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How it Happened: Reed takes lead at Wyndham
By Golfweek August 16, 2013 10:58 pm
By Golfweek | August 16, 2013 10:58 pm
Is it better to be consistent or good? Patrick Reed has been both during the first two rounds of the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., with rounds of 65-64 giving him the lead heading into the weekend.
John Huh is just a shot back, his Friday 62 making most of the impact as he moved into second at 10 under, with Jordan Spieth another shot back.
Trevor Immelmann during the second round of the 2013 Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
Spectators walk out for the second round of the 2013 Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
Webb Simpson (left) and Sergio Garcia during the second round of the 2013 Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
Patrick Reed and his caddie, wife Justine, during the second round of the 2013 Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
Jordan Spieth during the second round of the 2013 Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
Davis Love III during the second round of the 2013 Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
Patrick Reed during the second round of the 2013 Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
Jordan Spieth and his caddie during the second round of the 2013 Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
Defending champion Sergio Garcia started the day just a shot out of the lead, but his even-par 70 in the second round saw him slide to T-15.
The Tour announced today that Saturday's third-round tee times will features threesomes early in the morning and off of both nines, because of the threat of inclement weather around Greensboro.
• See third-round tee times and groupings here.
Recap the best of the first-round action right here – don't forget, it's also the final shot for anyone outside of the top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings to earn their way into the Barclays – and scroll down for our preview coverage!
Update No. 39: 6:49 p.m. EDT
Jim Herman birdies Nos. 4, 5 and 8 to jump to T-4 at 7 under, four shots back of leader Patrick Reed. Herman finished T-9 at the Sanderson Farms Championship last month.
Luke List, on the outside looking in, birdies No. 15 to get to even par and T-75. He likely needs another during his last three holes if he is to play the weekend; the cut is projected at 1 under.
Ernie Els bogeys again at No. 16 and follows with a par, then heads to the last tee at even par and barely on the wrong side of the projected cut at T-72. Els finds the fairway, then hits his approach inside 5 feet – and rolls the birdie putt in for a 68 that gets him to 1 under and T-62, seemingly safe to play the weekend unless a lot of competitors finish strong.
John Huh adds back-to-back birdies at Nos. 16-17 and finishes with a par to climb to 10 under, one shot back of leader Patrick Reed. Huh's 62 is the low round of the tournament so far, with eight birdies against no bogeys.
Just like that, Ernie Els birdies at No. 15 to get back on the safe side of the projected cut line at 1 under with three to play – a stretch of holes that he played in 1 over Thursday, however.
Ernie Els bogeys No. 14 and falls to even par, which is just on the wrong side of the projected cut at T-74. At 86th in FedExCup points, a missed cut could affect how long Els can keep going in the season-ending playoff tournaments.
Bob Estes falls back to 7 under again with a bogey at No. 17; he's 4 under today as he heads to the last, T-4 alongside Charlie Wi and first-round co-leader Ross Fisher.
John Huh climbs another step, a birdie at No. 5 pushing him to 8 under and T-3 alongside Bob Estes. They're three back of leader Patrick Reed.
Another birdie at the 13th pushes Rory Sabbatini to 7 under, at 4 under today following an opening-round 67. Sabbatini, an Arizona product who hails from South Africa, has a pair of T-7 finishes this season.
Davis Love III had an up-then-down round of even par today, 4 under on the front and 4 over on the back. After a first-round 73, he's likely going to miss the weekend. The UNC product finished T-9 at last month's Greenbrier Classic.
Rory Sabbatini climbs to T-7 with his third birdie of the day against no bogeys, rising to 6 under.
John Huh keeps his momentum going with a birdie at No. 2 to rise to T-4 at 7 under; the UC-Northridge product, who figures to surpass $1 million in season winnings this week, follows with a par and is 5 under with six holes left to play.
Bob Estes moves back to 8 under and solo third with a birdie at No. 14. Estes has four career Tour wins, the most recent in 2002 at the Kemper Open.
First-round co-leader Chris Stroud bogeys No. 6 to slip to 5 under, T-9 with three holes left before he makes the turn. Stroud, a Lamar product, finished second at the Travelers Championship in June after Ken Duke birdied.
With an eagle, a bogey and back-to-back birdies, Tommy Gainey makes the turn at 3 under for the day, climbing to T-9 at 5 under.
John Huh is making a move today, back-to-back birdies at Nos. 16-17 getting him to 4 under for the round and T-6 at 6 under as he prepares to make the turn.
Brad Fritsch, on the FedExCup points bubble, shot 71 today and will not play the weekend. The Canadian chimed in on Twitter about his outlook from his account, @BradFritsch: "Missed cut at Wyndham means I'll be in the 126-150 category next year on PGA Tour. Usually means 12-15 events minimum."
Robert Garrigus birdies No. 13 to climb back to even par for the day through four holes and T-9 at 5 under. Garrigus, who has had to overcome addiction to find success in golf, talked during last week's PGA Championship about changes to improve his wedge play.
Bob Estes bogeys the par-4 10th hole, now T-3 at 7 under alongside Charlie Wi and first-round co-leader Ross Fisher.
Ernie Els is 2 under through six holes with birdies at Nos. 1 and 5, moving to T-63 at 1 under and hovering around the projected cut.
First-round co-leader Ross Fisher hits his approach at No. 9 to about 5 feet and makes his birdie putt for a 1-under 69 that moves him to T-4 at 7 under. Thursday's other co-leader, Chris Stroud, has four pars through four holes today.
Too early to sound the "59 watch" horns, but Bob Estes makes the turn at 5 under with a par at the ninth, good for third. The Texas product has made $577,511 and survived 12 of 15 cuts this season, his best finish T-7 at the Valero Texas Open in April.
Bob Estes birdies again at No. 8 for his first back-to-back birdies of the round. He's alone in third at 8 under as he prepares to make the turn.
Morgan Hoffmann closes his round with a birdie and three pars to finish off a 69 that puts him T-5 at 6 under.
First-round co-leader Ross Fisher gets back to even par for the day with a birdie at No. 16, 6 under for the tournament and T-5 with two holes to play. Thursday's other co-leader, Chris Stroud, is even through two holes.
Bob Estes has four birdies during his first seven holes to move to 7 under, T-3 alongside Charlie Wi.
Leader Patrick Reed adds to his margin with a birdie at No. 9 and heads to the clubhouse up 2 shots over Jordan Spieth. Reed's 64 betters his opening round by a shot and matches the best of the tournament by first-round co-leaders Ross Fisher and Chris Stroud. It's not the first time Reed has led a Tour event with his wife, Justine, on the bag.
Charles Howell III wraps up a 68 with eight straight pars and heads to the clubhouse T-4 at 6 under alongside Bob Estes, Matt Every and first-round co-leader Chris Stroud, whose round is just starting.
Patrick Reed takes the lead outright by hitting his approach at No. 8 to inside 5 feet and sinking the putt to move to 10 under, 5 under today with one hole left. Reed, an Augusta State product, finished fifth at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in June – and is putting himself in good shape this week to pass $1 million in earnings this season.
Let's look in on the five golfers among the top 25 in the Official World Golf Ranking who are playing this week:
No. 7 Brandt Snedeker: T-87 at 1 over (2-over 72 today)
No. 16 Ernie Els: T-73 at even par (1 under through one hole today
No. 19 Sergio Garcia: T-7, 5 under (even par 70 today)
No. 24 Bill Haas: T-7, 5 under (4-under 66 today)
No. 25 Zach Johnson: T-7, 5 under (2-under 68 today)
Co-leader Patrick Reed pars again at No. 7 to remain 9 under and tied atop the leaderboard alongside Jordan Spieth (65-66) with two holes left in Reed's second round.
Charlie Wi matches Hideki Matsuyama's 65 for the round of the day so far, moving to third at 7 under as he heads to the clubhouse.
Update No. 12: 12:55 p.m. EDT
Hideki Matsuyama has the round of the day so far at 65, with co-leader Jordan Spieth nearly as good with a 66 along with three others: Bill Haas (T-6 at 5 under), Robert Karlsson (T-20 at 4 under) and David Toms (T-42 at 2 under).
Patrick Reed claims a share of the lead again with a birdie at No. 5 to move to 9 under. He follows with a par and has three holes left today to try and gain the lead outright heading into the weekend.
Brandt Snedeker, the top-ranked golfer in the field at No. 7 in the Official World Golf Ranking, is likely to miss the cut after a 2-over 72 in the second round has him two shots outside the projected cut of 1 under. It's early, but Snedeker is T-88 as things stand.
Update No. 9: 12:34 p.m. EDT
Defending champion Sergio Garcia endures a quiet second round, as two birdies and two bogeys get him to an even-par 70. He remains 5 under, good for T-6 as the morning rounds are drawing to a close.
Leader Jordan Spieth wraps up his round with a par at No. 9 for a 66, one off his pace yesterday but good for the lead as he heads to the clubhouse. Spieth, who won the John Deere Classic in a playoff last month, has $2,058,820 in his rookie season.
