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In a strange new film that opens this week, people pay for the pleasure of slipping through a small door in an anonymous office building and spending 15 minutes inside John Malkovich's head. Turns out celebrity's not all it's cracked up to be: Those who make the trip watch Malkovich reading The Wall Street Journal, heating up leftover Chinese food, and ordering bathroom towels over the phone.
According to Malkovich himself and some of the film's other stars, this is pretty much what it's like to be famous. "When we go to McDonald's, we have to decide if we want to park or go through McDrive," says the edgy and inscrutable star of stage and screen.
Cameron Diaz, the former model and There's Something About Mary lead, who appears in this new film as a frizzy-haired pet-store owner, concurs: "I think what the movie says is that the grass is always greener -- everybody else [seems to] have it better."
Review of Being John Malkovich
For most of the film's stars, and for its producer, R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, celebrity is a known quantity, something they wrestled with long ago, but one member of the crew of this Kafka-meets-Alice in Wonderland satire -- director Spike Jonze -- has little to say about celebrity or voyeurism. He has even less to say about himself and his own background. For Jonze, who's developed a formidable underground reputation over the past decade as a video director par excellence, the real demands of celebrity have come calling for the first time.
Though he has made one of the year's funniest movies -- Being John Malkovich is up there, in its own eccentric way, with South Park and Rushmore -- and is MTV's most celebrated director, he has almost no public profile. Jonze -- who also appears as one of the Three Kings in David O. Russell's Gulf War action film, playing a hick from a group home in Dallas who longs for a nice split-level in Garland -- turns down interviews, decides not to show up for others, and stages bizarre pranks in lieu of others. His publicity firm has to hire paparazzi photographers to get a shot of him. Walking into a New York press conference that seems to fill him with fear, and asked by a reporter when he changed his name, the blond and sheepish 29-year-old responds: "Ah, 1933."
Despite the director's frequent impersonation of an innocent bystander, Jonze's new work is one of the most personal and unpredictable films to arrive in a long time. Incongruously, it's also controlled and polished. Much of the movie takes place on the seven-and-a-halfth floor of an obscure New York skyscraper and involves a hundred-year-old lech who survives almost entirely on carrot juice and a monkey struggling to get in touch with its inner child. But it's hard to know whether Being John Malkovich will go down in history as "the last great movie of the century," as Esquire has called it, or as an endless midnight movie.
As ubiquitous as his work is, Jonze himself is a study in the elusive. Most Americans under the age of 35 have probably seen one of his videos for acts such as Sonic Youth, Björk, Dallas' own MC 900 Ft Jesus, or Dinosaur Jr., but the man himself exists only as a vague mystique. His videos are consistently the best and most inventive in the business: His clip for Weezer's "Buddy Holly" sets the alternative-rock band onstage at Al's Diner, with old, kitschy footage of Richie Cunningham, Potsie, even The Fonz. His manic video for the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" -- an imitation '70s cop show, complete with bad mustaches and reflector sunglasses -- is equally beloved for its retro fashion sense and its constant onscreen movement. Björk's "It's Oh So Quiet" was a Busby Berkeley homage set in a Valley tire shop, with dancing mechanics and twirling umbrellas, and this year's video for Fatboy Slim's "Praise You," which chronicles an amateur dance troupe, swept the recent MTV Music Video Awards. The fact that those who admire his videos know little more than his name is no accident.
"He just doesn't like to talk about himself," says Megan Baltimore, who, with Jonze and two others, owns the Torrance, California-based Girl skateboard company and also was once his roommate. "I don't know if I should say anything," she replies when asked more about him. "I don't want to give away any of his secrets." Asked whether Jonze attracts misinformation and mythology, she says, "Would I be giving away his mystique if I said yes?" This kind of closed-mouth treatment is typical of the way Jonze's friends from the skateboard world discuss him.
"Spike has a wonderful persona, because the people around him help create his mythology," says Jacob Rosenberg, a fellow skater and video director who has known Jonze casually since the early '90s. Rosenberg says Jonze likes to play with his image and reputation out of the same sense of boyish fun that motivates his shooting and directing. "Life is much more interesting the way he does it."
Part of the Spike Jonze myth is that he's a reclusive, almost pre-verbal genius -- the image he likes to convey when members of the media are around. When, in 1995, a New York Times reporter asked Jonze whether his real name was Adam Spiegel (which it is), his response was, "Yeah, that's a...you know, it's all...it's a mastermind P.R. plan I'm working on." Or when asked whether he was dating actress and director Sofia Coppola, daughter of the Godfather director: "You know, it's all a...I have no...I don't know what you're talking about." (Jonze married Coppola this spring at her father's Northern California vineyard in a ceremony serenaded by Tom Waits.)
For an early segment for an MTV series of interviews with video directors, Jonze sent his friend Chris Pontius, who writes for skateboard magazines, to pretend to be him. For Mean magazine, Jonze posed as a frazzled publicist who couldn't get Jonze to cooperate. For Spin, he asked some friends to act like strangers and repeatedly beat the hell out of him in front of a reporter. Even when interviewing with friends at a skateboard magazine, he invents stories and agrees to every outlandish rumor -- wild honeymoons, cross-country BMX bike rides -- the reporter serves him.
Jonze plays similar games with his identity on the screen. In his much hailed video for Fatboy Slim's gospel-flavored "Praise You," he appears as the leader of The Torrance Community Dancers, a clumsy and, thankfully, imaginary group that awkwardly expresses itself in front of a Los Angeles movie theater. Despite his reported bashfulness, Jonze stars in the video, venturing extroverted, breakdance-inspired moves that most people would keep to themselves. Then, in a voice even more nasal than his real one, Jonze -- speaking to an offscreen interviewer -- spins another imaginary identity.
"A lot of people tell us we have a very hip-hop feel," he says. "Growing up in Manhattan, I performed with several B-Boy posses." He enthusiastically hugs the other dancers and says: "That's sort of our background, sort of our inspiration!" At the annual MTV video awards in September, where "Praise You" collected three awards, Jonze accepted his prize as "Richard," the leader of the Torrance troupe, the icon of ironic cool posing as a pretentious performing-arts geek.
Jonze's real identity is less romantic. He was born Adam Spiegel, heir of the once stylish, now frumpy Spiegel catalog, and he grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, the affluent suburb of Washington, D.C., where he was more interested in BMX bikes and skateboards than in TV or movies. He's been called Spike since age 12, named -- by staffers at the bike shop Rockville BMX -- for the spiky haircuts he gave them. (Jonze was added on, most think, in homage to the surreal '40s bandleader.) He moved to L.A. as a teenager in the late '80s and has remained there since, establishing and maintaining a hallowed role in the local skateboard scene and doing his best to stay invisible to the local media. These days he's into yoga, which he does every day at lunch.
Slight of build, with fine hair and an affinity for baggy but neat clothes, Jonze looks like the kind of polite kid who might still be arguing with his parents about whether law or medical school should be his next step. It's unlikely he passed his high school public-speaking class: When he discusses himself or his work, his sentences collide and interrupt each other, and he seems to have trouble sitting still for more than a few minutes, running to get more water whenever possible. He's more or less the opposite of press-crazed Harmony Korine, the other boy-wonder director with a new film (Julien Donkey-Boy) at the New York Film Festival.
Jonze's friends -- nearly all of whom, famous or obscure, refuse to speak for attribution -- use the words "sweet" and "unassuming" when speaking about him, and a few describe him as shy with people he doesn't know, crazy or wild with those he does. Shyness aside, in the last few years he has begun to come out of hiding, appearing not just in that MTV video but also in cameos in several films, among them Mi Vida Loca and his friend David Fincher's The Game. His role as the Judas Priest-loving redneck Army private Conrad Vig in Three Kings marks the first time he's been given any substantial role in a feature film.
Jonze left Bethesda at age 17 to work for Freestylin', an L.A. bicycling magazine. He was hired to write and edit, but instead drifted into the darkroom. "He was kind of notorious in the BMX scene as a prankster," says Andy Jenkins, the editor who hired Jonze mostly on the basis of his funny, anarchic personality. Jonze also began shooting photos of skaters and a series of skateboard videos -- quick-cut, mostly half-hour films made by skateboard companies to show off their stars and to sell boards and clothing -- and quickly developed a reputation as a groundbreaker.
