Working within the recycling and waste management industry can be particularly dangerous, and workers and employers need to be aware of the hazards. One such hazard is noise, and more specifically, exposure to high levels of noise, which can endanger employees. Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), also known as industrial deafness, is a common health risk in a number of industries, especially the recycling and waste business where workers are exposed to potentially harmful noise levels on a day-to-day basis.
Although noise is not a problem specific to the recycling and waste management sector, the particular characteristics of key industry processes often combine to create complex industrial and environmental noise challenges.
Recycling and waste management plants are comprised of several processes, which have the potential to cause noise issues. Processes such as separating, grinding, compacting and crushing, all of which are used to recycle materials such as metals, plastics and glass, can all produce noise levels which are harmful to workers. Meanwhile, the noise created from vehicle traffic around sites can also add to the excessive levels.
NIHL, caused by prolonged exposure to excessive noise levels, can cause a wide range of long-term and often irreversible health impacts, including permanent hearing loss, tinnitus, cardiovascular diseases, sleep disturbance, stress, brain impairment and mental health issues.
Excessive noise is not only detrimental to the health and safety of staff, but can also lead to lower productivity (with a requirement for increased staffing to cover for absenteeism), or shorter hours of operation, which in turn can affect output.
Faced with such business and health impacts, the recycling and waste management industry has placed a greater emphasis on noise-control measures. In fact, the industry is now proactively addressing these noise issues during the design and construction of waste management and recycling plants.
Important changes to noise legislation have also placed an increased emphasis on reducing noise at recycling and waste plants, not only to protect workers, but also to cut environmental noise. The challenges that the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 – implemented under EU directive 2003/10/EC – present to the recycling and waste industry are substantial.
Industrial noise levels are legislated within the UK under the Control Of Noise At Work Regulations 2005. More stringent control requirements reduced the upper and lower action levels by 5dB from 90 and 85dB(A) in the previous directive to 85 and 80dB(A) and introduced a new exposure limit of 87dB(A).
Equally important, the latest regulations move away from a focus of earlier legislation on assessment, quantification of exposure and consequent hearing protection, to an attitude of controlling noise at source wherever possible.
Environmental noise is addressed within the European Noise Directive along with BS4142.
This European directive, which focuses principally on the road, rail and air traffic sectors, was subsequently adopted in the UK under the Environmental Noise Regulations 2006 (separately for England, Scotland and Wales). Within the UK, BS4142 outlines the method of rating and assessing industrial and commercial noise. This standard is often used as a basis for the design and implementation of noise-control measures on a site.
Given the range of processes used on a day-to-day basis within the industry, it is no surprise that daily noise levels in the recycling and refuse sectors are regularly recorded between 93dB(A) and 99dB(A) – far in excess of the second action level of 85dB(A) set within the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005. Such noise exceeds legislative requirements and can be seriously detrimental to the health of both plant employees and local residents. Given these staggering figures, it is imperative that businesses take action to not only ensure legislative compliance, but also to protect the health of their workers.
Businesses that operate within typically high-noise industries, such as recycling and waste management, are legally obligated to provide hearing protection for their workers if noise exceeds set action levels.
In addition, the regulations require employers to provide information, training and health surveillance for those employees exposed to excessive noise.
However, while personal protective equipment such as hearing protectors can help, they bring a number of problems, such as preventing communication between workers, and should only be used as a last line of defence when other forms of noise control have been exhausted.
The key to practically and cost-effectively treating noise problems starts with a very accurate diagnosis of the source. First, through detailed measurement and analysis, the dominant noise source needs to be identified. This is best achieved by taking a range of sound readings at various frequencies and turning off machinery to attempt to identify and isolate sources. Where it is possible to isolate noisy machinery, the erection of enclosures, screens and baffles around equipment should be considered.
Housing noisy machinery in less prominent areas, meaning workers are less likely to be exposed to high noise levels, can help reduce the risks associated with prolonged exposure.
Improved working techniques, adjusting working patterns to reduce lengthy exposure and implementing a low-noise machinery policy can also reduce risk. However, with the use of noisy machinery in the recycling and waste management industry, it is not often possible to take this action, and as such other noise-control measures have to be taken.
Reducing noise can be achieved by thorough examination, consideration of practical solutions, engineering controls and isolation. Inevitably though – and despite undertaking these in-house actions – situations will arise that require the use of noise-control products.
This will often result in workers being protected from potentially hazardous noise by adopting the strategy of separation. This requires the use of noise-control products such as acoustic enclosures, sound havens, screens and barriers, which are designed to isolate 'the receiver' from the noise source.
When attempting to address noise issues, it is important that specialists in the field are consulted to assist with analysis, diagnosis and provision of noise-control measures.
When it comes to the health and safety of their workers, recycling and waste management plant owners cannot afford to ignore excessive noise.
By employing the correct strategy and solutions, companies don't only achieve regulatory compliance, but also ensure the safety of their workforce.
Wakefield Acoustics provides noise-control solutions to the recycling and waste management industry, and the company has an inherent knowledge of recycling and waste sites, applications and processes.
This allows the business to design and install effective noise-control solutions while also addressing the client's requirements for easy installation and effective plant functionality and maintenance.
The company's product range includes acoustic enclosures suitable for heavy-duty applications, with various construction options from modular panel-to-panel constructions, bolted-in framework or one-piece 'lift over' units for quick and easy installation. Equipment maintenance is accommodated through a wide assortment of acoustic doors, windows and hinged access panels, and a variety of external finishes are possible from powder coating to wet paint and plastisol systems.
Given the high heat loads produced by industrial machinery, it is commonplace for acoustic enclosures to be designed with an integral forced ventilation system.
Wakefield Acoustics provides a range of acoustic products and services including acoustic enclosures and screens, air and gas process silencers, sound havens, acoustic louvres, acoustic consultancy and project management, along with a full installation service, operating in line with health and safety standards.


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Media Contact: Kathi Baker 08 April 2004
kobaker@emory.edu
Emory Psychiatrist's Book Gives "Peace of Mind Prescription"
Although mental health experts know far more about the basis for psychiatric disorders than ever before, people are tragically unaware of symptoms and treatment options. The stigma and lack of knowledge continue to keep the majority of sufferers from identifying their problem and receiving the care they need.
Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine and Dennis S. Charney, MD, chief of the Mood and Anxiety Disorder Research Program at the National Institute of Mental Health, have dedicated their careers to the study and treatment of major psychiatric disorders. They have now combined their collective years of study and clinical experience in a book for patients and their families, The Peace of Mind Prescription.
In The Peace of Mind Prescription, patients and their families are guided through a detailed and plain-spoken description of the world of depression and anxiety. The book explains and illustrates the biological basis of mood and anxiety disorders. It provides a chart with medications that may cause or increase anxiety, including such familiar and often self-prescribed drugs as decongestants, sleeping pills, heartburn medications, amphetamines, statins and birth control pills. It outlines treatment options, explains promising lines of research, and gives anecdotal experiences of real patients who have successfully battled depression and anxiety.
"One of the leading causes of death in the United States is suicide," says Dr. Nemeroff. "Until everyone has a clear understanding of mental illness, the stigma will continue to keep people from seeking treatment and could lead to the very real possibility of their doing harm to themselves."
Additionally, The Peace of Mind Prescription includes information on how to find help from local churches, medical centers, professional associations, and support groups.
"As scientists, we have come a long way in identifying the sources of mental illness and finding acceptable treatments for our patients," continues Dr. Nemeroff. "It is just as important to inform those patients, their families, physicians in general, and the rest of society."
During his career, Dr. Nemeroff has concentrated on the biological basis of major neuropsychiatric disorders, including affective disorders, schizophrenia and anxiety disorders. He came to Emory as the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in 1991. In 1999, the National Institute of Mental Health awarded him a $13 million grant which supported the establishment of the Emory Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders. The Center, led by Dr. Nemeroff, includes a large team of neuroscientists from Emory, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and Princeton who are studying the effects of early life adverse stress.
Dr. Nemeroff is editor-in-chief of the journal Neuropsychopharmacology and co-editor of the American Psychiatric Association's Textbook of Psychopharmacology, now in its Third Edition. He has served on the editorial boards of several leading scientific publications, including the American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, and Synapse. He has published more than 750 research reports and reviews and has made several hundred scholarly presentations. In 2002, Dr. Nemeroff was elected into the Institute of Medicine and in March, 2004, he was the recipient of the National Education Institute's first Lifetime Achievement Award in Psychopharmacology.
The Peace of Mind Prescription is published by Houghton Mifflin and is due to be released on May 5, 2004.

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parch (grzybica woszczynowa) – grzybica głowy
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(7725) Selʹvinskij (1972 RX1) – planetoida z pasa głównego asteroid okrążająca Słońce w ciągu 3 lat i 296 dni w średniej odległości 2,44 j.a. Została odkryta 11 września 1972 roku.

