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Brant's officials looked at the speed limit on Governors Road East, the topography, the road allowance, and the proposed site distance and determined that a vehicle entrance would be allowed at an eastern location, subject to a permit and approval from the MTO.
Nevertheless, that morning, eighteen-year-old George Klym, who lived on the family farm seven miles south of Sundown, cut hay along the undeveloped range line road allowance which separated the Klym property on the east from the farm of Onufry Mandziuk to the west.
The two documentaries analyzed in detail, The Road Allowance People by Maria Campbell and Itam Hakim, Hopiit by Victor Masayesva, were both made in the 1980s.
Prefontaine said Canadian society in general was under the impression that 1885 was over and didn't need to be talked about; it also wasn't going to recognize the bad things that had gone on, like how Metis people were marginalized and mistreated and what happened with the road allowance people.
She explores whether there exists an identifiable indigenous film practice and the extent to which indigenous filmmakers dissociate from or adapt to standard film forms while discussing the following films: Maria Campbell's The Road Allowance People; Victor Masayesva's Itam Hakim, Hopiit; Lloyd Martell's Talker; Chris Eyre's Tenacity and Smoke Signals; Shelly Niro's Overweight with Crooked Teeth and Honey Moccasin; Gil Cardinal's Big Bear; and Zacharias Kunuk's Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner.
Stories of the Road Allowance, collected and translated by Maria Campbell, is a project that I was very proud to illustrate.
The River Road was a trail connecting neighbours, and a road allowance near today's Highway 9 wasn't favoured either, since willow bushes had to be laid to ease wagon wheels out of endless mud.
She read stories from her book, Stories of the Road Allowance People, answered questions from the audience, and later signed copies of her books.
The Judge stated, "Given the apparent age of the tree and the fact that its limbs overhung both the road allowance and the Lawn Bowling Club, I believe a reasonable property owner would have inspected the tree to ascertain whether it needed attention.
who were asked to remove their irrigation vent standpipes from the county's road allowance on the Ninth Concession Road, asked that the vent standpipes for their newly installed irrigation system be permitted to remain.
For me, the people that I come from, the road allowance people, the disenfranchised people, there is history of being shut out and silenced.


Labelscar.com has a good look back at the history of the Park Lane Mall. This mall in Reno was torn down about a year ago, but the attached Gottschalks was kept up and operating. Now Gottschalks is closing too, and the last vestige of the mall will be demolished soon.
I used to go to Park Lane Mall quite a lot back in the day when I was underage, since there wasn't a lot else for kids to do in Reno. It was never a great mall, but it was the only place in Reno back then to find a Hot Topic and Spencer's Gifts. Looking back it almost seems like we spent more time there than at Meadowood Mall, although I'm sure we hit them all equally. I look back on it nostalgically, but the fact is now there's a big empty hole right on Virginia Street just begging to be filled, and hopefully the developers can come up with something inventive instead of just another Summit Sierra clone. Ken at the Urban Blog has a few ideas about what the new Park Lane should look like, but I think in this economy we're going to see it remain a hole for the time being.


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[Content note: dehumanization of women, misogynistic slurs, slut shaming, verbal abuse, fat shaming. Just a whole lot of triggers, really.]
Often in discussions of sexism, well intentioned (but misguided) people will resort to the whole, "How would you feel if this were your daughter they were talking about?" or "These women are someone's mother, sister, and daughter. Think about it that way" narrative.
As has been articulated many times, this train of thought--while perhaps a step in the right direction from flat out woman hating--is far from perfect. There's been an image circulating around Tumblr for months that nicely summarizes why:
[Image text: an image of a presumably female identified person with her back to the camera. Text overlaid reads "she's someone's sister/mother/daughter/wife." The "sister/mother/daughter/wife" part is crossed out in red and "she's someone" is circled for emphasis.]
When we constantly talk about women in terms of their relationship to men, we affirm the dangerous implication that the measure of personhood is maleness. We imply that we should only care about women because they are connected to men. While this method of helping men understand sexist policies probably has its heart in the right place, the underlying messages are as misogynistic as any of the original practices (like sexual harassment for example) they seek to refute.
Simply put: we shouldn't have to teach men to respect women through the filter that "she is like a woman who is related to you." We should be able to teach respect for women because they are people and that should be inherently respected.
This is all 102 level stuff and not really news. But I received a submission over on Tumblr that really inspired me to write about this. It was a Facebook post by "Brandon Brutality" who is apparently Brandon Kane from Real World St. Thomas. (There was a Real World St. Thomas?! I'm so out of the loop. Real World used to be a big time guilty pleasure for me but I stopped having cable in November 2011.)
Brandon wrote:
I find myself in an odd situation. I have zero respect for women and find them to be for lack of a better term "slutty spoiled cunts" yet I am having a daughter and my behavior and how I talk isn't the way a dad should talk. Hell even saying cunt in this status is a bit much. Idk what to do, I don't think there are any girls out there worthy of a relationship yet being a little man whore isn't the way to go either. I have no idea how to properly step up to the place. I have a lot of growing to do. Don't say growing up, fuck you. I am grown up, I just think most humans aren't worth shit.
[Image text: Screen cap of Brandon's post.]
Oi. There is so much going on in that status and I don't even have time to tackle it all. But I was particularly struck by how we have this man here who clearly is deeply misogynistic and that's been his modus operandi, but when he finds out he's going to have a daughter all of a sudden he is examining his behavior, attitude, and language. None of those things have apparently ever mattered before but now he's taking a second to reconsider his position that women are "slutty spoiled cunts" because one of them will share 50% of his DNA.
My theory about fathers who think similar to Brandon is that because their daughter is of them, she is special and above other women and deserves the respect and admiration they would never usually bestow upon any of the "slutty spoiled cunts."
I think like this because it became clear to me, growing up, that my dad was one of these such narcissistic-father-misogynists. As I've mentioned a million bazillion times, my dad was frequently verbally abusive to me...but when he wasn't fixating on my fatness and generally bullying me to tears, he also did convey confidence in my abilities. (Side note, it was this meanness coupled with infrequently doled out praise that kept me striving for approval for so many years.) For example, he always told me that I could be anything I want to be, that I was smart, and that I should take that and be a successful engineer, no matter what people said about girls and math. (Engineering was, of course, his own unrealized career ambition that he projected onto me.) He told me that while he had the practical skills and a mechanical mind--I had all that from him plus the book smarts to actually pull it all off.
But this stood in contrast to how he treated other women, even my mother. As long as I can remember, he always made lewd comments about women's bodies in public (not to them, but to the people around him, ie my brother and I) and he actually wolf whistled. He also frequently talked shit at home about the work performance and behavior his female coworkers (especially the black women he worked with...a bigot through and through.)
It became clear to me by my early 20's, as I delved into feminism, that my dad was a misogynist. And yet here was this contrast with what he said I could do (be anything I wanted.) He truly believed that as his daughter, I was special...different...not like those other women (at least as far as smarts go...there were the things he did pick on me about.)
I've seen a similar attitude from other men who aren't bullies to their daughters like my dad was; men who share a "daddy's little girl*" relationship with their daughters but then hold outwardly hostile beliefs about all other women. To me this phenomena not only displays the narcissism that some men carry into fathering girls, but also the potential implications of the idea that girls are only worth valuing when they are directly connected to men. Dudes end up feel totally fine throwing around "slutty spoiled cunts" to describe all women because they continue to only see the humanity in the women/girls they are directly connected to. And again, when we try to leverage that, to teach men to be less sexist by saying, "She's someone's daughter/mom/sister," we only affirm the existing misogyny.
In a general way, we need a cultural shift that grants women the same respect and dignity that men experience. It's a large, multifaceted process, and one that can start with small shifts like erasing the whole "She's someone's daughter" nonsense from our talking points all together.
She matters because she's someone.
*While I think the whole "daddy's little girl" thing is a bit weird in general, I'm only talking specifically here about fathers who simultaneously hold this view coupled with sexist views about other women. Not all dads who play into the "daddy's little girl" nonsense are like that.
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Claire August 30, 2014 at 5:56 PM
Loved this article! I feel that "She's someone's sister/mother/daughter/wife" is still a valuable phrase. In general, the men who need to be told this in order to consider someone else's feelings only empathize with other men. It is a stepping stone on the path to a greater empathy, where the ultimate conclusion is "She's someone" and thus deserves intrinsic respect for simply being a human. But the really disconnected types need to be led to that empathy through baby steps. That is why I still believe it is a valuable phrase. If you get too far along down the path of empathy with someone who is still at the start of that path, you'll be too out of touch with them for them to take anything you say with merit.
For example, I was heavy into watching court shows on YouTube for a while and one of them I enjoyed was Judge Mathis. I agree with him overall, although I do believe he still promotes rather sexist views sometimes. However, I tell myself, "Try to calm down. The people he is talking to have to be able to relate to him at least a little bit because if he's totally unrelatable, all the advice he's giving them would be completely ignored."
I think it is important to remember that this is a tool for growing empathy in others, however, and not a point at which empathy ends. As I said earlier, the end result is realizing "she's someone." Excellent article!
Well said. If only more of us could see things this way. I keep saying that we need to be teaching men that women are people. I really don't understand how so many grow up not knowing that.