His first major effort was 1991's Video Days, made for the Blind skateboard team, which included not only skating legend Mark Gonzales but also the actor Jason Lee, best known from Kevin Smith's films. That video contains the seed of what's become a widely celebrated style: fast, risky camera work, smart choice of music, offbeat humor.
"For anyone from my era, it's the video," says Ed Templeton, a Huntington Beach skater who was internationally ranked in the early '90s. "When I want to get stoked to go skating, I watch the Blind video." This video, and other Jonze skate films such as Rubbish Heap, made a real impact on their medium. Says a skateboarder and photographer who asked that his name not be used: "It portrayed kids as kids -- doing crazy stuff and getting into trouble." Earlier skate videos had tended to be polite and safe. "There was this etiquette to the way skateboarding was portrayed. People weren't doing crazy things. Spike did this video, and it was just the rawness of kids. He shot a lot of night spots, which allowed the subjects to stand out more. It was rad."
Skater and photographer Rosenberg praises Jonze's camera movement, his ability to describe a skater's personality through short interviews, and his innovative choice of music. "Skateboard music was almost all punk rock," Rosenberg says. "But Spike came in with things like The Jackson Five's 'I Want You Back.'" He also used a dynamic John Coltrane song from the 1950s and War's funky "Low Rider," which plays as the teenage skaters uncap beers and crash their car in the desert badlands.
These videos drew the attention of Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, who asked Jonze to star in and shoot the skateboard passages of their rock video "100%." On the set, Jonze worked with director Tamra Davis (director of Billy Madison and Hanson's "MMMBop" video) and learned from her the rudiments of rock-video directing. Meanwhile, Freestylin' had gone out of business, and Jonze moved on to Dirt, a magazine for teenage boys that was, during its short-lived run, the counterpart of the more successful Sassy for girls. R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe met Jonze while he was working at Dirt and remembers him being "like a skate kid -- a very smart one." In some ways he still is: Almost a decade after he broke in, skaters are still Jonze's people, and skaters feel proud of his success, as though he were a boy from the old 'hood.
In 1995, Sony/TriStar asked Jonze to direct Harold and the Purple Crayon, a live-action-animation feature film based on the Crockett Johnson book about a boy whose crayon drawings take on a life of their own. David O. Russell, who went on to direct Spanking the Monkey and to cast Jonze in Three Kings, was brought in as scriptwriter, but for reasons no one will discuss, the film was never made. Jonze continued to make skate videos and to shoot for magazines, and he branched into commercials -- including clever, imaginative spots for Nike and Nissan and a Levi's jeans commercial in which a patient on a stretcher is saved by the Soft Cell song "Tainted Love" -- and short documentaries while building the definitive portfolio of alternative-rock videos.
Stipe concedes that it's difficult to pin down Jonze's directing style, which is built from the rapid juxtapositions that mark the work of his namesake. Like most of the director's admirers, Stipe speaks about Jonze's ability to see the world from "a different angle," but can't be much more specific. "It's more of a freedom to fuck with the medium, and that for me is what sets him apart from the average director. He doesn't see the limitations, and if he sees them, they don't translate for him."
Much of the appeal of Jonze's style has to do not just with rapid onscreen movement and guerrilla camera work but with tone, the way he borrows images and iconography from other times and places and treats them with empathy and even affection instead of scorn. It's clear in his use of the '50s and '70s in his Weezer and Beastie Boys videos, in the way he pokes fun at the clumsy dancers in "Praise You" -- who persevere through the indifference and hostility of passersby -- but also makes this leotard- and tank-top-clad bunch the heroes of the story.
"He employs a certain contemporary irony that is inevitable for his age," says Sonic Youth singer-guitarist Thurston Moore. "But it is refreshingly lacking in the bitterness I see in other hepsters his age, like Harmony Korine."
Jonze's ability to see the humor in his subjects without trashing them is most clear in Amarillo by Morning. This short documentary from 1997 captures a group of Texas teens who dream of a future in the rodeo and nearly makes a star of a 16-year-old named Little John, a baby-faced kid in an enormous cowboy hat who speaks in the earnest, rapid-fire patter of a teenage televangelist. The documentary came about by accident, while Jonze and his director of photography, Lance Accord, were visiting Texas to shoot rodeos. They met some kids and, as Jonze puts it during our interview, "just couldn't stop videotaping them." Part of what drew Jonze to these boys was the absurdity of their conviction, but he never mocks them. "For me, I was just so into how they were 16 years old and they were so vocal about what they thought their lives would be like."
When he speaks about his projects, Jonze often adopts an innocent's fecklessness, as if he were an accidental genius. As he told the Los Angeles Reader in a 1995 interview: "It's probably because I'm like Chauncey Gardener, the guy from Being There. I'll say something like, 'A big table!' and then someone says, 'Oh, great. Let's give him a lot of money. Go make it.'"
Despite Jonze's image as a fun-loving boho who just lucks into his triumphs, there's a rigor and degree of difficulty to all of his work. Thurston Moore saw it immediately when he and Tamra Davis first watched Video Days.
"We were marveling at how some of the shots were being made, and we figured the cameraman was on a skateboard following the skaters, which is something we had never seen, at least not with so much inventiveness," says Moore, adding that Jonze's command of technique is such that "he can throw a camera in the air and create cool-looking stuff."
Being John Malkovich began its life not with Spike Jonze, but as an idea inside the head of rookie screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who is nearly as shy and evasive as the director. Originally the story of a married man who fell in love with another woman, the script morphed into the tale of a harried puppeteer (John Cusack) who takes a job as a filing clerk on the seven-and-a-halfth floor of a Manhattan office building and discovers a portal into John Malkovich's head. He and a sexy, sharp-tongued co-worker (played by Catherine Keener, of Your Friends and Neighbors) set up a scheme to advertise the experience and charge $200 for the trip.
"You get to be John Malkovich for 15 minutes," says a matter-of-fact Joe-Sixpack character waiting in line, as though explaining a gimmicky ride in a run-down amusement park. It's one of the film's many deadpan moments, in which strange developments are treated as just part of the landscape.
Kaufman says that he proceeded intuitively with the story that became Malkovich and that the script is still, mostly, a mystery to him. "It was always John Malkovich," Kaufman says. "It was part of the original idea. And I can't tell you why I liked it."
After Jonze had been brought in to direct but before they'd contacted Malkovich, Kaufman and Jonze threw other names back and forth, trying to come up with someone who'd work as suitably in case the actor declined to participate. "We couldn't come up with somebody else who works as well," Kaufman admits.
Kaufman and Jonze passed the script to Malkovich's agent, who passed it to the actor, who might never have read it if not for a severely delayed flight out of Los Angeles International Airport. Headed back to his home in the south of France, Malkovich expected his role to be little more than a passing reference. "I thought it would be a one-line joke or something," he recalls. Upon completing the script, he was struck by the daring humor and the unlikeliness of a film so eccentric ever getting made.
Jonze's main contribution to the film had nothing to do with the dynamic camera moves, lost-in-time quality, or sudden juxtapositions that characterize his skate or rock videos. Says Jonze, sitting in a New York hotel room: "I always thought of playing it very naturalistically and emphasizing the characters and the script and the story."
Instead of getting in its way, he says, letting the script be insane and hilarious was the best way to go. Jonze's choice was an unlikely one in a year that's seen kinetic, MTV-influenced movies such as Run Lola Run, The Matrix, and Fight Club and the emergence of more and more rock-video directors into the world of feature film.
His take on the script helped keep some of the film's big names, who found the story funny and original but were skeptical of it working as a full-length film. (The movie's rumored budget, $13 million, suggests that much of the cast's high-priced talent worked for far less than their standard fees.)
"When I first read it, I thought, 'Oh, God, I hope they don't try to make it into something wacky,'" says Diaz, who signed on only after discussing it with Jonze. Keener found the script "amazing," but felt similarly: "You take a script like that, and you wonder where it could end up."
Cusack was one of the first people to see the script, which he had heard described as long as five years ago as "this underground script that would never be made." He found it "part vaudeville and black comedy and absurdist farce and existential, completely original. I never thought he could sustain it for a whole film." He wanted to meet with Jonze, whose reputation he knew only vaguely, before committing to the movie. Though he'd seen some of his videos and liked them, Cusack wasn't yet convinced. "They showed he was inventive. None of them suggested that he could make a feature film."
