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Doris Sottopietra (* 7. Januar 1960 in Dornbirn; † 1. März 2006) war eine österreichische Historikerin und Politikwissenschaftlerin. Sie veröffentlichte vor allem zum Antisemitismus in Österreich.

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Sottopietra stammte aus Vorarlberg und studierte Geschichte, Politikwissenschaft und Germanistik an der Universität Wien und Politikwissenschaft auf Diplom am Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS) in Wien. Nach dem Magister wurde sie 1995 bei Gerhard Jagschitz am Institut für Zeitgeschichte der Universität Wien mit der Dissertation Metamorphosen eines Konzepts. Eine entwicklungsgeschichtliche Untersuchung des Antisemitismus in Österreich zur Dr. phil. promoviert.

Sie war lange Zeit als Lektorin für wissenschaftliche und Sachbücher in Wien tätig. Außerdem arbeitete die Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlerin an Forschungsprojekten wie "Wiedergutmachung und Restitution im Bereich der Parteien und des ÖGB" (des Karl von Vogelsang-Institut zur Erforschung der Geschichte der Christlichen Demokratie in Österreich) mit und war wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin der unabhängigen Historikerkommission der Bank Austria Creditanstalt Histcom Banken. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte waren Antisemitismus, Rassismus, Ethnizität und Rechtspopulismus. Sie veröffentlichte vor allem zum Antisemitismus in Österreich; Artikel erschienen u. a. in der Österreichischen Zeitschrift für Soziologie, der Österreichischen Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft und im Jahrbuch des Karl von Vogelsang-Instituts zur Erforschung der Geschichte der christlichen Demokratie in Österreich.

2007 wurde durch das Institut für Zeitgeschichte der Universität Wien und das Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Historische Sozialwissenschaft das Dr. Doris Sottopietra-Gedächtnis-Symposion "Metamorphosen des Antisemitismus heute" ausgerichtet.

Schriften (Auswahl)
Monografien
 Variationen eines Vorurteils. Eine Entwicklungsgeschichte des Antisemitismus in Österreich. Passagen-Verlag, Wien 1997, ISBN 3-85165-243-6.
 Phänomen Rechtspopulismus. Eine Studie. Hrsg. durch den Verein Zukunfts- und Kulturwerkstätte, Wien 1998, ISBN 3-901485-07-4.
 mit Matthias Marschik: Erbfeinde und Haßlieben. Konzept und Realität Mitteleuropas im Sport (= Sport: Kultur, Veränderung. Bd. 28). Lit, Münster u. a. 2000, ISBN 3-8258-5093-5.
Herausgeberschaften
 (Hrsg.): Ernst Frey: Vietnam, mon amour. Ein Wiener Jude im Dienst von Hô Chi Minh. Czernin-Verlag, Wien 2001, ISBN 3-7076-0113-7.
 mit Gerhard Botz (Hrsg.): Ernst Mühlbacher: Zwischen Technik und Musik. Ohne "Ariernachweis" in der Raketenforschung des Dritten Reiches. Edition Atelier, Wien 2003, ISBN 3-85308-090-1.
Beiträge in Sammelbänden
 mit Maria Wirth: Die Länderebene und Ehemalige NationalsozialistInnen in der SPÖ. Eine quantitative und qualitative Untersuchung. In: Maria Mesner (Hrsg.): Entnazifizierung zwischen politischem Anspruch, Parteienkonkurrenz und Kaltem Krieg. Das Beispiel der SPÖ.  Oldenbourg, Wien u. a. 2005, ISBN 3-7029-0534-0, S. 77 ff. und S. 266 ff.

Weblinks
 Ergebnisse zu Doris Sottopietra beim sozialwissenschaftlichen Fachportal Sowiport

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Let's talk about teachers' volunteer hours. Because, yesterday, we were informed that although we're locked out – that is, told by the employer that we aren't permitted to work – we've been invited in to set up our classrooms and prepare for the school year. See, we're not allowed into the schools to work, but we can volunteer our time.
It made me groan a little. Because honestly? All the talk about the volunteer hours that teachers put in starts to sound a bit martyr-ish after a while. It almost sounds like we're holding ourselves up as selfless, as constantly going above and beyond for the sake of others, which only opens the door for being lambasted that we're actually selfish and greedy because we expect to get paid for our work.
I'd much rather we had a contract that just laid out an eight-hour workday so we could stop talking about how much time teachers "volunteer." You want me to be at work from 7:30-3:30 each day? Fine. Put it in my contract. I'm already there, anyway. Maybe then the public would stop insisting that we only work six hours a day; it could only be a public relations win, right?
So I looked into it. I researched why our contracted hours don't match the time actually required to do the work, and noticed that the hours not only don't match, but they make no reference to overtime hours – not even to say that the position is salaried and overtime won't be paid. You need to remember that I'm still a new teacher, and that I have many years of corporate work experience before this; I'm still trying to figure out why things are done one way with teachers when they're so different in the business world. So I dug further.
I started with the actual contract dates. I'm talking about my yearly, temporary contract with the school district – the one that says I'm employed from September 1st until June 30th. Right now, I technically don't have a job. I was laid-off as of June 30th, and my new contract doesn't start until September 1st. So, going in before September 1st to set up my classroom would truly be volunteer work, as much as I hated to admit that. I can't even call it overtime since I'm not actually employed.
Why not just extend the contract by a couple of days, then? Make it so we work the last couple of days of August too, if its imperative that the rooms are in tip top shape for the first day of school?
Then it hit me. I couldn't remember decorating, moving boxes, and arranging desks in my job description. They couldn't extend the contract by a couple of days because this necessary work isn't actually acknowledged as work.
(1) A teacher's responsibilities include designing, supervising and assessing educational programs and instructing, assessing and evaluating individual students and groups of students.
teachers enrolled in a university established under the University Act or in an institution for training teachers established under any other Act, and rendering the assistance to the student teachers, and submitting the reports on their teaching ability or on other matters relating to them or to their work, considered necessary for the training of teachers by the university or institution.
I included all of the duties in their entirety since these are all the things teachers are responsible for outside of the actual preparation, delivery, and assessment of lessons. This is the stuff we do that isn't actually teaching.
I have, however, highlighted two sections that were a bit of a light bulb moment for me – an "A-ha!" discovery that made it clear why we don't just contract ourselves to an eight-hour day and potentially silence some criticisms.
*b. No employee will be required to perform supervision duties beyond the school day except where an emergency necessitates supervision to ensure the safety of students.
It's in this section that the "volunteer" hours argument meets the "teachers are lazy" argument and often explodes, so let's take a look at it more closely.
Teachers are required to be at work fifteen minutes before and after the bell meaning that, technically, all but a half-hour the planning and marking that they do is "volunteer" – even though it's required in their job description. So, again, why not just extend the hours of work and put an end to that argument? Well, aside from the fact that there would still be overtime "volunteer" hours for many of us if we were on an eight-hour day, it's the second clause that's the clincher.
Currently, teachers are not required to supervise students for more than fifteen minutes on either side of the day. This means that they have time to do the planning and marking that's required for their jobs because their time cannot be appropriated unless it's an emergency.
If the hours of work were lengthened, it means that teachers could be required to run clubs, coach, chaperone, tutor etc. for the duration of their contracted day – that they wouldn't have a choice in the matter. Basically, it means that creating innovative lessons and the like would get backburnered in favour of whatever other assistance administration decides is required at the school.
If the school day – that is, the hours that teachers are contracted to actually be at school – is lengthened, there's no guarantee that the non-teaching duties laid out in the regulations wouldn't be made to fill that time, thereby extending teachers' days even further by pushing when they could get to the planning and marking that are required to fulfill the first responsibility in the School Act: teaching.
Now, that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. If you extended my contracted day and stipulated that the additional time was for lesson preparation and paperwork (grade entry, parental contact etc.), I'd be all for it. Currently, there is literally no way to complete all the duties of a teacher within the instructional day. And I wouldn't be opposed to a contract that acknowledged the work that we do beyond delivering lessons and assessing learning.
Because we do a lot of things aside from teaching. And they happen earlier and later than fifteen minutes before the bell. But I don't volunteer my time to do these things. I do my job. And, like many jobs, my tasks can't be finished in the hours laid out in my contract. But like when I worked in the private sector, I don't volunteer my time to finish my work. I work overtime. Because teaching – as much as I love it – is still my job. It's not a volunteer position.
So, even though I've been invited to volunteer my time this summer, I can't go set up my classroom – even if I wanted to cross a picket line. I can't move all of my supplies in and re-arrange the desks. I can't put up my posters and make it welcoming. I can't air out the room and make it hospitable. Because these things are overtime work.
And I'm pretty sure that I'm not allowed to work overtime when I'm locked out and not allowed to work at all.
← I'm totally biased. But it's not beause I'm a teacher.
Well said Ashley … and thanks for the extra efforts to dig up, review, and share your thoughts on those clauses in the School Act.
I´m writing to you from Germany, and found your blog on Facebook through a befriended teacher from Canada, Michelle. She´s posting a lot of stuff around her job, and for me its always very interesting to hear, how teachers are treated in other (western) countries, how they see their job / work life and how they fight for their rights.
I´m a social worker in Germany, working part-time helping teenagers with problems to find an education after school. What you wrote in your blog above matches pretty much, how teachers, social workers and Kindergarten-teachers are treated in Germany (esp. when you work for charitable employers): we are expected to work over-hours, preparing and (in my job-case: documenting) after the regular hours, and be there "helping out in an emergency" (which happens pretty much on a daily basis). And still I love my job, trying my best to be good in it and balancing life and work, so I don´t get burned out.
I believe, the only way to change things and get the proper recognition from society, politics and employers is to get together and fight for our rights.
So thank you for your dedication and commitment! I´m sure there are a lot of teachers who highly appreciate your words!
Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences and support. I often wonder who my international readers are and what they make of all my thoughts about what's going on in our corner of the world, so your comment is much appreciated.
I am a friend of Danica J. and found your post through her on facebook. Looking next door from Alberta, we teachers are standing by you in solidarity!


