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백범김구기념관(白凡金九紀念館, Kimkoo museum & library)은 세계에서 가장 아름답고 높은 문화를 가진 자주·민주·통일 조국을 건설하기 위하여 일생을 분투하신 겨레의 큰 스승 백범 김구 선생(1876∼1949)의 삶과 사상을 널리 알리고 계승, 발전시키기 위해 건립되어 2002년 10월 22일 개관하였습니다.
한국 근·현대사 전문 역사박물관[문화관광부 제287호 제1종 박물관(전문)]으로 백범김구기념관은 격동의 한국 근·현대사와 함께한 백범선생의 삶과 사상을 통해 대한민국임시정부의 역사와 한국 근·현대사를 이해하고, 분단된 조국의 자주·민주·평화적 통일을 지향하며, 민족의 아름다운 문화를 발전시켜 나가는 겨레의 문화적 삶의 공간입니다.
전시관에는 한국 근·현대사(동학, 의병, 애국계몽운동, 대한민국임시정부, 의열투쟁, 한국광복군, 통일운동, 교육운동 등)와 함께한 백범선생의 일대기에 관련한 각종 기록과 전시되어 있습니다.
교육·문화공간으로 활용할 수 있는 교육장(70석/50석 규모 각1곳), 대회의실(350석 규모) 그리고 컨벤션홀(320석 규모)이 있어 각종 교육프로그램, 문화행사 등이 진행되고, 일반인과 단체들이 대관하여 각종 교육·문화활동에 이용하실 수 있습니다.
그리고 백범 김구 선생 묘역, 삼의사 묘역(이봉창 의사, 윤봉길 의사, 백정기 의사/안중근 의사 허묘), 임정요인 묘역(이동녕 선생, 차리석 선생, 조성환 선생)이 있는 효창원을 함께 둘러보면 나라를 위하여 애쓰시다가 돌아가신 선열들의 높은 뜻을 느낄 수 있는 현장체험학습장으로 더욱 뜻 깊게 이용하실 수 있습니다.
The Kim Koo Museum & Library opened on October 22, 2002 to disseminate the life and thoughts of Kim Koo (1876~1949), a great teacher of the Korean people. He dedicated his whole life to establish a unified, independent, and democratic fatherland with the most advanced and brilliant culture in the world.
As a history museum that focuses on the modern history of Korea, it serves as a cultural space for Koreans, helping them understand the history of the Korean Provisional Government and the modern history of Korea through the life and thoughts of Kim Koo, who witnessed Korea`s modern history that was full of cataclysmic events and changes. He pursued the nation`s unification, based on autonomy, democracy, and peace, and contributed to the advancement of the nation`s beautiful culture.
Consisting of two floors, the Exhibition Hall displays a variety of records and data regarding the biography of Kim Koo, who participated in the most significant events in the modern history of Korea, through state-of-the-art exhibition techniques. There is also a room that provides diverse and extensive data on Kim Koo, the Korean Provisional Government, Korea`s modern history, and other national movements.
In addition, this museum and library is equipped with a large conference room and a convention hall, offering the public educational and cultural spaces for rent. Diverse educational programs and cultural events are held in those areas.
Hyochang Park serves as the place of reverence for patriotic Korean forefathers. The tombs of Kim Koo, the Three Martyrs (Bongchang Lee, Bonggil Yoon, and Jeonggi Baek), Martyr Joonggeun Ahn (though his body does not lie in state there), and leading figures of the Korean Provisional Government (Dongnyeong Lee, Riseok Cha and Seonghwan Jo) provide visitors with an opportunity to feel the lofty wills of those who have dedicated their whole lives to the nation.
백범김구기념관 이용시간에 관한 표입니다. 총 2열로 되어 있으며 1열은 동절기(11월 ~ 2월), 2열은 하절기(3월 ~ 10월)의 정보가 있습니다.


