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Take Me To The Pilots: ABC Disc Two Edition
[Cut-and-Paste Disclaimer: These capsules aren't meant as reviews. Most of these pilots will undergo at least minor -- and possibly major -- alterations, tweaks and recastings before they make it on air in the fall. These are, however, my first impressions:]
Show: "Big Day" (ABC - Comedy)
The Pitch:
Quick Response: Yes. Wedding days are chaos. I get it. At least this one is better than FOX's "Wedding Album," which is in a state of major upheaval as we speak. "Big Day" has the advantage of being just loaded with actors I like, including Marla Sokoloff, one of my 10 or 15 favorite people on television (she's cute, funny and Jewish... What can I say?). Add in friendly faces like Kurt Fuller, Miriam Shor, Wendie Malick and even Josh Cooke (who I don't mind, despite not enjoying any of his shows) and there's very little pain in watching the cast. The "24"-style conceit of following the last 11 or 12 hours before a wedding is amusing until you imagine the fourth or fifth different episode in which either the bride or groom gets cold feet and suddenly it sounds REALLY exhausting. Yes, the pilot opens a number of doors for how the show can go from here, but is there really going to be an episode in which Marla Sokoloff steals the Caesar salads from the wedding one town over? If so, I think I may need to watch ANYTHING else instead. On the other hand, if the producers can find a way to weave a vast global conspiracy involving the president and the Bosnians in to the season, I'll have nothing but admiration. That's what these ultra-serialized shows need to maintain interest, not a panic about the supporting beams of the wedding tent. The "self-obsessed-20-something-hour" with "Notes From the Underbelly" doesn't really seem like a likely bet to steal viewers from NBC's 18-49-friendly comedies, does it? Nope.
Desire To Watch Again: Low-but-not-nil -- I'd check in again later, just to see how things are going.
Possible Role For Eric Balfour: Nothing obvious, but I'm sure there's something.
Show: "Men in Trees" (ABC - Drama)
The Pitch: "Looking for Love: Bachelorettes in Alaska: The Scripted Series"
Quick Response: In a world in which "Northern Exposure" had never existed, "Men in Trees" might come across as a fresh and original fish-out-of-water series. As it is, it's solidly written by "Sex in the City" alum Jenny Bicks and directed by feature helmer James Mangold, but there's little inspiration. The plot devices required to make us believe that a successful relationship expert (perfectly cast Anne Heche) would decide to drop everything and stay in an Alaskan factory town are clunky and the characters are all very very familiar, enough so that from the first second James Tupper's uber-manly biologist shows up on screen, you want to yell "Luke Danes with an advanced degree!" How long before he and Heche's character hook up? Well, "Northern Exposure" was able to prolong the sexual tension between Fleischman and Maggie for several seasons. Even though nearly every one of them can be directly compared to a "Northern Exposure" character (and, in every instance found lacking), I liked a lot of the supporting characters, including those played by Abraham Benrubi, Derek Richardson and particularly Suleka Mathew, who may become my favorite Alaskan prostitute EVER. Also... John Amos in Alaska? How can you not watch? Simply put, this is one of those examples of formula equaling comfort. Oh and can we start taking bets right now on which "Northern Exposure" veteran will be the first to make a cameo? Personally, I'd really like Cynthia Geary to get some work.
Desire To Watch Again: Moderate, though the "Northern Exposure Without the Brains" conceit will get tired quickly and that Friday night time slot will be a big problem as well.
Possible Role For Eric Balfour: Would Eric Balfour take a role on a show that required him to shoot some place cold and inconvenient? I'm not so sure. There's also not really a part for him in the pilot, but in subsequent episodes? Who knows.
Anybody actually looking forward to one of these two?
Posted by Daniel at 11:24 AM
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Despite experience, Brown still flummoxed by Legislature
By Daniel Weintraub • Mar 31, 2011
When Jerry Brown was running for governor last year, he vowed to break the partisan deadlock that had prevented legislators from fixing California's yearslong budget mess. With his decades of experience in politics, including two previous terms as governor, Brown said he had the savvy it took to bring Republicans and Democrats together to find a solution.
But while candidate Brown warned that his opponent – political novice and former eBay executive Meg Whitman – would require "on the job training," all of his experience has yet to produce the results he promised. This week Brown announced in frustration that he had abandoned negotiations with Republicans aimed at calling a special election in June to ask voters to extend $11 billion in temporary taxes for another five years.
Although Democrats have the power to pass a budget on their own, with just a simple majority vote, raising taxes or going to the ballot would require a two-thirds majority, so they need to persuade at least a handful of Republicans to go along with their plan.
"The budget plan that I put forth is balanced between deep cuts and extensions of currently existing taxes, and I believe it is in the best interest of California," Brown said in statement released by his office. "Under our constitution, however, two Republicans from the Assembly and two from the Senate must agree before this matter can be put to the people. Each and every Republican legislator I've spoken to believes that voters should not have this right to vote unless I agree to an ever changing list of collateral demands."
Republicans, naturally, see things differently. They believe Brown and his fellow Democrats are blocking passage of the budget by refusing to negotiate with Republicans in good faith. Republicans say the Democrats are too wedded to the state's public employee unions to act independently on measures that might cut benefits to state and local government workers.
Those opposing views are the same talking points that have dominated Capitol politics for years. And they still rule the day despite a concerted effort by Brown to change the culture and, for a time, the tone of the debate.
Since taking office he has held several forums and face-to-face meetings around the state with government officials, business and labor leaders and other citizens, explaining the scope of the problem and outlining potential solutions.
Inside the Capitol he has met with legislators individually, in small groups and with their party caucuses. Shedding the trappings of the office that his predecessors have insisted upon, Brown has met with legislators in their own offices and elsewhere, often travelling with little security and without the armies of aides upon which other governors have relied.
During one late-night budget vote in the Assembly, Brown set up shop in a small office near the chambers, meeting with rank-and-file legislators to cajole them to vote for the package that he and legislative leaders had agreed upon.
And Brown did achieve part of a solution. On mostly party-line votes, Democrats approved more than $10 billion in budget cuts and fund shifts to address part of what has been defined as a $26 billion shortfall over the next 15 months. Brown convinced his fellow Democrats in the Legislature to vote for deep cuts in health programs, public assistance grants and higher education, hoping that doing so would entice Republicans into putting the tax extensions on the ballot.
But so far that has not happened, and the clock is ticking toward the June 15 deadline for passing a budget and the July 1 start of the new fiscal year. Without those tax extensions, the Democrats will be on the spot to pass the rest of the budget with cuts alone, at least until they can come up with an alternative way to get their tax measure on the ballot.
A cuts-only budget would likely result in deep reductions for the kindergarten-through-12th grade schools, which so far have been largely protected from the latest rounds of cuts. Universities, which are among the few programs unprotected by federal or court mandates, would also be vulnerable to additional cuts, as would local governments.
Republican legislators last week produced a list of 53 demands they were making in negotiations over the tax package, but it is clear that their top priorities are cuts in public employee pensions, a spending limit and regulatory relief for businesses.
Brown said he was willing to deal on those issues, but the differences between him and the Republicans remained significant.
On pensions, for example, Republicans want to put before the voters a measure that would roll back benefits, increase employee contributions to the pension fund and limit the taxpayer's liability for employees' retirement. Brown and his fellow Democrats appear willing only to enact reforms aimed at perceived abuses, such as employees "spiking" their pensions with inflated final-year salaries, or government executives pocketing pensions in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, sometimes worth more than they were paid while working.
On a spending limit, Republicans want a cap tied to the cost of living and population growth, with perhaps some easing once the state pays off its debts and builds a reserve equal to 10 percent of the general fund. Some Democrats have suggested a cap that would expire when the temporary tax increases expire in five years. They note that with state revenues having cratered in recent years, programs are starved of funding at the moment, so a spending cap based on this year's budget would leave services permanently stretched thin.
On regulations, Republicans are seeking changes that would subject new regulations and legislation to stricter cost-benefit analyses, exempt some commercial projects from full environmental review if they are in already-developed urban areas, and prevent last-minute environmental objections from tying up proposed development projects for months or even years. Democrats have not agreed to any of these proposals.
Brown called off the talks, he said, because Republicans were demanding too much, and asking for too many things that either were unrelated to the budget or would make the shortfall worse, including a corporate tax break that costs the state $1 billion a year.
The governor has not said what he will do next, but his options are limited. He could try to place the tax extensions on the ballot without the Republican votes needed for a two-thirds majority, but that approach is legally questionable. He could try to gather signatures to put the taxes before the people via a ballot initiative, but if he does that, the temporary taxes will expire before the vote, so he would be asking for tax increases rather than merely preserving the status quo. That's a much tougher sell.
In the meantime, Democrats face a June 15 deadline for passing a budget. Thanks to Proposition 25, a ballot measure Democrats backed last year that gave them the power to pass a budget (but not raise taxes) with a simple majority, legislators will also forfeit their pay for every day after June 15 that they don't pass a budget.
The catch is that the budget they pass does not have to be enacted to meet the new standard. Simply sending a plan to the governor is good enough to keep their pay and benefits flowing. So the newly significant June 15 deadline might not be enough to break the stalemate.
For now, at least, even a governor with 40 years of political experience, including previous terms as governor, secretary of state, attorney general and mayor of Oakland, cannot seem to overcome the polarization that, with a few exceptions, has gripped the Capitol for decades.
Daniel Weintraub is editor of the California Health Report at www.calhealthreport.org
by Daniel Weintraub, California Health Report