Cusack says he's usually hesitant to play guinea pig for first-time directors, who most often just tell him what they think he wants to hear. Jonze, it turned out, was different.
"Spike immediately started talking about character, character, character, and tone," Cusack says. "He didn't talk about visuals. And that's when I knew that this kid was smart." Tricky, kinetic direction works for some films, he says, but not this one. "The Matrix and Run Lola Run were not really about characters; they're about creating worlds. You're being taken on a wild, science-fiction ride. If you're gonna make a movie about people, you can't overwhelm it with visuals, because you can't settle down and look at behavior."
People who have worked with Jonze talk about a contrast between his image as a daffy slacker and the driven, hard-working reality. "I think Spike has a great sensibility," says Malkovich. "For a kid who seems like a goofball, who's skateboarding or taking pictures and doing tricks on his bicycle, he's very smart. He has a really delicate touch. He really watches you -- unlike a lot of directors who sit by the video monitors. He's very stubborn -- he has very strong opinions. He's a little bit relentless." Adds Keener: "I found him very focused on the set. In a benign, conservative way, he kept us all on track."
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Mark Pellington, who has also made the transition from rock videos (for Pearl Jam and Nine Inch Nails) to feature films (most recently Arlington Road), calls Jonze "a great conceptualist." Jonze is stylish, he says, but all his work is driven by fresh, left-field ideas. Pellington compares Jonze to David Fincher (the video director who graduated to Fight Club and Seven) and Tim Burton in his ability to tell a story with visual verve without overwhelming it with effects.
"God gave him a special way to see the world," Pellington says, "and he does it with tongue in cheek and a good heart."
Though a rumor has floated that Jonze was worn-out by the process of working on Malkovich and Three Kings and wants to return to shorter projects, he says he's ready for more. He's spoken recently to Rage Against the Machine about a video and always has his eye out for other documentary ideas. But he's also known for being choosy, and when it comes to features, he'll continue to hold out for scripts as good as the movies he loves, among them such recent films as The Straight Story and Election.
"He's a genius -- everybody knows it," says a friend from the skateboard days. "Whenever he does something, people just wait. People put everything aside. You just don't know what's going on in his head -- ever."


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Sunday, June 28, 2015
Spray, mist, fun
Hi there: A lot of the time I forget I have journal that I can play in. Seriously doodling,spraying inks, stamping; there are no rules. I do at times oversaturate my pages and they leek through but thats part of it. I got out my distress inks and a couple of delusions and just went to town over a page I had doodled on. This week the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge (siomnsaystamp.com/monday/challenge) is Stamp + Mist- Heres my entry- Thanks so much
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- Andrea Ockey Parr said...
I absolutely ADORE what you've done here! Your colors are so yummy and vibrant and I love seeing pieces where everything blends so beautifully! You have a great eye for composition and I like how you've mixed softer shades with bolder shades. The flowers are a lovely addition and I like how they're outlines that let those gorgeous colors show through. Excellent work and I'm so glad you shared this with us here at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!
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This is kind of curious.
PIMCO recently introduced an ETF version of the firm's flagship Total Return Fund.
The ticker was TRXT, which isn't that memorable.
Anyway, just a few days after its debut it's changing the name to the much more memorable BOND.
Below is the announcement, and it talks about making the ETF easier to access, which is vaguely true if by "access" you mean remember.
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PIMCO To Change The Total Return ETF Ticker to BOND on April 4, 2012
Shift from TRXT to BOND Is Designed to Make Access for Investors Even Easier
Shift from TRXT to BOND Is Designed to Make Access for Investors Even Easier
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA (March 28, 2012) -- PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, will change the NYSE ticker for the PIMCO Total Return ETF from TRXT to BOND on April 4, 2012. The shift from the ticker TRXT to BOND is designed to make it even easier for investors to access the PIMCO Total Return ETF. BOND will continue to be managed by PIMCO's founder and co-Chief Investment Officer William H. Gross, and will continue to follow the same Total Return strategy.
"Our aim is to enable investors to access the PIMCO Total Return ETF easily and conveniently, and we believe that re-naming the NYSE ticker to BOND is another step toward achieving that objective," said Mr. Gross.
The effective date of the ticker change will be April 4. BOND will continue to trade on NYSE Arca and there is no change to the CUSIP. For current investors in the Fund, there is no action required.
BOND is designed to be a diversified portfolio of high quality bonds that is actively managed with the aim of maximizing return and managing risk. Some of its potential benefits include:
- Direct access to PIMCO's portfolio management expertise, including global credit analysis and interest rate forecasting
- Portfolio diversification, income, the opportunity for capital appreciation and excess return in an actively managed, risk-controlled framework
- An investment strategy managed for all market environments, emphasizing both top down macroeconomic analysis and bottom-up issue selection
- Full benefits and flexibility of the ETF vehicle, including intraday pricing, the ability to be traded using limit and stop loss orders as well daily portfolio disclosure and low investment minimum (1 share)
BOND adds to PIMCO's expanding platform of active and index ETFs that are designed to meet a broad range of investor needs. These solutions include the PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Strategy Fund (MINT), which is currently the world's largest actively managed ETF by assets under management; several actively managed municipal bond strategies and more than a dozen "smart-passive" index ETFs, including the recently-launched Australia, Germany and Canada Bond Index Funds. Smart-passive ETFs incorporate credit analysis to screen out securities that are illiquid or don't pass other key risk metrics.


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Azerbaijan Airlines flies to BakuBerlin, 06.05.2015
Since 2 May 2015, Berlin Airports has been pleased to report a new addition to services available at Berlin-Tegel Airport: Azerbaijan Airlines is now operating a new route from Berlin to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. This summer, flights will be available twice a week – always on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
On both days, the aircraft depart from the Azerbaijani capital at 7:25am and arrive in Berlin-Tegel at 9:25am local time. The return flight takes off at 10:45am and lands in Baku at 6:40pm local time. The journey takes roughly five hours. Azerbaijan Airlines operates Airbus A319s seating 122 passengers on this route.
The new Berlin-Baku route represents a further expansion of the airline's European route network. Berlin is the first German city served by Azerbaijan Airlines.
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Remember Me (2010) – Film Review
Slow-burning Remember Me focuses on love, loss and almost everything in between. As Tyler (Robert Pattinson) approaches his 22nd birthday with a huge sense of trepidation his life takes an unexpected turn when his life converges with that of Ally (Emilie de Ravin)'s.
The film that unfolds after the first few harrowing moments of Remember Me is compelling. We watch as Ally witnesses her mother being shot in front of her after being mugged but are never made fully aware of the loss that Tyler grieves over. Being fed tid-bits throughout the film about his 22 year-old brother's suicide we are instead provided with the fall-out such a devastating act can have on the family left behind. With his parents having split up in its wake, the siblings left behind have to fight for a place in their father (Pierce Brosnan)'s heart.
As Tyler tries to find his place in the world left behind by his brother he finds himself not fully enrolled in college and running into the wrong end of the law. The latter leads him (somewhat haphazardly) to Ally via her cop-father (Kevin McCarthy) when Tyler's room mate Aidan (Tate Ellington) convinces Tyler to get his own-back for the bruises the Chief dealt to his face by dating Ally. Much against plan he falls in love with her and it;s only a matter of time before the foundations of their relationship outs itself.
Remember Me makes a marked change for Robert Pattinson's career. Although still essentially a tale of romance, Remember Me's protagonist Tyler is far-removed from the brooding Edward from the Twilight franchise (this comparison is sure to crop up sooner later in any review of a Pattinson film released in the near future). Addicted to cigarettes and partying, Tyler is not a man who is sure what he wants from life and it makes a refreshing change. His narrated letters to his late brother offer insight to his inner-most feelings and thoughts and that adds an interesting dimension to the film. Criticised for being too sentimental and crammed too full of sad things, Remember Me manages to rise above such downfalls and offers an intriguing exploration of the link between love and loss.
