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McCullocks Cabin
This beautiful family home in Arcadia, Oklahoma (population: 247) measures just 1,000 sq ft!
The home's owners, Katie and Josh McCullocks, began building the home about 2 years ago, soon after their youngest son underwent open-heart surgery. Once their son had recovered and okayed to go home, the McCullocks moved into an Airstream trailer and set about building their dream home.
The home was built using plans Josh found on an online forum for $100. It was constructed nearby Josh's parents' own home which is just 300 feet away.
Situated on a farm, the family has started raising pigs and chickens, and is planning on adding cows to their growing farm-family soon!
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Tony Adamson
Tony Adamson first went on the air in 1960. "I was a national serviceman then", said Tony, "and I managed to persuade the Forces Broadcasting Service in Libya that I might be God's gift to sports broadcasting".
His first experience, as a boxing commentator, was going well until a bucket of iced water overturned on to his meticulously prepared research.
He joined BBC local radio at Oxford in 1970. "It was a wonderful experience" he recalls, ranging from producing the fishing programme Tight Lines to commentating on the Boat Race. "It took me some time" said Tony "to get used to the fact that the crews went backward."
He joined the BBC Radio Sport and Outside Broadcasts Unit in London in 1977 and became Tennis Correspondent at Wimbledon as well as fronting the shop window programmes on Saturday afternoons.
He was appointed Golf Correspondent in 1989. "The best job in the department" he describes it. "It takes me all over the world following the most approachable international sportsmen and women in the most idyllic locations. The only trouble is the more I watch the great players play, the higher my handicap becomes. Can somebody please explain!"
30th March 2013 2nd December 2016

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January retrospective video
This is the first in a series of videos using the month's photos. I've really enjoyed the project so far, and only dread the day when I forget to take a photo!
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Finally managed to meet up with Esther today, for the first time this year. We had a walk on Port Meadow, during which I took this photo at 16.06. Also saw Up In The Air today, which was ok but predictable, and then did the quiz at the Gardeners' for the first time in ages. We won!
It was a beautiful day in Cheltenham today. We visited an amazing second hand book shop, Moss, then wandered through this park, admiring its excellent Holst statue (photo: 13.04), before a delicious lunch at a gourmet sandwich restaurant. The Cotswolds looked lovely from the bus back to Oxford. More photos from the last few days are now on Facebook.
Leen and I went to Cheltenham tonight to visit Rachel and Fraser, and this photo was taken at 23.11 in the Wheatsheaf in Leckhampton, where we'd seen Jinxed and Arson Fire.
Fantastic fun tonight, first at Stephen and Matt's house for haggis and cranachan, then on to Wolfson college for their Burns Night (ish) ceilidh. Photo taken with the camera balanced on the band's speaker, at 22.52. A few more good photos from tonight will appear on Facebook, but probably not until Sunday.
Scott from iFactory was in town today, so some of us went to the Bookbinders after work. Photo taken at 18.18.
It's troubling Tuesday again, I'm afraid. Joined Rich in the college bar before choir, and the Lunns plus son Lunn were also there, which was fun. Took this photo at 19.18, as I left for my rehearsal.
Today's Burns Night. We decided to watch a DVD, and I thought it should be something Scottish. I've seen Local Hero recently, and suggested Shallow Grave, which I'd never seen. Turns out it's really quite nasty! Not very Matthew-friendly. I did manage to laugh through the nastiest bits, though. So this is a photo of Christopher Eccleston being scary in Shallow Grave, taken at 22.05.
Had lunch in Shepherd's Bush with these lovely people today. I hope the boys in particular are proud of their poses in this photo, taken at 12.57. Then a rehearsal in Barnes for the upcoming Betsy gig.
What a brilliant day. Leen and I went to London Zoo, then met Lydia and Craig in a pub in Camden. Then to the Bleeding Heart for Carrie's birthday party, which involved fantastic food and wine, and less fantastic dancing. Today's photo was a tough choice, but obviously this meerkat's pretty special. Taken at 14.13. More photos from today are on Facebook.
Saw Laura Veirs in concert at the Zodiac tonight with Evan and Tenelle. Jon O, Andy F, and Gerard were there too. A great gig, with lots of songs from her new album, July Flame. Photo taken after the gig, at 22.53, just after Laura had signed a song book for me.
Taken by a stranger at the next table at 22.20. We had fun in the Cape of Good Hope tonight, marking Gareth's first Oxford visit of 2010.
This evening I went round to Leen's for dinner. My tasty chocolate dessert was served on this brilliant plate. This picture was taken at 20.36, when there was just the right amount of chocolate tart left to serve as a nose. This is a good week for me so far, so the smiley face seems appropriate.
Didn't take any photos until after choir today, so this was taken in Radcliffe Square at 21.41 on my way home. Starting to think Tuesdays may be the most challenging day for me on this project.
This evening, after spin, I went for a pint in the Harcourt with Rich, Brian and Jo. Also posing here, perhaps strangely, is John, the landlord. Rich took the photo, at 21.43. We also had some very tasty cake which Jo made.
The church of St Mary and St John, Cowley Road, taken at 15.28 on my way to the UPP to see An Education, which I enjoyed. Cooked chicken pie for Leen and Claire tonight, but forgot to take a photo of it.
Tonight was Leen's birthday party at her house. Met lots of lovely people, including Dan, who can be seen here preparing with Leen's assistance a lethal but excellent cocktail called "My Head". Photo taken at 22.08. Three more photos from the party on Facebook.
Food and a couple of pints in the Kite this evening with Rich. Still a cheap and great pub. We played darts, Rich winning 3 legs to 2, though I'm not sure either of us were very proud of our performances. Photo taken after we'd finished (so you can see our scores on the scoreboard if you look carefully), at 20.30.
Leen got back from Belgium today. To mark her return, and her birthday yesterday, we went for an excellent meal at Chiang Mai. A really lovely evening.
Some fresh snow overnight last night, so more travel chaos today. I'm still pretty much enjoying it though - it's so pretty, and so rare, that I don't want to complain. Yet. No news today, and nothing much to speak of, so here's a pretty picture taken in the quad at work at 16.06.
First Jubilate rehearsal of term today, and we took on Britten's Hymn to St Cecilia and Vaughan Williams' Mass in G Minor. Photo taken during our break, at 20.38.
Big day at work today, though I can't explain why on here. Nothing photogenic happened, though, so today's the first day I'm forced to resort to a picture of our cat, Whisky. She doesn't always look this evil! Taken at 20.25.
Sorry, pretty rubbish picture today, because I didn't really do much other than come back from London and do some work! Taken from the train near Didcot at 15.20.
I was in London today for a Betsy rehearsal. Naomi and Pete hosted, as we started to learn some of the music for our concert next month. We had a beer and a game of Where is Moldova once we'd finished practising, and took this photo then at 15.34. Got to love Jo's grin in this.
Today's other candidate photos were a record of lunch with Martha at the newly-Thai Raddy Arms, and poker at Stephen's. This fabulous snow elephant created by James and Kate in the quad at work had to be the winner, though. Taken at 09.56.
I took this at 10.00, on my way to work. There was no fresh snow today, but it was beautifully sunny. Spoilt for choice again today as to which photo to use. I'm sure that won't last.
There was more snow in Oxford today than I've ever known. I went out at lunchtime and took quite a few photos around Jericho, and particularly in St Sepulchre's cemetery off Walton Street. I took this at 13.11. A few more are on Flickr.
Tonight we had a committee meeting for my choir, Jubilate, at Peter's house. Photo taken at 18.04.
Jo had a meeting at her old office in Oxford today, so she came in to OUP for lunch. Photo taken on the fairway at 13.55.
I went to Hinksey Park this afternoon with John, Brian and Andy to play on Brian's slackwire. Predictably, I was pretty rubbish at it, but it was still fun. Taken at 15.52, this shows Brian on the wire while Andy and John play hacky sack. I also took some pretty photos of the park and along the river on my way there, and they're over on Facebook (public link).
After two days of celebrating, I'm knackered, so I've stayed in today. Ventured out into the garden (at 14.26) to take today's picture. It's the 9th day of Christmas, so a Christmas tree is perfectly appropriate.
Taken on Port Meadow at 14.51. A lovely walk. More pictures of today over at Flickr.