Despite experience, Brown still flummoxed by Legislature

by Daniel Weintraub, California Health Report
March 31, 2011

When Jerry Brown was running for governor last year, he vowed to break the partisan deadlock that had prevented legislators from fixing California's yearslong budget mess. With his decades of experience in politics, including two previous terms as governor, Brown said he had the savvy it took to bring Republicans and Democrats together to find a solution.

But while candidate Brown warned that his opponent – political novice and former eBay executive Meg Whitman – would require "on the job training," all of his experience has yet to produce the results he promised. This week Brown announced in frustration that he had abandoned negotiations with Republicans aimed at calling a special election in June to ask voters to extend $11 billion in temporary taxes for another five years.

Although Democrats have the power to pass a budget on their own, with just a simple majority vote, raising taxes or going to the ballot would require a two-thirds majority, so they need to persuade at least a handful of Republicans to go along with their plan.

"The budget plan that I put forth is balanced between deep cuts and extensions of currently existing taxes, and I believe it is in the best interest of California," Brown said in statement released by his office. "Under our constitution, however, two Republicans from the Assembly and two from the Senate must agree before this matter can be put to the people. Each and every Republican legislator I've spoken to believes that voters should not have this right to vote unless I agree to an ever changing list of collateral demands."

Republicans, naturally, see things differently. They believe Brown and his fellow Democrats are blocking passage of the budget by refusing to negotiate with Republicans in good faith. Republicans say the Democrats are too wedded to the state's public employee unions to act independently on measures that might cut benefits to state and local government workers.

Those opposing views are the same talking points that have dominated Capitol politics for years. And they still rule the day despite a concerted effort by Brown to change the culture and, for a time, the tone of the debate.

Since taking office he has held several forums and face-to-face meetings around the state with government officials, business and labor leaders and other citizens, explaining the scope of the problem and outlining potential solutions.

Inside the Capitol he has met with legislators individually, in small groups and with their party caucuses. Shedding the trappings of the office that his predecessors have insisted upon, Brown has met with legislators in their own offices and elsewhere, often travelling with little security and without the armies of aides upon which other governors have relied.

During one late-night budget vote in the Assembly, Brown set up shop in a small office near the chambers, meeting with rank-and-file legislators to cajole them to vote for the package that he and legislative leaders had agreed upon.

And Brown did achieve part of a solution. On mostly party-line votes, Democrats approved more than $10 billion in budget cuts and fund shifts to address part of what has been defined as a $26 billion shortfall over the next 15 months. Brown convinced his fellow Democrats in the Legislature to vote for deep cuts in health programs, public assistance grants and higher education, hoping that doing so would entice Republicans into putting the tax extensions on the ballot.

But so far that has not happened, and the clock is ticking toward the June 15 deadline for passing a budget and the July 1 start of the new fiscal year. Without those tax extensions, the Democrats will be on the spot to pass the rest of the budget with cuts alone, at least until they can come up with an alternative way to get their tax measure on the ballot.

A cuts-only budget would likely result in deep reductions for the kindergarten-through-12th grade schools, which so far have been largely protected from the latest rounds of cuts. Universities, which are among the few programs unprotected by federal or court mandates, would also be vulnerable to additional cuts, as would local governments.

Republican legislators last week produced a list of 53 demands they were making in negotiations over the tax package, but it is clear that their top priorities are cuts in public employee pensions, a spending limit and regulatory relief for businesses.

Brown said he was willing to deal on those issues, but the differences between him and the Republicans remained significant.

On pensions, for example, Republicans want to put before the voters a measure that would roll back benefits, increase employee contributions to the pension fund and limit the taxpayer's liability for employees' retirement. Brown and his fellow Democrats appear willing only to enact reforms aimed at perceived abuses, such as employees "spiking" their pensions with inflated final-year salaries, or government executives pocketing pensions in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, sometimes worth more than they were paid while working.

On a spending limit, Republicans want a cap tied to the cost of living and population growth, with perhaps some easing once the state pays off its debts and builds a reserve equal to 10 percent of the general fund. Some Democrats have suggested a cap that would expire when the temporary tax increases expire in five years. They note that with state revenues having cratered in recent years, programs are starved of funding at the moment, so a spending cap based on this year's budget would leave services permanently stretched thin.

On regulations, Republicans are seeking changes that would subject new regulations and legislation to stricter cost-benefit analyses, exempt some commercial projects from full environmental review if they are in already-developed urban areas, and prevent last-minute environmental objections from tying up proposed development projects for months or even years. Democrats have not agreed to any of these proposals.

Brown called off the talks, he said, because Republicans were demanding too much, and asking for too many things that either were unrelated to the budget or would make the shortfall worse, including a corporate tax break that costs the state $1 billion a year.

The governor has not said what he will do next, but his options are limited. He could try to place the tax extensions on the ballot without the Republican votes needed for a two-thirds majority, but that approach is legally questionable. He could try to gather signatures to put the taxes before the people via a ballot initiative, but if he does that, the temporary taxes will expire before the vote, so he would be asking for tax increases rather than merely preserving the status quo. That's a much tougher sell.