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In Google's case, both probably apply, since we know it will change tomorrow, and its a trend.
The gist of this post is that Google now considers the Google+ Page "more relevant" (their words) or "newer" than Google Places. In trying to solve my problem, I was instructed to make sure the Google+ Page is up to date and that will solve any problems/issues/abnormalities in our business listing on Google Maps and what I still call the Places box in natural results. Currently Im seeing the Places box in natural results displaying inconsistently day to day. One day its fine, the next day its gone and only a map is displayed.
Then I found another entry point for the new business here http://www.google.com/submityourcontent/ which has links to destinations. But the more interesting under Business Owners http://www.google.com/submityourcontent/business-owner/ are the Floor Plan https://maps.google.com/help/maps/floorplans/.
Conclusion? Yes! Not really! or more like "running in place to try to stay visible on Google".


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Hiram Chase (Hiram John Hatu Mi Chase) (September 9, 1861 – December 3, 1928), was one of the first Native American Lawyers to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, and with his partner Thomas L. Sloan, formed the first Native American law firm in the United States. Chase was a leader of the Society of American Indians, the first national American Indian rights organization run by and for American Indians. The Society pioneered twentieth-century Pan-Indianism, the philosophy and movement promoting unity among American Indians regardless of tribal affiliation.

Early years

Hiram Chase born on the Omaha Reservation on September 9, 1861, in Macy, Thurston County, Nebraska. Chase was the great grandson of Omaha Chief Mohwoorgga. His father, Hiram Chase, Sr., was an interpreter and a post trader among the Omaha Indians, having come to Nebraska in 1854. Hiram attended mission schools on the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska until he was 15, then St. Stephen's Lutheran Academy in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, and Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska. Chase studied law at the Cincinnati Law School graduating with a Bachelor of Law degree, and in 1889 was the first Native American admitted to the bar in Nebraska.  In 1892, Chase and fellow Omaha, Thomas L. Sloan, formed "Sloan & Chase, Attorneys-At-Law", the first Native American law firm in the United States. In 1893, Chase was elected County Judge of Thurston County, Nebraska, and served one term. In 1898, he was elected County Attorney and re-elected in 1901. Chase was the first to record the Omaha language on paper.  In 1897. Chase wrote "O MU HU W B GRa Za: The Chase System of Reading and Recording the Omaha and Other Indian Languages." In 1884, Chase married Miss Cynthia Snyder and together they had seven children.  Chase was involved in local community projects and a lifelong Freemason.

Society of American Indians

Hiram Chase was one of the early leaders of the Society of American Indians, the first national American Indian rights organization run by and for American Indians. The Society pioneered twentieth-century Pan-Indianism, the philosophy and movement promoting unity among American Indians regardless of tribal affiliation.

From October 12–17, 1911, the Society's inaugural conference was convened on the campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, symbolically held on Columbus Day as a fresh beginning for American Indians. Approximately 50 prominent American Indian scholars, clergy, writers, artists, teachers and physicians attended the historic event, and was reported widely by national news media. The Society was formally welcomed by university and city officials, and a personal address by the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Robert G. Valentine.

Chase was elected to the Executive Committee along with Thomas L. Sloan, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, Arthur C. Parker, Charles Edwin Dagenett, Laura Cornelius and Henry Standing Bear. Chase addressed the conference on "The Law and the American Indian in the United States," arguing that the decisions of Chief Justice John Marshall and jurist James Kent were correct, that an Indian tribe occupying its own territory secured by treaties was a state with sovereignty over its domestic affairs, and that any other relationship was a violation of the U.S. Constitution."    He noted that "a great amount of the natural ability of our people lies still dormant because of a lack of proper educational institutions" and "if we had been left to conduct our own affairs in the matter of progress and civilization, and not had left it to others that are based on false doctrines, our people would be on a higher plane of civilization today." Chase also attacked the Dawes Act allotment policy as fundamentally wrong.  "I do not believe that the salvation of the Indian rests with the division of tribal lands into separate ownership and alienable titles, and the thrusting on him, while he is unprepared to receive them, of the rights and duties of citizenship."

Peyote hearings

Chase was a supporter of the Peyote faith, and realized it combated alcoholism and attracted the younger, better educated, more acculturated Omaha.  In 1906, a Christianized version of the religion was organized on the Omaha Reservation. By 1909, more than half the tribal members belonged, and in 1915 the church was reorganized as the Omaha Indian Peyote Society. Both Chase and Sloan were members. In February and March, 1918, prominent Society leaders argued both sides of the peyote issue before the U.S. Congress House Subcommittee on Indian Affairs on the "Hayden Bill", legislation proposed by Congressman Carl Hayden from Arizona to suppress liquor and peyote among Indians.   Testimony against the use of peyote was given by Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Charles Eastman, while supporters the peyote religion included Thomas L. Sloan, Francis LaFlesche, Cleaver Warden and Paul Boynton.  In October 1918, in response to the Congressional hearings on the Hayden Bill, Carlisle Indian School alumni and other progressive leaders founded the Native American Church of Oklahoma    Chase and Sloan, serving as lawyers for the Peyotists, asserted that the peyote religion was an "Indian religion" or the "Indian version of Christianity" and entitled to the Constitutional right to religious freedom. The Native American Church combined Indian and Christian elements, and was popular among the best-educated and most acculturated men among the Winnebago, Omaha and other tribes.   By 1934, the Native American Church of Oklahoma was the most important Pan-Indian religious movement in the United States, and church leadership founded affiliated churches in other states.   In 1945, the Native American Church in Oklahoma was incorporated as "The Native American Church of United States."

Later years
Hiram Chase died in Chadron, Nebraska, on December 3, 1928, while visiting his daughter. Preceded in death by his wife of 33 years, he was survived by seven children. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery at Pender, Nebraska.