In the end, we'd like it all to add up. The simplest way for things to add up is through counting. If we've got a pile of candy, or money, counting to a higher number is considered a better result. In golf, fewer strokes makes a lower score and thus determines the winner. Another way we add things up is to make a whole. Two arms, two legs, a nose, a mouth, et cetera and at some point we have a body. This kind of mathematics is the basis of the crime drama.
Sherlock Holmes adds things up to create an image of a crime and a criminal. A dog that didn't bark, a bit of cigarette ash, a kind of writing paper and ink and a print of an uneven heel in the mud flash into a kind of picture of the prime suspect. One of the pleasures of the Holmes stories is following along a chain of deductive reasoning that only seems reasonable in hindsight. Television channels are stuffed with one-hour dramas using Conan Doyle's template. As we read, or more likely watch, there's the feeling of a conjuring trick— the creation something out of nothing. Even though, as Holmes likes to say: "You know my methods…" Implied is a sort of mathematical reasoning that operates like a logical sorting machine. Anyone making proper use of the machine would come to the same result, like counting apples in a basket.
The other night I was reading a story featuring a precursor to Holmes. Here the amateur detective is C. Auguste Dupin. The story, written in 1844 by Edgar Allen Poe, is called "The Purloined Letter". The Prefect of Police has come to Dupin to discuss the case of a letter stolen by a Minister and hidden somewhere in his house.
In the era of "Big Data" the computational power at our disposal is enormous. Big Blue can play chess or the game show Jeopardy. Google Now has a pretty good chance of predicting what you'll do next and the data set that might prove useful in doing it. Even the NSA and the CIA, continuing the efforts started with 'Total Information Awareness', have started collecting and saving every electronic digital trace that is collectable. "Big Data" gives us the sense that we're seeing high resolution, at zillions of pixels per inch. We could even say that we're seeing at a resolution that far outstrips the organic capacity of the human eye. It's in the mind's eye that this new kind of picture comes into focus.
Just as with the Prefect of Police, there's an illusion of high-resolution clarity that comes with Big Data. We think we're seeing everything there is to be seen. And further, that with sufficient amounts of data, all answers will clearly present themselves. I wonder what will happen when we have all the data there is to have and we still can't find the purloined letter.
Woody Allen once observed that "ninety percent of life is just showing up." But in 1948, Bing Crosby convinced the ABC radio network that "showing up" wasn't actually necessary. That was the year he launched the first pre-recorded weekly radio broadcast. The previous year he'd made the same request of NBC, but they'd refused. For NBC, by definition radio programming was live with the exception of a few commercials.
The new ABC network, formed out of the sale of the old NBC Blue network in 1943 to Edward Noble, the "Lifesaver King," was willing to break the tradition. It would pay Crosby $30,000 per week to produce a recorded show every Wednesday sponsored by Philco. He would also get $40,000 from 400 independent stations for the rights to broadcast the 60-minute show that was sent to them every Monday on three 16-inch aluminum discs that played 10 minutes per side at 33-1/3 rpm.
Eventually Crosby buys the first two Ampex 200A tape recorders, serial #1 and #2, to record his show. This allows him to control microphone placement and do multiple takes to get the best performance possible. As a film actor, Crosby had been used to this kind of production process. After hearing the tape of Crosby's demo, ABC ordered 12 of the Ampex recorders and that was the beginning of the end of the broadcast of live radio programming.
By not showing up and instead creating the first pre-recorded radio broadcast, Bing Crosby set the pattern for all modern "broadcast" media. (He also pioneered microphone technique for vocalists.) Perhaps it never occurred to anyone that the audience would one day assert the same privilege that Crosby did in 1948. We are all Bing Crosby now, and there's very little that we need to actually show up for in the world of broadcast media.
The heads of programming at the Networks used to decide when a particular recording would be played over their syndicate of local stations. Now that power rests with the audience. What's "new" is what's new to you; and the quality of material in the vast library of pre-recorded media far outstrips whatever is being presented live in real time right now. Like Crosby, we the audience, don't bother showing up for the broadcast. We'll choose the time and place for the performance to occur.
Time present is the sequencing of the recordings of time past. Time future is what is yet to be recorded, an appointment for our DVRs. If all time is pre-recorded, all time is unredeemable. Nothing need be missed, there is no possibility of that. Everything is just a matter of priority in the great queue of items awaiting our future consumption.
When we mortals are presented with seemingly infinite banquets aimed at our appetites, the discussion quickly turns to the seven deadly sins; and in particular, gluttony. While we can now consume anything at anytime and practically any place— what is it that we should be consuming? What asserts control over our potentially infinite appetites? Is it the rational "I" who decides while basking in the luxury of its individual freedom? Does our access to the infinite buffet transform us into a mature adult who can keep, not only its ego, but its id in check? Or do we end up joining the rest of the gluttons in Dante's third circle of the inferno?
And as we more fully become Bing Crosby, do we engage over our real-time social networks by playing pre-recorded snippets for the purpose of constructing an ideal projection of ourselves as the narrator of our lives? Walter Benjamin regrets our loss of the "aura" in a work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction. Are these new networks we've constructed even capable of transmitting "aura" across their tangle of wires? And if they are, are we capable of telling the difference? Through the recording arts, Crosby was able to create a technically better performance. He accomplished this through deferring the moment of transmission. The message is worked and re-worked at a distance from the performance date. The medium itself has deferral and distance built into it. As an audience we now re-wire broadcasting to take advantage of these qualities.
"And just as Miles was about to start his solo for 'So What,' at the peak of the concert, I hit a note that was so wrong I thought I had crumbled the show down like a falling tent," he recalled.
Bing changed our relationship with time. And while it may seem like we'll manage to avoid error and present a photoshopped version of ourselves to the world, we simply encode our errors at another level. The unexpected unexpected emerges despite the best laid plans.
A short piece of writing on our infinities: Gazing toward the stars, we discovered an infinite external universe. Looking inward, we recognized the capacity to hold multiple infinities in the grasp of our understanding. In our everyday life we attribute high value to things that exude a feeling of immortality. While some things we manufacture are meant to be ephemeral, in things of quality, we want something about them to last forever.
In thinking about infinities, and by this, I'm really referring to Tim Morton's idea of very large finitudes, I was drawn in by the great plastic vortex in the Pacific ocean. This is location, created by ocean currents, where large deposits of granulated plastic swirl in an endless gyre. "Plastic" means something that can be molded, "plastic" is plastic. Not only can plastic take any shape, it can have a high level of durability while in use. The "mold-ability" of metals on the one hand and plaster on the other, find a mid-point in plastic. Plastic is a neutral material that functions like a simile. The plastic is like leather, it functions like ceramic, it gives the appearance of wood grain. Plastic never appears to us as plastic, it's always "like" something else.
Plastic becomes itself again when it's discarded. It's no longer "like" anything; it "is" plastic. Different kinds of plastic have different lifespans. Some plastic, plastic bags for instance, have a lifespan of 30 to 60 years. A plastic bottle, on the other hand, has a lifespan of 300 to 500 years. The "use" of a plastic bottle may occur over 30 minutes, the time it takes to drink a soda or some filtered water. If that plastic bottle is part of the eight million tons of garbage that reaches the ocean every day, it may go on to have a long life as a piece of bottle-shaped plastic.
In the world of literature, we talk about immortal works. Art is long, but life is short. "Words" also have a plastic quality, they can be selected and sequenced in such a way to conjure up almost anything. The word "elephant" isn't an elephant, but it can cause the reader to register neurological activity that is "like" that of seeing an actual elephant. We can even use words to describe things like an infinite series of numbers. Here we register neurological activity of something that we can't actually see.
Books have a much, much higher childhood death rate than people. If a book makes it to age 21 and is still being discussed and still changing career paths, then it's obviously a huge success.
I'm a great believer in classic books, but not at all a believer in "immortal" books. Plato will not be read one million years from now, though under certain scenarios he might still be read in another 2000 or 5000 years.
You can't do "immortal" work because that's quite impossible. The human species will probably be turning into something rather different that won't much care about most of our supposedly immortal books and empires.
That said, there's still a big difference between writing a book that's readable for 3 years versus one that's readable for 20, 50, or 500 years. That's the scale on which very high-quality work announces itself as opposed to more transient period pieces– not the non-existent immortal scale.
In the age of the digital network, the ephemeral seems to gain a kind of immortality. Publishing written words is almost as simple as speaking. Once published to the Network, whatever it is, is there forever. And theoretically, it is findable via some method of search. In this sense, this immortal ephemera is like the plastic bottle–useful for a short amount of time, but possibly destined to a very long after life. Perhaps it is also swirling about in the gyre of some immense database. However, there's a qualitative difference between the kind of life of a work that Graham Harman discusses and the life of a tweet saved forever in a networked database server.
When we discuss economies of abundance in the digital age, we're assuming the low-cost production of very large finitudes. Plastic is this kind of thing, it's the least expensive physical simile for a large range of objects. It also has the strange quality of sometimes having a lifespan that is five or six times that of an ordinary human. In this ecological age where we are newly surrounded by economies of abundance, what shall we do with our infinities? We can no longer send them away when we've annihilated distance through technology. The plastic as "plastic" waves to us from the gyres in the ocean. It will swirl there for our children and our children's children. What ever shall we do with our infinities?