In the meantime, Democrats face a June 15 deadline for passing a budget. Thanks to Proposition 25, a ballot measure Democrats backed last year that gave them the power to pass a budget (but not raise taxes) with a simple majority, legislators will also forfeit their pay for every day after June 15 that they don't pass a budget.

The catch is that the budget they pass does not have to be enacted to meet the new standard. Simply sending a plan to the governor is good enough to keep their pay and benefits flowing. So the newly significant June 15 deadline might not be enough to break the stalemate.

For now, at least, even a governor with 40 years of political experience, including previous terms as governor, secretary of state, attorney general and mayor of Oakland, cannot seem to overcome the polarization that, with a few exceptions, has gripped the Capitol for decades.

Daniel Weintraub is editor of the California Health Report at www.calhealthreport.org

This article first appeared on California Health Report and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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Embracing the Melodrama Part II #106: The Queen (dir by Stephen Frears)
Posted on June 6, 2015 by Lisa Marie Bowman
It recently occurred to me that, if you were so inclined, you could reconstruct the entire history of the British royal family by watching movies that have been nominated for best picture.
You would start, of course, by watching Becket. Then you'd move on to The Lion In Winter. After The Lion in Winter, you'll enjoy a double feature of Ivanhoe and The Adventures of Robin Hood. After that, it's time to watch Henry V. When it comes to Henry VIII, you've actually got three films to choose from: The Private Life of Henry VIII, A Man For All Seasons, or Anne of The Thousand Days. I suggest that you go with the Private Life of Henry VIII and then follow it up with a double feature of Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love. After that, you'll jump forward in time a bit. You'll watch The Madness of King George and Mrs. Brown because, even though neither was nominated for best picture, they both feature Oscar-nominated royal performances. Finally, you'll watch Chariots of Fire and The King's Speech. And, after all of that, you'll end things by watching the 2006 Best Picture nominee The Queen.
And what a way to end! The Queen is perhaps the best of the many Oscar-nominated films to be made about British royalty. While the Queen is rightly known for being the film that finally won the great Helen Mirren an Oscar, it's also a witty and frequently poignant look at how a group of entrenched people are forced to adapt to a changing world. It's a film that works not just because Helen Mirren gives a good performance in the role of Queen Elizabeth II but also because she humanizes Elizabeth, turning her into a character to whom viewers can relate.
The film opens with the death of Princess Diana in Paris. As the world mourns, the British royal family struggles with how to deal with the tragedy. Prince Charles (Alex Jennings) worries about the well-being of his sons. Prince Philip (James Cromwell) is rather haughtily unconcerned with how the general public feels about Diana or the rest of the royal family. The Queen Mother (Syliva Syms) continues to insist that the Royal Family is just as important as it has always been. Only Queen Elizabeth (Helen Mirren) seems to truly understand that the Royal Family cannot continue to cut itself off from the rest of the world. Even though Elizabeth understands that the world outside of Buckingham Palace has changed, she's still unsure about what her place in this new world will be.
Of course, not only does Elizabeth have to adjust with the changing values of the British public but she also has to deal with a new prime minister. Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) has been swept into office, pledging that he's going to "modernize" British society. While the politically savvy Blair is determined to treat Elizabeth with respect, some of his closest advisers do little to disguise the contempt with which they view the royal family. This include Tony's own wife, Cherie (Helen McCrory).
And so, while self-styled reformer Blair finds himself in the strange position of defending tradition, Elizabeth tries to figure whether those traditions still matter in changing times.
The Queen is a film that demands an intelligent audience, one that is capable of enjoying a film based solely on the basis of good acting and intelligent dialogue. The Queen's triumph is that it humanizes an iconic figure and reminds us that even the biggest events are both historical and personal. I have no idea whether the real Elizabeth is anything like the character played by Helen Mirren but I certainly hope she is.
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Embracing the Melodrama Part II #105: Million Dollar Baby (dir by Clint Eastwood)
(This review and the Spanish trailer below are dedicated to mi madre, who saw Million Dollar Baby when it was first released and told me that, even though the film had been nominated for lots of Oscars, I shouldn't watch it until I was in a better and more stable place emotionally. She was right.)
Two months ago, I started Embracing the Melodrama Part II. At the time, I announced that I would be reviewing 126 cinematic melodramas and I would get it all done in 3 weeks time! Well, here we are 8 weeks into it and we are just now approaching the finish line. That's okay, though. Even if it's taken me longer than I thought it would, I've still been having fun writing and sharing these reviews.
I've been posting these reviews in chronological order. Though it may be hard to remember, we started with a 1927 silent classic called Sunrise. From Sunrise, we've worked our way through history and we've taken a look at films that are both famous and obscure. And now, 104 reviews later, we finally reach the 2004 best picture winner, Million Dollar Baby.
When I first saw Million Dollar Baby, I had two reactions. On the one hand, I thought it was a great film. I thought it was a film that featured great performances and which gave me a chance to experience a world that I did not know much about. I thought to myself, "This is a film that future directors will cite as an influence. This is a film that proves that, even if he does sometimes make movies like Hereafter or Jersey Boys, Clint Eastwood still deserves to be known as a great American filmmaker." On the other hand, I thought to myself, "This film is so damn depressing that there's no way I'm ever going to watch it again."
And really, it is an amazingly sad film. When the film starts, of course, you don't think it's going to be sad. You think it's going to be your standard sports film, the one where the underdog beats the odds and becomes a champion. For one thing, the film is narrated by Morgan Freeman and Morgan's got that voice that makes you believe that there is some justice to the universe. Secondly, Hillary Swank is so appealing in the role of Maggie, a waitress who wants to become a boxer, that you just know she deserves a happy ending. At first, veteran trainer Frankie (Clint Eastwood) refuses to work with her but her determination wins him over. And soon, Frankie — who, in typical Clint movie fashion, has a strained relationship with his daughter — becomes a father figure for Maggie.
