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Settling a family provision claim before it proceeds to Court
Rod Berry27 July 2017 Disputes
The threat of potential claims against an Estate may arise fairly quickly after someone passes away. A potential claimant may approach the executor quite soon after the death of the deceased claiming they have been left out of the will wrongly or that the provision made for them in the will is insufficient. Negotiations can take place between the claimant and the Estate and, in the right circumstances, an agreement between them may be reached before any proceedings have been commenced.
An agreement will avoid lengthy and expensive Supreme Court proceedings for provision. However, to protect the Estate from any later action by the claimant it is crucial that the settlement is properly documented and approved. Firstly, the beneficiaries and the claimant should enter into a deed of settlement and release. The deed will set out what provision will be made for the claimant and how that provision will be made from the Estate. Crucially from the Estate's perspective, the claimant must also agree to release his or her rights to make a claim for any further provision from the estate. However, the release of this right is not enforceable until it has been approved by the Court.
In New South Wales, the approval is sought by way of application under Section 95 of the Succession Act 2006 (NSW). In such applications, the Court is required to consider all the circumstances, including:
whether at the time of the agreement, it was to the claimant's advantage financially or otherwise to make the release;
whether it is or was prudent for the claimant to make the release;
whether the provisions of the agreement are or were fair and reasonable; and
whether the claimant has taken independent advice in relation to the release and has given due consideration to that advice.
Once the Court has approved the release the only way the approval can be revoked is in circumstances of fraud, undue influence or where all interested parties consent. This is the gold standard to resolve family provision claims against the Estate. If you have any enquiries please do not hesitate to contact a member of our Estate Disputes Team.
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"'How can we reawaken the greatness and the courage of comprehensive choices, of the impulses of the heart in order to face academic and emotional challenges?'. The phrase I use very often is: take a risk! Take a risk. Whoever does not risk does not walk. 'But what if I make a mistake?'. Blessed be the Lord! You will make more mistakes if you remain still" (Pope Francis: Discourse at Villa Nazareth, 18 June 2016).


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The Bethany Hall, Glasgow Road
Blantyre Buildings
2014 Bethany Hall, Glasgow Road Blantyre. By Robert Stewart
Pictured here by Robert Stewart in 2014, is The Bethany Hall in Glasgow Road.
This Church was constructed in Glasgow Road in 1905, the same year as the nearby St Josephs Church. Those two buildings must have changed the face of the street considerably that year. The Church belonged to Blantyre Primitive Methodist Church which at first at held their services in Dixon's Hall on Stonefield Road. The building located near Joanna Terrace, has had a bit of chequered history.
It closed during the first World War and lay empty, despite its relatively modern status. It was unused until purchased and opened by Stonefield Independent Co-operative Society in 1925 where it was used for various purposes including a dance hall. It was still owned by the Co-op in 1930, according to the valuation roll of that year. Following that, it was an unemployment exchange around 1931.
The Christian Brethern saved the fate of this building, but putting it back on track as a religious establishment and in 1936 renamed it "The Bethany Hall", although this should not be confused with the Bethany Mission Hall in High Blantyre. It remained in their hands for 50 years until 16th December 1996,when they sold it to the World of Life Christian Fellowship. It is now used as a private children's nursery named Cosmic Cherubs and has address 266, Glasgow Road.
It is a building quite often not given its recognition in Blantyre, understated by comparison to the other churches on Glasgow Road.
Liz Boxall As a child I remember one of their preachers used to stand at the bottom of our Cul de sac (Moffat Place ) and sing hymns and spread the gospel .. Oh happy days .. Mind YE all the weans laughed !
Catherine Davidson Johnny Graham. He used to preach around the Thornhill area .
Moira Hunter went 2 sunday school there ! with half o Wheatland Ave
Elizabeth Sneddon We were married in the gospel hall , in 1966,
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The smartphone has too many shortcomings and users are better off waiting until Apple releases the next generation model later this year, according to the venerable consumer magazine.
Consumer Reports is advising people to hold off buying the iPhone 4 from Verizon Wireless next month, saying the device they'll be getting is a middle-aged smartphone that Apple will likely replace in the summer with a new generation.
The well-respected nonprofit magazine says that in the die-young world of smartphones, the iPhone 4 is already less than the cutting edge. Examples cited include its inability to run on fourth-generation data networks, including Verizon's; and its 3.5-inch screen in an era where a number of smartphones are shipping with 4-inch-plus displays. Verizon announced this week that it would offer the iPhone 4 to existing customers Feb. 3 and to new customers a week later. That's only a few months before Apple typically releases the next generation of the smartphone, usually in June or July. "This is a transitional phone to tide Verizon through until the summer," Consumer Reports said Tuesday in its Electronics Blog.
The magazine's concerns are worth noting, because buying an iPhone at a carrier's discounted price starting at $199 requires signing a two-year service contract. Breaking the pact by trading in the phone early carries hefty penalties. Consumer Reports notes that Verizon's customer satisfaction ratings are much higher than AT&T's, while also pointing out shortcomings in Verizon's network. Verizon's CDMA network doesn't allow someone to make a phone call while accessing the Web at the same time. In addition, AT&T's GSM phones can roam with relative ease in much of the world, while CDMA phones can't.
Good for Consumer Reports for sticking to their guns.
Verizon is keen to reap the windfall of penalty fees when people who get the iPhone 4 now because they can't wait try to trade in for the 5 later this year.
My bet is Verizon will get the 5 later than AT&T will.
These fees are basically free money, right? Unless they have to somehow return the phones to Apple.
Consumer Reports is right, with one caveat: Every month with the new technology counts, especially for people like my bandmate who have had old-school phones forever. This is because gaining proficiency with the apps available is simply too important to delay. Even if the 4 is a bit obsolete, it's still GOOD ENOUGH for millions of users. They just should skip the 5, live with the 4. The NFC stuff that'll be in the 5 will be absolutely perfect in the 6, and that's where I think all will converge.
As for Android... Google has to make Checkout work, immediately, or else lose this coming NFC battle. Also, they MUST make developers happy with a giant fix for Marketplace, banner-ad-blockers, piracy etc. Marketplace mostly. If Android Marketplace could attract a curation community like Wikipedia, and Google built a more robust App Store than Apple, they'd have a chance.
I think Google should buy Chomp and get those developers to build them an Android App Store the right way. This would be an excellent acquisition for them.
Antennagate was an exaggerated problem in the first place. If it were genuinely a serious issue, the iPhone 4 would never have been a success considering the sensationalist press coverage the "problem" received.
Nevertheless, compared with the AT&T iphone, fewer people seem to be reporting reception problems with the Verizon iPhone. This is probably due to Verizon's superior coverage.
No one knows for sure when the next iPhone will be available for Verizon (certainly not Consumer Reports). There is no guarantee that waiting until mid-year in the hope of an iPhone 5 is a wise idea.
I got an iPhone4 and I do have the antenna problem. I deal with having a bumper on my phone but I do not prefer it that way. I would rather use my phone without it. During the whole antennagate time I contacted Apple several times and asked for a replacement phone but got turned down because of the whole "free bumber" thing. That was a disappointing thing to hear because I do like the phone. My next phone will definitely not be an Apple phone because I feel they do not care about me, the customer.
I personally don't mind using a case. I think it is only prudent to protect a fragile device with a replacement cost of $600. But to each his own.
AT&T coverage is what it is. A case is necessary in order to exploit every last ounce of signal. I'm not sure what you expected Apple to do. They gave you a free case, and would have accepted the return of phone for a full refund. Apparently you like the phone enough to tolerate the indignity of using a bumper.
I'll be curious to hear what your experience will be using your non-Apple phone. If you think Apple doesn't care about you, just wait until you find out first-hand why the others rate lower in customer satisfaction.
Hey Brett, if Apple would give him a full refund, why NOT do a replacement? Especially if his phone is (according to them) fine. A replacement would keep him as a happy customer but a refund would lose him. A child could figure that out. Resell it to another person with a bumper if it's "functional". Make the customer happy. It's not a difficult concept. A co-worker of mine switched from iPhone to a Droid2 (I think) and he loves it. He primarily like the multitasking ability.
It's a sad fact of life-- Some people live in areas not well served by AT&T. The iPhone4 may not be the best phone for these people, especially if they are unwilling to use a case. Replacement of the phone wouldn't have made a difference.
I suppose that the guy could have returned his "defective" phone for a full refund while the offer was good, and then turned around and bought a new iPhone. But I'll bet he didn't bother because even he probably knew that the replacement phone would still need a bumper!
For every Apple horror story your hear about someone being pissed off at Apple for poor customer service, there are dozens of customers who are very happy and a few where Apple goes above and beyond the call of duty. That's why overall Apple gets such high ratings overall.
Having to use a free case on one's phone is pretty mild in the scheme of things.
Thanks Anonymous. What would the harm have been for Apple to simply replace the phone? They said that the number of effected phones was low so, odds are, I could have gotten a phone without the defect. Is it too much to ask for a phone without a design flaw? No, it's not. There is no good reason for their decision besides they don't care.
It's not that a certain number of iPhone 4s have something exceptional wrong with them. *ALL* AT&T iPhone 4's use the same split external antenna design with the same sensitivity issue. Apple has admitted that problems can occur for people who hold their phone in their bare hands a certain way while in an area of low reception. This is a relatively small number of people. Unfortunately you are one of them. A replacement iPhone 4 can't fix your problem.
The money back guarantee and free case program were Apple's attempt to address the issue. AT&T has been trying to improve their network as well.
Despite the haters gleeful trumpeting of iPhone 4's "Antennagate", Apple has yet again Topped J.D. Power Rankings of Smartphone Consumer Satisfaction. This supports my contention that the problem was way overblown and affected relatively few users.


