This unique heritage listed building is situated within the Wynstay Estate at the end of The Avenue, Mount Wilson. It was the one of the first properties to be established in Mount Wilson, as early as 1875, by Mr Richard Wynne who also established the Wynne Landscape & Sculpture Prize in 1895.
The building was in use for a few years for its initial purpose, as a Turkish Bath, but now partly restored it houses a museum of local history operated by the Mt Wilson and Mt Irvine Historical Society.
The building itself is very stylish, featuring many original features including arched windows of stained and hand painted glass. It has exterior walls of polychrome brickwork with Italianate decoration and an elaborate turret with cast iron finials and roof decoration.
The wrought iron gate to the Museum area was recently made by Scott Leonard, a local resident and metalworker.
The museum regularly holds exhibitions about the history of Mt Wilson and Mt Irvine and its interesting personalities.


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King Charles continues with tradition as Pipe Major plays for first time at Clarence House
26th October 2022 at 12:31pm
The King's Pipe Major has played for the first time at Clarence House as His Majesty woke up in residence.
In a post on Twitter, the Royal Family shared a video of the Pipe Major playing the bagpipes as he marched in the garden of the Royal residence.
His Majesty's Pipe Major Paul Burns holds one of the highest positions available to a military piper – and is the only non-Royal allowed to wear Balmoral tartan.
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His Majesty's Pipe Major played for the first time in the Clarence House garden this morning, as The King woke up in residence.
The position was created by Queen Victoria in 1843, and Queen Elizabeth enjoyed the special tradition following her Accession to the Throne in 1952. pic.twitter.com/FuquIbBe8q
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) October 25, 2022
Pipe Major Burns, who woke Queen Elizabeth II on her last morning at Balmoral, also played the lament Sleep, Dearie, Sleep to mark Queen Elizabeth II's coffin leaving Westminster Abbey at the end of her state funeral.
The Twitter video shows that King Charles has decided to continue the tradition, with the position created by Queen Victoria in 1843 – 179 years ago.
Watch: The King meets Afghan interpreters in Scotland.
The tweet also said Queen Elizabeth "enjoyed the special tradition following her accession to the throne in 1952".
Split into two, the piper's daily performance consists of two seven-minute sessions with a minute in between.
However, it is not just the musical alarm the piper is responsible for – the Pipe Major often meets and greets people before they meet the monarch.
A member of the Royal Household, the piper has living quarters at Buckingham Palace and travels to wherever the monarch is based.