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Castrignano de' Greci (scritto anche Castrignano dei Greci, Καστριν̌ιάνα, traslitterato Kastrignàna o Kascignàna in grico, Cascignanu o Casṭṛignanu in dialetto salentino) è un comune italiano di  abitanti della provincia di Lecce in Puglia.

Situato nel Salento, appartiene alla storica regione della Grecìa salentina, un'isola linguistica di nove comuni in cui si parla il grico, un antico idioma di origine greca.

Geografia fisica

Territorio
Il territorio del comune di Castrignano de' Greci, che si estende nella parte centrale della provincia di Lecce per 9,52 km², è totalmente pianeggiante. È situato sul calcare magnesifero che si addossa sul calcare compatto nella parte nord-orientale del suo territorio. Il nucleo urbano è posizionato a 90 m s.l.m.; dista 26,3 km dal capoluogo, 18 km da Otranto e 34 km da Gallipoli. La morfologia pianeggiante del territorio e il clima mite favoriscono la coltivazione di piante tipiche dell'area mediterranea. Il centro è circondato da terre coltivate con alberi di ulivo, fichi, mandorli e vigneti.

Confina a nord con il comune di Martano, a est con il comune di Carpignano Salentino, a sud con i comuni di Cannole, Bagnolo del Salento, Cursi e Melpignano, a ovest con il comune di Corigliano d'Otranto.

Classificazione sismica: zona 4 (sismicità molto bassa), Ordinanza PCM n. 3274 del 20/03/2003

Clima

Dal punto di vista meteorologico Castrignano de' Greci rientra nel territorio del Salento orientale che presenta un clima mediterraneo, con inverni miti ed estati caldo umide. In base alle medie di riferimento, la temperatura media del mese più freddo, gennaio, si attesta attorno ai +9 °C, mentre quella del mese più caldo, agosto, si aggira sui +24,7 °C. Le precipitazioni, frequenti in autunno ed in inverno, si attestano attorno ai 626 mm di pioggia/anno. La primavera e l'estate sono caratterizzate da lunghi periodi di siccità.Facendo riferimento alla ventosità, i comuni del Salento orientale sono influenzati fortemente dal vento attraverso correnti fredde di origine balcanica, oppure calde di origine africana.

 Classificazione climatica di Castrignano de' Greci:
 Zona climatica: C
 Gradi giorno: 1252

Origini del nome
Il toponimo potrebbe derivare dalla parola latina castrum. Infatti, con la conquista romana della penisola salentina, conclusasi intorno al 260 a.C., i Romani insediarono un accampamento militare (Praesidium Castrinianum). Un'altra ipotesi, farebbe derivare il nome da Castrinius, il centurione romano al quale fu affidato il territorio. L'etimologia potrebbe anche ricondurre al vocabolo greco Κάστρον (Kástron) che significa castello. A sostegno di ciò il paese è detto Castrignano dei Greci, a differenza di Castrignano del Capo, frazione di Gagliano del Capo.

Storia

Le origini di Castrignano de' Greci sono molto discusse e legate anche a leggende popolari. Secondo la tradizione, ripresa dallo storico Cosimo De Giorgi, la fondazione del paese è attribuita ai posteri dei Candioti di Minosse o dagli Ateniesi e Cretesi seguaci di Giapige. Secondo Domenico De Rossi la fondazione avvenne con la colonizzazione greca del Salento, durante il periodo della Magna Grecia. L'ipotesi più avvalorata è quella che i Romani, conquistata la penisola salentina nel III secolo a.C., favoriti dalla presenza di acque, vi abbiano istituito un loro presidio militare ("Praesidium Castrinianum" oppure "Castrinius").

Tra il IX ed il X secolo, sotto il dominio dei bizantini che diffusero le loro leggi, le loro usanze e la loro lingua, Castrignano divenne un casale fortificato e fu costruito un castello. La lunga permanenza bizantina è ancora visibile in alcune usanze e soprattutto nella lingua locale, il grico. Castrignano conservò il rito religioso greco fino al 1614. Con i Normanni, il casale, divenuto parte della Contea di Lecce, venne donato da Tancredi d'Altavilla a Pietro Indrimi nel 1190. Nel corso dei secoli il feudo passò sotto il controllo di varie famiglie feudatarie come i Prato, gli Acaya, i Brayda, i Guarini, i Marescallo e infine fu di proprietà dei baroni Gualtieri che ne mantennero il possesso fino all'eversione della feudalità nel 1806.

Simboli

Lo stemma e il gonfalone sono stati concessi con decreto del presidente della Repubblica dell'11 ottobre 1983.

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Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse

Architetture religiose

 Chiesa madre dell'Annunziata, fu costruita nel 1878 sulle fondamenta di una preesistente risalente al XVI secolo. L'aumento demografico registrato in paese costrinse il sindaco e il parroco del tempo ad abbattere la vecchia struttura e a costruirne una nuova più ampia. Dalle fonti storiche si conosce che l'antica struttura comprendeva cinque altari (quello maggiore più quelli laterali dedicati all'Immacolata, a sant'Antonio da Padova, a san Nicodemo da Cirò e alla Madonna di Costantinopoli) e un fonte battesimale per immersione secondo il rito greco. Oggi rimangono soltanto le epigrafi sul frontone della porta maggiore e sulla porta del coro, recanti entrambe la data 1575. L'edificio, edificato dal maestro Rocco Stomeo su disegno dell'architetto Federico Elmo di Lecce, ha una pianta a croce latina, sormontata da una grande cupola, con tre cappelle laterali intercomunicanti. Nell'abside si colloca un altare maggiore in marmo policromo dedicato all'Annunziata che ospita la tela dell'artista foggiano Saverio Altamura. Altre dodici tele dell'Altamura sono posizionate nelle cappelle laterali e sono datate 1892. Sulla cantoria è presente un organo in legno costruito dal Mentasti di Napoli nel 1900. All'esterno svetta il campanile a tre piani con la cupola coperta da mattonelle di maiolica. In seguito a un grave pericolo scampato dagli abitanti del paese il 23 agosto 1898, la chiesa è dedicata anche a sant'Antonio da Padova per devozione popolare.

 Chiesa dell'Immacolata, fu edificata nel 1650, come indicato dall'epigrafe posta sull'architrave dell'ingresso. La facciata presenta un sobrio portale con timpano arcuato sormontato dalla statua dell'Immacolata. La sommità è ingentilita da un rosone con motivi floreali e due lettere AM che costituiscono la dedica a Maria. Sulla sommità delle paraste, agli angoli della facciata, svettano due statue femminili. L'interno possiede una pianta ad aula unica che culmina in un pregevole altare barocco attribuito all'architetto leccese Giuseppe Zimbalo. L'altare maggiore, dorato e finemente decorato in stile barocco, ha quattro colonne di cui due tortili, adornato da numerosi putti e sormontato da una grande tela ad olio raffigurante la Madonna Immacolata. In cima troneggia un Cristo risorto in legno. La copertura a botte, interamente dipinta, presenta al centro una stella, soluzione architettonica di tradizione salentina. Lungo le pareti laterali una serie di medaglioni dipinti con cornici in stucco illustrano i momenti della vita della Vergine Maria. Sopra il portale d'ingresso troneggia la cantoria lignea settecentesca.
 Chiesa Madonna dell'Arcona, sorge nell'area cimiteriale fuori dal centro abitato. Fu eretta nel 1731 in seguito al ritrovamento di un'icona bizantina della Vergine col Bambino e alla guarigione di uno storpio avvenuta nel 1725. La facciata è scandita da quattro lesene raccordate in sommità da un cornicione di coronamento. Fra le due paraste centrali si apre il portale d'ingresso riccamente decorato con motivi vegetali e sormontato da un timpano ad arco interrotto che presenta un'epigrafe in ricordo del miracolo del paralitico. In asse con il portale è una piccola finestra anch'essa decorata con motivi vegetali. L'interno si presenta a navata unica, coperta da una volta a botte lunettata, con due altari. L'altare maggiore, realizzato in stile barocco, è caratterizzato da quattro colonne tortili ed è decorato con angeli e statue di santi. Al centro è ospitata una tela settecentesca della Madonna e in alto, un ovale, custodisce l'affresco bizantino della Vergine col Bambino, venerata sotto il titolo dell'Arcona. L'appellativo trae origine dal termine greco Arcontissa che vuol dire Regina. Il secondo altare è dedicato a .
 Cripta di Sant'Onofrio, risalente al VI secolo, costituisce il più antico luogo di culto del paese. Interrata negli ultimi anni del XIX secolo dopo la demolizione dell'omonima chiesa sovrastante, fu riportata alla luce nel 1965. La cripta è costituita da due ambienti ipogei a cui si accede attraverso due rampe di scale convergenti in un ambiente, riservato ai fedeli, sorretto da diciotto colonne di pietra leccese, frutto di interventi effettuati nel XVI secolo. L'interno presenta un altare a blocco scolpito nella pietra, alcune tombe con resti umani, silos per la conservazione del grano, un cinquecentesco fonte battesimale e un'acquasantiera incastonata nella roccia recante la data in lettere greche IBYZ (1275). Tra le tracce di affreschi superstiti è possibile ammirare una Vergine col Bambino, una figura femminile e un santo anonimo ascrivibili al XVI-XVIII secolo.
 Cappella della Madonna Addolorata, fu edificata nel XIX secolo ed è di proprietà della famiglia Monosi. All'interno, nell'unica navata, si conservano dei recenti dipinti e un altare maggiore sormontato dal quadro della Madonna Addolorata. È presente una statua in cartapesta di santa Lucia costruita a Lecce.

