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Boss impressed by individual performances in County win
mansfieldtown.net, Tuesday 24 October 2017
Stags' boss Steve Evans says there were 'a number of good performers' in this evening's 2-1 Checkatrade Trophy victory over Notts County at Meadow Lane.
Striker Lee Angol struck after only 47 seconds to give Stags the lead, before veteran frontman Alan Smith equalised for the Magpies just after the half-hour mark. Winger CJ Hamilton then scored his first goal in Stags' colours after 73 minutes to secure the victory.
Stags made 10 changes to their starting XI from Saturday's draw at Newport and although the gaffer recognises that the Magpies weren't at full strength, he was impressed with the level of performance from a number of his players this evening.
"I just said to the players in there: the credit they get is that we have real thoughts for Saturday. There were big performances and I love saying to players: go and show me why you should be in the team.
"Too many players talk cheaply in an office and don't deliver it on the pitch. I thought we had a number of really good performers but at the same time, we do recognise Kevin made changes as well.
"When you look at the quality of the individual performances, I think we've had, just from memory, ten or 11 efforts on target and dare we say it, we could've won here [by] five or six. We were disappointed to be one-each at the interval."
The manager said Stags 'attacked at will' in the first half and the scoreline could have been even more emphatic.
"We laid siege to their goal and we attacked them at will really. We had one that we think is over the line from Rhys Bennett's header. We've had Jimmy [Spencer] when he's brought down, which is a penalty. Jimmy Spencer hits the post and Lee's [Angol] unfortunate with the spin of the ball to not be touching it and tapping it in.
"In the second half, we came out and we said it pass it and move it around and let's create one-on-ones. I thought Omari [Sterling-James] and CJ [Hamilton] gave them real problems one against one and I thought my front two covered every blade of grass."
Midfielder Joel Byrom made his comeback from a foot injury in this evening's game, completing 57 minutes, and the former Leeds United manager commended his performance, as well as that of the match-winner, CJ Hamilton.
"We had to get them in at half-time and we said we were really pleased by the effort and the performance by everybody. I asked my boy Byrom how he was and he said he was good to stay on so we made a decision with the medical team to give him another ten minutes. That's the big plus.
"In the first half, I thought he was simply sensational and that's an easy word but again, he might not get that time if you're playing against players that play every week for County.
"He's (CJ Hamilton) a young man that we've been saying for weeks we should find a way to get him in the team but he's been a little bit up and down in training games and reserve games.
"We love the kid, we gave him a new lease of life when we first walked in here. We had cash offers for him in the summer and we said no. He's given himself every chance of being involved on Saturday."
Supporters will be able to login to iFollow Stags to view the manager's post-match interview later this evening.
Fringe players give Evans food for thought
chad.co.uk, Tuesday 24 October 2017
Mansfield Town boss Steve Evans said matchwinner CJ Hamilton and several other players had staked a genuine claim to play at the weekend after shining in tonight's 2-1 Checkatrade Trophy group win at neighbours Notts County. With both sides making 10 changes, Lee Angol's first minute strike was wiped out by Alan Smith's first goal for Notts on 34 minutes against the run of play. But a scorching finish from Hamilton on 73 minutes kept Stags' hopes of progress alive.
Evans said: "We were pleased to win it but I've not changed my mind from before the game - it (the competition) was not a priority. It became a priority at quarter to eight.
Read more at: http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/mansfield-town/fringe-players-give-evans-food-for-thought-1-8822086
"You saw me and Paul get warned by the referee because we want to win every game. "I said to the players afterwards the credit they get in that they have given me real thoughts for Saturday. I thought there were some big performances.
"I said to players go and show me why you should be in the team. Too many players talk cheap in an office and don't deliver on the pitch.
"But I thought we had a number of really good performances, though I do recognise Kevin Nolan made changes as well."
He added: "From memory I think we've had 10 or 11 efforts on target and, dare I say it, we could have won here five or six couldn't we?
"We were disappointed to be 1-1 at the interval. Jimmy Spencer got a punch in the nose in the box leading up to the goal. Minutes before that Jimmy Spencer got brought down by the goalkeeper which everyone thought was a penalty bar the referee. "That was the big plus. I thought in the first half he was simply sensational.
"After scoring early we laid siege to their goal and attacked them at will really. We've had one we think is over the line from Rhys' header" (comment from Martin - it was Digby).
"We've had Jimmy brought down for a penalty, we've had Jimmy hit the post, then their goal came totally against the run of play.
"It's a set play but all I'd say to our 400-plus supporters tonight is have a look at that when you get back. If you did that on the street you'd get charged with assault. He just turned and smacked Jimmy across the face.
"That seems to be allowed in the modern day game. "Second half we said let's get the ball down, pass it and move it around and let's create one-on-ones."
Hamilton eventually won the day s he found the top corner from 15 yards and Evans smiled: "I have been saying for weeks he is a young man we should be trying to find a way to get him in the team. "He has been a little bit up and down in training games and reserve games. But we love the kid.
"We gave him a lease of life when we walked in here and we had cash offers for him in the summer and said no. "He has given him every chance of being involved on Saturday. Whether he's given himself a chance of starting, I never pick a team myself without taking council from other people first.
"I thought Omari and CJ gave them real problems and my front two covered every blade of grass. "We have won a game and kept the chance of going through. But we're not worried about that."
Matchwinner Hamilton savours first goal for the Stags
chad.co.uk, Tuesday 24 October 2017
CJ Hamilton was Mansfield Town's unlikely matchwinner with a rocket shot off his 'wrong' foot at Notts County last night for his first competitive goal for the Stags and first goal in 20 months. A Stags side showing 10 changes won 2-1 in the Checkatrade Trophy group game at neighbours Notts as Hamilton scored for the first time since netting for Gateshead in a 3-2 win at Altrincham on 8th March 2016.
"I did score in pre-season but I can't remember the last time I scored in a league game," he smiled.
"Personally I hope it kicks me on and hopefully I can contribute a lot more to the team with more assists and more goals. "It's been so frustrating not to get a goal in the last 12 months, so just getting off the mark is what you want. "You'd never expect me to score with my right foot. I just hit it with everything I'd got and luckily it went in.
"I caught it so sweetly I knew it was going in. I could see the path of the ball."
Read more at: http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/mansfield-town/video-matchwinner-hamilton-savours-first-goal-for-the-stags-1-8822744
It was a first win in five games for Mansfield and a booster ahead of Saturday's League Two visit of Exeter City with Hamilton and several other fringe players staking firm claims for a place. "It was a great shift by all the boys. We dug deep and obviously got the victory in the end," he said.
"Everyone is happy to get the win and hopefully we can bounce on and get another at the weekend."
Even though it was only the Checkatrade Trophy, Hamilton said the pressure was still on. "We want to start winning games on the bounce, so there was still a lot of pressure on us to get the victory," he said.
"We were told to play with freedom. We were trying to get the ball down and pass it a lot more and trying to create opportunities, which we did."
Fleet-footed winger ecstatic to get off the mark
mansfieldtown.net, Tuesday 24 October 2017
Match-winner CJ Hamilton was delighted to score his first goal for the Stags after bagging the winner in tonight's 2-1 Checkatrade Trophy win over Notts County.
Stags took a very early lead when forward Lee Angol found the bottom corner after just 47 seconds before County responded through striker Alan Smith, the former England international turning the ball home from close range on 34 minutes.
Former Sheffield United winger Hamilton then made his mark with just over quarter of an hour to go as he blasted a shot into the roof of the net with his right foot to give Stags their first win in this season's Checkatrade Trophy.