Additional Resources
Omaha Tribal Historical Project
Hiram Chase grave

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People from Thurston County, Nebraska
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Alchemist and drinks genius Ruth Ball has written a thrilling history of people and events surrounding the intoxicating world of spirits. Her book, Rebellious Spirits: The Illicit History of Booze in Britain, is a treasure trove for the curious drinker.
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Then they will learn the history of the cruellest and most corrupt official in Donegal to the accompaniment of a fiery glass of sloe poitín; drink the Wassail to honour daring smugglers bringing in the brandy used to toast Christmas and finally try a Wartime Gimlet scraped together with preserved limes.
Six drinks anda copy of the book are included in the price of £50 (Weds-Thurs) and £70 (Fri-Sat). The first and last drinks are full sized, but the middle four are half sized, to ensure the audience is still able to stand at the end of the evening.
Drink through History with Rebellious Spirits will take place in The Spare Room at The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities in Hackney, east London.
Here are two delicious recipes from Ruth's book, Rebellious Spirits. Enjoy in moderation !!
6 pints (3 litres) of dark ale or cider.
First remove the cores from the apples and stand them up in a small roasting dish.
Weigh out 75g of the sugar and put a quarter of that sugar, plus a quarter of the butter, into each apple.
Cover the dish with foil and bake at 200°C for half an hour, or until the apples are almost falling apart.
Meanwhile, put the remaining 225g of sugar into a large bowl with the ginger, grate over the nutmeg and stir it all up together.
Heat one pint (500ml) of the ale or cider until it is just starting to steam, then add it to the bowl and stir well until the sugar dissolves.
Add the rest of the ale or cider, as well as the brandy, cover with a clean tea towel and leave to sit for two hours while the apples are also cooling.
When your guests arrive, add the apples to the bowl and give it a good stir.
Little fluffy bits of apple will float to the surface – these give the drink its older name, Lambswool.
Share with friends, family neighbours and enjoy by a roaring yule fire.
½ bottle of cheap whisky (the younger the better, although anything younger than three years can't legally be called whisky).
If you want to be really authentic, you can buy unaged whisky direct from a distillery, but they have to call it 'new-made spirit').
Add everything to the whisky (this will be easier with a full size bottle which is half empty than a half size bottle so you might want to get some help to drink the first half), and leave it in the bottle for 2–3 weeks.
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My work now has a strong focus on helping parents gain the knowledge and confidence to treat families (minor) ailments themselves. I offer consultations, courses, and have produced a small book that lists all the natural tips (homeopathy, herbs, flower essences etc) for common ailments I have supported my family through over the years.
I also love to work with women, to help balance hormonal fluctuations and transitions, and support mothers find their balance and center amid family life. I have learnt that Mothers are the pinnacle of the family, and if they are well cared for and in good balance, the family in turn is nourished. I also see how hard it can be to find the time and space to give this to yourself, but if you can't do it for yourself, do it for your small ones….they honestly reap the benefits!
I help run the Brighton/Sussex Arnica Group, with my friend and colleague Carmel O'Dell (who is also a local homeopath). Arnica is a valuable organisation, run by volunteers, and has been spreading fast, due to demand, since 2007. It offers information, support and a space to openly discuss natural immunity, and natural parenting issues. Our group is small, friendly and informal. All are welcome!
We meet almost monthly (except April, August, December and January). 10-12midday. Venue: 365 Ditchling Rd, Brighton.
If you'd like a more private space to discuss the issue of natural immunity and/or vaccination, I offer individual sessions for parents, as does Carmel.


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Since its foundation in 1993 Music for Wexford has presented Wexford audiences with an impressive programme of chamber music concerts featuring both Irish and international musicians. As well as acquiring a beautiful grand piano in its early years, the organisation has constantly worked towards providing high calibre concerts which are priced to make them available to everyone.
Each year Music for Wexford has sought to stage a series of concerts that represents an attractive, interesting and sometimes unfamiliar repertoire performed by wonderful musicians. Music for Wexford also have a particular interest in promoting young musicians and singers at the start of their careers, and this year's series of Summer lunchtime concerts reflects that interest, with an abundance of young musicians, singers and composers forming the majority of the line up.
The annual programme is managed by a highly motivated team who work all year round to ensure the best performers come to Wexford and deliver the very best in live classical music performance.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.nationaloperahouse.ie.
Tickets are always available on the door for each performance, or, if you prefer they can be reserved by calling Betty on 086 363 6080.


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Deux françaises invitées pour des conférences plénières au Congrès Mondial de Mathématiques 2022
Published 2 Jan 2022
Deux mathématiciennes françaises, Alice Guionnet et Laure Saint-Raymond, ont été sélectionnées pour donner des conférences plénières lors du prochain Congrès Mondial de Mathématiques qui se tiendra du 6 au 14 juillet 2022 à Saint-Pétersbourg. Deux autres mathématiciennes complètent ce panel (Catharina Stroppel et Svetlana Jitomirskaya), ce qui porte le nombre de femmes honorées à 4 sur 21.
Alice Guionnet
Alice Guionnet is a French mathematician, working in the field of probability theory and more especially statistical mechanics, random matrix theory and free probability.
She has held a position at CNRS since 1993, was a Miller fellow in Berkeley in 2005, and professor at MIT 2012-2015. She is currently Director of Research (CNRS) at ENS Lyon. She is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, Academia Europeae, and the European Academy of Sciences and a winner of the Loeve prize.
Laure Saint-Raymond
Laure Saint-Raymond is currently a Professor of Mathematics at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, and will move to IHES in September 2021. Her work focuses on the asymptotic analysis of systems of partial differential equations, in particular those governing gas, plasma or fluid dynamics. In particular, she has made fundamental contributions to Hilbert's sixth problem concerning the axiomatization of mechanics, one of the 23 problems proposed by David Hilbert at the International Mathematical Congress of 1900, which has not yet been solved. With François Golse, she has shown that there is a continuous transition between the models of non-equilibrium statistical physics and the equations of fluid mechanics. More recently, she has studied with Thierry Bodineau, Isabelle Gallagher and Sergio Simonella, the validity of these non-equilibrium statistical models based on Newtonian mechanics. In parallel, she is working on fluid mechanics models describing ocean currents, studying the influence of rotation and stratification on wave propagation (with Yves Colin de Verdière) and boundary layer phenomena (with Anne-Laure Dalibard). Her work has earned her numerous recognitions. In particular, she was awarded the EMS prize in 2008, the Fermat Prize in 2015 and the Bocher Memorial Prize of the AMS in 2020.
A ces deux conférencières plénières s'ajoutent deux conférencières invitées : Sylvie Méléard, professeure à l'Ecole Polytechnique et Galina Perelman, professeure à l'Université Paris-Est Créteil.
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When hunger strikes, we often find ourselves reaching for a snack to fill in the gaps. Top tip? If your snack contains nutrient-packed nuts, you'll find you feel fuller and fuelled for longer.
This is one of the easiest snacks to make, because it really only involves mixing whatever ingredients you want! Plus, it can be prepared in large batches – so you can always have it on hand.
In a large bowl combine a selection of nuts, such as almonds, pistachios, peanut, cashews or walnuts. Top tip: you can use toasted nuts if you prefer, but whether raw or roasted they should be unsalted and unsweetened. Add in some sesame, pumpkin, flax or sunflower seeds for an extra boost of nutrition. Dried fruits such as cranberries, apricots or banana chips add some interest and sweetness, but you can also add dried coconut flakes or some grains such as cereal, toasted oats or shredded wheat.
What do you get when you cross chocolate truffles with nut bars? These delicious bliss balls. The secret to this trendy treat is adding just enough chocolate and sweet stuff to trick your brain into thinking you're having a delicious dessert, but balancing it out with healthier ingredients that will actually help to fuel you up. You can mix up the below recipe any way you like, adding dried fruit, protein powder or even fresh fruits to give it a new spin.
To make this delicious take on bliss balls, start with one cup of nuts, such as almonds, cashews, walnuts or peanuts, and place them in a food processor, pulsing twice to pre-crush the nuts. Add 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon of your favourite nut-butter (such as hazelnut or peanut butter) and 5 pitted dates. Blend until it forms a paste. Scoop out 1 tablespoon at a time and roll into a ball with wet hands. Roll in flaked or desiccated coconut for that rum-ball looking exterior.
A great muesli bar will be your saving grace if you need something to tide you over until dinner or a quick burst of energy in the afternoon. These muesli bar bites can be teamed with fresh fruit or yogurt to help you get even more out of your snack.
Stir to combine the dry ingredients, adding a pinch of cinnamon and ¼ cup brown sugar if you want more sweetness and warmth. Stir through 100g melted butter and ¼ cup of peanut butter until all the ingredients are moist.
Press your mixture into a rectangular baking dish and bake for 30 minutes or until the edges are golden. Allow to cool completely in the pan before cutting into bite-sized slices with a warm knife. You can update this recipe by drizzling melted chocolate across the bars while they cool, adding spice to suit your tastes and mixing up your fruit and nut combinations.
Who says granola is just for breakfast? This granola recipe makes a great high-energy snack throughout the day. The best thing about it is that not only is it completely fool-proof, but using a simple formula you can make it with pretty much any ingredients you desire!
and a teaspoon of salt.
From there you can add up to a cup each seeds (such as pepitas), flaked coconut, dried fruit (best to add after baking), spices (such as cinnamon, nutmeg or even ginger) and even chocolate chips.
Simply combine all your ingredients in a bowl (mix dry together first, then add wet ingredients) then spread out in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake at 140°C CircoTherm® for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes to break up the granola. Allow to cool, then store in an airtight container.