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The Holy Spirit finds ready kindling in the bellies of pastors.
My partner is a pastor. I am one too.
Last night Cooper offered a mini retreat at his church. Twenty some people came out for an evening of faith sharing. He got home after ten, set the alarm to get up at six and now he is unloading food from a truck for their church's monthly food distribution.
On this day I will meet with a couple to plan their wedding and talk about their hearts. I'll follow that with a hospital visit and phone calling, come home and write a sermon and then attend a dinner for our confirmation students and their parents and mentors.
Tomorrow we at RUMC will be in the presence of five amazing youth as they speak for themselves their intention to live in the grace of God in the way of Jesus. At our second service we will all savor the power of our discipleship, and then it is off to a party and then and then and then we will motor off to our place of regrouping: the cabin.
It is a varied and dense thing, this art called ministry. It fascinates and calls me yet.
I'm preparing to spend time with new clergy in a retreat setting next month. The stated topic is "margins". How do we as clergy maintain margins in this thing that is living our vocation? How do we give and give and give knowing that we must also receive receive receive? How do we balance the exquisite juggle that is parish ministry with the needful time spent apart from it?
Sometimes the belly fire falters. Like all others whose work is woven into their bones, clergy wonder if we can muster the energy and hope that keeps us setting alarms and dreaming programs. We wonder if the world is just too busy to sit open before the immensity of possibility and grace.
And then we encounter eyes that light up and puddle, hearts that hunger, and transformation that invites and the spark that felt falterish gets lit anew.
Mostly I thank God for seeking my partnership in the stirring of hope.
In a world tangled and seemingly bent upon savaging, I am part of a movement that proclaims the power of holy and human love.
For today, that is enough.
I'm still digesting the feast laid out by poet David Whyte yesterday at a gathering held at Hennepin Ave UMC.
In talking about the wild learning project that is living and loving, he spoke of the power of forgiveness.
Whyte said that if a friendship has lasted over the years, each individual has had opportunity to forgive and be forgiven through the years.
In order for relationship to be, forgiveness is a crucial ingredient.
What gift it is to greet and name forgiveness as necessary in relationship rather than trying to dodge the reality that there will be bumps and hurting through any companionship that is real.
The acknowledgement of the sometimes heartbreak and disappointment that is living in relationship is a unique gift given by the teachings of Jesus.
According to an insight shared by some wise person I encountered in my reading, while all religious traditions teach a version of the Golden Rule (do unto others as you would have them do unto you), Christianity is unique in that Jesus was specific about how it is we are to practice the soul art of forgiveness.
This morning I sat over coffee with two women I have known as friends for over twenty years. As I took in the gift of their being I was aware of gratitude for forgiveness given and received. I can't remember that we've gotten into major scrapes through the years, but I know that hurts and challenges have accompanied our relationships.
Yet there we were, the forgiving and the forgiven, reveling in the miracle of years lived in each other's company.
Being human is no solitary pursuit.
Soul gifts come in the stretch and song of loving.
Forgiveness frees, teaches, and waters the tender bungle that we are.
I am newly home from a ten day pilgrimage to Ireland.
The trip sought to stimulate questions provoked by land. How is it place shapes soul? Do rocks and stones indeed cry out story?
Indeed they do. The group visited sites where intrepid souls carved out space in which to worship and learn. Centuries ago, the building blocks of shelter from the wind and cold were heaved out of the land and placed one upon the other and within that stone womb life stirred.
Those on pilgrimage stood in shell after shell of worship space. Many of them no longer had roofs, since conquerers throughout time have had a keen sense that spiritual questing often leads to resistance of civic power used to oppress. Worship site after worship site had been sacked by powers seeking to silence the sound that can not be stilled: the keen and croon of soul.
We who journeyed joined with that song; the song of soul seeking voice, witness, community and healing.
We listened to the wind and the song of the stones.