Hideki Matsuyama moves into contention with a 65, getting him to 5 under for the week and T-7 as things stand. Matsuyama started rough with bogeys at Nos. 10-12 – but rose quickly thereafter with birdies on four of his next five holes, including three straight from Nos. 15-17. An eagle at No. 5 and birdie at No. 8 capped his round.
Jordan Spieth birdies at No. 8 to take the lead outright with one hole left in his second round; he's 9 under, a shot ahead of Patrick Reed, who adds a par at No. 4.
First-round co-leader Ross Fisher of England drops to 1 over today after following a birdie at No. 8 with bogeys at Nos. 9-10 and a par at No. 11. Fisher is T-7 at 5 under alongside nine others.
Update No. 4: 11:59 a.m. EDT
Patrick Reed birdies No. 1 after making the turn and follows with two pars to maintain a share of the lead, now at 8 under. His co-leader is Jordan Spieth, thanks to three straight birdies at Nos. 4-6 followed by a par. They lead by two over Charles Howell III, Bryce Molder, Chris Stroud and Charlie Wi.
Morgan Hoffmann has four birdies and a double bogey through nine holes, and has joined Patrick Reed and Trevor Immelman in the lead at 7 under. Sergio Garcia is one shot back at 6 under. He's 1 under through 11 holes today.
Patrick Reed joins Trevor Immelman in the lead at 7 under after a birdie at No. 13. Also, Sergio Garcia is back to 5 under, and even for the day, after his birdie at No. 17.
Update No. 1: 9:25 a.m. EDT
Trevor Immelman is 2 under through five holes today to move into the solo lead at 7 under. He leads first-round co-leaders Ross Fisher and Chris Stroud, as well as Patrick Reed and Zach Johnson by a shot. Sergio Garcia is 1 over through five holes today, falling back to 4 under.
Expect a 40 percent chance of rain and moderate wind Friday, as Sedgefield could stay moist with favorable scoring conditions, according to weather.com. Highs are expected in the low 70s.
Thursday coverage
• 5 Things: Fisher, Stroud upstage Garcia, Spieth, others for lead at Wyndham
Ross Fisher and Chris Stroud took different routes to opening-round 6-under 64s on Thursday at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. Fisher made four birdies, an eagle and no bogeys while Stroud needed eight birdies to offset two bogeys, nine missed fairways and seven missed greens.
• FedExCup: Day 1 of bubble watch at Wyndham
Ross Fisher, who holds a share of the first-round lead, entered this week at No. 162 in the FedEx Cup standings. With a win, he's projected to move up to No. 56. Trevor Immelman, who is tied for third at 5 under, is projected at No. 126 after the first round. Here's a look at the how some other players on the bubble fared Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club.
• How it Happened: Fisher, Stroud lead; Garcia chases
There is plenty of star power at this week's Wyndham Championship, from defending champion Sergio Garcia to two-time 2013 winner Brandt Snedeker to 2012 U.S. Open champ Webb Simpson. Chris Stroud posted an early 64 to take the lead in the morning, while Ross Fisher caught him in the afternoon. But eight golfers are just a shot back.
• Glover plays in Greensboro despite broken toe
Lucas Glover entered the week at No. 99 in the FedEx Cup standings, so a good finish in the Wyndham Championship would help ensure the Clemson product of at least two playoff starts. So despite a broken middle toe in his right foot, Glover was determined to play in the regular-season finale.
Pre-tournament coverage
• Rude: Meet the man behind Dufner's transformation into major champ
Chuck Cook has coached players to seven major championship victories — including Jason Dufner's last week at the PGA Championship. Yet, his name isn't on the tip of your tongue when you think of the game's best coaches — but it should be.
• Notes: Harrington on hold; Oak Hill trips Jimenez; more
The FedExCup points bubble and Grand Slam of Golf roster have Padraig Harrington's itinerary up in the air; Oak Hill produced scoring oddities, including for Miguel Angel Jimenez; plus more in our PGA Tour notebook.
• Wyndham adds big names on FedEx points bubble
Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington and Geoff Ogilvy are among those committing late to this week's Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., looking to shore up their spots in the FedExCup's first event, the Barclays.
• Fantasy Tip Sheet: Garcia, Haas headline Wyndham picks
From Sergio Garcia to Hideki Matsuyama, our panel of experts make their picks for this week's Wyndham Championship.
Tiger explains why he chewed gum in Masters win
Masters: Everything gets 'weird' for Bryson DeChambeau, who shoots 66-75
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Spotsylvania mother charged with murder after 4-year-old eats sizable amount of THC gummies
By FOX 5 DC Digital Team
Updated 12:56PM
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. - A Spotsylvania County woman is facing felony murder and felony child neglect charges after authorities say her 4-year-old son died days after eating a sizable amount of THC gummies.
A grand jury indicted 30-year-old Dorothy Annette Clements Monday for the death of her child. Investigators say the boy died May 08, 2022 two days after suffering a medical emergency at a home in the 5400 block of Jamie Court.
Detectives who investigated the death say doctors say the child's toxicity level showed a high level of Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. Investigators believe the child ingested a large amount of THC gummies prior to his death.
Dorothy Annette Clements (Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office)
According to investigators, a doctor told detectives that had medical intervention occurred shortly after the ingestion, it could have prevented the child's death. Investigators also say statements made to detectives by the mother did not match evidence seized at the home.
Authorities say Clements was taken into custody on October 20th and remains at the Rappahannock Regional Jail under no bond.

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Kobun (Classical Japanese) - Old Kana Why the "ye" in "Yebisu" is even a thing.
Finally, you can translate The Tale of Genji from the original! But can you read it out loud without confusing your Japanese-speaking friends? It would be strange, after all, if you didn't read「今日」 as「 きょう」, despite the fact that it was spelled as「けふ」in older texts.
If the けふ > きょう reading doesn't make sense, consider that languages change. Important sounds change, but writing takes a while to catch up to the new sounds, or sometimes it never does. You know these transformations occur because I just spelled the word "know" with a 'k', yet there's no 'k' in its pronunciation. There used to be! A long, long time ago.
In Japanese, this system of sound conversion is called Rekishi-tekina kanadzukai 歴史的な仮名遣い(れきしてきなかなづかい), or "historical kana usage". I'll assume you've read the other Kobun posts (intro, verbs, jodoushi, adjectives, and honorifics), but even if you haven't, you'll learn cool skills, like how to read old-timey hiragana signs in Japanese.
Before you can use Old Kana rules, you need to know why they're beneficial. By looking at more familiar English — specifically, Middle English — you'll see why.
The question marks are beside words I couldn't make sense of, but made a stab at based on my Modern English. Want to see how close I got to a reasonable translation?
Notice the words that don't resemble our modern vocabulary. This exercise should give you a taste of the comprehension scale a Japanese native speaker approaches their own Classics with. historical kana usage rules help you do to Kobun texts what I did to the "Piers Plowman" stanza. In other words, you'll be reading funny Kobun spellings, filling it in with your Modern Japanese knowledge, and coming to quicker conclusions about the Classical texts you read.
Don't let the word 'rules' scare you. These aren't rules for you to follow; they're rules the sounds have followed, leaving a trail of bread crumbs from, say, an old ふ in the Kobun word 給ふ to an う in the Modern 給う.
ゐ/ヰ and ゑ/ヱ are characters that are not used in Modern Japanese (except to invoke Shakespearean, old-timey language), but they crop up in the Classics. The hiragana ゐ and katakana ヰ represented the sound 'wi' but the words written with ゐ/ヰ evolved simply into an い (look back at the Piers Plowman video; English 'hear' used to sound way different, and was spelled differently, too).
The same is true for ゑ/ヱ, which used to be 'ye' (or even 'we'), and is responsible for "Ebisu" sometimes being romanized as "Yebisu".
If you would read ゑ/ヱ as え, you could discern what a Classic story is talking about based on your Modern Japanese vocabulary. For example, what comes to mind if you read こゑ below as "koe"? Let me help with the other vocabulary; gion-shouja 祇園精舎(ぎおんしょうじゃ) is a temple name, and kane 鐘(かね) means "bell".
Probably, you thought of the most common "koe" you hear in Japanese, and that's "voice". "Voice of the Gion Temple Bell"? Close enough; koe had a few other meanings, including neiro 音色(ねいろ), the quality, or "color," of a sound. So it's a metaphorical sense of 'voice' in that clause.
If you had read こゑ as "koye" instead of "koe", you might have missed this clue and had to go searching through a Kogo-jiten. We do that enough already, so you can see how sound rules make the process faster and easier.
That を? It's actually 「男」- "boy / man", which could also be hiragana'd in the slightly more familiar 「をとこ」way, but also as 「をのこ」. You just need to read these を's as お.
Also, you learned at the beginning of your Japanese education that は (wa) and へ (e) aren't pronounced the way they're written, so you've already been using modern pronunciation for tricky, archiac spellings!