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If you watch an English movie, you will see one fundamental difference that often leaves first timers at Hollywood in wonder. There are no songs to which the hero and heroine dance in the middle of the movie. They may be playing in the background in some parts, but at no point of time does the entire focus shift entirely on the song. Bollywood is of course, very different. Songs are crucial to us, so much so that they have the ability to decide how successful a movie will be, or if it will be successful at all. Sometimes, when a movie flops, it does not bother the producer too much, because the songs do so extremely well, that the movie will always remain a classic.
The following are 20 of Bollywood's most iconic songs till date:
1. Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Main
The movie 'Silsila' was based loosely on the real life and love triangle of , ' Rekha Rekha is probably among the most renowned and well >> Read More... ', and Jaya Bachchan Born on 9th April 1948 Jaya Bachchan is an Indian >> Read More... . The song's lyrics have been forever used as poetry, and the actors' portrayal of the song has been legendary. To top it all, the song also has the voice of Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer had >> Read More... and Mukesh, two of the most revered singers on the planet.
2. Yeh Dosti Hum Nahin
This song is, and has been the ultimate friendship anthem since the day it released. Amitabh Bachchan and '' rocked the silver screen as Jai and Veeru in 'Sholay', which is a cult classic in itself. The song was sung originally by Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar is an Indian playback singer, who ha >> Read More... , and another version of it was sung by R.D. Burman, in 1975.
3. Dhak Dhak
The song gave Madhuri Dixit Madhuri Dixit is not just known as the also a smil >> Read More... the title of the Dhak Dhak girl. The unforgettable chemistry between Madhuri Dixit and Anil Kapoor Anil Kapoor was born on 24th December 1956 in Mumb >> Read More... was possible only because of the raw sensuousness in the song by Anuradha Paudwal Anuradha Paudwal is a renowned Bollywood playback >> Read More... and Udit Narayan One of the famous playback singers of Indian Film >> Read More... . It was also a crucial one of the songs that made Madhuri Dixit one of the best dancers of the industry.
4. Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho
This song, like many other old classics, has been released in several versions and has been accepted in almost each form. The original song belonged to the movie Hanste Zakham, and was sung by the great singer Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi is a renowned Indian playback singer >> Read More... . The film, released in 1973, starred Navin Nischol Born on 11th April 1946, Navin Nishcol is an actor >> Read More... , Priya Rajvansh Priya Rajvansh was born in 1937, and her original >> Read More... , Balraj Sahni Sahni was born to Yudhishthir Sahni in 1913. He st >> Read More... , and Nadira Nadira was an Indian actress who had the audacity >> Read More... .
5. Badan Pe Sitare Lapete Hue
Another one of Mohammed Rafi's brilliant melodies, the song can be heard even today, sometimes even in discos, where the DJs add their beats to it, but retain its originality. It is from the movie Prince, that released in 1969 and had Shammi Kapoor Shammi Kapoor: - 'Elvis Presley' of India. >> Read More... , ' Vyjayanthimala Vyjayanthimala Bali is very well known worldwide b >> Read More... ', Ajit and Rajendra Nath Rajendra Nath is a popular comedian actor in Hindi >> Read More... as its lead actors.
6. Ae Meri Zoharjabi
A movie released in 1965, called Waqt, that had all those aspects that make the audience go crazy. Directed by , the movie starred Balraj Sahni, Sadhana Shivdasani Sadhana Shivdasani was born in 1941 September 2nd >> Read More... , Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt was a great actor, director, producer, >> Read More... , Sharmila Tagore Sharmila Tagore is a Bengali actress, who later sh >> Read More... , Raj Kumar Actor RajKumar came to limelight as he resembled S >> Read More... and . The song sung by Manna Dey Manna Dey is one of the greatest Indian classical >> Read More... , became and remains an evergreen classic.
7. Radha Kaise Na Jale
'Lagaan' was one hell of a movie, having everything that is required to emotionally capture an Indian's attention, from Cricket to its patriotic theme. This song, filmed on aKhan and Gracy Singh Gracy Singh is a brilliant dancer and actress who >> Read More... , was sung by Udit Narayan, Asha Bhosle Asha is considered to be the second greatest femal >> Read More... and Vaishali Samant A versatile Indian Playback Singer, who made sensa >> Read More... . It still remains the hit that it then became and is still performed by various artists on various occasions.
8. Tum Hi Ho
This song ruled charts for over a year! It could be heard everywhere, on radio stations, daily soaps, marriage ceremonies, and so on. It also won its singer Arijit Singh Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Si >> Read More... many awards and uplifted his career to great heights. The song won many awards and also played a huge part in the film's success.
9. Jeena Jeena
Atif Aslam Named Muhammad Atif Aslam when he was born, he is >> Read More... is known to have a unique voice that reflects a lot of pain and love. In the movie, ' Badlapur Click to look into! >> Read More... ', he added just that to the song that was filmed on Varun Dhawan Varun Dhawan, a new comer entered Bollywood with h >> Read More... and Yami Gautam Yami Gautam is a Hindi television and movie actres >> Read More... , and the two actors showed great chemistry in the song and in the movie.
10. Ae Phoolon Ki Rani
Although the song was originally sung by Mohammed Rafi for the movie Arzoo that released in 1965; the song has been released in various other versions, especially in the many seasons of Coke Studio. The film itself starred great veteran actors, like Feroz Khan Feroz Khan is a legendary Indian film actor, edito >> Read More... , Sadhana, Rajendra Kumar Born on 20 July 1929, Rajendra Kumar is a Bollywoo >> Read More... and Nazir Hussain Nazir Hussain was a Bollywood actor of the 1953s a >> Read More... .
11. Soch
' Hardy Sandhu Hardevinder Singh Sandhu recognized widely by the >> Read More... 's single was already a hit with it melodious video and his heart touching voice, but then the song was also sung by Arijit for ''s ' Airlift Click to look into! >> Read More... ', which went on to earn a lot of money and made the song all the more popular. People have conflicting views on who sung it better, but ultimately, the song is originally Hardy Sandhu's and he did a great job in both, singing the song and acting in its video.
12. Choli Ke Peeche
The song was a part of a 1993 movie, 'Khalnayak', starring Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher Anupam Kher is a very popular actor, director, and >> Read More... , Sanjay Dutt July 29, 1959, was the day when the two legends of >> Read More... and Jackie Shroff Intro: Jackie Shroff is a well known Bollywood act >> Read More... among others. What made the song iconic was its lyrics and Madhuri Dixit's dance on it. Today we may say that it did more damage than good because it promoted the objectification of women that is so common in item songs today. But back then, it was a bold step as the society was even more conservative than it is today.
13. Suraj Hua Madhhamm
"Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham" has a huge star cast, with names like Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor Khan Kareena Kapoor is a super hit actress working in I >> Read More... , Hrithik Roshan Hrithik Roshan with his unimaginable dance moves i >> Read More... , Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent >> Read More... , Farida Jalal Farida Jalal is a veteran film and television actr >> Read More... , and Kajol Devgan Born on 5th August 1974, Kajol was the heartthrob >> Read More... associated with it. However, the songs and the theme were even more iconic, and specially this love song between Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol that broke all records. It was sung by Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam is a renowned Bollywood singer and comp >> Read More... and Alka Yagnik Alka Yagnik is a very popular playback singer of t >> Read More... .
14. Tujhe Dekha Toh Yeh Jana Sanam
" Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Click to look into! >> Read More... " is counted among the most successful films of Bollywood, and for good reason. The performances of the actors was tremendous, but the impact of the story was such that many people changed their names to Simran and Raj, after Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol's characters. This song was yet another example of the great chemistry that these two shared and it engraved itself in the audience's heart.
15. Chhaiyya Chhaiyya
The audience just could not get over their amazement of a song that was shot on a train's roof. Even today, whenever this song is mentioned, before 'Malaika Arora Khan's finesse as a dancer and Shah Rukh Khan's finesse as an actor, people talk about the fact that they danced on a train's roof! From the 1998 movie "Dil Se", the song was sung by Sukhwinder Singh Sukhwinder Singh, an asset to the Bollywood Music >> Read More... and and the movie had Preity Zinta Preity, also known as Preity Zinta is a famous Act >> Read More... and Manisha Koirala Manisha Koirala, is a Bollywood actress of Nepales >> Read More... as its female actresses.
16. Tere Bina Zindagi Se
The song was nominated for Filmfare award for the best Lyrics, and its lyrics are pretty moving, sung by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar. Later, much later, more versions of the song were released, by R.D Burman in 1993 and by in 2016. Originally, the song was a part of the movie Aandhi, which was directed by ' Gulzar Gulzar is the pen name of the author, poet and pop >> Read More... ' and was extremely successful when it released in 1975.
17. Pani Da Rang
Ayushmann Khurrana This Vicky donor worked as radio jockey, Video joc >> Read More... was not much of a celebrity before Vicky Donor Click to look into! >> Read More... , a movie which turned his life upside down. Now he is no longer a television personality, but a full-fledged Bollywood hero and singer. His first song, Pani Da Rang, was a rage among the masses and well accepted by people of all ages.
18. Holi Khele Raghuveera
This is one song that you will hear playing in each Holi party, every single year! The song, sung by Amitabh Bachchan as a part of his film ' Baghban Click to look into! >> Read More... ' in 2003, has gained an iconic status on its own, with Amitabh Bachchan powerful voice that is exploding with the joy of the festival of colors.
19. Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh
"Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi" was a 1960 love story that had Raj Kumar, Meena Kumari Meena Kumari is a popular TV and film actress. She >> Read More... and 'Nadira' as its leads. The song we are talking about is so moving that it has the power to move mountains. The movie of course, was a hit, and the song remains a hit even today, so well it was sung by the one and only Lata Mangeshkar.
20. Pehli Nazar Main
Atif Aslam, with his soulful voice, sang this song for the first installment of Race that starred Anil Kapoor, , Bipasha Basu Bipasha Basu, born in January 7,1979 in Delhi, is >> Read More... , , Akshaye Khanna Akshaye Khanna is a popular Indian film actor. He >> Read More... along with Sameera Reddy Sameera Reddy was born on December 14, 1980, in Ch >> Read More... . The movie was commercially a big hit, as Abbas Mastan had added enough twists to keep the interest of the audience, along with a stellar star cast and unpredictable mysteries. The background score of the movie was by Salim Merchant Salim Merchant is a mesmerizing Music director, pl >> Read More... - Sulaiman Merchant Sulaiman Merchant, is the most celebrated Playback >> Read More... , and Pritam Chakraborty When it comes to Bollywood music, Pritam Chakrabor >> Read More... , who did a wonderful job in complementing the plot of the movie.
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The Association of Higher Biblical Education (ABHE) accreditation visit team left on October 10th, and they have given us their preliminary assessment of our institution. The team came away very impressed with our faculty and staff team, and they loved our students. They referenced this numerous times throughout the three-day visit, speaking often about how well they were being treated by us and how well they were being served. I give thanks for our planning staff for making this a successful visit in the ways that we had prayed about during our preparations.
As it stands now, the team has made three types of assessment statements about our school relating to the 11 standards of accreditation: commendations, suggestions, and recommendations. Commendations are things that we are doing well. Suggestions are just that, things that they think we might want to do to improve but they are not required. Recommendations are those things we must address if we wish to one day be accredited by the ABHE.
They were very impressed with the devotion of our faculty and staff to serving our students well. They commended us for our faculty and its commitment to both education and discipleship. They also commended us for our institutional integrity and for our financial philosophy.
They have given us a number of recommendations and suggestions that we are working through before we turn in our response report and appear before the commission in February. The end result of the team's recommendation to the commission could range from staying an applicant-status institution all the way to achieving initial accreditation. The outcome of the commission's meeting in February is wide open.
Thank you all, again, for your faithful, diligent prayer and support to this school.
May the Lord bless us as we move forward.
Please join us in praising the Lord for the favorable response, overall, from the ABHE accreditation visit team this past week.
Please pray for us as we begin to work on those areas of weakness that were identified by the team, and that we will be able to address them well and in a timely fashion.
Please continue to pray for our students and faculty as they near the midterm portion of the semester. Especially pray for the new students as they are still adjusting to the rigors of college/seminary life.
Please pray also for a remarkable response to an ad that we've placed in WORLD coming out next week.


