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Settlement Value of Herniated Disc with Steroid Injection Cases
A disc herniation is a type of disc injury that is frequently caused by car accidents. The impact of a car accident often exerts significant force and pressure on the spine. This pressure can cause a tear and rupture or bulge of the spinal discs, which act as pads or cushions for the spine. This injury is referred to as a herniated disc. Sometimes, the best treatment for this injury is epidural steroid injections.
Our firm has handled scores and scores of herniated disc injury cases. Our first trial at Miller & Zois was a herniated disc verdict in 2003. Our doors had been open for about a month. The defendant offered $25,000 to settle a no property damage herniated disc injury case where the most aggressive treatment was epidural steroid injections.
Laura Zois and I tried the case. We got a $300,000 verdict. Our firm has handled these cases ever since. We have earned millions in settlements and verdicts in herniated disc injury cases.
I originally wrote this page in 2018 but updated it in 2020 with more recent settlements and verdicts and new information on epidural steroid injections I have learned from handling more of these cases.
What Are the Treatment Options for a Herniated Disc?
Having a herniated disc is like saying you are an actor. You might be Tom Hanks bringing in $20 million a film. Or you could be the understudy at a local dinner theater. About 20% of us have a herniated disc. Many of us do not even know we have a herniation because we cannot feel it. Some of us have very slight herniations that cause great pain every day.
So there is a food chain of increasingly intensive treatment when dealing with a herniated disc that goes something like this:
(1) Conservative Treatment. The first level of treatment typically involves a course of anti-inflammatory drugs combined with physical therapy.
(2) Steroid Injections. If the initial conservative treatments are not successful, then the next level treatment option is often steroid injections. The steroids are injected into the spine to reduce swelling and alleviate pressure on the nerves caused by the disc herniation.
(3) Surgery. If both conservative treatment and steroid injections fail, the third level of treatment options for disc herniation is surgery. Surgical treatment options range from minimally invasive procedures to open back surgery.
Which Epidural Steroid Injections Treat Disc Injuries?
Therapeutic spinal epidural injections or select nerve root blocks are the type of injections our lawyers usually see. There are three primary approaches with epidural steroid injections:
Interlaminar epidural injection: injecting anti-inflammatory medicine and steroids into the epidural space. This is the most common type we see in personal injury cases.
Transforaminal epidural injection (often called nerve blocks): injecting local anesthetic and steroid into the area where the spinal nerves exit (lumbar, cervical, or thoracic).
Caudal epidural injections: injecting caudal steroid into the epidural space through the sacral hiatus. Our lawyers usually do not see this kind of injection until after back surgery that did not prove the victim with relief.
Many studies are showing the effectiveness of epidural steroid injections in treating low back and neck pain. Do they always work? No.
My Call with a Disc Injury Client
I was talking to a client last week who is receiving epidural steroid injections for a C3-C4 herniated disc after a rear-end car accident. She was saying that she wanted to get the case resolved, if possible, and get the surgery next year when she had fewer commitments.
Now, I don't want my client to think I'm suggesting getting surgery to improve the value of her case. Because I'm not. But the reality is that if she will get the surgery, she should wait to resolve her case until after the surgery because I believe you could drive a truck through the difference between herniated disc injury cases that are treated with steroid injection and those that require surgery.
What is the Settlement Value of Steroid Injection Cases?
So how much of a difference is there between steroid injections and surgery? I pulled some recent verdicts to see what the steroid injection verdicts look like. Please keep in mind these are not Miller & Zois cases, but cases we found through research. My need for clarity on this point will become clear in about 2 seconds.
Leverett v. Wray Trucking (2020): A 70-year-old man was sideswiped by an eighteen-wheeler. H is diagnosed with a neck herniation. When PT fails, he gets steroid shots. The jury awarded him a $639,000 verdict.
Mouton v. United States (2020): A man suffered multiple injuries after an FAA-owned vehicle struck his. He suffered a soft-tissue cervical injury, the aggravation of a pre-existing disc injury, and a concussion. The man received steroid injections for his injured back. He testified that his aggravated disc injury necessitated future surgery. The man sued the FAA, who disputed the extent of his injuries. The judge found that the disc injury was unrelated to the crash but found that the cervical injury was crash-related. The raw verdict totaled $169,756, but the final judgment totaled $84,748.
Nazario v. Exclusive Ambulette Service (2020): A woman was rear-ended as she was stopped at a red light. She suffered C3-4 and C4-5 disc herniations. The woman initially underwent 12 steroid injections and physical therapy. This treatment did not successfully resolve her pain. She then underwent a discectomy to replace her C3-4 and C4-5 discs. The woman missed eight weeks of work. She also claimed residual pain that affected her ability to do basic activities. The jury awarded her $1,100,000. However, she could recover the negotiated stipulated limit of $800,000.
Nie v. Uwamwiza (2020): A man was sideswiped by a driver who failed to maintain a single lane as they were traveling on the same feeder road. He suffered C4-C5, C6-C7 and L4-5 disc herniations. The man also suffered sprains to his thorax and shoulder as well as headaches. He underwent steroid injections, which relieved some of his lower back pain. The man sued the other driver for failing to take evasive action and keeping a proper lookout. The defendant denied negligence and claimed that the man's actions contributed to the accident. A jury awarded a $35,352 verdict.
RGraccino v. Blue Sky Logistics (2019): The plaintiff, a 28-year-old truck driver, was rear-ended by a truck. He suffered a C6-C7 disc injury treated with epidural steroid injections and cervical disc decompression surgery. This was a bench trial. This means the claim was decided by a judge instead of a jury. The judge awarded the plaintiff $116,898.
Ramirez v. Thomas (2019): The plaintiff was rear-ended and suffered injuries to the discs of her cervical and lumbar spine. She treated with a chiropractor and orthopedist. The plaintiff required an epidural steroid injection in her back. The jury awarded $40,000 (but it was reduced by 25% for comparative negligence).
Diaz-Pineda v Hill (2018): The plaintiff rear-ended and suffers disc herniations at multiple levels. Herniated discs are treated with steroid injection therapy and result in permanent injury. Jury awards plaintiff $32,500.
Swell v. Metro Transit Authority (2018): transit bus makes an unlawful right turn on a red light and hits the plaintiff who is crossing an intersection in the crosswalk on his bicycle. The plaintiff suffers cervical disc herniations that are treated with epidural steroid injections but no surgery. Jury awards $39,000, but it gets reduced to $24,180 based on the plaintiff's 38% comparative negligence share.
Dutra v Mohan (2018): The plaintiff gets t-boned by the defendant pulling out of a parking lot. She suffers L5-S1 disc protrusion which is treated with epidural steroid and trigger point injections. Jury awards $17,460 in damages.
Janson v. Scaccio (2017): The plaintiff was rear-ended while at a red light. She sought damages for cervical disc herniation. Her treatment included therapy and a course of steroid injections. She was awarded $5,200.
Zopp v. State Farm (2015): The plaintiff was rear-ended and suffered cervical disc herniation. Her treatment included an extensive course of epidermal steroid injections and she was found to have 18% permanent impairment of the cervical spine. The jury awarded the Plaintiff $12,500.
Leitzel v. Oji (2016): The plaintiff was a passenger in a car that was t-boned at an intersection by the defendant. The plaintiff's primary injury was cervical disc herniation, which was treated with steroid injection therapy. He was awarded damages of $12,250.
Jamison v. Beach (2015): The plaintiff alleged to have suffered an L4-L5 disc herniation in an auto accident. Treatment included spinal steroid injections. The plaintiff was awarded $18,000.
Enweze v. Greco (2014): The plaintiff collided with the defendant's car as the defendant was backing out of her driveway. The plaintiff suffered lumbar disc herniation and was treated with therapy and steroid injections. The plaintiff was awarded $38,000 for medical expenses and lost wages.
Jefferies v. Daniels (2014): Plaintiff and defendant collided when the defendant made an illegal left turn, crossing over the plaintiff's lane of travel. The plaintiff claimed she suffered a herniated disc in her cervical spine. Treatment was limited to therapy and injections. After a bench trial, the plaintiff was awarded $9,300.
Rogers v. Mathis (2013): The plaintiff stopped at a red light and was rear-ended by the defendant. The plaintiff sought damages for cervical disc herniations with 9% permanent impairment and lumbar disc herniations with 5% permanent impairment. The victim's treatment did not go beyond therapy and steroid injections. The plaintiff was awarded $39,000.
Castillo v. MAIF (2013): The plaintiff was rear-ended at a low speed in stop and go traffic. He sought damages for L4-L5 disc herniation of the central spine which was treated with steroid injections. The final award was $9,300.
Bosley v. Wirts (2011): The plaintiff was hit from the rear on the highway by the defendant and suffered "spinal nerve" damage. He was treated with steroid injections and awarded $41,000 in damages. NOTE: Although this case involved steroid injection treatment, the plaintiff's injuries may have been somewhat more extensive than a herniated disc. Most cases have multiple injuries that impede the ability to find value by looking at sample verdicts and settlements.
Oh my goodness. It turns out that you can fit a lot more than a truck between a herniated disc surgery cases and one treated just with steroids. I mean, I've asked a jury for more than just for getting the injections themselves. Have you seen those needles?
These verdicts are beyond awful. I want to say it is a small sampling size, but we found 10 herniated disc injury cases that were treated with steroid injections. I can tell you emphatically, categorically, for-sureedly (new word I just made up for emphasis): these are not representative of our results in these disc injury cases. Look at a few of the Miller & Zois verdicts on this list. I don't think any of our cases here were surgery cases.
One final note… Another law firm has seen the traffic this post gets and wrote a similar post. One difference: they used the word average, as it average steroid injection settlement or verdict. You can't fall for that kind of nonsense. There is no data on the average steroid injection disc injury case settlement or verdict. That number does not exist. Nor is it helpful to understanding the settlement value of your case.
CONTACT US ABOUT YOUR HERNIATED DISC


