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Praying for Dzil Ligai
Largest fire in Arizona history threatens White Mountain Apache homelands
By Marley Shebala
Navajo Times
WHITERIVER, Ariz, June 16, 2011
(Special to the Times - Donovan Quintero)
On June 5, the fire was raging out of control as it entered Apache land on the White Mountain and San Carlos reservations. As of Wednesday, it had consumed more than 12,909 acres of forest belonging to the White Mountain Apaches and was five miles from the tribe's economic heartbeat, the Sunrise Ski Resort.
More than 160 wildland firefighters have kept the fire at bay by creating a buffer of cleared land using bulldozers, handsaws and other hand tools.
They also have created a similar buffer between the fire and Dzil Ligai (White Mountain), known in English as Mount Baldy.
Ramon Riley, White Mountain Apache cultural resource director, said June 10 that the tribal elders don't want the Wallow Fire to enter Dzil Ligai because it's a holy place.
Riley, who is Roadrunner Clan born for Eagle Clan, said he didn't use the word "sacred" to describe it, because that's the word white people use for the White Mountain Apaches' holy places.
He also emphasized that the correct name for Mount Baldy is Dzil Ligai. At 11,420 feet, it is the highest point on the 1.6 million-acre White Mountain Apache Reservation.
Nearly a third of that, about 475,000 acres in the western part of their reservation, was consumed by the 2002 Rodeo-Chediski fire, until now the largest wildland fire in state history.
White Mountain residents recalled that during a June 10 community meeting with Dugger Hughes, a zone commander in the Wallow Fire firefighting effort, they pleaded with Hughes to protect their land.
Otherwise, they said, their children and their grandchildren would lose the opportunity to experience the full beauty of the White Mountain Apache homeland as they did.
They also asked about the Sunrise Ski Resort and Dzil Ligai.
As Riley carefully explained why Dzil Ligai was holy to the White Mountain Apache, he looked at an Arizona Republic reporter and with a hint of exasperation said it's hard to explain to a non-Indian.
"As White Mountain Apache people, we don't give out all our information," he said. "You just have to be an Apache to know."
Riley said it takes a lifetime for a White Mountain Apache to learn and understand the tribe's way of life, which he emphasized is not a religion.
"Non-Indians just don't understand," he added.
The White Mountain Apaches' priority for fire protection showed "a different world view," said Margaret Hangan, Zone 3 fire information officer, who was among the small group of reporters and tribal and federal fire management officials meeting with Riley.
Hangan, who is from Kaibab, Ariz., said understanding was easier after she and another fire information officer, Marty Christensen of Minnesota, watched a video about the tribe's creation, titled "The Creation Story." In it, Riley speaks entirely in Apache with English subtitles as he describes his people's origin. He explains in the film that he is sharing only a small part of the story.
On June 10, Riley shared an even smaller portion.
Dzil Ligai has medicinal plants, he said, comparing it to a pharmacy where non-Indians go to get medicine.
The mountain is also home to animals, insects and microorganisms that have existed since "life began," Riley said.
The White Mountain Apache, like other Apache bands, have a creation story that tells what is holy, he said.
Riley said he was taught that life began for the White Mountain Apache between four sacred mountains - the Black Mountain or Sierra Madres to the east, the Blue or Turquoise Mountain to the south, the Red Mountain or Four Peaks to the west, and the White Mountain or San Francisco Peaks to the north.
"We did not migrate," he said. "We came from here."
Riley's remark alludes to the viewpoint, widely held in Western science, that indigenous North Americans originally came from Asia and crossed the Bering Strait land bridge during the last Ice Age to reach this continent.
In White Mountain Apache teachings, everything began from the east including life, which is why the prayers and ceremonies of the White Mountain Apache begin in that direction and go clockwise, he explained.
At Friday's meeting, Riley also discussed the Four Spiders that created the earth, saying the story taught his people the earth is round.
Riley said if the Wallow Fire reaches Dzil Ligai, the wildlife would run and make their home in another place, where they would reproduce and eventually return to Dzil Ligai.
But he said the insects, like the spiders, and microorganisms would be unable to outrun the fire.
Riley said the trees, grass and other vegetation would eventually return. Adding, "We probably will not live long enough to see that."
Riley said that some of the elders have been conducting private sweat lodge ceremonies to ask the fire to spare the land.
"We use fire and water in our prayers because they are part of the elements of life," he explained. "Fire is cleansing."
Riley looked at the smoke from the Wallow Fire and noted that he was a wildland firefighter in the 1960s.
The weather has changed since then. Today there's more drought and the fires are more ferocious, he said.
"The earth is getting ready to refurbish itself," Riley said softly.
He said that there is one teaching that the White Mountain Apache people have tried to shared to the non-Indians: "Take care of the earth. If you don't, it will destroy you."comments powered by Disqus


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Ubisoft's latests update to the Driver series gets a theme song and music video. Rapper YelaWolf's "No Hands" music video shows off some of the real life San Francisco locations that will appear in Driver: San Francisco. Of course, it also splices in some shots from the game itself.
In Driver: San Francisco you play as Detective John Tanner in a relentless manhunt for mob boss Chris Jericho. He goes deep undercover to catch the boss after his violent jailbreak. Ubisoft will release Driver: San Francisco on September 6th for Nintendo Wii, PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3.


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Today's post was going to be a quick and easy one. It started off with just one song – a long-forgotten Australian cover version of an American song – but unfortunately it blossomed into a behemoth of a post featuring about six or seven songs. (I lost count after five.)
It started with a simple question…
Q: What do you get when a bunch of early-70's Australian hairy rockers play the country ballad "Wichita Lineman"?
A: You get exactly what you think you're gonna get when a bunch of early-70's Australian hairy rockers play the country ballad "Wichita Lineman".
King Harvest – "Wichita Lineman" (1971)
If you want to compare that to the original, here's the incomparable original:
Glen Campbell – "Wichita Lineman" (1968)
Or, if you want to hear the man who wrote it…
Jimmy Webb – "Wichita Lineman" (1996)
I might as well play you the version by the recently defunctified R.E.M. as well. After all, this is (theoretically) a power pop blog, and a lot of power pop fans apparently like this particular band:
R.E.M. – "Wichita Lineman" (1996)
But back to King Harvest's version. If you listened to it all the way through you would have noticed that the band also included a bit of "By The Time I Get To Phoenix". So…
Glen Campbell – "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" (1967)
Believe it or not, Glen Campbell's version ain't the original. This is:
Johnny Rivers – "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" (1966)
And here (again) is the chap wrote it:
Jimmy Webb – "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" (1996)
But this post is supposed to be about "Wichita Lineman", so how about I finish this post with an ultra-groovy version of it?
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 – "Wichita Lineman" (1969)
Well, this post ended up much longer than I thought it was going to be. Sorry about that.


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Prince of Monaco in Brussels for "Peace with Water"
Prince Albert II has attended the "Peace with Water" forum in Brussels, Belgium at the EU Parliament on February 12 and 13, 2009. The Prince served as a member of the organizing committee for the conference.
The forum is organized by the World Political Forum and is currently drafting a memorandum detailing a world protocol for water resources, as first suggested by the European Institute of Research on Water Policy (IERPE). The conference will additionally focus on the political processes for the expiring Kyoto protocols in 2013.
For His Serene Highness, President and Founder of the Prince Albert II Foundation, championing environmental causes and water resource rights in particular has been a recurring theme. The Foundation's April 2008 newsletter noted "…one in six people still has no access to drinking water. Yet many issues – health, food and economics – are dependent on this resource."
Photos from the conference are available here.Filed under Monaco
Tagged Albert II of Monaco, Belgium, European Union, Water, Working Visit.