Tyler's relationship with his sister Caroline (Ruby Jerins) is heart-warming and although his protection of her in the film has been knocked by some reviewers their bond is acted well. Although the film sometimes falls down by being too introverted it no doubt has its charms. The developing relationship between Ally and Tyler is captivating and the characters portrayed have very real attributes and flaws. Some of the film's turns may be clichéd or predictable (most of these relating to Tyler's relationship with his father) but the film's unexpected ending is extremely powerful – many may have claimed it as crass but it places the characters in the real world and epitomises the film's message.
Remember Me ultimately comments on the heavy expectation to achieve something in life whilst subtly suggesting that people usually achieve more than they think without realising it. Blending romance with a continual undercurrent of loss, the film will no doubt divide opinion.
Best performance: Robert Pattinson and Ruby Jerins.
Best scene: Tyler being teased with the 'bowl' is fairly comedic in a natural way.
Best line: 'if you could hear me I would say that our finger prints don't fade from the lives we've touched'.
Watch this if you liked: The Notebook, Twilight
Remember Me is full of people faking their accents; Pattinson is from England, Brosnan is from Ireland whilst Emilie de Ravin is from Australia.


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When I had my own kids, I was determined that they would never have to be frightened as they fell asleep at night. But how do we help children sleep well on their own? What does it really take to build sleep confidence?
Sleep, Eating, Toilet Learning
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Wacky Omarosa already has a fully signed Non-Disclosure Agreement!
I'm in @Omarosa's book on page 149. She claims to have heard from someone who heard from me that I heard Trump use the N-word.
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The Boat Races 2015
|The Boat Races 2015
Oxford Men's VIII celebrating victory
|11 April 2015 (2015-04-11)
|Men's race
|Margin of victory
|6 1⁄2 lengths
|Winning time
|17 minutes 34 seconds
|Overall record
|Boris Rankov
|Women's race
|Margin of victory
|6 1⁄2 lengths
|Winning time
|19 minutes 45 seconds
|Overall record
|Simon Harris
|Reserves' races
|Men's winners
|Women's winners
The 2015 Boat Races took place on 11 April 2015. Held annually, The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between male crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of the River Thames in south-west London. For the first time in the history of the event, the men's, women's and both reserves' races were all held on the Tideway; in the men's reserve race, Cambridge's Goldie faced Oxford's Isis after the women's race, as a preliminary to the main men's race, while the women's reserve race, held the day before, saw Oxford's Osiris race against Cambridge's Blondie.
Oxford's women won the first running of the Women's Boat Race on the Tideway, and the 70th overall, by six and a half lengths, to take the overall record in the event to 41–29 in Cambridge's favour. Oxford also won the men's reserve race, with Isis winning by three lengths. In the main men's race, umpired by the six-time Blue Boris Rankov, Oxford won by six and a half lengths in a time of 17 minutes 34 seconds, taking the overall record in the event to 81–79 in Cambridge's favour. The women's reserve race was won by Oxford's Osiris by fifteen lengths, making the overall record 21–20 in Cambridge's favour.
The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues")[1] and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues").[1] First held in 1829, the race takes place on the 4.2-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course, between Putney and Mortlake on the River Thames in south-west London.[2] The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities; it is followed throughout the United Kingdom and broadcast worldwide.[3][4] Oxford went into the race as champions, having won the 2014 race by a margin of eleven lengths,[5] but Cambridge led overall with 81 victories to Oxford's 78 (excluding the "dead heat to Oxford by five feet" of 1877).[6][7]
It was the first time in the history of The Boat Race that the three main races, the men's, women's and men's reserves', were held on the same day and on the same course along the Tideway. Prior to this year, the women's race which first took place in 1927, was usually held at the Henley Boat Races along the 2,000-metre (2,200 yd) course. However, on at least two occasions in the interwar period, the women competed on the Thames between Chiswick and Kew.[8] Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 2014 race by four lengths, with Cambridge leading 41–28 overall.[5] For the third year, the men's race was sponsored by BNY Mellon while the women's race saw BNY Mellon's subsidiary Newton Investment Management as sponsors.[8] It was part of the sponsorship deal with Newton Investment Management that mandated the women's race to be rowed on the same course and with the same funding as the men's race. According to their chief executive, Helena Morrissey, the company "didn't just want a name on a shirt; [it] wanted to do something meaningful".[9] The women's race was scheduled to take place at 4:50 pm, the men's reserves' race half an hour later and the men's race a further half-hour after that at 5:50 pm.[10][11] The women's reserve race between Cambridge's Blondie and Oxford's Osiris took place on the Tideway for the first time, one day before the main races, at 4:05 pm.[12]
The television historian and former Oxford rower Dan Snow (who represented the Dark Blues in the 1999, 2000 and 2001 races) said: "Most televised sport is a carnival of misogyny so it is great news that the Boat Race is leading the way in ensuring that women take their rightful place alongside men."[13] The BBC sports broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd suggested that scheduling the races on the same course and day was "a game-changing move" for female sport, and "now they've achieved equality – same course, same distance, same prize money [sic], same BBC TV coverage, to an expected global audience of 100 million".[14] The television presenter Clare Balding opted to cover the women's race instead of the 2015 Grand National, claiming that the combined rowing event would have a "ripple effect all across society, business and sport".[15]
The autumn reception was held at the London headquarters of BNY Mellon. As Oxford had won the previous year's race, it was Cambridge's responsibility to offer the traditional challenge to the Dark Blues. To that end, Alexander Leichter and Caroline Reid, presidents of the Cambridge boat clubs, challenged Constantine Louloudis and Anastasia Chitty, their counterparts, who duly accepted.[10] Umpires for the senior races were announced on 4 March: the former Cambridge rower Simon Harris, who represented the Light Blues in the 1982 and 1983 races oversaw the Women's race, while the six-time Oxford Blue Boris Rankov umpired the men's race for the fourth time.[16] Rob Clegg, the umpire of the 2011 race oversaw the men's reserve race while the Olympic bronze medallist Sarah Winckless umpired the women's reserve race.[16][17]
The Cambridge men's crew coaching team was led by their Chief Coach Steve Trapmore.[18] Appointed to the post in 2010, Trapmore was a gold medal-winning member of the men's eight at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[19] He was assisted by Ed Green, the former head coach at University College Cork and development coach at Molesey Boat Club.[18] Green's primary responsibility will be to coach Goldie.[20] Mark Beer, former Cambridge University Boat Club assistant coach, was appointed as the development coach for the Light Blues.[20] Sean Bowden returned as Chief Coach for Oxford, having been responsible for the senior men's crew since 1997. He was a former Great Britain Olympic coach and coached the Light Blues in the 1993 and 1994 Boat Races. His assistant coach was Andy Nelder who has coached the senior boat since 2006.[21]
Oxford's women's Head Coach was the Canadian Christine Wilson who had previously assisted in coaching the United States Olympic team and held the position of Head Coach of women's rowing at Yale University. She was assisted by Natasha Townsend who had represented Great Britain in the women's eights at two Olympics.[22] Cambridge were coached by the former Goldie coach Rob Baker who was assisted by Paddy Ryan and Nick Acock, along with two guest coaches in Jonathan Condor and Annie Vernon; Ed Hallam was their strength and conditioning coach.[23]
Women's trials
The trials took place on The Championship Course on 9 December 2014, in each case being the first and only time the crews would have to practice the route while racing side-by-side. Both races were umpired by Simon Harris in windy conditions.[24]
Oxford University Women's Boat Club's (OUWBC) trial eights, Real Life and Fantasy, set off at 1:15 p.m. Real Life, starting from the Middlesex station, made a better start and were three seats ahead at the Town Buoy before holding a length's lead after the first bend. Following a warning from Harris as the crews approached Hammersmith Bridge, the lead was reduced to half-a-length around the Surrey bend. Fantasy allowed Real Life to take a clear water advantage by the Bandstand, and they pulled away at Barnes Bridge to win by three lengths. The Oxford coach Christine Wilson noted that "today the crews pushed each other to know the course and to take risks when a racing opportunity presents itself".[24]