Read づ as ず and ぢ as じ.
There are a lot of words that have changed their spelling in this way, like 水 (みづ → みず), 何れ (いづれ → いずれ), 閉(と)ぢる → とじる, and 紅葉 (もみぢ → もみじ).
If you look at the photo above, you can see that this train station post has on the side the location: Ochanomizu. Yet, the hiragana is "Ochiyanomidzu." I described the づ → ず rule, but it's also worth mentioning that small characters weren't really a thing way back when; hence, おちゃ is written as おちや. Little y-sounds (や、ゆ、よ) and small つ's (such as in あった) will often be rendered as the standard-sized hiragana in Kobun texts, so try sounding things each way for clues.
Below you'll find bulleted lists of Tenko -"change of call". These have to be practiced and memorized, but the bright side is that they're straight-forward.
The Tenko rules above are for the middle of words, so 我 is still "ware", and 昔 still "mukashi."
Sound rules make the song below pretty interesting. The original melody uses modern Japanese lyrics, but the musical group likes to make Kobun-esque cover songs. In doing so, koe 声(こえ) became archaic "koye", but the jodoushi らむ is still pronounced らん.
Nobody was born knowing the English alphabet; someone taught you how letters represent sounds. Think back to that learning process. Rules like 'i' before 'e' except after 'c' are inaccurate but often helpful. The Japanese sound rules for historical kana usage aren't accurate 100% of the time, either, but they should make Kobun a little less confusing and empower you on any quest to better understand the Japanese language.
Attwater, Donald & Rachel. The Book Concerning Piers the Plowman. Everyman, 1957.
Langland, William. The Vision of Piers Plowman.
MEXT. Regarding the treatment of kana orthography in formal education.


The phase "Elephant in the room" is an idiom for an obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed. The expression also applies to an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss. The concept of supplier innovation is not necessarily new to business but as it becomes adopted wisdom among the procurement community there is an elephant in the room.
Are procurement are the right people to handle supplier innovation?
There is something almost Jekyll and Hyde about the modern procurement function. On one hand they are the gatekeepers to fortunes if you are seen as strategic or business critical, they are therefore the team you want to share your next best thing with. On the other hand, they are the team you least want to encounter as they will inevitably find a way to improve the terms of engagement in their favour.
Procurements historical big stick approach is difficult to reconcile with the modern carrot of wanting to become a preferred buyer so they can secure new products and services that provide their organisation with competitive advantage.
The tricky part is new ideas, new concepts, new practices are like the tender shoots of a plant and easily destroyed if handled incorrectly. Where poor procurement experiences have accumulated over time, organisational memory serves protectionist behaviours with buyers and makes the offer of openness from the self-same people somewhat unappealing.
A collaborative innovation economy is dependent on trust. The shift in paradigm from experiencing Mr. Hyde's leveraged savings, forced rebates, and de-constructed margin erosion, to embracing Dr. Jekyll's open book collaboration, joint innovation and collective value chain optimisation has left suppliers in a state of wariness wondering at what point they will be back to dealing with Hyde.
The 2000's were the era of spend analysis, reverse auctions and buying networks. The 2010's is a decade of big data, relationship management and disruptive innovation. We access more information and have greater transparency than ever before but we seem to know less. That is a topic for another time but hold that thought.
Grant Watling is a Principal Consultant and Global Consulting service line leader at HICX Solutions. HICX Solutions delivers the leading Supplier Information Management platform that helps customers significantly reduce costs and risk associated with managing suppliers. HICX Global Consulting has the mission to help clients make the most of their SRM investments in the shortest possible time and specialise in providing advice on all aspects of supplier management.


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Храм Венери і Роми (, ) — колись найбільша релігійна споруда стародавнього Риму.

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Споруда займало всю територію від базиліки Максенція і аж до долини Колізею, і було зведено на постаменті завдовжки 145 м і завширшки 100 м. Храм був побудований за імператора Адріана у 121-137, на тому місці, де колись розташовувався портик Золотого дому Нерона. Храм займав центральну частину портика: він був побудований з двох целл, одна навпроти іншої, із загальною внутрішньої стіною.

Целла, що виходила до форуму, була присвячена богині міста Риму — Ромі, інша присвячена богині Венері. Після пожежі Максенцій перебудував інтер'єр у 307: дві абсиди були висічені в задній частині целлу, де розмістили статуї богинь, бокові стіни з порфіровими колонами обрамляли ніші для статуй. Підлога була викладена геометричною мозаїкою з кольорового мармуру. Східна целла збереглася до наших днів краще за все, тому що вона довгий час була частиною церкви Санта Франческа Романа.

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Last Year In Film/Great Scenes From Shit Films Part 9: The Happening by Jamie
Filed under: Great Scenes From Shit Films, Last Year In Film | Tags: bad, cinema, deschanel, film, Films, funny, happening, john, leguizamo, m, mark, movie, movies, night, nomination, picture, plant, plants, razzie, science, shyamalan, stupid, the, wahlberg, worst, zooey
The Happening is a stupid, stupid movie. I don't think anyone can deny that. In fact, it may just be the stupidest movie I've ever seen and I've seen Snakes on a Plane and Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus. It plumbs the depths of dumb in ways that few films have ever done before and for that, M. Night Shyamalan deserves some credit. A few days before reviews for the film were posted online, M. Night said that The Happening was intended to be a B-Movie and I can't help but call bullshit. If it was, why did he wait so long before revealing this fact? Why wasn't it mentioned in any of the films advertising? Can you imagine if Grindhouse had been released under a different name without any attention being drawn to the fact that they were Grindhouse films? People would be annoyed and rightfully so… Though with the two films released under the Groundhouse title it is painfully clear what is going on even without any reference to it so maybe that's a bad example. Sorry. Anyway, it's pretty clear that Shyamalan intended for this film to be something more than a B-Movie and, when he got wind of the reaction to it, he decided to try and bluff everyone. Well, it didn't work.
Once more, spoilers ahead. The Happening tells the stupid, stupid story of people all along the East Coast of the US mysteriously killing themselves for no apparent reason. It begins in New York in Central Park. People suddenly stop what ever they are doing, walk backwards and start killing themselves. What ever is causing this soon spreads throughout New York ending in a hilarious scene where builders begin leaping off of the building they are working on.
It's in the next scene, in Philidelphia, that we meet Mark Wahlberg as Elliot Moore, the worst science teacher in the world. He believes in auras and mood rings and at one point, with regard to the disappearance of bees, he actually says:
"Science will come up with some reason to put in the books, but in the end it'll be just a theory. I mean, we will fail to acknowledge that there are forces at work beyond our understanding. To be a scientist, you must have a respectful awe for the laws of nature."
Wow, that is truly, truly awful. I can agree with the last sentence but everything before it is terrible. Just a theory? There is no way that a scientist would consider the meaning of the word 'theory' to be a guess. That's the colloquial definition of theory. In science a theory must be based on observed facts and make testable predictions. It must have no equally acceptable or more acceptable alternative theory and it must have survived attempts at falsification. And what's this crap about acknowledging that there are forces beyond our understanding? A scientists job is to explore those forces and try to understand them. In short, Elliot Moore should not be teaching anyone science. Still, despite all this, Mark Wahlberg is the best thing in this film. More on that later.
Anyway, the school principal, played by Cameron from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, closes the school early and Elliot and his best friend, Julian (John Leguizamo), decide to get the fuck outta dodge and get a train to Julian's mother's house in Harrisburg. They are accompanied by Julian's recurring plot device… I mean daughter, Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez) and Elliot's wife Alma (Zooey Deschanel, yes, she actually spells her name that way.) It's hinted that Alma may have cheated on Elliot in some way and that she's still lying to her husband about it. I hope that pays off well.
The train is stopped in the middle on nowhere because, as the train drivers say, "We lost contact… With everyone." Wow, powerful stuff. Anyway everyone holds up in a tiny diner for a while, getting constant updates on the situation from the TV. This is also where the greatest scene in the entire film occurs. It is literally awesome. In fact, let's make it a Great Scene From Shit Films entry as well. Ok, here it is:
(I'm sorry, I thought there was a better quality version of this scene on YouTube but I couldn't find it.)
Fuck me. That dude got his arms all ripped off by lions. Thankyou movie, honestly, for letting me see that. At least you have a reason for existing. That's more than most of the Razzie films I've watched for this segment. Let's back to the story. Julian can't get in touch with his wife on the phone and decides to go to Princeton to find her, leaving his daughter with Elliot and his missus. He get's a ride in a jeep being driven by Dante from Clerks, though you never clearly see his face, his beard in the side view mirror is enough to give him away. Sadly, Julian never meets his wife because, after another hilarious scene which features a bunch of bodies hanging down the road in Princeton, air leaks into the Jeep and everyone becomes infected. Dante intentionally crashes the jeep, somehow managing to propel the person behind Julian over him and through the windshield. Julian survives only to get out of the jeep, pick up a piece of shattered glass and slice open his wrist.
