scrumptious lunch, cheered on as Grandpa opened more gifts, and donned our bandanas to see this film.
He reported that this was one of the best birthdays he's ever had. We're happy to have shared it with you Grandpa!


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RoadRunner Red Friday
If it's Friday, it must be a red day!
The Roadrunner Red Friday initiative is our community-building initiative aimed at bringing all Roadrunners, regardless of location, together every week. That's why (as promised at the Faculty Staff Holiday Party in December 2016) we will be handing out free Roadrunner Red gear.
Here are the full details:
- New, free Roadrunner Red gear
- Full-time faculty, staff and student employees
- When: Monday Feb. 13 through Friday Feb. 17
- Time: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
- Location: Pick up at SSB 430
- Available until stock runs out; come early for the size you need
- You must have your ID to pick up gear
Remember to wear red this and every Friday to show your Roadrunner pride!
p.s. Be sure to capture yourself, your family and friends, or your coworkers and students wearing #RoadrunnerRed and share photos using hashtag #RoadrunnerRed on Facebook and Instagram.


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Professionalism Breeds Confidence
Since 1984, the Florida Association of Building Inspectors, Inc. has promoted professionalism in the industry through qualifying their members to assure the public's confidence. Applicants to FABI must pass a thorough written examination, have their inspection report reviewed, and show proof of a required number of inspections in order to qualify for membership. They must also adhere to FABI's Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics and earn continuing education credits by attending regular conferences to maintain their membership and keep their proficiency current.
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Meet Martha
Notes to Martha
School Visits
Latest News
Why did Martha dedicate Effie
to reporters everywhere?
Before Martha started writing children's books, she was a reporter. She still believes it is the greatest job ever. You get to ask nosy questions till after a while you actually know something useful! Even more important, reporters tell us the people what's really going on in government and business. This is especially important in a democracy where the people are supposed to be in charge. Reporters rock! Thanks for doing what you do.
More Secrets About Martha
This is not the actual coyote that dognapped Max. It is his stunt double.
Martha's dachshund Max was once kidnapped by a coyote and escaped.
Martha doesn't know anyone named Mrs.Wow, but while she was working on
Mrs. Wow Never Wanted a Cow,
her daughter Rosa was attending summer camp at Hameau Farm in Belleville, Pennsylvania, a working dairy farm run by a wonderful woman named Audrey Gay Rodgers.
Who Stole Uncle Sam?
is dedicated to the State College American All Stars of 2007. Martha's son, Ethan, played on this team, and Martha spent so many hours watching baseball that summer, she figured she'd better call it research and put baseball into a book.
Martha has not owned a working television in 30 years.
Martha was almost done writing
Who Stole Halloween?
when she realized you couldn't really have a story about Halloween that didn't have a haunted house in it, so she rewrote the whole book.
Martha keeps a chocolate bar next to her bed at all times.
Now a runner for fun, Martha hated running as a student and was the slowest one at Glenoaks Elementary School. She is still slow.
One of Martha's three talents is making a piecrust. If you want to see her in action, watch the video below.


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I've recently been going through a series of interviews with a whole host of marketing agencies. The first question they tend to ask me is 'So, you did a degree in Archaeology.." and after a minute of explaining that I don't dig up dinosaurs the conversation moves on in a more serious discussion about skills and experiences. While I'm talking though the thought playing at the back of my mind is -hell, is that really all my degree has become? A conversation starter?
So does a non-marketing degree still have any relevance in the marketing industry?
I graduated in 2009 with a degree in Archaeology and History. Although my knowledge of micromorphology and England's medieval economy hasn't come in any direct use (yet), I've come to realise that there are those magical things which come out of your degree….transferable skills.
Yes, that awful phrase does actually count for something, even if it's indirectly help in the long term. If I was going to speak to undergrads today I'd say that humanities graduates actually have a great skill set for doing marketing. We're great at doing research, analysing large quantities of information, presenting it, writing and thinking about things from a whole series of different angles. So, those skills which helped you write that essay on historiography do actually have an application when it comes to writing a marketing plan, or building a campaign.
But if you really want to get into the world of digital, there's one fantastic piece of news…
There's no one formal route into the industry. You can do a lot to help yourself, but ultimately there isn't a set course, of X years of study which is going to get you into a marketing job. Showing a passion and having experience are the two things which count. With skills based interviews being the way forwards having those times when you ran a successful campaign, or tracked a mailshot etc are crucial for showing an employer you can do the job.