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Arts - Winter 2010
Offbeat at the Apollo
Elvis Costello's cable TV show, Spectacle, ranges across musical genres and centuries
By Wendy Smith | December 1, 2009
He, in a porkpie hat, was promoting a new television series, Spectacle, on the Sundance Channel, and she, costumed by Christian Lacroix, was about to launch the 2008–2009 season of the Metropolitan Opera in the title role of Massenet's Thaïs. No one gave a second thought to the coincidental appearance of Elvis Costello and Renée Fleming images posted on taxi and bus-shelter billboards all around New York City that fall. Later in the season, though, when Fleming turned up as guest on Costello's show, the juxtaposition of promotions seemed a happy portent. Spectacle: Elvis Costello with . . . Renée Fleming proved to be a high point of the adventurous series' first 13 episodes, which ranged across genres and centuries with unabashed erudition and deep affection for many varieties of music.
No one show could be considered typical of this eclectic series recorded in Harlem's Apollo Theater (the second season was scheduled to begin airing December 9). Costello launched the first season with his friend Elton John, one of Spectacle's executive producers, as the inaugural guest. On that show, John carried the torch for the singer-songwriter tradition with an impassioned tribute to the late Laura Nyro, whose quirky, personal songs were surprising hits in the 1960s for The 5th Dimension, Three Dog Night, and Barbra Streisand.
In subsequent weeks, The Police performed "Walking on the Moon," and Sting played the lute while he and Costello crooned an Elizabethan ballad. Lou Reed talked about doo-wop ("a great source of wisdom and inspiration"); Bill Clinton discussed music's impact on his life and offered his thoughts on hip-hop ("a unique art form: I'd still rather listen to Ray Charles, but I get it"). A Nashville-style "guitar pull" featured Kris Kristofferson, Rosanne Cash, John Mellencamp, and Norah Jones singing Johnny Cash's "Big River." Costello compared James Taylor to Bing Crosby and prefaced Tony Bennett's appearance with a performance of "Cold Cold Heart." "It might seem strange to introduce the greatest living singer of the Great American Songbook with a Hank Williams tune," he noted before bringing on Bennett, "But, you know, I always thought Hank was in the Great American Songbook, right there after James Van Heusen and just before Stevie Wonder in the Ws." Placing a country music legend between the composer of "Come Fly with Me" and the Motown prodigy/presidential troubadour comes naturally to Costello, whose reverence for American popular music is matched by his assumption that you don't need to check your brain at the door to enter its halls—and that you might also love art songs and bebop.
So it made sense to build an episode around Fleming, the all-American opera star who also sings jazz and Broadway show tunes. Costello opened, as usual, with a song somehow linked to his guest, in this case, his own "All This Useless Beauty." His ironic tip of the hat to Fleming's primary art form was entirely intentional. "The crimes committed in the opera house are many and gruesome to behold," he deadpanned in a characteristically witty introduction. "Regicide, infanticide, and all the other forms of homicide are perpetrated nightly before the footlights. The threat of eternal damnation and darkness, more profound here than at any death metal concert." Offbeat juxtapositions are routine on Spectacle, designed to make the point that all music springs from the same human impulses and should be taken both seriously and lightly. Fleming matched her host in down-to-earth enthusiasm for highfalutin material. She sang "Vissi d'arte" from Puccini's Tosca, joking that "before any heinous act in opera there's a beautiful aria," and noted that Enrico Caruso and his peers were the pop idols of their day: "The division of genres comes later." But she wasn't trying to sell Opera Lite; she spoke at length and in detail—another exemplary feature of the program—about her vocal training, the pleasures of choosing repertoire from 400 years of music, and her conviction that opera singers must be able to act, "to communicate the text to the audience."
The acid test of whether or not you are a true Spectacle fan came with the entrance of Rufus Wainwright, who had taped a separate guest stint just before Fleming. The son of singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, Rufus performs his own intensely personal songs and at the time Spectacle was recorded had just composed an opera. He and Fleming traded compliments (there's a fair amount of this on the show) and agreed that French was their favorite foreign language to sing in; to illustrate, Wainwright gave a keening, soulful rendition of "L'Absence," from a Berlioz song cycle. Judging by an irritable post on the Sundance Web site, some people found this unbearably pretentious. Another viewer, however, wrote that he liked having his horizons expanded: "All the boundaries are blurred—it's like music comes from one place no matter what style."
Fleming, who obviously believes this, sang the Nat King Cole hit "Answer Me, My Love" after cogently analyzing the different voices required for different genres. She loves Appalachian folk music, she explained when folk musician Kate McGarrigle (Rufus Wainwright's mother) joined the group, because "there's no artifice in the singing, while opera singing is totally manufactured, and then we try to learn to be simple." Seated on four stools across the front of the stage, the quartet performed "In the Pines," a traditional Appalachian song that's been interpreted by everyone from bluegrass master Bill Monroe to Nirvana. McGarrigle's scratchy twang and Costello's reedy tenor better suited this straightforward folk version than Fleming's polished soprano or Wainwright's bell-like tenor, but one of the show's charms is the willingness of guests and host alike to throw themselves into music outside their specialties.
Roaming among opera, French classical song, pop balladry, and traditional folk, the Fleming-headlined program deepened the sense of musical history that makes Spectacle so unusual and rewarding. Previous episodes had focused on the 20th century's rich array of styles, with some modestly kick-ass rock 'n' roll (Costello and The Police wailing through "Sunshine of Your Love"), a dollop of the Great American Songbook (Bennett doing Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer), and vintage singer-songwriter material (Taylor performing "Sweet Baby James"). The season's closing installments branched out further. Costello finally got a few under-40 guests when he rounded up She & Him (Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward), Jenny Lewis, and Jakob Dylan for a group show that stressed these four artists' links to earlier generations of country, pop, and folk musicians. Herbie Hancock talked about his years with the Miles Davis Quintet, the impact of his classical training on his jazz piano playing, and his category-obliterating 1983 hit "Rockit," one of the first mainstream records to feature hip-hop scratching. Smokey Robinson recalled the glory days of Motown and sketched the history of the Apollo Theater in anecdotes that made vivid the extraordinary accomplishments of African-American music.
Hancock's and Robinson's appearances were especially welcome, since to date Spectacle has not showcased as many African-American artists as you might expect on a program primarily, though not exclusively, devoted to popular music of the past hundred years. Mind you, there haven't been any death metal bands, or polka bands, or reggae bands, or world-pop singers, or even—somewhat surprisingly, in light of Costello's beginnings in punk—any really loud rock 'n' roll. Spectacle is a personal show, reflecting the tastes and interests (and age) of its host. Given Costello's penchant for articulate, knowledgeable people grounded in historically significant genres, I would hope for Stax songwriter David Porter on Southern soul, or George Clinton on funk, or B. B. King on the blues, or Chuck D to get the program at least a little way into the hip-hop era. It's probably unrealistic to hope Costello can persuade Aretha Franklin to come talk about her roots in gospel—but, hey, he landed Bono and Bruce Springsteen for the second season, so why not?
Broadening its reach would give Spectacle more opportunities to forge the connections that make the show so stimulating. The first season reminded us that punk rock had a reggae flavor, that Tony Bennett had one of his biggest hits with a country song ("Cold Cold Heart"), that folk music and opera tell similar stark stories of betrayal and death, that the giants of jazz played Tin Pan Alley tunes, that the Velvet Underground was inspired by Beat literature and doo-wop's street-corner symphonies. The program takes a hip attitude toward high culture and a respectful one toward popular art; in fact, it refuses to see them as different. Elton John set the tone in the first show, as he spoke not only of his admiration for Nyro but also of other rule breakers of the late 1960s and early '70s—the singer-songwriters who drew on folk, country, rhythm and blues, gospel, and any other kind of music that moved them to craft intimate, unconventional songs that sometimes even got played on Top 40 radio stations. "I want to eulogize these people," John said, "because if you don't know who they are, you've got to go and discover them. They're just brilliant; they're like going into an old church in Venice and seeing wonderful Veronese paintings."
Since Costello is so meticulous and generous about acknowledging precursors, I'm surprised that thus far he's made no mention of The Johnny Cash Show, which ran on ABC from June 1969 to March 1971. Like Costello, Cash was steeped in musical history. His mother-in-law, Maybelle Carter, made recordings with the Carter Family that in 1927 gave birth to modern country music. Mother Maybelle's innovative picking style galvanized generations of guitarists, and Cash's program featured her playing and singing old favorites like "Wildwood Flower." Cash claimed folk music as a living tradition, singing "The Long Black Veil" with 25-year-old Joni Mitchell and "I Never Will Marry" with 22-year-old Linda Ronstadt. He talked about the history of banjos with Pete Seeger, who played a fretless banjo Cash had given him. In addition to performing his own songs, often with wife June Carter, Cash sang gospel (over ABC's objections) and did a weekly prerecorded tour of the American past; one segment blended "America the Beautiful" with Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land."
The Johnny Cash Show made the same sorts of connections that enrich Spectacle. Cash played "Blue Yodel #9" with Louis Armstrong and noted that the trumpet player had recorded the song with Jimmie Rodgers, "The Father of Country Music," in 1930. They had both been in Hollywood, Armstrong explained, and one morning his friend Jimmie said, "I feel like singing some blues." Cash introduced Derek and the Dominos singing "It's Too Late" (by rhythm-and-blues star Chuck Willis), then chatted with Eric Clapton about how much British rock musicians admired American country guitar pickers. "One of the best of them all is right here on the show, and we should bring him on," said Clapton, and out came Carl Perkins from the house band to play a rollicking version of his song "Matchbox" with the Brits. Cash thanked Ray Charles "for taking country music around the world"—after inventing soul music in the 1950s, Charles reinvented country with the best-selling 1962 album "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music." Then Cash grinned with delight as Brother Ray performed a blistering rendition of "Ring of Fire."
Cash also did something Costello hasn't: he had guests performing current hits. Tammy Wynette sang "Stand By Your Man"; Credence Clearwater Revival played "Bad Moon Rising." George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Joe Tex, O. C. Smith, Glen Campbell, Loretta Lynn, to name a few, were in the thick of their careers, as was Cash himself. Because it was broadcast on network television, The Johnny Cash Show necessarily aimed to engage a mainstream audience; Spectacle, on a cable channel, has a slightly cultish air.
Costello has declared that he feels "no compulsion to talk about the new product, the thing that's coming out next week," and his disinclination to be part of the music industry's marketing machine is admirable. But Cash managed to do many of the things Costello does so well and also throw himself into the contemporary fray. He had to fight fierce battles with ABC to invite the blacklisted Pete Seeger and to sing the word stoned in Kristofferson's "Sunday Morning Coming Down." He didn't pander to his live audience at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, home of the Grand Ole Opry, a crowd unaccustomed to seeing longhairs in hippie regalia or soul-music dynamos onstage.
Spectacle has yet to venture beyond its own audience's rather different comfort zone. When the initial tapings for the second season were announced in September, it was good to know that New Orleans songwriter Allen Toussaint, at the piano but in the background during season one, would get the full-scale guest treatment. And I was pleased to see the names of Jesse Winchester, Lyle Lovett, John Prine, Richard Thompson, and Nick Lowe, all critically esteemed singers and songwriters who share Costello's zest for rhythm and blues, old-time rock 'n' roll, folk, and country. I was a little disappointed that the younger guests (Sheryl Crow, Neko Case, Ron Sexsmith, Ray Lamontagne) were also in the same folk/rock/alt-country vein. Springsteen and Bono are much bigger names, of course, and vital presences in mainstream musical culture. Still, these are all artists of ultra-obvious appeal to the baby boomer crowd at Spectacle tapings. Watching the electrifying performances on this year's MTV Awards, which aired the week before Spectacle began taping, I thought: Why doesn't Costello invite Beyoncé to talk about Tina Turner's influence on her music? How about Green Day discussing American Idiot, their 2004 album (recently staged as an opera) that took punk rock into the 21st century? Or even Kanye West—he's got the time, now that his tour has been canceled after he was spectacularly rude to Taylor Swift.
Okay, maybe the volatile West would be taking things a little far. And yes, I know that Beyoncé and Green Day get plenty of media exposure already, and I applaud Spectacle for calling to our attention musicians of merit who aren't mega-sellers. But it shouldn't be exclusively a retreat for singer-songwriters. Costello, who joked on one episode that he wanted to see Iggy Pop do standards stripped to the waist in see-through trousers, would also have fun with more flamboyant performers. I don't think that when Elton John told The New York Times, "I just wanted to make a deeply intelligent set of programs that, in years to come, people can look back on as a historical reference," he meant to suggest that he was producing a history program. Spectacle has ranged with wit and grace through so many eras of our musical past; I'd love to see the same care devoted to performers with something to say who make contemporary music of mass appeal. A show with such expansive instincts should keep on moving into new territory.
Wendy Smith is a contributing editor of the Scholar and the author of Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931–1940.