And as you watch Maggie find success as a boxer, you're so happy for her. I certainly was, despite the fact that I know next to nothing about boxing beyond the fact that it's something that I would never want to do. And when Clint starts to soften up to her, you're not surprised. After all, he's craggly old Clint Eastwood. He's scary but we all know he has a heart of gold. Add to that, Morgan Freeman's still telling the story and surely the voice of God would not allow anything bad to happen…
And then … tragedy. By the time that I finally saw Million Dollar Baby, I already knew the story's big twist. I knew that, as a result of a brutal fight, Maggie would be left paralyzed. I knew that she would beg Frankie to euthanize her. But seriously, imagine what a shock it must have been for audiences when this film first came out.
I mean, everything's going perfectly and then suddenly, it's not.
To a certain extent, I was jealous of those who got to see Million Dollar Baby without any advanced knowledge of the tragedy that defines the final third of the film. When I watched the film, I found myself dreading the thought of enjoying any of Maggie's triumphs because I knew what was going to happen. Those who watched the film with know knowledge may have been shocked but at least they got to believe, for a few scenes, that Maggie could find that perfect sports film ending.
Then again, Million Dollar Baby is a great film because it refuses the temptation to give us the ending that we all want and expect. Instead, it's a movie that celebrates the people who will be there for you even when thing's suddenly aren't perfect.
That's why Million Dollar Baby works as well as it does. Unfortunately, it's also why it's a film that I could only watch once.
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Scenes I Love: Saving Private Ryan
Posted on June 6, 2015 by Arleigh
Today marks the 71st Anniversary of the Normandy Landings on D-Day. As the day winds down I thought it best to share one of my favorite scenes from a film that tried to capture the chaos and death of the fateful day on June 6, 1944. The film in question is Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. This is the film which won him his second Best Director Oscar (I still think the film should've won Best Picture over Shakespeare In Love) and the film which helped redefine not just how war films were shot from 1998 on, but also de-glorify World War II on film.
This scene showed the opening moments of the D-Day Landings on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. It's a scene that's over 22-minutes in length and shows the utter chaos and destruction heaped on American troops as they attempted to land on the beach to take their objectives. While there have been war film before Saving Private Ryan that depicted war as the hell it truly is they were mostly about the Vietnam War. Rarely did we ever get a World War II-based war film which showed war in realistic fashion. Spielberg broke that taboo by making the battle scenes in his film — especially this extended opening sequence — done as realistic as possible without actually having people killed for real on-screen.
When this film first came out in the summer of 1998 no one knew what to make of it. This opening sequence became the talk of everyone who went to see the film. To say that they were shocked by what they saw was an understatement. Even now with over a decade since the film was released and people having seen this scene over and over again it still retain it's impact. It's not even the grand scale of the production required to film this action sequence which made this scene so memorable. It were the little things. Like a mortally wounded American GI crying out to his mother while trying to keep his blown out insides from spilling out. Then there's the scene of another young soldier praying furiously with his rosary beads as men around him die by the score.
This scene also showed what most World War II films of the past failed to do. It showed both sides behaving barbarically. In the past, only the Germans were shown in a bad light. In Saving Private Ryan, we see that American soldiers were also prone at shooting surrendering troops and/or not mercy-killing enemy soldiers being burned alive (actions that have been well-documented by historians). This scene also showed just how courageous the young men of this generation which Tom Brokaw has called "The Greatest Generation". Men who went off to war not for material gains, but for an idea that they had to stop evil (Nazi and Hitler) from taking all of Europe and, maybe, the world itself.
There's a reason why Saving Private Ryan is in my list for greatest films of all-time and why this scene remains one of my all-time favorites.
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Images of D-Day
Posted on June 6, 2015 by Dazzling Erin
Photograph by Robert F. Sargent
"The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you." — General Dwight D Eisenhower
Painting by Olin Downs
Painting by Harrison Standley
Photograph by Robert Capa
Painting by Simon Smith
Painting by Ken Riley
Painting by Joseph Gary Sheahan
"There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. You may be thankful that twenty years from now when you are sitting by the fireplace with your grandson on your knee and he asks you what you did in the great World War II, you won't have to cough, shift him to the other knee and say, Well, your Granddaddy shoveled shit in Louisiana." — General George S Patton Jr.
Painting by Manuel Bromberg
Painting by Laurence Beall Smith
"There's a graveyard in northern France where all the dead boys from D-Day are buried. The white crosses reach from one horizon to the other. I remember looking it over and thinking it was a forest of graves. But the rows were like this, dizzying, diagonal, perfectly straight, so after all it wasn't a forest but an orchard of graves. Nothing to do with nature, unless you count human nature." — Barbara Kingsolver
Photograph by Michael Osmenda
Photograph by Christine Cantera
"They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate." — President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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S H I S H I D O J O
Name: Shishido Jo
Born: December 6, 1933
Birthplace: Osaka, Japan
Key Nikkatsu films: "Hitori Tabi" (1962),
"Yaju no Seishun" (1963), "Nikutai no Mon" (1964),
"Minagoroshi no Kenju" (1967),
"Koroshi no Rakuin" (1967).
Ace Nikkatsu Action star, Shishido Jo is one of the most distinctive personalities in all of Japanese cinema. His singular looks, uniquely intense style of acting, and his uncanny ability (seeming almost a need) to surprise the audience have made him a top star in Japan for nearly half a century. Jo's life and career have proven to be one of the most consistently interesting in the history of filmed entertainment.
After graduating from high school in 1952, Shishido entered the Department of Art at Nihon University with the intention of majoring in Theater. Two years into his studies, however, he decided to answer Nikkatsu's first national call for new talent. His good looks, keen mind, and considerable acting talent resulted in his being selected as a charter member of Nikkatsu's first group of "star recruits" . Jo immediately withdrew from college and entered the "school" of Nikkatsu.