Altre chiese
Cappella di San Rocco, fu ricostruita nel XIX secolo su una struttura precedente.
Cappella di San Vito, edificata nel XVIII secolo, presenta un altare in pietra con un dipinto del Santo.
Cappella di San Leonardo, fu abbattuta nel 1975 e ricostruita negli anni novanta con un impianto planimetrico a navata unica.
Cappella di Santa Rita da Cascia, fu edificata nel 1967.

Architetture militari

Castello

Il castello, di origine medievale, fu riedificato nel XVI secolo per volere della famiglia Gualtieri, come ricorda l'epigrafe sopra il portale: NICOLAUS EX ANTIQUISS. FAMILIA DE GUALTERIIS F.F. A pianta rettangolare con base scarpata, si articola su due livelli divisi esternamente da un toro marcapiano. Nel Settecento è stato oggetto di numerosi rimaneggiamenti volti a ingentilirne il prospetto e il cortile interno. Nelle fonti viene ricordato come eccellente strumento di difesa, con un fossato, ancora visibile nell'Ottocento, e le cannoniere strombate disposte al piano terra per spazzare il lato a ovest e a sud. Verso est, un'epigrafe fu fatta apporre dal feudatario Giovanni Donato Prato per ammonire i nemici provenienti dal mare: 1618 FORTIS [...] INDOMITU (S). Sulla facciata sono leggibili tre  frasi  propiziatorie: (1)"Procul Thaumantia proles": Lontana [da noi] la prole di Taumante (le Arpie, figlie di Taumante, portatrici di disgrazie). (2) "Dulcior cum pulvere palma: La vittoria è più dolce se ottenuta con la polvere (col sudore, la fatica). (3)"Ne quid invita Minerva": Nulla sia fatto contro il parere di Minerva" (Minerva, dea della saggezza).

Interessanti sono i doccioni zoomorfi e quello bicefalo rivolto verso sud. All'interno si distingue il portale adorno di motivi floreali, angeli e mascheroni che dal piano terra, dove trovavano posto le scuderie, il forno e i magazzini, conduce al piano nobile. Il castello venne acquistato agli inizi del XX secolo dalla famiglia  Mangia, che ne ingrandì il piano nobile edificando l'ala orientale superiore del palazzo, precedentemente adoperata dai Gualtieri come terrazza, e ingrandendo e porticando in pietra leccese la signorile scalinata che funge ancora oggi da ingresso principale al primo piano, attualmente adibito ad uffici pubblici. Il castello è adesso proprietà comunale e viene utilizzato per eventi e pubbliche utilità.

Architetture civili
 Case a corte

Altro

Pozzelle
Le pozzelle (in grico ta fréata) sono un raggruppamento di piccoli serbatoi per la raccolta dell'acqua. Le pozzelle, scavate nella roccia friabile in una naturale depressione del terreno, venivano rivestite con pietre di calcare permeabile in modo tale da permettere alle acque piovane di filtrare. Hanno una profondità variabile dai quattro ai sei metri e una forma ad imbuto capovolto. Alla sommità presentano un grosso blocco lapideo forato al centro da cui si prelevava l'acqua.
La dolina, ospitante circa un centinaio di piccoli pozzi, è oggi un parco attrezzato posto nelle immediate vicinanze del centro storico. Le pozzelle esistenti permettono di scorgere i solchi lasciati dalle catene e dalle funi che per secoli hanno sollevato i secchi per l'acqua o gli incavi circolari per poggiarvi le brocche. Accanto ai pozzi si trovano inoltre alcune pile in pietra, utilizzate un tempo per abbeverare i cavalli o il gregge.

Società

Evoluzione demografica

Etnie e minoranze straniere
Al 31 dicembre 2020 a Castrignano de' Greci risultano residenti 89 cittadini stranieri. Le nazionalità principali sono:

 Romania - 15
 Nigeria - 15

Lingue e dialetti

A Castrignano de' Greci, comune della Grecìa Salentina, oltre al dialetto salentino, si parla il grico.
Il grecanico o grico è un dialetto (o gruppo di dialetti) di tipo neo-greco residuato probabilmente di una più ampia e continua area linguistica ellenofona esistita anticamente nella parte costiera della Magna Grecia. I greci odierni chiamano la lingua Katoitaliótika (Greco: Κατωιταλιώτικα, "Italiano meridionale"). La lingua, scritta in caratteri latini, presenta punti in comune con il neogreco e nel frattempo vocaboli che sono frutto di evidenti influenze leccesi o comunque neolatine.

Cultura

Istruzione

Biblioteche
Biblioteca Comunale.

Scuole
Nel comune di Castrignano dei Greci hanno sede una Scuola dell'infanzia, una Scuola primaria e una Scuola secondaria di primo grado appartenenti al locale Istituto Comprensivo Statale. È presenta anche una scuola dell'infanzia paritaria.

Economia

L'agricoltura è alla base della economia del paese: olivo e vigneti sono le colture principali. Per buona parte del Novecento rappresentò l'unica fonte di sostentamento per gli abitanti del luogo. Attualmente l'economia poggia anche sul commercio ambulante di tessuti e abbigliamento e sul settore turistico.

Infrastrutture e trasporti

Strade
I collegamenti stradali che interessano il comune sono:
 Strada statale 16 Adriatica;
 Strada Provinciale 35, Castrignano de' Greci-Corigliano d'Otranto;
 Strada Provinciale 36, Melpignano-Castrignano de' Greci-Martano;
 Strada Provinciale 153, Castrignano de'Greci-Carpignano Salentino.

Amministrazione
Di seguito è presentata una tabella relativa alle amministrazioni che si sono succedute in questo comune.

Sport

Calcio
La principale società calcistica cittadina è l'Asd La Torre Castrignano, militante nel campionato di Terza Categoria pugliese. La squadra disputa le partite casalinghe al campo sportivo comunale La Torre, che ospita anche le partite interne del Lecce Women, compagine di calcio femminile dell'US Lecce.

Note

Bibliografia
R. De Vita (a cura di), Castelli, torri ed opere fortificate di Puglia, Bari, Editoriale Adda, 1974.
L. A. Montefusco, Le successioni feudali in Terra d'Otranto, Lecce, Istituto Araldico salentino, 1994.