The 73rd-minute strike was Hamilton's first competitive goal for the Stags and the winger was visibly delighted to open his account for the club.
"It was so frustrating not being able to get a goal in the last 12 months and to finally get one, just getting off the mark is what you want," Hamilton said.
"You'd never expect it, right footed. I just thought I'd hit it with everything I've got and, luckily, it went in.
"I caught it so sweetly; I could see the path of the ball already and I was thinking: 'yeah, this is in' and that was it."
Hamilton was also full of praise for his team-mates who put in a terrific performance to secure their second win over the Magpies in the last few weeks following a 3-1 league victory at One Call Stadium in September.
"It's just a great shift overall by the boys, obviously we dug deep and we got the victory in the end.
"The boys dug very deep; from the back four to the midfield to the strikers running their socks off, everyone put in a very good performance today.
"Everyone's happy to get another win and hopefully we can bounce on and get another win at the weekend."
Despite Stags' boss Steve Evans admitting that the Checkatrade Trophy isn't a priority this season, Hamilton believes it is important to build a winning mentality.
"We want to start winning games on the bounce so there was still a lot of pressure on us to get the victory.
"We got told we could play with a lot more freedom and we were trying to pass it and get the ball down a lot more and create opportunities which you saw we did, which was good for all the boys."
Supporters will be able to login to iFollow Stags to view CJ Hamilton's post-match interview later tonight.
Nolan: There are players ready and waiting
Kevin Nolan was impressed with a number of individual performances in tonight's Checkatrade Trophy tie against Mansfield.
Goals from Lee Angol and CJ Hamilton gave the Stags the win, leaving Alan Smith's first goal for Notts as a mere consolation.
However, the manager was full of praise for his former Newcastle United team-mate.
"Tonight I learned that there are players who are ready and waiting for their opportunity," he said. "A couple have taken a lot on board and are getting better, so that was pleasing.
"I also learned that Alan Smith can score for us! He was great and that's what you're going to get from him when he plays.
"He still has the hunger and desire but unfortunately his legs won't allow him to complete 90 minutes as much as he would probably like to.
"He took his goal really well but that's what we expect of him when we put him up front because he has been doing that all his career.
"He's played in a deeper role during his time here but I have told him he's a forward again now so we expect him to chip in with a couple of goals here and there."
At the other end of the spectrum, Callum Saunders and Elliot Hodge both caught the eye with their displays.
"I thought they did really well," said the manager. "I was pleased with both of them.
"Callum led the line well and ran the channels, showing what he's all about. He was probably unlucky not to get a couple more chances but he'll get better the more we work with him.
"Elliot did well in, particularly in the first half; he did a lot of good things.
"When you have two young lads who are decent, hungry and have pace, it excites crowds so I was delighted for them and they should be pleased with what they put out there tonight."
Notts County 'weren't at the level we need to be' - boss Kevin Nolan can't hide frustration after defeat to Mansfield Town
nottinghampost.com, by Leigh Curtis, 24 OCT 2017
Notts County manager Kevin Nolan couldn't hide his frustration after Mansfield Town left their hopes of progress in the Checkatrade Trophy hanging in the balance.
The Stags sealed a 2-1 win at Meadow Lane as the two teams made 20 changes between them for the Northern Group G clash.
Lee Angol put the visitors ahead in under a minute before Alan Smith equalised before half-time as he scored his first goal for the club.
But CJ Hamilton took advantage of some poor defending to seal the Stags' win, and boss Nolan said he was very disappointed with the way they had surrendered the game.
"I am very frustrated and disappointed because of how cheaply we gave goals away," he said.
"There were a lot of good individual performances, but we just weren't at the level where we need to be.
"We have lots of work to do and I was disappointed in the manner Mansfield won.
"There wasn't much in it and I don't think they deserved to win the game, but I don't think we did anything to deserve the win either."
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The Imposter
The Imposter is a weird blend of live action and documentary filmmaking. It's hard to find a stylistic predecessor, even with films like Touching the Void setting the standard in the genre, as the film wilfully merges and manipulates the recollections and re-enactments. It's a striking concept- from an early moment where the film rewinds back to the beginning right through to a surreal dance ending, by way of voices that change to fit the medium in which they are being recollected- and one that is beautifully executed.
To an extent, the less you know of the story, the better. The basic set-up is this: Nicholas Barclay, the youngest son of a San Antonio family, goes missing. Three years later, the family receive a phone call from authorities in Spain who have found a young boy, fitting Nicholas' description and claiming to be the Barclay's son. From there the story gets weirder and weirder and is so incredible that, were it a piece of fiction, you would come out saying 'good film but the story was too unbelievable.' Time after time, the seemingly impossible happens and, time after time, you'll be surprised at the events that are transpiring onscreen.
The film is, tonally, somewhat mixed. The eponymous 'Imposter' is a highly charismatic interview subject and he anchors the film with a slightly sinister sense of humour. The film is also morally ambiguous and the way that you perceive the events it depicts will affect whether you find it funny or sad. The cinema I saw it in was filled with laughs but there are times when the story, focused around a family still grieving for their 13 year old son, is just too sad to laugh at. Yes it's strange, yes there's something weird going on but, at the heart of it, are a set of people who desperately want this deceit to be true.
A sad, strange and often funny film, The Imposter is one of the best documentaries of the year and a thoroughly interesting piece of filmmaking.
|The Imposter
|Bart Layton
|Frederic Bourdin, The Barclay Family, a variety of really fucking stupid bureaucrats.
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Story of soap (Oleic Acid (What makes oil oily (It is non-polar unlike…
Story of soap
Oleic Acid
What makes oil oily
It is non-polar unlike water which is polar
what makes water watery
water is polar
what makes soap soapy
Because the water is polar and oil is non-polar. The water and oil combine to make a molecule with a polar head and a non-polar tail
a substance that tends to reduce the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved.
Sodium oleate
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Acid vs base
Acids in general are H+ donors and Bases are H+ acceptors.
Solid vs fluid
In a solid the atoms and molecules vibrate and in a liquid can move freely but are close together
Sodium Hydroxide
Atom vs molecule
A atom is made of made from protons, neutrons and electrons. A molecule is a group of atoms bonded together ionic, metallic or covalent bonding.
ionic vs covalent bonds
Ionic bonds steal from other ions. covalent bonds give their ions.
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How to Determine Bathroom Fixture Dimensions
Designing a bathroom is an involved process, from choosing tiles to picking out paint colors to figuring out bathroom fixture dimensions. You'll want your fixtures to coordinate throughout the space and to fit into their designated slots as well. There are typical dimensions for tubs, sinks and cabinets. As you design your bathroom layout, it's nice to have a general idea of what they are. Knowing how to measure out your bathroom fixtures is an asset as well.
Step 1 - Know Basic Builder's Fixtures Measurements
Builder's fixtures have typical measurements you can rely on. They are as follows:
- Standard Tub:30x60x15-inches
- Standard Round Toilets: 24x19.5x26-inches
- Standard Elongated Toilets: 30.5x19.5x26-inches
- Modular Sink Base: 24 to 36-inches wide
- Drawer Sink Base: 12 to 18-inches wide
- Standard Vanity Base: 12 to 18-inches wide
Step 2 - Know Correct Layout Codes
Check with your local building department to discover what codes are in place in relation to bathroom layout. Make sure all the fixtures have enough clearance around them. For the bathroom cabinet, plan about 30-inches clearance (or more) so that you can open the doors and bend down in front of it. Building codes often call for no less than 20-inches clearance in front of the toilet bowl. Plan for 18-inches to the closest wall or 14-inches to the closest cabinet, measuring from the center of your bowl.