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Rephrasing Durocher, 12/6/15
Tough man Durocher needs to be rephrased.
Durocher on Berger:
No, you are a racially-motivated, hair-splitting, sophistic, mendacious, lying, anti-White communist You-Know-Who. And after the Revolution, I dare say, such mendacious and ultimately genocidal hate propaganda against our people will be severely punished.
Sallis on Durocher:
No, you are a politically-motivated, hair-splitting, sophistic, mendacious, lying, anti-White mainstreaming traitor. And after the Revolution, I dare say, such mendacious and ultimately genocidal hate propaganda against our people will be severely punished.
Durocher Doubles Down
But then backs off.
At first, this seemed like just another one of Durocher's breathless love letters to Orban. But then (perhaps during the orgasmic refractory period), a glimmer of sense appeared:
The conservative populists will not, in themselves, save Europe, even if they successfully impose a solution to the current migrant crisis. Their opposition to non-European immigration is as a rule instinctive and electoral, not ideological and principled. They oppose immigration, to the extent they do, because it pays and will cease to do so when it no longer pays. Indeed, Orbán's poll numbers have shot up thanks to his successful crisis management and it is hard to say the extent to which his position is really ideologically principled or merely politically opportunistic. The conservative populists' objective role — visible especially in France, Germany, and Belgium — has often been to steal votes from the nationalist far-right, without actually addressing the underlying problem of immigration.
While it is possible that Orban may personally prefer Hungary to stay Hungarian, I believe he is an opportunist whose current position is solely due to pressure on his political right from Jobbik. His constant waffling in the face of EU pressure is not consistent with a principled position. Then we have his attack on the NPI conference. No one was asking him to endorse the conference, much less promote or even attend it, but just to leave it alone. But, no, with all the fervor of a "point-and-sputter" SJW, he made sure to crush the conference and harass Spencer. Is there still any doubt about his "principles?"
A correct attitude toward Orban would be brief and infrequent mild and skeptical praise when he says or does (preferably, does) something useful, but to always "hold his feet to the fire" and never trust him to do the right thing on his own. The onanistic frenzy of the mainstreamers about Chicken Wire Vik is as unseemly and embarrassing as the traditionalists with their hands in their pants over bare-chested Vlad, or "the Donald's" army of dreamy-eyed PUA girls lying in the grass wetting themselves over "the Trumpening."
As to why the mainstreaming excitement over Orban:
Barring a bloody revolution, the only way for us to achieve the policies necessary to halt immigration and save Europe from destruction is by restoring that junction between our ruling elites and the ostracized nationalist dissidence. Thus our peoples' interests and right to life would again be secured, and our ruling elites might again be legitimate leaders of the people they govern.
EGI Notes is of course a peace-loving and pacifist blog that preaches a strict doctrine of non-violence. I – no doubt, no doubt! – absolutely abhor any thought of anything other than bookish intellectualism as a solution to our problems. However, I unfortunately realize – with deep regret, shaking my head sadly – that to solve the race problem will very possibly require "bloody revolution" and that "our" ruling elites in such a scenario would be made to learn to "play the piano" real fast. The mainstreamers, on the other hand, horrified by the thought of soiling their dainty hands with any of that, refuse to consider the possibility. Let's leave the traitors and opportunists in power; after all, anything else would be "radical" and "bloody." Thus, the mainstreamers eagerly grasp onto Orban or any other established conservative figure that offers hope that a partial compromise solution can be found that would not require any dreaded bloodshed.
Breezy and Merkel's Boner
Affirmative action keeps on rolling along.
Once again, Sailer is outspoken and correct in his criticism of the genocidal lunatic and criminal Merkel, while the "movement's" silence is deafening.
As much as I dislike Sailer, I must be fair: his coverage of the current European "refugee" invasion has been accurate, hard-hitting, and very useful. The "movement's" reaction to it has been dishonest in its omissions and in its contortions to avoid pointing fingers in unwanted directions. Instead of criticism of Merkel, all we get is fanboy breathlessness over Saint Viktor and his chicken-wire fence.
I disagree with Breezy on one thing however. He uses the term "Merkel's boner" to refer to her great error in inviting the colored flood into Germany and Europe.
Instead, the term "Merkel's boner" is better used to describe the "movement's" physiological reaction to Merkel's ethnicity.
In a future White ethnostate, it shouldn't only be race traitors, HBDers, gamesters and others who face the gallows. Some of the feckless "movement" leadership should have the opportunity to "play the piano" as well.
What does the term mean?
At my various blogs, I make reference to "playing the piano" and it needs to be stated, for those who do not understand, that this refers to hanging miscreants from meathooks with piano wire. Very well, but I think more analysis is needed. Thus, read here, excerpts, emphasis added:
They were not hanged with piano wire. This is a myth as is the idea that they were impaled on butcher's hooks. They were hanged using nooses of thin cord, double-looped with slip knots. One loop went around the victim's neck, the other over a butcher hook which was affixed to a steel beam imbedded at each end in the brick walls of the execution chamber. The noosed victim was lifted by two assistants and the executioner, in this case Wilhelm Rottger, slid the other knot of the cord over the hook. The victim was then lowered, the knot tightened and the victim strangled.
The conspirators were not hanged with piano wire. Thin cord was used. Piano wire would have cut the jugular, causing rapid death, exactly what Hitler did not want. The thin cord and the short drop would not break the neck (causing unconsciousness) and would produce maximum suffering. See Hoffman's benchmark book on the resistance for details provided by witnesses at the executions.
So, what I have in mind is the slow execution that would result in "maximum suffering." Therefore, piano wire per se may need to be replaced by a "thin cord" – but I have a possible compromise that could optimize the procedure.
What if piano wire was bundled into a cable? What I have in mind is an instrument with the following properties: first, like the thin cord, the cable would NOT cause a quick death, but instead result in a slow, agonizing, maximum suffering strangulation death (if performed as described above). Second, a piano wire cable would cut into the neck to some degree (this is what I hope to be the case), but not so much as to cut the jugular and cause a quick death. Instead, I envision the cable as cutting into the neck in a non-lethal fashion, to add a further layer of agonizing pain and suffering, but not in any way detracting from the main event of slow strangulation. Indeed, the opposite is the hoped-for outcome: the cable slowly cutting into the neck would amplify the incredible agony of the slow strangulation as described above. Here we have the "best of both possible worlds."
Thus, "playing the piano" should be construed as a short-hand description of the procedure outlined in the preceding paragraph.
Before using on anti-White lefties in a future White ethnostate – all of course having been properly convicted in a trial by a legally convened tribunal – the technique should be perfected through experimentation on other enemies of the state who also would have gone through trial by legally convened tribunals. Here I have in mind various VDARE HBD conservatives, HBD academics, HBD bloggers, "game" advocates who promote nihilistic hedonism, trolls who haunt pro-White blogs – the "label" for this post gives the flavor as to who would be standing trial – all perfectly legal and proper! – to provide subjects for experimentation.