Voci correlate
Grecìa Salentina
Grico
Comuni italiani di lingua greca
Arcidiocesi di Otranto

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Comuni della provincia di Lecce
Comuni italiani di lingua greca

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Izvori

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Luxembourg backdrop for motoring World Record
Luxembourg was the setting for yet another Guinness World Record after it was among 14 countries to have been crossed by a car travelling on a single tank of fuel.
Breakdown service the RAC and Audi set the new World Record Title when motoring journalist Andrew Frankel and racing driver Rebecca Jackson drove an Audi A6 ultra 1,865km almost non-stop for nearly 28 hours.
The pair drove from the Netherlands to Hungary, passing through Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia.
They completed the challenge in June, after driving at an average speed of 50 mph.
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Uzma Fatima December 31, 2020 9 min read
2021 is definitely going to be the first year you can't go out for celebrating New year's party. In almost all the countries it is prohibited to be in a crowd, to do party, and have social mingling because of the so-called virus called COVID-19. It's a matter of biggest concern now it has already taken 1.76 million lives on earth. The United States is at the topmost having 330k deaths due to the coronavirus. India is in the second position having 148k deaths yet.
So, this year no party, no party, no mingling, no hugs, and no kisses. But still, there are a lot of lovely things left with us. We can cook good luck food, play beautiful songs, decorate the home as beautiful as it can be, and most important great movies to watch on New year's eve, Switching on the television with movie ultra marathons.
Even if you don't watch movies on New Year's Eve and in the holidays, this time you are going to because there is no other option left you. Sitting on a cozy vouch with a soft blanket and hot beverages in front of a good film.
movies to watch on New year's eve
So, there is a list of films just made for this kind of situation to have a watch over them in the being home entertainment criteria's . So lets have a look at movies to watch on new year's eve while at home are:
ABOUT TIME (2013)
Watch this film on new years' eve
If you are searching for a film with comedy, love, romance, and also a mystery then this British film is perfect for your match. It's having a great vibe of Christmas and new year. It's a story about a man who has the ability to time travel. He uses his ability of time traveling to go in the past and make correct everything in terms of making a good future. He drops himself at a new year's party where he wants to change things after his ability to use time travel. Actually, the protagonist's family is having a gift that the men of their family are able to use time travel.
Available on, Netflix
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A romantic drama film directed by Todd Haynes based on the 1952 romantic novel 'The Price of Salt'. Carol is the best-reviewed film of 2015. Starring Cate Blanchett (the best actress of her generation)and Rooney Mara, the film got six Oscar nominations, nine BAFTA Award nominations, and Five Golden Globe Awards. The film plots the Christmas season of 1952.
Carol is the name of the protagonist (Blanchett) which perfectly justifies the film's name. The script, screenplay, cinematography, directory everything is best. There are so many hearts touching naturally taken scenes in the film. It deals with the biggest issue of society i.e, hiding true identity. The chemistry between Carol and Therese is mesmerizingly captivative. There is no way of declining these movies to watch on New year's Eve.
Available on Netflix.
A science fiction action film starring Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, and Octavia Spencer.
It will take you to a New year, not 2021 but 2031. The film plots a story in which the world is almost destroyed by a sudden climate change. Only a few people manage to survive. The situation forces all humans to live on a moving train that transverse the globe.
Every time the train transverses the globe there is a new year. The survivors on the train celebrate New years. New year's eve here is just not about parties and noises. The train is class sectioned, the very important passengers sit in the front and the rabble passengers sit in the back. One person i.e, Evans decides to go into the conductor's car. You can surely watch this film this new year's eve. This is really a good movies to watch on New year's eve.
Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime.
A famous comedy-drama film, starring Shahrukh Khan the King of Bollywood, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, and Sonu Sood is an Indian comedy film. The film has comedy, love, romance, action and the most special, dance. This film is about a man Chandra Mohan, Charlie who plans for a heist of the most precious diamond situated in Dubai with the biggest dance competition. A bunch of dancers belonging from different states with different characters.
The only girl in the group Mohini ( Deepika Padukone) teaches dance who is a bar dancer and has a dream to open a dance school. The team manages to reach Dubai and succeed in the plan. The team represents their country in the competition even though they come for their own plan but Mohini being a great soul thinks of the country's reputation and gives the best with a few of the team members to win the competition.
With all the personal grudges they manage to win the heart of the people. The end of the film is a New Year. All the team members become famous and their dreams come true which really brings a happy new year to them. The love chemistry of Mohini and Charlie (Shahrukh Khan) is just loveable. This kind of movies is worth to watch on new year's eve.
Available on Netflix, Amazon prime
If you are the one who has not watched it yet. Then this eve is just waiting for you to watch this film. Without any hesitation go on to watch it. This is a dreamy romantic film all about natural love. The film won six Oscar Awards and 33 major nominations 18 winning awards in all. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling whom you are definitely going to love after watching. There's more to feel in this film. This will take you to the city of stars with its featuring song named 'city of stars'. And so let's go to Tinseltown without any wait.
The best of movies to watch on new year's eve, being home if you haven't watched it already.
A romantic comedy film starring Kate Winslet as Iris and Camera Diaz as Amanda. Two girls dealing with their relationship issues in life. They're from different countries who leaves their home in the holidays. They meet with local guys and fall in love with them. Sitting on a soft couch with a hot beverage, yes this movie fits perfect.
Searching for a romantic film to watch in a beautiful decorative home on the event of the festival being home as going out with your loved ones is not an option. Just watch this film. It's an emotional heart touching film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Hank plays the character of a widower. He imagines a beautiful New year's Eve with his late wife whom he misses the most. He imagines having a sweet conversation with his wife. But don't worry he doesn't stick to his past but he comes out of her and loves a woman ( Meg Ryan) later.
As you might know, this is the most popular film of its time and one of the greatest films. Still, all genre people love to watch it. Starting a new year with such a great film may fill your heart with positive thoughts and remembering the line "life is like a box of chocolates".
The film is featured by Tom Hank who plays the role of Forrest, he is a dull and low IQ man. And yes, it is an Oscar-winning picture. Forrest has never thought himself as dull. He leads a life of his choice and made no restrictions. He has a childhood love who is troublesome and it's his overwhelming desire to reunite with her. So again, yes it's one of the better movies to watch on new year's eve.
Starting a new year with an evergreen romantic comedy film is not at all a bad idea. The film is about two NewYorkers who culminate in a short-term friendship. They meet but go their separate ways. They again meet after 5 years and recognize their feelings for each other.
This film itself will make you feel like you just have a nice cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter night. Telling a bit more about it would spoil all the fun, so you go and find yourself how's it and whether to watch again or not. If you ask any cinema lover for movies to watch on New year's eve ,this film will must be there in recommendation .
This film covers a big part of Christmas' eve. Now a question might arise why to watch it so let's relate a point of this film with our life, that is epidemic. The film's character deals with the effects of the epidemic of AIDS and HIV on their community. It is an American musical drama film directed by Chris Columbus. It's an emotional, heartbreaking, memorable, heartwarming, and funny production. You will love watching it twice. It has a deep message inside. So starting a year with a deep message is always awesome.
Available on Amazon Prime, iTunes
The above are some of the movie which will provide you everything regarding New year's vibe with. They are actually movies to watch on New year's eve, You can't really go out but the movies might take you out of the place you are with their magical impact on your mind …
Now, for starting a new year there must be positive thoughts, a strong mind as it is a time of the pandemic, and an energetic impression as being home we all are getting lazy. So in the list, there must be movies providing all the above criteria and for that, I am adding some action, thriller, science fiction films, films with a deep message that will provide you with so many lessons.