Step 3 - Measure Existing Fixtures
Write the measurements of your current bathroom fixtures in a notebook. Make sure you measure everything with extreme care. To give an example, when measuring a sink that goes into a cabinet, be certain to get the length, width and depth of your fixture.
Step 4 - Measuring Oddly Shaped Fixtures
If you have an oddly shaped fixture, use a pencil and tracing paper to draw an outline of the unit. That way, you'll be able to take your drawing to the store when you're choosing another sink. For something like an odd shower faucet, consider drawing a diagram that you can take with you when you are purchasing replacement fixtures. Take several measurements when drawing the diagram. It's never undesirable to be thorough.
Step 5 - Think About Size
Though it might seem that you are bound to buying replacement fixtures that are the same size as your current fixtures, that's not necessarily the case. You can alter drywall, ceramic or wood materials that might be blocking a new, larger fixture from fitting into place. A smaller fixture than your existing unit might leave a very noticeable gap in flooring or wall material.


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World Heritage Education
Article 4 of the World Heritage Convention states that each State Party has 'the duty of ensuring the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and transmission to future generations of the cultural and natural heritage' (UNESCO 1972); it is through Outreach and Education that this 'transmission' is undertaken.
Article 27 enshrines the Educational duties of WHSs, as it states that 'the States Parties to this Convention shall endeavour by all appropriate means, and in particular by educational and information programmes, to strengthen appreciation and respect by their peoples of the cultural and natural heritage' (UNESCO 1972).
It is important to remind WHSs and stakeholders, that Education and Outreach is a duty and obligation. This is a timely reminder as many World Heritage Sites are undergoing a period of change through restructuring and the rewriting of their Management Plans.
World Heritage Education can occur through formal learning programmes at site level, nationally through state parties and globally. World Heritage Education however remains under researched. This is a symptom of heritage education in general which remains under researched in comparison to that of museum education.
This landmark publication for the first time brings together researchers, stakeholders and practitioners in World Heritage Education to consider:
- What is World Heritage Education?
- How can the concept of Outstanding Universal Value be communicated to young audiences?
- What is the relationship between heritage education, museum education and World Heritage Education?
- How can educational visits to World Heritage Sites enhance learning?
- How are World Heritage Sites learning resources for classroom based learning?
- What are the challenges in World Heritage Sites developing learning programmes?
The theme of the 4th issue of the IIICH Postgraduate journal furnace is World Heritage Education.
Or download and read individual articles (PDF):
Davies, J. Editorial: World Heritage Education. Download.
Quin, C. Keynote Statement on World Heritage Education (Focal Point for UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme). Download.
Tlatlane, T R. The role of field trips and educational visits for enhancing World Heritage Site education. Download.
Jain, I. Heritage Education: Beyond Hermeneutics and Ontology. Download.
Mitchenson, D. Culture for kids: Engaging 0-5s with World Heritage and Culture. Download.
Taylor, A. Working with young people age 13-25 and World Heritage – A Summit Approach. (Fourth UK UNESCO World Heritage Youth Summit 2015). Download.
Röhlen, H and Maio, R. The World Heritage Young Experts Forum 2015 and the Young Heritage Experts Network: Tools to foster youth involvement within the framework of the World Heritage Convention. (39th World Heritage Committee Session- World Heritage Youth Forum 2015). Download.
Koomson, K A. My cherished memories: World Heritage Youth Forum in retrospect. (First African World Heritage Youth Forum 2016). Download.
Acheson, C. World Heritage and Geography Education: a retrospective view. Download.
Coming soon: Bellala, A. The use of 3D heritage for intelligent higher education.
ISSN 2057-519X (Online)
The Editors
Jamie Davies – firstname.lastname@example.com
My AHRC CDA PhD research at the Ironbridge Institute is on Education at World Heritage Sites- How are World Heritage Values communicated within the formal learning process. From September 2016, I am a Teaching Fellow in Cultural Heritage at the Ironbridge Institute for Cultural Heritage, University of Birmingham. I hold a Archaeology BA and International Cultural Heritage Management MA from Durham University. Outside of my PhD research my interests are Digital Heritage, Maritime Heritage and Community Heritage. I am Vice Chairman of MOROL- Institute of Welsh Maritime Historical Studies, Founder of Cymdeithas Archaeoloeg a Hanes Llŷn/ Llŷn Archaeology and History Society and Trustee and Committee Member for the Llŷn Maritime Museum.
Małgorzata Trelka – firstname.lastname@example.com
I am an AHRC CDA PhD researcher in Cultural Heritage based at the Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage. My research aims to explore the relationship between 'community' and World Heritage. I am an archaeologist holding an MA in both, Medieval Archaeology and Public Archaeology. My professional interest is in field archaeology as well as in heritage policy. I have experience working as a field archaeologist in commercial urban archaeology in the UK.
I also worked as an intern in the Culture Department of UNESCO Bangkok, where I coordinated the Museum Capacity Building Programme for Asia and the Pacific undertaken by UNESCO and the Asian Academy for Heritage Management. In 2009, I was a rapporteur for the Intangible Cultural Heritage Field School in Lamphun, Thailand. In 2010, I took up a post with the National Heritage Board of Poland, where I eventually became Head of the Heritage Policy Department tasked with the implementation of the UNESCO 1972 and 2003 conventions.


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Francesco D'Ippolito Monster Allergy Original Art for the Upperdeck Card Set #2.
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Card #27. Pencil and ink on 17 x 25 cm paper. 2005. The drawing depicts Ezechiele Zick, Bombo and Snyakutz Bu. Signed by the artist on the lower right corner. ; Signed by Artist.
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Natural Products Expo West trade show in Anaheim is one of the largest trade shows in the world for businesses in the natural products, functional foods, dietary supplements, and natural and organic foods. The first show was in 1981, and it has gone from strength to strength, with more than 3 000 exhibitors and 90 000 attendees now.
Emerging trends
There are several emerging trends that are shaping the landscape. Plant based products continue to grow, with large demand for natural products. Natural is an industry buzzword heard more frequently and is taking market share from conventional foods and supplement companies – whilst leading food and beverage companies lost $19.1 billion between 2009-2014, the natural and organic sector grew by $12.6 billion. This shift away from processed foods and synthetic supplements is closely linked with trends for low environmental impact and zero waste aspirations from both industry and consumer. The internationalisation of the natural products industry is clear, with most companies looking to make an impact on an international stage, rather than just in its local country.
"Phynova is right 'on trend' with all of its products being plant based, eco-friendly, and addressing some of the largest global health threats."
Small brands making significant gains
The Phynova team gained a number of valuable insights from the show about consumers and how purchasing habits are changing. No more are consumers interested in being wowed by a long list of product USPs, but rather they are interested in buying brands that resonate with them on a personal level. The product benefits, whilst important, are not the only purchasing motivator anymore. This is evident in the fall in demand for big brands that are largely driven by the bottom line and are losing market share to small brands that are aligned with consumer beliefs in ethical business, sustainability, health, and quality ingredients. Innovation is also a major driver for consumer purchasing and another area where big brands are rapidly losing market share to smaller, nimbler brands.
How people shop is changing
Where people shop is also changing rapidly. The days of buying your health products from a retail store look numbered as consumers are moving from 'offline to online' in significant numbers . Consumers prefer the speed of buying products online and the internet is the becoming the favoured 'location' for new brands to launch, and for consumers interested in for health and wellness products it is the preferred channel. In the US, buying from practitioners who are able to offer personalised advise, and Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) are also experiencing good growth.