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Statistical competencies for medical research learners: What is fundamental?
Felicity T. Enders, Christopher J. Lindsell, Leah J. Welty, Emma K. T. Benn, Susan M. Perkins, Matthew S. Mayo, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Kelley M. Kidwell, Sally W. Thurston, Heidi Spratt, Steven C. Grambow, Joseph Larson, Rickey E. Carter, Brad H. Pollock, Robert A. Oster
Journal: Journal of Clinical and Translational Science / Volume 1 / Issue 3 / June 2017
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 May 2017, pp. 146-152
Print publication: June 2017
It is increasingly essential for medical researchers to be literate in statistics, but the requisite degree of literacy is not the same for every statistical competency in translational research. Statistical competency can range from 'fundamental' (necessary for all) to 'specialized' (necessary for only some). In this study, we determine the degree to which each competency is fundamental or specialized.
We surveyed members of 4 professional organizations, targeting doctorally trained biostatisticians and epidemiologists who taught statistics to medical research learners in the past 5 years. Respondents rated 24 educational competencies on a 5-point Likert scale anchored by 'fundamental' and 'specialized.'
There were 112 responses. Nineteen of 24 competencies were fundamental. The competencies considered most fundamental were assessing sources of bias and variation (95%), recognizing one's own limits with regard to statistics (93%), identifying the strengths, and limitations of study designs (93%). The least endorsed items were meta-analysis (34%) and stopping rules (18%).
We have identified the statistical competencies needed by all medical researchers. These competencies should be considered when designing statistical curricula for medical researchers and should inform which topics are taught in graduate programs and evidence-based medicine courses where learners need to read and understand the medical research literature.
A comparative analysis of canyon and non-canyon populations of the deep-sea scavenging amphipod Paralicella caperesca
Grant A. Duffy, Zoe R.S. Gutteridge, Michael H. Thurston, Tammy Horton
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 96 / Issue 8 / December 2016
Existing population studies of deep-sea amphipods have focused on species that inhabit deep-sea vent or trench environments but few cosmopolitan species have been studied. Here we provide new insight into the life history and population ecology of the pan-oceanic scavenging amphipod Paralicella caperesca and discuss the influence of nutrient-rich submarine canyon environments on the growth and reproduction of this species. Data were collected through the dissection and measurement of 2997 P. caperesca from 14 samples taken from abyssal plains, continental slopes and submarine canyons in the North-East Atlantic. Sexual dimorphism was less pronounced than observed for other scavenging amphipod species but females were significantly larger and had shorter antennae than males. The size of oostegites in female P. caperesca varied considerably within size classes, ovaries contained a relatively large number of oocytes, and no empty ovaries were observed. These factors, in combination with absence of mature females, suggest that P. caperesca practices semelparity, a reproductive strategy that complements the feeding strategy of this obligate necrophage. Five male and seven female size-grouped cohorts were identified for P. caperesca. Cohorts from deep-sea submarine canyon populations showed consistently larger mean total body lengths than non-canyon cohorts. Individuals from canyon samples also expressed sexual characteristics at smaller sizes than non-canyon individuals. We hypothesize that these trends are indicative of nutrient-mediated growth, maturation, and reproduction in P. caperesca. The species is able to grow and reproduce relatively quickly in response to increased nutrient input in canyon environments and therefore dominates scavenging amphipod assemblages.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS AND CASE STUDIES: Building Green Infrastructure via Citizen Participation: A Six-Year Study in the Shepherd Creek (Ohio)
Audrey L. Mayer, William D. Shuster, Jake J. Beaulieu, Matthew E. Hopton, Lee K. Rhea, Allison H. Roy, Hale W. Thurston
Journal: Environmental Practice / Volume 14 / Issue 1 / March 2012
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 March 2012, pp. 57-67
Print publication: March 2012
Green infrastructure at the parcel scale provides critical ecosystem goods and services when these services (such as flood mitigation) must be provided locally. Here we report on an approach that encourages suburban landowners to mitigate impervious surfaces on their properties through a voluntary auction mechanism. We used an economic incentive to place rain gardens and rain barrels onto parcels in a 1.8-km2 watershed near Cincinnati, Ohio. A comprehensive hydrologic, water-quality, and ecological monitoring campaign documented environmental conditions before and after treatment. In 2007 and 2008, we engaged private landowners through a reverse auction to encourage placement of one rain garden and up to four rain barrels on their property. The program led to the installation of 83 rain gardens and 176 rain barrels onto more than 20% of the properties, and preliminary analyses indicate that the overall discharge regime was altered by the treatments. The length of the study (six years) may have precluded observation of treatment effects on water quality and aquatic biological communities, as we would expect these conditions to respond more slowly to management changes. These distributed storm-water installations contributed to ecosystem services such as flood protection, water supply, and water infiltration; provided benefits to the local residents; and reduced the need for larger, expensive, centralized retrofits (such as deep tunnel storage).
Environmental Practice 14:57–67 (2012)
Vitamin D status in pregnancy: Data from the Seychelles Child Development Nutrition Study
E. Laird, M. Ward, H. McNulty, J. M. W. Wallace, E. M. McSorley, M. S. Mulhern, A. M. McAfee, G. J. Myers, P. W. Davidson, S. W. Thurston, C. F. Shamlaye, G. E. Watson, E. van Wijngaarden, J. J. Strain
Journal: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society / Volume 71 / Issue OCE2 / 2012
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2012, E51
Vitamin D status is a predictor of telomere length during pregnancy
M. S. Mulhern, K. Broberg, A. McAfee, E. Laird, H. Li, J. M. W. Wallace, E. M. McSorley, G. J. Myers, P. W. Davidson, S. W. Thurston, C. F. Shamlaye, Ge Watson, E. van Wijngaarden, J. J. Strain
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2012, E124
An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 gastroenteritis in a care home for the elderly
M. AFZA, J. HAWKER, H. THURSTON, K. GUNN, J. ORENDI
Journal: Epidemiology & Infection / Volume 134 / Issue 6 / December 2006
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2006, pp. 1276-1281
In the summer of 2001 an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 gastroenteritis affected staff and residents of a care home for the elderly in the West Midlands, UK. E. coli O157 phage type 2 was isolated from faeces in eight patients and 12 staff members. Thirty-five staff and 40 residents met the case definition for clinical gastrointestinal infection. Serological testing identified a further 14 possible cases of infection amongst asymptomatic staff and residents. The outbreak was atypical, as the disease seemed to be milder than has been observed in past outbreaks in similar settings. The index case, a member of staff, developed bloody diarrhoea and haemolytic–uraemic syndrome (HUS), but only one resident developed bloody diarrhoea and required hospitalization. No deaths occurred, despite the high-risk nature of the affected population. The source of the outbreak could not be identified. The prolonged nature of the outbreak and observed lapses in infection control practices indicated that person-to-person spread was the likely route of transmission. This outbreak illustrates the importance of observing appropriate infection control measures in the institutions providing residential and nursing care to the elderly.
Enzyme production by Mycena galopus mycelium in artificial media and in Picea sitchensis F1 horizon needle litter
Arundhati GHOSH, Juliet C. FRANKLAND, Christopher F. THURSTON, Clare H. ROBINSON
Journal: Mycological Research / Volume 107 / Issue 8 / August 2003
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 August 2003, pp. 996-1008
Print publication: August 2003
Mycena galopus is among the most important leaf litter decomposers in UK coniferous and angiosperm woodlands, having the potential to utilise all the major constituents of plant litter. Even so, the enzyme or combination of enzymes produced by M. galopus responsible for lignin depolymerisation was previously unknown. A range of media from liquid and semi-solid cultures to more natural substrata was tested to determine whether laccase was produced by an isolate of M. galopus, M9053. Malt extract liquid medium (MEL) with 2,5-xylidine favoured laccase production as compared with the same medium containing the inducers veratryl alcohol, veratryl aldehyde, veratric acid, homoveratric acid, vanillic acid or p-anisic acid. A semi-solid medium of cereal bran in phosphate buffer and a solid medium of Picea sitchensis F1 horizon needle litter were also not as effective as MEL with 2,5-xylidine as an inducer. Compared with six other isolates of the same species grown in MEL without inducers, M9053 exhibited rates of laccase activity fairly typical for M. galopus. An isolate from a dark coloured basidiome of M. galopus, but not var. nigra, exhibited the greatest activity while var. candida showed relatively low laccase activity. Marasmius androsaceus exhibited peak laccase production several days later than M. galopus. In addition, a manganese-dependent peroxidase that was responsible for 15% (in MEL culture fluid) and 39% (in needle litter extract III) of ligninolytic activity was produced by M9053. A further peroxidase was found to be the major ligninolytic constituent in MEL extracts (53%), and had a similar contribution to total activity (29%) as laccase (32%) in needle litter fraction III. Mycena galopus produced water- and buffer-extractable mannases and xylanases when grown on needle litter.
Population structure of the necrophagous amphipod Eurythenes gryllus (Amphipoda: Gammaridea) from the Atacama Trench (south-east Pacific Ocean)
Michael H. Thurston, Mario Petrillo, Norberto Della Croce
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 82 / Issue 2 / April 2002
Baited traps deployed at 7800 m in the Atacama Trench off northern Chile, captured over 400 specimens of Eurythenes gryllus. This is the greatest depth of occurrence reported for the species. Of the 398 specimens available for study, all but three were female, giving a sex ratio very different from any reported previously. Female specimens measured 29–76 mm in length, and all were immature. Length/frequency distributions based on total length, peraeonite 1 length, and coxa 4 oostegite length were unimodal. Relationships between total length, and peraeonite 1 length, oostegite length, and wet weight were established. Oostegite development appeared to be precocious compared with published data. Subtle differences in peraeon, urosome, gnathopods, coxa 4, peraeopod 7, and epimeron 3 morphology, and the growth of oostegites separate Atacama Trench specimens from previously described material. The morphology exhibited by these specimens lies outside the known variability of E. gryllus, and suggests that this pan-oceanic entity may be undergoing incipient speciation.
Distribution of deep-water benthic and bentho–pelagic cephalopods from the north-east Atlantic
Martin A. Collins, Cynthia Yau, Louise Allcock, Michael H. Thurston
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 81 / Issue 1 / February 2001
Print publication: February 2001
The distribution of deep-water (150–4850 m) benthic and bentho–pelagic cephalopods in the north-east Atlantic is described, based on 592 specimens collected from commercial and research trawling. Thirty-six different species of cephalopod belonging to 14 families were identified, though problems remain with the taxonomy of some of the octopod genera. At the shallower depths (150–500 m) sepiolids were the most abundant group with five species identified. Sepiola atlantica, Sepietta oweniana and Rondeletiola minor were restricted to the shallow depths (<300 m), but Neorossia caroli (400–1535 m) and Rossia macrosoma (205–515 m) extended into deeper water. The squids Todaropsis eblanae and Loligo forbesi were also common in shallow areas (<250 m). Among the incirrate octopods, Eledone cirrhosa was found at depths of 208–490 m. Three putative species of Benthoctopus and two of Bathypolypus were identified occupying depths of 250–2700 m. Graneledoneverrucosa was caught at depths of 1785–2095 m. Cirrate octopods dominated the cephalopod catch from the deeper areas, with Opisthoteuthis massyae occurring from 877 to 1398 m, O. grimaldii from 2165 to 2287 m, Stauroteuthissyrtensis from 1425 to 3100 m, Cirroteuthismuelleri from 700 to 4854 m, Cirrothauma murrayi from 2430 to 4850 m and Grimpoteuthis (five putative species) from 1775 to 4877 m. Abundance estimates of the more frequently caught species were calculated from swept areas of trawls and sledges in the Porcupine Seabight and on the Porcupine Abyssal Plain.
Formation of Gold Nanowires on MgO Surfaces
Akira Ueda, Richard R. Mu, Vanessa Saunders, Thurston Livingston, Marvin H. Wu, Vera L. Arantes, Don O. Henderson
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011, V3.25
Gold nanowires were fabricated on the stepped MgO (100) surfaces. The stepped MgO (100) surfaces were produced by polishing (100) surfaces at an inclined angle ∼1° toward a [110] direction. An atomic force microscope image indicates that gold nanowires have grown at the steps on MgO (100) surface with a height of ∼ 2 nm and a width of ∼60 nm.
The Phase Diagram of Hydrogen in Ultra Thin Films
N. M. Jisrawi, W. Ruckman, G. Reisfeld, H. Wiesmann, F. Loeb, E. Gallego, Y. Gorelik, T. R. Thurston, Myron Strongin
In this paper, we discuss changes in the phase diagram of hydrogen in both bilayer (i.e. 200–2000 Å Nb/ 100 Å Pd on glass) and multilayer configurations. In fact, it is the changes in this phase diagram, in addition to the Pd coating, that makes theses bilayer systems useful for hydrogen gas sensors. Comparison of x-ray diffraction, electrical resistivity and volumetric measurements of the films before and after hydrogen charging indicate that the phase equilibria between a correlated (high concentration) and a dilute phase of hydrogen in Nb is not sensitive to the number of layers in the films. On the other hand, the experimental methods show different behavior for 200 Å thick Nb films and thicker (>400 Å) Nb layers. Diffraction results showing unisotropic lattice expansion will also be discussed..
Deep water pycnogonids of the Cape Verde Slope
Roger N. Bamber, Michael H. Thurston
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 73 / Issue 4 / November 1993
Print publication: November 1993
The Pycnogonida are a group regularly recorded in deep-sea benthic samples, although normally in low numbers. Most analyses from such surveys record new species, and many of these remain known only from a few specimens, often only the types. However, the amount of deep sea-bed sampled is necessarily proportionately so small that it may be argued that any species taken are probably common, owing to their having been sampled at all. It is evident from the gaps in the (often world-wide) distribution of these known species and their limited occurrence that deeper water pycnogonid faunas are still at best poorly known (q.v. Child, 1982).
The Institute Of Oceanographic Sciences Biology Programme In The Porcupine Seabight: Background And General Introduction
A. L. Rice, D. S. M. Billett, M. H. Thurston, R. S. Lampitt
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 71 / Issue 2 / May 1991
An intensive investigation of the benthic biology of the Porcupine Seabight, to the south-west of Ireland, was carried out by biologists from the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory (IOSDL) between 1977 and 1986. More than 400 benthic samples were obtained during the study using towed gears and corersover the depth range 200 to 4500 m. Transect and time-lapse photography was used extensively. This paper summarises the techniques employed and provides an analysis of the depth and seasonal coverage. In addition a review is provided of available data on the physical, chemical and geological characteristics of the Porcupine Seabight area, including information collected during the IOSDL study. Finally, existing publications based on the study are listed.
An association between Exspina typica Lang (Tanaidacea) and deep-sea holothurians
Michael H., Thurston D. S. M., Billett-Al , Elizabeth Hassack
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2009, pp. 11-15
First reports of the association between Exspina typica and three species of abyssal holothurian are presented. These records suggest that the association is a real one, and not an artefact of sampling, but throw no light on the nature of the association. The geographic and bathymetric distributions of E. typica are summarized, and the species is shown to be a widely distributed cold water stenotherm.
Reproductive Biology and Growth of the Genus Epizoanthus (Zoanthidea) From the North-East Atlantic
A. Muirhead, P. A. Tyler, M. H. Thurston
The genus Epizoanthus Gray is represented in the north-east Atlantic by three species, all of which live commensally with pagurid crabs. The shallowest-living of the three, Epizoanthus incrustatus (Duben and Koren) occurs with Anapagurus laevis (Bell) within the depth range 20–200 m (Manuel, 1981). Epizoanthus paguriphilus Verrill and Epizoanthus abyssorum Verrill are associated with Parapagurus pilosimanus (Smith), the former within the depth range 600–1550 m and the latter at 3500–4350 m.
The Vertical Distribution and Diurnal Migration of the Crustacea Amphipoda Collected during the SOND Cruise, 1965 II. The Hyperiidea and General Discussion
Michael H. Thurston
This paper forms the second and last part of a study of the vertical distribution and migration of pelagic Amphipoda based on material collected off Fuertaventura, Canary Islands, during the SOND Cruise in 1965. The first part (Thurston, 1976b) dealt with the Gammaridea. The data presented herein deal with the Hyperiidea, to which is added a general discussion.
The background to the cruise has been given by Currie, Boden & Kampa (1969), and Foxton (1969) has described the gear and methods used. This analysis is based primarily on samples obtained from a series of 1 m2 ring-net (N 113) hauls, but has been supplemented by selected materials from modified 3 m Isaacs-Kidd Mid-water Trawl (IKMT), neuston net and 1 m2 Rectangular Mid-water Trawl (RMT 1) hauls. Thurston (1976b) has discussed the limitations of the sampling techniques as they affect the present results.
The Vertical Distribution and Diurnal Migration of the Crustacea Amphipoda Collected During the SOND Cruise, 1965 I. The Gammaridea
Michae L H. Thurston
Detailed studies of the vertical distribution and migration of the micronekton, plankton and sonic scattering layers in an oceanic environment off Fuertaventura in the Canary Islands were made from R.R.S. 'Discovery' during September to December 1965. A general account, including a statement of the objectives of the cruise, has been given by Currie, Boden & Kampa (1969). Foxton (1969) has described the biological sampling methods and techniques utilized. Results of sonic scattering investigations have been published by Blaxter & Currie (1967) and Boden & Kampa (1967). The present study deals only with the pelagic amphipods, and forms a contribution to a series (Angel, 1969; Clarke, 1969b; Baker, 1970; Foxton, 1970a, b; Badcock, 1970; Roe, 1972a, b, c, d; Pugh, 1974) dealing with the distribution and migration of the major taxa sampled during the investigation. An objective summary of the plankton data utilizing factor analysis and cluster analysis has been provided by Angel & Fasham (1973, 1974).
New pelagic amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda) collected on the SOND Cruise
Two new gammaridean amphipods, Crybelocephalus birsteini sp.nov. and Halicoides discoveryi sp.nov., and a new subspecies of hyperiid amphipod, Scina wagleri atlantis subsp.nov. are described from oceanic plankton samples taken off Fuertaventura, Canary Islands.
264. How Good is the Usual Approximation for the Period of a Simple Pendulum?
H. A. Thurston
Journal: The Mathematical Gazette / Volume 56 / Issue 396 / May 1972
Intermediate mathematical analysis, by A. F. Labarre, Jr. Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada Limited, 833 Oxford Street, Toronto 18, 1968. xiii +253 pages. Can. $9.85.
H. Thurston
Journal: Canadian Mathematical Bulletin / Volume 12 / Issue 4 / August 1969
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 April 2019, p. 543