Action Movies to watch on New year's eve.
Tenet is a Christopher Nolan film. It has released in December 2020. Yes, it's an all-new film and is recommended to watch this holiday because the film needs a lot of time to explore your mind for understanding it. In simple words I can say is just that, this film will blow your mind and you will be left with nothing but an astonished human.
It's a science-fiction action-thriller film. The film felt with many critic reviews, maybe because of the confusions, it creates at every turn. This must be said that you are definitely not going to understand it by watching once, you will find out the facts by watching twice or maybe thrice.
The film stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki and Dimple Kapadia, the perfect cast ever makes it more interesting to watch.
It is a time inversion film with a story of a secret agent who has given only one word as a weapon. His mission is to stop World war 3 which is embarked by the future people with the use of time inversion. The future people, hire a man in the past (which is present for us) to destroy the world. For a Nolan's fan this is the best of all movies to watch on New year's eve.
A simple introduction would make you wonder as there is nobody who doesn't know about this film.
So this Wonder Woman 1984 is all-new and is released on 25th December 2020. Gal Gadot the childhood crush of many people did a great act again and achieved so much love from people. Although the film got a mixture of bad and good reviews, you can't deny to watch it. The film will make you forget all of the worries and dresses at least for two hours.
This film is for fun-loving people. The entertainment will remind you that yes there is more fun important in life more than worries in this difficult time.The film follows a simple content to follow there is nothing complicated.
So if this is on your list to watch then go ahead, this holiday is the best time to utilize for attaining such entertainment which provides you even when you are not going out.
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Montclair Third Ward Community Meeting: Lackawanna Development, Taxes, Law Enforcement
Steven Maginnis - April 12, 2017
Montclair Third Ward Councilor Sean Spiller at his April 2017 community meeting
Montclair Third Ward Councilor Sean Spiller held his annual spring community meeting at the Montclair Inn, as he has done in the past. And as at his previous spring community meetings, his April 11 event was dominated by development and law enforcement issues, as well as taxes.
Councilor Spiller had the township's architectural consultant, Ira Smith, speak before the assembled constituents about the Seymour Street and Lackawanna Plaza projects. Smith said his role was to ensure the architecture of the new developments was aesthetically pleasing and would not repeat the mistakes of the Valley & Bloom apartment complex. He said the Historic Preservation Commission liked the designs for the Seymour Street projects but balked at sketches of the proposed plaza that would be developed in front of the Wellmont Theater's entrance. He told the audience the planning board was due to consider the civil engineering aspects of the project at its April 24 meeting and revisit the plaza two weeks after that. The façade of the new building facing Seymour Street across from the Wellmont would be 65 feet from the existing theater, ensuring ample room for the plaza, and Smith added that measurements have been taken to ensure any renderings of the new buildings are faithful to the project.
Montclair architectural consultant Ira Smith takes about redevelopment at Councilor Spiller's April 2017 community meeting
In response to a constituent's complaint that it was a "misnomer" to call it an arts district "if the arts aren't actually happening" in the vision set forward by the redevelopment plan, with only 10,000 square feet of new arts space to complement the Wellmont's 12,000 square feet, Councilor Spiller conceded there were challenges to activate an arts presence around Seymour Street, but he said Smith would now help figure out how the arts fit in with the district, which was approved by the council. "Ira's role now is to, within the confines of the project that was approved, make sure that project best fits with what the laid-out framework is," he said. Smith is to evaluate what he thinks can work based on what was or was not approved, offer what the town likes and what it doesn't like. The project includes designing the plaza to make it conducive to accommodating arts events, and the Montclair Business Improvement District (BID) is talking with the developer, which has its own arts program, about staging BID-sponsored events as well.
Councilor Spiller reported that the Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment area, which does not have a formal application pending as yet, has still been in flux. There is still hope that a ShopRite supermarket can take the place of the since-closed Pathmark store, but any new supermarket would likely require a larger building – ShopRite has already made it clear that any new store it opens there would – and the developer presented a trial rendering with a large supermarket anchoring a block of four-story residential buildings. A subcommittee of the Montclair Planning Board said it was too large and did not offer enough public space. Another meeting between the developer and the subcommittee is scheduled for April 13. In the meantime, the shuttle from the former Pathmark to Brookdale ShopRite Bloomfield is still running, having served 161 riders over a 50-day period as measured by Township Manager Tim Stafford.
Resident Robin Woods was concerned about the density of the proposed Lackawanna Plaza project, noting that potential supermarket tenants would like to see more development in the area to ensure a regular customer base. She said the area around Lackawanna Plaza is already densely developed and wondered how one objective – "downzoning" the area to four-story buildings from six-story ones – would help. Smith said two fewer stories would reduce the number of people moving in, and he cited the site of the Shell station on the corner of Pine Street and Bloomfield Avenue as an example. Anything built on the site would have to be three stories tall instead of six, and the third story would have to be set back and 100 feet back from the interaction to provide open space to contain the amount of development. Mrs. Woods said she still didn't understand why more development was necessary to guarantee a supermarket a customer base in a built-up area already in need of one. Councilor Spiller said there would be a lot of give and take to provide a store big enough for a supermarket while containing further development in the area and that a plan would likely take three to five years.
Councilor Spiller also spoke to the issue of burglaries in the area, noting an increase in such incidents, saying he was well aware of the situation. Community police officer Paul Rusiniak added that an active investigation is ongoing, and he urged people to lock their doors even when outside in their own yards. He said that leaving their front doors open while working in their back yards provided a false sense of security. He also warned residents to keep the doors of their parked cars locked to avoid theft of insurance or registration information, a form of identity theft. When asked about bulletproof vests and stun guns by one resident, Office Rusiniak said acquiring and training in stun guns was a work in progress but every officer had bulletproof vests.
Another resident said he was paying more than $12,000 in property taxes after having started out paying less than half of that in the early 90s. Councilor Spiller said the township has been working hard at keeping taxes flat while paying down the debt, noting that county and school taxes were the biggest drivers in tax increases for Montclair residents. Development projects under Payment In Lieu Of Taxes (PILOT) programs were routinely revisited to adjust and increase payments to the town to keep up with property assessments. Councilor-at-Large Robert Russo, arriving late from another meeting, said home rule among New Jersey's 566 municipalities were a major problem, citing the need for shared services that could save towns money, but he also said that unfunded federal mandates for programs such as special education and a lack of state aid for the schools exacerbated the tax situation. Councilor Russo, a political science professor at Montclair State University, complained that the federal government's military priorities at the expense of domestic spending needed to be addressed.
Councilor Spiller thanked everyone for coming out to the meeting.
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fromthethirdward April 13, 2017 At 12:58 pm
Mr. Spiller's answer on property taxes seems wrong for at least three reasons.
Property taxes in Montclair have gone up every year since he has been in office by almost the maximum allowed under state law. They haven't been "flat," and he has been a voice for spending more, not less.
What "hard work" has the Council really done to reduce taxes, beyond easy steps like changing health insurance brokers? Do we have fewer municipal workers since they took office, or more? Are any services being delivered at lower cost than before?
No member of the Council should be able to pass the buck to the schools and say "it's your school taxes going up, not your municipal taxes." Mr. Spiller, in particular, can't say this, because he was on the Board of School Estimate for years until a judge kicked him off it for conflicts of interest. That conflict is Mr. Spiller's position as a top officer of the state teacher's union. Not for nothing, but the main reason our property taxes are so high in the first place is because of a statewide school funding formula that shorts towns like Montclair, the biggest supporter of which is that same state teachers' union that Mr. Spiller helps to run.
That answer really bugs me.