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This week my daughter is babysitting our next door neighbor who is 8 years old. Yesterday we made these peppermint trees by hot gluing peppermint candies to a styrofoam cone and then adding a ribbon to the top. My daughter had the idea to glue two candy canes together to make a heart. I think they are so cute!
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
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- December 20, 2006 8:46 PM
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That sweet tree is just lovely!!
Thank you for visiting me and I have now discovered another blog I LOVE! We share so many of the same likes! Home decoration is a passion!!
Your children are just gorgeous and seem like wonderful kids. YOu did Mom!
I will be back daily...have a wonderful Thursday!
- December 20, 2006 10:38 PM
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Sounds like a fun way to spend your time out of school... making money and crafts...
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Continuing with the theme of scents in the natural world, it feels right that this should be linked, where possible, with natural seasons and cycles. In our contemporary world, it might seem that our day-to-day lives are less connected with these natural cycles than they were in days gone by, when seasonal celebrations marked the year. May Day, the 1st of May, is just one example. It is a celebration of the coming of summer, and falls exactly six months on from Samhain, now marked as Continue reading
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Well this list began at 10, and then quickly grew to over 30 as I chose the best albums from 2010 in my vast collection. I've spent some time in whittling away at the list, trying to scrape it down to 10, and after i realized that was going to be impossible (too many categories to think about), I split the difference and decided on 20 - perfectly doable, without leaving too many great albums out of the cold. While this listy was still supposed to be only 10 albums, I was going to post one a day, from the 21st to the 31st, with a full-length article about each one. Because I upped it to 20, and because I didn't get a proper jump on this project, and also because I haven't even finished all the albums I wanted too before compiling the beginnings of this list, I am going to release it in four segments, five albums within each. Each album will have a short synopsis but that is all.
These lists aren't in a real order, it was too much effort just to get the list to 20, let alone order it in some fashion. It's all in alphabetic order; that's how I like it, that's how I'm keeping it.
1. Airbourne - No Guts. No Glory.
Airbourne does it again. Another balls-to-the-wall 80s throwback rock and roll classic. While not as groundbreaking as their first, Runnin' Wild, No Guts. No Glory. was a great release; following the mantra 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it.' I really need to hear this one again, the last time being over six months ago, but don't worry the sound still carries. If you have heard their first album, then you will like this one. If you're a fan of the late 70s/early 80s simplistic rock (AC/DC, KISS to some extent) the you have found your replacement band for those times of fond memories. Rock n' roll at its finest.
2. Amplifier - The Octopus
Just heard this one, and wrote up a little ditty within one of my 5 Quick Album Reviews, so it's all fresh in the mind. I like Amplifier and all they do. Their sound is constantly shifting between releases, with this one being no different. With The Octopus, the Englishmen detach themselves from their prior-alternative standing, jumping out deep into the world of progressive rock. While certain songs and segments tend to draw out, or get sucked too far into the psychedelic, I put this one on here because of the amazing growth this group has had over the past decade. I can't wait to hear where they go with their next album.
3. Barn Burner - Bangers (See Review)
Another group and album that I just heard and reviewed. Barn Burner is a no-holds-barred stoner rock and roll ride of excitement and exhilaration. While they don't play anything really over the top and special, what they do play is still pretty damn good. If you like one song you're going to like them all, and that is never a bad thing. I'd like to hear some more variance from the group in the upcoming years, but honestly if they release another album of the same caliber as Bangers, I'd be a happy little metalhead. Also, as a side note, does this album cover look anything like Goblin Cock's debut? The resemblance is uncanny, and I don't know if that was on purpose or simply an accident. Oh well, I think the artwork is sweet regardless.
4. Crippled Black Phoenix - I, Vigilante
I want to, no I NEED to, listen to this one again. Crippled Black Phoenix came to me out of left field with their experimental sounds and themes. While each album is independent of the rest - that is the crux of experimental groups, no two albums are the same - I, Vigilante does everything right. As I already wrote about the group and their history as a whole, I don't want to get too much into that. Instead I want to say what this album does, and why it needs to be on everyone's 'Best of' lists. I, Vigilante is more focused then their previous releases, subbing in the strong ambient sounds of their earlier works, for a more progressive doom style. The songs have a much more strong underlying theme, and a song structure actually exists for most of the songs. While Crippled Black Phoenix's experimental side is still present, it is hemmed in a bit, making this album much more accessible to the masses. If I were to number these albums of this year, I, Vigilante would be in the top 5, easily. The most truly unique album of 2010.
5. Dax Riggs - Say Goodnight To The World
I loved We Sing of Only Blood or Love, Dax Riggs' first true solo album (not counting If This Is Hell, Then I'm Lucky, which was first released by Deadboy & the Elephantmen, another band Riggs fronted), and so I love Say Goodnight To The World. His style of 'dark acoustic,' which you know is the term I coined just for this style of music, I find refreshing and deeply chilling. While I have listed to his first solo much more often, I have had this album on my radio a few times in the past months. I think is voice is a national treasure; the variety of sounds ans styles that comes from it is nothing short of a miracle. I could listen to his voice, in all his projects (Acid Bath, Agents of Oblivion, Deadboy & the Elephantmen, and solo), all damn day. I really wanted to see him on tour last month, but I couldn't get off work and honestly I have no friends who are into anything remotely close to this style of music. It isn't metal, punk, rock n' roll, or anything in between; it isn't anything close to popular music, and so it's hard to find co-supporters of this style.


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Published at last!
Finally got over the last hurdles with this book and published it to Amazon last night. So pleased. And so relieved! I swear that malevolent fate that follows my poor DI Joe Rafferty around has transferred its attentions to me. 🙂
But it's done now, in spite of the lost disc, in spite of the endless copy- typing to update the digital edition, in spite of my hatred of copy-typing and the unwelcome attentions from the fates, I finished sorting everything out. And it feels wonderful!
I'll get busy today and upload it to the other retailers, too.
Here's the blurb and the links:
All the Lonely People
#12 of 15 in the Rafferty & Llewellyn British Detective Series
A Little Laughter. A Little Mayhem. A Little MURDER…
For readers who like cozy mysteries, humorous mysteries and police procedurals.
When Detective Inspector Joseph Rafferty visits his local pub for a quick drink, he's looking to forget his troubles, not add to them. His ex-fiancée Abra is still refusing to talk to him, and he's fast losing hope of a reconciliation. But Rafferty is not destined to enjoy his drink in peace. Because a man is found dead – stabbed in the pub's car park – and a preoccupied Rafferty is to lead the investigation.
What at first appears to be an open and shut case quickly becomes a lot more complex. The witnesses all plead alcohol-induced amnesia, and Rafferty's habitually cautious sidekick, Sergeant Dafyd Llewellyn, isn't helping either—casting doubt on all of Rafferty's conclusions.
And as Rafferty wrestles with the case, he also has to wrestle with Abra's determination to avoid their problems. Soon, he is in despair on both counts…
The twelfth book in the quirky, not quite so Traditional British mystery series.
AMAZON UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Lonely-People-Detective-Llewellyn-ebook/dp/B00P5EPSXK/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1415022404&sr=1-2&keywords=geraldine+evans
AMAZON US: http://www.amazon.com/All-Lonely-People-Detective-Llewellyn-ebook/dp/B00P5EPSXK/ref=sr_1_20?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1415023098&sr=1-20&keywords=geraldine+evans
AMAZON CA: http://www.amazon.ca/All-Lonely-People-Detective-Llewellyn-ebook/dp/B00P5EPSXK/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1415023311&sr=1-3&keywords=geraldine+evans
AMAZON AU: http://www.amazon.com.au/All-Lonely-People-Detective-Llewellyn-ebook/dp/B00P5EPSXK/ref=sr_1_22?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1415023486&sr=1-22&keywords=geraldine+evans