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Kanto Yu2 Speakers Lightning Review: Both Aesthetically And Audibly Pleasing
The Canadians have some pretty impressive audio engineers.
by John Law
If the name Kanto makes you associate it to the region within Japan, you're wrong but you'd also be forgiven for thinking that. Truth of the matter is, it's actually the name of an audio brand that's based out in Canada, and they specialise in one thing: speakers.
In this review, I'll be looking at the Yu2, a pair of desktop speakers, and see if they are able to stand up for themselves.
The Yu2 are a part of Kanto's desktop speaker lineup. These desktop speakers sport a very minimalist design and style, while also looking and feeling solid. The front of each speaker contains nothing more than 3/4 tweeters that Kanto says are made from silk, while larger drivers below are made out of 3-inch Kevlar drivers.
Internally, the Yu2 houses a Class D Amplifier that has 100W Peak Power and frequency range between 80Hz and 20KHz.
Around the back, it's the right speaker that traditionally houses the majority of connectivity ports, but as with all modern speakers, they also include a variety of input ports, including a USB DAC that is connected to a built-in soundcard, the standard auxiliary output port, and a separate output port for a woofer.
Despite being small, the Yu2 speakers surprise me, packing a surprising amount of "oomph" both in volume and performance. Both the highs and mids that are delivered from them are clear and crisp, even low volume levels. At higher volume levels, the speakers also show no signs of breaking, even with high-pitch instruments begin hitting octaves well beyond human vocal capabilities.
Speaking of, vocals also sound clear and defined; voices in songs like Stacey Kent's Venus du Melo, Florence and the Machine's Never Let Me Go, or Priscilla Ahn's I'll Be Fine On The Outside sound amplified, but not to the point that they sound artificial.
The Bad Stuff. Tell Me.
As clear and audible as the Yu2 speakers are, there is one crippling flaw to its minimalist design: poor low-pitch performance, brought about by a lack of a subwoofer. Because of that, the overall experience does not feel or sound rich and full. In pieces that are bass-heavy, it becomes a muddy, addled mess, to the point that you can tell that something is audibly missing. Case in point, songs like Hozier's Shrike, Nina Simone's Feeling Good, and Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts' Digging My Potato all sound and feel like something is missing from the equation.
The silver lining to this, however, is that Kanto does offer its own subwoofer, the Sub8, but that piece of audio equipment alone would cost you between RM1550.
That brings us to the price of the Yu2. In Malaysia, these speakers retail for RM1150, which is quite pricey for just a pair of speakers, sans a woofer.
Should I Buy It?
After living with them for a while, I can honestly say that the Kanto Yu2 speakers surprised me with what they have to offer. For a pair of desktop speakers, they sure do drive a whole lot of sound. On another note, I actually like that simple and clean look they've been given, and if you're not a fan of white, they're also available in black, Bamboo and Walnut.
The only drawback from owning the Yu2 speakers that I can think of is, as I've made clear throughout this review, the lack of a dedicated subwoofer. However, upon having said that, I would argue that if you're already set on buying them, you may as well go all in and get yourself a separate Sub8 subwoofer as well, especially if you want a more complete and full audio experience.
The Kanto Yu2 speakers are being distributed and sold by TechX Malaysia and represented by Highwind Tek. They can be purchased online via the seller's official Lazada store page.
Photography by John Law.
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UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Supports Johnson's Bid for Prime Minister
© RIA Novosti . HANNAH MCKAY
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matthew Hancock supported former UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's bid for the Tory leader and country's prime minister.
"Having considered all the options, I'm backing Boris Johnson as the best candidate to unite the Conservative party, so we can deliver Brexit and then unite the country behind an open, ambitious, forward-looking agenda, delivered with the energy that gets stuff done," Hancock wrote in a comment for The Times media outlet on Sunday.
He believes that Johnson is likely to win the race and head the UK government.
"Boris has run a disciplined campaign and is almost certainly going to be our next prime minister. We need to unite behind him with a strong team that can bring the party together and then bring the country together," Hancock added.
Hancock was also in the list of the candidates for prime minister but withdrew from the race on Friday.
Last week, the UK Conservative Party held the first round of the party leadership election. Johnson won the election with 114 votes, incumbent Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt came second with 43 votes, while Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Michael Gove was third with 37 votes. Hancock gained only 20 votes and after that decided to leave the race.
The next rounds of the voting will be held on Wednesday-Thursday.
The UK Conservative Party is choosing the new leader and the country's prime minister after the resignation of Theresa May, who decided to leave her post over unsuccessful talks on Brexit.
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Ted Cruz's Strategy to Be Tea Party Senator is Working — For Now
How do you maintain outsider status while inside the Capitol? Simple: Buck leadership, advocate unrealistic hard-line positions, and refuse to help the establishment. For now, he doesn't have to choose between his base and his job.
Philip Bump
As one of the few Tea Party favorites to actually make it to Washington, Ted Cruz has a problem. How do you maintain outsider status while inside the Capitol? Simple: Buck leadership, advocate unrealistic hard-line positions, and refuse to help the establishment. For now, he doesn't have to choose between his base and his job.
While in New Hampshire (ahem), the junior senator from Texas told the press that, no, he wouldn't be endorsing his colleague John Cornyn in his upcoming primary. The Washington Post reports that Cruz told reporters, "I think it is likely that I am going to stay out of incumbent primaries across the country, either supporting incumbents or opposing incumbents." Cornyn didn't blink in his response to Cruz: "He and I agree that the only endorsements that matter are those of the Texas voters and I look forward to earning their vote in 2014." That's likely different in tone than any conversation Cornyn and Cruz had prior to the the latter's decision to sit on his hands.
If Cornyn were to face a serious primary opponent — which he doesn't at this point — it seems likely that Cornyn would be less sanguine about Cruz's willingness to be disloyal. Until then, Cruz doesn't have to choose between constituencies: the independence-minded Tea Party base for whom few incumbents are sufficiently conservative, and the party itself, which is willing to tolerate a little insurrection in exchange for keeping that base close.
Nor is that specific to Texas. Earlier this month, Cruz stated that he wouldn't back Mitch McConnell in the Senate minority leader's upcoming primary. There's little question that McConnell will win reelection, again giving Cruz a measure of cover. But it certainly hasn't done anything to endear the freshman to his more established colleague from Kentucky.
The hallmark of Cruz's obstreperousness is his fight to defund Obamacare, a fight he has now all-but-completely appropriated from his colleague Sen. Mike Lee. Cruz continues to insist that a "tsunami" of activists could wash away the health care policy, despite the solidly built wall that is the Democratic opposition. But Cruz is optimistic. Maybe, he said on CNN on Sunday, Obama will decide to defund the program. The Huffington Post picked up that assertion.
"The president is never going to sign the bill that defunds Obamacare," Crowley told Cruz in the interview.
"You know, you may be convinced of that," Cruz said.
"That's a windmill, not a giant, Mr. Quixote." "You know, you may be convinced of that."
As we have detailed with increasing incredulity, Cruz has nothing to lose in this effort. Unlike those who advocate impeachment, Cruz can make a logically plausible case for killing Obamacare: hold the government hostage to his demands. Force the president to choose between funding the government at all and preserving his health policy. Politically it's a non-starter, but it's at least conceivable. And it gets to the heart of what Tea Party members want: someone willing to toss the whole thing on the trash heap if they don't get what they want.
Again, Cruz is in a win-win position — for now. He doesn't need to choose between being the 51st vote to keep the government open and moving to defund the bill. He can play to the base, without having to put his money where his mouth is.
Last week, Cruz released his birth certificate, showing that he was perfectly capable of running for president. On that CNN show, he pretended to be surprised anyone thought it suggested he meant to run for president in 2016. IT did, of course. But not nearly as much as his moves to keep the Tea Party close to his chest. Cruz is seven months into his tenure in the Senate, and so far, he's managed to walk the line between the establishment and the insurgency. His hope, clearly, is that he can keep doing that at least until the next time he comes to New Hampshire.
Philip Bump is a former politics writer for The Atlantic Wire.