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WikiLeaks Party implodes, candidates quit
Renai LeMay
blog Your writer has been fairly suspicious of the WikiLeaks Party over the past six months or so since it was formed. Is the party purely a vehicle for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to get elected to the Federal Senate, and thus earn himself a ticket out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London? Or is it a legitimate new political movement in Australia, which will achieve legitimacy beyond Assange personally? It's been hard to tell. However, revelations that the party botched its preferences arrangements in NSW have swung us away from believing the party is legitimate. Further damaging its reputation today is the news that one of its high-profile candidates, ethicist and novelist Leslie Cannold, will quit the party, alleging dodgy behaviour internally. Cannold's letter on the issue, released to the public, states:
"As long as I believed there was a chance that democracy, transparency and accountability could prevail in the party I was willing to stay on and fight for it. But where a party member makes a bid to subvert the party's own processes, asking others to join in a secret, alternative power centre that subverts the properly constituted one, nothing makes sense anymore. This is anunacceptable mode of operation for any organisation but even more so for an organisation explicitly committed to democracy, transparency and accountability.
Even if I stop campaigning this minute, remaining in my role implicitly invites voters to trust The Wikileaks Party. By staying in this role I am implicitly vouching for the worthiness of this party to receive the votes of the Australian people. I can no longer do this because I no longer believe it is true, and so I must resign."
To be honest, I feel as though this is the kind of thing which all new political parties go through as they try and establish their overall direction and come together as a group. I'm sure if you went back to the formation of any major Australian political party, or indeed any political party globally, you'd see similar skullduggery. The situation is particularly difficult because WikiLeaks' nominal leader, Julian Assange, is not in Australia and able to keep it on the straight and narrow. It will be interesting to see if the WikiLeaks Party is able to survive the Federal Election, and, if so, how long it will stick around for afterwards. Cannold was probably the party's most high-profile recruit. It will take a fair bit to restore confidence in it after this.
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Dylan 22/08/2013 at 5:04 pm
There's a thorough explanation of what happened at the link below.
http://danielmathews.info/blog/2013/08/statement-of-resignation-from-wikileaks-party-national-council/
I still think they're worth voting for though. Their candidates are all great. I don't think there's anyone I'd rather have as a senator than Julian Assange. For what is meant to be a house of review, he would certainly know how to hold the government to account. Kellie Tranter is also a good candidate.
The biggest disappointment is that Ludlam was not put higher. That appears to be a genuine mistake though.
Tinman_au 23/08/2013 at 11:54 am
If your after actual accountability and transparency in government, you're better off voting for the Pirate Party, or the Greens.
Unlike Wikileaks, they preference other parties that also have the similar values.
Charles 23/08/2013 at 12:16 pm
Well, really – you're better off voting below the line – but that is easy for me to say, being a Tasmanian – we only have 54 boxes to number!
Dylan 23/08/2013 at 12:25 pm
Personally for me, democracy in regards to the preferences process is not as important as actually getting a senate seat and affecting change. Transparency is important, regarding the reasons for preferencing a certain way – this could have been improved upon certainly. In NSW the right wing parties are low enough that it's not really going to matter either way.
I think the main problem I have is the fact that it appears that the deals with these right wing parties were not actually made in the end, so the preferences will be going to them with no benefit to WLP.
I've pre-polled anyway, as I'll be away on election day. WLP, #1 above the line ;-) Pirates can have my second pref :-)
I assume you meant below the line? If you vote above the line, you don't get to choose a second preference!
No, above the line. I'd read the NSW group voting tickets beforehand and knew my preference would go to PP as they were right at the top of the preferences. It appears upon looking now PP is 5 and 6 in NSW, not 3 and 4 like I recalled. I knew they were right at the top of the list though. Ignore previous "Pirates can have my second pref :-)" comment. Change to "Pirates can have my third pref :-)"
Charles 23/08/2013 at 1:45 pm
Ahh, I get you now!
P 23/08/2013 at 12:31 pm
WLP founder admitted on TV that they have no policies but are a 'policy review party'. How can you vote for someone/party when you have no guarantee of what exactly they have in mind?
They actually do have a few policies they have announced. There's a PDF on their website with a list of their platforms and policies http://www.wikileaksparty.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/WLP_platform.pdf
There's not much point in releasing heaps of policies though because none of them will be implemented. They have made it clear that they won't ever have a senate majority, so they will always be approving/modifying other peoples polices, rather than coming up with their own. While they haven't released every policy under the sun, they have made their views about multiple issues known enough to have an informed idea as to how they would approach and issue they may be confronted with in the senate.
P 23/08/2013 at 2:22 pm
Every party under the sun wants to go about changing legislation and policies, and WLP is no exception. The danger of not having released any documentation of policies at the time is that it gives us voters no guarantee of the specifics of the goals that WLP want to achieve. This is akin to when Conroy was telling us "The filter will remove undesirable content from the internets", the problem was this was open for abuse as no one had any idea on what was to be targeted. I'm not saying WLP will be sinister like this, but comparisons can be drawn, and people don't want to vote for uncertainty.
Personally, voting based purely on policies is not the way I do it. I vote based on who I feel most, if something came up they had to say yes or no to, would vote the way I would. Sure, policies may form a part of learning about the way you think they would vote, but if you look at what happened with Julia "there will be no carbon tax under a party I lead" Gillard, policies are only a part of the picture.
Guest 22/08/2013 at 5:38 pm
" I don't think there's anyone I'd rather have as a senator than Julian Assange."
I think you should re-read the statements of those resigning, especially that of a Wikileaks co-founder.
PeterA 22/08/2013 at 6:43 pm
I'm at a Q and A with assange now, will take note of anything useful
His answers tonight about the party politics were.. dismissive of the concerns raised by the outgoing members.
He even used a form of "all publicity is good" in relation to the fairly heavy scrutiny of the party as a result of the departures.
I was disappointed with his responses on this topic. He effectively tried to argue that his efforts regarding Snowden was what he was concentrating on, and that he primarily deligated his party responsibility.
If interested i am fairly sure the QandA will be posted online. It was done using Google hangouts "on air".
Initially I thought Wikileaks Party and Pirate Party Australia were quite similar. However the preference selection for PP was much more open – voted on by members – and it now seems to have the upper hand so far as trust goes. It would be good to see people who I regularly see complain about internet censorship, digital freedom, frivolous patent issues etc on these pages put their vote where their mouth is!
Note: PP have candidates in Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas senate positions, and have endorsed Scott Ludlam in WA!
SMEMatt 23/08/2013 at 11:36 am
"I feel as though this is the kind of thing which all new political parties go through as they try and establish their overall direction and come together as a group" Your are right there I like to think of the rhetoric of the LNP saying we have never removed a sitting prime-minister until you look into the early history of the party and why they are in the current form. It will be interesting to see who survives the next decade. I don't think the parties that are mostly about their leader will last long but if they get their foundation right there is room no matter the name. Look our Liberal party being one of our most conservative so what really is in a name.
Or the hypocrisy in saying "we will not do a deals to get into government" and calling on Labour to do the same, yet they're "the Coalition" of the Liberal and Nationals… they are inherently a deal. Without it, they don't separately have the votes.
BTW I wasn't specifically picking on the Liberals here it was I came across while reading some history of PMs