The two boats in the Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (CUWBC) trials were denoted as Rise and Grind, with the race commencing at 2:30 p.m. Starting from the Surrey station, Rise, despite the lower stroke rate, were half a length ahead within the first 20 strokes, and held a length's lead by Craven Cottage. They gradually extended their lead to two lengths by Hammersmith Bridge, three by Chiswick Steps and finished five lengths ahead of Grind. Cambridge's coach Rob Baker was mildly disappointed but remained upbeat, suggesting "Though I would have liked a closer race, I saw some excellent performances".[24]
Men's trials
The men's trials took place along The Championship Course on 11 December 2014, and according to the author Chris Dodd, were held in conditions "perfect ... for coaches in the process of testing their men and trying to seat people in the right order."[25] Both races were umpired by Boris Rankov, the former Oxford Blue who rowed for the Dark Blues on a record six occasions.[25][26]
Cambridge's senior men's trial boats were called 63 and Not Out in honour of the Australian Test cricketer Phillip Hughes who had died earlier in the year after being struck in the neck by a bouncer during a domestic match.[25][27] Not Out made the better start but lost their canvas-length lead by Barn Elms, and the crews passed the Mile Post level. Shooting Hammersmith Bridge, 63 were half a length down, and a length-and-a-half down by Chiswick Steps. Not Out held a two-length lead by the time the crews passed under Barnes Bridge which they extended to two-and-three-quarters by the finishing post. Dodd described the race as "epic",[25] while senior coach Trapmore expressed his contentment with the trial suggesting "it is an invaluable exercise."[25]
The Oxford trial saw Per Terram line up against Per Mare, so named to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Marines whose motto is "Per Mare, Per Terram" ("By sea, by land").[28] Per Terram, stroked by the Oxford University Boat Club president Louloudis, took an early lead and were half-a-length ahead before Per Mare recovered the deficit to be level by Barn Elms. A spurt from Per Terram at the Mile Post saw them regain the lead but at Harrods Furniture Depository, Per Mare took the lead back, shooting Hammersmith Bridge precisely and holding a three-quarter length lead by St Paul's School. Both crews experienced fierce winds with Per Terram coping better and taking a half-length advantage. Per Mare kept in touch through to Barnes Bridge but Per Terram pushed on and passed the finishing post with a winning margin of two lengths. Oxford's coach Bowden was cautious, stating that the "trial shows that Oxford is in good shape, but this race is not the only bit of the trials process".[25] Dodd described the race as "cracking".[25]
On 25 January 2015, a CUWBC crew raced against a crew from Newcastle University Boat Club along three sections of the Championship Course. Cambridge won all three races with relative ease, and their boat club president Reid, rowing at number four, reflected that it had been "a useful experience".[29] Cambridge raced against an Imperial College Boat Club crew on 8 March over two sections of the Tideway course, first between the start and Hammersmith Bridge, before racing between the Mile Post and Chiswick Steps. The first leg was declared to be too close to call by the umpire Simon Harris, while the second ended in a two-thirds length victory to the Light Blues.[30] OUWBC raced against Molesey Boat Club on 21 February 2015, in three stages on the Tideway, and comfortably won each race.[31] This was followed by a race against Imperial College Boat Club on 22 March over three sections of the Thames. Imperial were waterlogged in the first piece, but Oxford easily won the second and third races.[32][33]
OUWBC were rescued by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) on the Thames on 1 April 2015 after becoming waterlogged in rough conditions. They were inadvertently discovered stranded during an RNLI exercise.[34] Prior to race day, Rachel Quarrell, the former Oxford cox (who steered OUWBC in the 1991 race) writing in The Daily Telegraph noted that "since the start of this season the Oxford women have been notably faster".[35]
On 16 March 2015, CUBC raced in two pieces along the Tideway against a Leander Club crew steered by Oxford's 2012 race cox Zoe De Toledo. Cambridge won the first race, from the Boat Race start to the top of Chiswick Eyot, by two and a half lengths, and the second, between the Eyot and Mortlake by four lengths.[36] OUBC faced a crew from Molesey Boat Club in three races along the Tideway five days later. Despite Imperial being given a head start in two of the three races, Oxford won all three pieces relatively easily.[37] The same day, Cambridge faced a Netherlands Eight in two races on the Thames. The Light Blues easily won the first race, but finished the second level against "experienced and accomplished opposition."[38]
The official weigh-in for both women's and men's crews took place at the Royal Academy of Arts on 19 March 2015,[39] hosted by Clare Balding.[40]
The Cambridge crew weighed an average of 11 st 6 lb 2 oz (72.5 kg), 2 pounds (0.9 kg) per rower more than their opponents. Oxford saw four rowers with Boat Race experience return, including bow Maxie Sheske and Anastasia Chitty who was making her third appearances in the event. Cambridge's crew included three former Blues in Caroline Reid, Claire Watkins and Melissa Wilson (who was also making her third appearance in the event).[41] Oxford's stroke, the American Caryn Davies, was a three-time Olympic medallist, having taken silver in the women's coxed eights at the 2004 Summer Olympics and gold at both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[42] Cambridge's cox Rosemary Ostfeld steered Goldie the previous year.[43] Over the Easter weekend, Oxford switched their number five and seven, moving Nadine Graedel Iberg behind stroke. Cambridge swapped bow for stroke, switching Hannah Evans for Fanny Belais.[44]
|Maxie Scheske
|5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
|10 st 6 lb 13 oz (66.6 kg)
|Fanny Belais
|5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
|9 st 8 lb 1 oz (60.8 kg)
|Anastasia Chitty (P)
|5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
|10 st 13 lb 7 oz (69.6 kg)
|Ashton Brown
|5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
|12 st 10 lb 2 oz (80.8 kg)
|Shelley Pearson
|St Cross
|5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
|11 st 0 lb 5 oz (70.0 kg)
|Caroline Reid (P)
|5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
|10 st 5 lb 8 oz (66.0 kg)
|Lauren Kedar
|5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
|11 st 12 lb 4 oz (75.4 kg)
|Claire Watkins
|5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
|11 st 3 lb 0 oz (71.2 kg)
|Maddy Badcott
|5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
|11 st 9 lb 2 oz (74.0 kg)
|Melissa Wilson
|Gonville and Caius
|5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
|12 st 3 lb 8 oz (77.8 kg)
|Emily Reynolds
|5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
|10 st 8 lb 9 oz (67.4 kg)
|Holly Hill
|6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
|12 st 5 lb 12 oz (78.8 kg)
|Nadine Graedel Iberg
|5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
|11 st 5 lb 10 oz (72.4 kg)
|Daphne Martschenko
|5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
|12 st 0 lb 7 oz (76.4 kg)
|Caryn Davies
|6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
|12 st 4 lb 13 oz (78.4 kg)
|Hannah Evans
|5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
|10 st 12 lb 9 oz (69.2 kg)
|Jennifer Ehr
|5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
|7 st 13 lb 2 oz (50.4 kg)
|Rosemary Ostfeld
|Hughes Hall
|5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
|7 st 11 lb 13 oz (49.8 kg)
(P) – Boat club president
The Cambridge crew weighed an average of 14 st 4 lb 11 oz (90.8 kg), 11.5 pounds (5.2 kg) per rower more than their opponents. Oxford saw four rowers with Boat Race experience return, including number seven Sam O'Connor and stroke Louloudis who made their third consecutive appearances in the event.[41] Louloudis was an Olympic bronze medallist, having stroked Great Britain to third place in the men's eight at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[43] The New Zealand brothers Sam and James O'Connor were the first siblings to row in the event since the Winklevoss twins represented Oxford in the 2010 race.[45] Cambridge's crew contained five Blues who participated in the 2014 race, including their cox Ian Middleton.[41] During "Tideway week", James Mountain replaced James O'Connor, the latter suffering from illness.[46] On O'Connor's return to the boat, he was switched with Thomas Swartz at number two.[47]
|William Geffen
|6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
|12 st 13 lb 4 oz (82.0 kg)
|Jasper Holst
|Hughes Hall
|6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
|13 st 9 lb 6 oz (86.8 kg)
|James O'Connor
|New Zealander
|Lady Margaret Hall
|6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|13 st 1 lb 14 oz (83.4 kg)
|Luke Juckett
|St Edmund's
|6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
|13 st 5 lb 13 oz (85.2 kg)
|Henry Goodier
|6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
|13 st 12 lb 7 oz (88.2 kg)
|Joshua Hooper
|St Edmund's
|6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
|14 st 8 lb 2 oz (92.6 kg)
|Thomas Swartz
|6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|12 st 0 lb 14 oz (76.6 kg)
|Alexander Leichter (P)
|St Edmund's
|6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
|15 st 8 lb 15 oz (99.0 kg)
|Jamie Cook
|St Cross
|6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|13 st 2 lb 12 oz (83.8 kg)
|William Warr
|6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
|14 st 11 lb 11 oz (94.2 kg)
|Michael di Santo
|6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
|14 st 4 lb 3 oz (90.8 kg)
|Matthew Jackson
|St Edmund's
|6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
|14 st 11 lb 4 oz (94.0 kg)
|Sam O'Connor