It never fails to impress when we see someone with a disability absolutely ripping. Mike Coots is one of those people.
Not only is he a top notch photographer, but back in 1997 he survived a shark attack at his home break of Kauai, losing his right leg in the process.
Now, he's lobbying for the protection of sharks. Yep, the beasts that took his leg. What an inspirational dude!


Wedding Ceremony Program Wordingin Spanish Do You Have To Have A Wedding Ceremony Program?
What is the importance of participation in the ceremony part. I'm getting married in a few weeks and I completely forgot about it?
If you have a computer, you can simply write something about an elegant font. For office supplies store and get a part (apart from the typical white paper) .. And the guys up there. My sister did this for my wedding and looked good! Mine was a cream-colored paper folded in the middle. The home page welcomed the guests to the wedding ... next page explains the basics of the ceremony - their own voice, and so on. On the third page, the parents, grandparents, parade, registration assistants are, servers, etc. .. And the last page is a memorial to family members who were passed and our home address and the nature of things. If you want, I send my example ... Write me if you want.
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Transparency of ownership structures: has it gone too far?
Diskuse Publikováno: 3. 5. 2018
Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Science Czech Republic, v.v.i. and Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno, would like to invite you to an international discussion forum on the topic:
What is the relation between the right to privacy and the right to private property? Does the idea of totally transparent world represent a prerequisite or threat of our freedoms? And can we trust in the technologies and in their administrators?
Date: 11/5/2018 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Venue: Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Národní 117/18, Praha 1
Host of discussion: Kateřina Ronovská, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
Opening contributions to discussion:
Martin Schauer, Unversity of Wienna, Austria
Transparency of ownership structures: has is gone too far? General remarks
Gerhard Saria, University of Wienna, Austria
Transparency and state control of ownership structures in capital market firms
Sebastian Mock, University of Hamburg, Germany
Transparency of Debt Investments under the European Anti-Money Laundering Directive
István Sándor, ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary
Registration of trusts and business companies in Hungary from the aspect of transparency and business secrets
Vlastimil Pihera, Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Banking secrecy. From fiduciary to the police officer
Kristián Csach, University of Trnava, Slowakia
Publish or perish (without public funds): Register of public sector partners and publications of contracts under the Slovak law
Participants in the discussion:
Tomislav Boric', University of Graz, Austria
Astrid Deixeler-Hübner, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
Bohumil Havel, Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Josef Kotásek, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Karsten Schmidt, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany
The discussion forum could be interesting for the professionals in the area of asset management (academics, lawyers, notaries, tax advisors, bankers, etc.)
Please e-mail confirmation: jerabkoj@gmail.com no later than 1/5/2018 (the capacity of the hall is limited).
Free entry!
Organizing Committee: Kateřina Ronovská katerinaronovska@gmail.com, Eva Dobrovolná dobrovolnaev@gmail.com, Jana Jeřábková jerabkoj@gmail.com


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I am sitting here reflecting on how amazing life is now. Yesterday I spent the day with my daughter, her partner and his super fit parents. We did a 5kms kayaking trip, paddling against some very high winds.


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October 15, 2015 trafficjamjen
Final Weekend of Jane Byrne Closures Start Friday
News Release from the Illinois Department of Transportation
The Illinois Department of Transportation is reminding motorists that the fourth and final weekend of lane closures on the expressway system surrounding the Jane Byrne Interchange in Chicagotakes place starting Friday evening, Oct. 16. The public is advised to expect delays and plan accordingly.
The closures are necessary for the installation of steel beams that will support the deck of the new flyover bridge linking the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway (westbound Interstate 90/94) to the outbound Eisenhower Expressway (westbound Interstate 290), part of the larger overhaul of the Jane Byrne Interchange.
Credit: http://www.circleinterchange.org
The following ramps and lanes will be closed, weather permitting:
The outbound Eisenhower (I-290) at the Byrne Interchange will close at 10 p.m. Friday. Traffic can still access the I-90/94 exit ramps. A detour will direct traffic to the outbound Dan Ryan and the 18th Street interchange to access the outbound Eisenhower via the inbound Dan Ryan.
The inbound Kennedy Expressway (I-90/94) between Ohio Street and Harrison Street will be reduced to one lane at 8 p.m. Saturday. Unlike the previous three weekends of closures, no full stops will be required during the overnight hours. All inbound Kennedy lanes will reopen by 10 a.m. Sunday.
All lanes will reopen and the previous traffic configuration restored by 5 a.m. Monday.
Drivers are urged to pay close attention to flaggers and signs in the work zones, obey the posted speed limits and be on the alert for workers and equipment. The IDOT's Emergency Traffic Patrol (Minutemen) and Illinois State Police (ISP) will have extra patrols in the work zone.
The Regional Transportation Authority reminds residents to visit the RTA Trip Planner, at http://www.rtachicago.org, to find alternate means of travel using the region's public transportation system.
The new flyover will replace an existing single-lane, winding ramp with a two-lane ramp and bridge that begins just south of Roosevelt Road and arches over Harrison Street, the rest of the Jane Byrne Interchange and Halsted Street before connecting to the outbound Eisenhower near Morgan Street.
The cost of the Byrne reconstruction, which will take until 2019, has climbed to almost $600 million from initial IDOT estimates of $375 million in 2012, before design and engineering were completed, officials acknowledged.
Please visit www.circleinterchange.org for complete project details and closure information, including a streaming high-resolution view of the work zone.
Click here to find details on other construction projects in IDOT's District 1. Updates on the impacts to traffic are available at www.travelmidwest.com
For IDOT District 1 updates on Twitter, follow us at http://twitter.com/IDOTDistrict1.
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Home Apps Instagram brings 'Pinch to Zoom' on photos and videos to iOS app
Instagram brings 'Pinch to Zoom' on photos and videos to iOS app
Finally Instagram listened to it's audience and starts supporting most demanded feature – 'Pinch-to-Zoom' on it's iOS app. Instagram has started rolling out pinch-to-zoom feature to it's iOS app. Starting today, you can zoom in on photos and videos in the main feed, on profile pages and on the Explore tab.
Instagram posted a video announcing the feature that shows of what pinch-to-zoom will look like and how it works. The update, version 9.2, is now available for download for iOS users on the App Store. If you can't find the update there, you may need to force-close the Instagram app before pinch-to-zoom becomes available to you.
Starting today, you can pinch to zoom on photos and videos in feed, on profiles and on Explore. Dive into an adorable puppy's smile or into every detail of your friend's new shirt. Over the past six months, you've seen many exciting changes come to Instagram, from a new icon to longer videos and even a new way to share everyday moments with Instagram Stories. And as things change, we're still focused on improving the core parts of Instagram. Zoom is available today for Instagram on iOS. Zoom will be available on Android in the coming weeks.
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As of now, this feature is available to iOS users, Instagram user on Android have to wait a little more to get this support. But not too long, Instagram says the Zoom will be available on Android in the coming weeks. No word on Windows support though.
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Google rolls out official Santa tracker app to celebrate the Holiday season


