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Behind every big and small light concept, LUMEsLICHT offers comprehensive lighting advice. We meet with you for a personal discussion in our showroom, where concrete application examples are presented and you can introduce us to your individual wishes and ideas. In the next step of the project conception, one of our lighting planners will visit you in order to present lighting suggestions in the specific situation. This is a particularly exciting date for all participants, as it allows us to test different light effects in the room and to experience the direct influence of light on the atmosphere. In addition, our team supports you with the help of hand sketches and photo examples, checks the technical feasibility and gives you corresponding product recommendations. Once the right products have been selected, our Electrical company could be offer delivery and assembly. At the end of the consultation, you will receive a sketch of the floor plan with points of light and all datasheets documents.
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Japan Air Lines, Co., Ltd. DC-8-62, JA 8032
Japan Air Lines, Douglas DC-8-62, JA8032, made an unintentional landing in San Francisco Bay while operating as Flight 2, departed Tokyo International Airport at 0836z (1736 Tokyo Time) on November 22, 1968, with 96 passengers, including six infants and a crew of 11 for a nonstop Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight to the San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California.
The flight arrived in the San Francisco area at 16542 (0854 Pacific standard time) after a routine flight. Normal communications were established, and the crew was radar vectored to the Woodside VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) and thence to intercept the Instrument Landing System (ILS) for Runway 28L at the San Francisco International Airport.
The flight crossed the Woodside VOR at 17162 at approximately 4,000 feet and, at 1718:30z, was cleared to descend to 2,000 feet. The flight descended in a constant, uninterrupted rate of descent from this time until about 6 seconds before water impact at 1724:25Z. The aircraft was on the localizer and contacted the water about 2.5 miles from the end of Runway 28L.
These were no injuries to any of the passengers or crew during the accident and ensuing evacuation. The aircraft was recovered from the waters of San Francisco Bay about 55 hours after the accident.
The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the improper application of the prescribed procedures to execute an automatic-coupled ILS approach. This deviation from the prescribed procedures was, in part, due to a lack of familiarization and infrequent operation of the installed flight director and autopilot system.
Accident Location: San Francisco , CA San Francisco Bay
Accident ID: AAR7002

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Offering an unforgettable glimpse into Maui's magical underwater ocean life, the Maui Ocean Center is a family friendly facility, sure to please patrons of all ages! Every species of marine life represented at the center is either indigenous or endemic to Hawaii. The island's ocean is showcased in over 60 self-paced, interactive exhibits where ocean animals live in habitats closely resembling their own natural environments. A trip to Maui Ocean Center is a fantastic memory to take home from the islands, as well as a chance to educate yourself about the intriguing world under the sea!
Children must be accompanied by an adult and must be 4 years or older.
Tickets and show times will be provided upon check-in at the front entrance.
The Maui Ocean Center is open 365 days a year, from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Last entry is at 4:30pm.
Free parking is available at the front lot overlooking Maalaea Harbor.
Enhance your experience with admission and an exclusive 1 hour behind the scenes educational tour. Gain exclusive access to the Aquarium lab and assist with a feeding at Turtle Lagoon and Nursery Bay.
A marine naturalist will guide you on this amazing and educational one hour tour. You will learn about Hawaii's sharks and turtles, discover the mystery of the curatorial laboratory and assist with a feeding a Nursery Bay and Turtle Lagoon.
Visit the Aquarium and enjoy daily interactive presentations by Marine Naturalists at various times throughout the park.
Wheel Chair Accessibility: Facilities and Restrooms at the Maui Ocean Center are accessible and very wheel chair friendly.
3D Sphere Theater: Children must be accompanied by an adult and must be 4 years or older.
3D Sphere Theater reservations are first come, first serve based on availability.
What exhibits are available at the Maui Ocean Center?
The Living Reef ? The wonder of Hawaii's coral reefs from the rocky surge zone to the edge of the deep reef is realistically portrayed throughout this colorful exhibit.
Turtle Lagoon ? View green sea turtles from above and below at this multi-level exhibit. The green sea turtles at Maui Ocean Center are part of a hatch-and-release program and will eventually be released in the wild.
Hawaiians and the Sea - The close relationship between the ancient Hawaiians and the Pacific Ocean is told through graphic boards and life-size representations in this inspiring exhibit.
Sea Jelly Gallery ? Watch and be mesmerized as sea jellies appear to dance before your eyes in a stunning floor-to-ceiling cylinder.
Marine Mammal Discovery Center ? This 3,000 square-foot exhibit includes interactive displays and graphic boards on the Hawaiian monk seal, various species of dolphins, and whales found in Hawaiian waters. Experience what it is like to be the krill that is gathered up and eaten by humpback whales in the dynamic Bubble Net exhibit.
Open Ocean ? The vast open ocean is called the "pelagic realm". Graceful stingraysand large, fast-swimming fish like sharks and jacks co-exist in this 750,000-gallon salt-water exhibit, the largest in the state of Hawaii. A 54-foot-long clear acrylic tunnel transports visitors through this pelagic realm providing a 240-degree view of nearly 2,000 fish, while stingrays glide overhead and sharks look you in the eye. Certified divers may enter this exhibit as part of the Shark Dive Maui? program.
The Tide Pool ? This exhibit holds a variety of harmless marine animals like sea cucumbers, sea stars, and urchins. Visitors are welcome to touch the inhabitants of this display with care.
Hammerhead Harbor ? All sharks and stingray have electroreceptive organs which can detect electrical pulses from living animals. View the unique-shaped hammerhead sharks and an array of fish from above and below at this multi-level exhibit.
The Discovery Pool ? Visit with sea stars, sea urchins, mollusks, sea cucumbers, an assortment of colorful reef fish, and maybe even a hermit crab.
Reef Caf? ? Enjoy take-away sandwiches, salads and ice cream.
Maui Ocean Center Store ? Discover not only the widest assortment of ocean-themed toys, music, logo wear, books, Hawaiiana, home d?cor, art works, fine jewelry and more; but also rare museum pieces.
Are tours of the center available for purchase or do you explore on your own?
The best way to experience Maui Ocean Center is to explore on your own. Electronic audio guides are available to rent for a small fee. Occasionally guided tours and upgrades will be available.
Are we allowed to bring food and drinks into the center?
No outside food, drinks, or chewing gum is permitted, except items specifically for infants and very young children. Food and drinks are available for purchase.
Yes, the center is family friendly and enjoyed by people of all ages. The Maui Ocean Center is ADA compliant and wheelchairs are available on a first come, first serve basis and there is no fee to use these.
Just bring enough money to enjoy some of the centers amenities and features. There is an ATM located in the Deli at the Harbor Shop next to the center.
The tour was amazing and very informative!! Probably the best $15 we spent on maui!