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Russia to Use Helicopters to Repay Loans
International Military Forums > Military Discussion Forums > International Military News Discussions
Topic: Russia to Use Helicopters to Repay Loans
It has been confirmed that the Korean government asked the Russian government to repay loans taken out by the former Soviet Union by giving Korea helicopters produced in Russia. This is a part the measures proposed in the "Third Bulgom Project" of the government.
According to sources from the military on August 21, Chief of Naval Operations Song Yeong-moo met high-ranking military officers in Russia during his visit to Russia in the middle of this month and informed that the Korean government is considering writing off a portion of the loans taken out by the Soviet Union in exchange for 30 Russian helicopters and accessories.
The Russian government is reportedly warm to the proposal.
Meanwhile, in late 2006, the Ministry of National Defense had included landing utility helicopters and search and rescue helicopters on its list of items that it wanted to purchase from Russia.
In addition, the Marine Corps wants a force that can carry out landing operations independently, equipped with attack helicopters and assault helicopter squadrons, by 2015.
Experts predict that the helicopters will be Ka-32 or Mi-38 types, which are often used in multiple roles.
Considering the high price of Russian helicopters (priced from 7 billion won to 10 billion won) and other accessories, the loan write-off total is expected to be hundreds of billions of won.
Russia owes 1.33 billion dollars (equivalent to 1.2630 trillion won). Under a treaty signed by two governments in 2003, the Russian government has to repay all of it from 2007 through 2009.
Despite this, the Russian government has consistently asked the Korean government to offset the loan by accepting goods. The Korean government seems to have accepted this request this time.
Given that the government is expanding the portion of the loans being repaid in military goods, the import of Russian military equipment is expected to grow.
http://english.donga.com/srv/service...=2007082207288
North Korea or South Korea?
bulldogg
South Korea.
A Can of Man
South Korea has a huge shortage of rotary wing aircraft. I for one, while in the service only got to see helicopters from a distance. Never got to ride in one.
The South Korean military overall is huge, especially for the size of the country and basically it needs to find a cheaper alternative to American hardware. The Blackhawks and Chinooks may be great but they're just too expensive.
South Korea has been operating some Russian made helicopters such as the Hip (for Police use) and Helix (mostly Navy) for some time now.
I think this is a good idea. South Korea's rough terrain and limited roads favor airmobile tactics but there just isn't enough helicopters to pull it off.
The danger of course, lies in IFF.
Topic: Price
I agree the Blackhawk's and Chinooks cost a lot more then the Russian birds and South Korea does have some history with Russian gear. The South Korea already uses T-84 tank from Russia and BMP-3. It makes sense like you pointed out they need helicopters and this way there getting something back for the money owed to them.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/254452...n_battle_tank/ - In action
Other Russian tank info links sold to SK
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/t80/
BMP-3 IFV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TjDWusigwo
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/bmp-3/
Yes there is a limited number of T-84s and BMP-3s in the South Korean Army's arsenal.
The vast majority of South Korean equipment is still American though.
I don't know the story behind those tanks and APCs but that helicopter shortage needed to be solved somehow.
Infern0
sounds like a great deal for all involved to me.
Wait what?!?!?!?!?! South Korea loaned the Soviet Union Money and they use some Soviet Equipment.....
How the hell did this happen?
Originally Posted by 5.56X45mm
South Korea loaned RUSSIA Money and they use some RUSSIAN Equipment.....
Soviet union doesn't exist dude
Putin is in Charged and he is damn trying to bring it back.... It's still the Soviet Union in my humble opinion.
In Soviet Russia...
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There is a fascinating history to the Cambodia casinos that sit just across the dividing line from neighboring Thailand, where gambling den gambling is not allowed. Eight gambling halls are situated in a generally tiny location in the city of Poipet in Cambodia. This collection of Cambodia casinos is in a prime area, a three to four hour trip from Bangkok and Macao, the 2 biggest gambling locations in Asia. Cambodia gambling halls do a thriving business with Thai blue-collar workers and visitors from Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, with only very few Westerners. The astonishing income accrued from the gambling halls ranges from $7.5 million to over 12.5 million, and there are a couple of limitations requirements for casino ownership. Ownership is required to be mainly Thai; however, funding sources are ambiguous. The borders are officially open from 09:00 to 1700, and despite the fact visas are for all intents and purposes needed to cross, there are methods and means around this, as is real of most borders.
The initial Cambodia casinos opened in Phnom Penh in 1994, but were forced to close in 1998, leaving just a single gambling hall in the capital, the Naga Resort. The Naga, a moored bateau gambling den, contains one hundred and fifty slot machine games and 60 tables. The Naga gambling hall never closes with forty two tables of mini-punto banco, four tables of chemin de fer, ten of roulette, two of Caribbean Stud Poker, and one each of Pai-Gow and Tai-Sai.
The 1st gambling den in Poipet, the Holiday Palace, premiered in 1999 and the Golden Crown soon followed. There are 150 slot machines and 5 table games at the Golden Crown and 104 slots and sixty eight table games at the Holiday Palace. The newest Holiday Palace Casino and Resort highlights three hundred one armed bandits and seventy tables and the Princess Hotel and Casino, also in Poipet, has 166 slot machines and ninety six gaming tables, including 87 baccarat chemin de fer (the most popular game), Fan Tan, and Pai Gow. In addition, there is the Casino Tropicana, with 135 slot machine games and sixty six of the normal table games, as well as one table of Casino Stud Poker. One more of the eight gambling halls in Poipet, also a part of a motel, is the Princess Casino with 166 slot machines and ninety seven table games. The Star Vegas Casino is is located in a comprehensive vacation and hotel building that features many luxuries aside from the gambling den, which has ten thousand square feet of 130 one armed bandits and eighty eight gaming tables.