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OBJECTIVE: Mutations in the CDKL5 gene cause an early-onset epileptic encephalopathy. To date, little is known about effective antiepileptic treatment in this disorder.
METHOD: Accordingly, the aim of this retrospective study was to explore the role of different antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and the ketogenic diet (KD) in the treatment of this rare genetic disorder. We evaluated the efficacy in 39 patients with CDKL5 mutations at 3, 6 and 12 months after the introduction of each treatment. One patient was lost to follow-up after 6 and 12 months.
RESULTS: The responder rate (>50% reduction in seizure frequency) to at least one AED or KD was 69% (27/39) after 3 months, 45% (17/38) after 6 months and 24% (9/38) after 12 months. The highest rate of seizure reduction after 3 months was reported for FBM (3/3), VGB (8/25), CLB (4/17), VPA (7/34), steroids (5/26), LTG (5/23) and ZNS (2/11). Twelve patients (31%) experienced a seizure aggravation to at least one AED. Most patients showed some but only initial response to various AEDs with different modes of actions.
SIGNIFICANCE: Considering both age-related and spontaneous fluctuation in seizure frequency and the unknown impact of many AEDs or KD on cognition, our data may help defining realistic treatment goals and avoiding overtreatment in patients with CDKL5 mutations. There is a strong need to develop new treatment strategies for patients with this rare mutation.
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Remembering Dennis Farina and Peyton Place: The Television Series: Next on TVC
Actor and author James Rosin will join us on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Friday at 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio.
Known for his roles in such films and TV series as Out of Sight, Get Shorty, Saving Private Ryan, Empire Falls, Midnight Run, Buddy Faro, Law and Order, and, of course, Crime Story, Dennis Farina passed last week at the age of sixty-nine. As you may recall, we talked to Farina in October 2011 about not only Crime Story and his other collaborations with Michael Mann, but also The Last Rites of Joe May, the story of an aging short-money hustler that many consider to be among Dennis' best films ever. We will replay our conversation with Dennis Farina during our second hour.
Our first hour will include a return appearance from actor and author James Rosin. Jim's latest book is Peyton Place: The Television Series, everything you wanted to know about the long-running TV series from the 1960s that was also television's very first prime time soap opera. Peyton Place launched the careers of Mia Farrow, Ryan O'Neal, Lee Grant, Barbara Parkins and a host of other film and TV actors. But it was also a very ambitious show, not just in terms of subject matter, but also in terms of content.
Jim Rosin also appears in Casting By, the documentary about pioneering casting director Marion Dougherty, which makes its television premiere on HBO on Monday, Aug. 5. Dougherty helped change the face of film and television (particularly in the '60s, '70s and '80s) by looking for actors who were right for the part, regardless of whether they looked look like a typical Hollywood leading man. She discovered such future stars as Peter Falk, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Jon Voight, and Robert Duvall, plus countless other character actors. With that in mind, this week's program will also include an encore presentation our conversation with television historian Stephen Bowie from March 2011 about some of the many prominent character actors discovered by Dougherty, many of whom made their television debut when she was casting director on Naked City. .
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Grand Funk Railroad, Genya Ravan, and the 100 Worst Movies of All-Time on the Next "Dave White Presents"!
In 1968, Mark Farner (guitar), Mel Schacher (bass), and Don Brewer (drums) became Grand Funk Railroad, one of the era's most popular, and most controversial, power trios. In 1970, they sold more albums than any other American band and broke The Beatles' Shea Stadium attendance record by selling out in just 72 hours. They went platinum with their hit, "I'm Your Captain/ Closer to Home." Then, in 1972, they added keyboardist Craig Frost, moved into rhythm and blues, and had a successful string of new chart-toppers like "We're an American Band," "The Loco-Motion," and "Some Kind of Wonderful."
On Tues. July 30, Don Brewer, the voice and composer of many of those hits, shares his inside story behind GFR on the new "Dave White Presents"! From Detroit garage band to being immortalized by Homer Simpson, Don takes you on stage, in the studio, and tells you what the band is doing now. They're still at it, you know.
As it happens, GFR got their record deal because of their appearance at the 1968 Atlanta Pop Festival. Another band to get the same boost from that gig was the brass/rock group called Ten Wheel Drive featuring Genya Ravan. Genya had an earlier life as a successful pop singer as she was Goldie in the very first all-girl rock band of all time, Goldie and The Gingerbreads. In fact, in 1965, the group hit their stride in the U.K. where they toured with the likes of The Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann, and The Yardbirds. Then came 1968, Ten Wheel Drive, and three jazz/blues/rock albums adored by critics but just didn't crack the radio airways. Why not?
On the next DWP, the saucy and spunky Genya will share her memories about it all including her time producing folks like Ronnie Spector, trying to get her band to go to Woodstock, and all the news behind her sizzling, bluesy new CD, Cheesecake Girl. We'll play you a Ten Wheel Drive classic banned on most radio stations at the time, a bit of Goldie and The Gingerbreads, and one of the jumpin' tunes on a CD you really don't want to miss!
Then, Dave White takes you to the movies with film critic Phil Hall, author of the upcoming THE GREATEST BAD MOVIES OF ALL TIME. Dave and Phil talk about what makes a movie bad and forgettable and what makes one so bad, It's unforgettable for the wrong reasons. They discuss a few examples from Phil's book and how the list of 100 movies was created. You're invited to compare your own lists with Phil's as the choices are, well, never ending!
So Grand Funk Railroad, soulful belter Genya Ravan, and the worst movies ever made on Tues. July 30 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern, then 7:30 Pacific over–
On Wed. July 31, the 90 minute show will be available as a podcast, mp3 download, from itunes, through TEVO and Sticher.com, or on the player at–
Coming in August: Guitar master Pat Travers and Peter Mehlman, the Seinfeld writer who coined "Yada Yada" and made "Spongeworthy" a compliment!
William Schallert: Next on TVC
Actor William Schallert and comedy writer Bob Mills will join us on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Friday at 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio.
Known to three generations of television viewers for his roles on The Patty Duke Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, and Get Smart, not to mention more than 100 motion pictures and countless other TV appearances, William Schallert is one of the most prolific character actors in entertainment history. Before moving into film and television, Bill began his career as a member of the Circle Theater group in Los Angeles, where he worked with such legends as Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Albertson, Kathleen Freeman and Danny Arnold.
Bill is a great raconteur, and he'll share some memories of his career when he joins us in our second hour.
Comedy writer Bob Mills will join us in our first hour for Part 2 of our conversation about Bob Hope. Bob's television career included 15 years as a staff writer for Hope beginning in 1977.
Bob's book, The Laugh Makers, not only provides great insight into Bob Hope, but takes you behind the scenes of the last decades of the network variety show while also paying tribute to the "Gag Men" and "Gag Women" who made it happen.
Remembering Johnny Carson, Red Skelton and Bruce Lee: Next on TVC
Former NBC publicist Charlie Barrett and producer Sandra Lord will join us on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Friday at 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio.
With Johnny Carson back on television these days by way of Carson on TCM, our guests this week will include Charlie Barrett, longtime publicist for Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon. Charlie is founder of The Barrett Company, one of the top public relations and marketing communications firms in the entertainment industry, specializing in publicity for books, films and television series since 1992.
Prior to launching his own company, Charlie was one of the top publicists at NBC throughout the 1980s, where he was charge of media relations for such shows as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Charlie will share some memories of working alongside Johnny and Ed when he joins us in our first hour.
Joining us in our second hour will be Sandra Lord, writer, producer, entrepreneur and a maverick in every sense of the word. Sandra knows that, when it comes to networking, it's not just about "who you know," but also about "who knows you." Though that idea holds true in every industry, it's especially true in the world of entertainment. That's one of the reasons why Sandra created the Hollywood Networking Breakfast, a monthly networking studio event that marks its 20th anniversary in August 2013. The Hollywood Networking Breakfast has provided attendees with access to such power brokers as Garry Marshall, John Singleton, David E. Kelley, Wes Craven, Stan Lee, and Henry Winkler, while also facilitating numerous collaborations and employment opportunities to both established and aspiring entertainment professionals.
The next Hollywood Networking Breakfast will take place on Saturday, July 27 at the Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Avenue, in Hollywood, CA. This month's scheduled guest is producer Cassian Elwes. For tickets and more information, go to www.hollywoodnetworkingbreakfast.com.
Plus: Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen will join us for an expanded edition of This Week in TV History that will remember the legacies of Bruce Lee and Red Skelton. .
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It's Fun in the Hot Summer Sun with The Lovin' Spoonful and Two Lively Newcomers on the Next "Dave White Presents"!
"Summer in the City." "Do You Believe in Magic." " "Daydream." ""Six O'clock." "You Didn't Have to be so Nice." "Did You Ever have to Make Up Your Mind." "Younger Girl." "Nashville Cats."
From 1965 to 1970, The Lovin' Spoonful were a Good Time Music hit-making machine. The songs of John Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky, Steve Boone, and Joe Butler brought folk, jugband, country, and rock together in a new way that influenced other bands like The Grateful Dead. Did you know they scored the very first Woody Allen movie and played their own instruments in the studio?
On Tues. July 16, it's appropriate that drummer Joe Butler stops by the next DWP. That's because we wanted to hear the inside story of "Summer in the City" and because their first hit, "Do You Believe in Magic," debuted back in July 1965. We'll go back to those hot times as a very talkative Joe remembers how the Spoonful came together, what it was like to work with Woody Allen, the fun of running with fellow music makers like the Mamas and Papas, and how Joe became the band's frontman after John Sebastian left the group. They're still at it, and Joe will tell you about the Spoonful's current itinerary.