Meanwhile Elliot and co. manage to hitch a ride with a hot dog obsessed botanist and his wife. The botanist doesn't believe the official story behind what's going on, that terrorists are behind the mysterious events. Instead he believes it's plants, because all plants can communicate with each other and they've all evolved to want to take us all down a peg. This is, of course, blatantly stupid. Even if plant's can communicate with members of their own species (and such communication is pretty much limited to releasing chemicals to warn others when they are being eaten so that the others can increase toxin production) they certainly can't communicate with other species. It's also impossible to assume that they all evolved this strange neurotoxin at once. Plant evolution works in exactly the same way as animal evolution. The smaller, quicker-breeding plants can mutate quicker whilst the large, slower-breeding plants mutate at a much slower rate, therefore there's no way the trees and grass could all do this at the same time. Unless it was all part of some nefarious plot, the grass evolving this ability centuries ago and have since been waiting for trees to catch up. Now that they have, the time to strike has come! No… That's too stupid, even for The Happening.
The group soon meets up with a few more survivors and they begin walking to a lightly populated town in hope of escaping the terrorist attack. They split into two groups, with Elliot, Alma and Jess' group being in the front whilst the second, larger group follows behind. Suddenly, the first group hears gunshots and realises that the second group are killing themselves. Not only that but the botanist was right! It is the plants! Oh my god! This scene leads up to one of the moments that makes Mark Wahlberg the best thing about this film. He is hilarious.
Wow. Just wow. Throughout the film Wahlberg acts like this and it actually makes the film watchable. If not for him, The Happening would be a boring piece of shit with an incredibly stupid plot. I salute you Mark Wahlberg and your heroic mastery of the craft of non-acting or whatever it is that you're doing.
This scene then leads into one of the stupidest things ever put to film. Did I mention this film was stupid? Well, what happens next is a scene wherein Wahlberg's group runs away from the wind. Yes, there's certainly nothing more exciting in all the world than seeing a bunch of people run away from the wind. And that's pretty much the point where the film completely falls apart. Each scene is more ridiculous that the last. There's sights you'd never thought you'd see like Mark Wahlberg pointing to a big house in plain view of everyone and shouting "Hey, there's a big house." Mark Wahlberg talking to a plastic potted plant, asking it's permission to use the bathroom. We also found out what it was that Alma was feeling so guilty about. She confesses to Elliot that she and a co-worker went out for GASP! dessert and she never told him about it! Really? That's it movie? That's your big infidelity storyline? Fuck you movie. Fuck you. There's an awesome scene of a man getting himself run over by a ride on lawn mower and there's a crazy old lady who lives alone and doesn't like it when people eye her lemon drink.
It's while staying at this old lady's house that Mark Wahlberg's performance reaches it's pinnacle, where Wahlberg truly reaches for the stars:
There's something about this scene that makes it seem as though Elliot was planning to kill the old women, even though I'm pretty sure that never crossed the character's mind. Maybe he suffers from a similar condition to me. I find it really hard to sound sincere when I say thankyou, even when I genuinely mean it. Maybe Elliot really has a problem trying to sound as though he's not going to kill someone, even when he has no intention of doing so.
Anyway, the film culminates with The Happening not happening any more just as Elliot, Alma and Jess have to go outside. I mean literally just before. It's so fucking stupid it makes me damn, damn mad. Anyway, Jess is adopted by Elliot and Alma, Alma get's knocked up and a man on the TV posits that this was just a warning. We then cut to Paris where The Happening begins to happen again. This time, however, it only lasts a few hours as the French immediately surrender and France is soon ruled by trees. Sorry to any French readers but, well, who can resist?
So there you have it. The Happening was easily the most entertaining film I've seen out of the Razzie nominations, largely due to the hilarious performance of Mark Wahlberg. Seriously, without him this would have been an awful, awful film but because of him it's just a stupidly fun bad film that gets two pints out of five.
Last Year In Film: Disaster Movie by Jamie
Filed under: Last Year In Film | Tags: 2008, aaron, actress, carmen, cinema, culture, director, disaster, electra, film, Films, friedberg, jason, kardashian, kim, movie, movies, nominee, parody, picture, pop, screenplay, seltzer, shit, stupid, supporting, terrible, the, worst
Oh fucking Jesus fucking Christ. What the fuck is wrong with the world? Why are things like this allowed to exist? Yes, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer unleashed two pieces of cinematic garbage upon the world in 2008 and whilst Meet The Spartans was a bad film it's actually kinda watchable when compared with this entry in the _____ Movie franchise, Disaster Movie.
This film has absolutely no redeeming qualities. The jokes are shit, the performances laughable (though not in the way intended) and my world is a far, far more painful place having sat through it. And I have to live with that. I have to spend every waking hour of the rest of my life knowing that I spent an hour and a half watching this. No wait. It's more than that because it took me three tries before I actually managed to sit through the entire thing. Each time I got about fifteen minutes through before I had to stop. So in essence I've spent two hours and fifteen minutes watching this piece of shit. I am a broken man.
And now I'm reliving it all again just so I can write this. Fine. Let's get this the fuck over with. Remember all those trailers that came out in 2007/2008 for films like Hancock, The Dark Knight, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull? Friedberg and Seltzer clearly did because they inserted parodies of all of those films in this fucking film. They actually parodied films that they hadn't seen yet. It's ridiculous. As a result all the parodies of these films are just the character showing up and doing nothing or, in Hancock's case, parodying one specific piece from the trailer itself. Well done movie. Well done. I applaud your creativity. Sorry, did I say creativity? I meant go fuck yourself movie. Go fuck yourself right to hell.
The rest of the parodies are pretty much the same fare that we saw in Meet The Spartans except somehow they've managed to take this time-tested method of spoofing pop culture and make it shitter. This film has even less respect for it's audience. Where Meet The Spartans held your hand so that you could get each and every joke, this film grabs you by the fucking neck and rubs your face in the joke, whilst shouting at you "LOOK! LOOK WHAT WE'RE MAKING FUN OF! ISN'T IT FUNNY?!?! HAHAHA!" The whole thing is really rather tedious. "LOOK! LOOK! IT'S HANNAH MONTANA! SHE'S SHILLING THINGS EVEN AS SHE DIES UNDER A METEOR! ARE WE NOT EXCELLENT SATIRISTS?" I think you get the picture.
This film, for technically that's what it is, almost makes me want to somehow stop all things from happening. Because as long as events occur, there will be things for these movies creators to 'parody.' Billions of years of evolution and thousands of years of civilisation led to the creation of these movies and for that reason alone I'm starting to think that this whole 'Human Race' thing was really a bad idea from the get go and we'd be doing the universe as a whole a favour by simply going extinct right now. And even if we don't, something else may do it for us. After all, there's the chance that these films are being beamed into space right now and that, some time in the future they will be intercepted by an otherwise peaceful alien civilisation who, as a result of watching them, come to the conclusion that existence would be a far better thing without these meddlesome hairless apes running around making shitty parody films. Well done Friedberg and Seltzer. You've doomed our species.
And what's the worse thing about this damn movie? (If indeed anything can be considered worse than the impending annihilation of your species by pissed off extra-terrestrials?) The fact that they took something genuinely funny, in this case Sarah Silverman's song 'I'm Fucking Matt Damon' and totally ruin it. Why movie? Why must you ruin good things with your dogged determination to suck so bad? I believe I've said it before but it bears repeating. Fuck you movie.
So that's that then. Disaster movie is done and dusted and I'll never have to watch it again but there will always be a part of me that is gone thanks to this movie, destroyed by it's utter awfulness. I'm fairly sure that if you look into my eyes you'll notice something is off, like a part of me has died in some way. So what kind of a rating can I give this film? I don't think it really fits into our pint of beer scheme so there is only one way I can rate this. With the grand score of Unicum. If you've never experienced Unicum, one of Hungary's national drinks, then you are exceedingly lucky. It is foul and so is this movie.
Last Year In Film: Meet The Spartans by Jamie
Filed under: Last Year In Film | Tags: 2008, 300, aaron, actress, carmen, cinema, culture, director, electra, film, Films, friedberg, jason, kevin, maguire, meet, movie, movies, nominee, parody, picture, pop, screenplay, sean, seltzer, shit, sorbo, spartans, stupid, supporting, terrible, the, worst
Remember when parody film was a phrase that didn't send people with half a brain cell recoiling in horror? A time when films like Airplane!, Spaceballs and Monty Python and the Holy Grail strode the comedy plains and delighted audiences far and wide. Do you know why those films were so awesome? Because the filmmakers had a modicum of respect for their audiences. Yes, the humour was sometimes wacky and out of left field but they didn't have to take you by the hand and explain the jokes to you. The joke played out and you either got it or you didn't. Meet The Spartans, on the other hand, treats it's audience as if they had their brain removed and won't be able to understand a joke unless it's made very clear exactly what is being made fun of.