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David Allison Atlanta Business Chronicle editor-in-chief David Allison will be leaving the Chronicle at the end of the year. A story on its website states, "Allison has been with Atlanta Business Chronicle for 37 years, the last 22 years as Editor-in-Chief. The Chronicle has immediately started a national search for his successor. Read more here.
Atlanta Business Chronicle editor-in-chief David Allison will be leaving the Chronicle at the end of the year.
A story on its website states, "Allison has been with Atlanta Business Chronicle for 37 years, the last 22 years as Editor-in-Chief. The Chronicle has immediately started a national search for his successor.


One of the world's largest and most famous collections of historic automobiles is shown in the Louwman Museum in The Hague.
The museum building, which was designed by American architect Michael Graves, not only houses over 250 historic cars, but is also home to the world's largest collection of automotive art.
The museum contains the private collection of Dutch car importer Evert Louwman, which experts have described as unique. The museum aims to provide the clearest and most fascinating illustration possible of the development of the automobile since 1886, when the very first car was built. Pioneering automobiles from the late nineteenth century sit alongside racing cars, sports cars and luxury limousines.
The museum contains more than just cars. The collection of automotive art, which includes paintings, sculptures and posters, forms an additional and unique attraction. This collection of automotive art, the largest in the world, has never before been on public display and is being exhibited in a specially-designed room.
The striking museum building has three floors and over 10,000 m2 of exhibition space.
During your visit to the Louwman Museum you can enjoy a delicious lunch, served in the restaurant located on the ground floor on Museum Square. The square offers a unique atmosphere of the 1920s. The house fronts are original items, most of them from houses from The Hague. The restaurant is run by renowned caterer House of Lords.
The Louwman Museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday between 10.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs. Closed on Mondays. During public holidays other opening hours than usual may apply. Check the Louwman website for an overview of the opening hours during public holidays.
The Louwman Museum has a parking garage with a capacity of 170 parking spots. The costs are €6,00 per car per day and use is at your own risk.
Disabled visitors can park free of charge at the main entrance of the museum. From the parking garage there is no entrance for disables visitors to the museum, please use the main entrance.
Vehicles older than 40 years can park free of charge on the front square of the museum.
The Louwman Museum is also reachable by bus. The name of the bus stop is Louwman Museum, buses 90, 385 and 386 stop here. The bus stop is in front of the Louwman Museum.


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This example requires a TRichEdit, a TButton, and a TFindDialog. Clicking the button displays a Find Dialog to the right of the edit control. Filling in the "Find what" text and pressing the Find Next button selects the first matching string in the Rich Edit control that follows the previous selection. Notice that the "Match whole word only" and "Match case" work.
// if there is one.
// Otherwise, begin at the start of the text.
// to the end of the text in the rich edit control.
RichEdit1->Lines->LoadFromFile("../Overview.RTF");  // Starts in Debug.


With these programs, you can receive technical assistance directly to your office or home.
Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000Pro, XP, 2003, Vista, Seven, Eight.
Internet connection ADSL, SDSL, ISDN or FO; not BTN or standard line.
and select open or run from internet. Depending on the security configuration of your browser, you must save it and then run the downloaded program.
Double click on the operator advised connection.
Windows 98, Me, NT4, 2000Pro, XP, 2003, Vista, Seven; Unix/Linux; Mac.
Click VNC-4_1_2-X86_WIN32.EXE and select open or run from internet. Depending on the security configuration of your browser, you must save it and then run the downloaded program.
Check "I accept the agreement" and click Next.
Uncheck "Register and configure VNC Server for service-mode" and "Start the VNC Server in Service-Mode" and click Next.
Check "No Authentication" and click Accept.
You must open the port #5900. To do so, you will need your public IP address (click on "Who am I" at sima.cat) and the local IP address of the computer you want to access to (from the system console, run IPCONFIG).
To set your computer under technical assistance service disposition, open Start, Programs, RealVNC, VNC Server 4 (User-Mode), Run VNC Server.
Open the current page and notice the following IP address to tech service: 3.90.56.90.


Welcome to the Close to My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for February. This month we are featuring the stamp set "Thoughtful Tidings".
Along this month's Stamp of the Month hop you'll find dozens of fabulous creations using this stamp set - all brought to you by a very talented group of CTMH Consultants! If you've come here from Angel's Blog, you are on the right path. If this is your first stop on the hop, that will work too (just keep hopping till you get back here again).
I have two creations for you today.
My first is a one-page layout using this month's stamp set and also featuring the new CTMH paper line called "Pemberley" (gorgeous floral patterns!). The layout design is from one of the CTMH books of layout sketches - in particular this is the Reflections sketch called "Sidebar - Photo Accent".
And my second stamp of the month creation today is a 5"x7" card. This card features the new CTMH paper line called "Cruisin'". This line is just so fun and will be great for masculine cards & layouts. I used the Card Positioning Systems sketch #136.
The "Thoughtful Tidings" stamp set is available from your consultant between February 1st - 29th, 2012. You can purchase it for $17.95 or get it for just $5 with your qualifying CTMH purchase of $50 or more during the month of February.
Thanks for stopping in!! To continue on the hop - please visit ANNETTE's BLOG to see what work of art she has created for you!
Love how you used this set for cards! Perfect!
Love your layout. I think I need to do one for my kids' grandma.
Nice card! I did not realize that cruisin' and typeset coordinated so well!
Love the masculine feel card! Great layout.
Your layout is lovely. I love the simplicity of the card you've made!
Oh, I love these both! Great layout and use of the stamp set - love the colors on the card!
Love the use of the stamps (something I need to do more often). Love the colour combo too!
Both projects are wonderful! What a sweet tribute to Grandma! I'm sure she deserves it.
Great card! I like those stars. Thanks for helping us celebrate our 5 year anniversary at CPS!
Goodness, nice blog, I haven't a clue how you do so much! I was a little late on checking out this months SOM Blog Hop and can hardly believe how much you have added even since then!! Great projects for the hop...thanks for inspiring!


t-break has a look at the MSI 7900GS 512MB graphics card. The 7900GS line has been a great performer in the mid-range line although they have become less expensive as of late manufacturers have found a way to add extra value in that extra bit of memory they toss in. A bit quicker than the original when running high resolutions but it might not be worth the higher price tag.


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Q: What do the following lines of code mean? Can someone help me to understand the commented lines of code?
package main

import "fmt"

type myInt int

func (a myInt) add(b myInt) myInt {
    return a + b
}
func main() {
    num1 := myInt(5)        // mark - 1
    fmt.Println(num1)
    num2 := myInt(10)       // mark - 2
    fmt.Println(num2)
    sum := num1.add(num2)   // mark - 3
    fmt.Println("Sum is", sum)
}

A: type myInt int

func (a myInt) add(b myInt) myInt {
    return a + b
}

...

    num1 := myInt(5)
    num2 := myInt(10)
    sum := num1.add(num2)

Here, type myInt int is defining a type just like
type myStruct struct {
    ...
}

And num1 := myInt(5) is defining a variable of type myInt, you can also see as a typecast.
And sum := num1.add(num2) is just calling a method of myInt type.
Here are some references regarding this.
- https://tour.golang.org/methods/3
- https://gobyexample.com/methods