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March 18, 2019 March 14, 2019 Megan Fatheree1 Comment
I think sometimes it seems easier in this world if one's dreams are slanted toward a visual platform. Singers, dancers, artists. All these can be easily portrayed in video and picture form, and it's a platform built on who those people are.
Writing is similar, yet entirely different.
When you're a writer, it isn't your job to promote yourself, but to promote your books. That's where it gets frustrating. Because how are we supposed to get people to understand how unique and amazing our characters are? How are we supposed to get undying fangirls (and boys) to pick up everything we write and love it all? Is it all up to a stroke of luck?
Most writers, in their own heads, are extroverts. We think "If I just had a decent platform, I could…"
The thing is, most writers aren't given a decent platform. Some, even after they work to try to build their platform, don't get anywhere. Writing is a work of love that doesn't always end in benefits. And that's tough on everyone.
If we wrote just for ourselves, we wouldn't have these frustrations. However, writing as a whole is meant to be shared. We're terrified of putting our "babies" out there for the world to see because the world is harsher on our plots and characters than any song or artist or choreography that's out there. No one can live up to that level of perfection.
Writers want love. We want our characters to find a home in the hearts of many, many people. We want them to love our characters as much as we do. And when we've done all we can do and know to do, it's hard when that isn't enough at the end of the day.
But don't be too discouraged. I'm still there too. I have hopes and dreams that one day people will care about my characters, my books, and will invite me to events. I have hopes that more than seven people will buy my books one day. (And that someone I don't know will actually pick up a book of mine and love it.)
If we really love what we're doing, we shouldn't give it up, no matter what. If we can't live happily without it, why would we consider walking away?
I hope I've been an encouragement to someone today. Keep fighting and keep writing.
November 15, 2018 Megan FathereeLeave a comment
Something I have learned recently: hide fluff inside action.
Let me clarify. It isn't exactly "hiding", but rather inserting in the middle. Still confused? I'll explain.
I have recently fallen down the K-Drama wormhole (don't judge, we all have one quirky obsession), and it has actually been very good for my writing. Being a writer, I watch with an eye toward what the writers were thinking when they pieced the story together. One of the first things I noticed is how hard I began to ship characters. (For those of you who don't speak the language of "ship", let me know and I'll write you a post.)
I digress. When I started to realize how squeal-worthy these shows were, I (naturally) began to dissect WHY. I discovered something particularly interesting.
Generally, when you learn to write, you start to break down what needs to happen into scenes and the like. You ask, "what is the purpose of this scene?" and break it down into Action, Love, Filler, Plot, etc.
But what if you didn't have to? What if one scene could serve multiple purposes?
You see, that's what I began to discover. I shipped these characters so hard because their lives weren't dissected into different categories. Everything intermingled. Everything in their lives touched.
And the best part? The most squeal-worthy fluff scenes weren't fluff scenes at all.
My favorite scenes began to take on a pattern. Anyone who knows me also knows that I LOVE ACTION AND ADVENTURE AND DANGER. Hands down one of my favorite things to read, watch, or write. It's so exciting! So, naturally, my favorite scenes had danger and action. But then I realized, right in the middle, the writers would throw in a sprinkling of fluff.
A kiss before the hero runs into certain death.
A heroine reaching for her hero's hand when she gets scared or injured.
A simple confession of "I like you" as they realize they may never get to say it again.
And then, right on with the action and adventure. As if nothing ever happened. (*Cue me, screaming at the screen* YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE US LIKE THAT! THAT'S CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT!)
Thus, they have created the need for more. As writers, I think that's a cue we should learn from. Sometimes, less is more. People want to push characters into a relationship. We're hard-wired to think two people in the story should end up together. If you give them an inch, your readers will take it a mile.
I personally believe — after much trial and error — that fluff as its own scene can be grating. However, if you give a taste of fluff inside a much richer, fast-paced scene, people will come back for more. They'll crave that relationship and all it entails.
Raise the stakes, my friends. Let your purposes intermingle and bleed into each other. Life is messy, so why can't our character's lives be a little more realistic in that way?
April 25, 2018 Megan FathereeLeave a comment
Confession time: in the past, I have worried about a lot. I worry that I don't have anything worthwhile to say. I worry that no one will want to listen to me or follow me or buy any of my books. I worry that people find me uninteresting.
The thing is, I don't feel worthy or qualified for the giant dreams I have. I want to reach people and care for fans and do events and all that fun stuff, but how do those dreams come true without people or fans who care about what I'm doing? It's a dilemma. A catch-22.
I know this is a lot more personal than I usually get on this blog, but I think it's time for me to change. It's time for me to show you the side of me that isn't self-confident, who doesn't know what's she doing or how she'll make it.
I strive to be transparent because I know people respond well to transparency, but if I'm being totally honest, right now there are no people to respond at all. And it's difficult, throwing things out into the void and hoping someone finds them and cares enough to dig deeper.
I don't want to be the person who lives two completely different lives. I want people to know that what they see is what they get. I won't hide myself to please others or to keep myself from getting hurt by them.
Which is why I've taken some giant steps toward that in the last couple months. If you didn't know (and you might not), I am launching a new book in a new trilogy on June 1st, 2018. I'm terrified, but it's happening. If you want to support by pre-ordering, you can do that here.
I have also started a YouTube channel. It's a work in progress and I'm learning as I go, so if you have something you want to see or hear from me, please let me know. If you want to help me out by subscribing and/or liking my videos, you can find the channel here. I hope you don't find me annoying or uninteresting.
As always, you can follow me on Facebook or Twitter, as well as Instagram! (That one's new and I'm not great at it yet but I'm trying). You can also sign up for my e-newsletter to receive updates. That can be found on my website home page. Please help support this writer's dreams!
Believe me, every time I post anything, I'm fighting my own fear. I want to overcome it all and be strong and supportive for you guys. For everyone who wants to read for a living or write for a living OR if you just really love books and writers. I want to meet you and hear your stories and keep bringing you all kinds of spectacular product and content.
With all that said, I'm going to try to keep this blog up way better than I have been. I'm intent on bringing you along with me on the journey to authorness. Stay tuned and join the tribe!
What questions do you have about me? I'd love to answer!
Declaration Statements
July 6, 2017 Megan FathereeLeave a comment
I have recently rediscovered how much I love it when a character in a movie/book/tv show discovers who they really are. It's either a breathtakingly tragic moment or a moment of joyous celebration.
With discovering who they are, almost all of them nail down what their purpose is, and we all know that we love to know what their purpose is. To prove my point, please enjoy just a few of the declaration statements I thought of as I thought through this.
"I am Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
"I am Loki. Of Asgard. And I am burdened with glorious purpose."
"I am Moana of Motonui. You will board my boat and sail across the ocean to return the heart of Te Fiti."
"I am a Jedi."
"I am that hero."
"I am Iron Man."
"I am the President of the United States of America, clothed in immense power. You will procure those votes."
Those are just some of them.
You'll notice in the case of Loki, I added in a villain. (Don't argue with me, for the sake of the Avengers movie, he was a villain.) This is because it's not just the heroes who can have this epiphany moment.
In the case of Groot, it's less an identity statement as it is that's all he can say, but hey I couldn't resist.
Declaration statements often come out in the heat of battle, or when they need to know who they are most. In the case of Inigo, he talks about saying that to the man who killed his father, but he never says it with as much conviction as when he finally meets him face to face.
The same goes for Moana (who eventually comes to the revelation — in song, no less — that "I am Moana!"). She needs to know that who she is, is enough to help save her people.
Declaration statements are fun and even more fun to use. I'm going to go try some in my newest WIPs. What about you?
Making Emotions Real
December 12, 2015 December 8, 2015 Megan FathereeLeave a comment
"Sometimes, the saddest parts aren't where the character is crying. Sometimes, the saddest parts come from when they're trying not to cry."
This quote has changed the way I write.
I realized, after reading it fifteen times and pondering on it for a long while, that whoever came up with this is absolutely correct.
I mean, come on! Have you ever been reading a book, going along and enjoying it, and then you realize there's this one character who is constantly bawling? (Guilty as charged, I have so yelled at a character for crying too much before.)
If you take a minute to look at real people, you'll find that (more often than not) they don't want other people to see them cry. And, therefore, they hold back the tears and set up their "I'm okay" facade. Just watch people around you every once in a while.
We've talked about how people have "tells" before. Well, people have what I call "emotion tells". Like a tick that could be a quivering chin if they let it. Some people's noses turn red when they're trying not to cry. (I know a few.)
People are emotional by nature, but many also have a pride issue. For some reason, society has told us that crying make you look weak, and therefore most people don't want to give in to their natural emotions. Because they think it will make them look weak.
Recently, I was writing a story where a character blames herself for stuff that keeps happening to both her and other people. Because of issues in her past, she also has abandonment issues.
Sounds like it could go really mushy really fast, with lots of tears and "don't goes", right?
I'm telling you, I actually cried writing her most recent scene. A scene in which someone she loves says they're leaving. How did she handle it? Not with begging.
She stoicly, listlessly stood there and listened to him tell her he was leaving. She even let him yell at her. All the while, she watched the floor and distracted herself so she didn't cry. Because she wanted to. Badly. He left, she shut herself in her room. Then, and only then, did she allow herself to let go and let it all out.
And you know what? Because she had been holding it in, and the tension had been building around it, it made the entire scene that much more powerful. That much more moving. Enough to move a reader (and writer) to tears over this character.
Do you want to hear a reader say, "Oh my gosh, I loved your book so much! It made me cry!"? Then maybe you should consider employing the method of hold it in until it has to get out.
If people are all fundamentally similar, doesn't that mean your characters wouldn't want to gush all over other characters? If your characters are real, why would they spill their guts with no reasonable motivation to do so?
Ponder that this week.
I wanna hear about the first book that EVER made you cry. Or why you haven't ever cried at a book. Ready? Set. GO!


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I have been following the progress of the CHDK for the s5, and haven't heard anything new as of late.
Does anyone know how development is going? or any dryos breakthroughs?
Maybe use this thread to let people know this are still happening.
Re: Canon Powershot S5 IS progress?
The current status is here.
And the DryOS hacking info is here.
I did not see any updates last week.
Someone here with Experience regarding "cheap" Lenses for Canon A6X0 Series?


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Pensacola man charged with animal cruelty, accused of strangling neighbor's cat
Madison Arnold
A Pensacola man was arrested last week after authorities said he strangled his neighbor's cat, causing it to become unresponsive, have difficulty breathing and defecate on itself.
James Arthur Martin Jr., 41, was arrested Dec. 18 on one count of a third-degree felony for animal cruelty. His bond was set at $2,500 and he remained in custody at the Escambia County Jail as of Thursday, according to county records.
Martin was walking his dog Dec. 18 along Fairfield Drive when a woman came out of her home and saw him strangling her cat and trying to get his dog to bite the cat, according to Martin's arrest report.
The woman told authorities she yelled phrases like "You are killing my cat" and "Drop my cat."
Martin allegedly threw the cat into the bushes and told the woman that the cat had scratched him. He said he was going to get a shovel to bury the cat, according to the report.
Martin provided multiple accounts of what happened to an Escambia County Sheriff's Office deputy, telling the deputy initially that the cat first attacked his dog and later saying the cat first attacked him. He also provided an account in which he said his dog first went after the cat, according to the report. At one point, Martin told the deputy he was trying to get to the cat before his dog to save it.
Martin said he often has "blackout stages" and must have blacked out during the incident and doesn't remember it, according to the report.
Martin had scratches on his right arm, hands and chin following the interaction.
By the end of the investigation, the cat had become more responsive and the owner took it to the veterinarian.
Madison Arnold can be reached at marnold@pnj.com and 850-435-8522.