Now, I decided to keep a list during this film of the times that I laughed. That list numbers five which I have to admit is more than I thought I would. Of these five times, fthree were light chuckles and two were what I would consider proper laughs. So well done movie for managing to get two full laughs out of me. I commend your efforts. These two times were when Leonadis holds the hand of the Persian Emissary and starts swinging it like a little girl as they walk and when the Spartans joined hands and skipped into battle singing 'I Will Survive.' Who knew I was such a sucker for men hand holding humour. That's the problem with this film though. The only bits that I found funny were when they were in the context of parodying 300 without any real riffing on 'popular' culture and that's really few and far between in this film.
For the most part this film is all about taking the piss out of pop-culture and this could probably be quite funny if one, they cut the fuck back on it a bit, and two, if they took shots at things that weren't already self-parody in there own rights. Oh, what's that Meet The Spartans? You've got a joke where Britney Spears is shaving her head, being a bad mother and flashing her vagina? Oh, what a witty commentary on modern society. What's this now? A joke about Lindsay Lohan coming out of rehab and flashing her vagina? Truly movie, you are a jester worthy of the highest of praises.
Perhaps the oddest thing about this film is the credits sequence. The film came to an end whilst there were still twenty minutes left. I was confused. The film itself had only lasted about an hour, which was a small mercy but how could it have had so many people working on it that it would warrant a twenty minute credit sequence? Then, about halfway through the credits some more scenes started. Oh good, I thought, perhaps there are some outtakes. Even a shit film can have some pretty decent outtakes. But no. These weren't outtakes at all. They were actually just extra scenes that looked like they'd been plucked from the film itself and just placed randomly in the credits. Why? What the fuck were the filmmakers thinking? Oh, wait. I guess they weren't. They made Meet The Spartans after all.
So what of the acting? Well, it's kinda hard to judge as I don't think you can call what the people in this film were required to do acting. I will say this though, Sean Maguire as Leonidas and Kevin Sorbo as Captain do look as though they're just trying to have fun with the stupid roles they seem to have found themselves in and as such I find it really hard to hate them both. As for Travis Van Winkle, who plays Sonio, well I can't help but despise him since he was in that piece of shit Friday the 13th remake which so offended me.
Well, what more is there that I can say about this cinematic abortion? I suppose I have to give it a half a pint out of five just for making me laugh a couple of times. That's a couple more than I predict for Disaster Movie. Still, I have to say stay away from this piece of shit. It's pretty much repugnant and offensive to anyone descended from anyone who lived during the time of the Ancient Greeks.
Last Year In Film: Slumdog Millionaire by Jamie
Filed under: Last Year In Film | Tags: be, best, boyle, cinema, danny, dev, director, film, Films, india, jamal, latika, millionaire, movie, movies, mumbai, patel, picture, salim, slumdog, To, wants, who
As always, spoilers follow.
So this is it then. The big one. The winner of the best picture last year, Slumdog Millionaire. It's a movie which has a hell of a lot packed into it over the course of two hours. There's torture, romance, murder, poverty, gangsters, dancing and the quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? So did it deserve the awards, the hype, the praise? Let's find out, won't we?
The movie's set in India, specifically Mumbai for the most part and tell the tale of Jamal Malik, his brother Salim and the girl of Jamal's dreams, Latika, children born in the slums of the city who are all orphaned by a Hindu attack on their Muslim slums. The film follows their journeys over the years, joined at times, separated at others and all told by an older Jamal during an interview with the police. Why is he being interviewed by the police? Well, he's currently on the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? And he's doing so well that he's arrested after his first night on the programme after getting the penultimate question correct, accused of fraud because, honestly, how could someone who grew up on the streets and is currently working as a tea boy possibly know the answers to so many questions? He's tortured by the police at first and when that doesn't shed any light on the subject they decided to interview him and he relays that he knows the answers to the questions due to various events throughout his life.
And that's a bit of a problem I have with this film. It's a bit damn convenient that the questions are asked in a sequence that would allow his flashbacks to have a coherent narrative. Still, it's a bit of a minor point especially if you buy into the underlying point of the film that everything that happened was destined to turn out that way.
Now, one of the phrases that got thrown about after this film blew up massively was that it was a feel good hit, a really uplifting experience and I have to call bullshit on that. Every time something good happens, something terrible happens either at the same time or a short time afterwards, Even the moment where Jamal is about to answer the final question is counterbalanced by his brother Salim, who has finally redeemed himself to some extent, being shot the shit out of. As for Salim there are times when he is so unrelentingly cuntish that he's almost unbelievable as a character but again, it's kind of a minor point and it's kinda necessary to push the plot forward.
Still, that's not to say it's a depressing film, though many, many depressing things happen during it, such as a young boy being blinded by acid in order to make him a more effective beggar. I just feel as though the uplifting nature of the film has been a little overplayed.
There's also a general sense throughout the film that India is a horrible, horrible place filled with slums, children living in dumps and being blinded by bastard orphanage owners and I guess I can't say that it isn't and it is genuinely rewarding when you see Jamal doing everything he can to get himself out of that world whilst trying to take Latika with him.
Damn, there's so much going on in this film that I'm finding it hard to write a coherent review so fuck it, I'll finish here. So, did Slumdog Millionaire deserve the Oscar? Well, it's a very, very good film. It's shot beautifully, excellently paced and the actors are all pretty damn good, except for some tourists who seem to have some very dubious accents. Still, personally I'd have given the award to Frost/Nixon which was definitely the film I enjoyed out of the crop of the Best Picture nominees. I'd probably give Milk an award over this as well. Still, if I had to rate Slumdog Millionaire I'd give it four out of five pints and I still highly recommend seeing it if you haven't.
So, that's the Academy Awards Best Pictures nominees covered. Next I'll be taking a look at the Worst Picture nominees from the Razzies so look forward to reviews of classics such as Disaster Movie and The Love Guru. If blog pages could be stained with tears then these would be…
Last Year In Film: Milk by Jamie
Filed under: Last Year In Film | Tags: academy, activists, actor, awards, best, black, brolin, cinema, civil, costume, design, director, dustin, editing, emil, film, Films, franco, gay, gus, harvey, hirsch, james, josh, lance, milk, movie, movies, original, oscar, penn, picture, politics, rights, sant, score, screenplay, sean, supporting, van
As a straight, white male I don't think I can claim that I have ever been oppressed. In fact in the entire history of my people you might have to go all the way back to the Roman invasion of Britain to even attempt to make a claim of oppression and a fairly flimsy claim it would be too. What hardships our people faced when the Romans brought us roads, sanitation and mosaics. To be fair though, they did call us wild savages and laughed when we painted our faces blue. That had to sting. Bastards.
So it's with some trepidation that I come to Milk, the story of 70s gay rights activist and politician. It's the same problem with films about black civil rights. I can empathise with the people in these films, be disgusted by the actions of the oppressors and I certainly believe that every one is entitled to the same rights as everyone else, regardless of race or sexual orientation but as a member of the group who's never really had to deal with fighting for our rights, I find it kind of hard to relate to these films sometimes. Not the fault of the films of course, just a circumstance of birth.
With Milk it was even more challenging because, in general, the history of the gay civil rights movement isn't as extensively covered as that of the black civil rights movement. I could probably name you quite an extensive list of films covering that topic but for films about the gay fight for equality, I could name two and they are both about the same person, this film and the documentary that preceded it, The Times of Harvey Milk, and I've only seen one of them.
Anyway, on with the film. It opens with archive footage showing the police raiding several gay bars during the 50s and 60s before going onto the story of Harvey Milk, a gay man living in New York during the early 70s on the day before his 40th birthday. A chance encounter with Scott (James Franco), a younger gay man, leads them both to move to San Francisco for a change of scene. It's here that Harvey first develops an interest in politics and a hope for the improvement of the lives of gay people in America.
After several unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the position of city supervisor for his district, Harvey finally achieves his goal and becomes the first openly gay man elected to public office. It's at this point that he meets Dan White (Josh Brolin) a man who he seems to get on fairly well with at first and the men come to an agreement to back each other during votes, in particular White asks Milk to support him on preventing a mental health institute from being built in his district. Harvey changes his mind after finding out more details about the proposition and White becomes determined to oppose him at every turn, leading to his own political downfall. Meanwhile Harvey goes on to greater and greater things, successfully leading the opposition to Prop 6 which would have banned gay people and those who support them from becoming teachers which further deepens Dan White's feelings of failure. I won't spoil the ending but if you know the true story at all, and chances are you probably do, then you know what's coming anyway.
So what is there to say about this film? Well, the performances for one were all brilliant. From Sean Penn to Josh Brolin (who I think I've liked in everything I've seen him in since The Goonies) to every supporting character. Each actor brings something great to their role, no matter how small it is. The big question is, of course, should Sean Penn have won the Oscar for best actor? Well, I'm still not to sure about that. I'm kinda torn between him and Frank Langella as Nixon at the minute. Penn definitely deserved to be recognised for his portrayal of Harvey Milk but there's just something that Langella brings to the former President that I feel would have been equally justified had he won the award.