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A field's grade is its backbone, and a weakness in any one part of the system can cause the whole thing to fail. A failure that can leave you with flooding, puddling, washouts, unhealthy turf, and unsafe playing conditions. So whether the failure is severe enough to prevent field use or just inhibits play the bottom line is revenue loss from lost games and costs for repair.
If you've played golf you're acutely aware of how the grade of a green affects the play of the ball. Tremendous time and effort goes into the design and construction of the best greens in the country where the architects must balance the play of the game with the needs of the turf. Placing the hill in location "A" may make a better game for the players but if it moves water too quickly from the green (surface or subsurface) the grass will need extra irrigation to stay alive. Indeed, placing a dip in location "B" can make the putt more challenging but if it also inhibits excess water flow then the green may be out of commission during much of the season.
The purpose of the grade on an athletic field is to move excess water as quickly and efficiently from the field of play as possible without also causing undue damage in the process. That is, we want to provide enough of a grade to move water without moving so quickly that parts of the field are washed out with it. Sports fields are not nearly as sensitive as golf greens, but they are much more sensitive than other build structures.
A good grade starts below the surface. Whether you're installing a high performance, sand-based field or working with natural soil it is important that the grade is consistent throughout the surface, especially the infield. When done properly, water not only moves smoothly across the surface grade, but that which filters into the soil will drain and move evenly as well. However, if the subgrade is hastily and mistakenly installed, water movement is uneven, some areas will retain excess water (causing puddling and flooding) while others will dry too quickly even following the strongest of precipitation evens (unhealthy for turf, dangerous for infields).
Another subgrade problem occurs with winter freezing and the freeze-thaw cycles of the spring and fall. This can cause, cracking, heaving and sink holes in the field causing extremely dangerous conditions requiring immediate repair. An experienced contractor will have the base soil professionally tested and will work with you to provide the proper solutions for your field and budget.
The subgrade also affects sub-soil structures such as irrigation and installed drainage. The final shape of the subgrade is not critical for irrigation functionality, but any heaving or sink hole development around irrigation lines can be quite problematic. Installed drainage is quickly and easily disrupted by subgrade issues. If the proper pitch of the drain lines is inaccurate the water will not be able to exit the playing surface and will back up into the field.
Many owners unwittingly hire road crews to grade their new fields and quickly learn that as flat as roads may seem when we're driving on them in reality they undulate quite a bit. Having such undulations on a sports field is disruptive to water flow, turfgrass health, the play of the game, and of course is can be very dangerous for the players themselves.
The ability to use a laser grader (or GPS grading technology) on its own is not a sufficient qualification for the field installer. It takes a very skilled technician to correctly adjust the cutting blade of the grader at the right times and to do so at the approporiate speed. Tolerances for any sports field fall within 1/4″ and in order to provide such precision it takes extensive experience not only on the machinery but also on the fields themselves to learn the feel of a properly finished athletic grade.
Though many different applications have been developed for and using GPS technologies it has been only recently that it has achieved the appropriate precision for use in athletic fields. Because we know just how important the grade of the field is to its performance we have recently purchased our own GPS driven grading tools!!
GPS technology will provide H&K with the means to more quickly and accurately asses sites for development and measure the magnitude of grade issues on existing surfaces. We'll also be able to generate auto CAD based maps which will aid us before and during the grading process. Upon completion of the job we'll deliver to you the most accurate "as-builts" possible. We can even include irrigation, drain lines and electric wiring.


Nicki Minaj paid tribute to the victims of the 2017 Manchester bombing attack while performing in the city this week.
The rapper brought her 'Nicki Wrld Tour' to the Manchester Arena last night (March 18). It is the same venue Ariana Grande was performing at on May 22, 2017, when a bomb killed 22 people and injured more than 800 others as they were leaving the concert.
Fans responded by cheering and raising their lit-up phones. You can watch footage of the moment below.
The Manchester show was the last of Minaj's UK dates. The tour will now continue on to Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
Meanwhile, the rapper's current tour has faced a number of issues. Last week (March 15), she cancelled her show in Dublin after "adverse weather conditions" prevented her equipment from arriving in time.
Two shows in Bratislava and Bordeaux were cancelled earlier this year, with the star citing "technical issues" as the reason for pulling the gigs.
In February, Minaj became the first female rapper to sell 100 million units. That figure includes sales of her own albums and singles, as well as features she has made. It was revealed she was close to breaking the record in January.


Company president Ian Jessel made the announcements on Monday (5).
Compagnon becomes director of sales while Marchand joins as director of communications. Both executives are based in the company's Los Angeles office and report to Jessel.
Prior to joining Legend3D Compagnon served as vp of sales and business development at FilmFunds and 3D LiveFlix, where he initiated the 3D conversion of Conan.
Marchand arrives from Los Angeles-based PR firm MPRM Communications, where she served as a director of the emerging digital media and technology division.
Legend3D has completed 3D conversions for the likes of Hugo and Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.


Oxnard, CA. – Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village) announced that The Abundant Table in Oxnard will receive nearly $100,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase access to locally-grown produce for low-income communities throughout Ventura County.
The Abundant Table will receive a $99,997 grant from the USDA's Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP), which aims to increase domestic consumption of, and access to, locally and regionally produced agricultural products, as well as to develop new market opportunities for farm and ranch operations serving local markets.
This grant will allow The Abundant Table to increase the number of low-income families able to purchase weekly Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) boxes from an expanded number of CSA sites in low-access areas of the county; establish at least three schools participating in monthly pop-up stands; increase the amount and variety of culturally-appropriate fruits and vegetables through CSA and farm-to-school programs; and increase English-learning community awareness of and access to local, seasonal produce by enhancing infrastructure for increased consumption of locally grown produce to low-access and low-income communities; developing new marketing and promotional materials for outreach to schools, faith-based, and farmworker communities; and piloting a new school pop-up farm stand at Title 1 schools in partnership with Ventura County Farm to School Collaborative.
In Congress, Brownley is a strong supporter of the FMPP program. Read the full list of FY2015 grantees here: https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/fmpp/awards.


James Maddison has revealed that he is happy to be playing at Norwich, but he does have ambitions of the Premier League.
In an interview with Sky Sports ahead of the East Anglian Derby, Maddison admitted that he is thankful for Daniel Farke for giving him game time.
The ex-Coventry player said; "I knew I was capable of playing in the Championship and proving myself, but I needed a manager to give me the opportunity, [Farke] did on the first day of the season and I haven't looked back.
Maddison also admitted he does have aspirations of playing in the Premier League. However, he did say that his main priority at the moment is playing simply getting minutes on the pitch.
"My ambition is to play in the Premier League, like every player," said the England U-21 international. "But I'm at the stage of my career now where I'm happy to be playing games.
The post James Maddison happy to stay at Norwich appeared first on Read Norwich.