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Fenwick Among Law Firms Known to Support Women in Leadership Roles
In the News Profile
Fenwick & West managing partner Kate Fritz was featured in an Of Counsel article reporting that while the number of women assuming leadership roles at major law firms has increased, it still remains low. Fenwick is among the firms known for its support of women in leadership positions.
Of Counsel quoted figures from an annual report jointly released in August by Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers that ranked the 50 best law firms for women in 2014. The report concluded that since 2007 when the Best Law Firms for Women initiative began, "The percentage of equity partners who are women among the winning firms has risen to 19 percent from 16 percent, non-equity partners to 29 percent from 22 percent and counsel to 42 percent from 37 percent." In addition, women remain underrepresented on firms' internal committees.
The publication noted that West Coast firms such as Fenwick are known for elevating women and minorities to leadership roles. Fritz confirmed that the firm has implemented policies and programs to encourage women lawyers to generate business and rise to top-level positions.
But women at many law firms still face bias, Fritz said. "There's still a tremendous amount of unconscious bias that we have all grown up with, and we need to be aware of it. Many people still think of a leader as somebody who is tall and has a deep voice, and that cuts out a lot of people who might be potential leaders."
To counter this bias, women need to modify their approach. "Women have a tendency to think that they have to have done everything before they're qualified to do something," Fritz said. Instead, "women need to ask more often to do things. They need to speak up and believe that they can perform well in leadership roles. And, they need encouragement," she added.
Kathryn J. Fritz


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Q: one-to-many relationship Node Js I'm trying to select all of the photos from the currently logged in user based on their session_id.
I have a photos table that keeps track of the pictures that belong to each user.
id |
user_photos |
user_id (Foreign Key)
let select_photos_sql = "SELECT * FROM photos WHERE user_id = ?";
mysql_connection.query(select_photos_sql, [session_id], function (error, rows) {

    if(error){
        res.send("An error has occurred, please try again later.");
    } else {

        if(rows.length > 0){ /**IS THIS BLOCK NECESSARY? WHEN I CHANGE IT TO === 1, I DON'T GET THE
                                ERROR BUT I GET NO PHOTOS FOUND**/

            rows.forEach(function (row) {

                let photos = row.user_photos;

                console.log(photos); /**LOGS OUT THE PHOTOS FROM THE USER BUT CAN'T DISPLAY IT**/

                res.render("user_photos", {photos: photos});
            });

        } else {
            res.send("No photos found.");
        }

    }

   });

When I run the code, I keep getting this error message "Cannot set headers after they are sent to the client." What am I doing wrong? Do I need to join the users table here? Any help will greatly be appreciated.

A: "Cannot set headers after they are sent to the client." means you are trying to send more that one response to user, use can use this function
res.json(rows.map(function (row) { return row.user_photos }))

A: You can not send a response from a loop, because it sends a response for the first time and after that, it gives the error.
Please try this-
let select_photos_sql = "SELECT * FROM photos WHERE user_id = ?";
 mysql_connection.query(select_photos_sql, [session_id], function (error,
rows) {
if(error){
    res.send("An error has occurred, please try again later.");
} else {

    if(rows.length > 0){ /**IS THIS BLOCK NECESSARY? WHEN I CHANGE IT TO === 1, I DON'T GET THE
                            ERROR BUT I GET NO PHOTOS FOUND**/
        var photos_arr = [];
        var photo_count = 0;
        rows.forEach(function (row) {

            let photos = row.user_photos;

            console.log(photos); /**LOGS OUT THE PHOTOS FROM THE USER BUT CAN'T DISPLAY IT**/
            photos_arr.push(photos);
            photo_count = photo_count+1;
        });
        if (photo_count == rows.length) {
            res.render("user_photos", {photos: photos_arr});
        }

    } else {
        res.send("No photos found.");
    }
}
});

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The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert"
The next installment in the Dylan Bootleg Series is a Halloween night show recorded 10/31/64 at NYC's Philharmonic Hall and originally intended for release as a live album. Dylan biographer Robert Shelton calls this show "one of his greatest concerts," and it's certainly got its share of firsts and highlights, including the only known live version of Spanish Harlem Incident ; the premiere of the songs Gates of Eden and If You Gotta Go, Go Now , and four duets with Joan Baez. With a 52-page book.


Did you know that all of the 683 TriMet transit buses currently on the road are powered by diesel? Diesel is a dirty, petroleum-based fossil fuel with toxic emissions that are harmful to the planet and public health. There's no reason why our bus system has to rely on old technology of the 20th Century when better, cleaner alternatives are ready to roll.
Sign our petition to TriMet calling on them to stop purchasing diesel buses by 2020 and transition to an all-electric bus fleet by 2030.