Gaining experience on the side and using those wonderful transferable skills should definitely put you in good stead for once you graduate. The best bit with learning about marketing is that as it's all online you can do it whenever you want, and, you don't have to spend much money doing it.
The golden rule is experiment! Do something, hell do anything where you can see results. What works, what doesn't? What could be improved? Set up a test website or campaign, play around with it, experiment! Even if it's abject failure you will have learnt something from it.
So, when it comes to gaining that experience here's my advice:
Find the skills you're good at:
When it comes to digital there are a huge number of areas when you can choose to specialise. You might decide you want to keep it general, but at least by exploring the different options you'll know what does and doesn't work for you. Some even general marketing jobs tend to have an emphasis on a couple of certain areas, so a marketing assistant job might focus 80% of their time on email, 10% on reporting and 10% social. If you hate email, then it's best you know beforehand you end up signing your life away in an unfulfilling marketing role.
The core areas of digital which you should explore are:
Email marketing
Website Design and Development
Graphic Design
Video marketing
Get experienced in social
Just because you're on Facebook doesn't give you social media experience. I've touched on this before, but if you use Twitter, and *love all things* social, does not give you experience - only enthusiasm.
Set up your own page, learn about Insights, advertising options, and how to craft content as a provider not a consumer. Look at the differences between B2B and B2C markets, and keep a track of how things like Edgerank are changing the social landscape.
Build a website
Have a stab at building one. Seriously, it's good fun and a great learning curve. If you want to make a site for yourself to act as a portfolio then that can work well. From playing with fonts, transferring domain names or editing the HTML, they're all good skills which any digital marketer needs to know. You probably won't be the one building the sites for clients, but understanding the ins and outs when talking to the technical team means you can understand one another more easily.
If it's coming up to graduation and your serious about working for a company then start making in-roads. Follow them on Twitter to see what they get up to. Find the key figures who do the hiring and firing on LinkedIn. Just knowing the general landscape of the marketing industry, who to work for and who to avoid can save you a lot of hassle in the long run.
If you can, actually get away from the computer and network with people face to face. Whether they're business networking events, or friendly socials, it's great to meet people face-to-face, and if your much more likely to be remembered if a job or opportunity comes up in the future (assuming you make a good impression that is).
Find a niche
Quite self-explanatory but finding a niche area of marketing will keep you interested when things seem dull. There are plenty of topics out there whether its marketing for hotels, fitness or luxury cars to name a few, you can find something that appeals.
The specialist knowledge you can in that field might not be entirely relevant to the job you end up doing, but there is always ideas and practices that can be translated from one sector or marketing to another.
So what happens if your degree gets nothing more than a mention in an interview? Actually it doesn't really matter. What matters is that it's given me the skills, albeit indirectly at times, that massively help towards gaining experience, which in turn has helped in all areas of my life, not just my career.
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We're are very excited to share with you our Save the Date flyer. This flyer officially announces our theme this year, "In the Heart of SOMA Pilipinas." Feel free to pick up a few flyers at your local Filipino business and share with your friends.
San Francisco supervisors recently approved to make a Filipino Heritage District in the city's South of Market neighborhood. The newly named Filipinotown will span from 2nd Street to 11th Street, between Market Street and Brannan Street.
Pistahan has been hosted at the Yerba Buena Gardens for the last 23 years. We've called this area home for the last two decades and to have the city of San Francisco to officially recognize our home is a huge honor as we continue to pay homage to the Manongs and Manangs that lived in that neighborhood in years past.


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Theology 8
The students in grade eight do an extensive study of the 10 commandments. Students will discuss and examine various ways to live their lives with the principle of a consistent life ethic. Theological and cardinal virtues, the beatitudes, corporal and spiritual works of mercy are explored alongside the commandments, enabling students to find true happiness and be a living presence of God in our world today. Students will study the Catholic Church in history, exploring the origins and purpose of the Church. The mission and meaning of the mystery of the Church will be examined throughout the various centuries and in the modern world. Theology of the Body is an additional subject that the grade eight students study. The students will come to realize that God, who is love, created them out of love and calls them to love. Simply put, the chaste body is a means to understanding the very meaning of our lives.
In addition to the formal curriculum, students will look closely at the scripture readings for the upcoming Sunday liturgy and analyze them from an historical, cultural, social justice, and spiritual context. Lastly, students explore various types of prayer in chapel exercises and during Eucharistic adoration.