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Reviews, written by me, of movies I've recently seen.
Film Review: White House Down (2013)
nloding March 26, 2014
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Written by: James Vanderbilt
Rating: (3.0 / 5)
I'm pretty sure that Roland Emmerich made this movie because he wanted to revisit the White House after blowing the crap out of it in Independence Day. I'm glad he did – I had a blast watching this mindless (but not mind-numbing) movie. The plot and it's details are, of course, ridiculous. Just suspend your disbelief and enjoy the action.
Tatum plays Cale, a Capitol policeman who is trying to land a Secret Service job, not just for the career move but to also impress his otherwise unimpressed daughter. She is very much into politics and is thrilled to take a behind-the-scenes tour of the White House. It's naturally a fateful day – it's the day that the head of the Secret Service (played by James Woods) decides to take over the White House and start killing people. (My only real complaint with the plot is the reason for the takeover, which felt far too much like The Rock to me. Though now that I type this, the ending is pretty similar too with the fighter jets …)
Through what ultimately comes down to sheer luck, Cale finds himself in a position to take out one of the bad guys, steal his gun, and go Die Hard in the White House. There's climbing through an elevator, there's a mad car chase across the White House lawns, there's giant explosions for no real good reason. It's dumb, and it's fun.
Cale's daughter was in the restroom at the time that the attack began, and actually uses her cell phone, which I so rarely see in movies like this. The video makes it out to the internet before the gunmen can capture her and toss her in with the rest of the hostages. Cale, meanwhile, is simultaneously searching for his daughter while trying to protect the President. The head of the VP's detail (Gyllenhaal) made it out of the White House before the attack and manages to get in touch with Cale to help see things through.
Wow. The more I think about this as I type, I'm realizing this movie is a mash up of The Rock and Die Hard. There's really nothing else to it – it's those two movies. I'm a little annoyed that I didn't realize it until just now but there it is. There's a guy (McClane/Cale) as the sole hero in a hostage situation who manages to evade the gunmen over and over again despite not having the same level of training, who is in touch with another "colleague" (Al the cop/Gyllenhaal's character) who is fighting for that person against a system that wants to approach the situation differently … and that hero is up against an ex-military crew who is feigning a move for a lot of money but really there's something else going on (The Rock).
I have to keep my rating at 3 stars – I did have a fun time watching it – even if it is a subpar version of two far superior action films.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz33ICD7pqE
Film Review: Escape Plan (2013)
Escape Plan (2013)
Starring: Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Directed by: Mikael Håfström
Written by: Miles Chapman and Arnell Jesko
Rated: R
I never thought I'd see Sylvester Stallone build a sextant out of a paper plate, a pair of glasses, and some other unidentified garbage. I guess that's one thing Escape Plan has going for it.
There's little for me to write. I've had a hard time starting a review of this movie. I just don't know where to begin or what to say. It wasn't complete garbage but it really wasn't good. I'd rather go watch The Expendables again, that movie was at least a blast to watch and was aware enough of itself that it was in on it's own jokes. Escape Plan tried far too hard to be serious and realistic. Hell, I'd go watch Fortress again before this. That movie at least knew it wasn't reality and had fun with some sci-fi elements.
Basically the story is this: Stallone plays Ray Breslin, a prison specialist who has, quite literally, written the book on prison security the methods prisoners use to escape. He works for (maybe runs, it's not quite clear) a company that is hired by prisons to test their security. They place Breslin in the prison, just like a normal inmate, then he works to break out. We see this happen once. Then a CIA agent enters and explains that they have this amazing new prison that they are keeping terrorists in, and they need someone to prove out their security.
Of course Breslin is in. Of course it's not what it seems. When he's "captured" he's given a drug and beaten; in a helicopter ride to this mysterious prison he witnesses the guards murdering another man; once in the prison, he finds out he's actually been abducted. Not long after he realizes things aren't what they seem, he meets Arnold … I mean, he meets Rottmayer. He's the ex-bodyguard for one of the most wanted men in the world, and he just won't give up the location of his boss. Rottmayer has an immediate obsession with Breslin. It appears almost unhealthy.
Of course they team up to try to break out. Of course the warden is a sadistic, unrelenting man who has designed his system after the very book that Breslin wrote. Of course the warden pushes Breslin and Rottmayer to a point where most men would have broken, but the two men keep fighting on.
Of course they escape in the end, though I won't give away any details on how or who does. And of course there's a twist. Of course, in the middle of all this, Breslin builds a sextant out of some garbage to find out where they are located in the world.
Of course I expected all this, but it just couldn't overcome any of it. It tried to stay too close to the realm of possibility instead of going out on a limb with some extreme action or super crazy prison contraptions. It throws in a twist just for the sake of having a twist; the movie wasn't served at all by it, other than it allowed Stallone and Schwarzenegger to star in a movie. Nothing was remarkable or memorable.
There's a host of minor characters – a doctor played by Sam Neill, Breslin's co-workers (50 Cent and Amy Ryan), a sadistic guard played by Vinnie Jones – that are sadly tossed to the sidelines when they could have really added something to the story. There's a few scenes with Breslin's co-workers trying to locate him, but they never do, and they don't help in any way, and the scenes are just bad. They could have, they should have, but they didn't. It's just choppy and poorly done.
I think I'll go rent Fortress now.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI4EjV_x_PQ
Film Review: Carrie (2013)
Starring: Chloe Grace Mortiz, Julianne Moore
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Written by: Lawrence D. Cohen and Robert Aguirre-Sacasa, based on the book by Stephen King
It's been a long time since I've watched the original Carrie (1978) or read the book. I was never really a fan of either. I came to both too late, with too many spoilers, and after having read and seen far better horror movies/books. Either way I remember little of either, so I cannot provide any meaningful comparison in this review. I have to imagine the two movies are very similar, as Lawrence D. Cohen is credited on both – many scenes are verbatim from the original script, according to various sources online.
At this point most people know the story – a young girl, raised in an extremely conservative religious household, experiences nothing but embarrassment at high school, and the bully's continue to torment her until a bunch of really terrible things happen. All the terrible things involve blood of some kind.
The movie starts with Carries mother (Moore) giving birth, alone. The pain is excruciating and the birth is bloody – as birth tends to be – and she takes this as a sign that her newborn daughter is a demon. She slept with a man when she knew it was ungodly and this was her punishment. Fast forward to high school where Carrie (Moritz) gets her first period during showers in gym class. Carrie knows nothing about her body, her mother (and apparently the public school system, presumably by her mothers request) has left her completely ignorant. She thinks she's dying and is immediately belittled by the other high schoolers.
Carrie quickly realizes that she's been kept in the dark by her mother and that she cannot have the life she thinks she wants. She tries to confront her mother, but that goes rather poorly, resulting in Carrie discovering she can make things move without touching them. As Carrie tries experimenting with her new powers, the kids at school hatch a plan to torment her at prom.
Nothing in this movie made me feel really uncomfortable or particularly sympathetic towards any character. Mortiz did a good job in her innocent portrayal of Carrie, but I never really felt connected. Moore did a frightening job as Carrie's mother, but I still felt disconnected. I wanted to know more about Carrie at home and wanted to know less about the other girls at school. I don't remember what the book or previously movie had, but that's what I was hoping for. I wanted to feel so badly for Carrie that I was rooting for her to destroy the world.
The final scenes of destruction were somewhat fun. I did enjoy the difference in the physical characterization; in the original film, Carrie just stands there and things happen, but in this film, Carrie uses her hands to direct things to happen and you can see the anguish and power and terror in her face. That was a nice touch.
The rest just didn't grab me. I should have been more scared of Moore's religious-to-the-point-of-insanity mother; I should have felt terrible for Carrie. Instead I only felt a small touch of terrible for one girl who tries to help Carrie out.
I should have been, but I wasn't.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdoVioPv0fs
Film Review: The Family (2013)
nloding February 18, 2014
The Family (2013)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones
Directed by: Luc Besson
Written by: Luc Besson and Michael Caleo, based on the book by Tonino Benacquista
Several of my favorite movies (admittedly of the escapist kind, not necessarily the "Oh wow, what a great movie!" kind) have something to do with Luc Besson. Leon, The Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita, and more. For the last few years it seems like Besson was spending most of his time writing rather than directing. When the trailer for this movie flashed on TV – in one of the rare times I was actually watching the commercials – I'll admit that I got excited. Quite excited.
I shouldn't have gotten that excited.
Let's start with the story first. De Niro plays Giovanni Manzoni … I mean, De Niro plays Fred Blake, an ex-East Coast mafioso who has been moved to Normandy, France, under the witness protection program. It's not too long before we understand why – he sold out his family and placed Don Luchese in prison. Old habits die hard with the Mazoni family. Manzoni/Blake spends his time in town terrorizing a few local officials trying to figure out why his water is brown. His wife (Pfeiffer) spends her time burning down local grocery stores. His sons spends his time running a mob-like scam at school, while his sister spends her time lusting after the math tutor. Oh, and they have to put up with the witness protection office (Jones) who is trying to keep them safe and is sick of moving them between cities. Oh, and Manzoni is trying to write his memoirs on an old typewriter he found in the new house.
Oh, and the mob is trying to find them. Enter Don Luchese. The Don bides his time in prison, while his man on the outside travels the globe hunting down member of his former mob family to determine who sold him out. All Luchese has is a fingerprint from some clearly stolen court documents, and matching it up is as simple as checking out the newly dead man's finger. Through a complete unbelievable sequence of events, Luchese finds out that Manzoni is hiding in Normandy and sends the entire crew out to get him. Chaos ensures, and the poor town barely survives.
The movie failed because it should have stuck with one or the other of the two paragraphs above, instead of combining them. The concept of a dysfunctional mob family spending their time in witness protection is a decent idea, and with Besson behind the wheel it could have been extremely creative. In fact, it started off great. Watching the kids try to rule the roost at school while watching the parents completely fail at laying low was actually fantastic. And then they went ahead and tried to tie the mob in.
The last half of the film is all about the mob trying to exact its revenge. The portrayal of the mob crew is stereotypical in the best possible way. The destruction of the town in their attempt to kill the Manzoni's is a beautiful orchestration of violence. The concept of how the family would bide their time in a town getting ready for the attempt at revenge would have been a decent idea. The violence is fantastic. But they had to mix it in with the family dealing with witness protection.
Granted, both ideas have been done, but that doesn't mean that they can't be done again by someone like Besson. His touch is very much there, it's just that the two halves of the story don't jive well enough to make for a great movie. They feel disconnected within the movie. There seems to be no dread of retribution felt by the Manzoni family, even though they are making their presence pretty well known in the town. The cuts back to Luchese in prison and a hitman trying to find the family feels jarring until the very end when the two finally come together.
Some may say that I gave far too much away in the description above, but I didn't put any spoiler warnings up because I truly don't think it spoils anything. You learn as much in all the trailers… so I guess if you haven't seen a trailer, SPOILER!
I'm disappointed in this movie. It should have made up its mind about what kind of movie it would be instead of trying to be two different movies at once. Sadly that cost it.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwZNypYmPFE
Film Review: Let Me In (2010)
nloding October 16, 2010 1 Comment
This is the second part of a three part look at the Swedish film "Let The Right One In" and it's American remake "Let Me In." Part one is a review of "Let The Right One In," and part three looks at both together. I plan to do my best to keep the two film reviews independent of each other, but do forgive me if I fail. I would also like to acknowledge that I have not read the original novel, though I plan to in the future. This commentary is based solely on the films and some trivia found online.
Let Me In (2010)
Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Richard Jenkins
Written by: Matt Reeves, based on the novel and screenplay by John Ajvide Lindqvist
We open on a snowy landscape outside Los Alamos, NM, with the blue and red flashes of sirens silently moving down a road. An ambulance is delivering a man with severe burns on his face to the nearest hospital. Once stabilized, he is grilled by a detective about his possible involvement with a Satanic cult. When the detective leaves, the man scribbles "I'm sorry Abby" on a sheet of paper and hurls himself out the window to his death.
Rewind a few days. In a low-rent apartment complex, the young Owen (Smit-McPhee) is struggling with his day-to-day life. Bullies at school regularly taunt him, sometimes to the point of embarrassing side effects. The lead bully, Kenny, calls Owen a "little girl" and take every possible opportunity to humiliate him.
One evening, Owen is watching his neighbors through his bedroom windows when he sees a young girl arrive with an older man. They quietly and inconspicuously make their way to the apartment next to Owen's. The next night Owen meets the young girl, Abby. She is strange: she doesn't wear shoes and no coat, yet the cold doesn't bother her. He lets her borrow his Rubik's cube, which she quickly solves.
As Owen and Abby's bond grows, people end up murdered in the town. The older man that moved in with Abby is out collecting blood – because Abby is a vampire. Unfortunately the man has become sloppy in his work, ending with one of the most amazing car wrecks I've witnessed on the screen.
The bullying at school gets worse, as well. Owen's confidence in himself grows the closer he gets with Abby, and he ends up confronting the bullies one fateful afternoon, nearly tearing Kenny's ear of in the process.
As with the review of Let The Right One In, I don't want to spoil too much. The performances from the child actors are amazing, and it is their innocence that saves this film. I had already seen both of them in other roles where I was equally amazed at their performances (Moretz in Kick-Ass and Smit-McPhee in The Road). My only complaint here is that Moretz is sometimes too downtrodden, rather than just disconnected.
The visuals in the movie are striking, and the cinematography is well done. It's not at all what I expected from the director of Cloverfield. The move is subtle and even, which are two words that don't often describe American movies these days.
Unfortunately, mixed in with the truly great – such as the car wreck scene, which I feel a need to mention again as it was gut-wrenching and perfect – are moments of the "Aw, really?" variety. In one scene, Abby runs in distress and climbs a tree, except she's clearly CGI and the effect really ruins the emotion of the moment.
The original Swedish version is clearly the winner between both, but the American version has a different perspective on the tale, and brings in several unique items that the Swedish version didn't offer. In all, you actually can't compare the two apples to apples. It's a worthy stand-alone film that deserves its own place on the horror movie collectors shelf, even if it is right beside the original.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtgXnxiEM3o
Deleted scene and interview with Matt Reeves: Exclusive Deleted Scene: Let Me In; Matt Reeves Explains Why the Intense Sequence Was Cut
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Film Review: Lat den ratte komma in (2008)
nloding October 3, 2010 1 Comment
This is the first part of a three part look at the Swedish film "Let The Right One In" and it's American remake "Let Me In." Part two is a review of "Let Me In," and part three looks at both together. I plan to do my best to keep the two film reviews independent of each other, but do forgive me if I fail. I would also like to acknowledge that I have not read the original novel, though I plan to in the future. This commentary is based solely on the films and some trivia found online.
Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
Starring: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar
Directed by: Thomas Alfredson
Written by: John Ajvide Lindqvist, based on his novel
Let The Right One In is one of those rare films that comes along every few years. It's been described as "transcending genres" and it truly does. At it's heart, it's a coming-of-age story for a 12 year-old boy outside Stockholm in 1982. It's about the girl who gives him the confidence to make that lead towards manhood, and their incredibly unique relationship. It's also about that girl, and her unique situation – she's a vampire.
To get it out of the way right now – yes, the story does have gore and violence. What is unique about it is the portrayal of the violence. It's not a central aspect to the story – the fact that the violence occurs is extremely important, but the violence itself isn't. So few filmmakers actually understand that difference anymore. When violence happens on-screen, it's hidden in shadows and behind object. It's just as violent, but not as graphic.
Oskar (Hedebrant) is a 12 year-old boy living outside Stockholm in 1982. His parents are separated and Oskar's relationship with both is strained. His father is an alcoholic and his mother is barely there for him. He spends his days alone and getting bullied at school by Conny and his two cronies. At night, still alone, Oskar pretends to exact revenge on Conny with a small knife and a tree. He stabs the tree violently, telling it to "Squeal like a pig," just as Conny does to him.
Into this solitary existence comes Eli (Leandersson), a mysterious girl who moves in next door with an old man, Håkan. Eli and Oskar meet one night on the jungle gym in the courtyard. The meeting is quiet, uneventful, but a strong attraction is immediately formed.
The next night Oskar shares his Rubik's cube with Eli and it, essentially, becomes their first date. As Oskar and Eli grow their friendship, Håkan is attempting to collect blood to feed Eli – being a vampire and all – but he is old, and getting sloppy. His first attempt fails when he is almost discovered by a pair of hikers. Eli is furious and murders one of the neighbors.
Håkan's mishaps continue, increasing tension amongst the neighbors and setting in motion a series of events that could end up destroying Eli. Oskar runs into more severe bullying at school, and at Eli's urging hits back at Conny, nearly tearing Connys ear off when he does so. Eli works to stay alive while building her relationship with Oskar. Then Oskar discovers that Eli is a vampire.
I don't want to spoil too much of the movie, because it is very unpredictable. Though "unpredictable" isn't quite the right word – it's something to experience. It's a unique film-going experience to live part of the relationship between a 12 year-old boy struggling to become a man and a vampire struggling to stay human.
The performances of two young actors are amazing. They are more subtle than most performances these days, and the fact that both actors were 12 or 13 when it was filmed makes it even more amazing. Hedebrant is especially good at portraying the conflicted Oskar. The inner struggle with loneliness and trying to be noticed by the right people is there in his stance, his facial expressions, the way he talks.
The direction is what makes the movie a real gem. The pace is even, which builds just the right amount of tensions at the right moments as you wait for the event to unfold. Alfredson takes some amazing risks with his camera angles and perspective, often leaving the vast majority of the frame out of focus, or moving the camera to a position where the action is outside the frame.
In the end, the film is one of the few that actually live up to the title of "transcending genres." It is a coming-of-age tale. It is a vampire tale. And it's surprisingly touching.
(As a side note, to those who are looking to purchase a copy of the film, make sure you read the article below regarding the subtitles and pay attention to what release you are purchasing. There is a drastic and unfortunate difference in the UK/European and American releases.)
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICp4g9p_rgo
The subtitle controversy: http://iconsoffright.com/news/2009/03/let_the_wrong_subtitles_in_to.html
Film Review: Clash of the Titans (2010)
nloding July 14, 2010
Starring: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes
Directed by: Louis Letterier
Written by: Travis Beacham, Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi
I grew up on the original Clash of the Titans (1981). It's corny by some of today's standard, but the movie still holds up overall. The story sticks remarkably close to it's mythical roots, though it does take it's own creative embellishments along the way. Ray Harryhausen's effects work is still amazing to me.
I can watch the original over and over. I will never watch the remake again.
Perseus (Worthington) is discovered in a coffin at float in the sea by a meager fisherman. The fisherman raises the young boy as his own. Many years later, Perseus and his adoptive father are fishing when they witness a giant statue of Zeus be toppled into the sea by an army of men. Hades (Fiennes) appears and destroys everyone around except for Perseus – after all, he is a demigod.
The few remaining soldiers drag Perseus to Argos, where he meets King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia. It is here he learns that Cepheus and his Queen mean to end the time of the Gods and bring about a new Era of Man – his subjects have ceased praying to the Gods, which is causing them to weaken. Cepheus is planning an overthrow of Mount Olympus.
Zeus (Neeson), angered by the loss of love from man, gives Hades approval to scare mankind back into a loving submission. Hades appears at Cepheus' court, demanding that the princess Andromeda be sacrificed a the eclipse to the Kraken, or Argos would be destroyed.
Hating the Gods, specifically Hades, for killing his adoptive family, Perseus sets out with some warriors from Argos to find a way to destroy the Kraken, save Argos and Andromeda, and beat the Gods.
I won't touch on the utter destruction of Greek myth (Acrisius is Calibos? The Kraken defeated Zeus? Cepheus wants to destroy Zeus?) but it's quite bad. The 1981 film took some liberties, but overall it's storyline was commendably close to the original myths. The 2010 version takes too many unnecessary liberties that harm the story more than help.
The one drastic deviance I'll note here is one I just don't understand. The filmmakers included the Djinn, an Arabic myth featured prominently in Islam. The djinn are, depending your source material, one of the three creations of God (along with angels and humans). They were forged from smokeless fire just as man was made from clay. In Clash of the Titans, the djinn are warriors in the desert who have replaced their limbs with charred wood to live forever. What?
The other notable failure of the film is, surprisingly, the special effects. There are times that the animation sequences are no better than what Harryhausen created by hand with clay. I was sadly disappointed in the giant scorpion sequence. Medusa herself was a bit of a let down too.
I can't really express how disappointed in this movie I was. I was so excited when the original trailer came out, with it's awesome looking action and heavy rock soundtrack. It's too bad the actual film didn't turn out like the trailer. Why they are making a sequel is beyond me, and it's a frightening prospect.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6CJenNMsb4
For the record, I still think this trailer is bad-ass.
Film Review: The Wolfman (2010)
nloding July 4, 2010
The Wolfman (2010)
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving
Directed by: Joe Johnston
Written by: Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self
What I wanted when I sat down to watch The Wolfman was quite simple: some gore, a good (no, great) effect when transitioning, and some gothic imagery. What I got was exactly that – and nothing more.
Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) is a well-known actor in London, currently playing Hamlet to sold out crowds. Lawrence has been estranged from his father for some time; his mother committed suicide and the family didn't hold up well in the aftermath. After a performance, a beautiful young woman, Gwen (Blunt), interrupts his cast party with terrible news. Lawrence's brother has been found brutally murdered.
Gwen is apparently attractive enough to lure Lawrence back to Talbot Hall where he makes little attempt at reconnecting with his father, John (Hopkins). Lawrence is bent on finding his brother's killer and begins making rounds through the town. Rumors of an awful creature, a fell beast, are whispered. The gypsies have made a stop in town and with them comes curses and monsters.
Lawrence (on a night with a full moon of course) heads to the gypsy camp to investigate and gets mauled by the beast as it attacks the camp. Though the wound should have been fatal, Lawrence is back on his feet in a surprisingly short amount of time. As Lawrence's fated transformation into a wolf progresses, Scotland Yard sends along Inspector Abberline (Weaving), fresh off the Ripper case, to calm the town's fears and catch the killer.
The rest is details. There is a particularly interesting scene in a mental institution in London, and some chases in between. There is a twist – one I didn't see coming until the last minute – but not a great twist. There's a lot of fog and dark images in the forests and empty manse's. There's some gore, some arterial spray. Details.
Del Toro was an interesting choice to play the lead role, but he does so with obvious admiration for the material. Hopkins relishes the role and is the best part of the movie, with his interesting stares. On the other hand, Blunt and Weaving seem to drift through the script. I cannot say whether it was lack of substance or effort, but neither part is particularly interesting even though they should have been.
The movies best moments are, naturally, the grotesque transformation scenes. An American Werewolf In London was instantly famous for it's cutting edge special effects. Since then, not many werewolf transformations could top it. I believe that Rick Baker and his team have done it, though – the bone crunching VFX are well-done and make you twinge a little in pain.
I also asked for gothic imagery and got my fair share of it. The cinematography is well done – not award winning, and it makes a great overuse of post-production effects, but still manages to evoke the right emotions. That is high praise for the cinematographer, who's last big-screen effort was The House Bunny.
I must admit that I enjoyed myself throughout. Yes, it's mindless, and brought nothing new to the story. But it was fun, violent, and dark. If you like the story of the the Wolfman, then check it out – I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqT19ERntas
Film Review: The Road (2009)
nloding March 1, 2010
The Road (2009)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall
Directed by: John Hillcoat
Written by: Joe Penhall, from the novel by Cormac McCarthy
Rating: 3 (out of five)
The vision of the world after apocalypse is nothing new to cinema. Nor was it to books when McCarthy's original book was published. A gray world that is desolate and foreboding, ashy and violent. Gangs run amuck, taking hostages; few good men still exist, the hardships of their new life taking obvious tolls. The difference with The Road is that it's personal and up-close.
Through flashbacks we are told the history of our two protagonists. The Man (Mortensen) immediately begins hoarding goods and becoming a guardian to the Woman (Charlize Theron), his wife, who is carrying their child. The Boy (Smit-McPhee) is born into the apocalypse and raised in the danger. After the death of the Woman, the Man and the Boy begin working their way south towards the coast.
The days are cold, the nights even colder. The world has been dead for so long that food and clean water are had to come by. Plant and animal life has been obliterated, existing cities crumbled. The only true infrastructure left in the world is the long, flat pavement of the interstate highways – the roads.
We see the world and the action through the eyes of the Man. He view the Boy as the last hope for the world, the Boy is God. He does not mean this literally; the Boy, good natured and decent and kind, has the power of God in the empty world. The power to restore hope, even if it's only restoring the Man's hope and not humanity's.
During their journey they encounter various people on the road. From violent gangs to cannibals, they work to avoid these Bad Guys as well as they can and still survive. The need for food leads them into dark houses and places they probably otherwise shouldn't be going. Threats are constant, and the single pistol the Man carries two bullets for a reason. Part of the Boy's education is the proper way to commit suicide.
There is something horribly disturbing in that image – the father pushing a pistol into his son's mouth, then moving it to his own so he can demonstrate the proper aim. You can't aim too low or you'll fail. There is also something horribly familiar, and a terrible, terrible sense that this could be you.
The Road is that real, thanks largely to it's source material. I feel almost like I'm writing a review of the book rather than the movie, because the two are so close together. The images are there and the characters are played to perfection (and I do mean perfection) by Mortensen and the supporting cast. Smit-McPhee is amazing as the Boy, evoking for me exactly what McCarthy's written representation of the Boy was.
Something is lacking in the movie, though, something the book has. Roger Ebert's review delves into McCarthy's work and boils down the difference to the prose. I would have to agree. The book is like poetry. Take away those words and you're left with just imagery; without the words, you're left with tying virtually unfathomable thoughts into a few seconds of screen real estate.
Penhall and Hillcoat have done, I think, as good a job as could be. The movie stands on it's own quite well. It's just missing the depth and introspection that the novel had. If there was a way to accurately communicate those details in a film we'd probably never see another critic complain about unfaithful adaptations.
What The Road managed to do was take the essence of the book and present it to us successfully on the screen. Much was lost in translation but what was presented was true and powerful and extremely well done. No other movie about the apocalypse is quite as moving, truthful, or hard to watch as this.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbLgszfXTAY
Interesting review of the book: http://www.themodernword.com/reviews/mccarthy_road.html
Film Review: Bakjwi (Thirst) (2009)
Bakjwi (Thirst) (2009)
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Ok-bin Kim
Directed by: Chan-wook Park
Written by: Seo-Gyeong Jeong and Chan-wook Park, inspired by "Thérèse Raquin" by Émile Zola
With the teenage vampire craze under way it's hard to find a good vampire movie any more. (Although I'm not really certain I can blame Stephanie Meyer for it, good vampire movies were hard to come by before.) This is one that makes a valiant, original attempt at reclaiming the genre.
Chan-wook Park is best known for Old Boy, the violent revenge yarn about a man who has been help captive for years for no good reason. His horror movies are unique, just as Old Boy was unique for a revenge story. There is an interesting perspective brought to them, and an interesting exploration of raw human nature. Few other horror films are as deep.
Thirst is about a Roman Catholic priest. He works at a hospital performing last rites to it's dying tenants. He's a good, humble, pious man, seeking to do good for his fellow man in any way he can. Blessed with a healthy body and not able to help beyond praying, he volunteers for a radical medical experiment that is attempting to cure a deadly virus. It fails, and the priest dies.
During the resuscitation attempt the dying priest is given a blood transfusion, and it's blood from a vampire. The priest is resurrected in the morgue, becoming the first human to successfully fight off the deadly disease. A cult following forms around him, people begging him to heal them without realizing what he's become.
The priest begins to struggle with his new affliction – his new self – and still retain his previous moral code. He leaves the seminary and the hospital to find a new place in the world and begins spending time with a childhood friend of his, Kang-woo, and his young wife, Tae-ju. The priest can't hold back his carnal needs, amplified after his transformation, for Tae-ju. He struggles with these new actions and his previous vow of chastity; she, on the other hand, yearns to escape her boring marriage and willing accepts the priest, vampirism and all, into her arms. The urges become too much and both are soon entangled in a mess of blood, murder, revenge, and self-loathing.
An interesting idea of the vampire is that they do things out of need, not out of want. The first half of the movie is a fascinating look at how someone as pure as good priest would cope with becoming vampire. The budding love (or lust) between the priest and Tae-ju is equally fascinating. The film makes a point of placing the vampire into a moral conflict rather than a physical one, framing it within the real world.
Unfortunately, the film turns a little too grotesquely comedic in the middle of the second half for it to have been a brilliant picture. Any philosophical exploration was tossed aside for a bloody and graphic interlude. It fits within the construct of the story, but losing that depth of character momentarily is enough to drag the movie down.
It's taken a while for this movie to grow on me. Had I written this review immediately after viewing it, it would have been much more negative and lower rated. The movie has stuck with me and has planted some lingering thoughts in my about the classic vampire mythos. To anyone I said "Don't bother" to – I take it back!
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EbOyGAtcik
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Skummeslövsstrand is een plaats in de gemeente Laholm in de provincie Halland, Zweden. De plaats heeft 454 inwoners (2005).