In a recent column  in The Telegraph, Allister Heath claims that the humanities and social sciences are suffering from increasing groupthink, inwardness and irrelevance – creating an environment in which certain political outlooks are suppressed and academic research rarely resonates beyond the hallowed halls of the university. Such an account simply does not square with the realities of universities in 21st Century Britain. Heath praises the University world of the twentieth century but then neglects the golden rule that drove that work and is still present in twenty-first century academia: make sure you have robust evidence to support your arguments. In terms of academic research, the supposed thought police of the left are in little evidence in the pluralistic university faculties that we know across the U.K., places in which rich debates over theory and methods take place.
When it comes to Heath's arguments over the narrow reach of academic research in terms of citation, Heath's arguments rely on tenuous evidence. The claim that "98 per cent of academic papers in the arts and humanities are never cited in any subsequent research" comes from a twenty-five year old study that was at the time shown to have been misleading . The very pluralism that Heath argued is absent is what drives the abundance of contributions and the citation process is the way core arguments and perspectives emerge. In short we need the plentiful bounty to produce the nuggets of wisdom.
Research impact now plays a central role in the day-to-day life of the modern academic. Emphasis on wider dissemination to public and policy audiences is now integrated into research council funding and the formal assessment of research quality in the government's Research Excellence Framework. The 2014 REF reported that "research in all UOAs has led to a wide range of outstanding and very considerable social, economic and cultural impacts", with 44% of submissions graded as world-leading and a further 40% as internationally excellent. Social sciences fared well in the REF, with the scores for Panel C  and the Politics & International Studies unit of assessment (UoA21 ) faring well in comparison to the national average – and indeed above the average score for sciences/engineering (Panel B). This hardly tells a story of irrelevance or a crisis of research impact. There is much evidence of the contribution of social scientists to policy-making in Britain, for example informing the nudge agenda and more widely providing an important evidence base for parliament . Claims about the irrelevance of the social sciences are baseless. Big ideas such as those around globalisation, governance and predistribution all had academic starting points. The work of think tanks and other policy advisors relies to a great degree on access to academic research. To say they, rather than academics, deliver policy advice it is a bit like arguing that all the bills, cards and letters you receive are generated by the postal worker that delivers it to your door.
It is certainly true that the political outlook of universities is to the left of the median voter  – regardless of discipline . This arguably reflects the self-selection mechanisms at work in pursuit of an academic career, rather than a suppression of particular political viewpoints. Having sat on more interview panels than we care to remember we can remember no cases where a candidate's politics mattered. Decisions are driven by pragmatic rather than ideological judgements about the quality of their research, their capacity for academic leadership, their teaching commitment and their ability to raise funds!


The AustSTEM Foundation believes that there is a distinct lack of equity in the distribution of appropriate STEM digital tools in Australian primary classrooms across the country.
Tablets are becoming ubiquitous in 1:1 ratios in the classrooms of the more well-off schools, but are rare, shared, and often not working in the lower SES schools.
From the outer suburbs of our major cities and beyond, working PC's and laptops are shared in ever-increasing ratios.


Hello everyone, and welcome to Hanauma Bay in Hawaii.
Hanauma Bay is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the Island.
took a day trip to visit the Nature Preserve and Marine Life Conservation District.
Hana means bay in the Hawaiian language.
walking, or otherwise having contact with coral heads which appear much like large rocks on the ocean floor. About 400 species of fish are known to inhabit the bay.
Hanauma Bay is known for its abundance of Green sea Turtles and is a nursery ground for the immature turtles.
Can you name Hawaii's state fish?
Remember High School Musical 2 song!!!
and receive instruction about the conservaton of the Bay's resources.
The view is worth the walk. And the water is so clear you can see the coral formations on the ocean floor.
The snorkeling is amazing for the young and old at heart.
A wonderful grass area, white sandy beach, clean changing rooms and restroom facilities.
Snorkeling and enjoying the colorful fish they see.
Lots of heads "bobbing up and down"
I'm so happy you joined me on my adventure to a beautiful beach in Hawaii.
I will be joining some parties and I hope you visit them too.
Looks like fun time...beatiful place.Thanks for sharing.Have a great day!
Calling by as another Outdoor Wednesday participant today, thanks for the tour.
This is beautiful. I'm in awe of your tour of the island. Definitely a place I'd like to visit someday. Thanks for sharing!!
My husband and kids went snorkelling there when we visited Hawaii a few years ago. They had a great time while I took lots of photos! This was a lovely reminder of our holiday in Hawaii-thank you!
What a beautiful place, oh, how I wish to be there.


In concert with Constantinople at the Festival Cultural Zacatecas, in Mexico.
In concert with Constantinople and the wonderful Italian tenor, Marco Beasley.
Constantinople, Dalla Porta D'Oriente ✣ Victoria, B.C.
In concert with Constantinople and tenor Marco Beasley, for the Early Music Society of the Islands, in Victoria, B.C.
In concert with Constantinople and soprano Suzie LeBlanc at the San Diego Early Music Society, in La Jolla, California.
In concert with composer and kanoun player Didem Basar and her group at St. Jax church, Montréal.


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La Classe Etna  est une classe de navire ravitailleur (avec hélisurface) de la marine grecque.

Navires

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Classe de bateau de la Marine grecque
Classe de bateau de la Marina Militare
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The Forest New Ground at Nottingham was a first-class cricket venue used by Nottingham Cricket Club in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Forest New Ground incorporated the old Forest Racecourse and in some sources the cricket venue is referred to as Forest Racecourse or else as "Forest Ground".

First recorded in 1771 for the Nottingham v Sheffield match, the Forest ground was used for cricket until 1979, although it was superseded for first-class matches by Trent Bridge from 1840.
It is owned by Nottingham City Council and is used for Football and the annual Goose Fair.

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It is user-friendly and provides information in a concise and summarized manner.
Even the last minute changes in the law have been incorporated in the book and it is, therefore, the latest and most up-to-date book for the Assessment Year 2019-2020. The amendments made by the Finance Act, 2018 have been given at appropriate places in the book.
It contains latest question papers of CA Inter IIPCC with solutions to practical problems as per the law applicable for assessment year 2019-20.


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Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels
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Barbara LaMarr, BearManor Media, Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels, Hollywood, Juanita Hansen, Marie Prevost, Mary Nolan, Michael G Ankerich, Silent Movies
Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen is an illustrated paperback by Michael G. Ankerich, published in 2010 by BearManor Media, and named by the San Francisco Examiner as one of the top silent film books of that year.
Ankerich's previous books on early cinema include two collections of interviews, Broken Silence and The Sound of Silence; and a biography, The Real Joyce Compton.
'Cultivate your curves,' Mae West once quipped. 'They may be dangerous, but they can't be avoided.' Of all the hard-luck stories of the silver screen, the earliest are among the most poignant.
Hollywood was a provincial backwater when D.W. Griffith expanded his Biograph company from New York to California in 1910. Within a decade, America's film industry was booming. However, scandals involving stars like Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand led to an increasing unease with the popularity of movies.
In 1921, Will Hays became head of the Motion Picture Producers and Directors Association, and gradually a strict moral code was imposed. This didn't stop stars misbehaving off-screen, of course, but the magazine columnists of the day were ready to report every little mishap.
If the careers of movie actors weren't precarious enough already, advances in technology posed another threat. Many skilled and experienced stars fell by the wayside in the late 1920s, brought down by their own peccadilloes and the coming of sound.
Ankerich avoids the best-known silent stars – such as Clara Bow or Louise Brooks, whose fates have been well-documented – in favour of those who are now all but forgotten. Of these, the most recognisable is Barbara LaMarr – dubbed 'The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful.'
This monicker originated from when she was still a teenager in trouble with the law. Returning her to her parents' care, the judge declared that, 'There are no charges against (her) – unless it be that she is dangerously beautiful.' She quickly became immersed in the nightlife of Los Angeles and New York, admitting that she rarely slept for more than two hours.
Barbara had a gift for poetry and was working as a scenarist when Mary Pickford encouraged her to take up acting. In 1922, she starred alongside Ramon Navarro in The Prisoner of Zenda. She bore a son in secret, later adopting him.
When Barbara died of tuberculosis at thirty, film producer Paul Bern arranged her funeral, remarking that she was 'too beautiful to cremate.' Her son was raised by actress ZaSu Pitts. Her surname would later be given to another beautiful brunette, Hedy Lamarr.
Marie Prevost began her career as a 'bathing beauty' in Mack Sennett's two-reeler slapstick comedies. After being snapped up by Universal's Irving Thalberg, Marie burned her bathing suit on Coney Island.
After finding new fame in The Married Flapper (1922), Marie appeared in three films directed by the great Ernst Lubitsch; The Marriage Circle and Three Women in 1924, and Kiss Me Again in 1925. That year, she scored another hit with Bobbed Hair.
But Marie's life was dogged by tragedy. Shortly after she was dropped by Warners in 1926, Marie learned that her beloved mother had died in a car crash. When her own car later hit a young girl (who was unharmed), a haunted Marie began drinking heavily.
By the late 1920s, Marie's weight gain was hindering her from winning roles. Her final star vehicle was Cecil B. DeMille's The Godless Girl in 1929. Still, she never gave up, and for several years she worked as a contract player for MGM.
Her comeback was cut short in 1937, when Marie died in a house-fire. She wasn't found for three days. Her friend, Joan Crawford, paid for her funeral, which was attended by many Hollywood luminaries. Crawford lamented that they had not been able to help Marie sooner.
Mary Nolan was born into dire poverty, and raised in an orphanage. At thirteen, she fled to New York and established herself as one of the leading artists' models of the day, posing for the likes of Norman Rockwell.
She became involved with a married musical star, Frank Tinney, whose frequent beatings led her to attempt suicide. She was fired from the Ziegfeld Follies and moved to Europe. On her return to America in 1927 she changed her name to escape her sordid past.
In 1928, Mary achieved stardom in West of Zanzibar. Desert Nights, with John Gilbert, followed in 1930.But Mary was now embroiled in another abusive relationship, with MGM producer Eddie Mannix.
Addicted to narcotics, Mary became increasingly erratic. She was fired from What Men Want at Universal, and married a stockbroker who had just lost his $3 million fortune. After setting up a dress shop in New York, Mary went bankrupt and failed to pay her employees. She was jailed for thirty days.
Her final film was made in 1933. She tried to launch a new career as a nightclub singer, but was often in debt and spent time in a psychiatric ward. During the late 1940s, she sold her story to a tabloid newspaper. Then, in 1948, she died of a Seconal overdose. A sentimental poem was left at her bedside. Mary had written in the margin, 'If only this were true.'
Juanita Hansen, like Marie Prevost, was one of Mack Sennett's discoveries. After signing to Universal, she starred in serials like The Brass Bullet and The Lost City. But in 1918, while recovering from a serious bout of flu, Juanita began using narcotics to sustain herself during long working days.
Her last film was made in 1923. She credited Dr John Scott Barker with helping her to kick drugs. Unfortunately, she was arrested in a bust soon after, which she believed was a police set-up. When Dr Barker's clinic was shot down, Juanita defended him in court.
She was devastated by the death of her friend, Mary Thurman, in 1925. Three years later, Juanita was badly scalded in a hotel shower.
When society beauty Evelyn Nesbit named Juanita as a co-respondent in her 1933 divorce from long-estranged husband Jack Clifford, she was once again plunged into scandal.
For the rest of her life, she worked tirelessly as an anti-drugs campaigner. Her 1938 book, The Conspiracy of Silence, argued that addicts should be given hospital treatment, not criminalised. In this respect, she was decades ahead of her time.
Though Juanita suffered an overdose during a brief relapse in 1941, she remained an inspiration to others until her death twenty years later.
Some of Ankerich's stories are more light-hearted. Rudolph Valentino's bride, Jean Acker, locked herself in her room on their wedding night, only surfacing when her alleged lover, Grace Darmond (star of The Valley of the Giants) arrived.
And in 1946, former silent screen star Alberta Vaughan was arrested while dancing in men's underwear on the roadside for a bemused crowd of G.I.s, in exchange for cigarettes – only to repeat the spectacle in her jail cell, explaining, 'A girl's gotta smoke!'
Not all of the 'hard-luck girls' met a hapless fate. After taking advice from director Howard Hawks, Natalie Joyce declared, 'I'll never get anywhere in this business because I won't put out!' She later married and opened a beauty salon.
Eve Southern, whose acting career was cut short by a toboggan accident in 1932, continued to work behind the scenes as a retoucher, pianist and composer.
Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels illuminates a neglected area of cinematic history. If novelist Jacqueline Susann had been around in the 1920s, Valley of the Dolls would probably have read a little like this book.
Ankerich clearly knows his subject, adding a filmography and footnotes to each chapter. His next book, Mae Murray: The Girl With the Bee-Stung Lips, will be published in October, and he is currently writing a sequel to Dangerous Curves.
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Michael G. Ankerich said:
I'm very grateful for your review. Glad you liked Dangerous Curves!
Constance Swift said:
Michael, I'm on my 3rd or 4th reading of "Dangerous Curves" and I always find something new about the women!!