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LISLE, Ill. – Eckrich, a part of the John Morrell Food Group, a division of Smithfield Foods, recently announced the winner of their Ultimate Tailgate sweepstakes that includes a chance to meet college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit, participate in a VIP tailgate experience and attend the college title game in Pasadena, California. William McGrath of Charlotte, Michigan is the winner of the trip for four and will attend the Tailgate and game with his son, brother-in-law and nephew. McGrath won the promotion by entering the contest through the Eckrich Facebook page.
The sweepstakes was part of Eckrich's continued support of college football and their relationship with Herbstreit who has been an Eckrich spokesperson since 2008. Eckrich featured Herbstreit in both radio and television spots and hosted the sweepstakes on their Facebook page this college football season. Fans from all across the country responded positively to the sweepstakes and entered for a chance to win. It was McGrath, however, who was the lucky winner.
"We are really looking forward to this trip and meeting Kirk," said McGrath. "This will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience and we are really grateful for Eckrich for this opportunity."
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After some issues with a new super suit, Tracey and Scott take a look at the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Ant-Man! They take a look at the film's journey from the ant hill to the silver screen along with their thoughts on the little guy. Our hosts then preview their upcoming trip to Disneyland to attend the 2015 Friends of the Magic Fan Gathering and review the just announced 2015 Disney Legends Class. All this plus a call over to the Main Street Cinema, a reminder of the newest contest and a look at some listener feedback. Welcome to Disney, Indiana!
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Seems like the majority are disappointed in his return, I hope NRS feel like the tards they are....
Seems like the majority are disappointed in his return, I hope NRS feel like the tards they are....
The thing is, NRS will not cut Kung Lao from MKX roster, especially when it's like 50/50 reaction about his reveal.
Boon is all about competetive scene today and Kung Lao was in top 10 characters there, that's his reason to bring Lao back, now it's Vogel's job to make an excuse fans can accept storywise.
I think we will see the reveals of Cyrax, Kenshi, Kitana and Kabal sooner than later, so competetive pro scene will love the game already.
EVO first, story second...unfortunelly.
Still i hope for characters like Tanya, Reiko, Sareena and Tremor make it into the roster and the series move on from MKT times.
sorry for my english
heres an idea, why not make new characters forcing the tournament scene to use....new characters? as its a NEW game....why make mkx to include legacy characters we have seen since 1993 to have the play them same in a new game? Im losing all hype and faith with this game, how stupid....NRS you done fvcked up...
I mean, aside from the weak copout excuses, how could he be back, oh he was resurrected? ok lame....what else can you say? He didnt have a big role to play, he wasnt raidens chosen one, nothing he died in mk9 during the 2nd tourney and that was it....no reasoning can justify his return....
Im not mad at him being announced, quite the contrary actually, but similar to those who are dissapointed, I really hope they give a good reason for him returning
man ellech .. dont u even dare to buy mk x .. all u do is complain man .. if u buy this game u are the biggest hypocrit evs ..
I love mk, I just want them to follow up and deliver on what they said, how is that bad?
Why is it people call criticism whining? They said this will be a brand new mk, no rehashs, next generation, descendants, more new characters then ever, it will follow mk9....now...kung lao....is that not ok to critique?
Why haven't you been banned yet?
just because the bring back ONE char u assume its going to be mk9 all over again .. as i told u before .. be patient and wait till the game comes out .. if its not as good as u want it to be at that time .. feel free but for now .. have patience and trust in nrs
In other words if you dont want old characters, play a brand new fighting game.. You will find many new characters there
As one person who does not give crap on a story in a fighting game, I can care less as long as Lao plays well and done right. I can care less about story. I am one person who want MK to NOT have any story at all. Just playability. Though, I will get attacked by this.
I am not a fan nor a hater for Kung, but what's done is done, if he's done right, that's just a bonus, provided, my favorite kharacter is in. If you don't likea character, don't use that character. simple as that. That's my philosophy.
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I just hope none of the characters from Sindel's massacre make it back.
Are you suggesting that characters like Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Raiden, Kano and Goro aren't recognizable?
In other words "If you don't want to see as many old characters or agree with my opinion, shut up and play something else."
If Ed Boon didn't say more new characters than any MK game, then I could see where more old characters would be expected.
The fact remains, though, that Boon has constantly harped on the notion of "descendants," "relatives" and more "new" characters than ever before , and the only ones are the ones that were shown at E3.
The only "descendant" shown thus far is Cassie, and I don't see how revealing a new character would be a bad thing.
For example: Quan Chi, NEW character, Kung Lao, NEW character, and so forth.
ellech, you should know better than to get anything from the gamefaqs' forum. Gamefaqs forums and the youtube comment section are the two worst places to pull opinions from, because there are so much acidic and toxicity in those places.
... Considering your recent posts though, they might be the perfect places for you to be, ellech.
I can see how there could be some upset over the return of KL. What keeps me hopeful is the inclusion of Quan Chi and the fact that he plays a "MAJOR" role in MK. QC is known to be a Necromancer of sorts, so that right there means that we could have potential warriors form all eras of MK, even the eras never put into game or film. See, Quanchi is somewhat of a meddler, he could have created a dimensional rift that allows for multiple realities to intrude on one another, hence Kung Lao's return. I personally believe that this is Great KL opposed to young, y Kung Lao. He somehow escaped from the netherrealm and seeks to defeat his nemesis Goro in battle, there by avenging his own death. Alternately, If Quan Chi can bring back Warriors, who's to say that the forces of light haven't brought their own champions along/ back to do battle with Quan chi's powerful army of wraiths? I like the Fact that KL is included because it opens the door for endless possibilities story wise
Why is everyone so mad about his return? it's gonna make a good story.
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this is my problem, the constant ohh we can bring them back, we can resurrect them....if thats the case, what the hell is the point in killing them and making such a huge emphasis on the deaths, the sacrifices and the story only to bring them back in the most pathetic way...oh QC rezed them sa'll good...no not its not...And all you nay sayers, are denying the key thing here EVERY team member of NRS has sold this as a NEW generation, A NEW mk with more new characters then ever, making a we have enough old ones returnin from the 1-3 era, why not bring back some mk4 ones? WHY KL?!?!? He was one of the ones killed? What is the point?!?
See for your self!!
BERAN : The game's not just a simple "two guys facing off and fighting each other to result in a fatality" — there's much more to it than that. Even back in the "old school" days, there were load screens that told a story and gave out endings – that's the only method we had at the time. Now we're emphasizing the epic, cinematic story — MK9 in 2011 had an elaborate story mode retelling the game's history and it was well received — it was a two-hour movie within the game.
People get really wrapped up in the characters; in a way it's very much like an ongoing soap opera that people get addicted to. We had big success with Injustice, and we'll continue that with Mortal Kombat X with an even more elaborate story mode.
MCD: What about the characters?
SB: We're introducing a ton of new characters. At the end of the last game, we killed off about half of the roster, so it's a good way to breathe new life, literally, into the franchise. That doesn't mean we won't have returning favorites though."
OK so, as far as I can see, the story matters, the dead would stay dead...and we would bring back the old favs, aint they dont that with kano? SZ, scorpion and raiden? Seriously....Where does KL fit in???!!
@ellechbura: I thought I told you to eat your crow! You were proven wrong fair and square, now go eat your crow!
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I'm feeling a bit blessed today, and grateful that we remembered to say our prayers this morning!
On Ryan's way to work this morning he was passing a semi-truck. He was in the outside lane when the driver of the truck decided to pass the truck in front of him. He came into Ryan's lane forcing him into the median. Ryan said he almost rolled the car, but he's fine, the car is fine. He was just pretty shaken up for a while.
We are all very glad that he didn't get squashed by the big truck, and are happy that we didn't forget to pray for his safety as he traveled.
It's hard to have Ryan on the road everyday. I worry about his hour long commute in the winter when the roads are bad, but I don't often fear for his safety on days like today when the sun is shining and the roads are clear. You never know what the other drivers will do. So it's good that we continue to pray for him so he may be safe from harm even when the other drivers are being less than attentive.
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Will cars morph into rolling apps?
It's amazing that automotive engineers and marketing chiefs don't lose more sleep over which tech goodies can or should be included in future models.
To understand why such matters matter, it helps to peer into the rear view mirror. As 2007 dawned, Research in Motion's BlackBerry owned the smartphone space. But that January, Apple introduced its revolutionary iPhone. In just a few years, Research in Motion had squandered its huge advantage base because its devices didn't meet or exceed the coolness or utility of the iPhone and its killer apps.
Also that month, Ford made a big splash at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas by introducing Sync, the automaker's voice-activated interface developed with partner Microsoft. The new kid on the block initially won recognition and awards. But it wasn't long before many customers and pundits were telling Ford that it needed to come up with a better idea.
The stakes remain high. Here's a look at a few of the ways the auto industry and its partners are doubling down on technology.
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Competing for content delivery
As streaming media via mobile broadband and apps like Spotify and Pandora engage drivers with personalized programing, SiriusXM satellite radio is stepping up with an overhauled platform called 360L.
The rollout has begun with 2019 Ram 1500 pickups equipped with the new 12-inch touchscreen. A snazzy new user interface takes advantage of the Ram's generous display real estate, making it easier to find music, news, sports games, comedy, true crime, and other genres.
Furthermore, 360L can serve as a sort of content concierge for multiple drivers, analyze listening history and recommend related music channels, artists, interviews and performances, some of it live. SiriusXM said the new platform opens up in-car audio to thousands of hours of content and more than 200 live channels.
The new interface allows pausing and/or rewinding of live content and if preferred, drivers can search for artists or shows by voice. The purchase or lease of a 2019 Ram includes a free one-year subscription to SiriusXM All Access. As we went to press, the monthly subscription fee was $20.99.
Flat screens on the go
Back in the day (like the 2000s) Jaguar and Land Rover were early adopters of digital dashboards. The attraction was irresistible and the trend inevitable — especially when a generation came of age playing Super Mario, Doom and Donkey Kong.
Digital displays can make mundane tasks like starting the vehicle mildly entertaining or stress relieving with tricks like animated logos and/or messages greeting the operator — just in case they need to a reminded on which brand they're clever enough to be driving.
But evolution and higher resolution are driving digital dashboards into more vehicles. They can simplify wiring, cut assembly time and reduce weight. Digital displays are also insanely versatile, letting engineers add controls and readouts galore, empowering owners to choose which functions and styles they find most important, thanks to multiple levels and pathways.
Mercedes-Benz's all-new 2020 GLE SUV, arriving in the spring, is a prime example. There are two high-definition touchscreens — one for the driver and the other shared with the front passenger. Instrumentation combinations, styles and color schemes are user-selectable and that's just scratching the surface. Look for more "glass cockpits" to trickle down into more mainstream vehicles.
Ease the toll of towing
With expansive powertrain choices, sizes and versions ranging from beasts of burden to plush people haulers, it's no wonder that trucks are American favorites. In fact, from at least January through October of 2018, the Ford F-Series, Chevrolet Silverado, Ram and GMC Sierra pickups were the three most popular new vehicles with Houston-area buyers, according to IHS Markit, which tracks retail new-vehicle registrations.
Automakers have been racing to enlist technology to make all aspects of towing safer, simpler and more convenient. GMC's ProGrade trailering package, available or standard on most versions of the all-new 2019 Sierra, is just one example.
The Sierra's back-up camera has guidance lines for the truck and the trailer. Drivers can zoom in on the hitch to fine-tune maneuvering. The Sierra can also automatically apply the parking brake after the truck is backed up to a trailer hitch to keep the pickup from moving. The tailgate has a built-in lamp aimed at the receiver hitch and there's a controller to program the trailer's brake settings. The 2019 Sierra can also monitor the inflation of the trailer tires if the trailer's wheels have had sensors installed.
GMC's trailering app tracks mileage, fuel economy, electrical connections and allows the driver to store profiles for different trailers. Another package uses rear-facing cameras in the side mirrors that enable the driver to see behind the trailer as well as down both sides.
Fear the dark no more
Forward-facing infrared sensors showed up in cars early in the last decade, but they're primed to gain traction now because of the safety cushion they afford and the role they can play in driver-assistance suites or self-driving cars.
Infrared sensors detect minute differences in heat. The data are fed into an onboard computer, which uses algorithms to display stationary or moving humans and animals somewhere in the instrument panel. Tech start-up AdaSky said its discriminating "Viper" thermal sensors can be integrated with headlights, enabling the vehicle to detect pedestrians, animals, vehicles, bicycles and motorcycles.
These infrared "super powers" aren't just useful at piercing the black of night. Almost every driver has been temporarily blinded by the glare of the sun or oncoming headlights. Infrared sensor-equipped vehicles in the not so far off future will be able to spot trouble early on and steer clear of disaster.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Ford Motor Co. is preparing to inject 500 million pounds ($935 million) into Jaguar, the loss-making luxury car maker it acquired in 1989, the Sunday Times of London reported.Ford needs to have Jaguar self-sufficient, or make radical changes. If people don't want to buy Jags, but would rather buy BMWs, Mercedes, and Lexus, maybe a re-evaluation of Jaguar is necessary. Maybe Jaguar needs to be platform engineered with Ford of Europe's vehicles, like a European Lincoln? Or maybe Aston Martin, Land Rover and Jaguar should be spun off as an independent company, to pursue their British-ness.
Jaguar, maker of the XK, XJ, S-Type and X-Type, lost 601 million pounds ($1.1 billion) in 2003 amid spending on product development, worse-than-expected sales and a plunge in the U.S. dollar versus the British pound. That loss included a 533 million pound write-down in the value of its assets, the newspaper reported.
It could be called British Motor Works, or BMW for short.
Market analysts have been saying for some time that the luxury market will grow faster than the bottom end, so Ford definitely needs a player at the table. Maybe it isn't with Jaguar, maybe it will have to be Volvo.
December CYTD %
2004 2003 Change
Sales By Brand
Ford ... 2,778,678 2,894,347 -4.0
Mercury ... 193,534 202,257 -4.3
Lincoln ... 139,016 158,839 -12.5
Jaguar ... 45,875 54,655 -16.1
Volvo ... 139,067 134,586 3.3
Land Rover ... 35,506 39,035 -9.0
Total Ford
Motor Company 3,331,676 3,483,719 -4.4