Bright future ahead
The main takeaway for the Phynova team at the end of Expo West 2018, is that the future looks very bright. Our innovative products can help consumers take control of their health, whilst ticking all the boxes for being natural, plant based, sustainable, and eco-friendly.


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It is a well-rounded argument that the Scottish has the market sewn up as far as making the best product on the planet; however, there are a few studs in other stables worth a mention.
Bourbon History
Bourbon has long been associated with Kentucky and for good reason as it is the state where this craft was first developed.
Elijah Craig, a Baptist minister in the late 18th century in Georgetown Kentucky, unveiled to farmers and townsfolk alike the first Bourbon whiskey. It is said that even the father of the great Abraham Lincoln got into the action.
In 1758 this new whiskey was dubbed Bourbon after the county of Old Bourbon.
As European settlers brought their trade secrets with them to North America Bourbon production started to boom. By 1791 the government elected to impose a tax on whiskey and whiskey sales which ultimately sparked the whiskey rebellion of Pennsylvania.
All this did not sit well with distillers who subsequently relocated to the Kentucky Mountains in the hope to avoid taxation.
Today 80% of all Bourbon is still distilled in the state of Kentucky.
Through some of the river ports in Kentucky, the whiskies were shipped down the Ohio River to New Orleans.
Bourbon regulations
Although Bourbon is less restricted than Scotch, there are some regulations in place today. State regulation on Bourbon distilling requires the brew to be made from 51% corn; however barley wheat and rye may be used for blending purposes. It must be between 80-160% proof.
The corn lends a distinct soft texture and sweet taste to bourbon. After it is distilled in a continual still, it is matured in oak casks for a minimum of no less than two years.


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Did You Ever Have To Pay Off A Bet?
Did You Win or Lose The Bet?
May 31, 2018
So Damarious Randall,a free safety for the Cleveland Browns tweeted that if the Cavs win the NBA Finals, he'd buy everyone who retweeted his Tweet a Cavs jersey.
It's been retweeted over 900K times!
The problem is, that means he's responsible for over a $100 million dollars worth of jerseys!
Ever have to pay off a bet? These Stylz and Roman listeners did!


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The Unhappy Winner
Harold Macmillan: Vol. I, 1894-1956
Harold Macmillan was prime minister of England from 1957 to 1963, and died in 1986 at the age of ninety-two. But his British contemporaries were never exactly sure who he was. To his critics, he was little more than a second-rate actor, implausibly and cynically posturing in a variety of superficial and contradictory parts—the crofter's grandson, middleclass publisher, ducal son-in-law, vulgar showman, world leader, stag at bay, elder statesman, and poor man's Churchill. Not for nothing was Anthony Sampson's interim biography acutely subtitled "A Study in Ambiguity." But to his admirers, he was a rich man's Disraeli, a virtuoso performer, who was brilliantly gifted in the arts of political management and party leadership, who recognized the essential importance of gesture and theatricality in playing (and winning) the great game, and who was a past master at saying one thing, while resolutely and effectively doing something completely different. In appearing to be an actor, he was only pretending to pretend, and the fact that his critics never noticed this merely demonstrated how completely—and how successfully—they had been beguiled and deceived.
To the end of his very long life, Macmillan's reputation remained as protean as his personality was enigmatic. When he became prime minister of England in the aftermath of the Suez fiasco and Anthony Eden's abrupt resignation, it was widely believed that his administration would only last a matter of weeks. In fact, it became one of the strongest and stablest peacetime governments in twentieth-century Britain, and most of the credit for this belonged to Macmillan himself. He restored the shattered morale of the Conservatives, and led them to a triumphant victory at the 1959 general election. He reestablished the Anglo-American "special relationship" with Eisenhower and Kennedy, paid much-publicized visits to Russia and South Africa, began to dismantle what remained of the British Empire, and played a major part in the negotiation of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. And he presided over an unprecedented period of domestic prosperity and affluent consumerism, memorably associated with his famous—if usually misquoted—remark: "You've never had it so good."
But halfway through his time as premier, "Supermac" seemed to have lost his touch, and his last two years in office were bedeviled by a series of misjudgments and misfortunes. The economy became overheated, incomes were rising too rapidly, there were recurrent balance of payments crises, and inflation threatened to get out of control. His prestige and authority were gravely weakened when his attempts to get Britain into the Common Market were brutally vetoed by General de Gaulle. And the sordid sensationalism of the Profumo scandal, combined with growing anxieties about national security, further undermined the government's credibility. Compared to John F. Kennedy and Harold Wilson, Macmillan seemed an anachronistic, almost ridiculous figure, out of date and out of touch. In a desperate attempt to reestablish his position, he dismissed seven of his ministers in the "night of…
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On Thursday 11th July, as part of a two day visit to Wiltshire, the Chancellor visited Chippenham campaigning with the new Conservative candidate Michelle Donolan, before spending the evening at a Devizes Association's fundraising event for the 2015 General Election. This black-tie event was held in Kerry suite of the Bowood Hotel and was attended by over 80 people. The summer weather meant that guests were able to enjoy the sunshine on the terrace, whilst discussing their concerns with George Osborne. The evening included a 3-course meal, during which Claire Perry MP introduced the Guest of Honour.
During his speech, the Chancellor talked about his emotions before the funeral of Margaret Thatcher and argued the one word he would use to describe her was "optimistic". He argued as Conservatives we should remain optimistic, that Britain's best days are still ahead of us, and although the government have had to make "tough decisions" on the economy, he believed it would be for best.
After the meal, the Chairman of the DCCA, Lionel Grundy OBE, gave his vote of thanks, thanking the Chancellor for his time, the Sponsors, and the Organisers, Jackie Dicks and Tamara Reay for their time and effort organising such a successful event.
After the vote of thanks, the Chancellor left for the evening, before spending Friday in Swindon with local MPs visiting MAN Truck and Bus, and the Swindon to Kemble redoubling railway scheme.
The DCCA would once again like to thank the Organisers, Jackie Dicks and Tamara Reay for their hard work and their helpers on the evening.


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Carmel Valley in "Cannery Row"
Cannery Row
Steinbeck's early experiences of Carmel-by-the-Sea and the Carmel Valley did not feature golf and country clubs. In Travels With Charley, he noted the change: "I went to Carmel Valley where once we could shoot a 30-30 in any direction. Now you couldn't shoot a marble knuckles down without hitting a foreigner." (176). It was a broad and sparsely populated land rich with flora and fauna. It was here, on a visit to journalist Lincoln Steffens, where he'd meet George West of the San Francisco News, the man who would commission the writing of the The Harvest Gypsies. Further in from the sea, the Carmel River rises and falls, splayed out into a wondrous valley below:
"In Carmel Valley the artichoke plants stood gray green, and the willows were lush along the river...The Carmel is a lovely little river. It isn't very long but in its course it has everything a river should have. It rises in the mountains, and tumbles down a while, runs through shallows, is dammed to make a lake, spills over the dam, crackles around boulders, wanders lazily under sycamores, spills into pools where trout live, drops in against banks where crayfish live. In the winter it becomes a torrent, a mean little fierce river, and in the summer it is a place for children to wade in and for fishermen to wander in. Frogs blink from its banks and the deep ferns grow beside it...." (CR 75)
©Kirt Germond
©Monterey Peninsula Water Management District
The frog pool was square — fifty feet wide and seventy feet long and four feet deep. Lush soft grass grew about its edge and a little ditch brought the water from the river to it and from it little ditches went out to the orchards. There were frogs there all right, thousands of them. Their voices beat the night, they boomed and barked and croaked and rattled. They sang to the stars, to the waning moon, to the waving grasses. They bellowed love songs and challenges. The men crept through the darkness toward the pool. The captain carried a nearly filled pitcher of whiskey and every man had his own glass. The captain had found them flashlights that worked. Hughie and Jones carried gunny sacks. As they drew quietly near, the frogs heard them coming. The night had been roaring with frog song and then suddenly it was silent. Mack and the boys and the captain sat down on the ground to have one last short one and to map their campaign. And the plan was bold.