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Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz
Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
A man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.
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• "Working with Alexander" Featurette
• "The Cast" Featurette
• "A Visual Journey" Featurette
• "A Matter of Perspective" Featurette
• "That Smile" Featurette
• "A Global Concern" Featurette
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Downsizing [4K UHD] (2017)
Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (March 14, 2018)
From his 1996 directorial debut Citizen Ruth through 2013's Nebraska, Alexander Payne earned consistently strong critical notices, and his plaudits piled up over time. Indeed, the final three of those six films each earned nominations for Oscar's Best Picture.
And then came 2017's Downsizing. While all of Payne's prior directorial efforts got at least 80 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, Downsizing rated a mediocre 55 percent, and for the first time since Ruth, a Payne film received zero Oscar nominations.
Given the consistently high quality of Payne's prior work, I found it tough to imagine that Downsizing would offer such a stark drop, so I decided to give it a look. How bad could it be?
Scientists invent a method that can shrink people to roughly five inches in height. Billed as a way to help reduce human impact on the environment, volunteers go through the procedure due to the fact this new status will let them live beyond their full-sized means.
Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) decides that this sounds like a good plan, and he convinces wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) to agree. We follow Paul's new life in Leisureland, a tiny realm populated by "downsized" humans.
On the surface, Downsizing looks like little more than an opportunity for lots of sight gags about topics related to size. The trailer hints at these, as we see the delight with which the characters greet a "normal-sized" bottle of vodka in their "downsized" world, and we also find wackiness like a shot in which a shrunken Paul looks in his pants to make sure his dick remains proportional.
Again, only the presence of Payne creates some expectation that Downsizing can offer more depth than just a litany of easy jokes. Consistently able to get to the heart of characters and offer deep, human tales, Payne should be able to bring heart to a potentially silly enterprise.
On the positive side, Payne gets the "shrunken world" gags out of the way during the movie's first act, so the rest of the movie can follow a different path. On the negative side, Payne seems to have no idea where to go once those comedic stylings conclude.
Yeef – what a mess! I can't figure out how a filmmaker as talented and previously sure-handed as Payne delivered a movie that comes across as so muddled and incoherent.
But he did, as Downsizing wanders all over the place in search of some form of purpose or direction – though perhaps it comes with too much purpose. The film pursues a variety of issues such as social class, racism, and climate change, none of which receive satisfactory delineation.
These mean Downsizing seems more like a collection of messages in search of characters and a plot than a coherent experience. As a result, we find a disjointed mess as it pursues none of these areas in a satisfying way, especially because the movie's simplistic views make it patronizing at times.
To boot, Downsizing usually feels downright dull. I get that we need Paul as an "every man" for the journey, but couldn't Payne have mustered at least a vaguely engaging personality for our lead?
Damon doesn't help, as he plays Paul with little verve or engagement. I get some of this needs to happen so Paul will remain the audience's proxy, but I still think he could've gotten more to make him interesting. As depicted, Paul is a drab role and we never really care about him.
Or anything else, honestly, and the movie's slow pacing hurts it there as well. It takes almost 40 minutes before Paul finally "gets small" and it wastes much of that time with material that could develop more quickly and effectively.
Even when Paul does "downsize", the pacing remains sluggish and without purpose. Downsizing feels obsessed with details to a degree that ignores the bigger picture – maybe that's ironic in a film about "smallness", but it doesn't work to create an engaging tale.
Add to this surprisingly bad effects and Downsizing flops in most possible ways. Despite all the talent involved and a potentially interesting concept, the movie becomes far too muddled and boring to succeed.
The Disc Grades: Picture B/ Audio B/ Bonus C-
Downsizing appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this 4K UHD Disc. The visuals held up fairly well but they didn't excel.
Sharpness looked largely appropriate, though some softness crept in at times. Still, overall delineation remained mostly satisfying, so the image usually seemed accurate and concise. No issues with jaggies or shimmering occurred, and I saw no edge haloes or source flaws.
In terms of colors, the movie opted for orange and teal, though it kept these subdued, so they didn't go crazy. The low-key palette seemed satisfactory.
Blacks were pretty dark and tight, and low-light shots displayed reasonable clarity, though I thought they could be a smidgen murky at times. While not excellent, the visuals appeared positive.
I wouldn't anticipate fireworks from the audio from a character piece like Downsizing, and its DTS-HD MA 7.1 track gave me the expected affair. Music became the most prominent aspect of the soundfield, as the score and songs used the channels fairly well.
Effects had less to do. Ambience ruled the day, so not much more gave the track pop. This seemed appropriate, though, as the chatty flick didn't come with many obvious opportunities for sonic sizzle. A thunderstorm brought out a little life and a few other louder scenes appeared, but these remained infrequent.
Audio quality appeared fine. Music was full and rich, while effects came across with appropriate accuracy, even if they usually lacked much punch due to a lack of ambition.
Speech came across as distinctive and concise. Nothing here excelled but the soundtrack fit the material.
How did the 4K UHD compare to the Blu-ray version? Audio was identical, as both discs included the same DTS-HD MA 7.1 mix.
As for visuals, the 4K offered a mild upgrade. It seemed a bit sharper and offered slightly bolder colors, but I couldn't claim to see a big difference. This felt like a somewhat underwhelming 4K presentation.
No extras appear on the 4K disc itself, but the included Blu-ray copy provides six featurettes, and we start with Working with Alexander. It takes up 12 minutes, 22 seconds and provides info from casting director John Jackson, editor Kevin Tent, writer/director Alexander Payne, producer Mark Johnson, executive producer Diana Pokorny, director of photography Phedon Papamichael, production designer Stefania Cella, visual effects supervisor James E. Price, writer/producer Jim Taylor, 2nd unit DP Radan Popovic, associate producer/2nd unit director Tracy Boyd, composer Rolfe Kent, and actors Matt Damon, Laura Dern, Hong Chau, Christoph Waltz, Kristen Wiig, Neil Patrick Harris, Margo Martindale, Rolf Lassgard, and Margareta Petterson.
As implied by the title, "Working" discusses Payne's actions on the set. Though we get a few specifics about the filmmaking processes, it usually offers little more than praise for the director.
Next comes The Cast, an 11-minute, 30-second piece with Johnson, Jackson, Payne, Damon, Taylor, Pokorny, Chau, Wiig, Waltz, Harris, Dern, Martindale, Tent, Petterson, Lassgard, and actors Jason Sudeikis and Ingjerd Egeberg. Unsurprisingly, this one examines the actors and their performances. Also unsurprisingly, it doesn't bring a lot of substance, as it prefers to focus on happy talk.
With A Visual Journey, we get a 14-minute, two-second program that offers notes from Pokorny, Payne, Cella, Papamichael, Johnson, Damon, Boyd, Chau, Egeberg, Wiig, property master David Gulick, set designer Liane Prevost, makeup department head Julie Hewett, art director Kim Zaharko and costume designer Wendy Chuck.
"Journey" covers set and production design, locations, costumes and makeup. Despite some of the usual praise, "Journey" brings us a pretty good collection of insights about the work done to bring out the "downsized" world.
During the nine-minute, six-second A Matter of Perspective. we hear from Price, Payne, Cella, Damon, Chau, and visual effects producer Susan MacLeod. This one focuses on effects, and it does so in a compelling manner.
That Smile goes for six minutes, 27 seconds and includes Johnson, Payne, Taylor, Boyd, Chau, Sudeikis, Wiig, MacLeod, Damon, Martindale and Tent. We learn that Damon is a wonderful guy and "his smile lights up the world". Yawn.
Finally, A Global Concern runs six minutes, 39 seconds and provides thoughts from Payne, Price, Damon, Chau, Dern, Lassgard, Wiig, Sudeikis, Waltz, Jackson, Pokorny, Cella, Tent, Egeberg, Taylor, Boyd and Johnson. "Concern" talks about environmental topics and recycling.
It's incredibly sanctimonious – I'm all for the efforts and consciousness under discussion but I don't need to hear Hollywood honchos brag about how hard they work to save the world. It's so smug that it makes me want to dump toxic waste in my nearest lake just to spite these people.
Prior to 2017, Alexander Payne had never made a bad movie. All good things come to an end, as the muddled, sluggish Downsizing demonstrates the director's fallibility. The 4K UHD brings us generally positive picture and audio as well as erratic supplements. Even – and maybe especially - Payne diehards will likely disappointed with this messy misfire.
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'Vinny Vow' workshop tackles sexual assault, bystander intervention
Rachel Hinton|April 16, 2017
Before entering their first college classes, fresh-faced freshmen are often told about the pervasiveness of sexual assault on campus, not just at DePaul but at universities around the nation. After orientation, some rarely hear about sexual assault again until April, sexual assault awareness month (SAAM).
At DePaul, the month coincides with a greater push for bystander intervention training through "Vinny Vow" workshops that are aimed at increasing not only awareness, but students' ability to intervene.
Vinny Vow, which teaches potential bystanders safe and positive ways they can act to prevent or intervene when there is a risk for sexual and relationship violence, are often done by request. Student organizations and others can request for members of Health Promotion and Wellness (HPW) to come in and teach them the skills they may need to combat sexual violence.
"What's great about bystander intervention is that it gives you the skills to intervene and that's what's unique about it," Shannon Suffoletto, director of HPW, said. "A lot of times you're going through education, which is great, but this workshop is giving you a skill, lets you practice that skill. That equips you differently to move into the world and do something about it."
Nationally, sexual assault awareness month usually means introspection — campaigns pushing for awareness and broadcasting facts are often accompanied by efforts on college campuses to make students aware of how the issue could impact them.
DePaul's bystander training is partially a response to data gathered from the Diverse Learning Environments survey, which looks at the university's campus climate. For sexual assault, the results were in line with national averages — across the board, students don't report assaults to the police or to campus police.
Vinny Vow was created in part because of this. By teaching students how they can intervene, the hope is that they can help create a safer environment for all.
Haley Majetich, a DePaul student who has participated in and facilitated Vinny Vow workshops, said that the experience helps students connect to others within the student body and build a sense of community.
"It's not just us spitting facts or definitions at you, it's a chance to really be hands on," Majetich said. "You get to see how others view sexual assault and the barriers to intervening."
The perception of sexual assault on college campuses has grown over the past six years and universities, including DePaul, now take part in studies of their campus climate to understand what's going well and what's still lacking. For SAAM, DePaul offers a variety of activities and conversations to engage students about issues related to sexual health and sexual violence.
In regards to sexual assault, many universities are creating programs and engaging with students through education and workshops to try to mitigate the problem.
DePaul's diverse learning environment survey provided numbers that are helping departments like HPW approach education on sexual assault.
Around 7 to 8 percent of female students reported experiencing sexual assault during their time at DePaul — numbers that put them on par with other universities nationally. The data the university received did not specify the rate or non-binary or trans students who were sexually assaulted, but national data does indicate that non-binary and trans students are assaulted at higher rates.
A lower percentage of men, around 2 percent, also reported that they have been sexually assaulted. Around 60 percent of respondents reported that the assault happened while they were incapacitated due to drugs or alcohol.
For Karen Tamburro, DePaul's Title IX coordinator, the importance of bystander intervention training is directly linked to those numbers and the fact that roughly three quarters of students will tell their friends about an assault rather than going to campus or city police.
"Statistics bear out that the frequency (of these assaults) is too often, it's too much and it impacts too many of our students whether directly or indirectly," Tamburro said about the importance of talking to students beyond freshman year and beyond Vinny Vow workshops requested by organizations. "To get us all more involved in the prevention piece so we don't all have to be in crisis mode is a really important step for our community and in cultivating a community of respect."
Creating a community of respect for Majetich, who has facilitated or taken part in 10 to 15 workshops, is one of the most important parts of the workshop and for SAAM. The DePaul community, she believes, can grow when talking about topics like sexual assault that make many uncomfortable.
"Sexual assault and sexual violence — even though people want to act like it's not happening, like it's not real — are relevant and really important," Majetich said. "It affects more people than you know. And even if it's uncomfortable, that's where we grow. We grow by talking about these uncomfortable things."
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Prostaglandins are a group any naturally occurring, chemically related fatty acids that stimulate contractility of the uterine and other smooth muscle and are able to lower blood pressure, regulate acid secretion of the stomach, regulate body temperature and platelet aggregation, and control inflammation and vascular permeability. They are mediators and have a variety of strong physiological effects, and they also affect the action of certain hormones.
1. Activation of the inflammatory response, production of pain, and fever. When tissues are damaged, white blood cells flood to the site to try to minimize tissue destruction. Prostaglandins are produced as a result.
2. Blood clots form when a blood vessel is damaged. A type of prostaglandin called thromboxane stimulates constriction and clotting of platelets. Conversely, PGI2, is produced to have the opposite effect on the walls of blood vessels where clots should not be forming.
3. Certain prostaglandins are involved with the induction of labor and other reproductive processes. PGE2 causes uterine contractions and has been used to induce labor.
4. Prostaglandins are involved in several other organs such as the gastrointestinal tract (inhibit acid synthesis and increase secretion of protective mucus), increase blood flow in kidneys, and leukotriens promote constriction of bronchi associated with asthma.
Prostaglandins differ from hormones in that they are not produced at a discrete site but in many places throughout the human body. Also, their target cells are present in the immediate vicinity of the site of their excretion (of which there are many).