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The words below were written by my son, Garrett Able, and shared on his Facebook page. I like what he had to say. I believe he's a wise young man.
February 19, 2018
"I'm not fully conservative, I'm not really too much left, either.
But to the gun owners and non-gun owners:
Neither of you have the correct argument about the 2nd Amendment in our Bill of Rights.
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
This isn't about hunting, home protection, conceal-carry, or schools with or without weapons.
This is about citizens of a government being prepared to fight the government that spirals out of control. This is about Trained, licensed, (regulated) people who are ready and willing to protect and provide for WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA. This is about your neighbors, the elderly, the sick, the disabled,those not able to protect themselves.
When the left says "get rid of guns", let them. They are angry. And they SHOULD be.
When the right says "we need MORE guns", let them. They are angry, and they SHOULD be.
But understand, BOTH sides are scared.
The answer isn't more guns, it's not less guns. It's not guns in strategic places, it's not metal detectors. These are deterrents, not solutions.
The answer is the 2nd Amendment… a regulated and properly trained militia of citizens. Guns should go to those with proper training, knowledge, and a readiness to defend.
Too many different personalities, and levels of skill, have too much access to weapons. Period. Not just guns. Violence will not stop with new laws, curfews, or even high end regulations. People will always kill people. Sad but true."
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Why You Should Rethink Your Veggie Intake
A big juicy steak, a small baked potato and a serving of overcooked green beans. If this sounds like the dinners you're used to, you've got the ratio of animals to vegetables all wrong.
"When it comes to your plate, 75 percent by volume should be veggies," says Mark Hyman, M.D., director of the Cleveland Clinic's Center for Functional Medicine, chairman of the board of the Institute for Functional Medicine, founder and director of The UltraWellness Center, and 10-time New York Times best-selling author of books such as Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? (Little, Brown and Co., 2018) and Eat Fat, Get Thin (Little, Brown and Co., 2018). "Our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate more than 800 varieties of plants. Because they foraged far and wide, they typically ate a range of wild plants of all different colors. In other words, they ate the rainbow and you should, too."
A Garden of Benefits
Hyman explains that Americans don't eat nearly enough nutrient-rich veggies, instead favoring conventionally raised meat. Though veggies cannot deliver pristine health all on their own, he shares three compelling reasons to make them the bulk of your diet:
- The vast, colorful spectrum of vegetables represents more than 25,000 beneficial chemicals. Research shows that the synergistic balance of these chemicals provides countless health benefits.
- Plants are your only source of fiber, which is fertilizer for the good bacteria that make up the internal garden in your gut. Fiber keeps digested food moving smoothly through your system, prevents cancer and heart disease, and helps you lose weight.
- Vegetables are your only source of phytonutrients (phyto meaning plants), a group of chemicals essential to vibrant health that protect us from cancer, inflammation, infection, heart disease, autoimmune disease and a long list of other chronic ailments.
6 Tips for Reconfiguring Your Plate
You can't go wrong heeding the age-old advice, "Eat your vegetables." But according to Hyman, this doesn't go far enough. So how can you rearrange your dinner plate when you're not used to eating this way? Hyman suggests the following:
"Our ancestors didn't have drugs or pills. They ate their medicine in the form of plants," Hyman says. "All my patients eat a phytonutrient-rich diet. That's the first step they take and the most important step, too. Eat the food that God made, and leave the food that man made. Eating real, whole food becomes simple when you follow this principle."