Samen met de plaats Mellbystrand heeft Skummeslövsstrand een doorlopend zandstrand, dat met 12 kilometer lengte het langste zandstrand van Zweden is.

Skummeslövsstrand is met 17 letters de plaatsnaam met het hoogst aantal letters die een eigen postcode heeft in Zweden.

Plaats in Hallands län


You wake up and realise that it's going be the last day of your life. You look back at it and regret the moments you missed in search of a dream. But, this isn't over yet. You can still alter the situation. The catch is you can change just one thing and whether you will be able to spot that one tiny thing.
Baar Baar Dekho, Hazar baar dekho , dekhne ki cheez hai. You all hear this song, But now Sidharth Malhotra, Katrina Kaif with Baar baar dekho only.
'Baar Baar Dekho' is about getting a chance of changing the mistakes in life without making them.
Sidharth Malhotra is a fine actor in possession of perhaps the most sensitive pair of eyes among the Hindi film heroes of his generation. He does his best to make something of the written material at hand here in Baar Baar Dekho. He is relatable, likeable and confident.
Jai (Sidharth Malhotra) is a genius who wants to make it big in the world of mathematics. His research papers are accepted at various schools throughout the world and he is patiently waiting for a call from the Cambridge University, his dream school. But before that he has to get married to Diya (Katrina Kaif), a girl fond of her family and India.
At several crucial points in the film, Diya asks Jai why he loves her and his changing response is projected as a marker of his evolution as a person, yet not once does he ask her why she loves him. She is, after all, not conceived as a three-dimensional human, but as Jai's sprightly childhood friend who grows up to be his sprightly adult lover, no more.
Baar Baar Dekho is not Run Lola Run or Back To The Future or even Vantage Point. It's a typical 'masala' entertainer that wants to re-establish the emotions that Karan Johar and his team have done in many films. Johar is one of the producers of Baar Baar Dekho.
Baar Baar Dekho is hardly even a bird's eye view of the new generation's choices and desires. Its philosophy lacks strength and gloss takes the centre stage right from the beginning.
For a film that aims at being a philosophical commentary on living in the present, focusing on the small joys of life and not resting your entire existence on a future you do not know, Baar Baar Dekho ends up being very limited in its exploration of this point and others. In fact it needs to be said that it is not half as rebellious as it seems to consider itself.