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Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University was founded in 1993 by the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation (signed on 10.06.1992, Moscow, Russia), the Decree of the President of Kyrgyz Republic (signed on 28.09.1992, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic) and the Agreement of Establishment and Activities of Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University between the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Government of the Russian Federation (09.09.1993), the Enactment of the Government of the Russian Federation (No.143, signed on 23.02.1994, Moscow), the decrees of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Higher Education No. 326-128/1 (14.02.1994) and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Faculty of Medicine of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University was founded in 1994 based on the Decree of the Rector of Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University No. 79 dated 15 June 1994.
The aims of the Faculty of Medicine are to cultivate physicians, researchers and health science specialists who not only have knowledge and technical skills in the medical and health sciences but also acquire medical ethics, and who can flexibly cope with advances in medical science.
The Faculty also strives to contribute to advances in medical treatments and the improvement of health and welfare, and to develop as an academic institution with a good regional and international outlook.Additionally, the Faculty is always endeavoring to engage in academic exchange and medical and health cooperation with countries near and far abroad.
The academic process at the Faculty of Medicine is strictly organized in compliance with the State Educational Standards of both Russian Federation and Kyrgyz Republic. All residency training and internship programmes offered by the Faculty of Medicine for its graduate students are organized in accordance with the state education standards and programmes on the medical specialists that approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation.
Graduates of the Faculty of Medcine get diplomas of two states- the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic.
Currently, the Faculty of Medicine has a teaching staff of 390 lecturers; among them, 270 with advanced graduate degrees (Doctors of Medical Sciences, Candidates of Medical Sciences) and scholastic titles.
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University accepts applications from all persons who can benefit from the education which it offers.
International students are admitted to the University in accordance with the Rules of Admission of Foreign Nationals to the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavonic University (KRSU).
Foreign citizens who apply for the 1st year of undergraduate studies at the University must have education, equivalent to complete (full) general secondary education or vocational training that gives a right to enter a higher education establishment (university) in the Kyrgyz Republic.
These general entry requirements are meant to ensure that prospective students have an adequate general educational background appropriate for tertiary studies, and are able to show their ability to pursue a course of study at KRSU with profit.
*Overseas Applicants: Normally qualifications that give access to education in the country of origin are favourably considered as long as it is ascertained that they are of comparable standard to the General Entry Requirements of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavonic University. In some instances, applicants may be advised to follow a one year Foundation Studies Course.
If you are interested in the curriculum of a particular programme of study, please use the websites of the faculties. Further information may be requested either from the International Relations Office or from the faculty you are applying to.


For the month of January, the benchmark S&P 500 started 2012 with a big bang, up 4.48% for the month. This is a phenomenal one-month return considering that the average yearly return for the past ten years has been just 3.52%.
Compared to the benchmark, Pilot portfolios underperformed for the month. Our broad market Portfolio was up only 0.51%. Long-term and short-term positions in Gold were our best performers in this category, while short-term trading in S&P and Crude Oil futures were our worst performers for the month.
Our individual stock portfolio fared better with a gain of 2.05%. Holdings in Apple (AAPL) brought the greatest returns, while a monthly drawdown in open profits on short positions in Netflix (NFLX) was our worst performer.
We have highlighted our mark-to-market results for Netflix so that we might illuminate what such drawdowns might imply. Although our mark-to-market monthly drawdown in Netflix is a sizable one, our long-term short position in the issue remains open, and as of the close on February 2, sports a 21.62% 4-month gain since we put this short on from $156.69.
Maintaining a Marking to Market discipline is essential however; sometimes it renders performance as appearing much worse than it truly is. Yes, the monthly drawdown is a real loss however; taken from unrealized profits, the core position is still in the black by over 20%.
Take note that per the open positions displayed above, we have to a large extent mitigated the drawdown on core short positions held in Long-Term investment accounts and have taken full advantage of the bullish surge in Netflix via Mid-Level and Short-Term trading operations.
Click here for further insight as to our method of strategic diversification relative to positions in Netflix (NFLX).
To understand the original practice, consider that a futures trader, when taking a position, deposits money with the exchange, called a "margin." This intends to protect the exchange against loss. At the end of every trading day, the contract is marked to its present market value.
If the trader is on the winning side of a deal, his contract has increased in value that day, and the exchange pays this profit into his account. On the other hand, if the market price of his contract has declined, the exchange charges his account that holds the deposited margin.
If the balance of these accounts falls below the deposit required to maintain the position, the trader must immediately pay additional margin into the account to maintain his position (a "margin call"). As an example, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, taking the process one-step further, marks positions to market twice a day, at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.


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Slipknot felt the band "cracking" as they recorded All Hope Is Gone
By Scott Munro
Former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison says the tensions within the band as they recorded All Hope Is Gone led to them making "the heaviest record" they could
(Image credit: Chris Polk/FilmMagic - Getty)
Former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison says he felt the band were at breaking point when they recorded their fourth studio album All Hope Is Gone.
Jordison joins Corey Taylor and Shawn "Clown" Crahan in the new-look issue of Metal Hammer magazine to discuss the making of the landmark record as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.
In the exclusive interview, Taylor admits that at the time, the band were at their "most fractious" as "nobody was talking to each other, everybody was going behind everybody's back trying to make the album theirs."
And Jordison says the tensions within the camp resulted in the Iowa outfit recording the "heaviest" record they could.
The drummer says: "The tensions are what made that record great. Everyone was completely on fire with emotions and being in different places, and you could see the lines in the sand, you could feel the concrete breaking a little bit.
Everyone was completely on fire with emotions and being in different places
Joey Jordison
"You could feel the band cracking. There was so much going on during that time that I think that's what made the record so brutal. Everyone had some sort of tension to get out just to make it the heaviest record that we could."
However, Crahan sees the album sessions in a different light and says the differences within the camp were "our family's way of growing"
He adds: "There are probably some cats in the band that despise that someone like myself was up recording, but if you know anything about me, I don't give a fuck what you think. I do what I want, and that's what needed to be done.
"From the outside, it's going to look like war, because that's how we make everything look. But on the inside, it was a nice temperature to keep the pot from overboiling."
Slipknot are the cover stars of the latest issue of Metal Hammer, which is on sale now (opens in new tab).
The new issue features a 64-page Slipknot book, giant art poster, along with artists including Avenged Sevenfold, Babymetal, Amon Amarth, Architects and much more.
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor
Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder's buyer's guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.
Get an exclusive signed Katatonia art print with this limited edition issue of Metal Hammer


The NaViSet installer said that it could not detect my monitor. What can I do?
1. From the "System Properties" control panel, open the "Device Manager" in the "Hardware" tab.
2. In the list of devices in the Device Manager, expand the "Monitors" menu.
3. Select and delete the existing monitor, then select "Scan for Hardware Changes."
If the above steps fail, restart Windows and run the NaViSet installer again. If that does not work, then your Video Display Adapter is not capable of detecting the monitor correctly, and is incompatible with DDC/CI.
My video display adapter make, and I've followed all the steps for installing the latest drivers, but I still can't get NaViSet to detect the monitor. What can I do?
First, try switching the monitor's power off for a couple of seconds, then back on. If that does not work, use the NaViSet feedback form to submit the details of your video display adapter (model, manufacturer, BIOS and driver versions, and Windows operating system version), as well as your model of display monitor.
I updated my video display adapter drivers, and now NaViSet won't work. What is wrong?
The necessary drivers to use DDC/CI may not have been reloaded. Try uninstalling NaViSet, then reinstall.
I changed my video display adapter card and now NaViSet won't work. What is wrong?
First, make sure the new card is compatible with DDC/CI and check that you have installed the latest drivers from the manufacturer.
If you have the latest drivers, try uninstalling NaViSet, then reinstall.
I have the cable connected to the DVI-I port on my monitor (LCD 1880SX, LCD 1550X, or NEC FP1375X) but I still can't get NaViSet to work?
Make sure the "DVI Select" control on the OSM is set to the proper setting (digital or analog).
I adjusted the controls on the monitor using the On Screen Display, but NaViSet doesn't show these changes. What is wrong?
If you adjust the monitor using the OSD while NaViSet is open, the controls in NaViSet will not be updated. To get NaViSet to show your changes, simply close and reopen it.
When I select "sRGB" mode on my CRT display monitor using NaViSet, I see a message that some controls are not available. Why is this?
In order for sRGB to be correctly supported, the brightness and contrast controls are locked to specific values.
I have the cable connected to the DVI-I port on my monitor (LCD1880SX, LCD1550X, or NEC FP1375X) but I still can't get NaViSet to work?


The head of Toro Rosso Franz Toast said that he is looking forward to cooperation with Honda in 2018.Franz Toast "In any case, we won't have more problems, because every week we change the power plant.To terminate the contract, we had something to give Renault. Compensation was in the form of Carlos because of his speed, and we know that it poses a great threat for us because he scored most of our points.Honda has another winter to deal with their problems. Toro Rosso will personally work with Honda that should be our biggest advantage.All the meetings we have held so far, was very promising. I am more than convinced that this power unit will help Toro Rosso next year and become a very strong and competitive team".