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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Year's Best Wrap Up
The major reason it was so much fun for me was everybody that followed and joined in on the selections. So to everyone, I owe huge thanks. The number of followers steadily grew as we progressed through the years, but a number of people have remained in involved since day one. Sam Juliano is one of the nicest guys in the world and has ceaselessly encouraged me in this project and also brought it to the attention of readers at his excellent Wonders in the Dark blog. John Greco, who does excellent work of his own at Twenty Four Frames, has been here since day one of the blog and has been a part of the countdown the entire way through. Judy from Movie Classics has been along for the entire ride. Samuel Wilson, who keeps a pace even more impressive than my own at his Mondo 70, is also a charter member of the countdown. I thank all of you for sticking it out for the entire ride. Other great contributors have been a significant factor as well. MovieMan joined in on selections late, but made a herculean effort to catching up with us in 1990 in a matter of a week or two. He's been around ever since, adding his own selections and opinions. Shubhajit is constantly involved. Just another film blog joined us late in the countdown, but his contributions have been excellent. And there have been many others intermittently jumping into the fray – David Schleicher, Troy Olson, C.K. Dexter Haven, Ed Howard, Angelo, Stephen, CagneyFan, Sebina, and if I'm leaving anybody out I apologize. Truly, the reason it has been so enjoyable for me is the comments and interaction and seeing everyone else's selections.
I thought I might just do a round-up post, with some statistics on the countdown and also an "On Second Thought" section in which I point out years where I would possible change my selection now if I had a second opportunity. I figured it would be a nice way to recap all the fun we (at least I hope "we" and not just "I") have had for the last six months.
I acknowledged from the start that due to my viewing history, the selections were going to have an extremely English-speaking or Hollywood slant. That certainly proved to be the case, but there were still a number of films from around the world that I included in the countdown. Here are some breakdowns for the countries.
- France: 7 films
- Germany: 6 films
- Italy: 4 films (counting Once Upon a Time in the West, even though it's in English)
- Brazil: 1 film
- Denmark: 1 film
- Poland: 1 film
- Soviet Union: 1 film
- Spain: 1 film
- Sweden: 1 film
This shows that there is much world cinema I need to get to, but I thankfully avoided what my worst fear was going in – a situation where virtually everything was from Hollywood. So some good and bad come from these statistics. The other plus concerning world cinema is the fact that a lot of people listed films that I have never seen, or some cases had no idea about, that I can now look for and watch. My list of things to watch, just from recommendations in this countdown, is enormous.
I was also very interested to see which directors would make multiple appearances and who would ultimately have the highest number of movies selected. Here are some stats on multiple appearances:
- Alfred Hitchcock: 3 films (1940-Rebecca; 1954-Rear Window; 1960-Psycho)
- Francis Ford Coppola: 3 films (1972-The Godfather; 1974-The Godfather Part II; 1979-Apocalypse Now)
- Martin Scorsese: 3 films (1980-Raging Bull; 1983-The King of Comedy; 1990-Goodfellas)
- Fritz Lang: 2 films (1931-M; 1945-Scarlet Street)
- Michael Curtiz: 2 films (1938-Angles With Dirty Faces; 1942: Casablanca)
- Jacques Tourneur: 2 films (1943-I Walked with a Zombie; 1947-Out of the Past)
- Robert Siodmak: 2 films (1946-The Killers; 1949-Criss Cross)
- Howard Hawks: 2 films (1948-Red River; 1959-Rio Bravo)
- Jean-Pierre Melville: 2 films (1967-Le Samourai; 1969-Army of Shadows)
- Sergio Leone: 2 films (1968-Once Upon a Time in the West; 1984-Once Upon a Time in America)
- Woody Allen: 2 films (1977-Annie Hall; 1986-Hannah and Her Sisters)
- Terrence Malick: 2 films (1978-Days of Heaven; 2005-The New World)
I'm glad to see some directors make the list with more than one film -- guys like Curtiz and Tourneur are often given credit only for their single biggest films, so it was nice to show that they were far more important than just Casablanca and Out of the Past. And while it might be entirely a reflection of my personal tastes, I like seeing Robert Siodmak pop up on the countdown multiple times.
Whether it was because I saw a movie after I had already made a selection or because I simply changed my mind later in the countdown, there are a few choices that I would probably do differently now. This isn't meant to invalidate any of my original selections; I stand by all of them. It just highlights how tight some of these selections can be, and how depending on the day, the answers can vary. I think it's an interesting thing to consider how tastes or viewpoints might have changed over the course of the countdown.
1939 – My original selection in this year was The Rules of the Game, the all-time classic from Jean Renoir. I found the selection funny, though, because with my usual Hollywood slant, I managed to not pick a single film from Tinseltown in what is considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. My opinion of The Rules of the Game has not gone down at all, but the way I feel toward the immortal Gone With the Wind has only increased. I now find the movie simply irresistible. Never has the term "they don't make 'em like that anymore" been so applicable. The epic story, the sweeping scale of everything, the instantly-recognizable score – it's the studio system at its finest. For anyone who loves the film, I certainly recommend checking out the 70th Anniversary Edition DVDs that were released about two weeks ago. I bought the Ultimate Collector's Edition, which is a six-disc monstrosity that has enough extras to keep you busy for weeks.
1941 – Yes, I would replace the film that is commonly cited as the greatest ever made, which would mean not a single work from Orson Welles in the entire project. Shortly after the countdown began, I went on a Preston Sturges binge and he quickly has become a personal favorite. 1941 was the biggest year of Sturges' career, as he released two of his most acclaimed films in The Lady Eve and Sullivan's Travels. Both are must-sees, but I consider The Lady Eve to be the finest film that Sturges made in his short but productive career. There was no better comedy writer in Hollywood in this era, and he makes the zany screwball farce seem so genuine, helped greatly by performances from Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda and the stock players that are found in all of his films. There is no question that this is one that I would definitely have to switch.
1960 – I don't know that I would definitely change my pick for 1960, as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is on a shortlist of my all-time favorite films. But I do have to admit that if I was making the selection right now, it's highly possible that I would instead go with Billy Wilder's The Apartment. Not only is it among the funniest comedies ever made, containing a usual superb Jack Lemmon performance, but the black and white photography from Joseph LaShelle is incredible. The black shades are pitch-black, creating quite the contrasts. So, this might not necessarily be a complete change, but it would be much closer than my original selection process.
2009 – I didn't want to make a full-blown selection for this year since it has not completely run its course yet. Plus, the main issue of not having seen enough films. But if I would make a pick, it would have to be Pixar's fabulous Up (Pete Docter and Bob Peterson). I loved it so much that I'm now planning on going back and catching up on all of the Pixar films, very few of which I have seen. Of those that I've actually watched, I would rank Up as my favorite. The opening twenty minutes are silent film of the highest order, on par with anything I've ever seen. It's akin to a 20th century version of Buster Keaton or Chaplin. Having never been a big fan of animation, this one was a revelation for me.
If anybody else would like to throw in what would be their top film for 2009, by all means put the in the comments section here. As I said, I can use any and all selections for this year, having seen very little.
For ranking junkies like me and Sam, we've never seen a list of movies we didn't want to try and put in some kind of order. I'm sure that there are others reading this that have similar list-making addictions. So one afternoon I had the idea of attempting to rank my choices for each year. Admittedly, a lot of films are interchangeable in terms of where I would rank them – it just depends on when I'm putting them in order. The only criterion for the list is personal preference. The Top 20 could probably be inverted and I wouldn't argue too much. A frivolous exercise, I'm sure, but I live for making such lists and rankings!
1. Rear Window (1954, Hitchcock)
2. Goodfellas (1990, Scorsese)
3. Sweet Smell of Success (1957, Mackendrick)
4. The Godfather (1972, Coppola)
5. JFK (1991, Stone)
6. Out of the Past (1947, Tourneur)
7. The New World (2005, Malick)
8. Casablanca (1942, Curtiz)
9. Rio Bravo (1959, Hawks)
10. The Conformist (1970, Bertolucci)
11. Kiss Me Deadly (1955, Aldrich)
12. Apocalypse Now (1979, Coppola)
13. Unforgiven (1992, Eastwood)
14. The Godfather Part II (1974, Coppola)
15. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, Dominik)
16. Army of Shadows (1969, Melville)
17. Angels With Dirty Faces (1938, Curtiz)
18. Trouble in Paradise (1932, Lubitsch)
19. Psycho (1960, Hitchcock)
20. Mafioso (1962, Lattuada)
21. Raging Bull (1980, Scorsese)
22. The Big Lebowski (1998, Coen Brothers)
23. All About Eve (1950, Mankiewicz)
24. Le Samourai (Melville, 1967)
25. Mulholland Dr. (2001, Lynch)
26. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973, Peckinpah)
27. Criss Cross (1949, Siodmak)
28. Back to the Future (1985, Zemeckis)
29. Modern Times (1936, Chaplin)
30. Once Upon a Time in America (1984, Leone)
31. The Killers 1946, Siodmak)
32. Days of Heaven (1978, Malick)
33. The Searchers (1956, Ford)
34. L.A. Confidential (1997, Hanson)
35. Rebecca (1940, Hitchcock)
36. Hamlet (1964, Kozintsev)
37. Red River (1948, Hawks)
38. Pulp Fiction (1994, Tarantino)
39. M (1932, Lang)
40. Henry V (1989, Branagh)
41. I Walked with a Zombie (1943, Tourneur)
42. The Thin Man (1934, Van Dyke)
43. Lost in Translation (2003, Coppola)
44. Double Indemnity (1944, Wilder)
45. Lone Star (1996, Sayles)
46. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968, Leone)
47. A Place in the Sun (1951, Stevens)
48. Fitzcarraldo (1982, Herzog)
49. Madame de... (1953, Ophuls)
50. The Innocents (1951, Clayton)
51. Citizen Kane (1941, Welles)
52. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, Altman)
53. Scarlet Street (1945, Lang)
54. Persona (1966, Bergman)
55. El Verdugo (1963, Berlanga)
56. The Remains of the Day (1993, Ivory)
57. Downfall (2004, Hirschbiegel)
58. A Star is Born (1937, Wellman)
59. The Rules of the Game (1939, Renoir)
60. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, Allen)
61. Mr. Klein (1976, Losey)
62. Repulsion (1965, Polanski)
63. Au Revoir les Enfants (1987, Malle)
64. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, spielberg)
65. Flame & Citron (2008, Madsen)
66. Casque d'or (1952, Becker)
67. The Lives of Others (2006, von Donnersmarck)
68. City of God (2002, Meirelles)
69. Cinema Paradiso (1988, Tornatore)
70. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, Lee)
71. Heat (1995, Mann)
72. Ashes and Diamonds (1958, Wajda)
73. Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Kubrick)
74. Dog Day Afternoon (1975, Lumet)
75. Annie Hall (1977, Allen)
76. The King of Comedy (1983, Scorsese)
77. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933, Capra)
78. Les Miserables (1935, Boleslawski)
79. Der blaue Engel (1930, von Sternberg)
Once again, thanks to everyone who was a part of the entire process. It was great fun! Who knows what I'll do next, so I'm open to any suggestions.
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- Sam JulianoNovember 28, 2009 at 12:33 AM
God so much to chew on here Dave! Wow wow wow! I'll be going through these stats a good deal of tomorrow, as you are quite right--I'm obsessive when it comes to this. OK, I thought you'd have GOOD FELLAS on top but REAR WINDOW is a great #1 and the Scorsese did finish at #2. I love that "on second thought" section, and could well understand that hedging in each individual case for the valid reasons you provide. I am not surprised that France landed the most top spots, as that country is easily the runner-up behind teh US in world cinema, and with three choices, Hitchcock remains a formidable force, not unexpected either. I will certainly take all this down on paper, and if I were forced at gunpoint to name a #1 for 2009 at this point, it's avery close call but now I'll go with Jane Campion's BRIGHT STAR.ReplyDelete
It was wonderful sharing notes with you and John greco, Judy, Samuel, Joel, Ed, Just Another Film Buff, Shubhajit and others. I frankly am going to miss this, as I looked forward to it every other day, but Good Fellas will remain an essential place to be.
Take 10 bows. You've earned it.
Herculean work it was and what a way to pull it off! 6 months covering over six dozen movies is a wicked task that not many would have attempted. Great reviews all around and great comments.ReplyDelete
If only I had joined a bit earlier,
I would have made a "1000 films to see" list out of Sam's comments. Thanks Sam and also the other commentators who kept the countdown hot...
Rear Window dislodges Goodfellas in your blog? A sight to behold :)
Superb stuff Dave... Take a bow (and a well deserved break!)
Dave, I'm sure a lot of bloggers think of doing something like this -- I know I did -- but you've done it and maintained a high level of perception and appreciation while often introducing us (i.e. me at least) to films heretofore unheard of. You're the movie blogger of the year as far as I'm concerned.ReplyDelete
It's been great fun to follow the countdown, Dave, and I'm full of admiration for your stamina and dedication, plus of course the quality of your postings! Now I also have an enormous list of movies I need to catch up with in the coming months - and will be going back to your postings as I get to them.ReplyDelete
I really enjoyed reading this wrap-up, including the second thoughts and stats, and am looking forward to what's to come on your blog in the future - for what it's worth, my suggestion would be that you write about just what you feel like doing for a bit, wherever the spirit leads you!
Great fun here - I guess we'll have to wait for the '09 pick (fair enough) but I thoroughly enjoyed your statistical analysis. One more request - how about an all-time top 100 before you've changed your mind about that top 79? Then we could see which films on that list pop up between which films on this list, since this one was composed of years' best. I'd love to see how many of your "#1s of the year" would ALSO make it onto a top 100 of all time. Then again, you deserve a rest, ha ha...ReplyDelete
MovieMan - I'm game! :)ReplyDelete
Give me a little time to put it together.
Everybody else, thanks a lot for the compliments. Like I said, it's been a blast. And yes, Goodfellas could very easily be #1, just depends when you ask me. Any of the Top 10-15 could make a legitimate claim for #1.
Congratulations on finishing not only a huge task but on finishing it so well. Your perserverance is admirable, and the quality of your reviews is top notch.
Can't say I blame you for your 1941 change of mind. As much as I think CITIZEN KANE is a fine piece of work, I've seen THE LADY EVE many, many times more and love it more each time I view it. It's simply more up my alley than CITIZEN. Both are extremely well done. Glad it wasn't I who had to choose a number one title for that year!
As a personal footnote for 1932---I recently watched Capra's AMERICAN MADNESS. I know you're not a huge Capra fan, but for those who like his work, this film is a must-see. I found the lighting, the sound, and the camera work to be spectacularly done. The Riskin script was also excellent, as was the acting.
Again, Dave, congrats and kudos for a fantastic job. You ended the series with a great wrap-up, too! Enjoy the holiday season.
Great job Dave -- I may not have commented much, but I can assure you that this was the first thing I read each time you posted your most recent update. It was as impressive a task as I've seen any blogger undertake. I also appreciated it for the sheer amount of movies I've added to my viewing queue, whether from you or the many great commenters.ReplyDelete
Good luck with whatever direction you take things next -- I'll be happily along for the ride.
Well Dave, I guess I had left my 'wrap-up comment' slightly earlier than it should have been. My apologies for the faux-pas.ReplyDelete
As I said then, I'll repeat it once more (no harm in praising this wonderful effort of yours over and over again), its been a great journey following your countdown. I might have disagreed with you on some of your choices, but ain't that the beauty of 'lists'? More than determining the absolute No. 1's and No. 2's, I guess what was equally (or perhaps more) important was the discussions and debates that followed in the comments' sections to all your posts.
And yeah, as Just Another Film Buff rightly mentioned, one can easily make '1000 movies you should watch before you die' kind of a list from Sam's selections.
Yeah, from a personal standpoint it was fun following your countdown as you said you had while making the choices and writing the reviews.
So, once more, a huge congrats for the successful completion of this extraordinary venture of your's.
Keep walking!!!
A phenomenal task and a great ride for us all. Excellent films discussed, superb analysis and it is easy to tell plenty of love, and time, was put into this. As Sam said, your wrap up contains a lot of information to go over. Like you, 2009 for me is way too early to call. The year of course is not over, and where I live many 2009 films will not show up on the screens until January or so in 2010, plus some I have to wait until they come out on video. Looking forward to what you do next.ReplyDelete
Thanks everyone, I'm very pleased that everyone seemed to enjoy things as much as I did!ReplyDelete