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Futuristic architecture was an art movement of the early twentieth century who rejected the traditional aesthetics and tried to glorify contemporary life, based on two key issues: the machine and motion. Its purpose was to awaken the world of cultural apathy that was sunk from the late eighteenth century, attacked the museums and academies, the worship of ancient art and all the other times.
Futurism called for the establishment of a new artistic concept based on speed, they understood as a fundamental feature of modern life.
The members of the Futurist Movement in architecture had a utopian project, supported by the New Town, where the measure would not be given for the building, but the urban structure, relying on the new architectural typologies, such as train stations and airports, power electrical, tiered houses with elevators. They thought a new vertical and mechanical world, which would be connected through networks of iron and glass elevators.
Characteristics of Futurist architecture:
1 .- Futuristic Architecture is the architecture of calculation, of reckless daring and simplicity, the architecture of reinforced concrete, iron, glass,cardboard, textile fiber and all substitutes for wood, stone and brick, allowing maximum flexibility and lightness.
2 .- The oblique lines and elliptic lines are dynamic, which by their very nature have an expressive power a thousand times higher than the horizontal and perpendicular.
3 .- The decoration, as something superimposed on architecture is absurd, and only use the original provision and the raw materialor seen or violently colored depends the decorative value of Futurist architecture.
4 .- As the ancients drew inspiration for his art, the elements of nature, Futurist architecture must find that inspiration in the elements of brand new mechanical world was created.
5 .- The distributed architecture and art forms of the building saccording to criteria is finished.
6 .- Architecture must understand the effort to harmonize with freedom and great audacity environment and man, that is, make the world of things in a direct projection of the spirit world.
7 .- The fundamental characteristics of Futurist architecture willlapse and transience. The houses will last less than us. Each generation should be made from their city. This constant renewal of the built environment contribute to the victory of Futurism which already imposes the words freedom, plastic dynamism, music without quadrature and the art of noise, and we fought relentlessly against the cowardly extension of the past .
Representatives of Futurist Architecture:
Antonio Sant'Elia, Cesar Pelli, Santiago Calatrava, Archigram, Louis Armet, Welton Becket, Arthur Erickson, Future Systems, Zaha Hadid, John Lautner, Oscar Niemeyer among others.
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Stunned by Bernie Madoff? There's plenty like him in the long history of Wall Street.
This is one in a long string of scams. These scams are an integral part of the history of Wall Street, but are particularly prevalent during periods of great bull markets.
One of the most famous and widely talked about scandals was the case of Richard Whitney, the President of the New York Stock Exchange from 1930-1935, who was widely hailed as a Titan of Wall Street during the Depression but was sent to Sing Sing Prison in 1938 for embezzlement!
Whitney ran a successful bond brokerage firm in the mid-1910s, becoming a Vice President of the NYSE a few years later.
What was not known, as Whitney climbed to the top of the financial elite of New York, was that he was involved with all sorts of speculative investments and was racking up big losses even when he was the NYSE President. He successfully concealed these losses by borrowing heavily to cover the losses, then turned to embezzlement, even going so far as to steal funds from the NYSE Gratuity Fund and the New York Yacht Club (he was the Treasurer!)
He was caught only after he retired from the NYSE, when the comptroller of the NYSE exposed him. He declared bankruptcy, pled guilty, and went to Sing Sing prison for three years, where he was released in 1941. He lived quietly until he died in 1974.
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We are delighted to announce that today Abigail Coghill-Smith (nee Barber) has returned to work after a short period of maternity leave.
We welcome her back to full-time practice.
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How to Evict a Tenant Without a Rental Agreement
In some locations, however, it may take 30 days or more for an eviction to occur.
An Eviction Can Occur Without Reason
The one benefit that a landlord has with an at will tenant is that in nearly every circumstance, a specific reason for the eviction does not have to be given. A rental agreement is a business contract, which means if a tenant doesn't have one, there aren't all of the specific guidelines that both parties must follow in a lease. A 7 day notice may be sufficient, but a 30 day notice is usually the best practice as it eliminates the possibility of a discrimination or illegal activity argument coming against you in court to delay the process.
The one area where many landlords fail with this type of eviction is that they have accepted rent from an at will tenant and then send a Notice to Quit on the tenant before the end of the paid rental period. If a tenant pays for the month of August, a Notice to Quit cannot be valid until at least September 1st. With a 30 day notice, you would need to serve the tenant around August 1st in order for a successful legal eviction.
If a notice is given for an eviction that occurs within a period for which you've already accepted payment, you will be forced to begin the eviction process from the beginning if the tenant challenges the process. You may also be required to compensate the tenant for lost rent as a landlord is not entitled to rental compensation when a unit is not occupied.