Some of them are quite startlingly verisimilitudinous, such as the story of Abraham's servant finding a wife for Isaac in Genesis 24: "Then the servant left, taking with him 10 of his master's camels loaded with all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor. He made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was towards evening, the time the women go out to draw water."
None of the domesticated camel bones they found date from earlier than around 930BC – about 1,500 years after the stories of the patriarchs in Genesis are supposed to have taken place. Whoever put the camels into the story of Abraham and Isaac might as well have improved the story of Little Red Riding Hood by having her ride up to Granny's in an SUV.
All these considerations make it clear that camels were not domesticated anywhere in the region before 1000BC.
Obviously it has upset fundamentalists. Everyone else has known for decades that there is even less evidence for the historical truth of the Old Testament than there is for that of the Qur'an. But the peculiarly mealy-mouthed nature of the quotes they gave the New York Times (which is not much concerned with the feelings of Christian fundamentalists) shows where the real problem is.


In a final rule, US EPA has approved revisions to the Wisconsin State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) in 2011 and 2012. The revisions modify Wisconsin's Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program to establish emission thresholds for determining which new stationary sources and modification projects become subject to Wisconsin's PSD permitting requirements for their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Additionally, these revisions defer until July 21, 2014, the application of the PSD permitting requirements to biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from bioenergy and other biogenic stationary sources in the State of Wisconsin. EPA has made the preliminary determination that these revisions are in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA regulations regarding PSD permitting for GHGs and is approving Wisconsin's revisions.


Not sure what Hispanics mean to you?
Easy, start with my own consulting project. I understand. No one wants to commit to a full relationship unless there is some degree of certainty that there is a future. That's why I met with my Group and we've carefully put together what I have called HOP Group's consulting project (BTW nice to meet you, I'm HOP 😀😀😀) and it's by far the ideal place to start.
How's that for a first impression? Let's take the next step and get to know each other better, I'm sure you'll fall in love with my Group and me. ¡Te invito a conocer mi mundo!
There is no blanketed marketing approach that can fully connect with every segment of a diverse population. And nowhere is this more evident than when advertising to Hispanics.
By the Numbers: Marketing to Hispanics in the U.S. By the Numbers: Marketing to Hispanics in the U.S.
The key to marketing to Hispanics in the U.S. is making sure your business is truly connecting with this segment.
It's an exciting day, we're launching our show "Hispanic Marketing in 5 min. with HOP Group". Tune in to find out what it's all about!
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The Word is moving online with ZOOM, featuring award winning author, Claire Keegan. Wednesday, 28th of October at 6.30pm.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 6:30PM
Online event.
THE WORD, a reading series hosted by Sligo Library Service and the Writing + Literature BA course at IT Sligo, returns this year with one of Ireland's greatest living writers, CLAIRE KEEGAN.
Click link for Eventbrite ticket
Claire Keegan's debut collection of stories, Antarctica, was a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year. The Observer called these stories: 'Among the finest recently written in English'. It was also awarded the William Trevor Prize, judged by William Trevor.
In 2007, her second collection, Walk the Blue Fields, was published to huge critical acclaim and went on to win The Edge Hill Prize for the strongest collection published in The British Isles. The prize was adjudicated by Hilary Mantel.
Foster (2010) won The Davy Byrnes Award, then the world's richest prize for a story. It judged by Richard Ford: "Keegan is a rarity-someone I will always want to read'."
Keegan's stories are published in English by Faber & Faber, have appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, The Paris Review, Best American Stories, won numerous awards – and are translated into 17 languages. She is internationally renowned as a teacher of creative writing.
'The best stories here are so textured and moving, so universal but utterly distinctive, that it's easy to imagine readers savouring them many years from now and to imagine critics, far in the future, deploying lofty new terms to explain what it is that makes Keegan's fiction work' – The New York Times (Walk the Blue Fields review)
The readings will be interwoven with music and song by Collette Sheerin.
There will be a discussion following the reading facilitated by writer/artist and IT Sligo Lecturer, Alice Lyons. The popular open mic session will follow the post-reading interview.
The Open Mic will be Limited to five attendees of the ZOOM event, with three minutes per person. If you are interested in performing in the Open Mic, you must request interest when booking your ticket, though this does not guarantee you will be reading. The first five people who express an interest, will be notified in advance of the event.
This event will be Live Streamed on Facebook on the night.
The Word is a collaboration between Sligo Central Library and the BA in Writing & Literature at IT Sligo. There is no charge for this event.
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Rwanda: Kibeho Massacre of Hutu covered up to protect 'genocide against...
Twenty-two years ago, on April 22, 1995, Rwandan President Paul Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Army massacred between 4,000 and 8,000 Hutu men, women and children at the Kibeho Camp for internal refugees in southern Rwanda. I spoke to Rene Mugenzi, a Rwandan refugee, British citizen and human rights activist, who continues to seek acknowledgment and indictment for the crimes against humanity and, arguably, genocide committed at Kibeho in 1995.
Washington Post attacks Burundi
The end of the unipolar, U.S.-led global order is most dramatically signified by the U.S. loss of its proxy war with Russia in Syria. For the past year and a half, a much quieter struggle has been playing out in the tiny East African nation of Burundi. The U.S. and E.U. nations have repeatedly demanded that Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza step down, but Russia and China have stood up for Burundi, as for Syria, on the U.N. Security Council. Despite its small size, Burundi is, like Syria, very geostrategically situated.
Rwanda: No justice for Kibeho Massacre victims 20 years later
On April 22, 1995, 4,000 to 8,000 Rwandan Hutu people, maybe more, were massacred at the Kibeho Camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Southwestern Rwanda. The Kibeho massacre is one of many committed by the Rwandan Patriotic Army in Rwanda and DR Congo, but it is one of the most shocking because it was witnessed by U.N. Peacekeepers and well documented by at least two photographers, but no one was ever prosecuted for the crime.
Haiti: UN peacekeepers still not screened for cholera despite causing outbreak
It has been four years since an earthquake devastated the small country of Haiti. More than three years have elapsed since a U.N. peacekeeping unit from Nepal introduced cholera to Haiti. Despite telling CNN otherwise, the U.N. is not taking steps to ensure its peacekeepers do not carry cholera from country to country.
Are U.N. peacekeeping operations causing more instability than they are resolving...
One may reasonably argue that Rwanda, Uganda and any of those poor African countries contributing U.N. peacekeepers have no interest in peace around the continent. Based on the current financing structure of U.N. peacekeeping operations, these poor countries have a lot of financial incentives to create instability within Africa so that they can send in their "peacekeeping" troops and make some much needed cash.
Paramilitary gangs join UN force in preying on Haitian population
by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery For several weeks, armed groups of young Black men, presumably Haitian and too young to be veterans of the Haitian...
'All elements of society are participating': impressions of Cap Haitien's movement...
Haitians say protests are the inevitable outcome when troops who have occupied Haiti for five years with seeming impunity have introduced a deadly, misery-multiplying disease.
'When we say democracy, we have to mean what we say'
Nicolas Rossier conducted an exclusive interview with former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in forced exile in Johannesburg. Aristide concludes: "We are poor – worse than poor because we are living in abject poverty and misery. But based on that collective dignity rooted in our forefathers, I do believe we have to continue fighting in a peaceful way for our self-determination, and if we do that, history will pay tribute to our generation." Rally for democracy in Haiti and Aristide's return Wednesday, Nov. 17, 5 p.m., Montgomery & Market, San Francisco.
The Haitian tragedy and mainstream media response
Time is of the essence in Haiti, yet the international response has been painfully, tragically slow. Would this pace of rescue – where every minute counts in digging people out of the wreckage – have been the case if the earthquake victims were European?
What U.N. Special Envoy Bill Clinton may do to help Haiti
The 9,000 U.N. troops in Haiti are paid over $601.58 million per year and have been in Haiti for four years. That is $50.13 million per month, $1.64 million per day. Yet, during the recent floods and hurricane season in Haiti, the Haitian president had to call for international help from the international community. Wasn't that help already in Haiti, to the tune of 9,000 U.N. – MINUSTAH – troops already cashing in $1.64 million per day?
The blood pours: UN soldiers shoot at Haitian mourners outside church...
Today, June 18, U.N. soldiers gunned down Haitian mourners outside the church, Port au Prince Cathedral in Haiti, the largest church in the country, during the funeral for Father Gerard Jean Juste. But undeterred by U.N. guns, Haitians continue to run towards the darkness, using their bodies, breath and soul to light the world – liberty or death! Famous Haitian artist Zap Zap has been reported arbitrarily detained, arrested and transported to an unknown location.