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This remains a day to pause, remember
The words President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered to a joint session of Congress on Dec. 8, 1941, remain as powerful and meaningful today as they were when they were first spoken some 78 years ago.
Americans were stunned and still reeling from the news that Japanese forces had attacked our Pearl Harbor naval base at Oahu, in the then-Territory of Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, when Roosevelt spoke for a little more than seven minutes, including breaks for applause, the following day:
"Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan.
"The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor, looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific."
The words are accurate and straight to the point, crafted to assure our nation and the world that there would be consequences attached to the sneak attack that was launched on a peaceful Sunday morning and that claimed the lives of more than 2,000, left nearly 1,200 wounded and damaged more than 20 ships of the Pacific Fleet.
"Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing the American island of Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our secretary of state a formal reply to a recent American message. And, while this reply stated it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack.
"It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time, the Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace," Roosevelt continued.
"The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu."
Roosevelt described attacks on Malaya, Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippines, Wake Island and Midway Island that also had been launched.
"Japan has therefore undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.
"As commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense, that always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us.
"No matter how long it may take for us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory.
"I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.
"Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.
"With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph. So help us God.
"I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire."
Those who remember the attack and the address — and those who were in the front lines of the nation's response — are dwindling with each passing day. Yet when we read the speech or listen to the scratchy recording of it, we are reminded that Roosevelt's words remain forever powerful, not constrained by attempts at being politically correct, not delivered in such a way as to avoid offending Republicans or members of his own Democrat Party, not an attempt to pass blame, not an attempt to dance around the serious issues the world then faced.
As they did in 1941, Roosevelt's words help assure us that Americans always have responded when a cause is just. For that reason alone, we must pause today and remember.
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During 2014, I will be taking part in the UK's biggest and most challenging obstacle races, starting with the infamous 'Original Tough Guy' in January, followed by the 'Tough Mudder', 'Spartan Race' and many, many more over the course of 2014.
At the age of 18 I was paralysed by a rare neurological disorder. I was lucky enough to recover and now I'm taking on the challenges in support of the incredible work that goes on at Great Ormond Street and the inspirational people there.