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Oligotyping is the process of correcting DNA sequence measured during the process of DNA sequencing based on frequency data of related sequences across related samples.

History
DNA sequences were originally read from sequencing gels by eye. With the advent of computerized base callers, humans no longer 'called' the bases and instead 'corrected' the called bases.  The bases were called by the software using the relative intensity of each putative basepair signal and the local spacing of the signals.

With the advent of high throughput sequencing, the volume of sequence to be corrected exceeded human capacity for sequence correction.

Use
Multiple applications require single-base pair accuracy across populations of closely related sequences.  An example is amplicon sequencing to assess the relative contribution of DNA from diverse organisms to a sample.

The requirement for single basepair accuracy led to the development of methods which drew on frequency data distributed across several samples to identify variant sequences which shared the same frequency profile and were thus likely errors from the same original sequence.  The ability to use higher-order statistics to correct sequences is an important element in decreasing the burden of error in DNA sequence datasets.

See also
 DNA sequencing theory
 DNA sequencer
 Oligotyping (taxonomy)

References

External links
 [[b:Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)|Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)]] — a wikibook on next generation sequencing''.
  Omictools.com: Didactic directory for DNA sequencing analysis (free)

DNA sequencing
Molecular biology techniques

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Boils during pregnant and really freaking out!
i keep having boil on my pubic area and no matter how hard i try it keeps re-appearing.what do i do?
Encylopedia entry for Incision and Drainage of a Skin Abscess.


Kick off your visit on the 29th (Fri): head off the coast to Kvarken Archipelago World Heritage Site. Here are some ideas for day two: cool off at Tropiclandia, then see the interesting displays at Pohjanmaan Museo - Osterbottens Museum, and then sample the tasty concoctions at Bock's Corner Brewery.
To see other places to visit, ratings, and tourist information, read Vaasa online journey planner .
If you are flying in from New Caledonia, the closest major airport is Vaasa Airport. In March, daily temperatures in Vaasa can reach 2°C, while at night they dip to -6°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 30th (Sat) to allow time to travel back home.


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Home Football Manager
Gfinity to operate Coca-Cola Copa Challenge Football Manager 2021 esports tournament and separate ASK4 FIFA 22 competition for those in student accommodation
September 28, 2021E-SportsNewsUK
UK-based esports company Gfinity has been named the tournament operator for the Football Manager Coca-Cola COPA Challenge, presented by The Coca Cola Company. Gfinity has entered into a commercial agreement with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (Coca-Cola HBC) as part of the activity. The Coca-Cola COPA Challenge is a new tournament which will see gaming influencers compete against one another in the popular Football Manager simulation game developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. Continue reading Gfinity to operate Coca-Cola Copa Challenge Football Manager 2021 esports tournament and separate ASK4 FIFA 22 competition for those in student accommodation
Football Manager will incorporate women's soccer into the game
July 23, 2021RockPaperShotgun
Sports Interactive have begun a "multi-year project" to bring women's football to Football Manager. The game will not be separate from the current title, but incorporate the players, coaches, leagues, and all competitions into one game. Miles Jacobson, studio director at Sports Interactive, said: "We have NO interest whatsoever in making a standalone women's football version of FM. What we are doing is adding women's football to FM… one sport, one game." Read more


My mom got a fairly complicated bridge done at Prestige Dental. Dr Sam Jain was very professional in explaining all the options in detail. He was also very courteous and was successful in putting my mom's mind to ease before the procedure. Overall great experience.
Individuals who have lost one or several teeth have a few choices for how to handle this problem. The first choice, which is to do nothing, is not recommended. For many decades, the primary approach to tooth loss was to replace the missing tooth or teeth with a dental bridge. Today, there is a different option worth considering: dental implants.
Replacing missing teeth with a conventional bridge may seem like an acceptable path, one that is proven and affordable. In this process, an appliance is custom made based on a model of existing dentition around the missing tooth. The two teeth adjacent to the gap are prepared by reducing them. This step is necessary whether teeth are completely healthy, have existing dental work, or are in need of repair. In our minds, and in research, removing healthy tooth structure poses significant risk to the look and overall health of the smile. If we can avoid it, we do.
The placement of a dental bridge fills the gap of a missing tooth. Beneath the area, however, bone loss still occurs due to the absence of a root. This bone loss can affect the teeth that anchor the bridge appliance because the recession of bone will expand into this area. Teeth that are crowned are also susceptible to cavities, which are difficult to detect beneath the crown. These small areas of damage can eventually lead to infection in and around the root canal, leading to the need for root canal therapy or extraction.
The effects of these types of secondary problems can lead to the need for revisions, specifically the expansion of the dental bridge. The more the bridge is expanded, the more bone will break down. In the end, this form of treatment can create a domino effect that leads to continued tooth loss.
Dental implants are used to replace one or several teeth. These prosthetics do not sit on top of the gums or require the modification of two otherwise healthy teeth for the stabilization of the artificial tooth or teeth. Implants are situated into the jawbone, which replicates the natural oral structure. Replacing roots with implants, and topping those implants with a beautiful restoration leads to a natural look and feel that lasts a lifetime. Bone loss is stopped, and healthy teeth are preserved.
Tooth loss should not lead to a lifetime of dental problems, and it doesnt have to when dental implant treatment is received. Contact our Bay Area implant center at (510) 338-4490 for your consultation with an experienced implant specialist.


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"Us" is a Modern Masterpiece of Social Horror
clwestbr March 24, 2019 Blog Post, Reviews, Uncategorized
Couple of years back we were gifted with Jordan Peele's Get Out, a film that dwelt in the realm of social commentary and horror at the same time. Genre stories like this have been used to make a statement for a long time, going as far back as things like H.G. Wells The Time Machine that called into question the hierarchy of society and posited that one day those put upon would rise from the bottom to consume those above. It's an idea that has been played with countless times, even as recently as The Dark Knight Rises. And there's definitely a storm coming, at least in Jordan Peele's eyes.
He's playing in that same ballpark this time around. Us came out a couple of days ago, but it premiered at SXSW to rave reviews. Even as recently as a year back we were gifted with a title and a poster and for many that was all that was necessary. With one film we decided that Peele was someone to watch and he's continued that two years later with his latest offering. It's a stunningly complicated piece, one that functions almost as a symphony, and it calls your entire viewpoint of modern culture into question.
Let's get into that deep narrative talk, shall we?
The film opens on a family vacation. It's a standard family unit, borderline Simpsons-esque in construction, but with some upsets. Winston Duke's father figure, Gabe, is a wonderfully dorky dad and the kind of man I aspire to be someday, and Shahadi Wright's Zora is a standard member of Gen Y (glued to her phone, smarmy, embarrassed of her parents' out-of-date ways). The other two members of the family, however, are different from moment one. The son, Jason (played wonderfully by Evan Alex in the child performance of a lifetime), exists somewhere on the autistic spectrum but I can't quite tell where. He has a hyper-focus, based around his magic trick toy, and he wears a werewolf mask to stand aside from the world. Adelaide, our heroine portrayed by Lupita N'yong'o, is haunted by an incident from her childhood that involved getting lost in a hall of mirrors during a blackout rainstorm at the Santa Cruz pier. The chemistry between these four really does feel like a family unit, which makes it all the more disturbing when their doppelgangers show up and they all get to play those characters as well.
You've seen the marketing, I can talk at least a little about the damned doppelgangers without it being spoiler territory. Climb off my back (just kidding, I love you all).
The film's true opening is a title card, talking about the thousands of miles of unused tunnels that exist underneath the United States. Abandoned subway stations, mines, things like that are all there and they matter to the film. Bunnies, tunnels, doppelgangers, it's all very Twilight Zone and it's why I invoked H.G. Wells earlier. The film spends a lot of time to show us why we're the Eloi from his book, lazy and loving of our comforts even as we one-up each other and never question why we're so entrenched in our lethargy. Sure, the family is on vacation, but they are buying boats and spending time and their second home while telling their version of Alexa to play specific music or call people. Little has to be done, but when danger rises from underneath them they have no idea how to handle it or what to do.
There are several social commentaries mixed together in this, from class struggles to infiltration of society by obvious doubles to the discomfort of social groupings. There's so much to unpack in this film and it is a wonder that Peele stuck his landing. Juggling so many topics, more so than he did with his first film, is no easy task and I was worried about a sophomore slump here. My fears were unfounded, as what was delivered was a triumph of sci-fi/horror fiction that forces us to think about our role in the world and how we're living in it. What's tied to our lives, the shadow that lives tethered to each of us? What lies beneath us that we're ignoring? Do we follow the white rabbit and see what lies in Wonderland? These are the questions we're being asked and I honestly feel duty-bound to sit back and consider them. The answers are going to be some time coming, but I love that a film can make me feel like this. It's been a long time since a newcomer was able to push me in this way, to force me to step back and think about my place in the world and how it affects others. Films like this force you to think about which life you're living, that of the Eloi or that of the Morlocks, and that's such an important question.
Jordan Peele's Us is a natural evolution of his talents and a modern masterpiece. Everyone got excited for Get Out but I think this is going to be talked about for years to come, looked back on as something special and as a piece of true artistic expression. I urge you to see this in theatres, in the dark and with others that uncomfortably shuffle or chuckle to ease their own burning tension. Peele is launching a new form of The Twilight Zone in seven days and this soothed any worry I had about that. We're in good hands, and thank whatever you believe in they're his and not your own.
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Yesterday Almost Home hosted a spaghetti dinner night.
will be more dinner nights in the future.
Dinner was a joint effort between yours truly and one of our tenants.
that used to live there and had a close relationship with everyone.
a salad and of course a variety of desserts provided by a few of the tenants.
even put tablecloths on the tables. Very helpful.
haven't checked his page please do so. He's really good.
just an amazing sight, and yes, I took these pictures last night.
all things good. Either that or will do my best to make it a great day.
Life is about laughing and living, in good and bad times.