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Art New England
From August 1 - August 24 my work will be exhibited at the Art New England headquarters in Boston.
That's Me In The Self-Portrait
Been working on a self-portrait for a group show in New York in September. Don't usually do self-portraits but the curator, who's also an amazing sculptor, asked me to do one. It's getting stranger and stranger. Maybe I'm getting stranger and stranger.
29 Newbury
29 Newbury, a restaurant and gallery located at 29 Newbury Street in Boston, is showing my paintings for the month of July. Oh happy day (or month).
Wynwood Arts District
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Ruby 2.0+
Diakonos is built to run on Linux, but may run under other flavours of UNIX. It is known NOT to work under Windows (unless using Cygwin).
The latest stable tarballs can be acquired from
The latest development code can be obtained from github:
git clone git://github.com/Pistos/diakonos.git
ruby install.rb --help
ruby install.rb [installation parameters]
You may need root privileges on the system in order to install to system-wide places like /usr . However, Diakonos runs perfectly well in userspace, such as under ~/usr .
If you use RVM, note that Diakonos installs very easily into an RVM-based Ruby.
After installing Diakonos under RVM, you can symlink to the installed binary, and that will allow you to use Diakonos with that specific Ruby version no matter what the current RVM Ruby is. Example:
mkdir -p ~/bin
cd ~/bin
ln -s /home/pistos/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p180/bin/diakonos
Then ensure that ~/bin is in your PATH.
[1]: rvm.io
diakonos --uninstall
Run with any of these:
diakonos [filename...]
diakonos -s <session-name>
diakonos -m <regexp>
or, for other options and arguments,
diakonos --help
For help using Diakonos, simply press F1 or Shift-F1 from within the editor to use the interactive help system.
To dig deeper into Diakonos' rich feature set, see github.com/Pistos/diakonos/wiki/Beyond-the-Basics .
The source code repository is at github.com/Pistos/diakonos .
Send comments, feedback and tech support requests to the #mathetes channel on the FreeNode IRC network ( webchat.freenode.net/?channels=mathetes ), or the mailing list [email protected] . Reproducible issues may be reported at github.com/Pistos/diakonos/issues .
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"By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward." (Hebrews 11:24-26)
Kick back and relax? Moses could have chosen to kick back and relax with the best of today's social media celebrities!
Live it up? Moses could have chosen to live it up with the best of today's children of powerful politicians.
Don't get distracted with religion? Moses could have chosen to go with the grain and follow his adopted culture's popular polytheistic ways.
Live for today? Moses could have chosen to see this world as the end all be all when it comes to achievement.
Plain and simple – Moses could have chosen a lot of different things, but he chose a "life for good" over "the good life", and such is the call that God's anointed has given us today.
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'; and 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household.' He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it." (Matthew 10:43-39)