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Q: Chrome context menus do not render properly on primary screen when two screens are connected I have a laptop with 4k display (3840x2400), and an external monitor with lower resolution (2560x1440).
When I have the 2nd screen attached, chrome renders the context menus incorrectly, but only on the laptop display (see A,D).  On the 2nd display, they are rendered OK (see C). If I remove the 2nd display, they are rendered OK on the primary display (see B).

Context menus in other applications, e.g. firefox, gnome files, all seem ok.
Software versions in use:

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*Chromium 103.0.5060.114 Fedora Project

*Fedora 36, 5.18.19-200.fc36.x86_64

*gnome version 42.4

How can I configure chrome to understand both screen sizes correctly?
EDIT - workaround found
These routes sidestep the problem with a later version of chrome, rather than configuring the displays (or something else in gnome/wayland/fedora) correctly.

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*using flatpak to install chromium-browser results in a more recent version than RPM.

Current version at time of writing: 105.0.5195.102

*Far more disruptive workaround: swap fedora for ubuntu (22.04 LTS, also Gnome 42), this also yields a chromium version 105.x.y.z, possibly by flatpak. This is not a viable workaround for various reasons but helped with comparison at least.

I still don't know what configuration is incorrect that causes the problem, nor whether other applications will suffer similar problems. Hence just a workaround and not really a solution.

A: Installing chrome / chromium-browser via flatpak, instead of the official fedora RPM, gives a later version.
This is possible in the Software gui using the dropdown menu on the top right to select between "Fedora Linux (RPM)" and "Flathub (Flatpak)", or via the command line as follows:
# install
flatpak install org.chromium.Chromium

# run - be sure we are executing the flatpak version
flatpak run org.chromium.Chromium

# check version
flatpak list --app | grep chromium
> Chromium Web Browser  org.chromium.Chromium   105.0.5195.102  stable  system

Either there was a fix between version 103 and 105, or the RPM version that is tailored for fedora (Chromium 103.0.5060.114 Fedora Project) has differences that cause problems here.