Perhaps the most important thing about the film is the impact it had on me. Well, it certainly made me appreciate the struggle of the American gay community during those tumultuous times and provided me with enough history to help me understand just why the world is the way it is today and the part Harvey Milk played in that. And the ending is incredibly touching, particularly when mixed in with the archive footage. Which brings me to another good point. Throughout the film the action is interspersed with archive footage from the time and it's far, far less jarring than the faux documentary interviews in Frost/Nixon. That being said I still think Frost/Nixon just beats Milk by a tiny margin as a slightly more enjoyable film. All in all, I certainly recommend Milk and I'll give it four pints out of five.
Last Year In Film: Frost/Nixon by Jamie
Filed under: Last Year In Film | Tags: 2008, academy, actor, adapted, award, awards, bacon, best, cinema, david, director, editing, film, Films, frank, frost, howard, interviews, kevin, langella, michael, movie, movies, nixon, nominated, oscars, picture, richard, Rockwell, ron, sam, screenplay, sheen, watergate
I am an all round geek. A jack of all geek trades and a master of none and one of the facets that makes up that geek whole is political geekery. I first started to become interested in politics around the time that George W. Bush came to power as the president of the United States and so my interest has always been with American politics, which is far, far more interesting than our rather underwhelming British system, and in particular the dark, shadier side of the political scene.
It should be no surprise then that Richard M. Nixon is a particularly fascinating figure to me. His name has become synonymous with political corruption, scandal and abuse of power. There are many who blame him for thousands, even millions, losing faith in the democratic establishment and the political process. The Watergate scandal shook the American system to it's very core and even today it's ramifications are felt, so much so that the suffix -gate is attached to almost every political scandal.
Three years after Nixon resigned from the presidency, Nixon agreed to be interviewed by British talk show host David Frost, for the sum of $60,000 and 20% of the profit. The film Frost/Nixon, directed by Ron Howard and starring Frank Langella and Michael Sheen, tells the story of those interviews. Now, I'll admit it doesn't sound like the most exciting subject matter for a film but bear with me.
This film is fucking awesome. I cannot impress upon you just how good it is. I remember seeing the trailer at the cinema, possibly before Oliver Stone's W and I was instantly interested but the trailer did give me the impression that it was heavily, heavily overly dramatised and I'll admit that having seen the film it most certainly is but to be fair what do you want? It's a movie, it has to have heightened drama.
The performances are incredible. Michael Sheen is perfect as portraying the young David Frost, a cocky playboy type filled with confidence who you should probably find annoying but he remains insanely likeable. Sheen also has Frost's voice down perfectly and, if it weren't for the fact that I've grown up knowing Frost as the older gentleman he is today, I'd probably forget I was watching someone else portray him.
Frank Langella delivers a powerhouse performance as Richard Nixon. Ugh, I feel disgusted with myself having read that sentence. Let me try again. Frank Langella fucking rules as Richard Nixon. There much better. He manages to convey a strange mixture of devious intelligence, ignorance and genuine sadness to create a Nixon who is so more compelling than the one-dimensional prick who people are generally thinking of when they talk about the former president.
Rounding out the cast are Matthew Macfadyen as Frost's producer John Brit, Oliver Platt as journalist Bob Zelnick, Sam Rockwell as journalist James Reston Jr, Rebecca Hall as Frost's love interest Caroline Cushing and Kevin Bacon as Nixon's Chief of Staff Jack Brennan. The cast is all pretty good but Rockwell and Bacon really stand out. Rockwell plays Reston as a man who clearly feels as though Nixon has twisted the very concept of Democracy and must be made to confess and Bacon is great playing a man who's dedicated to Nixon until the end and seems to genuinely believe that the former president is a great, great man that the American people never appreciated as he deserved.
The film runs to about two hours but it never loses it's pace, even during some of the long pauses during the interviews themselves. In fact these pauses are integral to the interviews, particularly during the last one and manage to rack up the tension as if you were watching a kind of Mexican stand-off and in a way you are. Several times throughout the characters refer to the interviews as battles and that's the way they seem especially, once more, that final interview about the Watergate scandal. The only difference is that instead of guns they are using words.
Now, if there's one complaint I have about the film it's the occasional intrusion of the main storyline by short little, pseudo-documentary interviews. It features the actors portraying the characters discussing the events that have just happened in the film and at times it can really take you out of the film. It's certainly an interesting idea and at times, it can work by giving a sense of the story going on around the main storyline without intruding on it with unnecessary sub-plots but at times it can come off as superfluous and some of these scenes feel almost like they were just used as padding to build up the running time.
Ooh, now I think of it, there is one complaint I've heard and that's the historical accuracy of the film, in particular the Watergate interview. I can't really speak to that, I'm afraid as although I have the interviews on DVD I haven't watched them in a good few months and I have the recall of a goldfish who has repressed most of it's memories. Probably should have watched them again before I watched this. Nevermind. I'll probably watch them again later and if it turns out that the Watergate interview is radically different from the way it's portrayed in the film then those intrusive interviews will probably take me out of the film even more than they did before.
All that having been said though, I really do recommend this film particularly if you have even a passing interest in politics. It really does manage to give you a sense of how people felt about Nixon at the time and just why distrust towards the system, particularly in America, is so rampant today. I can't wait for the sequel Frost/Skeletor in which Frank Langella reprises his role as the The Evil Lord Of Destruction and answers tough questions on whether or not he let down the people of Eternia during his ill-fated invasion of Castle Greyskull. Until then I give Frost/Nixon four and a half pints out of five.


Ferris wheel of Kagoshima Chuo Station.The hight reaches to about 90 meters.The illuminations and the night view is also popular.
St. Francis Xavier is the first Christian missionary who arrived Kagoshima,Japan in 1549.Xavier Church is the church dedicated the saint constructed in 1908(You could see the part of building at Xavier Park from that period,in front of Xavier church).In 1999,the current building was replaced and Xavier's arm was reached to the church.
St. Francis Xavier's body is lying on Basilica of Bom Jesus,Goa,India.
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Apply for college now, please don't wait. Choose what you know and go for it. Don't let anyone tell you that you cant, go. Life without a college degree is not fun, nor is it easy. Work hard at it and you will see the rewards for your work. Make friends, get out of your comfort zone and talk to people. Join a club, it's a good way to make more friends and get involved in something. Don't worry to much, have faith in yourself, you can do it.
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WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING INTO POTENTIAL COLLEGES TO ATTEND AS AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, CONSIDER ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION. DO YOU WANT TO BE CLOSE TO YOUR FAMILY? FAR AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY? MAYBE YOU WANT TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. KEEP THAT IDEA IN MIND FIRST AND FOREMOST. REGRETTING WHERE YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO GO TO SCHOOL AS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE IS NOT AN EASY FEELING TO DEAL WITH. I PERSONALLY CHOSE BETWEEN TWO COLLEGES BASED ON DISTANCE. I KNEW I WANTED TO BE FARTHER AWAY, BUT INSTEAD I CHOSE THE SCHOOL THAT WAS A LITTLE CLOSER BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER WHEN IT CAME TO TRAVELING HOME FOR HOLIDAYS. I REGRETTED MY DECISION, AND WAS NOT HAPPY WHERE I ATTENDED. MY FIRST CHOICE WAS WHERE I ENDED UP TRANSFERING TO AFTER MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN COLLEGE, AND I AM GLAD THAT I DID THAT. GO WITH YOUR GUT FEELING, AND YOU WILL END UP HAPPY WITH WHERE YOU ARE.
Transitioning from high school to a college or university involves a drastic change in a student's life. College does not resemble high school. A student isn't in the school building for the entire day waiting for a bell to ring, they have to budget their own time and money, and basically have the freedom of making their own decisions without someone looking over their shoulder to guide them. If I could go back and give advice to myself about what I have experienced in the transition, I would say to manage the time you have. Make a schedule of what you want to do that week, like charity or sporting event or going to the gym. Begin the readings that you are assigned in class before the professor talks about them—you will know what they are actually saying and it helps when a quiz or test seems to creep up on you. Meet as many people as you can in your classes or in your residence hall and eventually pick a group that you enjoy being with and want to make part of your close circle. Enjoy yourself, but don't forget why you are there, too.
Apply to every college and get all the education you can before deciding on your future career.
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Just be patient and realize that every assignment has a purpose.
The most frustrating things about SUNY Cortland are the weather and the size of the general education classes.
To my high school self I want to give you some advice. Some of it will make sense, some won't. But believe me you want to follow it. 1.Wash the makeup off your face every night; mom is right about taking care of your skin. 2.Don't eat doughnuts for breakfast, you will gain weight and it gets harder to lose as you get older. 3.Do not smoke. 4.Appreciate the fact that you can get by with only six hours of sleep; use the time for good, not television. 5.Slow down behind the wheel, nothing is so important you should risk your life and lives of others. 6.Love your friends; many won't make it out of their twenties. 7.Do not get credit cards, just don't. 8.That boy you love so very much is going to get you pregnant and leave you, but your kid will be amazing. 9.Appreciate your Dad more. He may be a gigantic pain but you will miss him someday. 10.Love deeply and without conditions. 11.Every mistake is a lesson learned. 12.Anything and everything you put on the internet is PERMANENT.