Jo made his screen debut in the 1955 release "Keisatsu-ki" ("Police Report"). Initially, he played the role of a handsome lover. However, at that time in Japan, cinematic Don Juan's were a dime-a-dozen and Shishido wasn't making much of an impact. Jo decided something major, perhaps even drastic, needed to be done. So, in keeping with his "do the unexpected" personal mission statement, he elected to undergo extreme plastic surgery to enhance his cheekbones in order to emerge as an impudent tough guy. This bold decision paid off when he won a major role in the 1958 film, "Moeru Nikutai" ("Burning Flesh"), which was released simultaneously with Ishihara Yujiro's classic "Arashi o Yobu Otoko" ("A Roaring Drummer"). From that point on, Jo's career skyrocketed!
At the height of the Hard-boiled, Nikkatsu Action boom of the late 50's and early 60's, there were very few films made by the studio in which Shishido Jo didn't appear as a pistol wielding tough guy! During this exciting period, Jo frequently co-starred, to great effect, with the powerful Akagi Keiichiro. One such Akagi/Shishido pairing, 1960's "Kenju Buraicho: Nukiuchi no Ryu" ("Gunslinger's Tale: Ryu the Fast Draw") led to an enjoyable and successful series of gunmen flicks. In these "Kenju" films, Shishido (and to some degree Akagi, as well) comes off as a super-suave, ultra-cool assasin, making one immediately think of the early James Bond films; yet, these Nikkatsu films predate United Artists' Bond pictures by a good two years!
Jo was also oftened paired with "Mr. Dynamite", Kobayashi Akira, with spectacular results. Among these couplings were the immensely popular Wataridori films in which Akira played a guitar-playing wanderer who always managed to end up in violent confrontations with gunman Jo. Some of these films were referred to as "Japanese Westerns" or, more accurately, mukokuseki ("no nationality" Westerns) with the characters frequently appearing in gunfighting "cowboy" gear--Stetson's and all!
It was during the production of the "Kenju" and "Wataridori" films that Jo began to work diligently to create a sense of what he called "unrealistic realism" within the action sequences. For example, he practiced constantly until he could really draw a gun in less than a second! This feat (of which he remains immensely proud) earned him the nickname of "Ace no Jo".
Jo's powerful screen presence , and his increasing popularity among action eiga fans of the early 60's, led Nikkatsu to begin creating tailor-made, star vehicles for him. True to their hyper-factory form, the projects were cranked out at an alarming speed. But, fearing that these films might become too formulaic, Jo constantly (and consciously) attempted to inject as much ferocious intensity, humor, and often outright weirdness, as possible into the sometimes "cookie-cutter" scripts written for him. Not surprisingly, he worked well with the maverick Nikkatsu director, Suzuki Seijun, with whom he shared the desire to uniquely entertain the audience. In fact, arguably, the best Suzuki films star Shishido Jo and likewise some of the best Jo films are Suzuki's.
Jo's constant need to stretch out and try different things led him to portray nearly every cinematic role imaginable, from gangsters and detectives, to buffoonish clowns and pirates, from world weary wanderers to (believe it!) Mexican bandits. Beyond his adventures in film, Jo also found time to persue a singing career, indulge in artistic endeavors, and even raise a family.
When Nikkatsu seemed on the verge of collapse in 1968, he began to appear in films by other companies (most notably Toei). By the early 70's, when Nikkatsu had gone predominately "Pink", Jo ducked out on them altogether.
Since the 1970s, Shishido has remained a popular figure in prime time TV shows mainly as a comedian. Especially, he was a popular host on the TV restaurant guide show "Kuishimbo Banzai" ("Hooray the Gourmets"), one of the longest running TV series in Japan. In the 1980's he won a national "Best Father" award (his son, Kai, is now a popular actor, too). He has written cook books and recently his own memoirs, and he has continued making films, having just released his 237th picture in February 2001. There seems to be no stopping the powerhouse that is Ace no Jo!
But, even if he hadn't continued to be highly active and visible, his original style of acting and unique contributions to a vast number of classic, hard-boiled, Nikkatsu Action films like "Colt wa Ore no Passport" ("Colt is my Passport"), "Koroshi no Rakuin" ("Branded to Kill"), "Yaju no Seishun" ("Youth of the Beast"), and "Mina-goroshi no Kenju" ("Pistol of Death"), would have served to render him unforgettable. Shishido Jo, master of the unexpected, and one of Nikkatsu's coolest of the cool.
SHISHIDO JO wa #1 da!!
Profile by Chris Casey and Tatsuya Fukushima for Yaju no Yabai Gumi.2001.
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The 3.56-acre parcel rimmed in yellow is eyed by developer John Reich for commerce from nearby Lake Nona. (Reich Properties)
The lure of Lake Nona has an Orlando developer seeking to buy and build in the area, providing the retail — as well as office — that follow a successful development.
John C. Reich of Reich Properties has approached Orlando city planners about building the maximum density, 35,000 square feet of commercial space, on 3.56 acres he has under contract two miles east of Lake Nona proper. Right now, the density allowance is 5,000 square feet.
Reich declined to confirm his contracted purchase price for the land. The last time it sold was in 2013, in a transfer for $15,100 to United Asset Holdings Residential, LLC, an agent for Valley National Bank, property records show.
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With its Oasis at Moss Park apartments leasing at a rapid pace, Picerne is lining up 108 adjacent acres to expand the project significantly.
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The land, already approved for commercial development, lies on Dowden Road, a connector between Narcoossee Road and Innovation Way.
Reich wants the opportunity to put offices, most likely medical, given Lake Nona's Medical City. He also want to put restaurants and retailers on the property.
The Lake Nona area is already flourishing with more building expected, and Reich's plans are the latest by builders and developers that want a chance at benefiting from the influx.
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Orlando-based restaurant chain Gator's Dockside paid $2.3 million on Jan. 27 for a 3.8-acre parcel on Narcoossee Road south of S.R. 417, where the company plans its 26th restaurant and an additional 33,000 square feet of future mixed-use development.
"There are thousands and thousands of homes being built there," Reich told GrowthSpotter on Thursday.
Specifically, Reich is seeking a an amendment to Village Center 3 of the East Park Planned Development.
The 3.56 acres have been approved for commercial use for a number of years. Once approved, Reich hopes to begin building in six to 12 months.
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Palestinian Child Day comes on 5 April of each year. On this day, the Palestinian community celebrates children, who represent the present and the future of Palestine. This year, once again, this occasion comes at a time when Palestinian children still suffer major Children's rights violations caused by the occupation. Yet, regardless of all those violations the Children of Palestine symbolize the beacon of hope in the midst of despair.