The collection is arranged by topic as follows: correspondence (folder 1); notes (folders 2-4); lectures for radio station WJBO (folders 5-9); lectures for organizations (folders 10-26); manuscript (folder 27). The collection consists of 1 box.
Kernion, George Campbell Huchet de.
Student newspaper and periodical editors.
Acquisition Note: Source: Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wilson..
Preferred Citation: George C.H. Kernion papers, Manuscripts Collection 718, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane Univeristy, New Orleans, LA 70118.
Scope and Contents: The collection is made up of drafts of speeches and lectures given by George C.H. Kernion. Some were given to civic groups, while others were heard over the radio on WJBO in New Orleans, especially his lectures on communism. There is also Kernion's correspondence with Trist Wood (1933-1934). In addition, there is a manuscript of a work called "Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos." in the collection.


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On March 1st, Mitt Romney and his fellow members of the 1% will be welcomed to their $2500-per-photo fundraising event in Bellevue with a human red carpet that's rolled out directly over workers, students, unemployed people, and others.
Our human red carpet will dramatize the ugly truth behind this gathering: the 1% are converging in Bellevue to fund a political agenda that's about walking all over the rights and interests of the 99% while offering lower taxes on big corporations and the rich. It's a vision of government of the 1%, by the 1%, and for the 1% — no matter the cost to the rest of us.
Where: Gather at Bellevue City Hall at 4 pm for a march arriving at Meydenbauer Center at 5 pm. Meydenbauer Center is located at 11100 NE 6th Street.
What: Human red carpet to greet Mitt Romney in Bellevue, plus a rally, a march, and a special 99% photo opportunity.
The 99% will be offering this special red-carpet welcome to Mitt Romney and his supporters because their $2500-per-photo fundraiser is an event where some of the richest people in our region will gather in one of the richest zip codes in the country to invest money in support of one of the richest presidential candidates in history — and his agenda of lowering taxes on the rich even further. Romney's recent proposal to pay for a 20% tax giveaway to the rich with big cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and other programs is just the latest example of how the 1% are using their money to walk all over the rights and interests of the people of the 99%.
When the 1% contribute money towards lower taxes on their own wealth, it may be a good investment for them, but it's a raw deal for the rest of the us. And it raises the question: is this a democracy, or a hedge fund?