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Symantec Messaging Gateway Multiple Issues
SYMSA1501
Initial Publication Date December 05, 2019
Severity: Medium
CVSS Base Score: 6.4
Symantec has released an update to address issues that were discovered in the Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) product.
Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG)
Affected Version(s)
Prior to 10.7.3
Upgrade to 10.7.3
Severity/CVSSv3:
Medium / 6.4 AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Security Focus: BID 111094 / NVD: CVE-2019-18377
Symantec Messaging Gateway, prior to 10.7.3, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
Medium / 4.3 AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Symantec Messaging Gateway, prior to 10.7.3, may be susceptible to a cross-site scripting (XSS) exploit, which is a type of issue that can enable attackers to inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A cross-site scripting vulnerability may be used by attackers to potentially bypass access controls such as the same-origin policy.
Symantec Messaging Gateway, prior to 10.7.3, may be susceptible to a server-side request forgery (SSRF) exploit, which is a type of issue that can let an attacker send crafted requests from the backend server of a vulnerable web application or access services available through the loopback interface.
A Symantec Messaging Gateway update, version 10.7.3, has been released which addresses the aforementioned issues. Note that the latest Symantec Messaging Gateway releases and patches are available to customers through normal support channels. At this time, there is no evidence of any attempts at these exploits in the wild.
Symantec recommends the following measures to reduce risk of attack:
Restrict access to administrative or management systems to authorized privileged users.
Restrict remote access to trusted/authorized systems only.
Run under the principle of least privilege, where possible, to limit the impact of potential exploit.
Keep all operating systems and applications current with vendor patches.
Follow a multi-layered approach to security. At a minimum, run both firewall and anti-malware applications to provide multiple points of detection and protection for both inbound and outbound threats.
Deploy network and host-based intrusion detection systems to monitor network traffic for signs of anomalous or suspicious activity. This may aid in the detection of attacks or malicious activity related to the exploitation of latent vulnerabilities.
CVE-2019-18377: Dave of cyllective AG, cyllective.com || @cyllective
CVE-2019-18378: Ramos <https://github.com/Ramos-dev>


The only thing standing between you and your blogging dreams is fear.
Fear can be subtle, like a feather's touch, or fear can be as powerful as a sledgehammer slamming into your head.
To succeed with your blog you will need to face, embrace and release fears, so you can act inspired and do the things that successful bloggers do.
Each of the strategies I share below work to unearth fears you tend to bury.
Few human beings enjoy facing their fears. Most people resist their fears, or bury these energies by keeping busy with jobs they dislike working or perhaps through drug or alcohol use. Some people use food to bury their fears.
In every case, when you resist your fears, your life becomes worse and you will never succeed at anything, including blogging.
Each technique – which I engage in daily – unearths your fears so you can face, embrace, feel and release these energies, inspiring you to blog from a successful energy of love and fun.
Meditating daily expands your awareness. So you can see, feel, embrace and release a wide range of fears in your life.
For years, I feared loss. That fear manifested as blogging struggles. By meditating daily for years I became aware of this loss-fear, felt it and released it.
Meditating is a fabulous vehicle for finding your true power, because sitting and observing your feelings, thoughts, memories and bodily sensations, helps you remain present.
When you are present, in the moment, you tap into your true power.
Doing yoga daily has helped me face, embrace and release many fears. Including blogging-related fears.
Yoga brings tense areas of your body to your attention. Stiff necks, sore backs and tense, delicate calves are simply stored memories – often fear-based – that you refuse to let go.
Yoga helps you face, embrace and release these fears as you breathe mindfully and relax into these tense areas.
Maybe you cling to a scary car accident, or to someone criticizing you and your blog, or perhaps you are in grief over losing a loved one. Doing yoga uncovers and dissolves both the fear-feelings and tension associated with the clinging.
I do 20 minutes of yoga on waking and another 10 to 20 minutes of yoga before going to bed.
I see a direct correlation between my yoga sessions over the past month and my recent 2 a day guest posts on Blogging Tips.
Talk to your doctor before doing this one.
No blogging ice cubes on my watch.
Jumping into a cold, invigorating shower teaches you the art of being comfortable with being uncomfortable.
If you are like most human beings you probably despise cold water. I was in the same boat. For years. But taking a cold shower on waking every morning conditioned me to both embrace cold water and many fears in my life, including fears concerning guest posting, blog commenting and creating my own products and services.
This dramatic practice purges long held fears that could be destroying your blogging campaign. When you get comfortable with diving into your fears on a daily basis you will face, embrace and release virtually all blogging fears you currently cling to.
Turn the shower all the way to cold. Get in. Stand under the cold stream for 30 to 60 seconds. Exit shower.
Inspired strategy for becoming both fearless, and also willing to dive into new fears.
How do you handle your blogging fears?
Do you follow any of these strategies?


Luna: Ghost World - Top Five Favourite Movie.
But for anyone who appreciates a movie's style as much as it's substance (or even more than!) this movie is heaven from the very first frame. The credits open with the fabulous "Jaan Pehechan Ho" number from a 1965 Bollywood musical "Gumnaam" as Enid gets ready for her graduation ceremony. If this scene - an intersperse of the "Jaan Pehechan Ho" number with views into the windows and lives of anonymous inhabitants of the apartment block Enid lives in, as she dances to the video in her tiny room - doesn't get you in I don't know what will. Watch it below and see if you just don't want to hire it immediately. Otherwise I might have to bring my copy around to your house, pop it in your player and sit there watching you expectantly through all my favourite bits. Which I'm told is really off putting.


We're already counting down the days until Eugenie's wedding.
Since joining Instagram in March, Princess Eugenie of York has shared several sweet vintage family photos. One of the cutest is of her and her sister, Beatrice when they were bridesmaids in a wedding. The old photograph was taken in the '90s and shows the pair of sisters in white lace gowns, with adorable flower crowns.
The young royals were bridal attendants in their former nanny Alison Wardley's 1993 wedding. Their beloved caretaker got married to bodyguard Ben Dady at St. Chad's Church in Withington, Manchester.
Eugenie captioned the photo, "90s throwback...wedding planning starts!!" and while she only shared one photo publicly, there are several others from the event that might be even more darling than the one she posted.
In one of the rarely seen photos, you can see young Eugenie making a face as she runs off into the crowd with her mom Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York trailing close behind.
The darling sisters with their mom Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.
See a few more photos from the ceremony below.
Little Princess Eugenie made for the sweetest little bridesmaid.
Sisters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie looked lovely as bridesmaids in their former nanny's wedding.
Both Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice were present at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's May nuptials just a few weeks ago. Eugenie attended alongside her fiancé Jack Brooksbank. The two, who have been dating for roughly seven years, will tie the knot on October 12 in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
While we anxiously await to find out who Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank will chose to be their bridesmaids, we're swooning over these adorable throwbacks of the bride-to-be, and keeping our fingers crossed that Prince George and Princess Charlotte will reprise their roles.
Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice in their former nanny's wedding.