A Notice to Quit Must Clearly Convey Tenant Rights
The other error that is commonly found in this specific situation is that the Notice to Quit does not contain any advisement of what a tenant's rights happen to be in this situation. Even a tenant without a rental agreement has the right to contest an eviction in court. If a landlord does not spell out the local laws that allow this in the notice that has been served, it can be successfully contested by the tenant and could cost a landlord the legal fees and costs of a tenant in addition to needing to start the eviction process over from the beginning.
Even if a tenant has an oral agreement for a lease, the law says that this tenant has an at will status until an actual document is signed. Section 8 housing falls into this category as well if the building falls into foreclosure.
By following the regular eviction process, you'll be able to successfully evict a tenant without a lease and not prolong the process. Make sure to follow these steps because otherwise you may just find yourself having to start over.
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Check out our offers page for Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is a fashionable vacation town on the south coast of Gran Canaria. This renowned resort is situated just across from North Africa and not surprisingly has the best weather on the island, so holidays in Puerto Rico are perfect for sun worshippers.
Typically the beaches are very busy due to the year-round sunshine so the public swimming pools behind it are also well liked. The sand comes from the Sahara desert and although the beach is small it is wonderfully protected by steep cliffs. If you are into dramatic sea cliffs we can also recommend our cheap Madeira sun holidays as well as our all-inclusive Costa Adeje sun holidays in Tenerife, where amazing cliffs ensure mind-blowing views.
For energetic travellers on sun holidays in Puerto Rico there are all kinds of watersports on supply like windsurfing, scuba-diving, parasailing and jet-skiing just to name a few. There is also an established sailing centre at the marina providing a diversity of fishing vessels, luxurious yachts and sailing boats.
The promenade that frames the boisterous marina is a hive of activity with a multitude of bars, restaurants and cafes as well as 3 lively shopping centres. Puerto Rico is known for its wild nightlife with many of the bars and clubs open until the early morning hours. There is a choice of Irish and international pubs and restaurants serving a taste of home but you also get enough chances to try regional dishes during your cheap Puerto Rico sun holidays in one of the top-class Spanish restaurants around.
There are lots of daytime activities to select from like tennis, fishing, mini-golf and paragliding. Cheap Puerto Rico sun holidays are a perfect choice for couples as there is a lot to explore. It is an ideal destination to unwind by day and soak up the entertainment on supply at night.
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Shopping Gran Canaria is famous for its duty-free shopping. Make the most of the great value and shop until you drop. Check out the chic boutiques and buy some of the great mementos, perfect for your loved ones at home when you return from your holidays in Puerto Rico.
Excursions Discover the mountainous inland and drive the wonderful winding roads, steep valleys and drops.
Sailing The ancient magnificent port features a renowned sailing centre whose members have won 5 Olympic gold medals over the past years. Take this chance to learn from the best and discover the regional waters on your sun holidays in Puerto Rico.
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Three Capsule Reviews
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
This isn't really a movie, per se. It's half a movie, but not half a movie in the way Kill Bill Volume 1 was half a movie, in that it's not a purely infuriating exercise in frustration. Still, it doesn't really feel right. I mean, there are good individual moments, and the cast additions continue to be inspired (this time around we get a few scenes of some Bill Nighy awesomeness and great moments from Rhys Ifans; this is legitimately the most well casted movie franchise I can think of by a good margin). The film is beautiful to look at, especially in an IMAX setting. The three principle actors have grown into their own in the roles, and offer probably their best performances yet. And, despite all this, it's still kinda wrong. The pacing is haphazard and features quite a few moments of overlong quiet that aren't really necessary. I'm getting the feeling that what we have on our hands here is a two-part film that should really be a one and a half part film. I think it's a strong possibility that while the film certainly could not have fit into one film in any sort of recognizable fashion, it also probably doesn't have enough content to be stretched into two full 150 minute films like it has been. The middle portion of this film, which is predominantly spent with Harry, Hermione, and Ron slogging through the woods lost and confused about how to continue their journey, can get pretty painful at times. The attempts at levity, like the dance scene that for some bewildering reason features Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "O Children" as its soundtrack, generally feel awkward, like the film is pacing time toward the ending moments so it can feel like it earned its two-part status. The real question is going to be whether, when viewed concurrently as one film, the pacing will feel more natural. With what we have right now, the slow pace of much of the proceedings is harmed by the lack of a climactic ending.