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The SFB TRR154 congratulates the winners of the 2016 EURO Excellence in Practice Award:
Thorsten Koch, Benjamin Hiller, Marc E. Pfetsch, Lars Schewe, Dagmar Bargmann, Mirko Ebbers, Armin Fügenschuh, Björn Geißler, Ralf Gollmer, Uwe Gotzes, Christine Hayn, Nina Heinecke, Holger Heitsch, René Henrion, Jesco Humpola, Imke Joormann, Veronika Kühl, Thomas Lehmann, Ralf Lenz, Hernan Leövey, Alexander Martin, Radoslava Mirkov, Andris Möller, Antonio Morsi, Antje Pelzer, Werner Römisch, Jessica Rövekamp, Martin Schmidt, Rüdiger Schultz, Robert Schwarz, Jonas Schweiger, Klaus Spreckelsen, Claudia Stangl, Marc C. Steinbach, Isabel Wegner-Specht, Bernhard M. Willert
Excerpt from euro-online:
Evaluating Gas Network Capacities
In 2009 Open Grid Europe (OGE, at that time E.ON Gastransport) Germanys largest Transmission System Operator (TSO) initiated the ForNe project (in German "Forschungskooperation Netzwerkoptimierung") due to the new challenging problems resulting from the liberalization of the gas market. Over decades, gas transport had been more or less steady state with long-term delivery contracts and weather forecast predictable demands. Now, demand and supply change on a daily basis and are triggered by market prices, not by security of supply. Nevertheless, a TSO like OGE has to guarantee the latter, having only little influence on the trading process. These facts result in enormously challenging problems simultaneously including uncertainties, dynamical aspects, and feasibility questions. Mathematically, these problems lead to stochastic mixed-integer non-linear non-convex optimization problems including PDE and ODE constraints.
The EEPA 2016 jury consisted of Ton G. de Kok (chair), Ulrich Dorndorf, Erik Demeulemeester, Marco Laumanns, and Markus Bohlin.
The award was presented at the closing session of the EURO 2016 Conference in Poznań (Poland).


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Arts & Education: the value of deeper engagement
This case study explores the benefits of long-term dance engagement with St Kilda Primary, an inner city multicultural school in Melbourne who have been working with The Australian Ballet Education over 10 years.
Located just a tram ride away from The Australian Ballet's Melbourne HQ, is one of Victoria's most socially and culturally diverse primary schools, St Kilda Primary School. It welcomes students from all backgrounds, from affluent families to those who have experienced homelessness or displacement. Nearly ten years ago, staff from The Australian Ballet Education Team boarded the number 67 tram to meet the Principal, Sue Higgins. From that meeting began a partnership that has benefited thousands of children.
Principal Susan Higgins feels "It's a real partnership rather than a one-off experience ... It has enriched our school ... I've seen the difference it has made to the children".
For Sue, the partnership is about giving children experiences they would not otherwise have, particularly some of her students who come from families experiencing serious hardship."Even though The Australian Ballet and the Arts Precinct is just down the road from us, it did not, and does not mean that some of my children are exposed to the richness of that world."
Sue also observes that having the Ballet visit the school every year deepens and normalises the experiences for students."When the children walk into the hall and they know The Australian Ballet has arrived, the excitement builds, because they have had rich experiences in the past and they are eager to reconnect … and it is amazing to see the children's skills develop over time … It's a program that builds upon skills and instils in children confidence and the belief that they can master these new challenges.
.... When the students start off in Prep they throw their little hearts into every aspect of the program – they love it. As they get older, they're asking more questions and focusing more intently on movement, better understanding teamwork and appreciating 'space' around them. These are some of the benefits of having a long-term partnership rather than a one-off experience."
Last year, for the first time, the program involved a week-long residency at the school that culminated in a performance celebrated by the school community. This engagement challenged the students and deepened their experience.
"Everybody was in the audience and everybody also performed and it was just remarkable … such a lot of it is about teamwork, respect, understanding and trust … They do find it challenging, but they love it."
There are curriculum links associated with the education program, especially in the areas of Health and Physical Education, and Performing Arts.
"The knowledge and skills that [students] are developing when they're with the Ballet include having a greater understanding of themselves and their own body movement, and that of others, and being better able to work together to explore, create and share newly learned movements and different skills. They're able to do this with far more confidence …"
Sue describes it as "authentic learning". "In today's world, there is a great deal of "virtual" learning. But this is real. You can touch the dancers … It's happening in front of their eyes. The children are truly a part of it."
Sue has noticed another important benefit of the program is that it has broadened the students' horizons and helps them think differently about the world."It's enriched the lives of children at our school … I've seen the difference it has made to the children here ... I believe that it has enriched their lives and their understanding of themselves and others and I truly believe that it's been an opportunity for them to see life isn't just about just learning to play basketball or footy, but there's a whole other world out there that is beautiful and rich and stimulating for minds and bodies."
For some students, their involvement in the program has been transformative."I've had children who have gone on to do dance as a result of the education program. I have a child who is truly alive when he dances. He loves dancing. He's a different child when he's dancing … and he is one of several children who have gone into dance directly as a result of The Australian Ballet being part of our school."


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Hand Therapy
Hand therapists treat patients with acute or chronic conditions that limit the mobility in the hand, arm, or shoulder. Often, they see patients after an injury or surgery.
The goal of hand therapy is to increase function and range of motion and to strengthen and desensitize the affected area. They do this through active and passive therapies, including nerve reconditioning and muscle stimulation.
Therapists with specialized training
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Hand therapy clinics close to home
Lake Health has state-of-the-art hand therapy clinics at the TriPoint Medical Center (440-354-1626) and West Medical Center (440-953-6036). Our clinics are the only ones in the area staffed by certified hand therapists.
For an appointment or more information, simply call either location (physician prescription required).