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'The Aeronauts' Film Review: Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne's Balloon Adventure Weighed Down by Creaky Characterizations
The big-screen spectacle (which will be diminished on streaming) needs some bolstering in the writing
Todd Gilchrist | December 4, 2019 @ 1:34 PM	Last Updated: December 4, 2019 @ 2:00 PM
"The Aeronauts" / Amazon Studios
A would-be slice of British spectacle that most audiences will see only at home, "The Aeronauts" — in tone, technique and story — epitomizes films that are too big for television but not quite enough for the IMAX screens they aspire to fill.
Director Tom Harper ("Wild Rose") captures both the vertiginous danger and exhilarating beauty of James Glaisher's real-life, record-breaking 1862 balloon flight, but the script by Jack Thorne ("Wonder") weighs down stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones with too many fictionalized elements for the film's sense of inspiration and empowerment to get off the ground.
Redmayne plays Glaisher, a disgraced, headstrong academic who recruits balloon pilot Amelia Wren (Jones) to break the flight altitude record and, in so doing, to unlock essential secrets about air, wind and atmosphere he hopes to apply to weather forecasting. Still grieving the loss of her husband Pierre (Vincent Perez), Amelia projects an almost reckless sense of showmanship that quickly clashes with Glaisher's single-minded determination to document quietly every change in pressure or gust of wind.
Watch Video: Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones Soar Higher 'Than Anyone Has Ever Been' in 'The Aeronauts' Trailer
But as their dirigible ascends above the cloud line, their respective traumas — her loss, his humiliation — are unflatteringly laid bare across the silent, shadowless landscape, while the prospect of success for their mission grows increasingly dire.
Gradually, the effects of the altitude and the cold start to wear on them, especially after Glaisher reveals that he jettisoned protective clothing that she insisted on bringing in favor of his own scientific instruments. But their differences quickly become irrelevant after they rise to a height where virtually the entire balloon freezes, including the mechanism that allows them to maneuver the gas keeping them afloat.
As the danger mounts, Amelia must come to terms with her past loss in order to prevent a future one, while Glaisher attempts to reconcile his scientific ambitions with the simple and seemingly inescapable truth he's faced with — namely, if the duo cannot quickly find a solution, there won't be anyone left alive to report their record-breaking discoveries.
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For an actor prone to give such mannered performances, Redmayne delivers one of his most straightforward turns in recent memory as Glaisher, a nerd even among scholars whose vision for the future is as much obscured by the massive chip he has on his shoulder as the naysayers and doubters who consider his theories laughable. His particular brand of fearlessness is driven by obstinacy and even revenge as much as sincere determination, whereas Amelia is desperately overcompensating for the unimaginable loss of her husband with a bravado sporadically undercut by grief, loneliness and despondency.
Jones skillfully downplays the extremes of her feelings to more nuanced and substantive effect, but when played against one another, the characters become one-dimensional ciphers for one-dimensional conflict that escalates directly past something compelling into cartoonish melodrama.
To be fair, their individual issues are sketched pretty crudely to begin with; at one point Amelia's friend Antonia (Phoebe Fox, "Eye in the Sky") actually says out loud, "You can't fly away from your problems, you have to face them!" But together, the characters are more interesting when they're finding an accord for their different perspectives than when they're butting heads, and just generally cuter when sharing delight over what they've accomplished than wrestling for control of a suspended wicker basket.
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Harper allegedly shot as much of the film practically as possible, and uses wide-angle lenses to intensify the stakes of each venture near the edge of the basket or when Amelia shimmies up the ropes to the balloon above. And there's certainly something awe-inspiring about the gorgeous vistas that the two characters float through as they exorcise their demons, wherever the line is between reality and computer-generated imagery.
Audience members who harbor a fear of heights may find themselves cringing alongside the characters as they improvise solutions to problems that will keep them adrift in the air (or at least from falling precipitously to the ground). But there's also a limitation to shooting a physical space that feels like it can't be real, in dramatic scenarios that simply aren't possible to successfully capture on film, and Harper runs right up against that in his efforts to photograph their adventure in dynamic ways.
The film also betrays a key rule about voice over — namely, don't start using it at the end of a film if you haven't been using it at the beginning — that speaks to its inconsistent way of bringing together its ambitions and its limitations. But ultimately, Harper's is that rare movie that works much better when the characters are finding solutions and working together rather than falling into conflict and creating problems.
Given the fact that so few people will likely see it on the big screen, the sequences that were designed or envisioned for IMAX cannot help but overwhelm the rest of the film. But when it comes to Glaisher and Wren, two people pursuing their dreams at the possible expense of their lives, "The Aeronauts" falters not because it's intimate or even mundane, but because everything else simply feels small.
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July 4, 2019 9:30 am / Leave a comment
Interview conducted by Adrineh Der-Boghossian.
Please tell us a little about yourself, the kind of work you do (and where you live), and how long you've been an editor.
I live in West Hill [a neighbourhood in Toronto] with my partner, musician Cameron Watters, and my Alaskan malamute, Lupa. I am an author and an editor, a creative writing instructor, and a tutor, and I play in a band called Pineville. I've been editing for years. I used to be the managing editor of Write Magazine, even before the publication of my first book. As a creative writing instructor and final project supervisor at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, I have been editing students' writing for the past 11 years. As a freelancer, I edit manuscripts for various independent clients, and two years ago I started my own small publishing house called Two Wolves Press. I am the publisher and the editor and have had the privilege of editing and publishing Aileen Santo's debut novel Someone Like You and highly acclaimed poet Catherine Graham's award-winning debut novel Quarry.
Editor for Life: Maria Golikova, managing editor, House of Anansi Press
June 6, 2019 9:30 am / Leave a comment
Interview conducted by Jennifer D. Foster.
I started out as an in-house production editor in 2013, and now I work as managing editor at House of Anansi Press in Toronto. I describe my role in the editorial department as a mix of air traffic controller and book doula: I support our team by creating and managing editorial schedules and by liaising with our publishers, in-house editors, freelancers, authors, and members of our design and production departments to ensure books are sent off to press on time and error-free (gulp!). Working at an independent publisher affords a wonderful opportunity to wear many hats, and I'm learning constantly. I also love to work collaboratively and in a supportive role—it's really the authors and their editors at any given stage of the editorial process who do the heavy lifting.
Editors Unplugged: Get to know our panellists for Breaking Down Barriers to a Career in Editing
Interviews conducted by Catherine Dorton.
Our popular monthly program meetings often feature a jam-packed agenda. We like to keep our introductions short, so you can hear more from our panellists and less from us! It's hard to do justice to the incredible wealth of experience these guests bring to the table, so we are offering you a preview with this short Q&A beforehand.
This month, we are honoured to be joined by Jessica De Bruyn, Gagandeep Bimbh, and Ronan Sadler. We were able to sit down with two of this month's panellists for this Q&A. Meet all three panellists in person at this month's program meeting on May 28.
Jessica De Bruyn
Experience: A noun or a verb? Discuss.
Because I am in job hunting mode, my first instinct is to say noun. But I think that it can be a very ominous word in that context because it is difficult to know what employers or contractors are really looking for. However, I like it more as a verb because it highlights that it's better to just get out there and do something. Whether it's volunteering or starting your own project, it's more about experiencing different things than it is about getting the "right" experience.
What is something you're proud of in your working life?
Probably that I haven't quit! Establishing a business as a freelancer has definitely not been easy. There were lots of times when I was working more than forty-hour weeks at joe jobs just to make ends meet and was wondering why I was doing this to myself. But eventually a manuscript would come in and I'd get to dive into this world that I loved so much, and I'd see myself getting a little closer to my goals. It is one step forward, one step back sometimes, though.
Editor for Life: Katherine Dearlove, managing editor, Owlkids
May 2, 2019 9:30 am / Leave a comment
You might say I'm a homebody in terms of my career, having spent most of it at Owlkids in Toronto, with the exception of two initial years at Key Porter Books. Over my two decades with Owlkids, I've had the privilege of holding a variety of positions, such as editor of both Chickadee and Chirp, senior editor of OWL, freelance writer and editor while I was home with small kids, and, currently, managing editor for both magazines and books. I'm also the author of My Canada, a picture book atlas illustrated by Lori Joy Smith. My career has given me a rare opportunity to create and edit high-quality content for kids in magazine, book, and electronic formats, and to work with so many talented and creative people.
Editors Unplugged: Get to know our speaker for How to Find Freelance Editing Work
April 21, 2019 11:00 am / 2 Comments on Editors Unplugged: Get to know our speaker for How to Find Freelance Editing Work
Interview conducted by Catherine Dorton.
This month, we are honoured to be joined by Greg Ioannou, who will be talking about how to find editing work, including freelance, and Editors Canada's plans to help editors find work
What book, movie, or TV show title best describes your life?
My brother sometimes talks about how he's never seen or read anything that remotely resembles our lives. I may have to write the damned thing myself.
What was the luckiest thing that ever happened to you?
Getting drafted by the Australian army. They were going to send me to Vietnam. I opted for Canada instead.
What genre or type of project have you not yet had the chance to work on, but would like to?
I've done three books on cannibalism, and many, many cookbooks, but never a cannibalism cookbook.
What can't you live without?
Chaos, apparently. I can't stand a tidy desk, a completed to-do list, everything being orderly and under control. I thrive where things are about to fall apart, revel in avoiding inchoate rubble and ruin. Neatness is the ultimate evil.
What can't you work without?
Co-workers. I used to freelance at home, and found it boring, lonely, depressing. I need an office to go to and people to work with.