The London Symphony Orchestra will perform video game music in two concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris in 2017.
Symphonic Selections Paris (17 June 2017) is a brand new concert from the team behind Final Symphony I & II and Symphonic Fantasies, some of the most fan-pleasing and critically acclaimed orchestral video game concerts in the world. Bringing together movements from these performances into an unmissable new program, Symphonic Selections Paris is a spectacular 'greatest hits' evening of music from legendary composers Nobuo Uematsu, Yoko Shimomura and Yasunori Mitsuda. With soul-stirring arrangements from Jonne Valtonen and Roger Wanamo, along with a stage that plays hosts to the internationally renowned London Symphony Orchestra, world class soloists Mischa Cheung, Rony Barrak and conductor Eckehard Stier, Symphonic Selections Paris will spirit away concert goers on a remarkable, musical journey of pure Japanese RPG magic.
Celebrating the life and work of one of video gaming's greatest ever composers, Symphonic Odysseys Paris (18 June 2017) is the ultimate Nobuo Uematsu tribute concert. Featuring breath-taking orchestral arrangements of some of Uematsu-san's most popular melodies – including themes from Blue Dragon, The Last Story, Lost Odyssey and, of course, Final Fantasy – Symphonic Odysseys Paris takes fans on an unforgettable journey through 30 glorious years of video game music. Performed by the world-famous London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Eckehard Stier, together with the London Symphony Chorus and acclaimed pianist Mischa Cheung, Symphonic Odysseys Paris includes revised arrangements from Jonne Valtonen and Roger Wanamo, the composing team behind the critically acclaimed and best-selling album of Final Fantasy music, Final Symphony.


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Laval University is one of the most historically important centers for higher studies. In Canada, it is the oldest university and the second oldest in the continent. It was founded in 1663 by Francois de Montmorency-Laval who went on to become the Bishop of New France. When the area was under the French regime the institution was primarily used to train priests. The university is ranked among the top ten universities in Canada in terms of research funding.
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What do you understand by model code of conduct? Explain the purpose behind having a model code of conduct in India.
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The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is a set of guidelines issued by the Election Commission to regulate conduct of political parties and candidates during the election campaign. It is evolved by the Election Commission on the basis of consensus among political parties.
The model code of conduct is operational from the date on which election schedule is announced until the date of results.
Purpose behind MCC
Maintain election campaign on healthy lines.
E.g Activities such as using caste and communal feelings to secure votes are not well permitted.
Avoid clashes and conflicts between political parties or their supporters.
Ensure peace and order during the campaign period and thereafter, until the results are declared.
Prescribe guidelines for the ruling party to ensure that a level playing field is maintained.
E.g Ensuring ruling party does not use its official position for election campaign.
E.g. Advertising at the cost of public exchequer or using official mass media for publicity.
No announcements of financial grants or projects to secure votes during election campaign.
Thus MCC tries to maintain level playing field and elections on policy issues than overtly political issues. Although it does not have a legal backing, it has acquired strength in the recent past because of its strict enforcement by the Election Commission.
Subjects : Polity


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The Surgical Placement of the Skinny 2.4 Replacing Tooth Number 5 from American Dental Implant Corp. on Vimeo.
The bone compression technique replacing a maxillary bicuspid from American Dental Implant Corp. on Vimeo.
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I've decided if I keep writing about summer-related topics, Mother Nature will eventually get the hint and it will start to feel like we're approaching the midway mark for the month of June. So on this Motivation Monday, I offer a list of the must-have items to for a season filled with outdoor workouts and sunshine-filled fun with family and friends.
1. Don't Ignore Those Tootsies! As we speed toward the halfway mark of 2018, now's the time to think about the last time you got a new pair of sneakers. If you're a serious runner or involved in high-impact exercise and it's been six months or longer, it's time to consider getting a new pair. Every fitness routine needs the proper footwear to ensure you're getting the right amount of stability and support.
3. Sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen! As a former coconut-scented tanning oil addict who now gets annual scans of the many moles on my body, I implore you to protect your skin from the damaging effects of the sun. There are so many lightweight SPF 30 and higher sunscreen options available today. That means there is no excuse for not wearing sunscreen for a long summer stroll or a super-sweaty session of beach volleyball. If the skin on your face is super sensitive like mine, you may want to give La Roche-Posay Ultra Light Sunscreen Fluid a try. It's been my go-to for years.
4. Smart Snacks: Planning to spend a good part of the day away from your healthy home base? Arming yourself with sensible snacks is a surefire way to avoid making less-than-optimal choices. While scenic, those mood-boosting long walks often don't have much to offer by way of fuel except for hot dog vendors or vending machines filled with sugary drinks and candy bars. So be sure to pack some healthy, portable options such as almonds, apples or low-sugar protein bars. My go-to: KIND snack bars.
Remember, a little prep and having the right items in your arsenal can make all the difference when it comes to sticking with your summer plans to have fun, be fit and feel fabulous!
Yay – summer is only two weeks away!
1) Re-usable water bottle: Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! My rule of thumb is unless you're playing a sport for 90 minutes or longer, stay away from those high-calorie, sugar-loaded energy drinks.
2) BFit Labs Electrolyte Spray: Speaking of hydration, don't forget to keep those all-important electrolytes in check! Tossing a bottle of Bfit Labs Rapid Electrolyte Spray into your gym or beach bag is the perfect way to stay hydrated wherever the day takes you. Whether you choose Berry Blast or Very Vanilla, the sprays (made by Sportsfood, Inc.) contain 0 calories, 0 sugars, 0 carbs and 0 food dyes. They DO give you just the right spritz of sodium and potassium, along with a shot of vitamins B6 and B12.
3) Portable / non-perishable snacks: Open any of my backpacks or beach bags, and chances are you'll find almonds, a KIND bar and a banana or a green apple. Some of my beach cooler favorites include watermelon, frozen grapes and celery.
4) Moisture-wicking clothing: Sometimes the shirt on my back makes all the difference between sweating it out and throwing in the towel!
5) Jump rope: The ultimate portable workout tool that can be used just about anywhere.
6) New kicks: If it's been six months since you got your last pair of sneakers, now's the time to look for new support. When you're out getting that new bathing suit and sunscreen, make a stop in the athletic footwear department.
7) Sunscreen: I'm 100% guilty of overdosing on way too much sunshine in my teens and 20s. Since developing Rosacea in my mid-30s, I've become more diligent about protecting my skin. I look for products that are lightweight, waterproof and formulated specifically for sensitive skin. My go-to for the last several years has been La-Roche Posay Ultralight Sunscreen Fluid.
So, what's on your must-have summertime fun list? I'd love to know! Sharing ideas is always a great way to help everyone enjoy a safe season filled with lots of opportunities to have fun, be fit and feel fabulous!