A significant development as a result of The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Legislation 2015 is the introduction of a formal Adverse Event Reporting system.
An adverse event can be viewed as an instance where complications have occurred a a result of microchipping. This is not as serious and scary as it sounds when you consider a microchip falling out due to rough puppy play is included. Managed by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD for short) you should report any instances of microchip failure, migration and excessive pain/ suffering as a result of the procedure which occur in dogs. At petDetect, we're recommending our implanters report any possible events when they occur in ANY species as a prudent measure.
This is a positive step forward as it should eliminate unproven reports of issues linked to microchip insertion; giving a clearer picture of the issues and regularity in which they occur. It is hoped this will improve the microchipping industry as a whole.
If you are an implanter, vet or curious pet owner, you can visit our Adverse Event Reporting FAQ for more information on what classes as an Adverse Event, the system, and how one is reported.
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Bon Jovi videoclip. Made with clips from "Acess All Areas".
Bon Jovi performs "Work For The Working Man" live on the Today Show November 25 2009 Album - The Circle: 1. "We Weren't Born to Follow" 2. "When We Were Beautiful" 3. "Work for the Working Man" 4. "Superman Tonight" 5. "Bullet" 6. "Thorn in My Side" 7. "Live Before You Die" 8. "Brokenpromiseland" 9. "Love's the Only Rule" 10. "Fast Cars" 11. "Happy Now" 12. "Learn to Love"
Bon Jovi playing live and acoustic their hit "Always", in MTV studios, 1994.


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Turkey ignores its own record, denouncing press clampdown in US protests
Turkish officials have denounced the crackdown on journalists in the United States, drawing criticism given Ankara's own record on press freedom.
Crowds of angry protesters line the motorcade route as seen from inside US President Donald Trump's motorcade as he travels through Washington to visit the Saint John Paul II National Shrine as protests continue over the death in police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, US, June 2, 2020. Photo by REUTERS/Tom Brenner.
As violent protests triggered by the murder of an unarmed African American man, George Floyd, by a white police officer on May 25 continue across the United States, American and foreign journalists are being targeted by police. Members of Turkey's state-run TRTWorld news channel were among them. Sally Ayhan, the Washington correspondent of the outlet, was struck by rubber bullets while covering events there. Fellow correspondent Lionel Donovan was similarly injured in his groin while reporting on demonstrations in Minneapolis where Floyd was slain.
The news prompted an angry response from one of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's top aides. Fahrettin Altun, head of Erdogan's communications team, aired his ire via Twitter, saying he condemned the attack against Donovan "in the strongest possible terms." Altun added that "press freedom is the backbone of democracy. I will raise this issue with the relevant US officials without delay."
"Thank you for your support," responded Ayhan, though she didn't feature in Altun's tweet.
Many others greeted his opprobrium with mirth. "If anyone asks you 'How many journalists do you have in jails now in Turkey?' Or 'How many newspapers and television stations did you close in the last four years?' Do you have an answer?" tweeted a certain Mehmet Kurt.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe said in a May 22 report that there were 95 journalists imprisoned in Turkey, more than in any country in the world, a distinction Turkey has preserved for several years running. On May 8, for example, an Istanbul court charged seven journalists with violating the country's intelligence laws for reporting on the death of a Turkish National Intelligence Agency asset in Libya, where Ankara has intervened militarily on the side of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord.
Six of the journalists are in prison and face up to 17 years if convicted of revealing state secrets. A seventh has eluded jail because he is in Germany. A trial date has been set for June 24.
News of the operative's death was publicized by a member of the Turkish parliament in late February after two of the journalists disclosed the dead officer's name on Twitter.
Another newsman, Fatih Portakal, was charged on April 30 with breaching Turkey's banking laws when he suggested in a tweet that the financially stretched government was dipping into savings at private banks for relief. The popular news anchor for Fox News' local franchise Fox TV faces up to three years should his sentence be upheld.
What was especially egregious for many about Altun's finger wagging is that he is at the center of the government's most recent bout of muzzling of the secular opposition's flagship title, Cumhuriyet. Terror investigations were launched against three Cumhuriyet journalists in April for a story in which they investigated charges that Altun had illegally erected a gazebo on a plot of land adjacent to his house in Kuzguncuk, a trendy village on the Asian side of the Bosporus. The gazebo was demolished by the Istanbul municipality, which was wrested from Erdogan's Justice and Development Party in a June 30 rerun last year.
The journalists were accused of exposing Altun to terrorist attacks by publishing the whereabouts of his house.
Cumhuriyet was slapped with a fine, depriving the paper of publishing government tender notices for three months. The advertisements are a big source of income for the media. Cumhuriyet has also been ordered to publish a retraction on its front page for three days running, with the first appearing yesterday.
Berating other countries for the same abuses Turkey showers on its own citizens is by now standard for Erdogan and his vast propaganda machine.
The protests in the United States provide fresh opportunities "to both condemn America and, in doing so, implicitly justify Turkey's own police brutality and crackdown on the press," said Nicholas Danforth, a fellow at the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute. Danforth observed in emailed comments to Al-Monitor, "At the same time some pro-government voices are presenting the protests as a backlash to America's longstanding racism, others are suggesting they are actually a FETO/PKK-backed deep state conspiracy to unseat Trump."
FETO refers to the so-called Fethullah Gulen Terror Organization that is allegedly led by Sunni cleric Fethullah Gulen. The Pennsylvania-based Turkish preacher is accused of masterminding the failed 2016 coup to overthrow his former ally, Erdogan. The PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) is the Kurdish militia that is fighting the Turkish army for self-rule in the predominantly Kurdish southeast. Erdogan and his acolytes support Trump because of his perceived affinity for the Turkish president, which saw US troops withdraw from northern Syria in October, allowing Turkish troops to move in against the PKK's Syrian franchise that is backed by the Pentagon.
For them, the protests in the United States present "a chance for trolling, whataboutism and outreach to the White House, all rolled into one," Danforth concluded.
Turkey arrests students protesting Erdogan's university head pick
Erdogan hails 'new phase' in Turkey-UK ties with trade agreement


Taylor, JA & Mander, A 2007, 'Studying at university: early perceptions and experiences of first year service mathematics students', Studies in Learning, Evaluation, Innovation and Development, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 29-43.


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Q: Html.TextBoxFor overload which allows formatting Is there any Html.TextBoxFor overload implementation which allows value formatting?
I know about EditorFor and DataFormatString but it is not what I am looking for.

A: Why not use an EditorTemplate? Of course, if you're going to use different ways of formatting the same objects you're going to have to use the template name in the call to EditorFor() (so it'll look like EditorFor(object, "TemplateName").
Another option is to add your own HTML Helper. The MVC source code is open so you can download the RTM sources for 2/3 and look at how Html.TextBoxFor() is implemented.
I think EditorFor() is the correct solution to this problem. Why don't you want to use it?