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In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling, and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit ro…oftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland. Wendy and her brothers join Peter and the Lost Boys in an exhilarating life--free of grown-up rules--while also facing the inevitable showdown with Hook and his bloodthirsty pirates. This is why Peter Pan (2003) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991). (Read More)
Story: brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, fencing, tween girl, lifting someone into the air, sword fight, rescue, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title, family relationships
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In a castle high on top of a hill lives an inventor's greatest creation - Edward, a near-complete person. The creator died before he could finish Edward's hands; instead, he is left with metal scissors for hands. Since then, he has lived alone, until a kind lady called Peg discovers him and welcomes… him into her home. At first, everyone welcomes him into the community, but soon things begin to take a change for the worse. (Read More)
Story: mansion, brother sister relationship, lifting a female into the air, freak, goth, fish out of water, lifting someone into the air, dysfunctional family, rescue, black comedy, cult film, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title, family relationships
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
An eccentric toymaker's last wish is that his brother takes over the running of the business. The brother is a military General, and is out of touch with toymaking, and out of touch with reality too. The business should really have been given to Leslie, who was much more like his toymaking father. W…hen the General starts making weapons instead of toys, Leslie decides to take action. (Read More)
Themes: inheritance, greed, christmas
Story: eccentric, uncle, brother, dysfunctional family, cult film, family relationships
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
An American Tail (1986)
Fievel is a young Russian mouse separated from his parents on the way to America, a land they think is without cats. When he arrives alone in the New World, he keeps up hope, searching for his family, making new friends, and running and dodging the cats he thought he'd be rid off.
Story: brother sister relationship, knitting, accountant, impostor, fraud, first part, cigar smoking, mother daughter relationship, family relationships
An American Tail (1986) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Scrooged (1988)
Frank Cross runs a US TV station which is planning a live adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol. Frank's childhood wasn't a particularly pleasant one, and so he doesn't really appreciate the Christmas spirit. With the help of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, Frank realises he must …change. (Read More)
Themes: greed, christmas
Story: real tv show shown in fictional situation, trailer narrated by percy rodriguez, lifting someone into the air, cigar smoking, black comedy, cult film, character name in title
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-fi
Through contact with a mysterious substance, called Ooze, 4 little turtles in the canalization of New York mutate to giant turtles. They can speak, walk upright and love pizza. The wise rat Splinter becomes their mentor and educates them to Ninja fighters. Their arch-enemy is the bad, bad guy Shredd…er, who struggles to gain power over the world. Of course the ninja turtles will do everything to stop him. This is why Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991). (Read More)
Story: brother brother relationship, blockbuster, lifting someone into the air, first part, based on tv series, based on comic book, sword fight, cult film
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.
Story: brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, accountant, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title, family relationships
Daniel is a decent young man, married to Jane, still living at his father's home. When his father dies, it is up to him to organize his funeral. On this painful morning, the suitable grave expression on his face, Daniel is ready to welcome his father's friends and relatives. But preserving the digni…ty inherent in such circumstances will be a hard task. Particularly with an undertaker who botches his work, the return from the USA of his famous but selfish brother, his cousin's fiance who has accidentally ingested drugs, the presence a moron who takes advantage of the sad event to win back the heart (or rather the body) of a woman who is about to marry another, of a handicapped old uncle who is also the most unbearable pain in the neck. To cap it all, Daniel notices the presence among the mourners of a mysterious dwarf nobody else seems to know... (Read More)
Story: brother brother relationship, uncle, brother, brother sister relationship, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship
Death At A Funeral (2007) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991)
Comedy, Family
Home Alone (1990)
It is Christmas time and the McCallister family is preparing for a vacation in Paris, France. But the youngest in the family named Kevin got into a scuffle with his older brother Buzz and was sent to his room which is on the third floor of his house. Then, the next morning, while the rest of the fam…ily was in a rush to make it to the airport on time, they completely forgot about Kevin who now has the house all to himself. Being home alone was fun for Kevin, having a pizza all to himself, jumping on his parents' bed, and making a mess. Then, Kevin discovers about two burglars, Harry and Marv, about to rob his house on Christmas Eve. Kevin acts quickly by wiring his own house with makeshift booby traps to stop the burglars and to bring them to justice. (Read More)
Themes: christmas, anger
Story: brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, uncle, blockbuster, lifting someone into the air, first part, brother, threat, dysfunctional family, rescue, cult film, husband wife relationship, family relationships
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Peter Pan (Williams) has grown up to be a cut-throat merger and acquisitions lawyer, and is married to Wendy's granddaughter. Captain Hook (Hoffman) kidnaps his children, and Peter returns to Never Land with Tinkerbell (Roberts). With the help of her and the Lost Boys, he must remember how to be Pet…er Pan again in order to save his children by battling with Captain Hook once again. (Read More)
Story: brother sister relationship, blockbuster, lifting someone into the air, sword fight, dysfunctional family, rescue, cult film, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title, family relationships, sequel
Comedy, Drama, Family
Beethoven (1992)
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible s…ideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list. This is why Beethoven (1992) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991). (Read More)
Story: escapade, fake blood, lifting someone into the air, first part, dysfunctional family, rescue, husband wife relationship, character name in title, family relationships
Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller
Priest (2011)
PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, is set in an alternate world -- one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in d…ystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece's boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills. (Read More)
Themes: torture
Story: brother brother relationship, trapdoor, crossbow, strong female character, brother, based on comic book, rescue, surprise ending, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title
Priest (2011) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991)
Comedy, Crime, Musical, Romance
8 Femmes (2002)
One morning at an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s France, a family is gathered for the holiday season. But there will be no celebration at all because their beloved patriarch has been murdered! The killer can only be one of the eight women closest to the man of the house. Was it h…is powerful wife? His spinster sister-in-law? His miserly mother-in-law? Maybe the insolent chambermaid or the loyal housekeeper? Could it possibly have been one of his two young daughters? A surprise visit from the victim's chic sister sends the household into a tizzy, encouraging hysterics, exacerbating rivalries, and encompassing musical interludes. Comedic situations arise with the revelations of dark family secrets. Seduction dances with betrayal. The mystery of the female psyche is revealed. There are eight women and each is a suspect. Each has a motive. Each has a secret. Beautiful, tempestuous, intelligent, sensual, and dangerous...one of them is guilty. Which one is it? (Read More)
Story: brother sister relationship, dysfunctional marriage, mansion, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, surprise ending, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, family relationships
Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
In the sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, and in both wizard and muggle worlds Lord Voldemort and his henchmen are increasingly active. With vacancies to fill at Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore persuades Horace Slughorn, back from retirement to become the potions teacher, while Professor Sn…ape receives long awaited news. Harry Potter, together with Dumbledore, must face treacherous tasks to defeat his evil nemesis. (Read More)
Story: brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, lifting a female into the air, lifting someone into the air, strong female character, surprise ending, cult film, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title
The Three Stooges (2012)
Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns at birth, three friends Moe, Larry and Curly spend their time eye poking and slapping each other all the day long. But when their orphanage suddenly goes bankrupt, the three Stooges set out to save it by journeying into the world to find a way to rais…e the money required. But their quest brings them into being used in a murder scheme and landing them into a popular reality show. (Read More)
Themes: inheritance
Story: butler, impostor, scam, fish out of water, chainsaw, mansion, rescue, surprise ending, husband wife relationship
Action, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Thriller