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"Without the challenging possibilities of introducing the element of play,
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quote: Paul Rand
I begin this research with a typeface you might recognize from Apple's iPod, back when it was a block of white and steel and we were still listening to the Red Hot Chili Peppers
The font is called Chicago, developed by Susan Kare in 1984 U.S.A. for Steve Jobs. Kare designed much of the icons still used today within the Apple software, like the command key used to save or undo. Actually, she found this image from Swedish road signs, where it is a symbol representing an attraction (command, pray). You remember also the smiley computer guy, pictured below with Kare's face.
In this Vimeo Video Susan Kare speaks about her design process and cites Paul Rand as an inspiration. Rand was a graphic designer and teacher, a big figure in the 60's and 70's in the U.S; He is responsible for many recognizable company logos that are still in use today, like FedEx with its hidden arrow and IBM. His designs often have a simple charm, like the UPS logo, of which Rand says he is "taking something that's traditionally seen as sacred, the shield, and sort of poking fun at it…by sticking a box on top of it is a seemingly frivolous gesture. The client, however, never considered it that way, and as it turned out the logo is meaningful because of that lighthearted intent." This lightheartedness, playing with symbols and poking fun, is at the core of Rand's design philosophy. We see that also in examples of his less corporate work, such as the two posters that follow below.
I find Rand an interesting life to learn from, because his career seemed a marriage between corporate success, sustained personal practice, and a real devotion to teaching. And play. He talks often about playing within the context of graphic design, and because of his commitment to teaching, he writes about how this principle of play can be applied in pulling out the potential of the student, or at least in allowing for the circumstances in which this can be possible.
I refer to one article in particular, <<Design and the Play Instinct,>> published in 1965 in the book Education of Vision. In the article Rand zeros in on the two basic factors a teacher must consider : "the kind of problem chosen for study" and "the way in which it is posed." He says that if a proposed problem involves too much emphasis on freedom and self-expression, the student will be indifferent, and the solution will in turn be meaningless. Instead he insists on proposing a problem with defined limits, implied or explicit disciplines that are conducive to the instinct of play, which will lead to an interested student and often a meaningful solution. What should be cultivated is "the ability to deal with problems in the simplest, most direct, and meaningful manner." How can this be done through play?
We do create by engaging in free exploration, in this particular space familiar to childhood. But play is not the only thing involved if you want to get something done.
What is necessary then are parameters-restrictions-limitations. Rules, in a way. You can play with a deck of cards without rules, maybe by throwing them up in the air or making stories about the kings and queens, but you won't be engaging in strategy and other faculties involved in a well-designed game. (Though we have the restrictions implicit in the design of a deck of cards: there are 52, 4 of each, 4 suits and 2 colors, a general size constraint. Limitation in some form is impossible to escape.)
In the article Rand specifies what these play restrictions can look like: the seven pieces of a Chinese tangram, for example, which include five triangles, one square and one rhombus. Within these parameters any arrangement of the forms is possible and you are given free range to play. If instead you were given a magical box full of an infinite number of shapes in an infinite number of sizes, you would first be presented with making decisions about what shapes you want to use, how many, what sizes, and so on. With a limitation already set you are free from these initial decisions and your energy can go directly to arranging the forms. This is the basic idea behind how limitations can create the ideal environment for play, and maybe eventually harmonious design.
In the linked video of Susan Kare above, she speaks of using the 16 by 16 grid in designing logos. This is a clear structure, lines of limitation within which possibilities of play are endless. Thinking back to Kare's typeface, we can say that alphabetical letters and other written symbols of language can also be seen as a grid or structure, within which graphic designers may play. The form of an "A" is more or less set, the parameters being that the form does not stray too far from our understanding of what an A is if we want the type to be readable. In thinking of visual letters and symbols as a structure, I propose the possibility of inverting the process of structure and play: what happens when a structure is imposed retrospectively? Instead of creating a 16 by 16 grid, can we play first? Then, with the grid of the letter A in mind, we create a new typeface.
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26. North Dakota
> Pct. of adults with at least a bachelor's degree: 30.7%
> Median earnings for bachelor's degree holders: $50,270 (25th lowest)
> Median household income: $61,843 (18th highest)
> 2017 unemployment: 2.6% (2nd lowest)
In North Dakota, 30.7% of adults have a bachelor's degree, less than the 32.0% national college attainment rate. While relatively few adults in North Dakota have a college degree, the state has a comparatively high concentration of high-paying opportunities for adults without a college education. A recent oil boom, which saw the annual production of crude oil in the state increase more than tenfold from 2006 to 2015, created a number of lucrative mining jobs that require just a high school diploma. Some 9.2% of workers in North Dakota are employed in the mining and agriculture sector, the second largest share of any state, and 7.9% are employed in construction, the fifth largest share. Overall, the median annual earnings for workers with just a high school education in North Dakota is $36,102, the highest such figure of any state.
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27. Wisconsin
> Median earnings for bachelor's degree holders: $51,162 (22nd highest)
> Median household income: $59,305 (22nd highest)
> 2017 unemployment: 3.3% (tied — 10th lowest)
Some 30.4% of adults in Wisconsin have a bachelor's degree, less than the 32.0% national share. The earning potential for individuals with a bachelor's degree is far higher than for those with less education, and the typical U.S. worker with a college degree earns approximately $22,000 more than the typical worker with a high school education. This can help explain why incomes in Wisconsin are slightly lower than incomes nationwide. The typical household in Wisconsin earns $59,305 a year, slightly less than the national median household income of $60,336.
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> Median earnings for bachelor's degree holders: $45,651 (9th lowest)
> Median household income: $52,594 (12th lowest)
Educational attainment in Florida has improved in recent years. From 2016 to 2017, the share of adults with a high school diploma improved from 87.4% to 88.4%, the fourth largest increase of any state. Over the same period, the share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree increased 1.1 percentage points from 28.6% to 29.7%, also one of the largest increases in the country — yet still below the national college attainment rate of 32.0%.
One pull factor for college graduates moving to Florida may have been the state's high concentration of advanced, high-paying industries. Some 7.7% of the workforce is employed in finance and insurance, and 13.1% in professional scientific, and management services, each the seventh largest share of any state. According to a November 2015 study by the Population Studies Center of the University of Michigan, 80.9% of college graduates in Florida are from out-of-state, the fourth largest share in the country.
29. Texas
> Median earnings for bachelor's degree holders: $54,211 (15th highest)
> Median household income: $59,206 (23rd highest)
> 2017 unemployment: 4.3% (tied — 23rd highest)
Some 29.6% of adults in Texas have a bachelor's degree, below the national average of 32.0%. The earnings potential for college graduates is far higher than for individuals with lower levels of education, and nationwide workers with a college degree earn approximately $22,000 more per year than workers with just a high school diploma. The low college attainment rate in Texas may partially contribute to the state's low income level. The typical household in Texas earns $59,206 a year, slightly less than the national median household income of $60,336.
30. Arizona
> Median earnings for bachelor's degree holders: $51,197 (21st highest)
> Median household income: $56,581 (23rd lowest)
> 2017 unemployment: 4.9% (tied — 9th highest)
Arizona adults are slightly less likely to have a college education than American adults overall. In the state, 29.4% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, compared to the 32.0% of adults nationwide. One factor contributing to Arizona's low college attainment rate may be the state's unhealthy job market, which can deter college graduates from moving to the state. Arizona's unemployment rate is one of the highest in the country at 4.9%, much greater than the U.S. unemployment rate of 4.4%.
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Sometimes I struggle for something to blog about. Sometimes (like the last few weeks) I've been busy/not had the motivation/been lazy/just been playing Assassins Creed too much to blog.
And sometimes life makes it really really easy to write.
Google News is a news aggregator, that pulls together various news reports and puts them in one place for easy reading. And I use it all the time, at least once a day I'll be on there seeing what's happening in the world.
I'm just interested in what are the "top stories" at the moment.
Number one - delays on the UK Government decision to build an expansion to an airport - well, I wholly understand that being a top news story, my understanding is that the UK is apparently very restricted on the number of air journeys it can handle (at least around London) and needs more capacity - but of course that causes a great deal of environmental damage, costs a lot of money, causes disruption and so on, so it's something a lot of people have strong opinions on.
Number two is an article about the ethics of banning Donald Trump from your country. As I write this on the UK Government Petitions website there is a petition, signed by very nearly half a million people (and I wouldn't be surprised if by the time I post this the petitioned had passed that mark), to ban Donald Trump from entering the UK. So yes, it's certainly current news.
I guess while Google News makes it easy to get updates, it isn't quite the sole source of news information we should all rely upon just yet.
No news is good news. And often I've noticed that Google New is no news at all.