This is a post that I started to write in October 2007.
I decided to try my hand at painting – it's been a long, long time. So I pulled out my old sketch book and here's my first drawing.
We all have our insecurities. No? It's been over 5 years since I told myself I wanted to start drawing again. Five years since I rushed out a sketch of Andrew. It's rough. It's clear I needed practice and focus. But I drew this and decided I couldn't do it. And I set down the sketchbook.
Thinking about this now, if it was someone else I'd have encouraged some lessons or some practice or whatever to see if he/she could get some enjoyment out of it. But I wasn't this generous with myself.
I've recently learned that our county arts center has drop in drawing with live models. It's inexpensive and unstructured. Pretty low risk, if you ask me.
I'd like to be the first to encourage you. You come from a long line of artists. I know you'd enjoy taking some lessons.


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As the Pandemic Killed Millions, Callous Press Celebrated Environmental 'Silver Lining'
Scott Whitlock and Bill D'Agostino
April 22nd, 2021 8:30 AM
Over the last year, the coronavirus has caused untold misery and destruction. Over three million people are dead. Families have been forever destroyed and businesses have been wrecked by a cruel and unrelenting virus. But that hasn't stopped a stunningly tone deaf news media from lecturing Americans about the environmental "silver lining" and "gift" of Covid-19. As the world marks Earth Day 2021, it's worth remembering just how out of touch reporters sound when they put a happy face on a global killer of humans.
It was early on in the pandemic, March 19, 2020, that journalist Vladimir Duthiers first speculated on CBS This Morning about a "little bit of silver lining" to the pandemic. Citing a slight uptick in water clarity in Italy, Duthiers cheered, "This is Venice.... You can never see the waters because they're so murky from all the boats. This time, now you can see the crystal-clear waters of the Venice canals."
On the April 22, 2020 episode of Today, Al Roker celebrated the environmental upside as the economy ground to a halt: "Less foot traffic, less waste, less energy consumption, allowing certain animals to thrive and impacting the Earth's atmosphere as well." For the same day's CBS This Morning, Jamie Yuccas offered a theme that would become common. Humans were the problem:
From a shockingly smog-free new Delhi in India to unusually clear waters in the canals of Venice, the world is suddenly learning what can happen if humans stop polluting the environment.
On the April 11, 2020 early-morning edition of CNN Newsroom, host Natalie Allen gushed about the "bright spot in this era of pandemic." The April 22, 2020 CBS Evening News sounded practically ghoulish as CBS correspondent John Blackstone gloated, "From goats in a deserted town in Wales, to lions lounging on a road in South Africa; nature seems to be saying, 'We can get along fine without you.'"
The seeming contempt for humanity continued into the fall. The September 8, 2020 edition of Today featured Roker again expressing his callous disregard for dying humans:
When the world went into lockdown last spring, a brief and beautiful transformation took place. Animals appearing in locations they hadn't been seen in years. Mountains and skylines revealed after decades of shrouded in pollution.
This stinging dismissal for the mounting death toll culminated in the spring of 2021. On the April 1 Today, Kerry Sanders lectured viewers even as many may have lost someone to Covid-19: "When the nation and world shut down, Planet Earth got a rare break..." He featured University of Miami professor Ben Kirtman who offered this alarming take on the coronavirus: "It's a gift to the science, but it's also a gift to us. To society. To the human race. It demonstrates we can do this."
Perhaps CNN climate correspondent Bill Weir summed it all up on the April 23, 2020 New Day: "There seems to be this perception that maybe the virus has helped humanity buy some time when it comes to global warming."
In the 2018 film Avengers: Infinity War, a hulking killer named Thanos snapped his fingers and wiped out half of humanity. He does this in order to find "balance" and make life easier on Earth. In the movie, Thanos is the villain, an unhinged monster. But are his ideas much different from those espoused by many in the mainstream media? Three million dead humans later, these journalists seem to agree with Thanos that people are the problem.
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It's Digital Scrapbooking Day all weekend at Oscraps. If you're reading this the first week in October, it's happening right now. Yep, 40% off everything in my store and everyone else's and a free collab if you get over $15 worth of wonderful Oscrapy stuff!
I found these pictures of my beeloved beetrothed (known that day forward as TimBee) wearing a bee in his shirt and had to frame and send them to him immbeediately.
My wonderful creative team has also been busy framing their bestest beeloveds with these Strong Heart kits. Here's some of their layouts.
My kits for Oscraps' 4th Friday Mini-O designapalooza!
Here's my very first Fourth Friday Mini-O kits. They will be on sale, discounted 40%, sometime tonight until Monday at midnight. (Sale is over, still in my store as mini-kits) These took waaaay longer than I thought they would and I got them to Vicki waaaaay past the deadline. (And she has a terrible cold but forgave me anyway.) Thank you so much Vicki. I think because of the deadline goober-up these won't be in the Oscraps ad but they will be in their newsletter.
I'm calling these Heart Strong because for a heart to be kind, or artistic, or open it has to be strong. imo anyway. Here's Heart Strong the Fourth Friday Mini-O elements.
and here's Heart Strong the Fourth Friday Mini-O papers.
I'm opening at Oscraps tonight - Ohhhh yes!
The Grande Opening!!! I haven't moved everything to my O store yet but I'm working at it. Still, everything there is 25% off through Friday. And there's a freebie too featuring Chuck Chuckhopper the bluebird and Snowsugar the deer.
I hope everything works. I'm nervous.
The DSD sale is over. Whew! Thanks everyone - it was a busy weekend. If you didn't get In The Pumpkin Field as a gift, it's for sale in my store today.
ScrapbookGraphics is having a DSD sale this weekend (now) - 40% off everything and different special gift giveaways every day. This little itsy-bitsy mini-kit In The Pumpkin Field, which I'll be selling in my store next week, will be given away free on one of those days. This will definitely be the last sale of the year so you might want to head over to SBG and take a peek.
Cool breezes swooping in from the lake, wildflowers, wild music, dancing - summer has tiptoed her way into our high country and I think she's here to stay. Yay!! This picture came out this week in The Star News of Tim and I kicking up our heels.
In the meantime, in between the celebrating, I have been working on the Creative Fusion project at SBG. The deadline is coming up quick and I think everyone's Creative Fusion kits will be in the store sometime around June 20. These kits are teeny tiny. I'm putting together a little Bee Tea Shoppe reminiscent of Baby Bee Garden. Here's a rough-up of Baxter Bee who I'm working on tonight.


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