Peyton Westlake is a scientist who has discovered a way to produce synthetic skin. This could revolutionise skin grafting, except for one minor glitch; the synthetic skin degrades after 100 minutes of exposure to light. When gangsters attack Peyton, he is horrifically burnt, and assumed dead. In his… quest for revenge, Peyton, aka the Darkman, is able to take on the appearance of anyone (using the synthetic skin,) but he only has 100 minutes per disguise. This is why Darkman (1990) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991). (Read More)
Story: lifting a female into the air, goth, impostor, lifting someone into the air, cigar smoking, black comedy, cult film, character name in title
Darkman (1990) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991)
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-fi
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Can you make a movie out of a video game? That's the question that is answered by this film. Mario Mario and Luigi Mario, two hard working plumbers find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in medium hi-tech squalor. They find themselves the only hope to save the Earth fr…om invasion. (Read More)
Story: brother brother relationship, goth, lifting someone into the air, chainsaw, rescue, surprise ending, cult film, husband wife relationship, character name in title, sequel
Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The People Under the Stairs is the story of a young boy (Fool) from the ghetto and takes place on his 13th birthday. In an attempted burglary (along with two others) of the home of his family's evil landlords, he becomes trapped inside their large suburban house and discovers the secret of the "chil…dren" that the insane brother and sister have been "rearing" under the stairs. (Read More)
Themes: greed
Story: brother sister relationship, trapdoor, goth, brother, mansion, black comedy, cult film, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship
Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword (2017)
Story: brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, impostor, scam, blockbuster, rescue, black comedy, surprise ending, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title
Comedy, Crime
The Big Lebowski (1998)
When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help… of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude. (Read More)
Themes: anger, torture
Story: brother sister relationship, weird, loan shark, lifting someone into the air, mansion, black comedy, surprise ending, cult film, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title
The Big Lebowski (1998) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
This is the tale of Harry Potter, an ordinary 11-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence by Hagrid, the gro…unds keeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted. This is why Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (2001) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991). (Read More)
Story: uncle, trapdoor, crossbow, blockbuster, lifting someone into the air, occult, strong female character, first part, dysfunctional family, halloween, rescue, surprise ending, cult film, husband wife relationship, character name in title, family relationships
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
The Cable Guy (1996)
Steven Kovak has been kicked out of his apartment by his girlfriend. Steven has a new apartment, and decides to slip the cable guy (Chip) $50 for free cable. Steven then fakes an interest in Chip's line of work. However Chip takes this to heart trying to become Steven's best bud. When Steven no long…er wants to be Chips friend the man who can do it all goes on an all out assault to ruin Steven's life. In the backdrop is the delicate sub-plot of the trial of a former kid star for murdering his brother. (Read More)
Story: impostor, eccentric, lifting someone into the air, brother, threat, sword fight, rescue, black comedy, surprise ending, cult film, husband wife relationship, character name in title
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Solomon Kane (2009)
Once a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting Spaniards in Africa, Solomon met the Devil's Reaper and discovered he was bound for hell. Barely escaping, he soon renounced violence to atone for his past sins, seeking out redemption in a life of peace. That is until the followers of sorcerer Malachi …kidnap a Puritan girl, Meredith Crowthorn, and brutally slaughter her family before his very eyes, forcing Solomon to take up arms and return to his violent ways once more to rescue her. (Read More)
Story: brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, crossbow, sword fight, rescue, surprise ending, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Is becoming a woman analogous, in some deep psychological way, to becoming a werewolf? Ginger is 16, edgy, tough, and, with her younger sister, into staging and photographing scenes of death. They've made a pact about dying together. In early October, on the night she has her first period, which is …also the night of a full moon, a werewolf bites Ginger. Within a few days, some serious changes happen to her body and her temperament. Her sister Brigitte, 15, tries to find a cure with the help of Sam, a local doper. As Brigitte races against the clock, Halloween and another full moon approach, Ginger gets scarier, and it isn't just local dogs that begin to die. (Read More)
Story: fake blood, goth, chainsaw, first part, halloween, black comedy, pregnancy, cult film, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, character name in title
Ginger Snaps (2000) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991)
Richie Rich (1994)
The richest kid in the world, Richie Rich, has everything he wants, except companionship. While representing his father at a factory opening, he sees some kids playing baseball across the street. Richie wants to join in, but they don't want him around. When a plot to kill the Rich family is devised …by Rich Industries' top executive, Laurence Van Dough, Richie must take over control of the company while searching for his lost parents with the help of some new friends. (Read More)
Story: family love, butler, scam, lifting someone into the air, based on comic book, dysfunctional family, cult film, character name in title
Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Mary Poppins (1964)
When Jane and Michael, the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins. Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend, Bert, the sib…lings try to pass on some of their nanny's sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents. This is why Mary Poppins (1964) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991). (Read More)
Story: brother sister relationship, tween girl, uncle, blockbuster, lifting someone into the air, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title, family relationships
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
Teenager Ethan Wate is obsessed with his urge to finish high school and go on to college in order to leave the small town of Gatlin, South Carolina behind, until a mysterious girl begins to inhabit his dreams. When he meets Lena Duchannes, a newcomer who has just enrolled in his school, Ethan knows …she is the girl in his dreams. Lena is rejected by the rest of her classmates for being the niece of Macon Ravenwood, whom the town's superstitious residents consider to be a devil-worshiper. But Ethan gives her a ride anyway and they fall in love. Lena reveals to her new boyfriend that she is a witch, and that on her sixteenth birthday she will be claimed by either the forces of light or of darkness. She will remain in the light, but only if she does not remain in love with Ethan. To make matters worse, her evil mother, Sarafine, is casting spells to push Lena to the dark side. Ethan joins her in a search to find a magic spell to save their doomed love. Will the lovers succeed? (Read More)
Themes: amnesia, anger, christmas
Story: brother sister relationship, passionate kiss, mansion, dysfunctional family, rescue, black comedy, surprise ending, mother daughter relationship, family relationships
La Cite Des Enfants Perdus (1995)
Set in a dystopian society, someone is kidnapping the children. Krank and his band of clones are using the children to harvest their dreams. Then they kidnap Denree, the brother of One, a fairground strongman. One sets out to find his brother.
Themes: amnesia, christmas
Story: brother, siamese twins, freak, eccentric, rescue, black comedy
La Cite Des Enfants Perdus (1995) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991)
Dragnet (1987)
Friday and Streebek are assigned to some very strange robberies, like i.e. the stealing of one bat, a 30 foot long snake and the mane of a lion from a zoo. All the latest BAIT magazines were also recently stolen, and some chemicals that when are mixed correctly develops a very deadly gas. All these …thefts have one thing in common; visit cards with the word "PAGAN" left at the crime scenes. Solving these crimes, including why plenty of police vehicles have been stolen lately, involves the usual; to drink coffee at strip tease bars, rescue kidnapped virgins from drowning and lose their jobs. (Read More)
Story: occult, based on tv series, cigar smoking, mansion, rescue, surprise ending, cult film, sequel
Tideland (2005)
Pre-teen Jeliza-Rose's parents are hopeless drug addicts. When pa, rocker Noah, finds ma's OD'd, he fears to be charged with homicide and takes Jeliza along to his ma's place, in a desolate country region. With Noah passed out, the girl mentally transfers to a fantasy world she and her doll heads en…ter magically. Jeliza's adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell's grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens. (Read More)
Story: brother sister relationship, tween girl, shaved head, eccentric, brother, dysfunctional family, pregnancy, cult film, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, family relationships
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Cheaper By The Dozen 2 (2005)
Story: brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, tween girl, pregnancy, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, family relationships, sequel
Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller
Critters (1986)
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
Story: brother sister relationship, impostor, eccentric, first part, rescue, black comedy, surprise ending, cult film, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, family relationships
Critters (1986) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991)
The warrior Thor (Hemsworth) is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard by his father Odin (Hopkins) for his arrogance and sent to Earth to live among humans. Falling in love with scientist Jane Foster (Portman) teaches Thor much-needed lessons, and his new-found strength comes into play as a vill…ain from his homeland sends dark forces toward Earth. (Read More)