The members of Beach Day weren't born when the hits of The Lovin' Spoonful, Phil Spector, and The Ventures filled the charts, but their debut album, Trip Trap Attack, takes listeners back to those fun in the sun years! Natalie Smallish (bass), Skyler Black (drums), and singer/songwriter and guitarist Kimmy Drake have nailed down how to make bouncing, infectious melodies on songs like "Boys" and "Stay" that sound like Top 10 AM hits perfect for spending your day at the beach! On the next DWP, Kimmy Drake tells you why a trio of twentysomethings love that old-time music, and we'll play you two contagious samples!
Speaking of contagious, last year Dave White enjoyed his interview with perky actress Olivia Dunkley so much, he couldn't resist bringing her back for an encore! In 2012, Dunkley talked about her role as super-spy Sandra West on the web-based film series called The Adventures of Super 7. This time, she discusses her own music video, "Not OK You Left Me," which she both stars in and wrote. What's it all about? Well, you'll have to tune in to find out as DWP is once again "predictably unpredictable"!
So the Lovin' Spoonful, two engaging young ladies, and a new "Radio Tightwad" on the next DAVE WHITE PRESENTS, Tuesday, July 16 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern, then 7:30 Pacific over–
Coming up later this month: How about Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad and Genya Raven of Goldie and the Gingerbreads and Ten Wheel Drive? How about some Seinfeld memories . . .
Gabrielle Stone, Comfort TV, and a Tribute to Richard Matheson: Next on TVC
Actress Gabrielle Stone, television critic Mark Dawidziak and author David Hofstede will join us on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Friday at 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio.
Gabrielle Stone will join us in our first hour. The daughter of legendary scream queen Dee Wallace (E.T., The Howling, Cujo) and the late television actor Christopher Stone, Gabrielle has a couple of movies on the horizon, including the critically acclaimed horror movie Speak No Evil.
Also joining in our first hour will be Mark Dawidziak, television critic for the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, as we remember the career of Richard Matheson. An established novelist and writer of short stories before he entered television, Matheson wrote some of the most famous episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"; "The Enemy Within," one of the most famous episodes of Star Trek; and some of the best made-for-TV movies ever made, including Duel, The Morning After and the original Night Stalker. Mark Dawidziak not only covered Matheson's career in television, but also edited three collections of the works of Richard Matheson, all of which are available through Gauntlet Press.
Also joining us this week will be David Hofstede, author of several books on classic television, including Obsessed with TV, The Charlie's Angels Casebook, and What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History. David also publishes Comfort TV, an excellent blog about your favorite shows from the '50s, '60s and '70s. David recently published an article on Comfort TV that offers an interesting (and tongue-in-cheek) take on such shows as The Andy Griffith Show, I Dream of Jeannie, and Three's Company through the eyes of political correctness. We'll talk about that, and more, during our second hour.
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ESPN Radio's "Golic and Wingo" Has Been Canceled... And Replaced
By Shannon Raphael
Jul. 8 2020, Updated 5:37 p.m. ET
Listeners of ESPN Radio's "Golic and Wingo" were met with a shocking announcement when they tuned into the July 7 broadcast. The sports talk series, which began in 2017, has been canceled, and the final episode will air on July 31.
Hosted by sports commentators Trey Wingo and Mike Golic, the series has been a staple for morning listeners. The news was all the more surprising because of Mike's longtime affiliation with ESPN Radio.
Who is replacing "Golic and Wingo" on ESPN Radio? Keep reading to find out how the hosts addressed the cancelation on their show and to learn why the show's end will be especially bittersweet for Mike Golic.
Who is replacing "Golic and Wingo"?
Following the cancellation news, it was revealed that the "Golic and Wingo" time slot of 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. would be given to a new series called "Keyshawn, Jay, and Zubin." The new sports radio show will be hosted by retired NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson, former Chicago Bulls player Jay Williams, and Sportscenter anchor Zubin Mehenti.
ESPN's executive VP, Norby Williamson, confirmed that there would be a new lineup in a statement.
"Our new lineup will provide sports fans informative and engaging content throughout the week from hosts who all have radio experience. They know how to connect with fans and keep them invested in the programming. Our listeners will hear diverse perspectives on key topics from some of the most talented, knowledgeable and contemporary voices in the industry," Norby said.
The new schedule will go into effect on August 17, and it can be heard on ESPN Radio and SiriusXM.
Why was "Golic and Wingo" canceled?
The July 7 announcement was unexpected to fans and longtime listeners of "Golic and Wingo." ESPN did not explicitly say why the show had been nixed from the lineup, but it can be assumed that a decline in listeners is the cause, especially since Mike Golic is apparently still under contract with the network.
Several outlets have reported that Mike is under contract with ESPN until the end of 2020. It is unclear at this time whether he will return to a show with the network in any capacity, though it does not seem as if he has any spot on ESPN Radio.
Interestingly, ESPN Radio's new lineup includes Mike Golic's former co-host, Mike Greenberg. The two hosted the popular radio show "Mike & Mike" from 2000 to 2017, and the series was rebranded as "Golic and Wingo" when Mike Greenberg departed to host a TV morning series, Get Up!
At the time, rumors circulated that "Mike & Mike" ended because of a feud between Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg.
The latter's new show will be called "The Mike Greenberg Show." It will air on ESPN Radio on weekdays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Mike Golic sounded off on the cancellation of "Golic and Wingo."
After more than 20 years on the air with ESPN Radio, Mike explained on an episode of "Golic and Wingo" that it was truly the end of an era for him. He also noted that it was not his decision to go off the air.
"We know what's going on with the announcement, obviously, our last show's going to be July 31. Certainly was not my choice, I would have loved to have kept doing the show... I appreciate what's been going on on Twitter, you know, the outpouring of positive thoughts — certainly not everybody, and that's fine because you can't please everybody," he said. "But it's been incredible what I've heard from people out there, and I do appreciate that."
Mike then confirmed that he was on the lookout for his next career move.
"I'm not retiring; I'm too young to retire," the 57-year-old continued. "My wife won't let me retire. It's so wild though that the portion of morning radio, at least for now, will be done."
"This was management's choice to do this and obviously just like coaches, they have every right to do what they want to do. I would love to keep doing it, but not in the cards right now," he said. "So we'll see where it goes, but I do plan on still being in this business."
Trey Wingo's contract with ESPN also expires at the end of 2020.
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ABC's Martha Raddatz Scolds Americans for Not Getting Covid Booster
Raddatz is unlikely to persuade the unboosted to take any of the 170 million doses of new, bivalent booster the Biden administration ordered.
Posted by Leslie Eastman Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 07:00am 50 Comments
As we enter the fourth holiday season with the covid virus still uncontained, most Americans have come to the conclusion that the vaccines did not work as advertised: The virus is still transmissible, and many politicians and celebrities who have been vaccinated and boosted still became infected with at least one of the many variants of SARS-Cov-2.
So, it is unsurprising that only 11% of Americans received the most recent "bivalent" booster. That means the other 89% just said "No."
The loathsome Martha Raddatz,co-moderator of ABC's This Week, decided to scold those 89% for not blindly following to the Biden administration's desperate pleas to get the booster shots. During the show, Raddatz asked White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Ashish Jha to ask, "People aren't listening, what do you do?"
Here's the full exchange: https://t.co/f3D7D3yRyV
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) November 27, 2022
Clearly, Raddatz has an agenda here: She wants to help push the 170 million doses of the booster that the Biden administration ordered without considering that Americans have clearly made a personal assessment that boosters are not needed.
When it comes to wasting money, the Biden administration has few peers. Earlier in the year, Team Biden re-purposed billions of dollars to buy 170 million doses of the new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine. The problem is, few people are getting the shots.
The CDC reports that just 35 million people — roughly 11% of the population and only 15% of the 227 million people who have completed the primary vaccine series and are eligible for the new booster — have taken it in the three months since it was authorized.
But instead of examining why the response is so poor, the administration is resorting to its usual solution — spend more money. White House COVID-19 response coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, has just announced a "six-week sprint" to convince Americans to get their updated vaccines.
…The administration says it will pilfer another $475 million from the Provider Relief Fund — meant to preserve the healthcare system by financially supporting providers who experienced lost revenues and increased expenses during the pandemic — to boost bivalent booster uptake. The program will "invest" (this administration never spends) $350 million into community health centers to raise booster awareness and expand vaccination activities. Another $125 million will go "to national organizations that serve people with disabilities and older adults to support community vaccination programs and efforts."
The campaign will include a paid media effort targeting Americans 50 and older and those with chronic conditions with a TV ad called "Can't Wait."
Interestingly, Jha just indicated a significant holiday surge in covid cases was unlikely this year.
"We are in a very different place and we will remain in a different place," Jha said, according to STAT News. "We are now at a point where I believe if you're up to date on your vaccines, you have access to treatments … there really should be no restrictions on people's activities. I'm pretty much living life the way I was living life in 2019."
It appears that Raddatz has inspired exactly nobody to get the booster.
"After learning the previous versions were ineffective, why won't people get the 37th booster so we can stay relevant until number 38?"
— Razor (@hale_razor) November 27, 2022
You really have to ask yourself: "why the desperate push to get this chemical into every man, woman and child on the planet, when it's been show to have all downside and no upside in its administration?"
— robertstage.substack.com (@Robert__Stage) November 27, 2022
"what do you do"? People are listening and they're deciding for themselves. That what you do.
— R. E. Ives (@REIves87332027) November 27, 2022
I would suggest that the Biden administration revise their assessments when ordering future booster shots, no matter what gimmick Big Pharma representatives are offering.