A: It is possible in ASP.NET MVC 4: http://forums.asp.net/p/1720963/4599128.aspx/1?Html+TextBoxFor+value+formatting

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I've acquired a new toy - a Hawthorn press!
It's taken a little fiddling around and experimentation to get the pressure right - experimenting with paper types and using Ternes Burton registration clips for the first time but I think I've got it sorted! This is my first serious effort with the press, it's a four colour reduction print of a Gyr.
Fields and Hedgerows - Exhibition at the Witham Arts Centre - Barnard Castle.
I am exhibiting these prints at 'Fields and Hedgerows' - Witham Arts Centre, Barnard Castle. The exhibition runs from Thursday 25th May to Saturday 17th June... looking forward to it!
THE NEW SOLAR GALLERY - The Manor House, Ilkley.
Easel 'y' Done by Some!


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Category Archives: Road Movies
Cohen & Tate (1988)
By Richard Winters
My Rating: 6 out of 10
4-Word Review: Child witness gets kidnapped.
Travis (Harley Cross) is a 9-year-old who witnesses a mob hit and for his own protection both he and his parents (Cooper Huckabee, Suzanne Savoy) are put into a witness protection program where they are uprooted from the home they'd live-in and moved to an isolated place that has federal agents standing guard outside around-the-clock. One day the place gets invaded by Cohen (Roy Scheider) and Tate (Adam Baldwin), who are two hit men working for the mob. The mob wants to prevent Travis from testifying in court, so the two hit men kill the parents and the federal agents and then kidnap the boy and take him on a long road trip to Houston where the mob bosses can question him directly. Along the way Cohen and Tate bicker and make clear they do not like each other and Travis exploits this to get them to fight more and then uses it as a diversion to escape.
After writing the screenplays for The Hitcher and Near Dark Eric Red was finally given the green light to direct his own movie and tension-wise the film is compact, but visually it's boring. The car ride taking place almost completely a night where we see nothing but the interior shots of an old, grimy car enveloped by pitch blackness is not interesting and having it instead take place in the daylight where the rugged, but scenic Texas landscape could've added ambiance would've worked better. The night setting also adds in a few logic loopholes like when the kid runs down the highway there's tons of traffic, but why would there be so many vehicles in the dead of night and the middle-of-nowhere? Also, you'd think a least a few of those drivers who saw a kid running on the road might want to pull over and offer assistance, but none of them do.
The film's only surprising element is seeing Roy Scheider play a bad guy, which he rarely ever did. The role was originally intended for Gene Hackman, who turned it down, and then offered to John Cassavetes, who also passed on it, which is ashame. Cassavetes, with his tall stature and hawk-like facial features would've been perfect. Scheider, for what it's worth, is okay, but he looks frail especially when seated next to the much bigger and younger Baldwin making his character appear weak and vulnerable. The film wants to portray Scheider as being in-control, but that's not really how it ever comes-off.
The in-fighting between the hit men is a big problem as it telegraphs right away the eventual meltdown between the two and Bladwin's character, as a young thug with a violent, quick triggered temper, is about as cliched as you can get. These guys don't come-off as being very smart either making the film's ironic theme at seeing this young kid outsmart them at every turn not that impressive since anyone with an IQ of 5 could've easily done the same thing. A well run criminal plan, or any plan for that matter, predicts unexpected possible problems upfront and has a Plan-B already in-place in-case they arise, but these guys seem like they never bothered to think through anything making their constantly perplexed expressions at every blunder that comes along unintentionally comical and more like they're stooges instead of bad-ass killers.
The boy is another issue as he's too savvy for his age. Most kids would be paralyzed with fear at being kidnapped by two thugs who've just killed his parents (it's later learned that the father survived the attack, but upfront he didn't know this). A normal kid would've sat in the back of the car crying and not known what to do, but this one acts super street smart and even talks back to the killers, which isn't interesting or realistic. A better approach would've had him terrified and helpless at the beginning and then slowly becoming more emboldened as the story progressed.
The ending is anti-climactic. A police helicopter spots the stolen vehicle that Scheider and the kid are in, so at the last second Scheider veers the car off the highway and drives it into the business district of Houston. However, there are no cars or people around even though it's during the day. The police squad cars then quickly race in and surround them like they were waiting for him, but how would they have known he would end up in that area since he veered off the highway in an impulsive spur-of -the- moment way?
Director: Eric Red
Studio: Hemdale
Available: DVD-R (MGM Limited Edition Collection), Blu-ray
Posted in 80's Movies, Kidnapping Movies, Movies that take place in Texas, Road Movies, Thrillers/Suspense
Tagged Adam Baldwin, Entertainment, Eric Red, Harley Cross, Movies, Review, Roy Scheider
The Baltimore Bullet (1980)
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4-Word Review: Pool hustlers travel country.
Nick (James Coburn) is an aging pool hustler who's best days are behind him. Many years earlier he took a young 15-year-old boy named Billie Joe (Bruce Boxleitner) under his tutelage and taught him the tricks-of-the-trade. Now as a man Billie is able to play the game as well as Nick. The two travel the countryside attending pool halls where they hustle patsies for money. Nick though holds a grudge because a ways back he lost a crucial match to The Deacon (Omar Sharif) another hustler whose just been released from jail. Nick wants a rematch, but The Deacon doesn't think he's worthy of his time. Nick though got's a scheme that will get him to change his mind by playing in a nationally televised pool tournament that The Deacon plans to attend.
For a film that has never had an official US DVD release and was only shown sporadically on late night TV I was surprised at how engaging it is. Screenwriters John Brascia and Robert Vincent O'Neill have written a highly amiable script that features funny vignettes and amusing banter. The focus isn't on the game of pool, which seems almost like a side-light, but more on the scraps they get into along the way. The two also come into contact with those trying to cheat them and this culminates in an almost surreal like confrontation, that comes around the middle mark, inside a house of mirrors at a carnival side show.
The film also has a segment that seemed prolific in movies that came out during the late 70's and early 80's which features what would be considered sexual assault now. The scene has Nick betting Billie Joe that the breasts on a waitress at a cafe that they're in is silicone and not natural. Billie then proceeds to go into the kitchen to feel-her-up without her consent. While what he does is not shown we do hear her scream and drop her tray of dishes before he walks back out with a broad smile on his face, which back in the day was just considered 'light comedy'.
Coburn is a great actor, but looks horribly aged. He was only 60, but could've easily passed-off as 70 or 75 making his fight scenes look inauthentic as I don't believe in his elderly condition he would've been able to hold his own. Boxleitner is dull and seems only able to display a broad 'good-ole-boy' smile and not much else. A more dynamic actor, or one maybe more Coburn's age, could've made the buddy angle better.
I found Sharif to be too soft spoken and he approaches his part in a weird way. For instance when he's playing a senator at poker he displays moments of outward nervousness, but if he's truly a cocky, confident player that wouldn't have been the case. Ronee Blakely is weak as well proving that her appearance in Nashville was her only good performance though her singing is nice and she'll remind one a lot of Shelley Duvall with her looks. Jack O'Halloran, the former boxer who's best known for playing Non the henchmen to the evil Zod in the Superman movies, is very funny as Max an inept hit man.
The ending unfortunately gets convoluted. Having the game broadcast and featuring live play-by-play and commenting by pool legend Willie Musconi is cool, but I wanted to see the ultimate match between Nick and Billie Joe to prove which one was truly better. The script teases this idea, but then adds in too many other unnecessary ingredients like having Nick be pressured to dump the game while there's also a robbery happening and then eventually the place is raided by the feds. By the time it gets to The Deacon taking-on Nick it's anti-climactic especially since no one else is around (it should've been televised on TV for all to witness). Having it focus more on the game and the strategies, which it starts to do slightly near the end, would've given it more substance and what little they do talk about I found to be genuinely interesting.
Released: April 1, 1980
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
Studio: AVCO Embassy Entertainment
Available: DVD (Reg 2 Import)
Posted in 80's Movies, Buddy Movies, Movies that take place in the South, Obscure Movies, Road Movies, Sports Movies
Tagged Bruce Boxleitner, Entertainment, Jack O' Halloran, James Coburn, Movies, Omar Sharif, Review, Ronee Blakley, Willie Musconi
Riding Tall (1972)
4-Word Review: He can't stop losing.
Austin Ruth (Andrew Prine) is a rodeo star who hasn't won a contest in a long while. He's so down-on-his-luck that the fans routinely boo him as he leaves. He's so short on cash that he must siphon gas from trucks and drives in a car that forces other passengers to sit on literal springs since he's too poor to afford seat cushions for his backseat. When his car breaks down he begins walking on the side of the road where he almost gets hit by Chase (Gilmer McCormick) who fell asleep at the wheel. Chase is the preppy daughter from the affluent suburbs who's running away from her family and their pretensions while also trying to find herself. She has little in common with Austin, but since they're both alone decide to forge a relationship, but their differing lifestyles, and Austin's insecurities about his failing life put a damper on their union ever becoming permanent.
This film was released during a period where stories about the modern day rodeo circuit where in seemingly high demand and while some of them like J.W. Coop and Junior Bonner where met with critical praise and box office appeal this one, despite having a CBS Network television broadcast in 1980, has fallen into complete obscurity. Today it's only known for having been written by Mary Ann Saxon, who was the wife of the late actor John Saxon.