Story: brother, brother brother relationship, strong man, fish out of water, blockbuster, first part, based on comic book, sword fight, cult film, husband wife relationship, character name in title, family relationships
Action, Comedy, Crime
Central Intelligence (2016)
Calvin Joyner was voted in high school the guy most likely to succeed. 20 years later he's an accountant. As his high school reunion approaches, he tries to make contact with his old schoolmates. And someone named Bob Stone contacts him. He says that he was known as Robbie Weirdicht in school. Calvi…n remembers that he was picked on, as a matter of fact after an extremely nasty prank he left school. They agree to meet and Calvin is surprised by how much he has changed. Bob asks Calvin to help him out. He says yes and the next thing he knows some men burst into his home. They're CIA, the one in charge is looking for Stone, she says he's a rogue agent. When they can't find Bob they leave. Later he approaches Calvin telling him, he is not a rogue agent, he's trying to find a person known as the Black Badger who is planning to sell some information that in the wrong hands can be disastrous. so he needs Calvin's help to stop him. Calvin's not sure whom he should believe. (Read More)
Story: accountant, impostor, eccentric, threat, rescue, black comedy, pregnancy, surprise ending, husband wife relationship
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)
Mortimer Brewster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. While trying to break the news, he finds out his aunts' hobby; kil…ling lonely old men and burying them in the cellar. It gets worse. (Read More)
Story: brother brother relationship, lifting a female into the air, eccentric, lifting someone into the air, brother, dysfunctional family, halloween, black comedy, cult film, husband wife relationship
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Money Train (1995)
Two foster brothers work as transit cops. While one's life is as good as it gets, the other's is a pit. After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting the crap kicked out of him by a loan shark for the umpteenth time, He implements his plan to steal the "money train," a train carry…ing the New York Subway's weekly revenue. But when things go awry, will his brother be able to save him in time? This is why Money Train (1995) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991). (Read More)
Story: brother brother relationship, loan shark, brother, rescue, black comedy
Money Train (1995) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-fi
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines that can destroy the human race. As Hell on Earth is …ready to erupt, Hellboy and his crew set out to defeat the evil prince before The Golden Army can destroy humanity's existence. (Read More)
Story: brother sister relationship, cigar smoking, based on comic book, sword fight, pregnancy, surprise ending, father daughter relationship, character name in title, sequel
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-fi
At the age of 21, Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time... The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father (Bill Nighy) tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change w…hat happens and has happened in his own life-so he decides to make his world a better place...by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as you might think. Moving from the Cornwall coast to London to train as a lawyer, Tim finally meets the beautiful but insecure Mary (Rachel McAdams). They fall in love, then an unfortunate time-travel incident means he's never met her at all. So they meet for the first time again-and again-but finally, after a lot of cunning time-traveling, he wins her heart. Tim then uses his power to create the perfect romantic proposal, to save his wedding from the worst best-man speeches, to save his best friend from professional disaster and to get his pregnant wife to the hospital in time for the birth of their daughter, despite a nasty traffic jam outside Abbey Road. But as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can't save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere. There are great limits to what time travel can achieve, and it can be dangerous too. (Read More)
Story: brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, loving family, uncle, eccentric, black comedy, pregnancy, surprise ending, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, family relationships
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
In part six of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, dream monster Freddy Krueger has finally killed all the children of his hometown, and seeks to escape its confines to hunt fresh prey. To this end, he recruits the aid of his (previously unmentioned) daughter. However, she discovers the demonic orig…in of her father's powers and meets Dad head-on in a final showdown (originally presented in 3-D). (Read More)
Themes: amnesia, torture
Story: creepy, crossbow, rescue, black comedy, cult film, father daughter relationship, character name in title, family relationships, sequel
Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
My Girl (1991)
1972. Vada Sultenfuss (played by Anna Chlumsky) is an intelligent, bubbly, hypochondriacal 11-year old girl. Her father, Harry (Dan Aykroyd), is a mortician and a widower. Her best friend is Thomas J Sennett (Macaulay Culkin). Then her father hires a new receptionist, Shelly (Jamie Lee Curtis), and …life will never be the same again. (Read More)
Story: brother brother relationship, quirky, lifting a female into the air, tween girl, uncle, lifting someone into the air, first part, father daughter relationship, family relationships
My Girl (1991) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
MI6's top assassin (Mark Strong) has a brother. Unfortunately for him, he's a football hooligan (Sacha Baron Cohen) from the town of Grimsby. Nobby has everything a man from the poor English fishing town of Grimsby could want - 9 children and the most attractive girlfriend in northern England (Rebel… Wilson). There's only one thing missing in his life: his little brother, Sebastian. After they were adopted by different families as children, Nobby spent 28 years searching for him. Upon hearing of his location, Nobby sets off to reunite with his brother, unaware that not only is his brother an MI6 agent, but he's just uncovered a plot that puts the world in danger. On the run and wrongfully accused, Sebastian realizes that if he is going to save the world, he will need the help of its biggest idiot. This is why Grimsby (2016) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991). (Read More)
Story: brother brother relationship, brother, brother sister relationship, impostor, fish out of water, dysfunctional family, rescue, black comedy, surprise ending, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, character name in title
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-fi, Thriller
Ngo Si Seoi (1998)
Jackie Chan, a top secret militant soldier, crashes into the South African jungle after his mission of kidnapping three scientists (who were experimenting with a powerful mineral) has gone awry. Waking up in a village of local natives, Chan has no memory of who he is, thus being addressed as "Who Am… I". His journey with aid from two female sidekicks to find out his identity leads him all the way to Rotterdam where he coincidentally discovers the location of the organization that kidnapped the three scientists. With no memory, Chan is thirsty for answers by any means necessary. (Read More)
Themes: amnesia, greed, torture
Story: fish out of water, cigar smoking, rescue, black comedy, surprise ending, cult film, character name in title
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of munchkinlike people. All the Whos love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away… from the Whos which he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriend the Grinch. (Read More)
Story: trailer narrated by percy rodriguez, lifting a female into the air, blockbuster, lifting someone into the air, cult film, character name in title
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. They are put to the test, however, when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requir…ing genuine courage. (Read More)
Story: brother brother relationship, con, crossbow, fraud, lifting someone into the air, rescue, black comedy, cult film, father daughter relationship, character name in title
The Brothers Grimm (2005) is one of the best movies like The Addams Family (1991)
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Inspector Lee and Detective Carter are back in action as they head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders. Lee also holds secret meetings with a United Nations authority, but his personal struggles with a Ch…inese criminal mastermind named Kenji, which reveals that it's Lee's long-lost...brother. But their race will take them across the city, from the depths of the Paris underground to the breathtaking heights of the Eiffel Tower, as they fight to outrun the world's most deadly criminals and save the day. (Read More)
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I strictly bought these shoes because of its look but I was definitely provided with more than just style. Most nonslip shoes are always pretty durable so expect that with these, but the point I want to praise the most is how light and cushioned they are. My friend has a pair of cheap non-slips that weigh the same as these shoes but the fresh foam cushion will really make you not want to wear shoes with simple flat, rubber midsoles. Can't go wrong with these in my opinion.
This is second time i write the review i Bought this shoe last year , i fell on ice and i have ankle fracture .
Within 6 months of purchase with moderate use these shoes began to fall apart. The tread of the shoe is coming unglued and NB believes this to be normal. Not worth the $. Find another brand.
I have two pair of 860v8, size 10- 2E. They fit fine for regular wear. I wanted a pair for relaxing in that would be very comfortable with the fresh foam. So I ordered 10.5 - 4E. When they arrived I was surprised to see that although they were marked correctly, they were shorter and about two sizes narrower. I've already sent them back.
Something wrong happens with NB, Previously i ordered size 9 and it was large. now I ordered 8.5 size and it runs small for me, feeling very uncomfortable. Can not understand what size to get.
I wear size 9.5 4E and these shoes are too narrow and tight for a wide foot. They look great and feel great but do not come in anything wider than 4E. Very disappointing because I liked them very much.