During the millennia that frogs and men have lived in the same world, it is probable that men have hunted frogs. And during that time a pattern of hunt and parry has developed. The man with net or bow or lance or gun creeps noiselessly, as he thinks, toward the frog. The pattern requires that the frog sit still, sit very still and wait. The rules of the game require the frog to wait until the final flicker of a second, when the net is descending, when the lance is in the air, when the finger squeezes the trigger, then the frog jumps, plops into the water, swims to the bottom and waits until the man goes away.
That is the way it is done, the way it has always been done. Frogs have every right to expect it will always be done that way. Now and then the net is too quick, the lance pierces, the gun flicks and the frog is gone, but it is all fair and in the framework. Frogs don't resent that. But how could they have anticipated Mack's new method? How could they have foreseen the horror that followed? The sudden flashing of lights, the shouting and squealing of men, the rush of feet.
Every frog leaped, plopped into the pool, and swam frantically to the bottom. Then into the pool plunged the line of men, stamping, churning, moving in a crazy line up the pool, flinging their feet about. Hysterically the frogs displaced from their placid spots swam ahead of the crazy thrashing feet and the feet came on. Frogs are good swimmers but they haven't much endurance. Down the pool they went until finally they were bunched and crowded against the end. And the feet and wildly plunging bodies followed them. A few frogs lost their heads and floundered among the feet and got through and these were saved.
But the majority decided to leave this pool forever, to find a new home in a new country where this kind of thing didn't happen. A wave of frantic, frustrated frogs, big ones, little ones, brown ones, green ones, men frogs and women frogs, a wave of them broke over the bank, crawled, leaped, scrambled. They clambered up the grass, they clutched at each other, little ones rode on big ones. And then–horror on horror–the flashlights found them. (CR 92-94)
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© Monterey Peninsula Water Management District
From the National Steinbeck Center at Salinas, California. © Steven Domingo
This is a topographic map of Carmel-by-the-Sea from 1983. Click it for a magnifiable version. In the southernmost part of the map you can see the Carmel River stretching east.


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I finally managed to read this popular bestseller "The Alchemist" 2 weeks ago.
It is a tale about Santiago, a shepherd boy, who seeks to travel and search for a treasure that he's been dreaming about. Went to a Gypsy lady who interpreted his dream and told him that the treasures were in Egypt. Santiago begins to embark on his journey to Egypt, after meeting a strange old man who talked about "living your Personal Legends".
The story follows Santiago on his journey, the people he meets along the way, the situations that he encounters and the learnings from his experience.
Is this a good read?
The story is easy to follow, and like with many books that I have read recently, it's in line with the theme on following our heart and living our dreams.
I like some parts in the book:
"What's the world's greatest lie?
It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie."
"God revealed his secrets easily to all his creatures…things have to be transmitted this way (via word of mouth) because they were made up from the pure life, and this kind of life cannot be captured in pictures or words.
Because people become fascinated with pictures and words, and wind up forgetting the Language of the World."
"My heart is afraid that it will suffer…
…the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity"
"Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor's being severely tested.
I finished the book in 2 days. It's not a huge book, just 173 pages. A simple tale, loaded with references on spirituality, having faith and listening to our heart. I can see why this book is popular, but it does leave this feeling of "so how can I do this in my current life now?"
This book is good for those who are just starting to hear the voices of their heart, it's like the icing on top, just to give one an idea of the beauty of the cake. But it's when you actually taste the cake that makes all the difference.
If you are looking for a light reading to feel some inspiration, this book should do it.
If you have been reading a lot about such a theme, then the book doesn't share anything new that you may not have read or knew.


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Last Friday, I took Bogdan to his annual eye appointment in Iasi. With only a minor confusion and detour we made it to the appointment on time. (You may think its crazy that I get lost each time I go to Iasi..but you haven't been to such a confusing city!)
Anyways, you may remember that last year, the doctor was adamant about not having surgery and that surgery was only cosmetic. Well, this year, after only one minute in the chair, she was talking about surgery. Both me and Olga, Bogdan's mom, were surprised and sceptical. Olga politely reminded the doctor of what she had said last year and the doctor suggested new glasses. We were ok with new glasses. Bogdan is also supposed to do exercises with his eyes using eye patches. I told him he will be a pirate! So Bogdan got new glasses, which he needed because he had grown so much in the past year, that his glasses no longer fit his head. The new glasses should be in next week.
Olga and I talked some more about surgery and it wasn't until we got back to Stroiesti that she made the comment that the doctor never told us how much the surgery will be, only that because Bogdan is on "medicare" the hospitalization is covered. Then Olga made a comment about the economic crisis. ….
We will go back in November for a three-month check up and we'll see then.
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Migration, Nicolas Poillot, KaugummiPosted in art, Motto Berlin store, photography, poster, zines on April 19th, 2011 by admin
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Migration by Nicolas Poillot
Printed in february 2011
First edition : 100 handnumbered copies
20 pages + poster, black and white printed – 14 x 20 cm
Nicolas Poillot (born 1978) lives and works in Paris.
He is one of the co founder of JSBJ – Je Suis une Bande de Jeunes – a portfolio based website which now includes personal and collective zines, and larger photographic publications.
The series of photographs taken for Migration were shot at Vincennes zoo (Paris) on Sunday 30 November 2008, the next day, this place closed for several years due to renovation.
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The three of us — NPR movie critic Bob Mondello, Pop Culture Happy Hour host Linda Holmes and me, a writer for the NPR Arts Desk and Pop Culture Happy Hour panelist — didn't share our lists of favorite 2017 movies with one other beforehand, so it's interesting to see us all agreeing on so many great films (The Big Sick, Call Me By Your Name, The Florida Project and Get Out).
But you'll also see films championed by just two or, in many cases, only one of us. That helps make the final list a bit more idiosyncratic than a lot of other year-end rankings out there. But it also means you might find a film or two that one of us (*cough* Linda *cough*) would never put on a list of favorites in a million years. (Three Billboards, are your ears burning?)