Initially it had a potential. I really like McCormick. Normally I find films that force in a romance that comes out of nowhere to be annoying, but since this guy was having everything working against him I thought he deserved a break and was genuinely interested in seeing the relationship evolve. McCormick is young and cute, but not in the plastic Hollywood sort of way. She also has a great snarky personality, but her character is poorly defined. At one point she angrily snaps at a traffic cop (William Wintersole) and I thought it would be later revealed when she'd be so unusually angry at him, but it never gets explained and seems to simply play-off the fact that because she was young and in college she'd just naturally hate cops, but this is too broad and makes her more of a caricature than a person.
Prine is dull. Granted his character is run-over by life, so it would be expected that he'd mop around, but he still needs to do this in an interesting way, like a good actor would, but he doesn't. He's also never shown actually riding a bronco, until the very end. Even if a stunt double needed to be edited in seeing the character actually on an animal riding it, or attempting to stay on it, is needed instead of just a close-up shot of him being bucked high in the air, which was clearly done by having him sit on top of a mechanical bull and looks fake.
There were a couple of amusing moments like when they try to get a hotel room, but the clerk doesn't want to give them one because she thinks they aren't married. When Chase states they are the clerk says she doesn't believe them at which point Chase replies "Why, because we don't look miserable enough?". Overall though it just doesn't click. Not enough happens. A leisurely pace is okay, but there still needs to be some dramatic moments and they never come making this an uneventful and unmemorable viewing experience.
Alternate Title: Squares
Released: January 17, 1972
Rated GP
Director: Patrick J. Murphy
Studio: Plateau International
Available: None
Posted in 70's Movies, Obscure Movies, Road Movies, Romance, Sports Movies
Tagged Andrew Prine, Entertainment, Gilmer McCormick, Mary Ann Saxon, Movies, Review
Fandango (1985)
4-Word Review: The privileges of youth.
Gardner (Kevin Costner), Phil (Judd Nelson), Kenneth (Sam Robards), Dorman (Chuck Bush) and Lester (Brian Cesak) are five college friends from the University of Texas in 1971, who are getting ready to celebrate their impending graduations when Kenneth announces that he's been drafted into the Vietnam War and Gardner has too. To help lighten the mood the boys decide to take an impulsive road trip where they travel to unique areas of Texas, including searching for buried treasure in the Rio Grande, sleeping under the stars at the old filming site of Giant, and even taking part in parachute jump near Pecos.
This film is based on a 24-minute film that Kevin Reynolds directed while attending the USC film school. In that movie the boys were all from Baylor University and traveled to Pecos, Texas in order to test the courage of their most frightened member and use the help of eccentric flight instructor Truman Sparks, played by Marvin J. McIntyre, who reprises his role in this one, to teach and train the young man on how to jump from a plane. The student film managed to catch the attention of Steven Spielberg, who was so impressed with it that he offered Reynolds the chance to turn it into a full-length movie. Unfortunately once it was completed Spielberg for whatever reason disliked it and had his name removed from the credits while also refusing to help distribute it forcing the film to suffer a limited engagement though in recent years its cultivated a cult following.
The movie does have many funny moments including the opening bit where Phil's parents (Stanley Grover, Jane A. Johnston) visit his frat house during one of their raucous parties. The sky diving sequence, which gets copied shot-for-shot from the original is quite engaging as is their attempts to hook their disabled car up to a speeding train. Costner is also very amusing, he had actually auditioned for the student film, but lost out, but when he found out it was going to be remade into a feature film he re-auditioned. I'm so used to seeing him play serious roles that I didn't realize he had such great comedic timing, but for the most part, he's the life of the movie.
Where the film fails is that it's too unfocused. The setting is supposedly 1971, but you'd hardly know it and very little effort is made to give it a feel of that era. Even the opening song sung by Elton John that gets played by over the credits was released 2 years after the events in the movie supposedly took place, so to keep it accurate with the time setting only songs that came out in 1971, or before should've been used.
The side-story involving Gardner having dated Kenneth's fiancee, played by Suzy Amis, seems unneeded and really doesn't go anywhere. Normally, in most real-life friendships, having a friend date and ultimately marry one's former girlfriend could be a deal-breaker that would lead to a lot of jealousy and potential anger. I'm sure there's a minority of friendships where the participants would be mature enough to overcome this issue, like here, though this isn't interesting, so why bother introducing this wrinkle if its dramatic elements aren't going to get explored?
The part where it really jumps-the-shark is during the planning of the wedding, which is too full of logic loopholes to be able to buy into even on a whimsical level. It features Gardner and Phil being able to pull off his massive wedding ceremony in the town's square on very short notice by conning too old guys sitting on a nearby park bench into agreeing to help out, which leads to more people getting involved until the whole town, even the mayor, takes part in a wedding ceremony, and its preparation, of people they don't even know. If anyone can show me an example in the whole history of the world of when this has ever happened in reality then I'll take it back, but otherwise I found it ridiculous.
The ending is way too abrupt. The whole reason Phil agreed to go on the parachute jump was for Kenneth and Gardner to agree to not dodge the draft, but whether they withhold their end of the bargain is never shown. Everyone just basically wanders off like they have better things to do, which is how the viewer, despite some fun moments, ends up feeling about the movie, which would've had more impact had it chucked the whimsy and had a little more serious drama.
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Studio: Warner Brothers
Available: DVD, Amazon Video, YouTube
Posted in 80's Movies, College Life, Cult, Movies that take place in Texas, Road Movies
Tagged Entertainment, Kevin Costner, Kevin Reynolds, Movies, Review, Steven Spielberg
Double Deal (1983)
4-Word Review: Double crossing each other.
Christine (Angela Punch McGregor) is a young model married to Peter (Louis Jourdan) a much older man. While Peter is rich and they live in a big house their marriage lacks passion and Christine becomes bored with her existence while Peter continues to have a long-running affair with his secretary Miss Stevens (Diane Craig). One day while out shopping Christine meets a handsome young man (Warwick Comber) on a motorbike. Even though she doesn't know his name she becomes entranced with his good looks and carefree demeanor. He's the exact opposite of the stuffy and exacting Peter, so she decides to run-off with him. The two go on many quirky adventures including robbing a grocery store while in clown make-up not so much because they need the money, but just for the thrill of it. They then plot a scheme where the man will pretend to have kidnapped Christine and insist that Peter relinquish his prized opal gemstone in order to get her back. Peter complies, but in the process sets off an array of unexpected twists where nothing is as it seems.
Normally I like films with an offbeat slant and this one certainly has its moments, but the characters aren't well fleshed-out, which makes for a placid experience. A good case-in-point is the way Christine comes upon the young man, which is while she's in a shopping center parking lot. Having found that someone has double parked their car behind hers she patiently waits for the owner of the vehicle to come out and move it, but in the process the young man comes along, and noticing that the keys of the car are still in the ignition, jumps into the car and drives away with it while also following Christine home. Once there the two proceed to tear up the place before she packs her bags and runs off with him onto the open road without ever even learning what his first name is.
While as an actress McGregor is quite competent she doesn't have the looks of a fashion model, which she herself admitted to, and her role and that of the secretary should've been reversed with Diane Craig looking far more the model type especially with her piercing blue eyes. Comber is a bit off as the handsome stranger as well. He certainly has a hunky build and chiseled face, but his droopy eyelids give him a odd, sad eye appearance. I also got tired of seeing him constantly wearing a silver bike riding suit that seemed to resembled more of an outfit worn by someone on a spaceship.
Jourdan's presence helps a lot. This was at the twilight of his career where he was no longer getting leading man roles in his home country of France and therefore open to accepting offers abroad, which is what lead to him traveling to Australia to do this. The filmmakers wanted a big name star to help give the production stature and the movie definitely works better with him in it though the scene where he and McGregor are in bed together was reportedly quite awkward for the two stars given their wide age difference of almost 33 years and took many takes to film.
There are a few memorable moments with my favorite being the grocery store robbery, which occurs in a small outback town, where Christine accidentally releases the money they have just stolen into the air as she gets into the getaway car causing the store owners, who had just been robbed, to run out and busily try to recollect the money blowing in the wind. However, the story lacks soul. The twists get thrown in for the sake of being offbeat, but the characters never grow, or resemble real people in any way. The winding plot ultimately burns out and ends with a fizzle.
Director: Brian Kavanagh
Studio: Roadshow Films
Available: dvdlady.com
Posted in 80's Movies, Foreign Films, Movies from Australia, Obscure Movies, Offbeat, Road Movies
Tagged Angela Punch McGregor, Diane Craig, Entertainment, Louis Jourdan, Movies, Review, Warwick Comber
The Last Detail (1973)
Posted on August 17, 2021 | 3 comments
4-Word Review: Seaman escorted to prison.