Some of the individual set pieces are pretty fabulous, specifically the escape sequence that comes right before the film ends abruptly. But the true highlight, the number one reason to see this thing despite my misgivings in the previous paragraph is the way the film plays out the story of the three brothers, the central expository piece of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows overall. Exposition is a tricky thing. It's often completely necessary, but its necessity also usually involves a fair bit of clunkiness in actual execution. It's a lot easier to pull off in the written word, as a third person omniscient narration can simply explain what's going on without breaking the flow of the action. It's expected and pre-established by the format itself. However, when the medium in question doesn't allow for such easy narration, things get sticky. Sure, the television and film mediums have the ability to cut out quite a bit of the descriptive exposition from a written piece by just showing the object and letting the eye take over, the act of explaining what's going on in the plot to a character cannot be done so easily. It usually involves coming across some sort of disinterested expert on the subject who proceeds to explain what's going on in a study in front of a roaring fire while everyone sips brandy and listens with rapt attention (or something like that). The exposition of what the Deathly Hallows exactly are takes place late in the film and is achieved by Hermione reading a fable that explains what they actually are. The visuals take over while Hermione reads in the background, and what unfolds in front of the eye is a wonderful piece of animation, as the story is acted out by silhouetted puppets that look and move in a marionette sort of style, as the brothers and a wickedly twisted looking Death do battle over the years. It is undeniably the most exciting single scene that's been mounted in probably the entire seven film run of the franchise, and is strongly reminiscent of the story at the beginning of Hellboy II: The Golden Army, which also happens to be the best part of that film. I could easily say that this scene alone is nearly worth the price of admission, but that empty feeling that pervades when the credits roll is tough to swallow. It's good, but it's not good enough. Hopefully part two will help save it.
127 Hours
Obviously, this one isn't for the faint of heart. Everyone knows by now (considering it's based on a true story from 2003) that Aron Ralston escaped from the boulder trapping his hand for five days by cutting it off at the forearm. The film does not cut away from this moment, and shows the entire amputation in great detail. One specific instance involving a nerve actually forced me to look away, which is quite the achievement, as I feel I've become generally desensitized over the years. With that said, this is a challenging film. The vast majority of it consists of watching James Franco trapped by a boulder in a canyon. By himself. It's claustrophobic, to say the least. It's also a fascinating character portrayal, as Franco's Ralston starts things out pretty calm and collected, knowing he has a good amount of food and water for the immediate future and should be able to get himself out of this. It's the slow realization that there was no easy way getting out combined with the emerging panic that he is legitimately looking at the possibility of his own death.
This film hinges entirely on James Franco, and he's equal to the task. His experience is peppered with flashbacks and hallucinations, some moments seem real before the wool is pulled out, others are actively fabricated. He records video diaries that start with a matter-of-fact tone and quickly devolve into madness. One particular moment plays out with him as a guest on a talk show in his thirst addled mind, which is a shot of explosive humor and sound amid the silence and occasional screams. What's interesting about the film, the structure, the acting choices, the way Danny Boyle approaches the character and the story, is that it's not designed to be particularly inspirational. Ralston isn't portrayed as heroic, but instead as what he truly is, a survivor. There is no fabricated tear stained girlfriend wondering where he disappeared to leading to an emotional reunion. There isn't even a musical cue when he escapes. Just silence as he staggers back, not fully comprehending that he just saved himself from certain death. It's a long shot from the usually hyperactive Boyle, and it's exactly what was needed to sell the moment as something special and perhaps inspiring, but not in a movie cliché sort of way. I'm still not completely sold on Boyle's work; I don't consider myself a fan of Trainspotting or Millions and (probably because of that) still haven't seen 28 Days Later or Slumdog Millionaire, but the work he did here was really good. So I might have to dig a little deeper. More than worthy of a viewing, but those with claustrophobia issues might have some problems with the premise.
Like many of us, I'm a huge fan of traditional cel animation for films. Disney is one of the many studios that seems to be almost completely abandoning cel animation for full CG, which makes sense considering how much control the animators have over their product. No painstaking drawing of frame by frame. Simple manipulation of wire frame characters and suddenly you've got a scene (obviously there's more to it than that, but the point remains). What seems to have been somewhat lost in this transition to CG is the traditional Disney princess trope that has been around forever. There was a bit of a revival in the past few years thanks to Enchanted and The Princess and the Frog (both of which, interestingly enough, had traditional cel animation), but we hadn't seen anything before that since 1998's Mulan (which wasn't exactly stellar). Tangled, which is the 50th official Disney animated film (with a title card at the beginning denoting it as such and everything) is the first CG Disney film to take on the trope. And boy does it ever. To call the plot of Tangled 'by the numbers' would probably be an insult to the numbers. Absolutely nothing surprising happens until the end. Every beat is expected. All the same characters are there, from the roguish, down on his luck male protagonist to the imperiled princess to the evil stepmother to the anthropomorphic animals (in this case, a horse and a chameleon, who thankfully don't have speaking roles). And yet, despite knowing EVEYTHING that was going to happen, it was pretty darned good.