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Let's talk about periods. It's as much a part of our lives as breathing and burping (yes, girls burp ok). Hormones are all over the place but then again that's why we have chocolates. For me, I'm constantly worrying about staining my dress or the chair I'm sitting on for 8 hours straight at work. Did I mention overall discomfort that leads to general crankiness? Yeahhh… add that to the list right next to checking the pad every few hours. Why am I tell you all this?
Because I truly believe that periods are not the end of the world. It's no reason for us to stress or worry and it's definitely no reason to stay away from normal activities that make us happy. According to me, the one thing that makes periods a trying time is the discomfort – physical and emotional. And we must do what we can to eliminate this feeling. We have chocolate, wine, books and Zayn Malik to keep us emotionally upbeat. In a bid to reduce the physical discomfort, Whisper innovated and came up with something cool.
Well, I celebrated International Women's Day this year with Whisper. One of my favourite feminine hygiene brands, Whisper invited a bunch of bloggers to Tote on the Turf at Mahalaxmi, Mumbai for the launch of their newest innovation – Ultra Soft.
We met Radhika Apte who so eloquently pointed out that since we're on our period for 1/6th of our lives, it's about time we get comfortable in our own skin. I couldn't agree more. Not only do we need to start treating it normally like any other bodily function, we also need to cut ourselves some slack. We need to be confident and comfortable enough to choose to do what we want and when we want it, especially when we're menstruating. Because it's not an illness or a disease, it's just periods. It cannot and should not hold us back.
Gynaecologist Dr. Nandita Palshetkar spoke about how important it is for us to be hygienic, especially since it's so crazy hot and humid in most part of India. And finally, P&G's senior scientist who came down all the way from Germany, Edit Tilly walked us through their new creation – the New Whisper Ultra Soft.
It's pretty crazy when you think about the amount of research, science, time and effort that goes into making a sanitary pad. Whisper Ultra is thin already. But the Ultra Soft is twice as softer. That's amazing because one of our biggest issues with sanitary pads is that they can be corse to the skin and leave us with rashes.
To touch, Ultra Soft is like silk #NoKidding. Apart from having a two layer top sheet for softness, it also has these pores that soaks everything into the gel underneath. And its super gel binds, holds as well as kills odour.
Structurally, it's wider at the back which is great because it lets you wear the pad longer without worrying much, especially at night.
I decided to take up the #UltraSoftChallenge. I've been using it for the past 3 days of my period and I can safely say it's pretty comfortable. Not only is it thin, but it's so soft and doesn't hurt the skin even after my 45 minute evening walk.
Absorption wise, it's good too. It does pull the wetness away from the skin which also adds to the comfy quotient. I also tend to have problems with the wings and how they sometimes lose their glue and come off. No such thing has happened yet with the Ultra Soft. The wings are pretty sturdy and keep the pad in place.
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Charlotte, NC ex-Mayor Patrick Cannon just went to prison after admitting to taking bribes. Pathetic excuse for a man in my opinion. Everyone makes mistakes but that doesn't mean I have to like it nor have any use for them. What makes matters worse I heard a reporter interviewing one of his supporters and she said he never took bribes and if he did – it was to help the City of Charlotte. Folks – this is why we are in the state we are in. Unintelligent, foolish, uninformed voters placing fools into position of power and authority and then sticking it too us. Wonderful.
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For those of you who are preparing your speeches:
- 8 Steps to Practicing a Presentation by Dr. Michelle Mazur — this post confirms a lot of what we talked about in class, in terms of how to best practice your extemporaneous speech. Stand up, say it out loud, and time it! Check out this post for some additional tips.
- Olympics Presenter Shares Tips for Public Speaking — Rah Seung-yun became famous for her pitch to the International Olympics Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Read this article for some advice on how to speak clearly and persuasively.
- 3 Word Types that Assassinate Good Communication by Scott Danielson — ah, the perils of speech fillers and jargon! This post describes why speakers should avoid these verbal pitfalls.
Links on how to be an engaged audience member:
- Julian Treasure's TED Talk on 5 Ways to Listen Better — some tips on how to be a conscious listener to the world around you (and your colleagues' speeches!).
- Modified 'Sandwich Technique' for Evaluations by Andrew Dlugan (U of S engineering grad!) — Some really good advice on how to provide constructive critique for speeches.
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The Newbury men who had been killed were listed in the church magazine by installment.
Copied and supplied to the Parish Magazine by Mr J W H Kemp
(Continued from last month.)
45. Pte Benjamin Weller Smith, Duke of Cornwall's LI, killed in France, June 18th, aged 24. Laid to rest at Bus, France.
46. Corp. Harry Lawes, killed in Mesopotamia 21st January, 1914.
47. Pte Ernest Westall, Territorials, died 16th June, 1916, in hospital.
48. Pte William Oscar Wickens, 8th Batt. Royal Berks Regt, missing since Oct. 13th, 1915, now reported killed.
49. Pte Bertram Edgar Wickens, Inter-communication Section 1/4 Royal Berks Regt, died of wounds April 17th, 1917.
50. Pte Gerald Lionel Wickens, 1/1 Trench Mortar Battery, 1st Infantry Brigade, killed in action August 27th, 1916.
51. Pte James Reginald Swatton, killed November, 1916. RIP.
52. Basil Henry Belcher, Royal Berks Regt, missing, believed killed, July 1st, 1916.
53. Pte Charles Whitehorn, killed in action July 3rd, 1916, 5th Royal Berks Regt.
54. Alan George Busby, killed in France June 9th, 1917. RIP.
55. In memory of Thomas Alfred Stillman, 2nd son of Mrs Stillman, of Market Street, Newbury, killed in action June 6th somewhere in France.
56. In memory of George Frederick Stevens, Qr-Master-Sergt, Royal Engineers, killed in France, July 10-11, 1917.
57. Sergt Frederick John Preston, 2/4 Royal Berks Regt, died of wounds, Le Trefont Hospital, France, 7th June, 1917.
58. L-Corp. William Crook, 94142, 128th Field Co, RE, killed July 1st, 1917, late of Diamond Cottages, Newbury.
59. Sergt W H Lake, 633 battery RFA, Indian Expeditionary Forces, died August 10th, 1916; prisoner of war in Turkey.
60. Pte Frank Pibworth, 6th Batt. Royal Berks Regt, died of wounds August 1st, 1917.
61. Pte Charles Mundy, KOYLI, killed Sept. 14th, 1917.
62. Pte Alfred John Aldridge, 16th Royal Warwickshire Regt, killed in action in France July 27th, 1916.
63. Pte Albert James Geater, A Co 1/4 Royal Berks Regt, killed in action August 16th, 1917.
64. Signalman Arthur William Stevens, 1st Devons, died of wounds in Hospital, France, October 4th, 1917.
65. Pte George Herbert Smith, 6th Batt. Royal Berks, killed in France March 10th 1915.
66. Pte James Henry Smith, 6th Batt. Royal Berks, killed in France August 27th, 1915.
67. Pte Edward Albert Smith, 6th Batt. Royal Berks, killed in action August 16th, 1917.
(To be continued.)
Newbury St Nicholas parish magazine, April 1918 (D/P89/28A/13)


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A series of telephone conversations where truth comes away in layers – begins at Cold Call: Day 1
LACRIMOSA: Still speaking to me?
SìMON: (D) Ah, I suddenly thought 'oh shit, that's why you were so…reticent about your personal life: you're married' and I just felt totally inappropriate.
LACRIMOSA: Right, because I couldn't have any other relationship with a guy and usually I'll tell my entire history to any weirdo that calls.
SìMON: Who is he? A friend?
LACRIMOSA: Neighbour.
SìMON: Just good neighbours, eh?
LACRIMOSA: Not your business, but aye, actually.
SìMON: Even though you're at work?
LACRIMOSA: Wow, good accusatory tone there, like you've just uncovered organised fraud!
SìMON: He's the neighbour of the 'Warehouse'?
LACRIMOSA: No, I'm working from home. And no, my home isn't a Fetish Warehouse; twenty-first century telephony allows you to route calls pretty much anywhere you want.
SìMON: Plausible.
LACRIMOSA: By all means hang up and give me peace.
SìMON: I'd best let you keep the line free, then. Get back to filing your nails to a sharp point.
LACRIMOSA: I'm sure you have an aunty to visit.
SìMON: Aye.


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