Then again, clearly, Raddatz is not the most effective spokesperson for the boosters, either.
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wendybar | November 29, 2022 at 7:09 am
I am NEVER getting a jab again. They are lying to us. Why are so many people dying?? Why are the young having heart problems why are there so many weird blood clots?? I don't trust any of them. THEY did this to themselves for all the lies they have spewed…
lc in reply to wendybar. | November 29, 2022 at 7:19 am
And no discussion of natural immunity….
Neo in reply to lc. | November 29, 2022 at 10:08 am
I did COVID last month
BierceAmbrose in reply to Neo. | November 29, 2022 at 2:58 pm
If you must push another jab, how about Novavax? One wonders why Our Science-y Overlords keep pushing addictional rounds of stuff that kinda works after better stuff shows up.
It's like they want to have to keep giving, you know, the thing: mandating them; buying them. They've picked a winner, and they're gonna stick with it. And that winner ain't us.
henrybowman in reply to wendybar. | November 29, 2022 at 6:19 pm
Data analysis shows 11X increase in sudden deaths in Canada
"What was an average of 80 obituaries pre-pandemic mentioning sudden death skyrocketed to 899 in 2022. The year isn't even over yet. Interestingly, they also determined the increases in sudden death obituaries coincide with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout."
The Gentle Grizzly | November 29, 2022 at 7:11 am
Mind your business, sweetie.
Dimsdale in reply to The Gentle Grizzly. | November 29, 2022 at 7:32 am
She should stick to biased debate moderation.
MAJack in reply to Dimsdale. | November 29, 2022 at 8:49 am
And crying…
Paddy M in reply to The Gentle Grizzly. | November 29, 2022 at 9:46 am
Leftist are incapable of minding their own business. They know what's best for everyone and will murder millions to prove it.
MattMusson in reply to Paddy M. | November 29, 2022 at 10:21 am
We are Six Months passed "We didn't know." Pushing the shots by saying it protects you and those around you is criminal fraud.
henrybowman in reply to MattMusson. | November 29, 2022 at 6:27 pm
Amnesty Nazi says: "No amnesty for you!"
guyjones | November 29, 2022 at 8:13 am
I'm age 45, in good health, with no underlying conditions. I got the first two jabs in year 2020, but, haven't received any boosters, since, and, won't, going forward.
Medical treatment is a personal decision. Folks who are in higher-risk categories can rationalize getting the jabs. Others who are at lower risk can also rationalize not taking the jabs. Personally, I felt that I was better off avoiding potential side effects for what is essentially a temporary (and, quickly waning) immune system boost with unknown long-term consequences. I'd prefer to get whatever benefits arise from natural immunity, at this point.
After the vile Fraudci's incompetent, self-serving and utterly mendacious performance as steward of the government's indefensibly destructive and dishonestly histrionic Wuhan virus response, CDC and NIH have zero credibility on health matters, as far as I'm concerned.
The Gentle Grizzly in reply to guyjones. | November 29, 2022 at 8:29 am
I got the first two, and have refused anything further. Fortunately, I live in a part of the country that respects people, and have not been pressured or threatened.
Mt. Fuji in reply to The Gentle Grizzly. | November 29, 2022 at 9:28 am
I am un-jabbed, and will never take another shot again. I am vaccine injured from the anthrax shot (another experimental drug) and 100% disabled thru the VA for it. I was directly threatened with being murdered in the Camp Foster Navy hospital with the COVID protocol if I was admitted with COVID. I was directly threatened with being FIRED from my civil service job and left in Japan as an illegal immigrant with no way home, no job, no nothing. I was 2 weeks away from just leaving everything I owned there and going back to the states.
So when these assholes that keep pushing the jab get on their platform to whine and cry about why people are not getting the jab boosters, they can burn in hell for all I care. Once you get the jab, you are GMO now and a human 1.1. The risk for prion disease and amyloid clots are a high risk now. We are just in the beginning of all the health issues, including the latter part of the plandemic is the great die off. These people are pushing genocide plain and simple.
Paula in reply to The Gentle Grizzly. | November 29, 2022 at 9:42 am
You are fortunate. The needles probably weren't long enough to go through yur fur.
MattMusson in reply to The Gentle Grizzly. | November 29, 2022 at 10:22 am
I got the first two. My second shot gave me 3 different reactions severe enough to report to VAERS. I'm not doing that again!
Steven Brizel | November 29, 2022 at 8:32 am
Like it or not the boosters don't have the efficacy of a polaroid shot and only reduce severity-Once again the legacy media ignores the importance and relevance of natural immunity
MattMusson in reply to Steven Brizel. | November 29, 2022 at 10:23 am
But the large majority of Covid deaths are now among the Fully Vaccinated.
The best numbers I saw say it is over 75%.
Dathurtz in reply to MattMusson. | November 29, 2022 at 12:29 pm
And it is interesting to see how many "unvaccinated" died with at least one covid symptom (and is therefore a covid death) with two weeks of getting vaccinated.
gonzotx in reply to Steven Brizel. | November 29, 2022 at 11:41 am
There is no science behind the statement that the clot shot lessens the severity of the disease.
It's all
caseoftheblues in reply to Steven Brizel. | November 29, 2022 at 2:06 pm
Actually they do NOT reduce severity any more than they stop you from catching it or transmitting it. Just another bumper sticker phrase they repeated over and over. The ONLY thing they reliably do is make certain parties very wealthy and many who took them very sick and immune compromised going forward with other side effects to be revealed as time passes. Lord help anyone who took the things.
geronl | November 29, 2022 at 8:35 am
I didn't have interest in taking the experimental shot right from the start and nothing has changed my mind. It's as bad as I thought it would be.
gospace in reply to geronl. | November 30, 2022 at 12:01 pm
It's actually much worse then I thought it would be. And the evidence it's going to get even worse is piling up.
Exiliado | November 29, 2022 at 8:38 am
I will not post the appropriate response out of respect, not for her, but for the people here.
GWB in reply to Exiliado. | November 29, 2022 at 9:42 am
I'm guessing it involves what might be called crudities and display of digits?
Because that's what I'm refraining from posting (as you said, out of respect for the folks here).
henrybowman in reply to GWB. | November 29, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Like Dr. Oz, I just can't afford to post crudities anymore.
Valerie in reply to henrybowman. | November 29, 2022 at 10:53 pm
Thank you, gentlemen.
2smartforlibs | November 29, 2022 at 8:40 am
Back in the day a "journalist" would have done the work and reported out. Now it's just regurgitate what ever the propaganda of the day is.
Rusty Bill | November 29, 2022 at 8:40 am
I'm 65 years old and have, as much as possible, ignored the covid fraud. All this manufactured panic has done is exposed the hypocrisy and incompetence of the so-called medical "profession".
E Howard Hunt | November 29, 2022 at 9:08 am
She looks perpetually constipated.
TheFineReport.com in reply to E Howard Hunt. | November 30, 2022 at 11:01 pm
She could be, being she's so full of sh-t. But then, she's bribed sufficiently to be belching out the propaganda of her handlers.
Paul | November 29, 2022 at 10:23 am
Dear Karen,
Please STFU and mind your own business.
The American People
TheFineReport.com in reply to Paul. | November 30, 2022 at 11:04 pm
You mean, "paid" Karen. VERY WELL paid Karen:
https://bugle24.com/abcs-martha-raddatzs-net-worth-and-salary-will-leave-you-stunned/
Ironclaw | November 29, 2022 at 10:28 am
I don't care what that stupid bitch says. I don't inject experimental drugs into my body and I don't take treatments that have only been tested on 8 mice and have no tail of safety data.
Ironclaw in reply to Ironclaw. | November 29, 2022 at 10:30 am
As for the rest. After all of the dishonest crap from the public health "authorities" over the past few years, I'm not the slightest bit interested in any of their "vaccines" from this point forward. From this point forward, the FDA certification is not a mark of quality, it's a warning label.
My2centshere in reply to Ironclaw. | November 29, 2022 at 11:44 am
rbj1 | November 29, 2022 at 11:36 am
Martha, honey, God hears all prayers, sometimes the answer is "no."
We hear Fauci, et al., and the answer is "heck no." After the second Moderna shot I couldn't have so much as a cup off coffee for two days. I refuse to put society at further risk if I can't have my morning coffee.
henrybowman in reply to rbj1. | November 29, 2022 at 6:26 pm
I'm on day seven of my second round of COVID. Recovering way more slowly than with my traditional reperatory illnesses, but… "I'm so happy I'm fully unvaxxed, or it could have been much worse!!"
CommoChief | November 29, 2022 at 11:58 am
Pretty sure pissing away another nearly half a billion dollars isn't going to get rate above 40%.
Q | November 29, 2022 at 12:12 pm
"The loathsome Martha Raddatz" – very nicely put, Ms. Eastman!
Olinser | November 29, 2022 at 1:42 pm
Can't get a booster if I never got the first shot.
Pound sand you dirty liberal hoe.
murkyv | November 29, 2022 at 3:46 pm
My Dr hasn't even mentioned a booster since I got the first 2 Moderna jabs over a year ago
I did get the flu shot though.
Having had 3 strokes due to clots, no way I'm going to get any of clot producing jabs
Fuzzy Slippers in reply to murkyv. | November 29, 2022 at 4:44 pm
Oh, murky, I'm sorry to hear that! I had wondered why you weren't around much anymore. I hope you are feeling better. 🙂
henrybowman | November 29, 2022 at 6:21 pm
"Raddatz asked… "People aren't listening, what do you do?"
Two choices, Martha:
1) Continue to appear increasingly unhinged and irrelevant.
2) Shut up.
WHO0TER | November 29, 2022 at 8:38 pm
I got the shots because I wanted to travel. Got the booster this summer and it kicked my butt. Never again. I have no comorbidities. I would rather get Covid. It is not a vaccine and does nothing to protect you from me. I can still get it, and spread it. Mandating a shot is wrong. I will take my chances because the risk of death is low.
4fun | November 29, 2022 at 9:47 pm
She strikes me as having the IQ of carrot.
Aarradin | November 29, 2022 at 10:33 pm
I'm in the high risk demographic for "died suddenly" from the "vaccine" (which is NOT a vaccine but, rather, an mRNA injection – a very different thing).
I am absolutely NOT at risk from Covid.
For me, getting the "jab" is the equivalent of playing Russian Roulette – but with no payoff at all if I win.
Obie1 | November 30, 2022 at 11:08 am
Never much cared for radishes anyhow.
Neo | November 30, 2022 at 11:23 am
This is an ACTUAL campaign from @lapublichealth
and because they don't allow comments to their posts, we can't even ratio or ridicule this insanity.
https://twitter.com/lapublichealth/status/1597396697952313345
gospace | November 30, 2022 at 12:08 pm
I've mentioned elsewhere we have a very large control group of unvaccinated people here in the good ol' USA. We could easily contaact them, check out the birth and death rate over the last 3 years and see if it changed, and test them for covid antibodies. Since drawing blood isn't a treatment, I'm resonably certain they would acquiesce.
The Amish.
According to numbers from the "experts"- 6% of the US population hasn't had covid. At all. I'm willing to bet at this point that number is higher among us completely unvaxxed- including the Amish.