You might not agree that a given film belongs on this list, or we might have left your favorite off. But that's the point. Movies inspire discussion and debate, so why shouldn't end-of-year lists do the same? -- Glen
Baby Driver (Bob)
Just watch the three-minute, single-take shot where headphone-sporting heist-driver Baby (Ansel Elgort) bops down an Atlanta street, past graffiti and shop-window signs that match song lyrics he's hearing, gets coffee for his gangster buds and then heads back up the same street past different graffiti and signs that match song lyrics he's now hearing. Gorgeous, funny and verrrry Edgar (Shaun of the Dead) Wright. It took the writer/director 28 takes to get right, and it's sublime enough to make you not care (or at least not care as much) that Kevin Spacey is in the movie. -- Bob
The Big Sick (Bob, Linda and Glen)
Kumail Nanjiani plays himself in the year's most engaging romantic dramedy, which he and his wife, Emily V. Gordon (played by Zoe Kazan), based on their own meet-cute romance. The title refers to the fact that, unknown to either of them at the time, she was very ill, but that was hardly their only challenge. A clash of cultures — his folks hoping for a traditional Pakistani bride, hers (Holly Hunter and Ray Romano) taking a while to warm to him — contributes to making this one of the year's happiest treats. -- Bob
Blade Runner 2049 (Bob and Glen)
Thirty years after the events of 1982's Blade Runner, things have gotten even worse; replicants have been rebooted and upgraded, and Ryan Gosling's K — a replicant assigned to take out replicants — may or may not be in love with his AI companion. Denis Villeneuve's take on the world created by Ridley Scott is deeply thoughtful and darkly beautiful, and it's got a stronger story to tell than the original did — one that Villeneuve, bless him, proceeds to fracture and complicate to create a rich puzzle-box of a film, filled with images you won't soon forget. -- Glen
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (Bob)
An urgent French drama about AIDS activists in Paris in the early 1990s. Protease inhibitors are just being introduced — too slowly, according to the activist group ACT UP. So activists are throwing "blood"-filled balloons to disrupt government forums, tossing crematory ashes at insurance confab buffet tables and invading pharmaceutical offices. Robin Campillo's film follows Sean, a bright-eyed, boyish rabble-rouser, as he gets visibly sicker and falls for a new ACT UP member who is not HIV-positive. As the light starts to go out of Sean's eyes, the film's emotional temperature soars. (This one won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.) -- Bob
Call Me By Your Name (Bob, Linda and Glen)
Apricots ripen in the orchard, and romance ripens pretty much everywhere in this gorgeous, coming-of-age-in-the-'80s story penned by James Ivory (his first screenplay in 14 years). It's based on André Aciman's novel in which a 24-year-old grad student (Armie Hammer) spends a summer in Italy assisting an American professor and connecting with the prof's 17-year-old son (Timothée Chalamet). Director Luca Guadagnino's images are lush, summery, surprising (ancient statues surface in the Mediterranean as if they'd just been taking a dip); and the script will open tear ducts far more resilient than mine. Just extraordinary. -- Bob
Coco (Bob and Linda)
Pixar's film about a Mexican boy who dreams of being a musician is colorful, dreamlike, kind-hearted and moving. It's a film of enormous imagination — both in the neighborhoods of Mexico and in the Land Of The Dead, the place young Miguel winds up during the celebration of Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead. But it's also one of generosity and thoughtfulness; one that, like Inside Out, shows off Pixar's capacity to make abstract concepts like memory feel tactile and present. -- Linda
Dunkirk (Bob)
More than 300,000 Allied troops were rescued in a World War II operation so enormous most filmmakers would use strategizing generals to help audiences understand it. Writer-director Christopher Nolan wants us to experience it as the troops did, so he shoots in IMAX and tells their stories in their own time frames — a week on the beach, a day at sea, an hour in the air, all unfolding at once in a patchwork that somehow captures the shattering terror of war. Masterful visual storytelling on an epic scale. -- Bob
Ex Libris: New York Public Library (Linda)
Yes, you do want to watch a three-hour documentary about the New York Public Library. You do! Director Frederick Wiseman's latest does give you a look at the grand Manhattan building with the lions out front. It does visit with the enormous organization's leadership during searching conversations about what a 21st-century library should do. But Ex Libris is also a beautiful piece about New York City — its neighborhoods, its volunteers, its curious citizens and the little library branches where kids get help with homework. -- Linda
Faces Places (Bob)
Diminutive Agnès Varda — who, at 89, is one of only two surviving members of the French New Wave — and street artist/photographer JR, 34, make a mischievous Mutt-and-Jeff pair as they wander the French countryside in this documentary, seeking France's soul. Enchantingly, they mark their progress by taking (and pasting on buildings) gigantic portraits of the people they meet. A coal miner's daughter bursts into tears when she sees herself plastered on the front of her soon-to-be-demolished house; others burst into smiles as the soles of Varda's feet roll by, tanker-car sized, on a train. -- Bob
A Fantastic Woman (Bob)
Young transgender singer Marina (Daniela Vega) celebrates her birthday in Santiago, Chile, with her much older boyfriend, only to have him suffer an aneurysm. Doctors at a hospital can't save him; they can, however, treat Marina as a freak and a murder suspect while her boyfriend's family is even more cruel. Director Sebastián Lelio treats Marina with the same sensitivity and gives her the same abiding strength as he did the title character of his 2014 award winner Gloria. Marina is heroic, striking and charismatic — a pretty damn fantastic woman. -- Bob
The Florida Project (Bob, Linda and Glen)
Sean Baker's 2015 film Tangerine might be as famous for its low-cost production (it was shot on an iPhone) as for its stunning performances and moving story. Here, Baker has more resources to play with as he follows a 6-year-old girl who lives with her mom in a grungy motel in the shadow of Walt Disney World that often houses the very poor. Naturalistic and unforgettable, The Florida Project features a surprisingly sweet turn from Willem Dafoe as the motel manager who tries to balance enforcing the rules and acting like an on-site surrogate parent. -- Linda
Get Out (Bob, Linda and Glen)
Jordan Peele made a horror film that is also a comedy that is also a satire that is also a blistering provocation in the best way. Daniel Kaluuya as Chris, a young black man meeting the parents of his white girlfriend, captures every step of the escalation from wariness to anxiety to terror, while a brilliant supporting cast spins faster and faster around him. Seminars will be held on the mark Peele left on American cinema with a piece of work that is both timely and timeless. -- Linda
Girls Trip (Linda)
Everything a raunchy best-friends comedy should be, Girls Trip arrived in the heat of summer blessed with a crackling script from Tracy Oliver and Kenya Barris and the distilled greatness of its leads — Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith and 2017's Been Around A While But Still Feels Like A Breakout Comedy Person Tiffany Haddish. The set pieces are unforgettable, the friendships are deeply felt, and the inevitable epic fight is just the right combination of wrenching, hilarious and mesmerizing. -- Linda
God's Own Country (Bob and Glen)
Yes, OK, it's about two young male ranch hands on a Yorkshire sheep farm who find each other amidst a harsh, unforgiving natural environment, but just you keep your cheap "Brokeba-a-a-a-a-ack" jokes to yourself, thank you very much. Writer/director Francis Lee's film is by turns tough and tender, as Johnny, a self-loathing Brit, warily circles the lonely, sensitive and soulful Gheorghe, a beardy Romanian whose sweater game is seriously on point. What these two find together may not be conventionally romantic, and it may not last, but it is real, and it matters, hugely, to both of them. And to us. -- Glen
The Killing Of A Sacred Deer (Glen)
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos' second English-language film — following up last year's creepily funny The Lobster — is even darker, somehow, and returns to the theme of family, one of his favorites. Colin Farrell plays a surgeon engaged in a quasi-paternal friendship with a squirrelly young man (Barry Keoghan) for reasons cloaked in mystery, until they suddenly, and violently, aren't. Lanthimos coaxes his usual affectless, off-kilter performances from his actors, to drive home the decidedly unsettling mood he so prizes. Not a light or diverting film, but a marvelously twisted and unforgettable one. -- Glen
Lady Bird (Bob and Linda)