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Ники́та Никола́евич Серге́ев (14 февраля 1992, Тверь, Россия) — российский футболист, защитник владивостокского «Динамо».

Биография
Футболом начинал заниматься в родной Твери в СДЮСШОР имени олимпийского чемпиона Юрия Михайлова под руководством Сергея Нефёдова и Владимира Осколкова. Затем учился в системе московского «Динамо». Привлекался в юношескую сборную России. Свою взрослую карьеру Сергеев начинал в молодёжном составе «Динамо».

Летом 2014 года перешёл в команду Второго дивизиона «Калуга». Зимой 2015 года вернулся на родину и подписал контракт с местной «Волгой». Вместе с тверским коллективом Сергеев доходил до 1/16 финала Кубка России 2015/16. На этой стадии принимал участие в игре против будущего обладателя трофея «Зенита» (0:3, д. в.).

В феврале 2016 года перешёл в клуб болгарской высшей лиги «Славия» из Софии. В тот момент эту команду возглавил российский специалист Александр Тарханов. Провёл за клуб 3 игры.

В августе 2019 года подписал контракт с клубом «Новосибирск», за который дебютировал 17 числа того же месяца, выйдя в стартовом составе в матче против «Сахалина».

В сентябре 2020 года стал игроком клуба «Кубань Холдинг» из станицы Павловской, за который дебютировал 20 сентября, выйдя в стартовом составе в поединке Первенства ПФЛ. В июне 2021 года покинул команду.

Достижения
 Победитель группы «Центр» первенства ПФЛ: 2018/19
 Серебряный призёр группы 1 первенства ПФЛ: 2020/21
 Бронзовый призёр группы «Восток» первенства ПФЛ: 2019/20

Примечания

Футболисты России
Игроки ФК «Калуга»
Игроки ФК «Волга» Тверь
Игроки ФК «Славия» София
Игроки ФК «Домодедово»
Игроки ФК «Торпедо» Москва
Игроки ФК «Новосибирск»
Игроки ФК «Кубань Холдинг»
Игроки ФК «Муром»
Игроки ФК «Динамо» Владивосток


In Switzerland, 10 universities, 2 federal institutes of technology (Lausanne-EPFL and Zurich-EPFZ) and 7 universities of applied sciences and arts (HES) are organized as a network (HES-SO for western Switzerland). These HES provide a university-level education focused on practice in the fields of technology, administration, agronomy, the applied arts, health, social affairs and education.
The 5 universities in French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino (Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg, Neuchâtel and Lugano) receive students from very diverse backgrounds, giving a multicultural dimension to their courses.
Geneva welcomed 16'530 students, 61% of whom were women, in 9 faculties: Sciences, Medicine, Humanities, Social Sciences,n Economics and Management, Law, Theology, FAPSE ( Psychology, Educational Sciences and the School of Translation & Interpreting).
Lausanne took in 14'468 students, 54% of whom were women, in 8 faculties: Geosciences & Environment, Biology & Medicine, Sciences, Business & Economics, Social & Political Sciences, Arts, Law, Criminal Sciences & Public Administration, Theology & Sciences of Religions.
Fribourg hosted: 10'436 students, 59.37% of whom were women, in 5 faculties: Theology, Law, Economics & Social Sciences, Humanities, Science. The University of Fribourg is among the few European bilingual (French-German).
Neuchâtel welcomed 4'284 students, 59.9% of whom were women, in 4 faculties: Humanities, Science, Law and Economics & Business.
The University of Italian-speaking Switzerland hosted 2,822 students, 48.36% of whom were women, in 5 faculties: Architecture, Communication Sciences, Economics and Informatics and Medicine.
Universities have developed on a decentralized mode. The actual management of these institutions is within the authorities of the local canton. Althought federalism grants theme with a certain autonomy on academic, financial and organizational level, the Swiss Confederation still plays a important role through the funding granted to these institutions.
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), a foundation under swiss private law, is the main institution promoting scientific research in Switzerland. National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs) were established as areas of strategic importance to strengthe Swiss research. Six NCCR are currently operational in French-speaking Switzerland. NCCRs are characterized by three main aspects: internationally-recognized scientific excellence, special efforts made to transfer knowledge & technology and an emphasis on the training and advancement of women.


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Q: multiple method call same single service with cachefactory in angularjs I have a service like below... which always get all types  of buyers from server.
var buyersService = function ($http, $q,$cacheFactory) {
            var serviceBase = '/api/OMData/';
            var  BuyersFactory = {};
            buyersService.cache = $cacheFactory('cacheId');

            BuyersFactory.GetBuyers = function (type) {
              var buyersDiffer = $q.defer();
              var dataList =  buyersService.cache.get('BuyerData');
              if (dataList != null && dataList.length > 0) {
                  buyersDiffer .resolve(_getBuyerByType(type,dataList));
              }
              else {
                  $http.get(serviceBase + 'GetBuyers').then(
                   function (results) {
                       buyersService.cache.put("BuyerData", results.data);
                       buyersDiffer .resolve(_getBuyerByType(type,results.data));
                   });
              }
              return buyersDiffer .promise;
            }

    app.factory('OMDataService', ['$http', '$q', '$cacheFactory', buyersService]);

});

function _getBuyerByType(Type,dataList) {
        try {

            var typedBuyer= Enumerable.From(dataList).Where(function (x) {
                return x.Type== Type;
            }).ToArray();
            return typedBuyer;
        } catch (e) {
            throw e;
        }
    }

 function getLocalBuyer(){
        return BuyersFactory.GetBuyers(1);
    }

   function getForeignBuyer(){
        return BuyersFactory.GetBuyers(2);
    }

There are two types of buyer in my business. Such as localBuyer and foreignBuyer. In my controller I need to call two service at a time with Q.All. When two service hit in buyersService method then system call server two times. Hence current cash is empty. But I want that system call server one times for one service call and second service  get data from cache.
EDIT: Controller code
function loadDefaultData() {
    try {
        $q.all([
            OMDataService.getLocalBuyer(),
            OMDataService.getForeignBuyer(),

        ]).then(function (data) {
            $timeout(function () {
                //set dropdown list
                viewData.local= data[0];
                viewData.foreign= data[1];

            }, 0);
        }).catch(function (e) {
            showError(e);
        });

    } catch (e) {
        showError(e);
    }
}

A: I would suggest defining a variable to save the promise returned by $http. The first time the service is called, that variable is initially undefined. It is set to the promise returned by $http.
The logic of your service thus becomes:

*

*if cache, return cache

*if promise, return promise

*else call server and save promise

I removed you deferred variable. It is no more needed. I did wrap the cache response in $q.when() (doc: https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/$q)
var buyersService = function ($http, $q, $cacheFactory) {
    var serviceBase = '/api/OMData/';
    var  BuyersFactory = {};
    buyersService.cache = $cacheFactory('cacheId');

    var serverPromise; // Will be used to store the promise returned by $http on first server call

    BuyersFactory.GetBuyers = function (type) {
        var dataList =  buyersService.cache.get('BuyerData');

        function serverCall () { // stores promise receives by $http and return it
            serverPromise = $http.get(serviceBase + 'GetBuyers').then(
                function (results) {
                    buyersService.cache.put("BuyerData", results.data);
                    return _getBuyerByType(type, results.data);
                });
            return serverPromise;
        }

        if (dataList !== null && dataList.length > 0) {
            return $q.when(_getBuyerByType(type,dataList)); // auto resolving promise
        }

        // If a first call to the server was already done, serverPromise will exist and no further call to the server will be made
        return serverPromise || serverCall();
    };

    app.factory('OMDataService', ['$http', '$q', '$cacheFactory', buyersService]);

});

function _getBuyerByType(Type,dataList) {
    try {

        var typedBuyer= Enumerable.From(dataList).Where(function (x) {
            return x.Type== Type;
        }).ToArray();
        return typedBuyer;
    } catch (e) {
        throw e;
    }
}

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// Choice between source of identification of a financial instrument.
type IdentificationSource4Choice struct {

	// Unique and unambiguous identification source, as assigned via a pre-determined code list.
	Code *ExternalFinancialInstrumentIdentificationType1Code `xml:"Cd"`