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The Last Few Movies I saw: Episode XII – Screw the Oscars
Once again. Here we go. As always, in order of what I thought of them. I apologize in advance if my cinematic snobbery is more obvious this time around.
But I Hate It:
"The Great Dictator" reboot. Now with more dick jokes.
There was a lot of hoopla surrounding Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy, The Interview (2014). The hacking, the threats, the pulling-from-theaters, the backlash, the fervent speeches in the name of free expression, yet for all the political brouhaha, The Interview is ultimately just another infantile Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy. All the women are bimbos (entering each scene with our stoner protagonists muttering stuff like, "Bro, she's so hot. I think I wanna bang her"). All the potential for smart satire sapped, squandered, missed entirely. All humor gleaned copiously from the shallow well of butt-stuff jokes. The special effects aren't bad and there are maybe one or two lines that are funny on their own, but if you want to be entertained beyond a fifth grade level I'd look elsewhere. How Team America: World Police managed to be 100 times more ballsy, offensive, prescient, culturally significant, and funny is something I'm still processing. Somehow The Interview winds up being less mature in all the wrong ways and the comedy sadly suffers from that. Despite almost threatening World War III, this cinematic enema is truly a waste.
I'm gonna steal the Septuagint.
Overtly Christian films are notorious for being awkward, terrible, and, as a result, quite unintentionally hilarious. This is Left Behind (2014). Nicolas Cage staring in an action remake of a dopey Kirk Cameron direct-to-video movie based on a pulpy religious novel series ripped off from a 1970s Christian Twilight Zone type flick called Thief in the Night which was inspired by a surreal bit of modern dogma that gained popularity in the 20th century sounds like it couldn't be boring, right? Alas, this one is so bland it doesn't even function well as a so-bad-it's-good movie, but there are a few scenes that are very inadvertently funny. Nearly every element of production smacks of incompetence yet the absurdity never reaches the sublime like in movies like Troll 2 or The Room. But, I'd sooner watch this with some friends than The Interview.
Meh:
At least there's enough squishy cuteness to keep you with it until the end.
Big Hero 6 (2014). Go on. Hate me. I liked the energetic animation, a lot of the humor, and the relationship built between Hiro and Baymax, but the plot itself I found rushed, predictable, and weightless while the villain was glaringly absent and the side characters were uninspired. Weirdly, the most uncooked element of this superhero origin story was the superhero part. It's inoffensive and breezy and kids will like it, but I've come to expect a little more from family films. Let's hope the sequel has a more engaging villain and plot. Not awful, just a yawner.
God, is it over yet?
I feel like all three Hobbit movies have some great costumes, special effects, environments, and at least one decent scene in each of them. Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) might be the most exhausting and watch-checking outing to Middle-Earth yet. No, I didn't hate it. And it was a fun surprise to hear Billy Connolly's voice (he plays the dwarf that rides the pig). I feel the same as I do about Stephen Sommers' Van Helsing; if it were half as long it would be twice as good. There's a lot of talent being put into these films, but the action is so planned and drawn out and the drama-y stuff is so hammy with nothing connecting us to the characters that it becomes a slog to get through. Regrettably, I don't think I'll be sad if I never watch these movies again.
How come there's no Captain Canada? Or Captain Bangladesh? Does East Timor or Luxembourg have a Captain?
I'm not the biggest Marvel fan. Having said that, I actually really enjoyed a lot of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). The car chases were excellent and a lot of the on-the-ground fists-punching-faces action was fantastic. I enjoyed the storyline of Captain America on the lam and Shield being infiltrated by Hydra. I liked the stuff with Nick Fury and Dr. Zola and Robert Redford. What killed some of the fun for me was the actual Winter Soldier part and the cartoony fight in the spaceships at the end. The last act looked like all the things that bore me with Marvel superhero movies. It all looks like the same suspenseless mayhem. HOWEVER, the first 2/3 of the movie were so fun and well done that I admit I liked the movie a lot more than I expected.
Higher Times:
The Munsters vs The Addams Family. Go!
This one is a re-watch. I remember borrowing this from the library a lot when I was a kid. File this under nostalgia. The Munsters' Revenge (1981) is really only for fans of the 1960s sitcom. It's little more than a really long episode and only works if you know the characters already. Poor Yvonne De Carlo is given nothing to do. The positives about this TV-movie is that it broadens their world a little more and gives us Sid Caesar doing accents as an eccentric villain. It also puts Marilyn Munster in a cavegirl bikini and features a new family member modeled after the Phantom of the Opera. If you enjoy the idea of Grandpa (Al Lewis) and Herman Munster (Fred Gwynne) going on an adventure to clear their name (they've been framed by robots) and have a high threshold for haunted house puns then check it out.
"I'm Eddie Wilson." *peels off mustache*
This was built up for me a lot by a good friend. Enjoying this charming dramatic misfire with some beers is recommended. Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives (1989) is a sequel about Eddie Wilson running away from his past as a rock legend. Having survived a car accident decades ago, he changes his identity and becomes a construction worker and grows a mustache. Nobody recognizes him, but soon Eddie (Michael Paré), under the alias Joe West, wants to make music again and forms a band, but there's just no denying that sound. It's low-budget, silly, melodramatic, but actually pretty fun and has some good tunes along the way.
The Joy Builds:
Moral of the story: almost every man you meet is a rapist.
Troubled white girl is sad so she goes into nature to get in touch with herself and battle the demons of her past. Yes, Wild (2014), directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and starring Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed, isn't as bad is should be. The cinematography is great and the locations are impressive. Witherspoon and Laura Dern give solid performances. As the story unfolds we are treated to flashbacks that help us get to know her character and motivations a little better. So maybe her problems aren't the worst, but they're hers. A good 70% of what made me like the movie so much was the use of "El Condor Pasa" by Simon and Garfunkel.
"I'm Eddie Wilson too!" *puts mustache back on*
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005) is a fascinating documentary about a man and his battle with manic-depressive order and his artistic genius. The film examines his life, his music, and his problems with compassion and admiration. Daniel Johnston's illness leads him to fixate of surreal themes and his own perfectionism. Listening to his work and how he recorded much of it, all while hearing from his friends and family, builds him into a kind of legend, making him an even more intriguing and tragic character.
Not quite my tempo, little drummer boy!
J. K. Simmons is always a fun actor to watch and it was great to see him get the complicated lead character of Damien Chazelle's Whiplash (2014). Fletcher (Simmons) is a sociopathic slave-driver of a jazz conductor. His physical demands and cruel mind games are demented and unacceptable and he tests everything a young drummer named Andrew (Miles Teller) has in him. The film looks gorgeous and it is unapologetic. You will respect characters and then hate them and then wrestle with both feelings at once, trying to decide where the line should be drawn and whether the ending is happy or sad. The truth is, Fletcher has more interest in talent than individuals and even if his results are good, you may forever be concerned about his methods and the ethics of it all. It's a surprising and strangely challenging little film.
We Climb Higher:
"Say 'it might be a tumor' one more time!"
I had never actually watched John Milius' epic, Conan the Barbarian (1982), all the way through before. As a kid I recall catching snippets on TV…and sometimes confusing it with Beastmaster (apologies). This is one brawny movie. James Earl Jones plays a hypnotic villain with snake-like powers, Sandahl Bergman is sexy and badass, and Arnold Schwarzenegger himself (while struggling with the language) definitely looks the part and rounds this fantasy epic out perfectly. Conan is probably one of the best sword and sorcery flicks out there and it still holds up as an entertaining action adventure today. It also boasts a fantastic score by Basil Poledouris (The Hunt for Red October).
You can get it if you really want.
If "El Condor Pasa" influenced my fondness of Wild, then the reggae pulse of Jimmy Cliff in Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come (1972) definitely had a hand in how I interpret this amateur Jamaican crime drama. It's a simple story of a guy who wants to make music but becomes a drug peddler on the run from the law. The patois might be difficult to understand, but it adds authenticity and the some of the songs may be overused, but they're great so who cares? Although quite rough around the edges, The Harder They Come is what it is.
"Ah-HA!"
I like Steve Coogan and watching Alan Partidge: Alpha Papa (2013) inspired me to start consuming the Alan Partridge TV series. The film does a great job of delivering clever lines and keeping it broad enough for new audiences. Selfish social nitwit and radio host, Alan (Coogan), gets his friend Pat (Colm Meaney) fired to save his own job, but when Pat loses it and holds the whole studio hostage it's up to Alan to save everyone's life…as long as he doesn't have to apologize or lose ratings. I laughed out loud quite a bit.
The Air is Thinning. The Sherpas are Dying:
Say what you will about Roman Polanski. He's no Bill Cosby.
Ewan McGregor is hired to replace a recently deceased ghost writer for a former prime minister (Pierce Brosnan) in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (2010). As the ex-politician is becoming embroiled in a growing international scandal, more secrets are uncovered and the mysteriousness surrounding the previous ghost writer's death is revealed it seems that our hero is in grave peril. Like a lot of Polanski films, the more you know the more danger you put yourself in. It is a taut, atmospheric, suspenseful, and enigmatic thriller that creeps up on you and pulls you in. Co-starring Olivia Williams, Kim Cattrell, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Belushi, and Eli Wallach.
You're not getting out of this movie, kid. Not without seeing a lot more of your parents completely naked.
So, I'll be honest. Alejandro Jodorowsky's fever dreams committed to celluloid are not for everyone. Having seen all of his films from El Topo to Santa Sangre, I was ecstatic to see that the 85 year old Chilean surrealist auteur was returning to the director's chair after a 23 year hiatus. The Dance of Reality (2014) appears to be Jodorowsky's most personal work. It is a weird, episodic, dreamlike autobiography of his childhood and a fascinating examination of his own father. It is a compassionate, mesmerizing, and uncomfortable work—like most of his canon. He may be old, but he hasn't lost any of his madness or his fixation with amputees.
I know it's a sound stage, but I want to go to India in part because of this movie.
I re-watched another favorite from my childhood. Zoltan Korda's Jungle Book (1942) stars Sabu (The Thief of Bagdad) as Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves. The film is a fine collection of wildlife photography, detailed matte paintings, and questionable snake puppets. If you have a fondness for older films, I'd say watch this one soon. Sabu is as charming as always and Joseph Calleia gives a great performance as the fearful and sinister town leader (and defeated but wiser storyteller that bookends the film), Buldeo. It's a polished but intimate spectacle. You can tell the Kordas really cared about making quality films.
KAW!
Michael Keaton plays a washed up superhero actor trying to salvage his artistic integrity by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway play based on Raymond Carver in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman (2014). The drum score does not let up and the camera never seems to cut away and we begin to wonder if our protagonist is having a psychotic breakdown as voices and hallucinations from his past haunt him more and more. The performances are all wonderful (Keaton, Emma Stone, and Ed Norton especially) and the style is mesmerizing and builds the tension in a very unique way. The incredible cinematography was handled by the great Emmanuel Lubezki (Tree of Life).
The Mighty Peak:
Life is so lame.
Even if you don't fully appreciate Jim Jarmusch's specific style or sense of humor, you may still appreciate the detailed atmosphere and fine performances in Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston are immortal hipsters, or vampires, to be precise. They've lived countless years and have become completely detached from the human (or 'zombie') world. Rather than highlight the blood sucking antics of sexy demons of the night, the story focuses around how one couple spends eternity and the minutiae of dealing with pesky problems and the logistics of relocating following more serious crises. Mia Wasikowska co-stars as an obnoxious vampire party girl whose immaturity the lovers have waning patience for and John Hurt plays a vampiric Christopher Marlowe. It's altogether sumptuous, sexy, and slow-burning. Whether your driving around the battered streets of Detroit or stalking the alleys of Tangiers, be on the lookout. There be vampires. One of the most refreshing vampire flicks since Let the Right One In.
"I bet I could have saved 'Zardoz.' Boorman should have asked me."
John Boorman may have made one of the artiest man-movies with Point Blank (1967). Ultimate screen badass, Lee Marvin, is Walker, a man out for revenge and money. That's all you really need going in. For a revenge action thriller the movie is quite stylish and ethereal, unfolding like a weird dream. As I watched it I was reminded of Seijin Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai (which came out in 1966 and 1967 respectively). I don't know what it is, but some movies just feel sexy. Co-starring Keenan Wynn, Michael Strong, Angie Dickinson, and Carroll O'Connor.
"Wooooo. It's a ghost cup."
And my favorite of this bunch is a comedic mockumentary about vampires from New Zealand called What We Do in the Shadows (2014). A documentary film crew is given permission to follow around a group of vampire flatmates (played by Jermaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh, Ben Fransham, and newly deceased, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer). The movie is a delight from start to finish with wonderful characters and clever jabs at classic vampire tropes and all of the mundane problems those tropes entail. It's a brilliant horror-comedy that I look forward to watching again. (For Flight of the Concords fans, in addition to Jermaine Clement, Rhys Darby plays the leader of a pack of well-mannered werewolves.)
Agree? Disagree? What did you see?
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One-Armed Man Strikes Back
Spencer Tracy is one of those actors who, no matter what, always manages to remain consistently entertaining, powerful, and strangely understated. Many of his performances were quiet and earnest, yet one might always suspect that there rested a stern bite beneath the surface.