Billy Buddusky (Jack Nicholson) and Richard Mulhall (Otis Young) are two navy lifers assigned the task of escorting an 18 year-old seamen named Larry Meadows (Randy Quaid) to prison. Meadows had been caught lifting $40 from a charity fund run by a wife of a senior officer. In return he got court-martialed and given an 8-year sentence in the brig. Buddusky and Mulhall feel the sentence is too harsh and immediately take a liking to the soft-spoken young man who despite his tall height seems harmless and mile-mannered. During the trip, which is expected to take a week, the two men decide to show Meadows a 'good time' by taking him on many side-trips including a whorehouse where the young virgin has sex with a prostitute (Carol Kane). As the time grows near for them to turn their prisoner over to the authorities they start to feel reluctant about doing so, but the fear of being kicked out of the navy and losing all of their pay and benefits keeps them grounded in their responsibility even as Meadows tries several times to escape.
It may seem amazing to believe now, but this film, which has won over almost universal appeal both from the critics and film viewers almost didn't get made due to the fear from the studio that the word 'fuck' was spoken in it too many times. Screenwriter Robert Towne, who adapted the story from the novel of the same name by Daryl Poniscan, was pressured to take most of the uses of the profanity out of the script and in fact production was delayed while both sides had a 'stand-off' about it with Towne insisting that "this is the way people talk when they're powerless to act; they bitch." Eventually the script got green-lit with all the 'fucks' intact, which at the time was a record 65 of them. In retrospect I'm glad Towne held his ground as without the F-word being used, or some silly lesser profanity substituted in, would've given the film a dated feel when being watched by today's standards where the word is said hundreds of times on social media and sometimes even in commercials where it's only slightly bleeped-out. This is a problem when watching other films from the late 60's and early 70's where goofy slang gets thrown in to compensate for the lack of the F-word, which in turn hurts the film's grittiness and edge, which thankfully got avoided here.
The story was a problem too as many studio execs considered it too 'non-eventful' to make for an interesting movie, but this is the whole reason why the movie is so special as it doesn't try to throw in the cheap antics other Hollywood films might to make it 'more entertaining'. The film remains low-key and fully believable throughout and may remind others, as it did me, of one's own coming-of-age experiences when they were 18 and hanging out with others who were older and more worldly-wise. Cinematographer Michael Chapman, who appears briefly as a cab driver, insistence at using natural lighting only also helps heighten the realism.
The story takes many amusing side turns that manages to be both poignant and funny including a brawl that the three have with a group of marines inside a Grand Central Station restroom, though I did wish some of the other segments had been strung out a bit more. One is when the three men attend a group encounter, which features Gilda Radner in her film debut, to a bunch of chanting Buddhists. I felt it was weird that the men just stood in the background and didn't assimilate with the group during the meeting and begin chanting alongside the others, which would've been funny. The scene inside the hotel room where Buddusky can't get his roll-out cot to fold-out right and forcing him to sleep in a uncomfortable position should've been played-out more too. Are we to believe that he slept that way the whole night?
Of course it's the acting that makes this movie so special. While I never pictured Nicholson with his over-the-top persona as being someone who would be a part of the regimented culture such as the navy I ended up loving him in it and felt this was the performance he should've won the Oscar for. I especially got a kick out of the way he would get all fidgety when outside in the cold, which I don't think was acting at all as it was filmed on-location in the Northeast during the very late autumn/early winter and I believe he was really freezing as he was saying his lines.
While his character is not as flashy, Otis Young is every bit as excellent as it takes a good straight-man, which is what he essentially is, to make for a good funny man. The part was originally meant for Rupert Crouse, who unfortunately got diagnosed with cancer just as the production began forcing the producers to bring in Young as a last minute replacement, but he manages to deliver particularly in the scene on the train where he loudly castigates Buddusky for his misbehavior. Quaid is quite good too even though he goes against the physical characteristics of the character, who in the novel was described as being 'a helpless little guy', but director Hal Ashby, who can be seen briefly during a barroom scene, choose to cast against type by bringing in a tall, hefty fellow who looked like he could defend himself if he had to, but is just too sheltered to know how.
The ending is the one segment where I wished it had been a little more emotionally upbeat. It's still a big improvement over the one in the book where Buddusky dies, which fortunately doesn't happen here, but it still isn't too memorable either. The film though overall does a good job of conveying the underlining theme of how the navy men where just as imprisoned as Meadows, at least psychologically, and unable to consider life outside of the navy box that they had spent their entire lives in and where thus locked-in more so than Meadows, whose sentence in jail would only last 8-years versus a lifetime like with Buddusky and Mulhall.
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Available: DVD, Blu-ray, Amazon Video, YouTube
Posted in 70's Movies, Cold Climate/Wintertime Movies, Comedy/Drama, Movies Based on Novels, Movies with a train setting, Movies with Nudity, Road Movies
Tagged Entertainment, Hal Ashby, Jack Nicholson, Movies, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Review, Robert Towne
4-Word Review: Somebody's killing the bikers.
Toad (Hugh Keays-Byrne) is a member of the Grave Diggers biker gang who stops off one sunny day to hear a politician giving a speech at a park. He has just taken some acid and feeling the effects of it and so goes straying from the rest when he sees a shooter hiding inside a nearby building and when the gun goes off and kills the politician the bikers gets blamed for it. Soon members of their group start getting knocked-off in bizarre ways convincing them that somebody is after them for what they witnessed. Stone (Ken Shorter) is the long-haired police detective who infiltrates the group in order to find out who the killer is, but the bikers are initially unhappy with a 'pig' being a part of their organization, but eventually they form a friendship and work together to nab the bad guy before he kills more.
The story was originally meant as an episode for an Australian TV-show, but when that series got canceled before this episode could air, it was then reworked into a feature film. Real Australian bikers were used as supporting players with many of them being paid with free beer for their efforts. The film eventually did quite well at the box office and has garnered a cult status worldwide although the 99 minute length, which is what is widely available, was not the original cut, which was much longer at 130 minutes, but director Sandy Harbutt did not like this version, so this became a rare occasion where the director's cut leaves out many scenes that was originally shown in the theaters.
As a film it's not too bad and I particularly liked it's moody opening that has a lot of weird camera angles and freeze-frames. The funeral procession showing hundreds of bikers careening down the highway leaves a memorable impression as well. The killings are cool too, including a dangerous stunt that required a driver to ride his bike off an 80-foor cliff and into the ocean.
On the drama ends there's some interesting moments including Stone's initiation, but when he's off by himself it gets boring quick especially since Shorter's mop-top hairstyle makes him look more like a lost singer to a '70's Glam band than a cop. The film only works when the bikers are in it and becomes nothing more than a tepid, pedestrian drama without them. The wrap-up isn't as interesting as the opening and I kind of wondered if the mystery angle even needed to be put in as there are long segments where the investigation isn't even talked about to the point that it almost seems forgotten.
The much ballyhooed violence isn't all that impressive either with the fist-fights looking like poorly staged stunt work by amateurs. They're also quite brief and don't take up as much of the runtime as you'd expect. However, as a character study it has an appeal as I found the bikers themselves to be a fascinating bunch and wanted to get to know them better and the plot should've focused on them solely.
Released: June 28, 1974
Runtime: 1 Hour 39 Minutes (Director's Cut) 2 Hours 10 Minutes (Original Studio Version)
Director: Sandy Harbutt
Studio: British Empire Films Australia
Available: DVD
Posted in 70's Movies, Cult, Foreign Films, Movies from Australia, Movies with Nudity, Mystery, Road Movies
Tagged Entertainment, Ken Shorter, Movies, Review, Sandy Harbutt
Three for the Road (1987)
4-Word Review: Transporting politician's bratty daughter.
Paul (Charlie Sheen) aspires to have a career in politics and is an ardent believer in the political system and the politicians who work in it. He becomes an aide to Senator Kitteridge (Raymond J. Berry) where he gets assigned to transport the senator's rebellious daughter Robin (Kerri Green) to an institution for troubled girls. Paul's writer roommate T.S. (Alan Ruck) comes along with him, but they face many hurdles keeping Robin under control. Eventually Paul bonds with her when he realizes her father isn't really the great guy he pretends to be, but instead an abuser.
This film is yet another victim of a script, which was written by Richard Martini, that was intended to be far different than what it turned out to be. Originally the idea was to center it on the political angle where the father was a conservative who wanted to put Robin into hiding simply because she was a liberal activist stirring up trouble. Yet after extensive rewrites by three other writers the story becomes just another shallow romance-on-the-road flick that shifts to extremes from slapstick comedy to hackney drama.
One of the things that's most problematic is the father asking a young man who he really doesn't know to transport his daughter to some far off location and even gives him handcuffs to use on her just in case she gets 'out-of-line', but what sort of parent would hand his teen daughter over to a virtual stranger and trust he won't rape her? A far more plausible premise would've had him entrusting his daughter to a longtime friend, who he at least had better reason to trust. Instead of having her go with guys around her same age, where sexual urges are high, the escort could've been middle-aged. Yes, this would take away the teen romance element, which quite frankly comes-off as formuliac and forced anyways, but it could also have brought up generational issues, which would've been more interesting.