Greta Gerwig's directorial debut, which she also wrote, follows Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan) through her final year of high school as she prepares to leave the home of her parents (Tracy Letts and a brilliant, uncompromising Laurie Metcalf). It beautifully captures the excitement and disappointment of teenage love stories, the heartbreak of blithely damaged friendships, and the push-pull of mothers and daughters who cannot figure out good ways to exist together or apart. -- Linda
The LEGO Batman Movie (Glen)
Will Arnett returns to voice — with a rasp that could shred hickory — everybody's favorite Extruded-Plastic Protector of Gotham. It's a kids' movie, so there's a lesson to be duly learned; in Lego Batman's case, it's to open himself to others, to risk building a family that can replace the one he lost. But what makes the movie work is how thoroughly and affectionately the producers know every historic iteration of the character, and his universe. Funny, fast, a bit too frenetic at times, but it really ... clicks. -- Glen
Logan (Bob)
In what feels like a Western, Hugh Jackman is the reluctant claw man, weather-beaten, weary and majestic as he shines up his badge one more time. His surroundings, dark and dystopic even when the sun shines brightly, make this X-Men installment feel grounded in a way most comic-book movies don't. There are stretches where it's possible to forget you're watching a superhero epic, and others where the director pulls out the ultraviolent stops on a special-effects scale that actually makes sense — not overblown and rocking city blocks, but human-sized. -- Bob
The Post (Bob)
Steven Spielberg got the script for his long-planned Pentagon Papers movie in February, rounded up Tom Hanks (as Washington Post editor-in-chief Ben Bradlee) and Meryl Streep (as Post publisher Katharine Graham), and leapt into production as if he were producing a little indie flick on the fly. Only this story is big: a political melodrama with the First Amendment at risk, a power-mad president called to account by a crusading press, and a woman who doesn't just find her voice but ... well, as Spielberg does, I should let you fill in the blanks. -- Bob
Princess Cyd (Glen)
You can see the film that Stephen Cone's small, thoughtful and searchingly kind movie could become, in someone else's hands. Certainly, the setup implies a familiar conflict: A blunt, headstrong teenage girl goes to stay with her aunt, a successful writer, for a couple weeks. But the struggle at the heart of Princess Cyd lies not in these two women's fiery clash, but in their halting but determined efforts to connect, to understand one another and realize what they both want. There's nothing didactic or self-impressed, here: As in all of Cone's films, questions of faith and queer sexuality intersect at oblique angles, such that they remain questions — sincere, deeply felt and quietly revelatory. -- Glen
The Square (Bob)
A Swedish arts-world satire about the pretensions of a cutting-edge museum director whose do-good impulses have unpredictable (which is to say, ghastly) results. There's the performance artist at a benefit who nearly rapes a dinner guest, the equestrian statue that ends up as rubble, the lovemaking interrupted by chimpanzee (about which no one says a word) and lots of other set-pieces (think of them as museum exhibits). Director Ruben Östlund (Force Majeure) makes every frame look suitable for hanging. It's a hoot — as is Elisabeth Moss , who owns that chimp. -- Bob
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Glen)
Writer Rian Johnson jumps into the Star Wars franchise with both feet, wearing a jetpack, and delivers a rip-roaring, hugely satisfying chapter, filled everything we expect — space battles, buckled swashes, dudes in robes muttering pure hokum about the Force — and adds, believe it or not, nuanced characterization. Yes, the dualistic symbolism of the series' classic Dark Side versus Light Side beef is essential, but eight episodes in, it's about time characters' choices are no longer telegraphed by the color of their space couture. Last Jedi also leans into the franchise's wry humor, to great effect, and finds time to introduce a diverse spate of new characters who feel like they belong. -- Glen
Thor: Ragnarok (Glen)
Handing the third installment of a wildly uneven superhero sub-franchise to a director known for his quirky sense of humor and lo-fi indie vibe was a risk — but it was one that paid off for Marvel hugely. Now that we've come to know Chris Hemsworth's bluff, buff thunder-warrior, Taika Waititi got a chance to take him somewhere new — literally (a gladiator planet) and thematically (a wry, twinkling comic sensibility). There's plenty of super-powered spectacle on display — much of it gorgeous — but Thor: Ragnarok succeeds by finding the human, and the humor, in the god. (Alien.) (Whatever.) -- Glen
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Bob)
The darkest of dark comedies, Martin McDonagh's scabrous script is smart, funny, affecting and filled with commentary on race. It feels like the sharpest Coen brothers movie the Coen brothers didn't make, possibly because it has Frances McDormand in the lead. McDonagh (In Bruges) loves to mix violence with comic patter, and in McDormand, he has found an American muse: a grieving mom who puts up the titular signs to embarrass police chief Woody Harrelson into finding her daughter's rapist/killer. Doesn't sound like a laugh riot? Well, wait'll you hear what the stars (including Sam Rockwell and Peter Dinklage) do with the dialogue. -- Bob
Whose Streets? (Bob)
This wrenching street-level documentary tells the story of how Ferguson, Mo., became a near-war zone in the days after the killing of Michael Brown. It eschews voice-overs, police interviews and news footage to rely almost entirely on the words and stories of black residents who felt their neighborhood was being invaded. "We're trying to mourn, and you came here with 300 cop cars and riot gear and canine units," says a local activist. Cellphone video documents that assertion, accompanied by the palpable sorrow in voices and visages. -- Bob
Wonder Woman (Glen)
Forget that lackluster third-act battle with a CGI-enhanced Ares (wait, I don't have to tell you to forget it? You already have?), and focus on the big picture: Patty Jenkins made a superhero movie that featured an honest-to-Hera hero: hopeful, inspiring and selfless. Gal Gadot imbued the Amazing Amazon with a steel spine and beating heart, and Allan Heinberg's script set her loose in World War I. As a result, millions of women with no interest in superheroes got a chance to watch a fully realized version of themselves kicking butt for justice, and many understood (maybe for the first time?) what all us nerdy dudes have been going on about, all these years. -- Glen
Your Name (Bob)
What initially seems like a bright, funny body-switching rom-com about two teens — a Tokyo high school boy and a country girl a few years younger — turns into a darker, more affecting story in Makoto Shinkai's adaptation of his own novel. The writer-director provides gorgeous images and pop songs to augment a harrowing survival tale that blends elements of Japan's recent real-life nuclear reactor meltdown with the last reel of the disaster movie Deep Impact ... plus time travel. In short, it's anime doing what anime does best. -- Bob
Nicole Cohen produced this story.
For Hollywood, 2017 was a mixed bag. Many of the year's biggest releases came up short both at the box office and with critics. But there were some bright spots. Here's our film critic Bob Mondello with his list of the year's 10 best movies.
BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Off-screen, Hollywood was rocked by harassment horrors this year. But on-screen, horror meant something different - not just scares but social criticism in the satire "Get Out," which took a romantic situation - a woman bringing her boyfriend home to meet the folks - and gave it a twist designed to make a point.
DANIEL KALUUYA: (As Chris Washington) You said I was the first black guy you ever dated.
ALLISON WILLIAMS: (As Rose Armitage) Yeah. So what?
KALUUYA: (As Chris Washington) Yeah, so this is uncharted territory for them, you know? I don't want to get chased off the lawn with a shotgun.
MONDELLO: Oh, if only that were his biggest problem. Comedian Jordan Peele wrote and directed "Get Out." And as he did on TV's "Key and Peele," he subverts genre expectations, mixing race and horror partly for laughs, partly to make you think while he's making you jump.
MONDELLO: The French film BPM also makes you jump...
MONDELLO: ...When members of ACT UP interrupt AIDS conferences by blasting horns and hurling blood-filled balloons. BPM stands for beats per minute, as in heart beats. And as the film's activists hit the streets for demonstrations, hit the discos to relax and hit the skids when they get sick, you'll find your pulse pounding out plenty of beats per minute. When pulses pound in the year's most authentic mother-daughter comedy, it's mostly from...
LAURIE METCALF: (As Marion McPherson) Lady Bird...
MONDELLO: ...Exasperation.
METCALF: (As Marion McPherson) You can't lock the door. We have one bathroom.
SAOIRSE RONAN: (As Lady Bird) Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. It's just this is the only place I can get any privacy.