|New Zealander
|Christ Church
|6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
|13 st 13 lb 5 oz (88.6 kg)
|Ben Ruble
|Hughes Hall
|6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|13 st 4 lb 15 oz (84.8 kg)
|Constantine Louloudis (P)
|6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
|14 st 7 lb 4 oz (92.2 kg)
|Henry Hoffstot
|Hughes Hall
|6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
|14 st 5 lb 1 oz (91.2 kg)
|William Hakim
|5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
|8 st 8 lb 6 oz (54.6 kg)
|Ian Middleton
|5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
|8 st 6 lb 3 oz (53.6 kg)
(P) – Boat club president
Over 250,000 spectators lined the Thames to watch the three races.[48] Around eighty people needed to be rescued as the river level rose from the high tide and the wake of the flotilla.[49]
The women's reserve race, the 41st since 1968, was contested between Oxford's Osiris and Cambridge's Blondie on 10 April 2015. Osiris won by 15 lengths in a time of 18 minutes 58 seconds, their fourth consecutive victory and thirteenth win in the past fifteen years. It took the overall record in the event to 21–20 in CUWBC's favour.[5]
The men's reserve race was the 51st contest between Isis and Goldie, and started at 5:20 p.m. on 11 April 2015. The overall record in the event stood at 29–21 in Goldie's favour. The Light Blue reserves won the toss and elected to start from the Surrey station, handing the Middlesex side of the river to Isis.[50] Goldie took an early lead, despite warnings from the umpire around Barn Elms, and Isis were behind by five seconds at Hammersmith Bridge. Coming round to St Paul's School, both crews came into a strong head wind and Isis rating 34 to Goldie's 36 began to close the gap. The crews were level by the Bandstand, but Isis had taken a half length lead by Barnes Bridge, and they pulled away again to win by three lengths.[51] This was the fifth consecutive victory for Isis, taking the overall event to 29–22 in Cambridge's favour.[5]
Main races
The women's race was the 70th contest between OUWBC and CUWBC, and started at 4:50 p.m. on 11 April 2015. The overall record in the event before the race stood at 41–28 in Cambridge's favour, but Oxford were considered favourites to win.[52] Prior to the race, The Boat Race Company Limited announced that the two boats had been named to honour this auspicious occasion. Cambridge elected to name their boat Project Ely while Oxford had opted for Catalyst.[53] OUWBC won the toss and elected to start from the Surrey station, handing the Middlesex side of the river to CUWBC.[50] The conditions were sunny but very windy. OUWBC took an immediate lead and were five seconds ahead at the Mile Post. Despite out-rating their opponents, Cambridge failed to make any ground on Oxford, and were around three lengths down by St Paul's School. Approaching Barnes Bridge, Oxford's cox called for a push, and OUWBC passed below the central arch with a substantial lead. OUWBC won by a margin of six and a half lengths in a time of 19 minutes 45 seconds,[50] taking the overall record to 41–29 in Cambridge's favour.[5]
The men's race was the 161st contest between OUBC and CUBC, and was held at 5:50 p.m on 11 April 2015. Prior to the race, the overall record in the event stood at 81–78 in Cambridge's favour, with one dead heat. The Dark Blues went into the race as the "strongest favourites in the history of the race".[47] Cambridge won the toss and elected to start from the Surrey station, handing the Middlesex side of the river to Oxford.[50] Oxford made the better start and were quickly ahead, with a quarter-length lead after a minute. Cambridge drew back into contention and held a canvas lead after two minutes where both crews were warned by Rankov as they closed. Cambridge marginally out-rated the Dark Blues as Oxford took a slight lead and were one second ahead by the Mile Post. Rankov issued further warnings as the crews passed beside Harrods Furniture Depository, Oxford half a length ahead, but with the Light Blues holding the advantage of the bend in the river as they approached Hammersmith Bridge.[50]
Cambridge failed to make the best of the bend, and Oxford went clear after a push, taking an additional half a length and crossed in front of the Light Blues nine minutes into the race. The Dark Blues were over a length clear by the end of Chiswick Eyot and continued to pull away, holding a seven-second lead by Chiswick Steps. Passing through Barnes Bridge, Oxford were around five lengths ahead.[50] Oxford passed the finishing post six and a half lengths ahead in a winning time of 17 minutes 34 seconds. It was the Dark Blues' third consecutive victory and took the overall record in the event to 81–79 in Cambridge's favour.[5]
The trophies were presented to the winning crews by the five-time Olympic gold medallist Steve Redgrave.[54] OUWBC's winning president Chitty said "It's a really special moment, something I've been working towards for three years" while her counterpart Reid accepted that Cambridge "didn't get off to [their] best start and Oxford did" and that the conditions were "pretty horrendous around the halfway mark with the wind against the tide and some pretty high waves".[55] Oxford's stroke Davies said: "I'm so glad we can be role models to all the young women out there."[55] Cambridge's coach Baker noted "We've got a young crew that has come a long way and they raced their best ... We've improved quite a lot, but it just wasn't good enough".[48]
The Cambridge's men's president Leichter was generous in defeat: "It was 100% fair. It was very painful but they took us round the outside of Surrey and we couldn't respond" while four-time winner Louloudis was content: "We stuck to our plan and executed a really good race".[55] Oxford's coach Bowden said of his eleven victories with the Dark Blues in the event, "they are all different and tough but we came together well".[48] He went on to honour the former Oxford coach Dan Topolski who had died in February: "We definitely had Dan in our hearts throughout the campaign and we're just so pleased to have won in style for him".[52]
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The decade (2000-2010) brought hundreds of movies to the audience. Some were a failure yet some got success critically and commercially.The movies were from different genre. Some were science fiction and some ignited the sparks of romance, some were based on family stories and yet some narrated history. There were movies bringing comedy and fun to the adults as well as animated movies for kids. This list includes 15 best Hollywood films of the decade as decided by the critics and the audience.
15. The Prestige (2006)
The Prestige
The Prestige is a mystic thriller directed by the famous movie director, Christopher Nolan. The movie is based on a novel written by Christopher Priest. The film is set in 19th century, narrating the rivalry between two magicians Robert Angier and Alfred Borden. Both the magicians had a passion to create the ultimate illusion. Their rivalry starts with the death of Julia, the beloved wife of Robert Angier. She dies during a stage performance and Robert blames Alfred for her death. The film stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Imdb rated the movie as 8.4 on 10 and critics on Rotten Tomatoes rated it as 7.1 on 10.
14. Children of Men (2006)
Children of Men
Children of Men is a science fiction, directed and written by Alfonso Curon. The movie takes us to 2027 when humans are incapable of reproducing. This infertility leaves humanity with less than a century to survive. The story starts with the discovery of a lone pregnant woman. The city is fractious with violence and war between sects. In such times of despair and grief, she is the only hope of survival. A former activist decides to take care of her. He travels along with the mother and child and takes them to a Human Project across the seas. Their journey is a constant fight for survival. The movie is rated as 8.1/10 on Imdb and 8/10 by critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
13. Avatar (2009)
Released in 2009, Avatar became one of the 15 best movies of the decade. It is a science fiction, written and directed by James Cameron. The movie features Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, and Joel David Moore. The movie took more than 1.5 decades to complete as the scriptment of the film was written in 1994. This is the first part of the trilogy. The movie is based in the year 2054. The story begins with the desire to mine a valuable stone, unobtanium from an earth like moon known as Pandora, in the Alpha Centauri star system. This project brings threat to the peaceful lives of 10 feet tall inhabitants of the planet. The death of the twin brother of Sam Worthington makes him a part of this project. He is a paraplegic former Marine. He falls in love with Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) and helps her protect her planet. The movie is marvelously directed and got an excellent response. It is rated as 8.3/10 on Imdb and 7.5/10 on Rotten Tomatoes
12. How To Train Your Dragon (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon
The story is about Hiccup, an energetic and young viking who in his hunt for dragons develops bonding with a dragon. He would have to kill the dragon to find acceptance in his tribe as a dragon slayer. But he loses the desire to kill the creature after capturing a dragon. He starts training the dragon. In his efforts to train the dragon he discovers the loyal and beautiful nature of the animal and befriends him. He reaches a conclusion that people misjudge and mistreat the specie. The movie is based on his efforts to protect the species and to eradicate and uproot the ignorant and cruel customs endangering the specie. The movie got positive reception. It got a rating of 8.2/10 on Imdb and 7.9/10 on Rotten Tomatoes.