[Louboutin] is an exponent of what might be thought of as a Slow Foot movement, asserting that a sort of virtue is forged in the discipline of wearing exquisite, handmade shoes, even if they cramp the metatarsals. Clogs are a particular bugbear. "I hate the whole concept of the clog!" Louboutin said. "It's fake, it's ugly, and it's not even comfortable!" He continued, "And I hate the whole concept of comfort! It's like when people say, 'Well, we're not really in love, but we're in a comfortable relationship.' You're abandoning a lot of ideas when you are too into comfort. 'Comfy' - that's one of the worst words! I just picture a woman feeling bad, with a big bottle of alcohol, really puffy. It's really depressing, but she likes her life because she has comfortable clogs."
I read this beautiful gem in a profile of Christian Louboutin by Laruen Collins in this week's New Yorker while I was riding the train home from work this evening. It was a depressing, dreary day, and not just weather-wise. The weather certainly has a great deal of influence on our moods and waking up this morning, I was none too eager to get out there and live my life given the steady rain coming down outside my window. I went to work though, because that is what we do. We go through these motions necessary to continue our survival, our existence as we have become used to, and (dare I even say it given that Louboutin quote) as we have become comfortable with. My job seemed more annoying today than usual. I couldn't wait to get out of there. The string of exasperating and stupid phone calls seemed endless today. Six-thirty could not come fast enough.
What made the day more depressing was that I had no plans after work. There was the intention of perhaps going to the gym, but the nasty weather outside when I got off of work made me want to get straight on the train and not walk the ten more blocks past the train entrance to my gym. Also my feet were wet.
My shoes, one of my favorite pairs, this black pair of Stacy Adams Madison shoes, have been worn into the ground. The soles are paper-thin in parts and my socks were sopping up all the water on the sidewalk, making even the short walk unpleasant, making me sad that my feet were wet and cold, but also that this pair of shoes I have such an affection for are nearly at the end of their lifecycle. I originally found a brown pair of these shoes at a vintage shop in the East Village and was totally wowed by them. They were the dress shoe that I am always looking for and never find. They have a perfectly curved toe that I want in dress shoes - not square-toed (God, no) and not too pointy either. They also have a heel that is a normal size, not the booster heels that so many men's dress shoes have to compensate whatever insecurity men who buy dress shoes are nursing. I was in love with this brown pair and have basically worn these into the ground as well. It was after I had fairly wrecked those ones that I found a black pair in my size at the same vintage shop.
So I sat there on the train, reading Louboutin talking about comfort and shoes and style and really dreaming that I was perhaps more fashionable than I am, agreeing with him, the two of us joking about such things, such as the man standing in front of me in his awful square-toed dress shoes, me confessing to Christian (the two of us on a first name basis at this point in our train ride together) that that was a deal-breaker, that I just can't take someone seriously, can't find them attractive if they wear such shoes. Neither of us could wrap our heads around why these shoes were made, let alone purchased, what exactly it meant about the male ego that these shoes were in such abundance at times, trying to parse out what symbolism there was in this square-toed business, that ill-fitting and hard edges, a lack of concern with shapeliness, is what separates masculine from feminine, or some such similar logic.
I finished the article just as I got to my stop, put it in my ratty tote bag and walked home in my dilapidated shoes, socks soaking up water, one of my umbrella's ribs broken, the thing tilting in on one side.


Book Review: "Kissed by a Fox: And Other Stories of Friendship in Nature" by Priscilla Stuckey, Ph.D.
Table of Contents: JSE March 2015 — Sustainability: What's Love Got to Do with It?
Abstract: In Kissed by a Fox: And Other Stories of Friendship in Nature, Priscilla Stuckey, Ph.D. presents a collection of stories as an integrated whole. The purpose of this book review is to offer this work of creative non-fiction as an illuminating example of how love and relationships are essential ingredients for sustainability. Kissed by a Fox is fundamentally about relationships between humans and other-than-human beings. Love for the natural world and one's self are consistently described throughout the book as necessary for taking in and giving out what will sustain us and the earth. Stuckey delivers this message through narrating her experiences with "friendships in nature" and how these relationships transformed her life.
Kissed by a Fox: And Other Stories of Friendship in Nature by Priscilla Stuckey, Ph.D. has received praise from Richard Louv, author of The Nature Principle and Last Child in the Woods, Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation, Publisher's Weekly, the Seattle Star and more. The book won the 2013 WILLA Award for Creative Nonfiction, the 2013 Nautilus Silver Award for Animals/Nature and the 2012 ForWord Book of the Year Silver Award for Nature. Although Stuckey's highly praised book includes so many interesting topics for the reader to explore, the purpose of this book review is to offer this work of creative non-fiction as an illuminating example of how love and relationships are fundamental ingredients for sustainability.
Throughout Kissed by a Fox Stuckey narrates an intricately woven tapestry of personal experiences, history, philosophy, theology and ecology to illustrate how she discovered and experienced a deeper connection with the natural world and how this transformed her life. Stuckey describes how she came to recognize the relationships she had with what she calls, "more-than-human beings" such as an eagle, a tree, a dog, a baby bird, a fox, a creek and others. The book is organized as a journey through these extraordinary relationships with each chapter dedicated to a significant relationship. Each chapter describes what aspects of the relationship contributed to Stuckey's understanding of love, loss, recovery and resilience. Through acknowledging each connection or relationship, it is as though the author's heart opens ever wider and she finds strength to heal and make peace with her past and life's ongoing bumps and bruises. Through documenting this personal journey, the author articulates how love and relationships are the base elements for a sustainable future.
Kissed by a Fox is fundamentally about relationships between humans and other-than-human beings. Through personal memoir and meticulous research across genres and philosophies, Stuckey narrates her journey through the realization that our minds are one with nature. Jung's theory of synchronicity (p. 64-65), the ability of our inner sight to foresee events in the outer world or a "meaningful coincidence" is one of many examples provided to illustrate how we interact with the natural world. Stuckey takes the concept of synchronicity further by linking it to indigenous knowledge which across traditional cultures and places speaks of our "relations" or a deeply personal connection to all beings that inhabit the places we dwell (p. 67). These personal relationships with the more-than-human can provide just-in-time knowledge about how we are living our lives, insight to a solution we had not considered, or remind us of our many blessings.
The word "love" appears in the text or within a quote twenty one times throughout Kissed by a Fox (Index, p. 371). Love for the natural world and the self is also inferred through the personal narratives that consistently arrive at love and relationship being the answer to grief, despair, inner and outer destruction of ourselves and the earth. In Chapter 1, "Cut-Leaf Weeping Birch" the author has one of her first experiences acknowledging a relationship with a nonhuman being. Her favorite weeping birch tree from childhood popped up in her mind one day while she was living on the other side of the country from her childhood home. Later that day she learned the tree had a disease and would be cut down, she then understood her vision as the tree saying goodbye (p. 25). This acknowledgement of friendship with a tree is a pivotal moment for Stuckey as she begins to open her heart to love and friendship beyond the human domain.
In Chapter 2, "Hooded Oriole" Stuckey learns to apply her newfound understanding about synchronicity and caring for our relations to her own life. Through caring for a baby oriole that fell from its nest, Stuckey begins to see the parallels between this vulnerable creature and herself at that moment in her life. Learning from the baby bird helps Stuckey make bold decisions to love herself and move forward. Stuckey cared for the bird and in turn the bird taught her a valuable lesson – this is reciprocity. Similarly in Chapter 4, "Red Foxes" Stuckey learns what it means to become a trusted member of a fox den. She is surprised and honored by her kinship with a rescued red fox named Rudy.
In Chapter 8 "Peralta Creek" Stuckey explains, "Our relationship with the creek started innocently enough" (p. 201) when she moves into a house on a steep slope with a creek for a neighbor. Over time she gets to know the creek and grasps how much of the surrounding landscape has been shaped by water. As she comes to understand the complexity of a watershed and the ecosystems within, Stuckey becomes involved with the creek on a personal level and as a community activist. The activist work connected the author with neighbors and other local activists adding a dimensionality to the power of relationship building at the community level.
In chapter 7, "Ancestors", love through relationship with the earth and natural forces is explored by discussing indigenous knowledge. A deep sense of place and acts of reciprocity are an integral part of indigenous belief systems. After suffering through a prolonged illness, Stuckey begins to unravel the relationship she had with her own parents and ancestors. Her Mennonite ancestors that settled in Ohio transformed the landscape from swamp and forest to farmland. Stuckey explains the mentality of settlers, pioneers, colonists and conquerors in the Americas as a dearth of love and sense of place, "The pioneers were immigrants and conquerors. They had arrived at a place they could not love. They would seize a world that was new to them, destroy what was there, and repopulate it with their own kinds" (p. 188). Stuckey's acknowledgement of her ancestors and the possibility of another path, aided her process of healing and connection to the relationships that gave her strength and love, "the path toward control stretches away from love, and too much of what Western society has received from ancestors leads not toward love but away from it" (p. 193). Ultimately, healing comes for Stuckey not through traditional therapy but through ceremonial healing which teaches her to listen "…in therapy I was talking; in ceremony I was deeply listening" (p.195).
In Chapter 12 "Earth" the linkage between relationships, love and care for ourselves and the earth come together. Stuckey offers sage advice and vision for a sustainable future, "Cultures that are sustainable help one another remember interconnection. They value reciprocity and fairness, and they build interdependence into their systems of exchange. They teach their children to respect others, both human and other than human…They use local resources, yes, but first of all they love those resources as relatives" (p. 330). Stuckey connects the inner and outer spheres of experience by explaining, "For what is gathered in must be given out" (p. 330) which in a crude vernacular could be interpreted in the negative as "garbage in, garbage out" or in the positive as; receive love, give love. Repeat. We can choose what we take in and what we put out.
I admire Priscilla Stuckey's courage and perseverance to write down what was in her heart. Kissed by a Fox: And Other Stories of Friendship in Nature is as much an enjoyable read as it is thought provoking. It offers humble testament to living sustainably with oneself and the earth. It is powerful to follow Stuckey's life story through suffering, healing, love, loss, change, transformation and calm. I encourage the readers of this review to read Kissed by a Fox and reflect upon your own experiences with "friendships in nature" and what they have to do with love and reciprocity in your own life.