Cortland is an awesome school for teachers and physical education majors. Cortland was originally called "The Teacher's School", and it wasn't until much later in it's life that Cortland opened up to other majors. It's a highly competitive athletic school and there is always something to do. Though Cortland's majority of students are teaching or P.E. majors, all of the departments are excellent and have professors that hold office hours so that students are always able to meet with them for extra help.
If I had the opportunity to talk to "High School Senior Kim", I would tell her to apply for more scholarships during high school. I did very well in high school and applied for a ton of scholarships, but I would tell myself to apply day and night until I received something. I would tell her that Mom's health is going to go downhill soon and you can't let her and Dad bear the burden of school bills. "Start establishing your credit." I would tell her. "Mom and Dad can't take out any loans because of Mom's medical bills." I would remind her that her parents will do whatever they can in order for her to go to the school of her choice, but she won't want them stressing out over something like that when there are bigger matters at hand.
Being an out-of-state student, the tuition is by far the worst thing about the school. I love the school, but my mom had a heart attack not long ago and medical bills have mounted, making it very difficult to pay the bill. Cortland offers very few scholarships and has far too many people applying for them. Loans are no help and you can not claim residency; they require tax returns, drivers license, etc. because they want all the money they can get, and their out-of-state students pay MUCH more than the in-state ones.
Overall, I am in love with my school. The summer after senior year of high school I was very hesitant about actually going away to school, but now that I am in my senior year of college I cannot imagine what life will be like leaving this school. The best thing about my school is that it is big, but not too big. By senior year you cannot go somewhere without seeing a familiar face and that's very comforting.The professors at my school, for the most part, are very approachable and will do anything to help you succeed in their classes. There's not one thing I would change about my school, except the weather here! It gets very cold in the winter. On campus, a lot of my time is spent in my classes, at the gym, at the library, or getting food somewhere (there are so many places to eat and all of the food is so yummy). I definitely think that there is a lot of school spirit, and we all truly love going here. One major example of our school pride is the cortaca football game. This is when our football team plays against Ithaca college and our school spirit truly shows. Everyone goes to the game wearing red (since our colors are red andn black), faces painted, we support our football team, and it's a lot of fun. Experiences that I'll always remember are the cortaca football games, and joining a sorority. My sorority gave me a group of really great friends who I can always go to when I need someone to talk to or just to hang out with. It really is an awesome experience. The biggest complaint at my school is probably just about going to class and doing homework, but you can find that at almost every campus. It's never an excessive amount of work, but you just have to make sure you don't fall behind because then you'll be in trouble. In Cortland, there are a few places to go to have fun. There is an glow in the dark mini golf which is a lot of fun, a movie theater, good places to eat, and there are always on campus events and sporting events to enjoy.
There are many things that every freshman should know before they come to SUNY Cortland. The most important thing that was shocking to me, is that it gets really cold and really fast. It starts snowing sometimes as early as mid-October. Be sure to bring up some winter clothes and a coat when you first come here. Even though it gets cold fast, definitely bring a fan, because the dorm rooms get really hot and there is no air conditioning. Another important thing is to stay on top of your work. Do not fall behind. college classes are a lot harder than high school classes and involve a lot more work (which is hard to transition to after having senioritis haha), but it is definitely manageable as long as you do your work on time and don't procrastinate too much. I have known a few people who have dropped out because they have skipped too many classes or they failed and it's a very sad thing. Another important thing to remember is to join as many things as you can and remain active. It's nice to joing a group of people to hang out with and to do fun activities with. It's my senior year and although I'm in a sorority and already am involved in something, I wish I would have involved myself a lot more. There are so many clubs I wish I would have taken a part in and I wish I would have went to more campus event and sports games. Another thing to remember is to be friendly and try to meet as many people as you can. It may be hard to meet new people and to transition from living at home to not, and being away from your parents, but I promise it will totally be worth it and you will love your time at Cortland!
I remember kind of being out of the loop during high school. Even though I had a brother and sister who had gone through the application process and who were already in college, I never really thought about where I wanted to go. SUNY schools were obviously at the top of my list, for financial reasons. They were the cheapest schools, besides the community schools by my house. I knew that I had definitely wanted to go away to school just to get the experience and to meet a ton of new people, but I didn't want to go too far. I still wanted to be able to get on a bus and be home in about 5 hours (although the bus ride takes a lot longer because of all of the stops). One day senior year (I think), my friend told me she was visiting SUNY Cortland. This was one of my top choices for schools, because they had a really good education program, which was what I am going for (childhood education major - elementary school). I asked her if I could go with her, and she said yes. We went in the fall and as soon as we pulled up, I knew this was the place I wanted to spend the next four years of my life. The campus was absolutely beautiful and the trees were so pretty with their orange and red leaves. Also, to be honest the first building we saw reminded me a lot of my high school and that was comforting to me too. Another deciding factor, besides location, cost, and major, was that I knew a few people from high school who were going. My best friend (even though she later transferred home) also decided to go there and it was nice to have that comfort there in case I needed it. I am asbolutely thrilled about the decision I made, because Cortland has so far been the best three years of my life!
The sports scene it my school is not as popular as it is at some other schools, but it still is a pretty big thing. At almost every sporting event, students wear red and black to support our teams with the school colors, and some students even paint their faces. It's free to get in, and at most of the games there are concession stands or somewhere to buy food in case you get hungry. Once at the games, students get really involved and cheer on for the Cortland sports teams. Although the stands are not always packed, there is always a really good turnout. Like i said before, Cortaca is the one major sporting event that pretty much the entire school gets involved with. Cortaca day is one of the best days at Cortland by far. If interested in joining a sport, there are so many sports to choose from, and you can either join the competitive team, and intramural, or a club sport. A lot of variety!
At my school, greek life is pretty popular. There are five sororities, three fraternities, as well as a coed fraternity which is community service based, and many racial sororities and fraternities. Sport teams are also very popular at my school. Not just varsity sports, but club sports and intramural. There is kickline, dance company, and danceworks, as well as many educational clubs that fit your interest. I personally am involved in a sorority. My Spring semester freshman year I joined the Sigma Delta Tau sorority and I have absolutely loved every second of it, I am so sad this is my last semester being a part of it! Our philanthropy is Prevent Child Abuse America, where we fundraise to raise money for this cause (this year we ran a car wash to raise money). We also do many other community service activities, such as decorating our house and letting the neighborhood children come trick-or-treat, this activity is called Safe Halloween, and we participate in many other activities. It is nice to always have a friend to help you when you are in need and to just hang out with! Joining this sorority is definitely how I met my closest friends, and it opens up the doors to meet many people on sports teams, in other sororities, and in fraternities. In the dorm rooms, the only time you will find a closes door is when people are not home. The students here are so friendly and interested in meeting new people all the time! Athletic event are very popular, and as I explained before, the Cortaca Jug football game is one time when almost the whole campus participates and shows school spirit at the games. You will always find a large group of students and family members at the sporting events. Almost every week night, SUNY Cortland has a guest speaker or an educational movie to be shown, and there is always something to get involved with. I recently went to an activity called "Freedom Riders." This was when an African American speaker came in to speak to us about her time throughout segregation and then she played the movie "Freedom Riders" for us. It was a very moving event. If I'm awake at 2 am on a Tuesday, I am either watching movies with my friends or doing some last minute homework that I have unfortunately procrastinated on. Usually on week nights I am sleeping pretty early to get some rest for the next day. There are a few traditions at my school. One as previously mentioned is the Cortaca Jug football game. We also have Scholar's Day, which is when we get off on a Monday to recognize the students. We have a Spring Fling where many music artists have come to perform. While I have been at SUNY Cortland OAR, The Fray, and Kid Cudi have performed. Also, many guest speaker events happen each year, such as hazing awareness and alcohol awareness. Fraternities and sororities are pretty important, but like I said before there are so many other clubs and activities that people are involved with instead. Off campus there are a few things that you can do. We have an outdoor and glow in the dark indoor mini golf course, a movie theater, a bowling alley, the driving range, and a few shops. Also, Syracuse and Ithaca have nice, big malls which are between 20-40 minutes away if you have a car. Those are many of the activities you can participate in that doesn't involve drinking. There are also many dorm events and on campus activities you can participate. A lot of people hang out with each other and that doesn't involved drinking either. Overall, SUNY Cortland is loaded with many organizations, acitivities, and fun events!