11. Up (2009)
Up is a beautifully conceived animated film, produced by Pixar Animation Studios. The film brings comedy and adventure to the audience. It is based on the sweet and innocent desires of a 78 years old man. The old man had a lifelong desire to explore the wilds of South America. To fulfill his desire, he ties thousands of helium balloons to his house and sets out on an adventurous journey. The movie was positively acclaimed by the critics as well as the audience. It got 8.4/10 on Imdb and 8.6/10 on Rotten tomatoes. Most of the audience gave it a rating of 3.5/5.
10. There Will Be Blood (2007)
There Will Be Blood
The movie was released in 2007. It is written and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. The movie is based on greed and narrates the story of a greedy and charismatic silver miner turned oil man who sets out on a quest for oil and money during the oil boom of Southern California in the late 19th and early 20th century. The film was critically acclaimed. It got many award nominations. The movie had 8 Oscar nominations and won awards for the best actor and the best cinematography. Critics on Rotten Tomatoes rated the movie as 8.4/10 and Imdb gave it a rating of 8.2/10. Audience gave it an encouraging rating of 4 on 5.
9. Memento (2000)
It is a psychological thriller film, released in the start of the decade. Placed at number 9, the movie is highly acclaimed movie even after 10 years. It is written and directed by the famous director Christopher Nolan. The movie is about a man with a short term memory loss. He is suffering from anterograde amnesia and couldn't store new memories. He is on a hunt to find the killers of his wife. The man tattoos his entire body and takes notes and pictures of everything. Imdb rated the movie as 8.7/10 and the audience gave it a rating of 4 on 5. Rotten tomatoes rates the movie as 8.1/10.
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a romantic fantasy, directed by Michel Gondry. The movie is based on the story of a couple who wants to erase the memories of their relationship after it turns sour. Joel Barish is heartbroken when he find out that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase his memories from her mind. He decides to do the same. As the memories of his girlfriend started to fade from his mind, he discovered that he still loved her and didn't want to erase these beautiful memories of their relationship. The movie has an incomplete ending and the director left it on audience to decide the fate of the couple. The movie was a success commercially and was positively received by the critics. Many critics declared it as the best movie of the decade. Imdb gave it a rating of 8.5/10 and Rotten tomatoes rated it as 8.3/10.


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Landslide from below
The first part of the job was to build the path up to it's original height. Using large stones (the same as we use for path building) a dry stone wall was built and the area behind the wall was filled in with material excavated from elsewhere on the path.
Building up the revetment wall
The top side of the path had also been badly eroded by walkers trying to find a new route around the landslip. This area was re-profiled and a trench dug into the bank to take water away from the revetment wall and send it through stone drains at either side.
View of the landslide from the path
Once the revetment wall was completed and back-filled we covered the path surface with pinnel. Pinnel is a type of gravelly soil that compacts down very well to form a hard surface. This was dug out from around the washout and from the path above. It's very labour intensive to dig but gave the path a really nice solid finish.
Repaired path showing the drainage
Finally the top of the wall was turfed and landscaped to discourage people from walking on the edge and potentially causing damage.
Landslide from a slightly different angle
The new section of path has made a huge difference and will help prevent the area becoming further eroded by people trying to pick a route around it.
Repaired section of path
Beyond the landslide a stone path was built incorporating stone drains to prevent water running down on to the area that had been washed out.
Footpath beyond the landslide


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What is TMS?
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treats Major Depression
TMS is an exciting entry into the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) has been clinically proven to dramatically improve symptoms of this serious mental health condition that affects 35 million Americans annually. Although TMS therapy has had much success helping people overcome depression, there are many who still do not know what TMS is.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a safe, noninvasive therapeutic treatment for individuals who have not responded to a regimen of antidepressant medications. Usually by the time these patients seek TMS treatment they have tried a multitude of different drugs, finding no relief from their depressive symptoms. In fact, in addition to not experiencing improvement in the debilitating symptoms of depression, they often suffered adverse side effects from the medications.
What is TMS?
TMS therapy uses electromagnetic induction technology that is delivered through a coil, which is embedded in a padded helmet. The pulses that are delivered through the coil to the scalp and brain are the same type as an MRI machine. The magnetic field is converted to an electrical current in the prefrontal cortex of the patient, where it can produce changes in the brain activity that regulates mood, concentration, and decision-making.
TMS therapy works by targeting the electrical activity within the neurons, stimulating chemicals released by the neuron and subsequently increasing brain activity. It has been found that an imbalance of brain chemistry in this region is directly related to depression, and TMS normalizes, or resets, these levels.
What does a Typical TMS Therapy Session Look Like?
Patients are seated in a comfortable chair, fully alert during the TMS treatment session. The doctor will determine the placement of the coil and the strength of the pulses for each specific patient. During the session the patient will experience a tapping sensation on the scalp where the pulses are being delivered.
Each TMS treatment session lasts 20 minutes. Patients are prescribed 5 sessions per week for 4-6 weeks for optimal results. The patient is able to drive him or herself to home or work following the session and then resume all normal activities.
Is TMS Safe?
TMS therapy is repeatedly proven in clinical studies to be a safe and effective treatment method for depression. Few side effects have been reported, and those have been minor. Some TMS patients have experienced mild to moderate headache following the session, and some report having mild irritation at the scalp treatment site. These effects typically subside as the treatment regimen proceeds.
Because no anesthesia is needed for TMS treatments, the risks associated with a general anesthesia do not apply to TMS. This alternative therapy has been shown to be safe in treating stubborn MDD when antidepressants—with side effects such as weight gain, irritability, digestive issues, sleep disturbances, and sexual dysfunction—have failed to provide improvement in their depressive symptoms.
Is TMS Therapy Effective in Treating Depression?
In the past decade, numerous clinical trials and studies have demonstrated the efficacy of treating drug-resistant depression with TMS. The evidence of this innovative technology successfully treating patients suffering from long-term depression is persuasive. Studies report significant remission rates of 38%.
In sham-controlled, double blind studies conducted in the U.S., Israel, Canada, and Europe. Although only cleared by the FDA for use for treating MDD, in Europe it is already approved for treating stroke, substance addictions, OCD, PTSD, smoking cessation, and Parkinson's disease.
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With multiple convenient locations to serve patients suffering with depression, Achieve TMS is America's largest dTMS provider. With years of experience and expertise treating MDD with TMS, the compassionate professional staff at Achieve TMS offers a comfortable, therapeutic environment designed to promote healing. Interested in learning more about what is TMS, call us for a free consultation at 855-405-2055.


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Audiovisual performance of Stefan Wesołowski's band and VJ Robert Bęza in the Planetarium.
They will present pieces from their very well received album Rite of the End. It's a deeply lyrical, neoclassic in form, music reinterpretation of dreams of conquering the Universe.
It will be accompanied by a graphical performance inspired by films, comic books and the art of 1940s and 1950s, showing space travel from the perspective of then-existing technological possibilities. Therefore, the starting visual point will be inconspicuous sputniks, explorers, strange space ships, and outfits that look more like suits for deep-sea divers than for astronauts. In the musical layer, we will hear subtle sounds of hap accompanied by cello, violin, synthesisers and the piano.
Stefan Wesołowski – composer, violinist, record producer. He has been working with prestigious record labels such as Important Records and Mute Song for many years now. Author of theatre and film music – he composed the soundtrack for Listen To Me, Marlon, directed by Stevan Riley (premiere in Sundance). His latest album is entitled Rite of the End.
Listen »
VJ: Robert Bęza
Listen »
When and where?