MONDELLO: Greta Gerwig wrote and directed "Lady Bird." And if the way Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf push each other's buttons feels real, it's 'cause it's based on Gerwig's own experience in high school.
RONAN: (As Lady Bird) When do you think is a normal time to have sex?
METCALF: (As Marion McPherson) You're having sex.
RONAN: (As Lady Bird) No.
METCALF: (As Marion McPherson) College.
MONDELLO: Lady Bird's asking the question because she has a crush on an indie rock musician played by Timothee Chalamet. It's a bit part, but he has the leading role in the year's lushest romance, the coming-of-age-in-the-1980s story "Call Me By Your Name." Chalamet plays a 17-year-old who encounters grad student Armie Hammer one summer in Italy and falls big time.
TIMOTHEE CHALAMET: (As Elio) If you only knew how little I know about the things that matter.
ARMIE HAMMER: (As Oliver) Why are you telling me this?
CHALAMET: (As Elio) Because I thought you should know.
HAMMER: (As Oliver) Because you thought I should know?
CHALAMET: (As Elio) Because there's no one else I can say this to but you.
HAMMER: (As Oliver) Are you saying what I think you're saying?
MONDELLO: "Call Me By Your Name's" screenplay was written by James Ivory and conjures images that may have you thinking of his Merchant Ivory days - ancient statues, say, surfacing from the Mediterranean as if they'd just been taking a dip. When water plays a role in the majestic World War II drama "Dunkirk," it's as a barrier to be gotten across. British troops massed on a French beach, England almost visible across the channel.
MATTHEW MARSH: (As Rear Admiral) They're not stopping here. We need to get our army back.
JAMES D'ARCY: (As Colonel Winnant) How many men are they talking about, Sir?
MARSH: (As Rear Admiral) Churchill wants 30,000. Ramsay's hoping we can give him 45.
MONDELLO: It would be a history-making rescue.
KENNETH BRANAGH: (As Commander Bolton) There are 400,000 men on this beach, Sir.
MONDELLO: And director Christopher Nolan tells it exclusively from the troops' perspective, crazily enough, in three different timeframes - a week on the beach, a day at sea, an hour in the air, all unfolding at once in IMAX because Nolan shot most of "Dunkirk" in the biggest of big-screen formats. Denis Villeneuve did that, too, in "Blade Runner 2049," another film with tricky storytelling that benefits from being seen on the biggest possible screen.
HARRISON FORD: (As Rick Deckard) Got a name?
RYAN GOSLING: (As K) Officer KD6-3...
FORD: (As Rick Deckard) That's not a name. It's a serial number.
GOSLING: (As K) All right - Joe.
FORD: (As Rick Deckard) What do you want, Joe?
GOSLING: (As K) I want to ask you some questions.
MONDELLO: That's six of the top ten. The next two are documentaries - "Chasing Coral," made by a guy who'd been deep-sea diving since he was 16.
RICHARD VEVERS: I used to go looking for these weedy sea dragons, which are these incredible animals.
MONDELLO: Breathtaking photography...
VEVERS: But then one year, they were all disappearing from all my favorite sites. And you go, well, if it's happening to one of my favorite creatures, what else is it happening to?
MONDELLO: The answer to that question is both heartbreaking and galvanizing. It would take a cold soul to watch "Chasing Coral" and not want to help. The documentary "Faces Places," on the other hand, just makes you want to hug Agnes Varda. The 89-year-old filmmaker teams up with a street artist in his 30s to quite literally put faces on places - 40-foot-high faces plastered on buildings, bridges, boxcars. When coal miner's daughter sees her own face covering the whole front wall of her soon-to-be-demolished house, she's wide-eyed.
JEANNINE CARPENTIER: (Speaking French).
MONDELLO: And you'll be teary-eyed.
AGNES VARDA: (Speaking French).
MONDELLO: That's eight. The last two of my top 10 are about folks who prove strong in challenging situations. The Chilean film "A Fantastic Woman" stars transgender actress Daniela Vega as a striking, charismatic trans singer who must turn almost heroic to deal with society's snubs when her boyfriend dies. And rounding out my top ten is the story of a spunky 6-year-old who lives with her mom in the shadow of Disney World.
BROOKLYNN PRINCE: (As Moonee) Could you give us some change, please?
CHRISTOPHER RIVERA: (As Scooty) Yeah.
PRINCE: (As Moonee) We need to buy ice cream.
RIVERA: (As Scooty) 'Cause we don't have any money. We just have 5 cents.
PRINCE: (As Moonee) Yeah, we just have 5 cents.
RIVERA: (As Scooty) And the doctor said we have asthma, and we got to eat ice cream...
PRINCE: (As Moonee) Yeah.
RIVERA: (As Scooty) ...Right away.
MONDELLO: In "The Florida Project," this kid makes her own Magic Kingdom. Ten best is an arbitrary cutoff. And I still have time, so I'm going to keep going. Kumail Nanjiani's "The Big Sick" is the year's most rewarding romantic comedy. It's based on the comedian's own life and takes its title from the fact that the woman who became his wife was ill. But that was hardly their only challenge.
KUMAIL NANJIANI: (As Kumail) She's white.
ADEEL AKHTAR: (As Naveed) A white girl?
NANJIANI: (As Kumail) OK, you can't look like you and yell white girl. It's OK. We hate terrorists.
MONDELLO: Also dealing with questions of prejudice in ways that have been provoking spirited conversation are the profanely violent comedy "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and the sharp street-level documentary "Whose Streets?" about Ferguson, Mo., in the wake of the police killing of Michael Brown. Animated films went places that live action films couldn't this year - "Coco," Pixar's evocation of Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead.
DYANA ORTELLI: (As Tia Victoria) He doesn't seem entirely dead.
SELENE LUNA: (As Tia Rosita) He's not quite alive either.
MONDELLO: And also dimension-hopping is the Japanese body switching comedy "Your Name," which mixes anime, pop music and time travel to become a really eccentric disaster flick. The Swedish satire "The Square" mocks art world pretensions with bite while the heist movie "Baby Driver" mixes music video and car chase conventions...
LILY JAMES: (As Deborah) Your name's Baby - B-A-B-Y, Baby.
MONDELLO: ...Cleverly enough that it makes you not care or at least not care as much that Kevin Spacey is in the movie.
EIZA GONZALEZ: (As Darling) Hey, Baby.
JON HAMM: (As Buddy) Hey, Baby.
MONDELLO: More serious passions drive the British drama "God's Own Country," which plays like a rough-hewn "Brokeback Mountain" at first, then goes its own way through the West Yorkshire countryside. And mainstream Hollywood movies also traipse through unusual territory - Marvel's "Logan," for instance, taking a comic book character on a surprisingly down-to-Earth trek into old age, or Tom Hanks' editor and Meryl Streep's publisher wading into uncharted First Amendment waters in the Nixon-era Pentagon Papers drama "The Post."
MERYL STREEP: (As Kay Graham) Do you have the papers?
TOM HANKS: (As Ben Bradlee) Not yet.
STREEP: (As Kay Graham) Oh gosh, oh gosh - because you know the position that would put me in.
MONDELLO: Steven Spielberg made "The Post" in just nine months, figuring there might be interest this year in a story about what happens when a secretive president declares war on the press. I'm almost out of time, but if we allow a special category - films that create gorgeous, hermetically sealed worlds for romances that don't entirely work - I'll add Guillermo del Toro's "Critter From The Black Lagoon" love story, "The Shape Of Water," and Paul Thomas Anderson's control freak designer love story, "The Phantom Thread." That's an extra dozen bests, a long list for a year that fell a little short at the box office. I'm Bob Mondello.
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