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Hai Kur Mamashu Chis: I Want to Tell You a Story
ISBN: 9781492180593 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str.
ISBN: 9781492180593/Angielski/Miękka/88 str.
Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych.
Cristina Zarraga; Jimena Saiter; Jacqueline Windh
Hai kur mamashu chis or "I want to tell you a story," as the Yagan grandmothers used to refer to their story-telling, is a journey through the landscape of the Yagan of old: a unique culture, rich in character, customs and beliefs. These stories take place below this same sky and over these same waters, in giant voyaging canoes and around eternal fires and on immense mountains. A landscape which has always been open to the passage of humankind... Mamashu chis is the time when birds used to be humans, perhaps also the time before there was an understanding of all that exists, of even...
Hai kur mamashu chis or "I want to tell you a story," as the Yagan grandmothers used to refer to their story-telling, is a journey through the landsca...
IN THE BEAR'S HOUSE
ISBN: 9780826348395 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str.
ISBN: 9780826348395/Angielski/Twarda/96 str.
N. Scott Momaday
Originally published: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
The Way of Kinship : An Anthology of Native Siberian Literature
ISBN: 9780816670819 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str.
ISBN: 9780816670819/Angielski/Miękka/250 str.
N. Scott Momaday; Alexander Vaschenko; Clayton Smith Claude
That these treasures are available to us as writing is a miracle. . . . The writings here, while altogether modern in one sense, are based upon a literature, albeit oral, that has existed for thousands of years. They are the reflections of people who have lived long on the earth, on their own terms, in harmony with the powers of nature. They are invaluable to us who have so much to learn from them. These stories, poems, songs give us a way, a sacred way, into a world that we ought to know for its own sake. It is our own world, after all. --N. Scott Momaday, from the Foreword
The first...
That these treasures are available to us as writing is a miracle. . . . The writings here, while altogether modern in one sense, are based upon a lite...
Star Songs and Water Spirits : A Great Lakes Native Reader
Victoria Brehm
From the deep past to the present, here are the stories, songs, poetry, speeches, autobiography, fiction, and art of the Great Lakes Native nations. Set in the natural environment of the seasonal year, the selections explain cultural concepts and show how modern Native literature reflects tradition. Elders, war chiefs, religious leaders, and contemporary artists share
- Sacred stories of the creation of the world
- Stories of the stars
- Tales of heroes and monsters
- Narratives of hunting, fishing, and food gathering
- Speeches and writings about war
- Personal...
From the deep past to the present, here are the stories, songs, poetry, speeches, autobiography, fiction, and art of the Great Lakes Native nations...
The American Indian Intellectual Tradition : An Anthology of Writings from 1772 to 1972
Anthony M. Snodgrass; David Mart-Nez
In The American Indian Intellectual Tradition, David Martinez presents thirty-one essays that exemplify Native American intellectual culture across two centuries. The occasion for many of the pieces was the exertion of colonial and then federal power to limit or obliterate the authority and autonomy of American Indians. The writers featured were activists for their home communities and for all indigenous people.
Martinez divides his book into three critical epochs of American Indian history with section introductions that provide political context for the selected readings....
In The American Indian Intellectual Tradition, David Martinez presents thirty-one essays that exemplify Native American intellectual cultu...
Native American Creation Stories of Family and Friendship
Teresa Pijoan
Recorded by the author from personal interviews with Native American storytellers, these stories hold the conflicts and compliments of family and/or situations that test relationships. The work is a reminder of how fragile everyone is during the struggles to survive youth, middle age, and older years.
Recorded by the author from personal interviews with Native American storytellers, these stories hold the conflicts and compliments of family and/or s...
Sovereign Erotics : A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature
Qwo-Li Driskill;Daniel Heath Justice;Deborah Miranda
Two-Spirit people, identified by many different tribally specific names and standings within their communities, have been living, loving, and creating art since time immemorial. It wasn't until the 1970s, however, that contemporary queer Native literature gained any public notice. Even now, only a handful of books address it specifically, most notably the 1988 collection Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology. Since that book's publication twenty-three years ago, there has not been another collection published that focuses explicitly on the writing and art of Indigenous...
Two-Spirit people, identified by many different tribally specific names and standings within their communities, have been living, loving, and creating...
ISBN: 9780801449284 / Angielski / Twarda / 424 str.
ISBN: 9780801449284/Angielski/Twarda/424 str.
David Mart-Nez
Dragonfly, Walking Stick
Judy R. Smith
Examines the difficult and inspiring introduction of Algonquin Indian tribes to the English Colonists. Weaving the spiritual worlds of Native Americans and English Christians, this novel celebrates the creation of fertile hybridity as it confronts the difficulty of such rich mixtures finding acceptance in the seventeenth-century Colonial world.
Examines the difficult and inspiring introduction of Algonquin Indian tribes to the English Colonists. Weaving the spiritual worlds of Native American...
Return of the Bones
Belinda Vasquez Garcia
2013 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION New Mexico / Arizona Book Awards Winner A dazzling, family epic of love and forgiveness. Return of the Bones is a very special book inspired by a true story -- In 1915, 2,067 skeletons were stolen from the ghost pueblo of Pecos and transported to Harvard University for medical research...In present day and across the miles, the wind carries their cries to Grandfather who hears the bones longing for home. Hollow-Woman and Grandfather are the last of the Pecos people, but Hollow-Woman is not interested in ancient skeletons. She works at an Indian casino and is of...
2013 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION New Mexico / Arizona Book Awards Winner A dazzling, family epic of love and forgiveness. Return of the Bones is a very s...
Creators Song
Eva Black Tail Swan
Creator's Song, Ancient Voices Speak is a beautiful and uplifting daily gift of prayer and messages brought forth in a pre-dawn ceremony each day by Eva Black Tail Swan, a Cherokee Medicine Elder. This book is more than a daily message from the Creator... it is a path to know who you really are by spending time with a medicine elder. This book is such a gift as this work can be done in the comfort of your own home. "In this book you'll find carefully chosen selections of these communications. Read them one at a time and savor them, meditate on them, perhaps as a daily morning ritual. Another...
Creator's Song, Ancient Voices Speak is a beautiful and uplifting daily gift of prayer and messages brought forth in a pre-dawn ceremony each day by E...
Rez Ramblings: Living on the Pine Ridge as 21st Century as an Injun
Leon Blunt Horn Matthews
"Rez Ramblings: Living on the Pine Ridge as a 21st Century Injun" offers readers the opportunity to take a walk with a contemporary Oglala Sioux, Lakota man, Leon Blunt Horn Matthews. In his book Leon recounts and reflects on his varied experiences living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, growing up in the inner city of Denver, Colorado, and traveling throughout the United States and Asia. Leon is a writer, coffee shop owner, philosopher, cook, columnist, radio personality, public speaker, pastor, and now, published author, who shares his unique perspective of living as a 21st Century...
"Rez Ramblings: Living on the Pine Ridge as a 21st Century Injun" offers readers the opportunity to take a walk with a contemporary Oglala Sioux, Lako...
Unraveling the Spreading Cloth of Time: Indigenous Thoughts Concerning the Unive: Dedicated to Vine Deloria Jr.
Marijo Moore; Trace a. Demeyer
Unraveling the Spreading Cloth of Time: Indigenous Thoughts Concerning the Universe Edited by MariJo Moore and Trace A. DeMeyer Dedicated to Vine Deloria Jr Exploring Quantum physics in relation to Indigenous peoples' understanding of the spiritual universe, this anthology includes writings from 40 Native writers from various nations. "Unraveling the Spreading Cloth of Time, MariJo Moore and Trace DeMeyer's brilliant anthology, explores an uncanny tension between Indigenous understandings of a moral, interconnected universe and the edges of western science and philosophy that -in time- come...
Unraveling the Spreading Cloth of Time: Indigenous Thoughts Concerning the Universe Edited by MariJo Moore and Trace A. DeMeyer Dedicated to Vine Delo...
Rabbit Stories
Kim Shuck
Fiction. Native American Studies. "What Kim Shuck is writing is vital and vibrant. She is blending tradition with modernity, history with humor and her own Indigenous perspective witheverything else. She is kind enough to invite us all into her mind, her life and her tribe through her writing and to smile at us when we realize that we are glad we came, glad we read this evocative book and glad that we met this powerful and significant poet." Dr. Dawn Karima Pettigrew, author of The Marriage of Saints: A Novel (University of Oklahoma Press, 2006) and THE WAY WE MAKE SENSE (Aunt Lute...
Fiction. Native American Studies. "What Kim Shuck is writing is vital and vibrant. She is blending tradition with modernity, history with humor and he...
Cuentos de Terror: Compilacion 1
ISBN: 9781517331962 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 156 str.
ISBN: 9781517331962/Hiszpański/Miękka/156 str.
Edgar Allan Poe; Martin Hernandez B.
Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, Estados Unidos, 19 de enero de 1809-Baltimore, Estados Unidos, 7 de octubre de 1849) fue un escritor, poeta, critico y periodista romantico estadounidense, generalmente reconocido como uno de los maestros universales del relato corto, del cual fue uno de los primeros practicantes en su pais. Fue renovador de la novela gotica, recordado especialmente por sus cuentos de terror. Considerado el inventor del relato detectivesco, contribuyo asimismo con varias obras al genero emergente de la ciencia ficcion. Por otra parte, fue el primer escritor estadounidense de renombre...
Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, Estados Unidos, 19 de enero de 1809-Baltimore, Estados Unidos, 7 de octubre de 1849) fue un escritor, poeta, critico y period...
Legend of the Pronghorn
Pat Dolan
Reasons Why We Ghost Dance
Sonia Dubinsky
Deep within the badlands in the state of South Dakota lies the Pine Ridge Reservation belonging to the Oglala Lakota Nation. Pine Ridge carries a dark history. It is here that the infamous massacre at Wounded Knee took place in December 1890. It is the place where the last of the Ghost Dances was enacted, and later the final engagement of U.S. forces against native Americans. Wounded Knee represented the end of a final frontier. They say that blood is thicker than water, but water can wear away stone. Two adolescent boys, one Metis, and the other white become bound together in a dark...
Deep within the badlands in the state of South Dakota lies the Pine Ridge Reservation belonging to the Oglala Lakota Nation. Pine Ridge carries a dark...
Little Herder in Summer: Shiigo Na'nilkaadi Yazhi
ISBN: 9781495385193 / Navajo / Miękka / 54 str.
ISBN: 9781495385193/Navajo/Miękka/54 str.
Ann Clark; Hoke Denetsosie; Bernhard Michaelis
Ann Nolan Clark's moving stories of Navajo life as seen through the eyes of a young Navajo girl are available in print again. These poetically rendered, bilingual accounts of Navajo culture and traditions describe a sustainable way of life that is rooted in the land and linked to the seasons. First published in 1940, they were an outstanding achievement for their sensitively rendered cultural content, establishment of a written Navajo language, and for the sheer beauty of Navajo artist Hoke Denetsosie's illustrations. These unique books are among the most interesting and groundbreaking of all...
Ann Nolan Clark's moving stories of Navajo life as seen through the eyes of a young Navajo girl are available in print again. These poetically rendere...
Coyote Tales
Robert W. Young; William Morgan; Hildegard Thompson
The original Navajo Coyote Tales - beautifully colorized. For the first time since the stories were published in 1949, children and adults can read the tales of Coyote the Trickster again in Navajo and English. This edition has been newly typeset in Navajo and designed to closely resemble the original. It is not a facsimile reprint, as sold by other publishers. Coyote stories were told by Navajo elders when gathering around the fire place at night in winter. It was the traditional way to educate young listeners. Six of these delightful tales were originally collected in Navajo 75 years ago...
The original Navajo Coyote Tales - beautifully colorized. For the first time since the stories were published in 1949, children and adults can read th...
The Ramah Navahos: Tl'ohchiniji Dine Keedaht'inii Baa Hane
Son of Former Many Beads; Robert W. Young; William Morgan
Son of Former Many Beads begins his narration by telling us that his parents had been rounded up by Kit Carson's troops, were driven to Fort Sumner during the Long Walk period and managed to escape from imprisonment to live with the Chiricahua Apaches. He was born among the Chiricahua two years later, and returned with his family to their homeland after the tribe had been released from internment at Fort Sumner. His father, Many Beads eventually moved back to the Ramah area with his family, where they once had lived. His narration spans the time before first contact with the white man, to the...
Son of Former Many Beads begins his narration by telling us that his parents had been rounded up by Kit Carson's troops, were driven to Fort Sumner du...