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Q: Configure sendmail to clone all outgoing email is there a way to configure sendmail similar to postfix'
always_bcc=bcc@localhost.localdomain

?

A: Have a look at this milter: http://www.five-ten-sg.com/sm-archive/

A: You could use MIMEDefang, look for: add_recipient
MIMEDefang is at http://www.mimedefang.org/

A: I was hoping to find a solution that didn't require a milter, but it seems that this is not possible.  For just cloning e-mails to a particular mailbox (possibly remote) you could use the milters suggested by others here; I needed to actually create a clone of the SMTP streams to another MTA.  The best solution that I found was the mailforward milter.  Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work in our Sendmail environment (maybe related to graylisting?)
There's a more complete list of possible solutions at milter.org, including the commercial ($90) milter-bcc, but since the milter API provides a mechanism to add envelope recipients (without making any other changes to the message), I was able to just code up a very minimal milter that adds a fixed recipient to all messages, and then accepts them:
/*
 * Sendmail milter to add an additional (bcc) envelope recipient
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sysexits.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

#include "libmilter/mfapi.h"

#ifndef bool
# define bool   int
# define TRUE   1
# define FALSE  0
#endif /* ! bool */

char *connsock;
char *bcc;

sfsistat
bccfi_eom(ctx)
     SMFICTX *ctx;
{
    if (smfi_addrcpt(ctx, bcc) != MI_SUCCESS)
        fprintf(stderr, "smfi_addrcpt failed\n");
    return SMFIS_ACCEPT;
}

struct smfiDesc bccfilter =
{
    "add_bcc",  /* filter name */
    SMFI_VERSION,   /* version code -- do not change */
    SMFIF_ADDRCPT,  /* flags */
    NULL,       /* connection info filter */
    NULL,       /* SMTP HELO command filter */
    NULL,       /* envelope sender filter */
    NULL,       /* envelope recipient filter */
    NULL,       /* header filter */
    NULL,       /* end of header */
    NULL,       /* body block filter */
    bccfi_eom,  /* end of message */
    NULL,       /* message aborted */
    NULL,       /* connection cleanup */
#if SMFI_VERSION > 2
    NULL,       /* unknown SMTP commands */
#endif /* SMFI_VERSION > 2 */
#if SMFI_VERSION > 3
    NULL,       /* DATA command */
#endif /* SMFI_VERSION > 3 */
#if SMFI_VERSION > 4
    NULL        /* Negotiate, at the start of each SMTP connection */
#endif /* SMFI_VERSION > 4 */
};

static void
usage(prog)
    char *prog;
{
    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s SOCKET_PATH BCC_ADDR\n", prog);
}

int
main(argc, argv)
     int argc;
     char **argv;
{
    char *socket;
    bool rmsocket = FALSE;
    struct stat status;

    if (argc != 3)
    {
        usage(argv[0]);
        exit(EX_USAGE);
    }

    socket = argv[1];
    bcc = argv[2];

    if (smfi_setconn(socket) == MI_FAILURE)
    {
        (void) fprintf(stderr, "smfi_setconn failed\n");
        exit(EX_SOFTWARE);
    }

    /* attempt to remove existing socket, if possible */
    if (stat(socket, &status) == 0 && S_ISSOCK(status.st_mode))
    {
        unlink(socket);
    }

    if (smfi_register(bccfilter) == MI_FAILURE)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "smfi_register failed\n");
        exit(EX_UNAVAILABLE);
    }

    return smfi_main();
}

You still need to compile and install this (along with initscript or systemd unit to start it up before Sendmail after reboots) and configure Sendmail to use this milter, so it's still rather painful compared to the equivalent add_bcc in postfix (or "unseen" router config in Exim), but that's Sendmail for you.

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Here we have a unit that's been in development for quite a while, the inspiration comes from old timer's methods whereby they would trench a bank and push buckets of back towards the wall to clear the trench of overburden then pan off what was left.
The idea of having the processing capacity of a highbanker without the additional cost and complexity of a floating hopper and moving parts was attractive and what we have ended up with is a forward classifying system which can be bucket fed or can be used with a spray bar and 3000GPH bilge pump or petrol pump.
The unit is ideal for miners wanting to reduce concentrates from primary recovery equipment.
The system is made up of three main parts, the under pressure processing area up the top which is a small tile of backed miners moss with our rolled and polished expanded mesh, followed by a nugget clamp and another section of covered with mesh.
Of course this unit is designed and suited to fit the 8 inch dream mat so you can optionally add a dream mat o have this unit as standard with mesh and moss.
The third component is our forward classifying punch plate and screen rail which allows the user to scrape rocks downward and in the same direction as the sluice, the bump rail makes it easy to avoid oversized rocks falling back into the sluice.
The processing area in this system makes it perfect for gemstone processing with its great cleaning and manual sorting design.
The legs are a universal height and pitch adjustable leg kit which we are very proud to have released last year. They will suit any sluice from 6 to 14 inches wide and can be used across GOLD RAT's full product range.


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Movies Like Mad Max: Fury Road Recommendations
By Kenny Leng Entertainment
Mad Max: Fury Road was quite a stunning movie. Here is a list of movies like Mad Max: Fury Road. This is in no particular order.
Ex Machina(2015)
A young coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private retreat belonging to the reclusive CEO of the company. One arrival he learns that he must participate in a bizarre experiment which involves interacting with the world's first true artificial intelligence, which comes in the form of a beautiful female robot.
Doomsday(2008)
When the first outbreak of the Reaper virus hit Scotland, Eden Sinclair was one of the last to escape containment and had to leave her mother behind. Twenty-five years later, Maj. Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) leads a team back into the hot zone to find a counteragent to the virus, which has re-emerged in London. She and her comrades wage a desperate battle for survival against feral survivors, as they try to prevent it from ushering in a new dark age.
After Earth(2013)
People were forced to leave Earth a millennium ago to establish a new home on Nova Prime. Now, Gen. Cypher Raige (Will Smith) heads Nova Prime's most-prominent family. Cypher's teenage son, Kitai (Jaden Smith), feels enormous pressure to follow in his father's legendary footsteps — which strains their relationship. Cypher and Kitai set out on a trip to mend their bond, but when their craft crashes on Earth's hostile surface, each must trust the other greatly — or perish.
Friday the 13th(2009)
Against the advice of locals and police, Clay (Jared Padalecki) scours the eerie woods surrounding Crystal Lake for his missing sister. But the rotting cabins of an abandoned summer camp are not the only things he finds. Hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees lies in wait for a chance to use his razor-sharp machete on Clay and the group of college students who have come to the forest to party.
Godzilla(2014)
Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe (Bryan Cranston). Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.
The Mummy Returns(2001)
Ten years after the events of the first film, Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) O'Connell are settled in 1935 London, where they are raising their son. When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) resurrected, the O'Connells go on a desperate race to save the world from unspeakable evil and to rescue their son before it is too late.
Dawn of the Planet of Apes(2014)
Ten years after simian flu wiped out much of the world's homosapiens, genetically enhanced chimpanzee Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his ever-growing band of followers have established a thriving colony just outsideSan Francisco in Muir Woods. Meanwhile, a small band of human survivors emerges, which forces Caesar — as leader — to grapple with the dual challenge of protecting his people and re-establishing a relationship with the remaining human population — the latter being Caesar's secret wish.
There you have it folks. These movies should keep you entertained and perhaps even start a movie marathon!
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National Theatre Live Screening: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Saturday, May 20, 2017 | 7pm
East Hampton, New York 11937
http://www.guildhall.org/events/?id=1121&mode=id
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter, The Woman in Black), Joshua McGuire (The Hour) and David Haig (Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Witness for the Prosecution) star in Tom Stoppard's brilliantly funny situation comedy, broadcast live from The Old Vic theatre inLondon. David Leveaux's new production marks the 50th anniversary of the play that made a young Tom Stoppard's name overnight. Against the backdrop of Hamlet, two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, take centre stage. As the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of Shakespeare's iconic drama, they become increasingly out of their depth as their version of the story unfolds.
Tickets at GuildHall.org; Box Office 2 hours prior to curtain; 631.324.4050; Theatermania.com; or 1.866.811.4111.
General Admission: $18 ($16 Members)
The John Drew Theater in the Dina Merrill Pavilion at Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937, 631.324.0806; GuildHall.org


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 Montefiorino – město v severní Itálii.
 Partyzánská republika Montefiorino – státní útvar existující v roce 1944.