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(RE-)DISCOVER CHRIST, HIS GOSPEL AND HIS CHURCH
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We celebrate the Lord's Supper twice a month, on the first and third Sundays of the month.
Until further notice, there will be only one service, at 9.30am, on Sundays.
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Es Pla Education Centre
Learning in Mallorca
Why Mallorca?
Rural rebranding
Sustainable city
Urban rebranding
#geographyfieldwork & #behaviourmanagement
A guide for British teachers working in Spain
Fieldwork: Sustainable city
CASE STUDY: PALMA – A SUSTAINABLE CITY?
1. Examination requirements
2. Subject overview
3. Key information
4. Fieldwork
This field study is designed for all geography students including those studying:
AQA A Level Geography
3.2.3.8 Sustainable urban development
Impact of urban areas on local and global environments. Ecological footprint of major urban areas.
Dimensions of sustainability: natural, physical, social and economic. Nature and features of sustainable cities. Concept of liveability. Contemporary opportunities and challenges in developing more sustainable cities. Strategies for developing more sustainable cities.
3.2.3.9 Case studies
Case studies of two contrasting urban areas to illustrate and analyse key themes set out above, to include:
• patterns of economic and social well-being
• the nature and impact of physical environmental conditions with particular reference to the implications for environmental sustainability, the character of the study areas and the experience and attitudes of their populations.
Cambridge International A Level Geography
13.4 The management of a tourist destination
Case study: candidates must study one tourist area or resort, its growth and development, showing the issues of sustainability it faces and evaluating the impacts of tourism on the destination's environment(s), society and economy.
IB Diploma Geography
Option E: Leisure, sport and tourism
Option G: Urban environments
4. Building sustainable urban systems for the future
The study is always tailored to the particular requirements of individual schools and colleges.
The word 'sustainable' means: able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource.
Large cities are often considered to be unsustainable as they consume very large amounts of resources and produce huge amounts of waste. Sustainable urban development aims to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of future generations.
Sustainable city case study: Palma (Mallorca)
Palma is the capital city of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma. Since 1998, the population has grown by 12.41%. The current population is 402,949 (2016).
In March 2015, The Sunday Times selected Palma as the best place in the world in which to live as it "has everything" and everything is "easily accessible". It is also just 10 minutes from the airport and there are plenty of cheap, regular flights to almost all European countries. In order to analyse if this accolade is well deserved, the issue of sustainability should be considered.
The mnemonic AT-CREW can be used to remember six key aspects of sustainability: Architecture; Transport and mobility; Community; Renewable energy; Economy; and Waste management and recycling.
There are currently only 5 buildings in Palma that have been certified as sustainable by BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method). BREEAM is the world's longest established method of assessing, rating, and certifying the sustainability of buildings.
In 2001, an Urban Mobility Plan was approved by the city council. It involved pedestrianization schemes, restrictions on private vehicles entering the city, the construction of train tunnels under the city, the development of the central Intermodal Transport Station and establishing two metro lines.
Since 2012, Palma has been a part of Civitas, an EU initiative to redefine transport measures and policies in order to create cleaner, better transport in cities.
– Bicycles: There are more than 81 km of cycle lanes in Palma. The city is ideal for cycling as much of the city has fairly flat topography. BiciPalma is the name of a community bicycle programme that was launched in 2011. It aims to make 290 bicycles available to citizens and tourists for short trips within the city via 37 BiciPalma stations. The cost to the residents who are users is currently 24€ per year (12/2017).
– Public transport
Bus: The Municipal Transport Company (EMT) manages public bus transport in Palma. In 2016, EMT-Palma transported around 40.5 million passengers with a fleet of 178 buses, 12 of which are gas powered. It operates 29 routes, directly or indirectly, which provide services to the city as well as the neighbouring municipalities of Marratxí, Calvià and Llucmajor.
Metro: Palma has 2 metro lines which, in 2015, carried an average of 4,400 passengers per work day. M1 (line 1) opened in April 2007 and consists of 7.2 km and nine stations. It connects the city centre with the University of the Balearic Islands. Metros runs every 15 minutes during peak hours, and every 30 minutes at other times. In March 2013, an existing 8.35 km nine station rail line was renamed as M2 (line 2).
Train: Balearic Islands Transport (TIB) operates Mallorca's trains. The Palma to Inca train line has three stops within the city and 8 more in the suburbs. Therefore, it can be included in the city public transport network.
In January 2016, Palma won a Civitas Technological Innovation award for Mobipalma. This mobile phone app promotes urban public transport and has been downloaded more than 50,000 times. The tag line is: "The simplest, fastest and most sustainable method to get around the city."
– Park and ride schemes:The Son Fuster Vell Park & Ride car park has 917 spaces. It is situated next to a metro station for travel into central Palma.
– Privately owned cars and motorcycles: In Palma there are 265,866 registered vehicles, 2.64% more than in 2016. Of these, 191,383 are privately owned cars, 2.7% more than in 2016. With regards to motorcycles, there are 28,217, 6.3% more than 2016.
– Charging points for electric vehicles: The use of electric vehicles in the city is promoted. There are 10 recharging stations for cars and 5 for motorbikes.
– Pedestrianised areas: Restricted Traffic Zones (ACIRE) are special areas where only authorised vehicles are allowed. The main features of the zones are: pedestrians always have right of way; cyclists are allowed to ride in both directions; the maximum driving speed is 20 km/h.
– Traffic flow: Tunnels have been dug in order to aid traffic flow and also avoid visual, air and noise pollution. One way systems are also prevalent.
Since 2004, Palma has been divided into 5 districts and each one is comprised of different neighbourhoods.
Centre (Centre): 13 neighbourhoods
East (Llevant): 20 neighbourhoods
West (Ponent): 26 neighbourhoods
North (Nord): 14 neighbourhoods
Palma Beach: 26 neighbourhoods
Many of the associations are currently focused on addressing the controversial issues of gentrification and tourism. Gentrification has seen the breaking up of communities as life-long residents have been forced to move elsewhere due to the increase in apartment rents. Tourism, particularly that related to cruise ships passengers, has seen a huge increase in pedestrian congestion in the streets of the city.
– Solar power: Unfortunately, the current Spanish taxation system makes its uneconomical for a building to reduce its electricity bill by installing solar panels. However, if a house or building is not connected to the national grid, it is possible for it to be powered entirely by solar panels.
– Water heating systems: There are currently various self-contained water heating systems that utilise solar energy. As they do not generate electricity, these are not subject to taxation.
– Real estate: According to the Fundación Impulsa (Impulse Foundation), the biggest industry in Palma is real estate.
– Tourism: Tourism is very important to the city economy. In 2016, there were 245 different hotels and hostels in the city, with a total of 44,574 beds. The occupancy rate for the year was 76.7%.
In 2016, in terms of cruise ship passengers, Palma was the ninth busiest port in the world (the third busiest in Europe). The port was visited by 516 cruise ships carrying 1,626,620 passengers.
A report in 2011 estimated that cruise ship passengers spent 180.33 million euros (or 112.09€ per person) in the Balearic Islands of which 55.3% was in shops. The rest (44.7%) was spent on travel agencies, bars and restaurants, transport and accommodation.
– Smart city: The Palma Smart City / Smart Destination master plan was approved in 2013 with the objective of converting Palma into the first intelligent tourism destination by 2020. This involves providing high quality free wifi in the areas of Palma most visited by tourists.
– Palma Active: This is Palma City Council's local development agency. Its mission is to promote an economy that generates stable, quality employment; and to promote work and business training in Palma. Its vision is to be recognized as a development agency with strong leadership and a driver of economic and social prosperity for all. It has adopted the city council's motto: "Thinking about you". The agency is located in the Sa Gerreria neighbourhood of Palma. It provides: employment/recruitment opportunities; training courses; business mentoring programmes; office space; networking opportunities; and grants and economic support. It also supports the Palma Film Office.
Annually, Palma generates some 200,000 tons of waste. Waste is either recycled or incinerated depending on the container in which it is deposited. EMAYA (the Municipal Water and Sewage Company) publishes monthly waste statistics. Currently, approximately 80% of waste generated is incinerated. However, much of this waste could actually be recycled. This includes: plastic and metal packaging, paper and cardboard, glass, organic matter, oil and clothes. The goal is, through education, for 50% of waste to be recycling by 2020.
The study involves a visit to Palma to look at how successfully the city is becoming sustainable. The visit can consider all or some of the six key aspects of sustainability (AT-CREW).
Fieldwork methodology
Both quantitative and qualitative primary data will be collected by the students. Quantitative techniques can include mapping and questionnaires. Qualitative techniques can include questionnaires, interviews, observations and photography.
Qualitative and quantitative secondary data can be requested. This includes: transcripts of interviews with members of different stakeholder groups; historical photographs, maps and newspaper reports; data and graphs regarding demographics, employment and transport.
Students will be assisted in designing a study that allows data to be collected in order to investigate and answer a research question. Possible research questions are:
How successful has Palma been in becoming a sustainable city?
What more can the council do in order to make the city more sustainable?
Is the participation of local people necessary for sustainability? If so, in what form should it take?
Who are the stakeholders in the sustainability process?
What are the impacts (both positive and negative) of sustainability for the stakeholders?
What are the benefits to Palma of becoming a sustainable city?
How important is sustainability with regards to local development?
How can Palma achieve sustainable tourism?
How can the city identity be maintained while attracting sustainable tourism?
How can Palma ensure revenue is generated without affecting the communities withink the city?
How can things be improved for local residents and local businesses?
What strategies can be used to reach the carrying capacity for tourists while at the same time minimizing conflicts between tourists and local people and avoiding environmental damage?
Is there a relationship between the resident population and economic activity?
https://ibestat.caib.es/ibestat/estadistiques/municipi-xifres/07040/Palma
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-places-to-live-in-the-world-the-winner-n9bl8vlpl38
https://www.breeam.com/
http://civitas.eu/
http://www.mobipalma.mobi/mobilitat/bicicletes-2/
http://www.emtpalma.cat/en/home
https://www.tib.org/en/web/ctm/metro
http://www.mobipalma.mobi/es/
http://www.mobipalma.mobi/es/movilidad/aparcamentssmap/#1497957361989-278a3a46-b4a4
https://ultimahora.es/noticias/local/2017/03/11/253834/palma-tiene-casi-000-vehiculos-mas-hace-ano-ascienden-242-851.html
http://www.mobipalma.mobi/es/vehicle-electric/
http://www.mobipalma.mobi/es/tramits-i-gestions/acire-zona-vianants/
https://www.palma.cat/portal/PALMA/distribuidor1.jsp?language=ca&codResi=1&codMenuPN=1812&codMenuSN=1750&codMenu=353&layout=contenedor1.jsp
http://www.caib.es/sites/estadistiquesdelturisme/ca/inici-23165/?campa=yes
http://www.portsdebalears.com/es/noticia/el-turismo-de-cruceros-genera-290-millones-de-euros-al-a%C3%B1o-en-las-islas-baleares
https://smartoffice.palma.cat/portal/PALMA/smartoffice/smartoffice_principal1.jsp?codResi=1&language=en
http://web.palmaactiva.com/
https://www.emaya.es/es/recogida/dadesrecollidaselectiva/
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Q: Jsoup - getting src value of img from website I am trying to get src value of the img element from a website using Jsoup. Everything else works correctly (getting other values from the image), but not getting src value of the element.
Code that I use:
org.jsoup.nodes.Document doc = Jsoup.connect("url").timeout(10000).get();
Element img = doc.getElementById("image_id");
String src = img.attr("src");
Log.v(MainActivity.TAG, src);