He held her closely, caressing her face and leaned in to kiss her gently.
It was astounding to see them; yet, at the same time it was like invading their privacy. I quickly looked away and took out a book to read.
It wasn't long before they came and took a seat by my side.
About? Did she not know the exact date? time? minute?
He didn't say, but there was something in his eyes. Was it regret? I couldn't tell, he seemed happy, yet troubled.
"We need your help," Devin started.
I turned from one to the other. Really? They needed my help? Sure, I am going to be a psychologist, but if they need couples therapy starting now than they are definitely not going to last for long.
The shock of that sentence was more than my heart could bear.
He couldn't finish. Or rather, he did finish.
"How long have you guys known each other?" I directed the question, more of an accusation, towards Devin.
That was the last thing I expected. My best friend asking me to be a godmother, somehow at that time it lifted all other doubts and I knew that his life and my life would always be intertwined.
That memory never leaves me and as I stand here between their caskets, two years later, tears stroll down my face. Here lies Steven, my best friend, and Devin, his wife and one of my closest girlfriends.
His mother was shattered. She cried uncontrollably, there was nothing I could do. I walked up to her, gave her a hug and a kiss on her forehead. The toddler in her arms squirmed and opened her eyes. Those blue eyes that were the same as her mothers. She saw me and immediately reached out for me.
I grabbed her in my arms and held back my tears, not wanting to scare her, not wanting her to feel the pain. She was barely two.
Their will was read and, as I thought, they left me in charge of Sierra. We left their funeral and I watched her grow up. Every year we visited their graves; to say hello. She would draw pictures and take them to show them.
They would have been really proud of her.
She has grown up so much; her blond hair long and wavy as her mothers, her lips as rosy as her dads. She was much taller than me and she walked proudly down the isle in her cap and gown.
I am very proud of her and I know you would have been proud too. The ceremony was long, but her speech was incredible. She gave me a hug when it was all over. I took photos of her with her friends, classmates, and professors all congratulating me as if I was her mother. But then again, I am her godmother. Devin, how you would have loved all this praise.
It was then that a young gentleman, taller than her, came to say hello. She introduced me to him and I sensed that their love was strong. I knew this man was going to marry her. His name is Tim.
Life is full of challenges and we must overcome them if we want to survive well. Nice story.


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What's Screening: April 8 – 14
April 8, 2011 ~ Lincoln Spector
The Sonoma Film Festival and the Women's Film Festival both run through Sunday. The Oakland and Tiburon International Film Festivals both continue through this week.
A- Play It Again Sam, Cerrito, Thursday. Five years before Annie Hall, Woody Allen proved that he could write, if not yet direct, a real story about real people, and still make it funny. He could also carry one as a star, playing a film historian newly separated from his wife and taking dating advice from Humphrey Bogart's ghost. Diane Keaton (still his significant other when the film was shot) plays against him for the first time on film.
A Sons of the Desert, Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, Sunday, 4:00. Feature films weren't Laurel & Hardy's strong point; something about their humor worked best in the short form. But Sons of the Desert is one of only two exceptions that prove the rule (the other is Blockheads). This simple tale of two married men trying to have a good time away from their wives is loose, leisurely, and very funny. With one of my favorite L&H shorts, "Busy Bodies," plus Our Gang in "Arbor Day."
A Alien, Pacific Film Archive, Wednesday, 3:10. In the wake of Jaws' and Star Wars' phenomenal success, It's no surprise that someone would have made a big-budget movie about a large predator on a spaceship. But the obvious marketing value doesn't explain how good this film actually is, and on so many levels. First you've got the extraordinary art direction, giving us a spaceship that feels like strange and unsettling high-tech haunted house, yet is absolutely believable. Then there's the working-class astronauts complaining about the food and pay–easily the most realistic people Hollywood has ever shot into space. Don't forget the star-making performance by Sigourney Weaver, or the overriding sense of loneliness, corporate exploitation, and–dare I say it–alienation. It's also one hell of a fun, scary ride. As part of the Film 50: History of Cinema class and series, the PFA will screen Ridkey Scott's director's cut, which I have to admit I've never seen. Maybe I should.
B+ The King's Speech (PG-13 version), Lumiere, Shattuck, Piedmont, starts Friday; Red Vic, Thursday (and continuing through next Saturday). Although I haven't actually seen this version, I'm lowering my grade from my original A in protest of the recent censorship. Here we have a film with no sex, no violence, and no nudity that nevertheless received an R rating because of one scene where the main character says fuck several times as part of his speech therapy. I wouldn't hesitate to show King's Speech to a 10-year-old. But now the Weinstein Company (the film's American distributors) have recut it to receive the PG-13 rating it should have had in the first place. I just hope that the DVD/Blu-ray edition will include the original cut. If you still need to learn something about the original version, read my full review. And for more on my thoughts on this film's ratings, see Ratings, Censorship, and the Weinstein Company.
B- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Castro, Friday. Howard Hawks' musical battle of the sexes contains a handful of wonderful dance numbers and some good comic moments, but there are too many weak scenes to wholeheartedly recommend it. The real surprise is in the leading ladies. Gentlemen helped turn Marilyn Monroe into a star, but co-star Jane Russell blows her out of the water. In this film, at least, Russell is funnier and sexier. On a double bill with The Outlaw, the famous Howard Hughes-produced Billy the Kid movie that made Russell a star by hiding her talent and emphasizing two other assets.
B+ True Grit (2010 version), Castro, Wednesday. The Coen brothers take on the most classic American genre and treat it with surprising reverence and respect. They allow only slices of their wry wit to invade the story, along with some barely PG-13 slices (literally) of their equally distinctive grotesque violence. Forget about Jeff Bridges as the alleged star. This movie belongs to 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld, who's in every scene as a determined youngster willing to undergo any hardship to avenge her father's death.
A+ Seven Samurai, Castro, Sunday. If you think all action movies are mindless escapism, you need to set aside 3½ hours for Kurosawa's epic masterpiece. The basic story–a poor village hires warriors to defend them against bandits–has been retold many times since, but Kurosawa told it first and told it best. This is an action film with almost no action in the first two hours. But when the fighting finally arrives, you're ready for it, knowing every detail of the people involved, the terrain to be fought over, and the class differences between the peasants and their hired swords. One of the greatest movies ever made. See my Kurosawa Diary entry.
D Potiche, Aquarius, opens Friday. This alleged comedy wastes two of France's great stars–Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu–in an unfunny feminist fantasy set in the late 1970′s. The period setting is played for laughs–but doesn't actually earn any. The same goes for the politics and characters. Most of Potiche is predictable; the rest of it is so bad I never would have predicted it. In her late 60s, Deneuve is still a remarkably attractive woman, but Depardieu has put on so much weight I worried about his health. Read my full review.
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With festivity in air the restaurant industry is abuzz with all the excitements that surround Diwali.
The restaurant in the country has geared up together to mark this festive season more beautiful. It is that time in the calendar when every house is lit up with lamps and laughter and everyone seems to be in high spirit. The festival of 'Diwali' binds the entire nation in resplendent celebrations. Shopping, fireworks, exchange of gifts and a variety of gastronomical delights are all sign of the Diwali fever.
On the other hand focusing the celebration, Frozen Yogurt chain Yogurberry has launched its new flavor 'Maddy Vanilla', a tangy sweet vanilla with a hint of cinnamon for the upcoming Diwai. To add more sparkles with its health benefits for Yogurberry regular customers, the company also offers various combo deals on its Mix Ins, shakes and parfaits.
Diwali, the joyous festival known as the 'festival of lights' or Deepavali, translating as 'row of lamps' recognises the triumph of good over evil; light over dark; and Ravan's defeat by Lord Rama. The festival offers an excellent opportunity to indulge in sweet snacks from across the country. The season invites you to indulge and explore the bounteous world of festive fodder India has on her groaning celebratory table. The European selection box dulls next to sweets like the fudgy, cheese-based Bengali sandesh and the coconut-rich confections of Kerala.
Restaurant brand Fat Lulu's, Gurgaon famously known for its hand-rolled, thin crust gourmet, wood fire pizza. Inspired by the streets of New York and keeping with the city's cultural ethos, Fat Lulu's has added a whole new selection of pizzas to its existing menu for Diwali.
The additional items have something to woo each of its clients. Its Upper Manhattan pizza, for instance, with toppings of sour cream and tomato sauce, mozzarella, chicken breast, mushrooms, onions and cajun spice is a gourmet's delight. The Grecian and Bronx pizzas, too, fall in the same category, while its Chilly Willy pizza topped with pimento chilies, jalapenos, roasted garlic, chicken and mushroom will leave those who love spicy food craving for more.
With all these, the restaurants in the country are all set to celebrate the grand festival which is on 3rd of November offering a wide variant of food delicacies.
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