The one thing that comes across when watching Tangled immediately is a prevailing sense of enthusiasm from everyone involved in the project. They know it's not going to change lives, and they know that everyone knows what's going to happen at all times, so they up the ante by filling every moment on screen with an irresistible energy. Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi do a fine job in the leading roles, with Donna Murphy being particularly awesome as the villainess of the picture. What's most refreshing, though, is the way the animators made the active choice of making sure that the whole film feels like it's cel animated, even if it isn't. The way the characters move and interact with each other and the setting is strikingly similar to cel animation, and evokes the feel of a classic Disney animated film. Tangled is very much a throwback in this sense, a window into a mostly bygone era. Disney recently announced that they were going to shy away from fairy tale films unless they had some sort of unique take on things, which I wouldn't even necessarily say is a bad move. In those 10 plus years between Mulan and The Princess and the Frog, I don't think anyone was desperate for more princesses. But that doesn't stop Tangled from being a fiendishly entertaining slice of nostalgia. Are the songs great? Not really. Is there an ounce of originality anywhere in the plot? Not as such. But there are certainly much worse films out there, and this is an excellent genre film execution of a formula.
Tangled was the second 3-D movie I saw in theaters. The first, Coraline, was a wonderful experience, and gave me hope for the format in general. Tangled, on the other hand, didn't really do much for me. What I loved about Coraline was the sense of depth involved in the use of 3-D. Objects would pop out toward the audience, but they would also sink into the screen just as much, creating a sensation not unlike watching a play. Tangled's 3-D plays out mostly in front of the screen, and while it's fine on its own, it's nothing special and certainly not worth the added ticket expense. Yes, there are some cool moments, such as a lantern floating tantalizingly close to the viewer, but it still feels fakey, forced. My initial opinion on 3-D animated films was that they were spurious at best; it just can't be the same as photographing real three dimensional objects in space. There couldn't be any real sense of depth that you can have with something you know is really there occupying three dimensions. It feels like a pop-up book instead of a play. It certainly didn't ruin the experience or anything, but it's not at all necessary. I don't think we really need every film to be in 3-D, and part of me hopes that the 3-D aspect of Green Lantern fails in such a way to discourage people from abusing the technology. Obviously, when used with care it can have incredible results, but we've all seen what can happen when it isn't implemented well. Tangled is sort of a middle ground. There's nothing repulsive about the 3-D in a Clash of the Titans or The Last Airbender sort of way, but it definitely didn't need to be in 3-D and didn't really gain anything out of it beyond an inflated box office. And maybe that's the point. But it's not a very good one.
So, in review: Harry Potter 7A doesn't really stand on its own, 127 Hours is pretty great, and Tangled is an enjoyable little romp.


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Tuesday, 1 December 2015
December already?
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Whatever the weather, whatever the time of the year, there is always something in the garden to delight us, isn't there...?ReplyDelete
I hope your winter is kind to you. I hope our summer is kind to us.Replies
Thanks, EC. You're right - the garden is full of delights, no matter what the time of year. I'm keeping my fingers crossed about winter (and your summer).Delete
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Your jasmin looks the same as ours, a bit wild but with lovely flowers :-)!ReplyDelete
I love your violas at your front door, they look
so sweet and cheerie!
And I totally agree: can't believe where the rest of the year has suddenly gone ...
Hugs from Mirjam.Replies
Thanks, Mirjam. I think jasmines are supposed to look a bit wild (well, they are in my garden!). The violas are doing really well so far and I hope they continue flowering until Spring (fingers crossed).Delete
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Your flowers look beautiful, I love how our gardens repay our hard work.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Marlene. There is always something to see, isn't there? I do enjoy seeing the seasons change.Delete
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Flowers often bloom at odd times, they do just confused so don't worry, I am sure that yours will all be OK, and next year they will return to normal - and flower again! Enjoy the blooms in the meantime! xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Amy. I hope the honeysuckle will be OK too - the scent on a sunny winter/spring day is beautiful! I am definitely enjoying the flowers.Delete
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