In return instead of URL I have strange logs.
On Samsung GT9515:
06-26 00:54:38.787  18713-18793/? V/My_App﹕ [ 06-26 00:54:38.787   272:  272 D/SurfaceFlinger ]
FPS : 59.92

And on Nexus 5 emulator:
06-25 19:01:08.027    2329-2373/? V/My_App﹕ [ 06-25 19:01:09.671  1596: 1596 I/auditd   ]
type=1400 audit(0.0:4eni avc:  denied  { 0x10 } for  cor_7"Binder_7" capability=36  scontext=u:r:system_servext=u tcontext=u:r:system_server:s0 tclass=capability2

As I said before it works for other attributes of the image - width, height, abs:src...
Do you maybe know what could be the reason of the fault?
Thanks!

A: It's work for me:
doc = Jsoup.connect(url).get();
Elements container = doc.select("div[class=\"image-banner\"]");
Element e = container.select("img").get(0);
System.out.println(e.attr("src"));

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He's now the man with the plan
By By Reginald Fields
Sun Staff |
He comes from one of Baltimore's most storied political families, and as part of that proud dynasty Baltimore City Councilman Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr. watched in frustration as the city's leadership was pushed to the sidelines by a state government ready to assume more control over Baltimore's school system.
He set out, he says, to engineer a backup plan to solve the school system's financial troubles. He ended up trumping the state and positioning himself as a central figure in the fiscal drama.
"This was just supposed to be a plan B," Mitchell said yesterday, about the idea to get the school system through June with a $42 million city loan, rather than a state loan that came with many strings.
As the legislature in Annapolis prepared Monday to take up a bill that would provide a state bailout, Mitchell began lobbying his council colleagues to support his plan, which he said could be offered if the state proposal disintegrated.
The plan, he said, was hatched during a phone conversation Saturday with Mayor Martin O'Malley and took nearly everyone involved in the debate by surprise. It pleased many Baltimoreans, who feared a state takeover of the local schools.
"I applaud him for taking the step, it was a very bold move," said Michael Hamilton, president of the Baltimore City Council of PTA's. "Finally, someone seized some initiative to take control of this situation."
A council member since 1995, Mitchell is well regarded by his colleagues and is one of the members closest to O'Malley.
His grandfather, Clarence M. Mitchell Jr., was a Washington lobbyist for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The courthouse in downtown Baltimore is named after him.
His uncle is Clarence M. Mitchell III, a former state senator, and his great-uncle, Parren Mitchell, was a pioneering African-American member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland.
With the mayor quietly supporting him from Annapolis on Monday, he floated his idea past council members during a luncheon Monday.
Later, Mitchell, five other council members and city solicitor Thurman Zollicoffer met in councilwoman Rochelle "Rikki" Spector's office to discuss the plan with O'Malley, who was on the phone from Annapolis.
"There was some arguing going on, some people were not satisfied and were concerned about the city's bond rating," Mitchell said.
About 45 minutes into that meeting, finance director Peggy Watson joined the group to answer questions about how the bond rating might be affected. That, he said, eased the tension in the room.
On Monday evening the council voted 16-1 in favor of Mitchell's amendment, authorizing a $42 million loan.
Word of the council vote spread quickly, stunning state lawmakers who promptly decided against introducing the school bill.
"It did surprise me because I thought that they would at least have the debate" in Annapolis, said Mitchell, adding that the plan is only a short-term fix.
"It doesn't solve the long-term problems," he said. "We really need to look at serious school reform for this school system with everything on the table up for change. We need to look at teacher's pay, charter schools, everything."
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Alexandros Kumunduros (en griego: Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος; también: Koumoundouros, Komunduros o Coumoundouros) (1817-26 de febrero de 1883). Político y hombre de estado griego, varias veces primer ministro del país y ministro de Economía.

Comienzos
Nació en Mani, en el Peloponeso. Era hijo de Spiridonas-Galanis Koumoundouros, el último bey durante la ocupación turca. Estudió derecho en Atenas.

Carrera política
En 1868 fundó su propio periódico y un partido político efímero.

Durante sus 50 años de vida pública, trató de mantener neutralidad entre las tres grandes potencias de la época (Gran Bretaña, Francia y Rusia). Aunque inclinado hacia las primeras, temía el poder de la última. Fue primer ministro de Grecia 10 veces. Tuvo influencia en la redacción de la constitución de 1864 y más tarde se distanció del rey Jorge I de Grecia, en desacuerdo con su postura en el Congreso de Berlín de 1878. Fue el patrón político del padre del futuro dictador griego  Ioannis Metaxás.

Su más grande éxito fue el acuerdo con los turcos del  para la anexión de las regiones de Tesalia y Arta al Reino de Grecia.

Murió en Atenas, donde fue enterrado.

Notas y referencias

Bibliografía

Políticos de Grecia del siglo XIX
Fallecidos en Atenas

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Home Web Specials 2009 Web Specials "You are not qualified to interpret my religious text": How to respond...
"You are not qualified to interpret my religious text": How to respond to attempts to close the public domain (Part 3)
For the sake of keeping religious texts and scriptures alive and relevant to the needs of our times, alternative readings are required time and again. That was the intention of scholars like Maudoodi, Qutb, Ahmad Khan, Abduh and Sheikh al-Hady, observes Farish Noor. And interestingly, that too happens to be the intention of religious activists like Sisters in Islam and other Muslim, Christian, Hindu and Buddhists activists today.
These days we often hear the accusation that someone or another is doing something nasty by interpreting a book or text out of context. The common refrain that follows goes something like this: "Who are you to interpret our holy book on your own without the guidance of our supreme religious elders who are so knowledgeable in scriptural knowledge that your own petty knowledge is like that of a gnat's in comparison?" From this bombastic salvo there usually follows the same train of accusations and slander, which include the following: Muslim/Christian/Buddhist/Hindu feminists are simply reading and re-reading the holy scriptures with their own agendas in mind; that they are engaged in wilful and unregulated interpretation that goes against orthodoxy, etc.
Before we deal with the political nature and consequences of such accusations, let us return to the original premise and deconstruct it a bit.
Interpretation, of any text, is necessarily a subjective, historically-determined and culturally-contextualised endeavour. Every act of reading is necessarily subjective and therefore contingent and we cannot escape from the possibility of error, misinterpretation and misappropriation. This is true of reading a holy scripture as it is true about reading the menu of a restaurant, for the fact is that reading is necessarily a risk-laden enterprise and this has more to do with the nature of language as a social phenomena than anything else.
Going back to the genesis of all the major religious belief-systems in the world, we see that the foundational movement of such religions entailed the act of reading and interpretation. From the very outset of revelation itself, the possibility of error and misunderstanding has always been there. This is simply because communication – even in the case of divine communication with mortal beings – carries with it the risk that the message may get lost.
With the passing of time however, religious texts in particular gain a certain degree of consistency in meaning because of the way that the reading, interpretation and dissemination of such texts is left in the hands of a few, who in turn are elevated to the status of experts. In the history of the Jewish faith, for instance, the interpretation of Jewish scripture was monopolised by the Rabbinical classes; until the advent of Jesus who was the first to challenge the hegemonic grip of Rabbinical authority. Likewise in Hinduism, the interpretation of Vedantic texts was left in the hands of the Brahminical classes, and only challenged by the likes of the Buddha who trespassed the norms of the discursive economy with his emphasis on the emotional-spiritual (as opposed to ritualistic) development of the individual. In the Islamic tradition, the monopoly over religious textual interpretation was guarded by the Ulama classes, but often challenged by independent lay scholars who opened up and expanded the space of Muslim religious discourse and praxis.
It is therefore ironic that today Muslim women's groups like Malaysia's Sisters in Islam are deemed to have gone beyond the pale of religious normativity by allegedly interpreting the Quran in a manner that goes against tradition or the sanction of the religious scholars. But hasn't this been the case with so many other Muslim intellectuals who were in fact pioneers in the process of modernising the Muslim mind?
If groups like Sisters in Islam are deemed guilty of 'freely interpreting' religious scripture, then what would we have to say about men like Jamaluddin al-Afghani, Muhammad Abduh, and Sir Syed Ahmad Khan? Syed Ahmad Khan – who founded the Aligarh Muslim University – was one of the first who claimed that unless and until Islamic thought could be measured and judged by the standards of modern science it would not survive the modern age. For his efforts to modernise our understanding of Islam, he was deemed a materialist and secular thinker; yet he was the one who built the first modern Islamic university in the world, that proudly stands until today at Aligarh, India .
Likewise Abul Alaa Maudoodi and Sayyid Qutb were also Muslim thinkers well ahead of their time who broke from sedimented traditions and who offered radically new and modern interpretations of Islam in their time. And when we look at their profiles, they were certainly not traditional ulama by any stretch of the imagination: Maudoodi was trained as a journalist and worked as a pamphleteer and propagandist for his cause. Qutb, on the other hand, was even accused of desecrating the Quran by offering an activist-oriented exegesis of the text that went against customary practice then. But today, does anyone doubt the impact that both Maudoodi and Qutb have had on contemporary Muslim thought and praxis?
Closer to Southeast Asia we have thinkers like Syed Sheikh al-Hady and Sheikh Tahir Jalaluddin who were modern thinkers who wanted to adapt the Muslim mindset to the needs of the modern age. Syed Sheikh al-Hady even wrote the Hikayat Faridah Hanum, which remains as the first modern feminist novel in vernacular Malay literature. For his pioneering efforts to emancipate Muslim women from patriarchal tyranny, he too was deemed a secularist and modernist by the conservatives among his peers. But do we doubt or deny his achievements, or the achievements of any of these modernist thinkers today? Certainly not.
So let us clear the decks and understand some simple truths about textual analysis and exegesis: Reading anything – be it a novel or a holy book – is necessarily a subjective process that is always going to be particular, historically specific and necessarily contingent. No text can escape this, for the reason that reading involves an inter-subjective process of engagement with an author that is not present. We can try our best to remain true to the intended meaning of the text, but we cannot ever claim to have complete knowledge of it.
On that basis, no group can claim to have a monopoly over truth value, and no group can claim to be right simply because they have settled on an agreed consensus. Traditional conservative scholars who live, work and interact only among themselves and their closed circle of confidants and acolytes may think that they have closed off the process of interpretation simply because they have engineered a consensus among themselves; but this does not mean that the process of reading and interpretation is over and closed for good. Furthermore consensus does not guarantee truth value, for even if the whole planet thinks that the earth is flat it does not make it so.
For the sake of keeping religious texts and scriptures alive and relevant to the needs of our times, alternative readings are required time and again. That was the intention of scholars like Maudoodi, Qutb, Ahmad Khan, Abduh and Sheikh al-Hady. And interestingly, that too happens to be the intention of religious activists like Sisters in Islam and other Muslim, Christian, Hindu and Buddhists activists today.