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Well first off who needs air capability? Including planes in an FPS game just reduces the size of the firefights in my opinion also I think the only way to include air fights is if they flew in schwarms and not lone wolfing around like they do. I think the same with ARMA 2.
If you delete air capability then you have a lot of games to chose from.
Well, the unreal engine for one. DH1 which is based off the old Ut2004 version and it is more than possible to have up to 64 people + ( I think the 29th server has up to 70 slots now) as well as some basic plane code. A few people have tried to get planes in RO1 I believe the Revenge of the Turul Mod has a flying Stuka "G" (the Stuka B model static mesh with a cannon mesh under wings) in one of their maps.
Plane warfare should be left for the simulations. After playing IL-2 Stumovik I just laugh at the arcadeness of all other WW2 games with planes.
I always thought being able to call in AI planes would be cool. Like calling in Stukas to bomb somewhere.
Ha, FH3? Never. BF3 isn't moddable, at all.
That game is like impossible to lag.
Ever since the initial release of Forgotten Hope 2, the only main armies featured on our North African maps were the British, Italians, and Germans. We are pleased to announce that in the next patch, the United States Army will be joining that list!
The first new map that was shown is takes the players to Eritrea in east africa for the first time.
To make the map unique, several new British and Italian early war assets were created.
Any multiplayer videos from this new release? I'm interested in how much different FH2 plays than the versions I played in the past.
Depends on which versions you played. There are lots of gameplay videos from the latest public version.
Up first we have a brand new aircraft-mounted, German machine gun, the Mauser MG81.
Intended to replace the older, magazine-fed MG15, the MG81 was a belt-fed, aircraft-based machine gun in production from 1940 to 1945. It saw use as both a single and twin mount (MG 81Z) in various Luftwaffe aircraft, including the new Ju87 D-1 Trop shown below. The MG81 was made by Herc and exported by Kev4000.
Our next two renders are of an updated version of an aircraft that has long since been in FH2. It is the Ju87 D-1 Trop.
The Junkers Ju-87 D-1 came into service shortly after the Battle of Britain, and included several improvements over previous versions. Such changes included a better cockpit, more armor, an increased bomb-load, a more powerful engine, and a rear-facing MG 81Z for protection. The Ju-87 D-1 Trop was made by K96, AceS, and Herc, and was exported by Kev4000.
Today we are very excited to reveal something that has been sitting idle in our "vault" for quite some time now. It is the Curtiss-Wright P-40E Kittyhawk!
The P-40 was a single-seat, all-metal fighter/ground-attack plane that was developed by the American, Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Its design was nothing more than an updated version of the earlier, Curtiss P-36 Hawk. Armed with 6x .50 M2 Browning machine guns, the P-40 saw extensive use 28 different air forces, across a host of different battlefields. Known to the British as the "Kittyhawk", the P-40 would play a critical role in North Africa, providing close air support. Nearly 14,000 P-40s were built by the time production ceased in November of 1944. The P-40E Kittyhawk was originally made by Rad and Lobo, finished by Herc, and exported by Stubbfan.
It has been a few weeks since our last update, and to make up for that, we have an update that is jam packed full of new content. To kick things off, we have a render of a new type of grenade for the common US infantry solider; the Mk. III A1 Offensive Hand Grenade!
The Mk. III was a concussion grenade, and was designed to incapacitate targets through the pressure and impulses produced when the grenade exploded. The weapon contained 8oz. of TNT and would often throw large fragments of the fuze assembly and surrounding material up to ranges 200m, despite the fact that the Mk. III was not a fragmentation grenade. The large explosions produced by this grenade made it not only successful against enemy soldiers, but also as an effective tool for blasting and demolition. The Grenade Hand, Offensive Mk. III A1 was made by Herc and Toddel.
Up next we have a render of the first ever machine gun that was fired from an aircraft; the Lewis Aircraft Gun!
The Lewis gun in its aerial configuration was used extensively on British and French aircraft during the First World War. Its popularity came from being light-weight, air-cooled, and the fact that it could be fitted with 97-round drum magazines. By World War II however, the Lewis Gun was largely replaced on aircraft by the Vickers Gun, which could achieve twice the firing rate of the Lewis. However, the weapon was still used on some British and US Army aircraft, and in FH2, the Lewis Gun will be present on the back of the Hawker Hardy. The Lewis Aircraft Gun was made by Herc and exported by Kev4000.
Our next render is of a new aircraft for the American pilots serving in the harsh deserts of North Africa; the Supermarine Spitfire Mk. Vb Trop!
Although the Spitfire had already proved successful in the RAF, the Sptifire was used to equip the 4th, 31st, and 52nd fighter groups of the USAAF in the summer of 1942. The Spitfire Mk. Vb Trop was created by Rad, textured by Toddel and Herc, and exported by ctz.
In 1939, several changes were made to the design of the existing Hurricane. These included a new powerplant, the Merlin III, a new metal propeller, new radios, and Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) equipment. Additionally, the aircraft was armed with eight, closely grouped .303" machine guns which provided an excellent field of fire. During combat, it was discovered that the Hurricane's fuel tanks were vulnerable to machine gun fire from enemy bombers, which could then ignite the aircraft mid flight. However, despite this the Hurricane would go on to be extremely successful during the Battle of Britain and would ultimately down more aircraft than the Spitfire. The Hawker Hurricane Mk. I was made by Lobo and textured by Lobo and Herc.
This week we have a render of some long requested playermodels. The 101st Airborne Division has finally dropped onto the battlefield!
Activated on 16th August 1942, the 101st had "no history, but it had a rendezvous with destiny." The division was shipped over the Atlantic in preparation for the invasion of France. The 101st were given the task of dropping onto the Cotentin Peninsula and securing vital objectives such as the causeways leading off Utah Beach and bridges and locks along the Douve River. The drops were scattered and it took several days before the division was organised and had completed its objectives.
The division dropped again during Operation Market Garden, where it secured several bridges between Nijmegen and Eindhoven. After 72 days combat, the division was pulled back to France for rest and relaxation, which was cut short by the German offensive through the Ardennes. Besieged at the crossroads town of Bastogne, the 101st refused to surrender and despite critical shortages of ammunition and medical supplies they held on until the siege was broken by Patton's 3rd Army. No member of the 101st has ever agreed that the division needed to be rescued.
Their last action in Europe was the capture of the Berghof. The 101st received 2 Presidential Unit Citations and suffered 2090 killed and 6388 wounded. The playermodels were modelled by Pointblank, with heads by Zero and kits by Remdul.
Although this comes a full year after the last release, we think that the many changes that have been made in this time will make version 2.45 well worth the wait. Remember to stay tuned throughout the week for more information and of course the all important final part this Friday.
We would also like to give a special 'thank you' to our beta testing team. Without their continued support and dedication, there would be no FH2 as we know it.
As well as the release date, today we'd like to tell you about the third and final map that features in version 2.45. This time we find ourselves on the flat and dusty landscape of Tunisia. In attack and counterattack, both sides will have a helping hand from the abundant flora that makes this landscape so different from the sandy wastes you might be more familiar with. The map Sidi Bou Zid was made by Lili Marlene.
We'd like to start today's update with a trailer made by betatester Kubador. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
While you are watching the trailer, why not prepare yourself for tomorrow's release by downloading the passworded torrent files. The password to extract and install these files will be released tomorrow at the same time as the non-passworded direct download links. You will need a bittorrent program to download these files, many of these can be downloaded for free.
The following torrent contains everything you will need to play Forgotten Hope 2.45. Unfortunately, there is no patch from 2.4 to 2.45. The torrent contains two password protected RAR archives containing the installers, when the time comes you will need to extract both and install them.
This mod had endless potential. Too bad it compromised everything with arcade gameplay, "nothing what I do or lose matters" style of asset use and ridiculously small maps.