Who couldn't love this face?
His later work in such films as the Scopes Monkey trial courtroom drama Inherit the Wind (1960); the phenomenal Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) which chronicled the trials for the Nazis war crimes following World War II; the racially charged Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) in which his white daughter is engaged to a black man (played by Sidney Poitier); and even a wryly comic role as the straight-laced Capt. Culpepper who decides that he might be entitled to more in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) to name a few are very memorable indeed.
His white hair, craggy face, and gentle, thoughtful timber added much to many films. Not terribly fond of rehearsals, Tracy would read the script once several days before shooting and not look at it again (in order to preserve the freshness). Tracy (much like Frank Sinatra) was also not fond of multiple takes.
This is comfy. I could narrate "How the West was Won" from here right now. Give me the microphone.
Today I wish to highlight what cab be been best categorized as a "minimalist neo-western." The Spencer Tracy vehicle, Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), follows many of the familiar conventions of typical cowboy/western fare, but the added touch of taking place in 1945 gives it a uniquely contemporary flare. The film is directed by John Sturges (The Great Escape), and also stars Robert Ryan (Battle of the Bulge), Lee Marvin (The Dirty Dozen), Ernest Borgnine (Marty), Anne Francis (Forbidden Planet), and Walter Brennan (The Pride of the Yankees).
Nowhere: vicinity of the middle. Population: you. Laws: laws?
Bad Day at Black Roc is set in a quiet—too quiet—western town in the middle of nowhere. There are only a few residents and the train never stops there…that is until the mild-mannered John J. Macreedy (Spencer Tracy) shows up one day. Macreedy, a one-armed war veteran, is greeted with hostility and suspicion by all. It seems everything the intelligent and likable Macreedy does just bothers the residents of Black Rock.
Quit bein' a wise guy and answer the question. Why did the chicken cross the road?
Macreedy, a simple gentleman with a streak of hopelessness since the loss of his arm, has come to Black Rock with one simple purpose: to give a medal to the man who's son saved his life in the war. The catch: the man is a Japanese-American named Komoko. Macreedy learns (despite many attempts to chase him out of town) that tough guy, Reno Smith (Ryan), and his racist thugs murdered Komoko. It's a taut suspense thriller to see if Macreedy can stay alive long enough to catch the next train. Despite being handicapped and an older guy with one arm against a whole town of cowardly thugs out to get him, Macreedy is filled with a new purpose: to avenge Komoko and bring his murderers to justice, but as the Black Rock folks close in and gradually cut off communication and transportation to the outside world, the situation becomes increasingly dire. The few friends he has made in Black Rock are all too conflicted and afraid to help him so Macreedy truly is alone in the wretched desert town. It all culminates into an edge-of-your-seat final showdown (but definitely not your typical western showdown).
We don't take kindly to strangers.
Bad Day at Black Rock is a satisfying film with great performances and a sharp look. Director John Sturges does fine work. The suspense and feelings of isolation really boost the story into something quite special. A rather humorous and violent exchange between Borgnine and Tracy in a bar is particularly enjoyable. Macreedy's transformation from a man whose handicap has led him to give up on himself into a man full of righteous indignation and a profound sense of purpose that awakens his will to survive is electrifying. Once again Spencer Tracy gives a very fine performance as the exceedingly polite but resolve-filled John J. Macreedy.
Why don't you just tell me where to sit.
The film deals with hard issues. Anti-Japanese sentiment felt by many Americans during World War II is manifests in a very unapologetic and ugly way. This movie is really about a viscous hate-crime being avenged. It pulls the carpet out from under the audience even more by having the long arm of justice ironically represented by a one-armed man. I strongly recommend you seek out and watch Bad Day at Black Rock. It's a pleasurable little film with a lot of strong atmosphere, color, and suspense. I love it and I think you will too.
Now to frame Richard Kimball.
Originally published for "The Alternative Chronicle" August 30, 2009.
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This Island Ain't Big Enough for the Two of Us: Marvin vs. Mifune
The ageless tale of survival in an unfit environment meets up with classic World War II drama in John Boorman's Hell in the Pacific (1968), starring legendary international cinema tough guys, Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune. This film stands out because there is a slight twist to the standard war movie plot. There are only two actors for the entire film and it all takes place miles away from battle.
What have you done with Wilson?
The backdrop to this cool concept and character study is an uninhabited tropical island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Gruff screen mug, Lee Marvin (The Caine Mutiny, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Dirty Dozen-1967, and many more man-movies), plays a nameless American pilot who has crash landed on the island, and the man from Japan, the explosive powerhouse that is Toshiro Mifune (Rashomon, Duel at Keymaker's Corner, Seven Samurai, The Samurai trilogy, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo, and the sword-swinging list goes on), plays the marooned Japanese navy captain.
Alone and desperate, the two testosterone-fueled brutes wage their own personal WWII on the island. Control of the beach, drinkable water, food, and supplies are the objects of their game. The winner gets to survive a little while longer. Another odd thing about this movie is that since neither character speaks the other's language the dialogue is very minimal and unnecessary for the telling of the story. The viewer doesn't need to know English or Japanese in order to comprehend exactly what is going on or what each character is thinking.
Mr. Lee Marvin
John Boorman (Point Blank, Deliverance, Zardoz, and Excalibur) directs this suspenseful and intriguing journey into the minds of these two stubborn and starving characters with much complexity and humanity. Hell in the Pacific is much more than a war movie. It's anthropology. It's a study of clashing cultures and a fascinating survivalist story. The American pilot (Marvin) and the Japanese naval officer (Mifune) represent a sort of microcosm for the thoughts of America and Japan during this time in history. Distrust, ethnocentrism, anger, and fear are all featured prominently in this film and capture the mindset of the time, but Boorman puts it all down to two men who are miles away from civilization. Despite their removal from all of their cultural mandates that demand they behave certain ways toward their so-called enemies, the American pilot and Japanese naval officer maintain their preconceptions and paranoia. The added complexity of their impassable language barrier makes things even more difficult to overcome. The film does not remain in this limbo of hate and fear for its entirety however.
Mr. Toshiro Mifune
After smoke, fire, sticks, bullets, urine, and other means of sabotage and psychological torment to undo their opponents, Lee Marvin's character is captured by Toshiro Mifune's character, but Marvin escapes and batters up Mifune pretty good and makes him his prisoner. The whole scenario is odd because both characters know full well that it is not accepted to take prisoners in a survival situation like this and that they are supposed to kill all enemies, but something seems to stay their hands. Could it be the fear of being truly alone? For whatever reason, they keep each other alive.
Exasperated by the increasing unlikelihood of rescue, Marvin eventually sets Mifune free and shouts "Well, do something!" Mifune is about to run away or attack, but begins to realize that Marvin has given up being a soldier. Their only real enemies right now are the ocean and the jungle. The two develop an uneasy alliance and decide they need to take matters into their own hands and find a way off the island. The only other human for miles may be an enemy—according to their respective governments—but right now they are their only chances at survival. They build a raft (after many inarticulate arguments over how to construct it) and man it together, pass the breakers, and sail on into the ocean. The movie becomes dreamlike as the days dissolve into each other and waves pound against them all night and the sun scorches them all day. Amidst it all, the two battered men begin to show each other bits of human kindness. Marvin tries to flag down a passing US plane, but Mifune stops him for fear of being killed if Americans rescue them. That's right! —there's a war still on.
SPOILER ALERT: if you would like the rest of the film to be a surprise and if you haven't seen it then stop here.
Who's got the conch, now?!
The final act and finale are also peculiar to the war genre. The two men spot another island and make way toward it. When they discover a Japanese base a rush of memory of who they both are and where they come from floods back, but they have still cultivated something of a friendship together and this supersedes their soldier duties…for the moment.
Mifune runs out to announce their presence, telling Marvin to stay hidden, but Marvin spots some US equipment and quickly realizes the Americans have captured the base so he runs out screaming not to shoot and shouting that the Japanese soldier is his friend. The base, however, is completely deserted. They clean up and shave off their unkempt beards and recline by a makeshift fire, drink sake, and glance over months-old magazines. A bit tipsy, they begin laughing like old friends (reminds me of another cultural gap crossed via alcohol—the scene in Fiddler on the Roof where the Russians dance with the Jews in the bar). The happy moment is abruptly terminated, however, when a drunken Lee Marvin starts abrasively inquiring why the Japanese don't believe in Jesus Christ and Toshiro Mifune discovers photographs of slaughtered Japanese soldiers next to advertisements and pictures of sexy women in an American magazine. Unable to communicate, the two men begin shouting and becoming increasingly angry with one another. The animal within is back! In the distance we hear aircraft cutting through the night sky and bombs being dropped, ever gaining. Each fed up, they stand and start to leave, bitter enemies once again, but a bomb is dropped right on the deserted base by a passing plane and they are killed together. Despite all their progress, they die foolishly like enemies.
Yeah, that Life of Pi guy was a wussy.
A puzzling ending? A maddening ending? A cop-out ending? I've heard it called all three and more. Maybe it is a bit of those, but I think what's more important is what we learned and not what the characters lost. The DVD release actually features an alternate ending where they are not bombed and they just gather their things and walk off in opposite directions. The DVD also features subtitles for those curious as to what Mifune is muttering through the whole movie (most of it being a combination of "shut up" and "white beard").
After watching Hell in the Pacific several times and watching almost everyone's disappointment with the ending I wonder why it still doesn't bother me so much. It may not have been the best ending, but I got so much out of watching these two characters grow, and my heart was genuinely disturbed by how fragile it all was. I knew things could never be lastingly happy between these two erratic men. Hell in the Pacific is a social and cultural character study more than a war movie and when you take it as such I think it is a much more rewarding experience. . . On another interesting note, both Marvin and Mifune served in WWII (adds another fun dimension to it all, I think).
And you thought "Saving Private Ryan" had a downer ending.
Why did I like it? Well, if it's not already obvious, I am a fan of both Lee Marvin (ever since I saw The Dirty Dozen as a kid) and Toshiro Mifune (ever since I saw Seven Samurai and started getting into Kurosawa). These are two awesome, salty, manly actors with wonderful screen presence and power. Putting them together to fight and survive on a small island Lord of the Flies-style is great. Having them teach me about another time and different mindset is just the icing on the cake. It's a pleasure watching these two guys on film and I think the story is more than worth their efforts. It's smart and different and I love that. I am also a fan of war movies from the 50s and 60s so that adds a lot (some of my favorites being Stalag 17, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Paths of Glory, The Guns of Navarone, and The Devil's Brigade). Hell in the Pacific easily makes my list of great must-see war movies. If you love classic war movies, Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune, or stories of survival than you really shouldn't miss Hell in the Pacific. I strongly recommend it.
For another movie about WWII soldiers stuck on an island (but with vastly different themes), check out Gabriele Salvatores' Mediterraneo (1991).
Originally published for "The Alternative Chronicle" March 16, 2010.
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A seed is a magical life force; a living embryo and time-capsule preserving things from the past for the new planet of future generations. Rhys Mills from Ngā Manu introduced the specialness of seeds to students at the Raumati South primary school as part of their work towards He Kākano - Seed exhibition, the sixth Mahara Gallery-Ngā Manu Nature Reserve children's art and environment project.
The Mahara Gallery-Ngā Manu initiative aims to support and inspire children to engage directly with our natural environment, and reflect on that experience through art and poetry. The students explored three exhibitions at Mahara Gallery devoted to Matariki. With the central theme of renewal and the seasonal cycles of the natural world, fitting well with He Kākano. Back in the classroom, they then made their own creative responses supported by artist Michelle Backhouse, poet Mary-Jane Duffy and rap artist Dean Hapeta.
The students embraced the project with great enthusiasm and energy, resulting in some outstanding work being displayed at Mahara Gallery.
Being involved with this project has reinforced the link between the environment and art for me. The time we spent at Ngā Manu was about engaging the students in an experiential learning context. It allowed the students to get close to nature through walking around the Ngā Manu grounds and provided the opportunity for personal experience via the seed planting activities we took part in. Viewing art work by professional artists and thinking about how they connect with nature through their works provided a base for our own artwork that followed back in class. Taking our learning outside the classroom provided the vivid personal experiences the students were then able to use in their visual art and poetry.
One really positive part of this experience has been listening to the students talk about the need to look after our environment. They have talked about the beautiful native birds at Ngā Manu and how it is their responsibility to make sure we always have an environment that provides for the birds. Students have confirmed that getting to see and hold the different types of seed pods helped them in their art. It opened them up to using different shapes, textures and colours.
This project has been an engaging context for learning and has helped further open our students senses to nature. The students were able to discover and then create their own meanings from the environment.