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26th WalterMart Mall opens in Nasugbu, Batangas
By JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS
IN its quest to become a new commercial hub in South Luzon, and in its road towards cityhood, Nasugbu now proudly hosts the opening of the first community mall to rise in this fast-rising town — the Walter Mart Nasugbu!
Walter Mart Nasugbu is the 1st community mall in Nasugbu and is another addition to the increasing number of branches and eager to serve its community with the wide array of shops. Strategically located along J.P. Rizal St., in barangay Lumbangan or just before you enter the Poblacion area, the mall can be easily accessed and reached by shoppers and patrons from the nearby towns of Tuy and Lian, of even of nearby town of Alfonso, Cavite who hate the traffic and hassle of going to Tagaytay City.
Walter Mart has been part of Batangas communities for 7 years already. First, it opened the Walter Mart Tanauan in the year 2010 and in May this year, Walter mart balayan opened at the corner of Balibago-Balayan Highway and Paz Street, in Brgy. Caloocan, distinctively put a mark in history to be the first community mall to rise in the Balayan, the first seat of the provincial government of Batangas. Thus, this 26th mall in the country is Walter Mart's 3rd in Batangas.
With aims to provide the needs of the community with their convenient service, Walter Mart offers one stop shop, fast, friendly and every-day happy shopping, dining and bonding experience for the whole family. Helping to achieve such goal are their anchor tenants like supermarket and department store; as well as appliance, gadgets, furniture outlets. Also in place are brands like Simply Shoes and other tenants that help make the Nasugbuanons experience hassle-free shopping.
Walter Mart Malls, then called Shopping Centers, is actually the first community shopping center format in the southern Luzon. Anchored on the main customer proposition i.e., "convenience", Walter Mart has become the "third place", wherein, in the daily grind of a customer's life, Walter Mart has essentially become the "reliable link" between their home and their place of work. It is a place they are most likely to visit before they proceed to work, or after, just before they go home.
The Walter Mart Supermarket which started I E. Rodriguez in 1991 with a simple goal of bringing convenient and enjoyable grocery shopping to the community and its customers. Now, after more than 25 years, it has become one of the major retailers in the Philippines today.
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A Wilderness Lesson: Confidence
Dat Wolfpack
On May 19th, an overall nice, clear Sunday morning, I drove a van full of ten fairly clean Gordon College students up to New York's Adirondack Park. Twelve days later I stood in a tree waving goodbye to my sweaty, experienced group of kids, my Wolfpack. I held back tears as I began to recognize just how blessed I had been by that group through all our crazy adventures.
I wish I could describe the whole story of our two week hiking adventure in one blog post. But since I have not been able to cut down my trip's story to less than an hour in conversation, I know writing its entirety in one straight shot would be impossible. Well, at the least, very tiring. Let's just say there was a snowy hiking day the kids fondly called "hell day," more commonly known as the the bushwhack to 1800. That day alone has pages worth of material and memories to write about, including breaking stoves, the random discovery of two perfect red apples, wet crossings at swollen rivers, and the sound of voices singing worship songs along the trail.
Without sharing everything, I do hope to give glimpses into this experience of mine, and how transformative those twelve days were to me as a first-time leader, or "sherpa," as we are called in Gordon College's La Vida. I had been on my participant trip almost two years ago in the August of 2011, and had worked on support staff last August too, so I remembered a lot of the La Vida lingo: "Leave No Trace," "Commitment move," "Be Here Now,""Redefining Success,"and "Servant-leader." However, to teach and be a role model of those concepts is a very different thing entirely, in addition to trying to recall and teach all the hard skills such as tent set-up, stoves, and bear bags. I found it very difficult in those early days to feel confident.
My greatest fear was failing in front of the group. Most of these students were a year or two younger than me, and I felt the pressure to assert my skill and expertise as a leader to them, in order to gain their respect. But from the onset I wanted to be honest with them, so as we all went around that first night and shared our hopes and fears, I told them that I was afraid to fail in front of them as a leader. But I hoped to get past my fears and challenge myself. Throughout the trip my co-sherpa, Stephen, was great about pushing me to get out of my comfort zone and take over with teaching, debriefing, and instructing the students as to what needed to be done.
Owl's Head
It was during the second day at Owl's Head, the rock climb, that I had to decide if I truly believed what I said. I had given a devotion about "redefining success," in which success is marked by one's willingness to try, not necessarily by achieving one's goals. It was easy to tell the students to challenge themselves and try the rock climb or rappel, as I stood safely at the bottom tying the rope into their harness and calling up encouragement. I was safe, comfortable, until they found out that I had never done the climb called "chimney," a deep crack running up the rock face. Knowing my very limited ability to climb, I stubbornly dismissed their pleas for me to try it. I made up excuses, intimidated by a group that up to that point was excellent at achieving all their goals, and was extremely successful in the typical sense. But I soon realized that to not do the climb would be admitting I wasn't willing to push myself out of my comfort zone, to "redefine success." Just as stubbornly I decided, "I'll do it."
Sure enough, I got maybe a third of the way up the rock face before I got stuck and ran out of time, having to be lowered down. I was one of the few people, maybe the only one that day, who did not complete my climb and achieve that goal of climbing up over the wall of the cliff to where the belayers sat. But surprisingly my kids were still so proud of me for trying, and so genuinely happy that I decided to make the attempt. It was a baby step. I wish I could have magically gained all the confidence in the world through that one act of courage, but I didn't. I had to keep trying, to keep trusting myself and my leadership skills all throughout the rest of the trip.
But I realized something very important about confidence: confident people are not afraid to fail. They go for it, they make the commitment move, knowing they may make a mistake. But from mistakes comes learning, experience, and greater confidence. Similar to how suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character, and character, hope. Confidence is just one of the many fruits in my life that I have noticed grow because of this incredible trip.
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Our 25 Favorite Summer Blockbusters of the 1980s
Aliens, E.T., Batman. Where do they fall on our list?
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For the first time in most of our lifetimes, your local movie theater won't have a summer blockbuster season. The covid-19 pandemic took care of that, pushing most of the big-budget popcorn films scheduled for this year's summer months into fall, spring, or even next summer.
Since we can't enjoy summer blockbusters in theaters this year, we're taking it as an opportunity to remember the great summer films of the past. We'll do it decade by decade, starting with the '80s, the first full decade of what would become known to the industry as summer blockbusters. And what a decade to start with as it delivered big time with not just great action films and comedies, but some of the best films ever to boot.
So, before we get to the list, a few things to remember. First, we're io9. We cover sci-fi and fantasy movies. So Die Hard? Caddyshack? Films like that? Not eligible. Second, we qualified "summer" as any film with a release date between May 1 and August 31. Third, we're ranking these rather loosely taking into account not just their quality, but their immediate cultural impact as well as long-term staying power. Films that were regarded highly then and still stand the test of time rank higher than a film that bombed upon release and later enjoyed success.
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To start, here are a few other films released during that time that we considered but ultimately did not make this list: Friday the 13th, Superman 2, Tron, Conan the Barbarian, WarGames, The Neverending Story, The Goonies, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Fright Night, Teen Wolf, Labyrinth, The Monster Squad, Spaceballs, and Willow, just to name a few. Strong, strong titles right? Well, here's what beat them.
Jeff Goldblum in The Fly
25. The Fly
David Cronenberg is one of those directors that's a little too weird for some and not weird enough for others. But he threaded that needle between cult and mainstream best in this funny, weird, exciting, and horrifically disgusting tale of a man who becomes a fly. The Fly was a modest success at the box office but eventually gained not just cult status, but mainstream reverence. (Opened August 16, 1986)
24. Big Trouble in Little China
Utter disaster. That's not only what Kurt Russell's character has to deal with in John Carpenter's wonderful, wacky world of mythological creatures and fantasy magic, but it's what the film faced at the box office upon release. No one turned up to see this film. Like, no one. But the years passed, cable and home video took hold, and now you watch it and can't imagine a Carpenter movie that's more popcorn-y or exciting. (Opened July 4, 1986)
23. The Thing
Spoiler: We're on a Carpenter kick here. Much like Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing starred Russell in an excellent sci-fi action gorefest, and no one showed up for it at the box office. No matter. Like many of these films, The Thing's reputation grew and grew, culminating in its current status among fans as one of the best sci-fi horror movies ever. A summer blockbuster if you've ever seen one, even though it didn't catch fire until long after release. (Opened June 25, 1982)
22. Escape from New York
It's Carpenter and Russell times three! While probably the least revered of this trio, Escape from New York grossed the most of the bunch, which is why it's ranked slightly higher. Simply put, more people saw it sooner, and then, on top of that, it gained a cult appreciation—followed by mainstream status over the decades. Also, its idea of a lone badass being dropped into a desolate, futuristic wasteland has been copied a bunch but rarely topped. (Opened July 10, 1981)
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Like the previous films, Blade Runner is so beloved today, one might assume it was a big hit upon release. It was not. It did "OK" but it took lots of time for the world to fully appreciate the work Ridley Scott and his team did. Once they did though, Blade Runner changed what people thought the future might look like in ways the world hadn't seen since probably 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey. (Opened June 25, 1982. Yes, the same day as The Thing.)
The Lost Boys. And a girl too.
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20. The Lost Boys
My personal fandom of The Lost Boys aside, this moderate teen vampire hit was, and remains, a towering tribute to '80s cool. It helped launch not just Kiefer Sutherland to new heights but was the first team-up for Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, who were a powerful duo for years. The film didn't quite impact culture beyond that but its casting, quality, and vibe still endure and have that perfect summer feel. (Opened July 31, 1987)