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Bill & Ted: Face The Music - Film Review
So I'm not going to lie...
I've got the movie theater blues, bad! I've been wanting to get back into a theater and watch movies, just like we used to back in the good ol' days, pre COVID-19. But alas, the world is a different place and I don't get to do that yet. Hopefully soon there will be a way we can all get together again and watch movies in theaters and laugh and cry all together. It's really a cathartic experience, which is also why I truly believe movie theaters will live on. But for now, I get to watch new releases from the comfort of my home.
Bill and Ted was one of my favorites growing up as a kid in the 80's. Just enough zany antics to keep any young boy giggling away. The pop culture references of the 80's was all throughout it. It was just a fun ride and got to do something fun that school kids could connect with, which is putting on a history report with the real people to do it for you. The sequel was another fun adventure but dealt with heaven and hell, and even aliens. It was fun.
So when Bill and Ted: Face the Music became available, I had a good feeling this would rekindle my old love of the series and help me get through my movie theater blues. After watching, I declared this movie to be "most non-triumphant."
The movie is pure fan service, from beginning to end. That can only get you so far. There was so much more Bill and Ted traveling in time to go talk to themselves, which got old really fast. Their kids are just female versions of themselves and nothing to do with the princess babes they rescued in the first movie, other than they are females. The "historic" musical figures they collect to put the band together was just kind of "meh." I wanted more Genghis Kahn savaging a mall wearing football pads, or Napoleon going down waterslides.
Instead we're treated with "hey you made music in the past, come with us for a jam session." This is what Bill and Ted's daughters do while they are off trying to steal the universe saving song from themselves. To not spoil anything of note, they all end up dead and on Death's doorstep, literally. But then they get into an argument about how Death was breaking up the band and argued about the falling out. It's a shame that all the returning characters from the old movies didn't really get a chance to shine. Bill and Ted also seem to have no character arc at all in the past 20 years since we have seen them. Ted maybe a little more so, but maybe that's because Keanu Reaves is a much seasoned actor, who can thank the original movie for giving him his stardom, so he put in a little more effort here... just a little.
I was expecting zany, stupid and off-the-wall things to happen. That's just what this is. But I was left disappointed that it all seemed so rushed. The pacing is rushed, including the finale which almost cuts to credits with a murderous slash in the middle of the song. The production looks like it was rushed with far too many green-screen shots than I bet any of the past movies combined. It also looks like it was cheaply made. But then again, that was true to the style of the first two movies, but I feel they could have tried a little harder. There's a part where they go to ancient China and you can easily see camouflage netting just through the trees and fog. They obviously shot somewhere like the gardens of the Huntington Library in Los Angeles and needed to block out all the modern buildings and used that. Again, it seemed rushed and cheap. And don't get me started on the "murder robot" that was trying to be a Terminator.
To be fair, I still giggled at some parts. I smiled and laughed when there were inside moments that built on the past movies. But to me, it was too few and far between. If the movie happens to come on your streaming service, and you liked the past movies, give it a watch. Don't pay for it specifically. I was left wanting more... and I'm not sure what else I really could have asked Bill and Ted for, which was totally bogus.
Top 10 Central Coast Films to Re-Watch While in Quarantine
So it looks like we have all been spending some quality time inside for our own good lately. Lots of people are now caught up on films and television shows they've been wanting to see, but what do you do when you have finished your list? Why not revisit some classic films with ties to right here on the Central Coast?
So we, here at the Central Coast Film Society, have put together a Top 10 list of things to watch while sheltering at home. And every one of them has a strong Central Coast connection. Here's what you might want to dust off and enjoy.
The charming family comedy, "Little Giants" found a home in the charming village of Arroyo Grande.
10) Little Giants - Arroyo Grande
In the small village of Arroyo Grande came the feel good film with Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neil. They play brothers living in Urbania, Ohio. Only, it's actually Arroyo Grande. Watch as the misfit team lead by Moranis train to go up against the big team. A perfect small town, home-grown family comedy.
9) Spartacus - San Simeon
At 190 minutes long, Spartacus is the type of movie to watch to make an event out of it, or when you're stuck at home all day. Which makes pausing for bathroom breaks a little easier. This classic movie, with Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier and directed by Stanley Kubrick, will have you transported back to the glory days of Rome by stopping at Hearst Castle as a backdrop.
The legendary actor James Stewart portraying a legendary man in front of the legendary Spirit of St. Louis, in Santa Maria.
8) The Spirit of St. Louis - Santa Maria
Billy Wilder's production staring James Stewart was filmed all over the world following the story of Charles Lindbergh and his monumental flight from New York to Paris. However, in this movie, they were flying out of Allan Hancock Air Field (now site of Allan Hancock College) in Santa Maria. The film was released in 1957 and only a couple years later the airport closed as the US-101 was rerouted to it's current location.
7) Pete's Dragon - Point Buchon
This classic Disney film was set in Passamaquoddy, Maine but was filmed on this coast! The lighthouse seen in the film was built near Montana De Oro State Park, on Point Buchon, with special permission by the Coast Guard. You can still hike to that location, but you won't find a lighthouse anymore. It was quickly dismantled after production to not confuse passing ships.
6) Of Mice And Men - Santa Ynez Valley
Directed and staring Gary Sinise, this film was filmed extensively in the Santa Ynez Valley. This classic John Steinbeck novel is a heavy drama was praised by critics but didn't do that well in the box office. The 1939 version of the story was filmed a little further north in San Luis Obispo and the Hearst Ranch.
We are guessing they weren't actually flying, but the aircraft for "Outbreak" was filmed flying over the Santa Ynez Valley.
5) Outbreak - Santa Ynez Valley
What is a pandemic without watching a movie like this? With it's huge ensemble cast, most of the movie takes place in Northern California. But watch carefully when Dustin Hoffman and Cuba Gooding Jr. are in a helicopter trying to divert an Air Force plane (that flew out from Vandenberg AFB). You can see they're flying over the Santa Ynez Mountain Range.
4) The Rocketeer - Santa Maria
Walt Disney got their toes wet in comic book superhero films with The Rocketeer in 1991. Much of the film's non-Los Angeles locations were shot at the Santa Maria Airport and surrounding areas. The film was well received, but plans for sequels were scrapped after the movie only performed "modestly" at the box office. Director Joe Johnston would go on to make another comic book film: Captain America: The First Avenger.
3) Batman: The Movie - Santa Barbara
Bam! Pow! Batman's first big screen appearance showed the caped crusader running along Stern's Wharf in Santa Barbara looking for the villain's secret lair. While most everyone enjoys all the various and recent versions of Gotham City, it might be time to go revisit what started all the fun with this campy and fun movie.
2) Scarface - Santa Barbara
Al Pacino's Tony Montana is a story that Walter White could only dream of. In the carnage infused climax at Tony's Miami mansion, you may recognize that it's actually in Santa Barbara. The scene also seems to have inspired part of the Harold Ramis comedy, Bedazzled with Brendan Fraser that had an action-packed drug lord compound scene that was also filmed in Santa Barbara.
Visual effects wizards in Santa Maria put this shot together in the award winning miniseries, HBO's John Adams.
1) HBO's John Adams - Santa Maria
Yes, this isn't a movie, but this Golden Globe winning series is a masterpiece from HBO and perfect to binge at home as we head into Memorial Day and Independence Day on an election year. Earlier this year was the 250th anniversary of the Boston Massacre, which is depicted in the opening parts of this series. It follows Paul Giamatti as John Adams in a remarkable telling of the man's life. What you may not know is a good portion of the visual effects were done in Santa Maria by CafeFX, also known for doing effects in movies like Pan's Labyrinth or The Mist.
BUT WAIT... there's one more.
MST3K goes to Santa Ynez's Santa Cota Market & Post Office in "The Touch of Satan."
-Honorable Mention-
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Touch of Satan - Santa Ynez Valley
Alright, this one is so special it needs it's own category. Ever see movies that are so bad they're funny? Well, that's what Mystery Science Theater 3000 does all the time. You can binge bad movies until the cows come home, but if you want something with a local backdrop then watch this beauty. Filmed in 1971 Santa Ynez Valley, this horror film is worthy of the bad jokes that two robots and a trapped spaceman fire at it.
So if you've been inside for a really long time and feeling a little stir crazy, this may help fix your brain. You can actually watch Season 10, Episode 8 of the show online for free right now. Take a look below!
Onward - Film Review
Magic is abound in Onward. Credit: Disney/Pixar
Unicorns are the raccoons in this modern take of a fantasy film. Credit: Disney/Pixar
I have to just come right out and say that I love that Disney has made a fantasy film for young adults! To make magical and mythical creatures cool again was just a joy to see. But of course we all know that Pixar like to take our hearts, tear it into tiny little shreds, and then rebuild it lovingly and send us out with a nice hug.
The story is about two brothers whom the elder one barely knew his dad and the youngest wasn't even born when he died. Via some magic handed down to them, they were given a chance to bring their dad back for one day. Of course, the spell doesn't work out so well and they are only able to bring back his lower half. So the brothers set out on a quest to find another magical source so they can get a chance to see their dad one last time.
Reading that synopsis probably gives you the idea that this movie probably isn't for little kids, and I don't think it is! This is a far more mature story than I think younger kids would have a harder time to wrap their heads around it. Sure there are moments of pure slapstick comedy like any great animated film would have, but the story team at Pixar took the broken heart of a broken family and was able to put those feelings into the audience. Pixar has mastered the sorcery of making audiences feel exactly what they want you to, and that just proves their writing and storytelling skills are almost always firing on all cylinders. If you grew up with a broken family, you can't help but be touched in someway by this film. Be prepared!
Of course all the magic that Disney could conjure up still didn't arrive without some flaws. For me, some Pixar films made my jaw hit the floor with it's near photo-realistic rendering. I'm thinking of more recent films like Cars 3 or Finding Dory. But this one, although beautiful shots were throughout, felt a little stale. Maybe it was the extra characters all looked too similar and not so different. Maybe the animation seemed to be more "cartoonish" than watching how cars drive and fish swim. But then in the other hand, this is a fantasy film! You can't expect any realism to it. However, the charm is this is about taking Lord of the Rings and putting it in a contemporary setting, and doing it with charm and heart. I will also point out, when the brother voiced by Chris Pratt, talks about his last time he saw his father was near identical of his Guardians of the Galaxy character's moment with his mother. Ironically, his brother is voiced by Tom Holland, who is probably the best incarnation of Spider-Man, and shared screen-time with Pratt in the last two Avengers movies. With this said, I really want to see a live-action movie with these two in it!
Go see Onward and be prepared to have your heart touched as magic runs from opening frame to the last. Also, get there early to see Disney's attempt of making The Simpsons short cartoon the prelude to the feature (which I'm not sure how I feel about, to be honest). It's going to be great for the older kids, which is probably why The Simpsons made it's appearance here. And if you love fantasy films, Dungeons & Dragons or anything with magic, you'll love going Onward.
Invisible Man (2020) - Film Review
Elisbeth Moss escapes the clutches of her ex that she just can't see anymore, wearing a Cal Poly gear. Credit: Universal Pictures
Universal Studios' cast from early "Dark Universe" promotional photo.
Well... I didn't see that coming.
Going into this movie, I wasn't looking for much more than a relaunch of the movie originally intended for Universal's Dark Universe. This was Universal's response to Disney/Marvel and Warner Brother's own comic book universes, where all the stand alone characters in their intellectual properties would collide. The film was originally slated to include Johnny Depp as the titular character, but it was scrubbed and turned into this film after The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise, failed to launch the franchise after the one movie. A movie with Javier Bardem as Frankenstein's monster was also canceled. Personally, I didn't think The Mummy was all that bad and I was excited to see Universal embrace the property they have: their monsters. So admittedly, I was not excited to see the scraps of this movie after the Dark Universe collapsed into a cinematic black hole, but I'm glad I saw it!
This movie is not without it's many faults, and in someways does feel like Frankenstein's monster lurching around the screen, but take it for what it is. It's a suspenseful and psychological thriller that has it's origins in a classic monster movie. Lots of shots of empty hallways, doorways and other empty space that by the end of the movie you're convinced there's an invisible man standing there, waiting for the right moment to mess with your head. Leigh Whannell, of the Saw films, does a fantastic job of building suspense, even though it's incredibly predictable.
Elisabeth Moss does a fantastic job of having one foot in reality and still battling the mental games her ex is playing with her while he can't be seen. If you've seen her in The Handmaid's Tale, it's very similar acting, or maybe even characters. But she does sell the situation and the movie would not be able to have any legs if it wasn't for her performance. Overall, this movie does have it's moments jump-scares and brooding music, but it also has it's moments of "we all saw that coming."
There was a not so subtle cameo (more like mention) of the Central Coast, and I didn't see it coming either. Elisabeth Moss' character is an alumni of Cal Poly Architecture School, and is evident by the sweatshirt she wears, degrees on the wall and mentioned during a job interview. Seeing the movie on the Central Coast is bound to have someone shout out, "Hey, Cal Poly!" like it's a hidden cameo, but it's something that you really can't miss.
This movie is a fun that I wish was still in the Universal monster universe roster, but still happy with the results.
You can also show your love and maybe start on a cosplay, by getting your own Cal Poly Architecture sweatshirt here.
Here's a trailer for the 2017's Dark Universe by Universal:
The Call of the Wild - Film Review
Harrison Ford and his CGI co-star in The Call of the Wild. Credit: Twentieth Century Studios
The Call of the Wild is a tremendously famous novel by Jack London and many versions have been done with this. So now, Twentieth Century Studios (formerly Fox and now owned by Disney), sets out in telling this tale using CGI animals.
Watching this movie I felt like this movie was made specifically for substitute teachers to play during their classroom coverages. It touches, and glosses, over lots of the history behind the novel and it is obviously made with a younger audience in mind. Which is fine, only the material is very hard to adapt for a younger audience. I don't think Jack London had that in mind. It's fascinating to see how the film was marketed, showing Harrison Ford with the dog named "Buck." Ford does a good job with the screen time he has, but he's maybe in the film for about a third of the total run time. He plays an individual with a troubled past and running to the ends of the world to find peace. I wish we had that movie instead.
This story follows "Buck" for the entire movie. From spoiled house dog, to (spoilers) becoming leader of a wolf pack. But along with all the gorgeous nature shots, the experience to me felt a little cheated by all the CGI. It was all very artificial, which still may work with younger audiences, but felt like it was almost a lazy conversation on set of "we'll fix that in post." Also, when the animals are more animated and show more emotion than your on camera actors, that's a bit of a problem if you want to have a more serious film. Also there's some great actors in this film who have a "blink and you missed it" role, which just makes them feel wasted to me.
So take it for what it is: a very mature story told through a cartoon dog's eyes. Then you'll have a decent time.
Rating: 2.5/5 Stars
Birds of Prey - Review
Margot Robbie returns as Harley Quinn. Credit: Warner Brothers
Ewan McGregor is the shining star of this film. Credit: Warner Brothers
As a followup to Warner Brother's attempted expansion of their DC Universe, Birds of Prey follows up directly after the events from 2016's Suicide Squad. Which almost is as insane as Arkham's inmates, if you look at the Rotten Tomatoes score of Suicide Squad sitting at a 27% fresh critic rating and a 59% audience rating. But I suppose if you see the film made over $700 million at the box office Suicide Squad brought in, I suppose you can see a sequel coming. And actually, Birds of Prey is more of a spin-off than a real sequel and to put it bluntly... it's a mess.
It is without a doubt that Harley Quinn is one of the most popular villains of the DC Universe, and if you've ever been to any Con (convention), you will see hoards of Harley Quinn cosplays. So banking on the love of the character is exactly what Warner Brothers is doing here. They do finally seem to be taking a cue from Marvel, in that they can't be so damn serious all the time and they need to diversify their portfolio. I look to Wonder Woman 1984 as a hopeful sign this is continuing, but this movie can't seem to take anything seriously. Grant it, the movie is really called Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) and so the entire movie is made with her as the narrator. This does work to benefit the movie and has some nice comedic timing to it, but most of everything else is lost.
Each of the characters in the movie feel as well rounded as a square peg. To his credit, Ewan McGregor does stand out in a predominantly female cast as the super villain, Black Mask. I always enjoy watching actors we don't normally see as bag guys really get down and dirty. And in Birds of Prey's hard R rating, you see plenty of that. Not that it's a bad thing, but many times I was just thinking, "this was inspired by Deadpool." Similar to The Gentlemen, there are no real good guys here, except for the one cop who gets fired, probably because of the obscene shirt she is forced to wear.
There are times when I found myself enjoying bits and pieces of the movie, just because I was going on this ride. Which most of the times was literally dumb luck, or as I see it, just lazy writing. These Birds of Prey seem to just have laid a rotten egg.
Rating: 2/5 Stars
The Gentlemen - Review
Credit: STX Entertainment
As I begin to write this, I think of the title for The Gentlemen, and then I think about who are they talking about? The whole cast of characters are bad and we are brought in to root for our anti-hero. They're all murderers and gangsters and that become very apparent in the opening scene. And the pace never lets up to the very end.
That is to say there is a lot of time jumping and some "fantasy sequences" as Hugh Grant's colorful character, Fletcher, is attempting to blackmail our main anti-hero, Matthew McConaughey's Mickey Pearson, as he has discovered the entire underground weed growing empire. Each of the characters, and actors, are unique and different. Collin Farrell's character, known simply as Coach, is a highlight, along with Hugh Grant.
The film is filled with plot turns and twists enough to keep you guessing and leaves you with a very satisfying conclusion. This is for sure a dark comedy gangster film that modernizes the genre while still maintaining one foot in nostalgic cinematic premises. I am a fan of writer, director and producer Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, but this is a movie I feel that he was able to spread his wings and just be himself. He has his unique style of camera work as well as humor all throughout this film.
If you're looking for a fun, dark and graphic comedy, this is a movie for you! But it can be a bit much sometimes, and even is borderline gratuitous. Some members of the audience in our theater couldn't stomach the constant blood lust and very graphic language and I saw two separate groups leave and not come back. But for me, it was a very fun ride!
Bad Boys For Life - Review
Credit: Sony Pictures
Well, they're bad and badder than ever. Our (in)famous bad boys from 1995 are back and campier than ever. I sat there thinking they're just trying to say the name of the movie as many times as they could. Bad Boys for Life is an action movie that has the camp you'd expect to find from a 90's action movie. Complete with the constant "getting to old for this s**t" groans, James Bond style secret lab with apparently unlimited budgets and a bad guy twist that you see coming from a mile away.
I had someone ask if you need to see other Bad Boy movies to get what's going on here. Not at all. You don't need any backstory, because most of the movie is going back into their back story. Constantly looking back and not progressing anything. Where progress comes, it comes with groans. There's a death of a very familiar character and our villain is somehow forgiven for all of this because of the "big reveal" at the end. I had flashbacks of the "your mother's name is Martha too?" scene (and for those of you who saw Batman Vs. Superman know what I'm talking about).
There's moments of fun action and stunt work, but most of the movie is lost in the sparkling gloss that goes over the entire movie. The humor is hit or miss and that makes it feel just worn out and tired, kind of like our stars (Will Smith and Martin Lawrence). This movie does work as a 90's action popcorn flick, but that was a long time ago and unfortunately, we've moved on.
Dolittle - Review
What... was... that...?
That's probably what you'd be thinking when (or if) you see this movie. I decided to take the family to go see what appeared to be a fun family movie, and at very least, the kids will like to see the animals run around on the screen. Well that's not true either and they barely were able to stay in the same theater for this movie, but resorted to just jumping around on the chairs of a mostly empty theater. That about sums up the reaction to this movie.
With the cast present and the money spent on this movie, there was so much potential! But it crashed hard. I had heard about a questionable scene that is at the end of the movie, which if you want to know, there is a creature with a blockage, and Dr. Dolittle reaches right up and removes the blockage. I mean, Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen and Jim Broadbent have decent on-screen presence, but still can't hold this movie up. Big name actors lend their voices to the animals, including Emma Thompson, Tom Holland, Ralph Fines and Selena Gomez, but they're lost completely in this. Emma Thompson's Poly is maybe the only one you can connect with and is the sole voice of reason.
Lots of questionable choices, but again I saw the potential of actually doing a proper steam-punk style Dr. Dolittle movie could be fantastic! Honestly, there really should be more in that genre, but this movie is a mess. Is it a kids movie? Is it an adult humor movie? I'm still not sure. It was a hard mess and even had times where my wife and I looked at each other like "what... was... that...?"
You'll be scratching your head during and after viewing of this movie, and more than likely it won't even matter to your kids. There's much better stuff out there.
1917 - Movie Review
Cast of 1917, Credit: Universal Pictures
There has been lots of Oscar buzz around Sam Mendes' WWI epic 1917. But is that buzz justified? Short answer: Absolutely.
The performances, the camera work and the direction is outstanding. If you don't already know, the film is presented as one long take, to be as real-time and first person as possible. That means massive amounts of pre-planning, massive set pieces and massive amounts of extras. You do have small intimate moments but it does get big at times.
We follow two young soldiers who are given a special mission. Scattered throughout the film are a few A-List actors who give great performances, albeit brief ones. They play characters who have large ranks, and it seems like the more popular the actor, the higher the rank. Which I thought was an interesting take, because to the soldiers themselves, generals, colonels and other officers were sometimes celebrities themselves among their men. But their roles are brief as the camera is always moving, always following our heroes on their journey.
I wanted to love the hell out of this movie. I am a huge fan of Saving Private Ryan and as the film progressed, I started to feel that this movie IS Saving Private Ryan but set in a different war. Also, having the camera seemingly never cut became, to me at least, a distraction. The movie was not shot all in one take, rather several very long takes and then cleverly edited together. However, I began looking for those edits, hunting for those, rather than thinking about the story.
But on a technical level, I think Sam Mendes did an amazing accomplishment and feat in this movie that should be experienced on the big screen. It's moving, well performed and has some of the best production design you'll see in a WWI movie. I also want to commend the visual effects team who helped paint out some of the tools of the movie making process (wires, roads, crews, etc.). It really feels like you're there.
Mark my words: This will win a lot (if not then some of the top) of Oscar gold.
PS: for a bonus, check out this behind-the-scenes video.