Sheen, who has described this film as being "a piece of shit that I wished didn't exist and that I was terrible in", is actually the best thing in it. I enjoyed seeing him play this straight-lace guy, which he is good at doing, that completely works against his real-life party-boy image. The only issue with him is that his character arc, where he starts out believing in the integrity of the senator father only to eventual grow disillusioned with him, is too predictable and obvious. Most people, even back in the 80's, had a cynical take on politicians just like they do now. A far better arc would've had him cynical about politics, getting into it as an aide simply to boost his career, but not actually believing in the system, only to find much to his surprise that there actually was at least one politician that was honorable.
Green's character plays too much into the 'wild teen' stereotype and her outrageous antics are more obnoxious than funny. She's also too short and seemingly too young for Sheen, making the romance seem off-kilter. I also didn't like that during the trip the main characters come into contact with the same people they've bumped into before. I've taken many long road trips and have never encountered this phenomenon and it really doesn't add anything to the script especially since the person they keep crossing paths with is a brainless jock (Eric Bruskotter) that culminates into a silly car chase that just succeeds at making the whole thing even more inane than it already is.
There's enough action and twists to keep it going, but it also becomes increasingly more strained as it goes along. The tacked-on drama along with the over-the-top prison break, which gets pulled-off in too easily a fashion, is particularly torturous and makes this one road trip you won't mind missing.
Director: B.W.L. Norton
Studio: New Century Vista Film Company
Posted in 80's Movies, Comedy/Drama, Fast Cars/Car Chase, Movies that take place in the South, Road Movies, Romance
Tagged Charlie Sheen, Entertainment, Eric Bruskotter, Kerri Green, Movies, Review, Richard Martini
High Rolling in a Hot Corvette (1977)
4-Word Review: Two guys drop out.
Tex (Joseph Bottoms) and Alby (Grigor Taylor) are two friends working at a carnival who decide, after Tex gets fired when he's caught having sex with a female customer, to breakaway from the grind by heading out to the Gold Coast and Surfer's Paradise. They hitch a ride with Arnold (John Clayton) who drives a snazzy green Corvette. After he takes the two to a hotel for the night he comes-on to Alby, who beats Arnold up that puts him into an unconscious state. When Tex finds out what happened they decide to make a run for it by driving away in Arnold's green corvette, which to their shock is loaded with bags of marijuana. They use Arnold's money from his wallet to help them get into ritzy nightclubs where they meet up with attractive singers Susie and Barbie (Sandra McGregor, Wendy Hughes), but once the money is spent they're forced to rob a tour bus full of passengers, but just as they're ready to escape with the loot Arnold returns with his muscular friends and an ugly confrontation ensues.
This is another Australian flick where it could've easily been filmed here and you'd never know the difference. Whether it's intentional or not the American influence is quite strong including having them eat at such restaurants as Kentucky Friend Chicken and McDonald's. The Outback is the one area that can help Australia stand out, but the two never go there and stick to the lushly green coastal region, which again looks no different than many of the landscapes in the U.S.
They even hire an American actor for the lead, which I felt was a mistake. Apparently they thought it would be easier to sell to distributors abroad if not all the actors spoke with an Aussie accent, but Bottoms, who is the younger brother of the more famous Timothy Bottoms, isn't a good enough actor to make anything that he does onscreen either interesting or memorable. His reckless wild boy behavior comes-off as affected and forced and the way he aggressively comes-on to women would be considered misogynist and sexual harassment by today's standards. Plus, there's never any explanation for why this Texan would be working the carnival scene in Australia to begin with.
The tone of the film when compared to its trailer, which can be seen on YouTube, is far more grim and dramatic. The trailer gives you the impression it's a comical, freewheeling adventure that will bring you back to your youthful days of rebellion, when really it's more about them desperately living on the edge, getting beat-up and seeking shelter in an abandoned church when it rains. If anything it makes the creature comforts of suburbia, even with some of the compromises that come with it, seem not so bad by comparison.
These guys aren't too smart either and it becomes harder and harder to keep siding with them with each jam they stupidly get themselves into. Driving off with the Corvette was just asking for trouble since they didn't bother to change the license plate, so any cop could scan the number and realize that the vehicle was stolen. When they rob the bus, which is the best moment in the movie, they don't wear any masks, so they'll be easily identifiable. It also makes you wonder why if these bums needed money so bad they couldn't just find a job like the rest of us instead of robbing innocent people, which is not a nice thing to do and makes the viewer not want to like these guys who are, at least in theory, supposed to be the protagonists.
The filmed is helped by the appearances of two young Australian actresses at the start of their careers. Hughes is beautiful as the showgirl that they meet but her part is ultimately too small. I was afraid Judy Davis, who plays a hitchhiker that they pick-up, would have the same fate, but she returns later on to give the cops a wild car chase driving the Corvette that makes it worth it.
The film though lacks any discernable point or message. The characters show no arc and behave the same way at the end that they did at the beginning. Nothing conclusive is giving to their ultimate fate. Will they be able to live on the road and on-the-edge all of their lives? This hardly seems possible, but the movie makes no effort to answer this question causing it to be vapid and undistinguished from the plethora of other road movies out there.
Released: August 4, 1977
Director: Igor Auzins
Studio: Hexagon Productions
Available: DVD-R
Posted in 70's Movies, Buddy Movies, Foreign Films, Movies from Australia, Movies with Nudity, Road Movies
Tagged Entertainment, Joseph Bottoms, Judy Davis, Movies, Review, Wendy Hughes
Payday (1973)
4-Word Review: A self-destructive singer.
Maury Dann (Rip Torn) is a popular country singer who performs at many clubs throughout the southeast. While he is loved by his many fans he routinely takes advantage of those around him including sleeping with married women while openly seducing the others even when it's right in front of his current girlfriend Mayleen (Ahna Capri). When Maury is confronted by the father (Walter Bamberg) of one of the young women he's seduced they get into an ugly fight and Maury accidently ends up killing him, but since he's so used to exploiting others he asks his loyal limo driver Chicago (Cliff Emmich) to take the blame for him.
The film, which was directed by Daryl Duke, is a masterpiece in penetrating drama to the point that I'm surprised that Duke, who had only directed TV-shows before this, didn't go on to have a long career in making Hollywood movies instead of going right back to doing episodic TV-work after this. The script though, which was written by Don Carpenter, is completely on-target as it paints a very trenchant, no-holds-barred portrait of the seamier side of show business life and most importantly the people who work in it.
The atmosphere of the smoke-filled bars/nightclubs is vividly captured and the dialogue has a nice conversational quality that makes its point, but never in too much of an obvious way. The characterizations though are the most revealing and include Maury's loyal manager Clarence (Michael C. Gwynne) who secretly despises Maury and is well aware of his many faults, but does whatever he can to cover them up to the adoring public. Cliff Emmich as the faithful limo driver, who secretly aspires to be a gourmet chief, is terrific too. He doesn't say much, but when he does it's always quite interesting and his facial reactions are great.
My favorite characters though were Maury's two girlfriends particularly the young, wide-eyed Rosamond (Elayne Heilveil in her film debut) who excitedly jumps into bed with Maury as his new star crush groupie only to become more apprehensive about things, which get revealed through her wonderfully strained facial expressions, the ugliness that goes on around her. Since her character has the most obvious arc I thought she should've been the story's centerpiece.
Capri is quite enjoyable as well playing on the opposite end of the spectrum as a jaded woman who's been in the groupie scene too long, but desperate enough to stay in it. The film's most memorable moment is when Maury kicks her out of his limo, without any money, in the middle of a cornfield. She's able to find another ride quickly, but I would've liked seeing a scene later on showing where she ultimately ended-up, or having her return to the story near the end where she could've had a climactic final confrontation with Maury, which is what her character deserved.
The only thing that I didn't like was Maury himself. Torn plays the part in a masterful way, although his singing over the opening credits, which he insisted on doing himself, isn't so spectacular, but his acting is. The only problem is that his character is just too much of a jerk. Supposedly it's loosely based on Hank Williams and I'm sure there's a lot of truth to it, but it would've been nice had there been at least one fleeting moment when he did something redeeming as his constant jerkiness becomes almost an overload for the viewer making it border on being too obnoxious to watch, but it's so well crafted in every other aspect it's still a worthwhile view.
Director: Daryl Duke
Studio: Cinerama Releasing
Posted in 70's Movies, Drama, Movies that take place in the South, Movies with a Hotel setting, Movies with Nudity, Road Movies
Tagged Ahna Capri, Cliff Emmich, Daryl Duke, Don Carpenter, Elaine Heilveil, Entertainment, Michael C. Gwynne, Movies, Review, Rip Torn
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And here it is….I am a little underwhelmed at the video, but this was the theme song of my summer and is still going strong.
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