	// Unique and unambiguous identification source using a proprietary identification scheme.
	Proprietary *RestrictedFINExact2Text `xml:"Prtry"`
}

func (i *IdentificationSource4Choice) SetCode(value string) {
	i.Code = (*ExternalFinancialInstrumentIdentificationType1Code)(&value)
}

func (i *IdentificationSource4Choice) SetProprietary(value string) {
	i.Proprietary = (*RestrictedFINExact2Text)(&value)
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By Stephen Hill (Metal Hammer) 2015-01-07T11:02:00.600Z Metal Hammer
Who are the new Cowboys From Hell?
In a recent interview former Pantera bassist Rex Brown has claimed that "Every band out there wants to be a Pantera". And, whilst no one would doubt why you wouldn't want to be in a band as good as the legendary Texans, we wondered how true that statement really is. So here are ten bands that took the blueprint Rex and co. created and ran with it… But not too far.
Vision Of Disorder
In reality you could pick ninety per cent of the Roadrunner Records roster of the mid '90s here. But VOD are arguably the first ever metalcore band, and their influence has reached far beyond the confines of the hardcore scene. They could have been just another NYHC group but added a strictly metallic flavour to their music, the kind of metallic flavour that Pantera perfected. They had an Anselmo style vocal pitbull in the shape of frontman Tim Williams and a guitarist that stood head and shoulders above his peers in the supremely underrated Mike Baumbach. Sound familiar? Need more proof? How about Anselmo himself trading screams with Williams on the song By The River from VOD's blinding Imprint album. Yeah, that'll do eh?
It may not seem such an obvious fit but the Bakersfield quintet and 'godfathers of nu-metal' might not have ever even tried their hand at making heavy music if it weren't for the Cowboys From Hell. Jonathan Davis himself admitted as much by saying "the first metal band I ever listened to were Pantera because those grooves were so undeniable". Sure, the riffs were technically simpler than Dime's but the rhythms and low-end thump were staple trademarks of his playing. Korn's commitment to making the heaviest bounce in metal was inspired by the feeling we all get from listening to Vulgar Display Of Power. And, although Davis is clearly a very different frontman and character, Anselmo's deeply personal and relatable lyrics could well have given the Korn singer the confidence to tackle his own demons in his songs.
This is probably the most obvious choice on the list. There is very little about the look, the feel, the attitude and the sound of FFDP that doesn't scream Pantera. It's in the swaggering, cursing, no bullshit, growl of Ivan Moody fronting the band. It's in the enigmatic presence, originality and crusade to never rest on the laurels of guitarist and band leader Zoltan Bathory. It's in the passionate reaction from an ever-rising number of fans around the world at their breathtakingly powerful live shows. It's in the way they are proudly proclaiming to represent heavy metal and taking it into arenas with little or no help or interest from the mainstream culture. Frankly the similarities are scary.
Again, another hardcore band that have been taken into the hearts of metal fans the world over. And whilst it's the usual Slayer comparison that crops up time and time again when Hatebreed are concerned, it's not too much of a stretch to see that they have been schooled by Pantera in many ways. Particularly in the live environment. If you've ever seen Jamie Jasta onstage, crew cut, viscous roar, hyper-energetic, audience in the palm of his hand, and not thought that he bares a passing resemblance to Philip H. Anselmo in the glory days of the early '90s then maybe you aren't looking closely enough. And their brutal bounce can inspire some of the most violent circle pits and enthusiastic headbanging seen since the Texans were in their live pomp.
Most of the talk regarding Lamb Of God's influences from the band themselves mentions thrash legends like Megadeth and Testament. Or Randy Blythe's leanings towards hardcore punk acts like Black Flag or The Dead Kennedys, but the path this band has been treading for the last decade is remarkably similar to Pantera. Both bands moved away from their early sound, be it glam or death metal, toward a more groove-based approach. Both are packed with musicians that have jaw-dropping levels of expertise in their chosen instruments. Both have bothered the top end of the Billboard charts despite playing music that would give your average pop fan a migraine and a series of waking nightmares. And both have inspired rabid devotion from their huge fanbase. Good work all round then!
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It's not just that Mudvayne frontman Chad Gray can currently be found playing alongside Vinnie Paul in Hellyeah, although he has spoken multiple times about how much of a thrill it is for him to share a stage with a man he considers to be a legendary figure. It's more the attempt of trying to escape the confines of an already established scene to do your own thing where the stylistic similarities lie. Pantera escaped the generic, shallow spectre of glam to create their own unique style – saving metal in the '90s in the process. And Mudvayne took a more progressive and technical approach to the rapidly stagnating nu-metal movement. Influenced by a whole host of bands, from Tool to Faith No More, but undoubtably relating back to the steps that Pantera took a decade earlier. As if to emphasise the point they even got rid of the make-up and silly nicknames after a couple of albums. They might not have saved nu-metal, but they certainly made it more bearable for a bit.
The Swedish melodeath movement of the mid '90s was firmly established in opposition to the rule of grunge over the rock scene at that time. And the likes of At The Gates and In Flames were obviously deeply suspicious of the newer metal bands, preferring instead to draw on a more traditional set of influences. But if there is one band that melded these two worlds, and pulled on the sheers brute force and razor sharp attack of Pantera, then it's The Haunted. Ostensibly a thrash band, but they had a frontman in Peter Dolving who could go toe to toe with Anselmo in the rabble rousing, audience dominating stakes. They've been through many incarnations, lineup changes and styles in their career, but at their best The Haunted were capable of dishing out uncompromising, innovative metal that the Texans would certainly have approved of.
Dez Fafara toured many a tour with Pantera during his time fronting Coal Chamber and he's spoken about the education he received watching them tear all manner of stages apart in that period. So after his spookycore exponents split up he set about making his next project heavier, less theatrical, more real, utterly uncompromising and totally blistering live… loads more like Pantera, basically. You can't blame him really, and, although Devildriver have never really come close to matching them on record, Dez and co. are always the sort of band that take no prisoners the second they set foot onstage. All learnt from? Yup, you guessed it.
Chimaira
Essentially the entire inspiration for the new wave of American heavy metal movement of the early noughties can be laid down at the feet of Pantera. As nu-metal and emo continued to dominate the mainstream to diminishing interest from fans of genuinely heavy music, a group of bands arrived breastfed on Slayer, Metallica and, most obviously, Pantera. Killswitch, Shadows Fall and Unearth all melded these influences together, but Chimaira seemed to take only a pinch of the other stuff and concentrate mainly on creating as much groove-driven, aggression-drenched riffage as possible – with the ultra furious Mark Hunter stalking the stage on vocals the comparisons were even more startling. They changed to incorporate industrial and hardcore influences as their career progressed, but Pantera's sound was always the blueprint from which the band based their compositions.
Although Pantera hated rap metal, it's pretty clear that the members of most rap metal bands loved them. A decent case can be made for Biohazard, Downset and Orange 9mm taking notes from Cowboys From Hell and just rapping over the top of what they learnt. But of the first wave of bands that mixed heavy metal with hip-hop, Stuck Mojo were the ones that had the most blatant similarities. Not only did they hail from the south in Atlanta, Georgia, which added a southern rock quality to the riffs of guitarist Rich Ward, but they never diluted the staples of heavy metal in their music to incorporate the rap element in their sound. As many of their peers did.
*This story was updated on January 8 to add the word 'a' to Rex Brown's quote 'Every band out there wants to be a Pantera.'
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Barbecue sauce (also abbreviated BBQ sauce) is a flavoring sauce used as a marinade, basting or topping for meat cooked in the barbecue cooking style, including pork or beef ribs and chicken (Wikipedia, nd).
Barbecue sauce contains a number of ingredients, ranging from spices to molasses to tomato paste. Additionally, recipes vary depending on brand and location. In the event of an allergic reaction after having something containing barbecue sauce, contact your allergist.
Barbecue sauce is commonly used as a side for dipping food in, or used as a marinade for various meats and other foods.
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Q: What physical properties of silver would contribute to the sound of a musical instrument? A question was recently asked on Musical Practice & Performance, asking what physical properties of silver would contribute to the sound of percussion instruments. It is likely to be off-topic there; I wondered if any of you physicists/material scientists would be able to offer a humble musician information on this site.
It would also be interesting to know what contribution solid-silver or silver-plated components would make to brass/woodwind instruments, and what properties of silver are responsible for this.