17 September 2017,
8 p.m.-9:30 p.m.,
Tickets: 30 zł – available soon
Łukasz Strzelczyk (Stowarzyszenie Inicjatyw Twórczych "Trzecia Fala")


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I received this May 13, 1955 Housekeeping Monthly article from a colleague several years ago and found it last week while cleaning my office.
• Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready, on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospect of a good meal (especially his favourite dish) is part of the warm welcome needed.
• Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.
• Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.
• Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives.
• Gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc. and then run a dustcloth over the tables.
• Over the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering for his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
• Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces (if they are small), comb their hair and, if necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part. Minimise all noise. At the time of his arrival eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet.
• Be happy to see him.
• Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.
• Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first - remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.
• Make the evening his. Never complain if he comes home late or goes out to dinner, or other places of entertainment without you. Instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure and his very real need to be at home and relax.
• Your goal: Try to make sure your home is a place of peace, order, and tranquility where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit.
• Don't greet him with complaints or problems.
• Don't complain if he's late home for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone through that day.
• Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or have him lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him.
• Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soothing and pleasant voice.
• Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him.
• A good wife always knows her place.
According to Wikipedia, this article may be a hoax. That's too bad. :)
Surprisingly, there is no mention of Xbox in the article.
Monday, April 28, 2008
The Good Wife's Guide
I received this May 13, 1955 Housekeeping Monthly article from a colleague several years ago and found it last week while cleaning my office.
Posted by Sean at 7:11 PM
5 comments:
- Pam said...
How about another article for all the husbands?
- Reya Mellicker said...
I have a copy of the 1950 Betty Crocker cookbook that has a behavioral guide on the inside of the back cover almost identical to this. There are even more ominous bits in the cookbook, such as
"If you try these methods, yet still feel depressed, call your doctor."
So whoever wrote the book assumed housewives were going to of course be depressed.
The women's movement didn't come out of nowhere, did it? See why we all took off our bras and burned them the second Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem told us to? We were so ready!
Great post!
Yeah this has to be a hoax. I mean, I know stuff was bad, but this seems a bit too ridiculous to be credible.
- Daisy said...
I'm sure Mrs. Sean's Ramblings found this as amusing as I have! Don't get any ideas!
- City Girl DC said...
My favorite:
"Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him."
Is that why there are so many more openly gay couples? :)
Someone gave this to me a few years ago. I don't think this is a hoax at all. Just look at what TV shows were like back then.


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These inks are preferred over their petrochemical counterparts and are used for inkjet printing processes and flexography. Notable advancements in the education system coupled with the rise in the requirement for UV cured inks will propel TCD alcohol DM market over 2016-2024. The significant expansion of the logistics, flexible packaging, e-commerce, and adhesives industries will also provide a remarkable impetus to global TCD alcohol DM industry, which is predicted to cross a revenue of USD 20 million by 2024, growing at a CAGR of approximately 7% over 2016-2024.
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Oxea Corporation is the only manufacturer of TCD alcohol DM and thus has the sole proprietorship in global TCD alcohol DM market. The company owns several patents affirming its right to hydrogenate DCPD (dicyclopentadiene) products obtained via oxo synthesis that are further used to manufacture the product. Other companies wishing to partake in TCD alcohol DM industry are required to legally purchase a patent from Oxea GmbH.
Powered by the increasing tech-savvy crowd and rise in per capita incomes, Asia Pacific is deemed to be the most attractive regional segment for TCD alcohol DM market. With a base revenue of USD 4 million in 2015, APAC TCD alcohol DM market will register massive revenue over the forthcoming years. India, Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea are slated to be the chief regional contributors. The excellent developments in the prevailing education system in these countries will necessitate the requirement for printed material, which is likely to fuel TCD alcohol DM industry from UV inkjet inks which registered a revenue of USD 5 million in 2015 driven by its superior properties.
Having held a share of over 40% of the overall revenue in 2014, TCD alcohol DM market from UV cure coatings will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7% over 2016-2024. Rising preference toward portable electronic appliances pertaining to the growing tech-oriented population will propel the demand for UV cure coatings applications.
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Dallas Cowboys 30-23 victory over the Seattle Seahawks has defied all expectations for this season. Dallas is 5-1 for the first time since 2007, having lost only its opener to the 49ers.
"Guys aren't going to back down," Dallas head coach Jason Garrett said. "We have the right kind of guys on this team."
The victory was magnified by the 10-0 first-quarter deficit the Cowboys faced after Doug Baldwin blocked a punt and Mike Morgan returned it 25 yards.
However if not for two critical mistakes on special teams, a blocked punt and a muff on another, which led to 14 Seattle points, the Cowboys could have conceivably won handily over the defending champs.
The Cowboys showed that there might not be a team in the NFL that can stop their offensive attack. Seattle came in as the No. 1 rated defense against the run, but behind a punishing offensive line, DeMarco Murray ran for 115 yards on 29 carries with Joseph Randle adding another 52 yards on five tries.
And Tony Romo was again efficient and dazzling when he needed to be, posting 250 yards through the air with two touchdown tosses. As he has done all season, the quarterback spread the ball around, as eight different receivers caught passes, Terrence Williams hauling in two for 70 yards with Dez Bryant chipping in four catches for 63. Also a threat in the passing game, Murray picked up another 31 yards on six catches.
The Cowboys dominated this game in a way the final score didn't indicate. They nearly doubled the amount of yards gained by Seattle and held the ball for 15 minutes, 18 seconds more than the Seahawks. DeMarco Murray and Joseph Randle hammered away at the NFL's top-ranked run defense until it cracked, amassing 162 yards on the ground on an average of 4.4 yards a carry.
The defense held Marshawn Lynch to 61 yards rushing and made quarterback Russell Wilson ineffective. The only reason Seattle held a brief lead in the fourth quarter is because it converted three Cowboys turnovers into 17 points.
The Cowboys return to AT&T Stadium to take on the New York Giants. It will be the first of three straight home games before the Cowboys travel to London to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium.


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signed by Jeannie Phillips - Southside, AL
Click on any picture to enlarge.My 29th Anniversary is October 4th...that is Sunday... I have such a sweetheart .... I wanted this card to be special ... and for days I couldn't think of one... today... after praying about it finally ... this one just came to me today ... I am so excited about it!!... I hope that Robby love it... would love your comments! Hugs, Jeannie
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We Give Back
From sponsoring programs in our own backyards to supporting international relief efforts, DAVIS has always been and remains committed to helping those around us.
We work hard to make a significant positive impact on our surrounding communities through these organizations.
ALS Challenge
When the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS went viral DAVIS was one of the first companies to jump in and pour water over our heads. We challenged some of our biggest competitors in New England to take the challenge and donate to support Pete Frates. Local TV and news covered the challenge and we were pleased to get drenched for this great cause!
Backpack Giveback
2017 will mark the 11th year of this remarkable program. The Backpack Giveback allows the DAVIS staff to connect with local families by providing kids, in grades K-5, with backpacks filled with much needed school supplies. The DAVIS Companies purchase the backpacks and the employees buy the supplies, sort, fill and distribute the packs. This year all of our office locations supported this program and donated a total of 400+ backpacks!
Habitat for Humanity
Laying flooring, painting, hammering nails, landscaping and more. Whatever is needed Team DAVIS steps up to help. Supporting projects in Georgia and Massachusetts, our employees are happy to spend a day working to make another families dream of home ownership come true.
Hope for the Holidays
Each of our offices partners with a local program to find families who needs some extra help and support at the holidays. From providing local children with holiday gifts to supporting whole families and those who faced catastrophic loss, the DAVIS elves dive into shopping and wrapping with the enthusiasm of the season to provide for those who need some help. The spirit of giving rings true.
Superhero Scramble
Combining the love of a physical challenge and the desire to support our troops over seas, DAVIS team members raised over $5000 to buy supplies and goodies to send to an Army unit in Afghanistan. They raised funds by getting pledges to participate in a mud run that covered over 20 different obstacles-starting with the famous crawl thru mud under barbed wire!
Thanksgiving on Davis
Asking our employees that work at client sites "what are you thankful for" has led to our new favorite tradition-providing Thanksgiving dinners for employees from each of our office locations. With all the fixins including a big ole turkey-our team goes and delivers the whole meal to our employees. The excitement they share when they find out they are getting the whole meal, makes us feel thankful that we can do it and that they appreciate it.