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A simple idea done well turned into box office gold. That's the story behind Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, the high concept family comedy that didn't just start a (still going) franchise, but theme park rides and more. If you were a kid when it was released, it was one of those movies your friends never shut up about. You reenacted scenes from it in your yard. It was everything. But it also came out in an amazing decade so, the competition is tough. (Opened June 23, 1989)
18. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The '80s saw all three (yes only three) Indiana Jones movies, all of which we love, released during the summer months. But where to rank them and do they all make the list? Well, Temple of Doom fell short (in my mind, a rare case of a middle chapter outshined by first and last installments)—but here's The Last Crusade, a massive, massive box office success that gave us Sean Connery as Indy's dad, hours of unforgettable action, memorable quotes for days, and a perfect ending to a beloved franchise. (Opened May 24, 1989)
17. Predator
When you think of the '80s, you think Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was, and still is, the man. And while he had some great summer movies during the decade (The Terminator was a holiday film), Predator stands above the rest. The high concept plot is simple and incredible, the cast is eclectic, the effects are amazing, and everything about it screams blockbuster, which it was. (Opened June 12, 1987)
16. RoboCop
While RoboCop was a hit, it wasn't the smash success you may assume it was. It did well, but it didn't set the box office on fire. Nevertheless, Paul Verhoeven's violent, sci-fi satire permeated culture for decades to come, challenging notions of law enforcement in ways audiences weren't used to seeing in such slick, entertaining packages. The film still reverberates not just socially but on a pure adrenaline level. (Opened July 17, 1987)
Aliens. So good.
15. Aliens
The first Alien was a critical and financial success. How do you follow it up? You give an up-and-coming director by the name of James Cameron the wheel and let him turn the franchise on its head, transforming the original film's intense, character-driven scare-fest into a bombastic, high-octane action extravaganza. The result was yet another massive hit, one that took the franchise, its director, and stars to new heights. (Opened July 18, 1986)
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14. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
By the time The Wrath of Khan was released, Star Trek was already a hit. But for some, especially people who'd only seen the first film, it was certainly a more heady brand of sci-fi than that other "Star" franchise out in the world. That pivoted slightly with The Wrath of Khan, which injected even more smarts, personality, and excitement into the Trek franchise, resulting in a sequel most believe is the best film in the series. (Opened June 4, 1982)
13. Return of the Jedi
In 1977, the first Star Wars helped solidify the summer blockbuster season unofficially started by Jaws two years prior. Things only got bigger from there. First in 1980 (don't worry, that one's coming) and then with what many thought would be the final Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi. It was everywhere, in every way, and had the box office receipts to back it up, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1983. It ranks here and not higher because of the film that preceded it. (Opened May 25, 1983)
12. Big
Almost everyone who grew up in the '80s adores Big. How could you not? It's the ultimate wish-fulfillment for young kids (okay, maybe mostly boys) telling the story of a kid who makes a wish, becomes grown-up Tom Hanks, gets the girl, and has a sweet job working for a toy company. The film is hilarious, heartfelt, and made its already rising star Hanks into the megastar he is today. Plus, it was a box office juggernaut. (Opened June 3, 1988)
11. The Shining
At the height of their powers, Stanley Kubrick teamed up with Jack Nicholson to adapt a popular novel by Stephen King. The resulting film was a moderate-sized hit, but quickly became, and remains, as revered and dissected as any film of its era. Hell, there was even a sequel to it released last year. The Shining is one of the biggest and best horror movies ever; it just took some time for everyone to realize it. (Opened May 23, 1980)
Mogwai!
10. Gremlins
We've reached the top 10, all of which are films that were big hits with audiences, mostly hits with critics, and remain as popular and relevant now as ever. Gremlins did that with its unique blend of tones—from horror to comedy to romance—and its inventive, unforgettable, premise. Who could ever forget those creatures that live by very, very specific rules? (Opened June 8, 1984)
9. Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee Herman existed before this movie was released, but he'd never be the same after his big screen debut. The cult character teamed with a new director named Tim Burton to make a wild, madcap adventure that feels more wrong than right. It worked though and Pee-wee became a cross-cultural icon with not just a hit TV show, but sequels, merchandise, and so much more. Burton, too, turned this, his feature directorial debut, into a career that banged out hit after hit, masterpiece after masterpiece. So while Big Adventure itself wasn't a huge financial hit, its cultural impact was massive. (Opened August 9, 1985)
8. Poltergeist
"They're here." That chilling line was at the center of everyone's obsession with this terrifying, captivating, roller-coaster ride of a horror movie directed by Tobe Hooper (and, legend has it, Steven Spielberg, too). It's hard to imagine a more mainstream, edge of your seat exciting horror movie than this one, which is why it was a huge hit, created a franchise, and is still revered today. (Opened June 4, 1982)
7. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Though mixing animation and live-action had happened before, it had never been done quite like Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Never on this scale, with this level of talent, for the full duration of the movie, and the studio reaped the rewards to the tune (pun intended) of the highest-grossing film of 1988. The Robert Zemeckis film was one of those cultural events everyone saw, talked about, and remains a favorite. (Opened June 24, 1988)
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6. Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a perfect movie. We've been over this. Beat by beat, the movie is a Swiss watch that isn't just exciting and surprising but also funny and sweet. It's just everything. Another Zemeckis film, Back to the Future was a massive box office success that we still discuss, probably too much, to this day. When you get to this level though, I edged Back to the Future down the list just a hair because while the movie infiltrated culture in many ways (music, style, cars, soda), it didn't quite have that mega merchandise push like some of its contemporaries (though it's making up for it these days). (Opened July 3, 1985)
We're ready to believe you.
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5. Ghostbusters
Put someone in a Ghostbusters t-shirt and it just feels like the mid-'80s. The sci-fi comedy had not just the financial and critical success all films dream about, it also was filled with such simple, perfect iconography that it was merchandised for years. Shirts, Stay Puft Marshmallow Men, Proton Packs, animated spin-offs, you name it. Succeeding on every single level, Ghostbusters is one of the best summer blockbusters ever. (Opened June 8, 1984)
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
In 2020, Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones is so well-known that it's hard to imagine a time when everyone on Earth didn't know who he was. But that's what happened when George Lucas teamed up with Steven Spielberg to make one of the great adventure films of all-time. The film used serials and films of the past to inspire a brand new hero who, himself, would become an icon. Not a lot of merchandise came out compared to some other films, but its cultural impact was, and is, off the charts. (Opened June 12, 1981)
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3. The Empire Strikes Back
The first Star Wars caught everyone off guard. That was not the case with The Empire Strikes Back, which opened with the kind of fervor and anticipation few movies had generated to that time. It was a cultural, must-see event, not just because it was "Star Wars 2," but because of its shocking revelations. Of course, being Star Wars, the merchandise was there, the hype, the multimedia blitz. The only things that keep it from the top spots are that it both is a sequel, and had a sequel of its own. (Opened May 21, 1980)
It's not like Batman was a new character in 1989. Everyone knew Batman. Most of us had even seen him in live action thanks to Adam West. And yet, Tim Burton's dark, vibrant, live-action film version of the character changed superhero films as we know it. A massive success in every way, Batman was suddenly everywhere; toy stores, clothing departments, on your underwear, in your Happy Meals. Batman took every cue from the '80s summer blockbusters before it and, in 1989, brought them all together into a perfect storm. (Opened June 23, 1989)
You're humming the music, aren't you.
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1. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Eat a bag of Reese's Pieces and don't think of E.T. Ride a bicycle down the street and don't think of E.T. It's a film that didn't just delight audiences, it changed their lives. Imagine an original piece of intellectual property doing that today. It's hard to. But E.T. went from a little movie that could to the highest-grossing film ever in a matter of months—and, to this day, is a fan favorite. Adults and kids alike could find things to love about it, you could buy dolls or candy if you wanted, and a director by the name of Steven Spielberg rose to a level all by himself. In a decade of epic blockbusters, one the whole family could enjoy equally flew above them all. (Opened June 11, 1982)
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The absence of Conan the Barbarian, TRON, and WarGames from this list, while acknowledged, is still deeply felt nonetheless.
I'd also throw in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across The Eighth Dimension (1984), since it's practically a Marvel movie nearly a quarter century before that was a thing. Watching it now feels like you've been dropped into a fully-developed cinematic universe full of long-established characters and story arcs, of which this movie is just one installment picked at random.
Another good one that nobody remembers is Dragonslayer (1981), which was unusual at the time for treating the fantasy genre as dark and serious rather than Disneyfied. It's almost certainly an influence on A Song And Ice And Fire in its depiction of a corrupt medieval world where magic is dying out — there's even a character named Tyrion! It's got a smart, literate script and a terrific cast, including Peter MacNicol, Ralph Richardson, Caitlin Clarke, and a certain future Galactic Chancellor as a most unfortunate missionary.
Finally, I'd throw in The Abyss, the James Cameron movie that time forgot. (Like, seriously: there's never been a Blu-Ray of it, and the last DVD came out over twemty years ago.) It was unusually ambitious for 1989, at a time when big-budget SF movies that weren't action vehicles or Star Trek sequels were rare. Cameron went as far as to create his own underwater stage inside an unfinished nuclear facility, so in a way the movie anticipates the "realer than real" articial environments of Avatar and its sequels, some of which appear to be set underwater as well.