Tribble's remarks came months after Whitefish's contract was terminated by the Puerto Rican government after it was discovered that the Montana company billed the Puerto Rican public power company PREPA $319 an hour for power restoration work by linemen. Tribble is part of a FEMA team tasked with restoring Puerto Rico's power grid.
Tribble's comments are in contrast to those of FEMA administrator Brock Long, who told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs in October that his agency wasn't aware of the Whitefish contract when it was signed, and FEMA likely wouldn't have approved it.
The Puerto Rican government canceled the Whitefish contract on Oct. 29, about two weeks after it was awarded, after extensive media reports on Whitefish's personal ties to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke along with revelations that the company's rates — paid for by taxpayers — were far above normal for emergency electrical work.
A FEMA spokesperson did not return a request for comment on Tribble's remarks. A spokesperson for Whitefish did not respond to a request for comment.
She then went on to praise a number of entities involved in electrical work, including Whitefish.
Despite intense criticism, Whitefish said it completed vital work in the days after Maria wiped out Puerto Rico's power grid.
More than 400,000 Puerto Ricans still don't have power, according to government status reports. The U.S. Senate agreed to spend $2 billion to repair Puerto Rico's power grid as part of a budget deal on Wednesday, though the sum falls far short of the $17.8 billion requested by Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to rebuild the grid.
"We're still learning what needs to be done," Tribble said.
Iran showcases domestically made fighter jets during military parade marking National Army Day.