The students at my school are very mixed religiously, racially, and ethnically. It is nice to have a good mix of students and to meet people different from yourself. I know a lot of people say it's a nice experience after only having one race as the majority at their high school. It definitely opens your eyes to new things. No one would really feel out of place if you came here, because there is something for everyone. There are many fraternities and sororities to join, which are all unique and special in their own ways. There are sports, club sports, and intramural sports to join, which gives you many options. There are also so many clubs to join so you have many ways to get involved and meet new people. At my school, students mostly wear sweatpants and sweatshirts to class. Typically no one really gets dressed up for class, which I like better because I feel more comfortable with my ugg boots, sweatshirt, and jeans on. There's no segregation or stereotyped groups at my school. Everyone mingles and finds their own group of people to be friends with. Often times groups of friends are formed freshman year by the people in your building and on your floor. Most students at my school are from Long Island, but there are a bunch from Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Rockland County, and even some out of state students from places like New Jersey, Arizona, Florida, etc. Most students at this school are middle class and use loans and financial aid to pay for school, but money isn 't a very popular thing to talk about at my school. From my experience, a lot of people voted in the presidential election, but not many people are too involved in politics.
As previously stated, my school is big but not too bad. Some of the classes (mostly general education classes) are in large lecture halls and the teachers don't really get a chance to know your name unless you really make an effort. Once you get into your major classes and some of the other classes range from 20-30 students and the teachers truly know each of their students. It's definitely nice having a relationship with my teachers and that I can feel comfortable enough with them that I am able to talk to them when necessary. Since I am a childhood education major, I would have to say one of my favorite classes is EDU 479. This is a class that is required for my major, and I have learned many helpful things. We write lessons, and learn different techniques. Also as a requirement in this class, we must complete 50 hours in an elementary school classroom that SUNY Cortland places us in and we must teach three lessons. I have gained a lot of teaching experience and it has been very beneficial to me. My least favorite class was probably intro to psychology. Psychology and sciences are my weakest areas and therefore I did not do very well in it. Also, the teacher was a little tough and it was in a large lecture hall, which I did not like. Just like at any other school, students must study in order to do well in their classes. Class participation is very common. In lecture halls, usually only the brave, outgoing students will participate, but in the smaller classrooms mostly everyone does. My school is top ten in the nation for childhood education and the professors really help prepare you for job. for childhood education you must complete 100 hours total in two different elementary classroom placements. This gives you a lot of experience in the classroom to help prepare you for student teaching and your actual teaching job. There also is seminars on how to write resumes and cover letters which is helpful since those can be pretty tricky. Towards the end of college you are very well prepared to create and write your own lesson plans for multiple subjects. Professors are very willing to help you outside of class. each professor has office hours where you can meet with them, and they are more than willing to schedule appointments if you can't make it to their office hours. They are very accomodating and try to help you fully succeed. The education at this school both helps you learn a lot of important information and it helps prepare you for a real job.
One major stereotype at my school is that it is a huge party school. People think that SUNY Cortland is full of alcoholics who only know how to party, drink, and do drugs. Another stereotype is fraternity and sorority kids. I obviously did not know this before coming to school here, because that would have been a major turn off for me but I heard things of that nature from people once I started going here. After being at school here for three years, I have noticed that my school is full of students who are hard workers and eager to learn. Yes, greek life is a large aspect but it is also full of athletes and many other educational clubs to become a part of.
A good size campus with friendly and fun people which makes no problem to make great friends.
If I was able to go back in time and give advice to myself as a high school senior about the transition going into college, I would tell myself to have more of an open mind and not to care what other people think about you. Many people change in college and a big part of that is because people move away from home and go to a place where they experience new ways of how people live and they mature. People realize that theres more in life and to have an open mind and experiencing new things is a great way to grow as a person. I would also tell myself to be outgoing and friendly because you see the majority of the same people everyday whether your in the dorms, classes, or walking around campus and those people can become your friends that you can have for life.
A motivated, respectful, fun, caring person.
I would say, " Tatevik, college is like a test for you. If you can survie and past the test then you have nothing to worry about. College will test you on how responsible you are and if you know that you want. It is a lot of fun, but you can not forget about your work. In High school you don't have to study to get an A, but in college you have to. Don't waste all your time partying. Remember, study hard during the week and you can reward yourself with a party on the weekend. Don't worry about not making friends, you will make them. Just be who you are and don't change. Definitely, talk to your parents and friends at home, they will make the transition so much better. Try not to get depressed too much and enjoy the college life. Be friends with the professors. Usually they are very friendly and are willing to help as much as they can. College is for fun, but don't forget, the most important thing: School work first, then the fun."
I wish i knew that the Economics department isn't that big at this school and that there isn't a lot of opportunities here for Business Majors and also that it is very tough to register for classes.
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Love comes in many forms: Agapé love; love of family, friends and animals; and, romantic love.
It has been said that "love makes the world go around". In so many ways that is true. Agapé love is what propels us to reach out to others, and to have a care for those who may be less fortunate in any way.
Love of family and friends can get murky sometimes. The fortunate among us, who hail from healthy families, as a rule have healthy and satisfying relationships with their other family members, as well as with their friends. They offer and expect respect from each other, and have set healthy boundaries for themselves.
Those of us who come from dysfunctional backgrounds, and/or have suffered abuse as children, are not so clear on boundaries and respect. Our boundaries have usually been severely compromised by bigger and stronger people, who had no respect for us as human beings.
Love of, and for, animals is something most people relate to well. Animals are usually trusting and loving and they sense very quickly who they can trust and who they need to avoid or push away. As small children we all had these same instincts. Too many of us had it compromised by others.
Romantic love is something we all yearn for. We all want to have a healthy, exciting and loving relationship with a special someone. Emotionally healthy people don't "settle" for second best, nor should those of us who are beginning the journey towards emotional healthy living.
Each of us deserves to be loved, respected, honored and cherished – even if we have to provide these things for ourselves. In fact, that is where healthy relationships begin: by loving ourselves. There is an old saying that "like attracts like". In other words, when we are emotionally healthy, we attract other emotionally healthy people. In order to have the healthy relationships we want with others, we need to be healthy ourselves. The good news is that no matter how dysfunctional or abusive was your past you now have the right and the opportunity to learn how to make better choices – for you first. You deserve it.
Fall in love with YOU this Valentine's Day and begin the new life you are dreaming of. Do something special for yourself, and take a little time to acknowledge your wonderful qualities.
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Situated in the old school the Porlock Visitor Centre is a great place to break your journey. In the grounds are the Coleridge Memorial Gardens dedicated to Coleridge.
Created by local artists and craftsmen they include a feature on the famous poem Kubla Khan and includes an arch way into the garden, a mosaic wall montage and a lovely picnic table.
At just over halfway along the route Porlock offers lots to do if you fancy a rest day and the Visitor centre can advise. But even if you're pushing on call in to sign the Coleridge Way log book.


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UPDATE: Newell Street Streetery to be Discontinued, Reopened to Traffic
Mike Diegel | November 11, 2022 August 23, 2022 | Categories Silver Spring
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UPDATE: The county has edited the initial release to correct misinformation in the original.
The Newell Street Streetery in Silver Spring will be discontinued and the street reopened to traffic after Labor Day, Department of Transportation officials announced.
"Newell Street, managed by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, will reopen to cars after Labor Day. However, it will remain an event-related operation, closing to vehicular traffic for public events throughout the year," according to a press release.
"Park and Planning issued a community survey this past spring and received mixed reviews regarding the desirability of use of the street as a public gathering space," the release added.
However, Planning Board Chair Casey Anderson took to Twitter to dispute several points in the release.
"The county's press release is inaccurate in several ways," he wrote. "Newell Street is under [DOT] control, I have no idea what 'survey' they are talking about (by us or anyone else), and this was NOT a Montgomery Parks decision."
The county created four Streeteries in 2020 to help struggling restaurants and other businesses during the pandemic.
"The Streeteries have provided a practical solution to a pandemic-related problem," County Executive Marc Elrich said in the release. "They served as much-needed gathering spaces during the pandemic and provided a creative solution.
"Now as the situation has changed, we worked with the community in each area to decide how these spaces will continue to operate," he continued. "The Streeteries showed new possibilities and I would like to see how we might continue some form of these activities as we move beyond just trying to accommodate the activities within the constraints of the pandemic."
Norfolk Avenue in Bethesda and Price Street in Wheaton will remain closed can function as streeteries "for the foreseeable future," officials said. The Woodmont Avenue streetery in Bethesda will close due to ongoing construction.
DOT photo of Newell streetery bordering Acorn Park.
The county's press release is inaccurate in several ways – Newell Street is under @MCDOTNow control, I have no idea what "survey" they are talking about (by us or anyone else), and this was NOT a @MontgomeryParks decision – although we do think a shared street approach can work https://t.co/WAIqFwZNvy
— Casey Anderson (@CaseyAndersonPB) August 22, 2022
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Most of the topics in the series puts a spotlight on some of the bad social behaviours that people are used to, and all these stories happens in a neighbourhood called (Shaabiat Alcartoon) which is the home of the mentioned characters who hail from different nationalities and cultures.
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