We know that our bodies require large amounts of certain commonly known nutrients to function (like calcium, magnesium, potassium, as well as vitamins, etc…), but there are also many nutrients that are needed in much smaller quantities and are just as important as the macro-nutrients. Consider the example of baking bread, you need large amounts of certain ingredients (flour, water/milk, etc..) but you also need the tiniest amount of yeast or the bread won't rise and give bread its "bread-y" qualities. The same is true for nutrients. You need the commonly discussed macro nutrients, but without the small amounts of micro nutrients, your body will not be able to perform all of its daily duties for you to function and be "you". Analysis of Elixir shows an expansive number of nutrients (over 60), and that's just within our range of testing! Likely, there are many more than we can test for. Elixir supplements those lesser known, but just as important, micro nutrients in trace amounts.
The nutrients in Elixir help create an environment for good digestive microbes to multiply and thrive, including: minerals (macro, trace and micro trace), electrolytes, fatty acids, and more. Building a good sub-straight in our gut (the food and environment for good microbes to live) is key to our health and well-being. This is because much of our health begins in our guts! We need to be able to take in food, properly digest it, break it down into nutrient parts, allow those to pass through & be delivered to the places in our bodies where they are needed. If we aren't digesting our food properly, breaking down, metabolizing, and delivering nutrients, then we simply don't do well.
Just as tour gut needs a healthy microbiome, there are also topical, living environments on our skin. These microbiomes are disrupted constantly by pollution, sun exposure, cosmetics, toxins released through our skin, etc…). Elixir can be applied topically (or in a bath) and can be very helpful in reducing the effects of these disruptions by re-balancing the microbiomes of our skin.
Electrolytes are simply minerals that carry charges and conduct electricity in the body. The body constantly moves electrolytes through the tissues in order to promote balance in the system and metabolic functions. They are responsible for the transmission of nerve impulses, the function of the muscle tissues and the circulatory system, the balance of the body's pH and the transport of toxins and nutrients through the cell wall. Basic electrolytes include sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and magnesium but proper electrolyte function also requires trace minerals and other synergistic co-factors.
Many people only think about electrolytes in the summer because we tend to need them most when it's hot and we're sweating a lot. However, electrolytes, because they are required for nerves impulse conduction, are needed year-round! Many mild seasonal affect issues, mild depression, hormonal disruptions and other issues that arise in winter might be helped if proper electrolytes were available for the body to use.
Because they are found in nature, humic acids have been studied with regard to their ability to react with toxins found in the environment. They have been found to form complexes with ions which give them the ability to attract and bind toxins. In our current environmental toxic overload, Elixir can be a huge asset in maintaining health in the face of toxins that contribute to inflammation, the underlying cause of many diseases.
Elixir supports optimal pH by helping to alkalize the body and counter-acting acidifying factors, such as environmental toxins and dietary disruption. Proper pH is a popular topic because we're learning that maintaining overall alkalinity is key to supporting our body's ability to maintain normal functions while improving our defenses against harmful organisms, like bad bacteria, yeast, and fungus. The common American diet tends to create acidity and inflammation, and is likely a leading cause of many health issues.
People love to compartmentalize nutrients and their advantages, but we often overlook the synergistic effects (the combination), which can be much more important. This is true for Elixir. Consider the above benefits as determined by isolated studies and think about what each one does when combined with the others. The benefits of improved cognitive function (electrolytes), digestion (gut microbiome), skin health (skin microbiome), and improved energy (detoxification) could be the perfect advertisement for a "senior" supplement. While the benefits of improved hormonal communication (gut microbiome), acne support (skin microbiome), and cognitive processing (electrolytes) could also be very beneficial for teenagers! This one product has many, many benefits across age ranges, activity levels, sexes and diets.
Many people will start the Dynamite program with Elixir alone because it is easy-to-take, and it helps improve the gut microbiome, however it is not a complete supplement by itself. Again, go back to the cake example above, you cannot get a cake by simply using yeast. You need macro-nutrients (calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamins, etc…) in much larger quantities in order for the micro nutrients, pro-biotics and electrolytes in Elixir to work. There is nothing wrong with starting the Dynamite program slowly with Elixir by itself for a month or so as needed, but remember to add in the Daily Foundation Program of DM Plus and Tri-Mins to round out your nutrients and give your body the full spectrum of what it needs to thrive!


is spellbinding journey of India where three interesting destinations of the country altogether overwhelm a traveler with their enticing culture and heritage. The package tour begins with sightseeing into the delights of Delhi including its old and new character. Agra in the middle of this Mesmerising Golden Triangle Tour is a crowning monument to the heritage of India. Jaipur, being the capital of Rajasthan, is a regal take of Indian luxury which is still alive in its forts, heritage hotels and mahals.
Welcome upon arrival by a morning flight .Then half day sight seeing of Delhi visiting India Gate, Parliament House & President House. Then drive to Agra (205 Km). Upon arrival in Agra. Check in at the hotel. Over night stay at the hotel.
Early morning, visit Taj Mahal, the architectural wonder of the world; this monument is a fine example of the fusion of many architectural styles is one of the wonders of the modern world. Taj, endowed it with some of the loveliest buildings in the world. The tour continues with a visit to the Agra Fort from where one can get the most moving view of the Taj from the little octagonal tower in the Agra Fort, which lies, across the river Yamuna. Rest of the time free at your leisure. Over night stay at the hotel.
Morning drive to Jaipur (236 Km). Enroute visiting Fatehpur Sikri. Old deserted town of Mughal Dynasty - Fatehpur Sikri built in red sandstone in honour of Saint Salim Chisti who foretold the birth of three sons to Emperor Akbar, is an example of robust stability combined with originality. Evening Visiting City Palace, in the heart of Jaipur is known for its blend of Rajasthani and Mughal architecture. Also visit the Hawa Mahal or the Palace of Winds was constructed for the royal ladies to watch the royal processions without being seen. Over night stay at the hotel.
Morning visiting Amber Fort, situated just outside the city, on the top of the hill on which the fort is situated. Then drive to Delhi (260 km). Rest of the time free for the shopping. Then timely transfer to the airport to connect the flight for onward destination.


Rajon Rondo is one of the flashier players in the league, when he's in the mood. I remember talking to him about it during All-Star weekend in Dallas back in 2010, pointing out that this seemed to be a new wrinkle to his game that had come about recently. Right?
We're all watching now, of course, and this play from the Celtics' win over the Wizards on Saturday was just the latest example. Block Rondo's shot all you want, but keep in mind if he gets it back, then this is what can happen.


Dizzy spells often bother diabetic nephropathy patients, it really lower the life quality of patients a lot. the severe pain urge patients to know the cause and treatment for dizzy spells in diabetic nephropthy.
1. High blood glucose or low blood glucose both can lead to dizzy spells. For Diabetic Nephropathy patients, it is very difficult to control the blood glucose due to the improper foods intake, drug withdrawal or lifestyle and so on. At this time, patients would suffer from dizzy spells.
2. When the kidneys are injured, the kidneys fail to producing enough EPO to support the formation of red blood cells, so Polycystic Kidney Disease patients would suffer from anemia. At this time, without red blood cells transferring oxygen and nutrition, patients would suffer from fatigue, dizziness and so on.
3. High blood pressure is one of complications of diabetic nephropathy patients, dizzy spells is the common symptom of high blood pressure.
The treatment for dizzy spells in diabetic nephropathy.
At first, diabetic nephropathy patients should have a close monitor about their blood glucose level, blood pressure and other blood changes. If it is necessary, the insulin, hypertension drugs should be used.
Stem cells therapy is a good way to repair pancreas and kidneys. The processed stem cells are injected into human body through veins and the stem cells can find out the damaged tissues in pancreas, kidneys and other tissues in the body and repair them through differentiating into various kinds of cells for the body need.
when the kidneys and pancreas structures are restored and repaired, their kidney function can be revered, so that the blood vessel and blood glucose and anemia can be controlled. And diabetic nephropathy patients can get rid of dizzy spells from root. Now if you want to know more about the cause and management for dizzy spells in diabetic nephropathy, you can contact us directly, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we are very glad to help you!


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Hull City transfer rumours: Tigers owner rules out star's departure, Ipswich sign City target
Steelers must move on quickly, says Tait
HAT-TRICK hero Ashley Tait says Sheffield Steelers should not bask too long in the glory of their 9-4 triumph over Nottingham Panthers.
By Phil Harrison
Friday, 28th December 2012, 11:00 pm
The Steelers thumped their arch-rivals into submission at the Motorpoint Arena on Thursday night, gaining swift revenge for a 3-2 defeat after a shoot-out in Nottingham on Boxing Day.
Thursday's win cut the gap between fourth-placed Steelers and Elite League leaders Nottingham to nine points, with the South Yorkshire club having two games in hand.
Not surprisingly given the occasion, the game was not without incident, with Nottingham's Kelsey Wilson yesterday being handed a three-game ban by the league's disciplinary committee for his witless slash which poleaxed Steelers' Simon Ferguson as the home side celebrated going 2-1 ahead in the 16th minute.
Tomorrow sees Steelers play host to Coventry Blaze (5pm) in a game they will be expected to win, even more so with Paul Thompson's team missing captain and key forward Shea Guthrie through injury.
"It was a great win against Nottingham," said Tait. "Yes, we won, but we can't afford to get too high on that. Yes, we lost last week against Belfast but, by the same token, we can't worry too much about that – you just have to try to keep an even keel.
"We need to move on quickly from Thursday and focus on what's in front of us next.
"Coventry are missing a couple of players, but they are always a team who will cause problems.
"They like to mix it up and keep it physical but, as we saw on Thursday against Nottingham, we are a gritty bunch ourselves and have guys in that locker room who aren't afraid to do the same and stand up for their team-mates when called on."
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