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Part of: Domarudden conference- & outdoor center, Åkersberga.
Game fishing in Lake Drängsjön.
Experience the serenity of an early morning by Lake Drängsjön, when the mists are lingering and the lake lays competly still is a wonderful experience. The only thing that could possibly make the experience even greater is the possibility to catch a beautiful trout or char.
Largest ever landed brook trout is 2.3 kg. Rainbow trout 5.2 kg.
Other fishes in the lake are pike, perch, ruffe, burbot.
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In the world of distributed information no single website, whether it is Scopus, Google Scholar, ORCID or RePub, can offer the whole story. No single source, open access or not, can provide all relevant data, numbers, metadata and full texts. It is therefore crucial for an institutional repository to have a clear view of its own role among the networked web resources.
to provide information about the institutional, national and international networks of collaborating colleagues.
The next screenshot demonstrates the efficiency of RePub's strategy towards Google: a few words from the title of an article, general enough to generate almost 2,2 million hits, retrieves the link to the open access full text in RePub immediately below the hits from the PubMed database.
The final screenshot of this section is taken from the profile page of dr Tim Schepers, who is identified in Research Gate as the researcher who most frequently co-authored dr Van Lieshout's articles. In RePub's graph his name appears after that of Van Lieshout and Peter Patka as the (co-)author of 41 articles, downloaded almost 7,000 times in the past two years.
Above statistical evidence show the crucial role of an institutional repository. It organizes and visualizes the researchers work in the whole of networked web resources.