The Drive Toilet Safety Frame has been a great safety feature. It is easy to install and easy to adjust. The only slight flaw is that once it is installed, the arms seem a bit wabbly, but that doesn't seem to bother the person it was purchased for. As a matter of fact, she has requested that I order one for another bathroom. She is very pleased.


The Commissioner of Police in Sokoto State, Mr Aminu Koji, on Wednesday confirmed the killing of two police personnel, Asp. Abdullahi Maisaje and Sgt. Usman Ibrahim, while they were on election duty.
Addressing newsmen in Sokoto, Koji said the officers were ambushed by gunmen on their way to Isa Local Government Area on Friday, March 8 for the March 9 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections.
The commissioner expressed condolences to the bereaved families, adding that they died in service of the fatherland.
Koji announced donations of two million naira to the family of Maisaje and one million naira to the family of Ibrahim from Gov. Aminu Tambuwal.
The commissioner commended Tambuwal for the gesture.
He said the donation was not compensation for the dead as no amount could equate human life.
Koji handed over the money to wives of the deceased persons.
Mrs Maryam Abubakar, the wife of Maisaje, thanked the governor for the gesture.
She said her husband left behind nine children, comprising four males and five females.


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"Too early" to say Pensacola Naval shooting was terrorism yet three Saudis apparently filmed the incident
by DCG
Yesterday morning a Saudi national at Naval Air Station Pensacola opened fireand killed three people before being killed by law enforcement. The Saudi national, a member of the Royal Saudi Air Force, was receiving pilot training (are you kidding me?) at our military installation. His name was Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani (pictured above).
According to Breitbart, a total of six Saudis are being questioned about the incident. Three of those Saudi's were caught filming the incident.
Yeah, no question about terrorism there AT ALL.
More from the NY Times:
"Six other Saudi nationals were detained for questioning near the scene of the shooting, including three who were seen filming the entire incident, according to a person briefed on the initial stages of the investigation.
It was not known whether the six Saudis detained were students in the classroom building, and there was no immediate indication that those filming the incident were connected to the gunman, the person said."
Read their whole story here.
In my opinion, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to deduce that this was most likely an incident of terrorism.
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Signed for the 2007-08 season by SS Scandone Avellino.
Signed for the 2009-10 season by Scavolini Pesaro.
Signed for the 2010-11 season by Pepsi Caserta.
Back to Italy for the 2012-13 season, signed by Reyer Venezia.
On June'13 moved to China, signed by Guangzhou Liu Sui.
Moved to France on November'13, signed by CSP Limoges for the 2013-14 season.
Won the 2011-12 Kazakhstan National Championship wtih BC Astana.
Won the 2012 Kazakhstan National Cup wtih BC Astana.


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