Puusepänliike Hannes Oy is a family business which was established in 2006. Our expert team includes entrepreneur couple Hannes and Arja Vähäsöyrinki as well as highly skilled woodcraftsmen, Onni Vähäsöyrinki and Matti Heinonen.
We specialize in solid wood. We furnish homes, restaurants as well as other public spaces with customized products and furniture from our own collections. We make unique single pieces and we are also prepared to do larger series which can include several hundred pieces. Our workshop and showroom area is located in a historical setting which used to be a sleigh building factory. In this unique setting we continue to practice the skills of wood craftsmanship which has been practiced here for decades.
Our experienced staff is ready to serve you and answer any questions you may have. We are open on weekdays from 8-16 o'clock. Welcome!
Our email addresses are in the format firstname@puusepanliikehannes.fi.
While working a permanent job at the grocery store fish counter, I dreamed of being a carpenter. This dream began to come true with an apprenticeship in the year 2000 with Jussi Sutela in Liminka. After a laborious seven years of working in the field, I was ready to start up my own business.
Together with my wife Arja, we made the second most major decision in of our lives when we became entrepreneurs on the advent holiday in 2006. In 2002, Arja graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Arts majoring in restoration. We had recently finished building our home and decided it was time to move on to new ventures. We took a substantial business loan with which we purchased the necessary machinery and rented a shop. Now we had all we needed to start the business along with our strong expertise. Our order book began to fill up already in the first months of operation.
The third biggest decision in our lives came upon us when the opportunity arose to buy a historical sleigh building factory in the county of Häme. This idyllic countryside property had a total of 850m2 in brick buildings which were in dire need of restoration. There was also a small cottage which had been transferred to the property in the place of the old mill. We bought this property with all these buildings and in 2010 we took residence in the small cottage on the banks of the picturesque creek.
One setback was the need to fix the buildings into working condition and that required ceasing business operations for five months. We remodelled one of the sleigh building shops into a woodworking shop with all the amenities including a coffee room on the end of the building which used to be a blacksmith shop. The painting shop and assembly area was established into the space which used to be the old planing mill. The family home was built into the main building of the former sleigh factory. The next challenge was to find customers in the immediate area. Moving 500km south from Liminka to Tuulos was taking a risk but we trusted in the fact that being quite centrally located and in close proximity to other larger cities and communities, there would be enough customers.
In the near future, we are going to open a gallery and shop on the premises. For the progression of our business, we will focus on developing and marketing our collections and products. High quality functional products are of great importance to us. The successful exportation of the Onni highchair is still growing because design also belongs to children.


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R.I.P. Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007)
I keep wondering which film or films I should write about next, but it seems fate is pretty good about curing my indecisiveness. I learned this morning that director Ingmar Bergman passed away at the age of 89.
While Bergman has one of the most impressive filmographies imaginable, I've only managed to catch 6 of them so far, something I would like to remedy in the not too distant future if I can help it, but of the ones I've seen, he was a ridiculously talented director. His films are very stark and bleak, at least the ones I've seen are, but they are so fascinating, that I push through them.
Sadly, it has been awhile since I've seen any of these films, so I don't know that I can expound upon them in any great detail, but I can share my thoughts and reactions to them, as I recall them.
The first Bergman I saw was The Seventh Seal (1957), and while it is arguable his most iconic work, it was the one that resonated with me the least. I can't offer a reason why, it's just sometimes that films can get under your skin and affect you, and at other times, it's inability to creep in leaves you with a sense of indifference. It's entirely possible that had I seen it another day, my reaction mihgt be different, but as it stands, I was a little uninterested in it.
Chronologically, the next film in his canon was Wild Strawberries (1958), which I enjoyed far more. It's a somber, largely meditative piece about an old man confronting his pending mortality. Very dark, the nightmare scenes in particular, but I loved it.
Following that, I saw Bergman's "Trilogy of Faith," which was made up of the films Through A Glass Darkly (1961), Winter Light (1962), and The Silence (1963). Depending on the day you ask, one of the former two would be considered my favorite Bergman. I love both immensely.
Through A Glass Darkly involves a young mentally ill woman who eventually sees God through a spider, while her father has been exploiting her illness for finanical gain through his writing.
Winter Light, probably Bergman's most bleak film, involves a clergyman who endures a crisis of faith after a man comes to him for help with his depression and he is unable to save him.
The Silence is a film I don't honestly recall that well, but it is a sexually provacative film involving two sisters -- one sickly, one very sexual -- who are traveling through Europe and in a foreign country seemingly on the brink of war. They vie for the attention of the sexual one's young son, ultimately tearing apart their bond.
Cries And Whispers (1972) also tells a tale of sisters. Two sisters come to the aid of the third sister, who is dying of cancer. However, they come with ulterior motives. Again, it has been so long since I've seen this one, I sort of mentally filed it away "really loved it," but the specifics now escape me.
The final film I saw was also probably Bergman's most personal, Fanny and Alexander (1983), which is an epic film about the Ekdahl family through the eyes of 10-year old Alexander, in turn of the century Sweden. Probably his most sweet-natured film despite the usual melancholy.
There are so many other Bergman films I need to see, and while it was not entirely unexpected that he would pass away, it's not any less saddening to see one of the greats go out.
Moolaadé (2004)
2007: A Mid-Year Update
Capturing The Friedmans (2003)
R.I.P. Ulrich Mühe (1953-2007)
Taste of Cherry (1997)
Talk To Her (2002)
The Secret Life of Words (2006)


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Cast of 'Field of Dreams' to Reunite in Iowa for Anniversary, Ballpark Heaven Saga Continues →
Fort Myers Miracle Sold
PRESS RELEASE – SJS Beacon, a privately held company, is pleased to announce its purchase of the Fort Myers Miracle from the Goldklang Group. The Fort Myers Miracle are the long time Advanced-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins and a member of the Florida State League. The Miracle play their home games at Hammond Stadium, the Spring Training home of the Twins.
"I am excited to acquire the Miracle and have the opportunity to work with the Lee County community and the Minnesota Twins. As a lifelong baseball fan, I hope to build upon the Goldklang Group's outstanding legacy and further enhance both the Miracle's partnership with the Twins and the entire ballpark experience for our fans and customers," stated Jason Hochberg, President of SJS Beacon.
According to Marv Goldklang, Chairman of the Goldklang Group: "The decision to sell the Miracle, which was our first team in Minor League Baseball, was among the most difficult of my years in the game. It was important that the reins be handed to an individual who shares our passion both for what goes on between the lines as well as the customer service principles by which we have lived for the past 25 years. Jason is that person."
Brad Steil, Twins Director of Minor League Operations added, "On behalf of the entire Twins organization, we welcome Jason Hochberg to the organization and look forward to continuing our strong working relationship with him and the Miracle. Our player development agreement has been in place for over 20 years, and the Miracle will continue to run our Spring Training game day operations. We are excited to take the next steps with Jason and the great Miracle staff."
The Goldklang Group will continue to remain involved in helping to manage the Miracle, and Steve Gliner and Andrew Seymour will continue to run the day-to-day operations of the team as Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, respectively.
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Customer Focus: The Twins FX
For the third Customer Focus, we spoke to The Twins FX, one of the leading companies operating in the field of theatrical, visual special effects, illusions and animatronics.
We had a chat with Gary and Paul Hardy-Brown, Directors of the company, and asked them exactly what they do and the process involved in creating such weird and wonderful effects.
Animatronic Dragon with 10m wingspan
So! Tell us what your company does.
We deliver exceptional effects and turn ideas into reality. Drawing on our wealth of experience and knowledge, we produce amazing special effects to create intimate and powerful entertainment experiences. Our creations are tailor-made to suit our customers' needs - we make the impossible possible for theatre productions, film and television worldwide.
What are some of your most notable projects to date?
The team at The Twins FX have created some mind boggling effects. With artistry and imagination, we've created effects such as a flying car that floats a few feet off the floor, and then, with wheels folded, flies around an empty stage in every direction. We custom-designed and built the car, which then soars over a speechless audience, right over their heads and into the centre of the stalls. Another fantastic effect is a fully animatronic flying Dragon (pictured above). The Dragon has a wingspan of over 10 metres and stands over 3 metres high.
The Flying Car in action
We've supplied special effects for ITV's "Paul O'Grady Live", which have received outstanding reviews, and also worked with the BBC to bring "Dr Who" to the Stage with the Dr Who Live "The Monsters are coming" arena tour. Their piece de resistance was making the Supreme Dalek levitate over the heads of the Stadium audience! Other recent highlights have been a colossal sea monster, a giant spider that creeps across the stage, and making Orville the duck's dreams come true. The Twins FX made Orville fly!
Over the years, we've had the pleasure of working alongside stars such as Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, David Hasselhoff, Liam Neeson, Lynda Bellingham and Jason Donovan to name but a few!
2012 has been an amazing year for brand new effects, including a 7-metre tall animatronic silverback Gorilla, a 12m long animatronic Snake, and a flying effect called the "Revolver".
One of the latest additions to The Twins FX team, hanging out with Gary and Paul...
How long has your company been in business?
Over 20 years in one disguise or another!
Which of our products do you use?
As many as we can! We always find a use for one of your products in unusual ways - like creating part of the eyes for the gorilla or the scales of a 10m long cobra.
Did you have a problem that was solved by our products?
Your Technical Support is very good so we never have a problem! The chaps on your help line always answer our questions and point us in the right direction.
Take us through the general process that goes into making one of your effects.
We start off with an idea - some can be very strange...
Then is down to the design and development...
Then comes the fun part - the build and installing the effect in to the venue ready for it to go 'Live'.
Do you have any stories/anecdotes?
Seeing the driver's face as we loaded our giant gorilla on to the lorry was a picture!
If you want to read more about what The Twins FX do, and see more photos of their effects in action, visit their website, or you can contact them on 07971 589186.
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Phase 2 of NCC Approved


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Video: Tami Roman on 'Basketball Wives' Season 2
ESSENCE.com caught up with "Basketball Wives" star Tami Roman to talk about why she joined the show, where she stands with her ex-husband, and why she's happier than ever.
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ESSENCE.com caught up with "Basketball Wives" star Tami Roman to talk about why she joined the show, where she stands with her ex-husband, and why she's happier than ever.