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I Watched Rock of Ages so You Don't Have To
October 1st, 2012 at 2:00pm
Rock of Ages comes out on DVD on October 9, and someone at Warner Bros., I guess seeing all the positive coverage we did for the movie, sent me a promo copy. So me and my friend Jack Daniels actually sat down to watch and give you a blow-by-blow of the entire thing, which, as it turns out, is not just bad, but also racist and sexist. SCORE!
I hope it's more fun for you to read about Rock of Ages than it was for me to watch it.
:00 – The movie opens with Russell Brand's voice over Guns N' Roses' "Paradise City." This must be what it feels like to have bipolar disorder.
:29 – Scientology Jones' horrible auto-tuned version of the GN'R classic plays over opening credits. I gonna hafta start drinking immediately if I'm going to make it through this.
:35 – We learn the movie takes place in 1987. This should be interesting.
1:34 – Julianne Hough on a bus with a suitcase full of hair metal vinyls. For no discernible reason, she pulls out a photo of her as a child with some lady, looks at it, then turns it around and reads a hand-written note signed, "Grandma." The exposition in this movie is going to be expertly handled, I can tell.
1:44 – Julianne begins to sing "Sister Christian" on the bus. Bus driver looks in the rear view mirror at her and joins in; soon other randoms on the bus join in as well. Clearly, everyone except maybe Julianne is lip-synching to someone else's voice, I guess because the actual singers didn't look right for the part, although you wonder why they didn't just hire actors who had the right look and can sing. It's not impossible –Broadway does it all the time.
1:54 – It's like a choir of robots. Not a single note of these vocals have remained untouched by technological hands.
2:37 – Little girl on the bus turns to Julianne and sings the line, "You'll be alright tonight." I finally give in and pour my first whiskey.
3:27 – Julianne gets off the bus and starts singing David Lee Roth's "Just Like Paradise" while walking wide-eyed down Hollywood Boulevard. Like the beginning of the "Welcome to the Jungle" video, only abysmal.
4:00 – Hookers sing the part of the song that goes, "You were meant for this when you were born." They're actually being reasonably clever about how they use the songs, but again, it doesn't matter because a) they all sound like fucking WALL•E (ooh, I wish I were watching that instead), and b) four minutes into the movie, and I have no fucking idea why I'm watching this girl or should care. Because she's pretty and she wants to be famous? Yeah, that's relatable. Assholes.
4:30 – Penis Face who makes Brett Michaels look masculine breaks into Poison's "Nothing But a Good Time." Second whiskey poured.
5:41 – Russell Brand may actually not be auto-tuned. Holy shit, if he's the best thing about this movie, I am going to need a bigger bottle of whiskey.
6:28 – Good news: Alec Baldwin is also not auto-tuned. Bad news: Alec Baldwin cannot sing. Good news: he basically talks his way through his part.
6:38 — I wonder how a young Alec Baldwin would have reacted to the news that someday he'd be singing Poison for a living. Suicide, I imagine.
7:30 – Julianne gets mugged. I'm rooting for the mugger because I still have no idea why I should care about this woman.
7:45 – Penis Face, who is apparently an aspiring musician (you can tell because Russell Brand referred to him as "an aspiring musician" in the previous scene — again, terrific handling of the exposition) and Julianne meet cute when Penis Face fails to save Julianne from the mugging. "He took my records!" Julianne cries. I saw what you had in the suit case, he did you a favor.
8:18 – They're both singers OMG adorable kill me.
8:20 – Penis Face works at The Bourbon Room. I wonder what venue that's modled on.
9:00 – Penis Face to Julianne: "Do you need a job? I could ask Denis Dupree, my boss." Because when you offer to try and get someone a job, you always include your boss' full name. Seriously, they're not even trying to be subtle with these details. I'm shocked Penis Face doesn't turn to the camera and whisper, "I'm talking about Alec Baldwin."
Side note: It took THREE FUCKING SCREENWRITERS to adapt this crap. Their respective previous credits include Adam Sandler's Just Go with It, the story-free Iron Man 2, and nothing you've ever heard of. This movie was fucking doomed from the start.
9:14 – Joke about how hair metal dudes look like girls. Fair enough.
9:34 – Joke about how Michael Jackson "looks a bit pale" recently.
9:35 – I am drunk.
10:00 – Alec Baldwin calls Julianne "a flaming dipshit." I laugh out loud for the first time.
11:00 – Baldwin hires Julianne as a waitress despite his assessment of her. Exposition about how tomorrow is the last show of a band called Arsenal whose lead singer is going solo. I assume this going to be Scientology Jones' character.
11:10 – Bryan Cranston is in this movie as a conservative politician. Did Bryan Cranston lose a bet? He's on this massively successful television series, but his film roles are universally awful.
11:30 – Oh, he's supposed to be Al Gore, I get it now. Catherine Zeta-Jones is Tipper.
13:00 – Alec and Russell watch Al and Tipper on television; once upon a time Al was Alec's "best customer." "What happens to people?" Alec wonders unironically.
14:00 – Scene in a recreation of the old Tower Records while a Skid Row song that wasn't released until two years after the movie takes place plays in the background. Still the best part of the movie so far.
15:00 – Alec, Russell, and Penis Face sing "I Love Rock N' Roll," thus demonstrating why Joan Jett is a lesbian.
16:00 – All the dancing in this movie was filmed with medium shots or close-ups so you can't actually see anything. This is one clever director, boy let me tell you.
17:00 – Penis Face reveals he has stage fright. I wonder where this is going? More whiskey.
17:35 – Penis Face asks Julianne out on a date and she agrees, I guess because this dude was nice to her and she doesn't know anyone else in LA? There's been no real work done to establish their relationship so I have to chalk this up to "Attractive people like to fuck each other," which is actually the truth.
18:24 – Tipper tells Al she wants to shut down The Bourbon, because "if you cut off the head the body will die." SCIENCE!
19:00 – First immigrant bus boy joke.
19:17 – Alec Baldwin tells Russell Brand he's in financial trouble and needs the Scientology Jones show to go well or he'll go out of business, because, as we all know, venues are made or destroyed based on the success or failure of one show.
19:20 – Russell Brand reveals that Scientology Jones is basically Axl Rose — a total prick who never shows up for shit.
19:25 – Joke about sowing up Debbie Harry's vagina. Fun fact: Alec Baldwin was in a movie with Debbie Harry the year Rock of Ages takes place.
20:00 – Introducing Paul Giamatti as Doc McGhee. CELL PHONES WERE SO LARGE IN THE '80s. HILARIOUS.
21:00 – Water. It's getting harder to type.
21:30 – Introduction of Scientology Jones laying under a pile of beautiful naked women and wearing this:
"This will disprove the rumors about me!" Scientology Jons thought as he prepared for the scene.
22:00 – Scientology Jones' ass cheeks. Back to whiskey.
23:00 – Al Gore is fucking his assistant. Poor Tipper.
23:14 – Okay, CZJ's voice is actually really good, and she doesn't sound especially robotic. Fuck me naked with a spoon.
24:00 – This dancing looks pretty complicated. Probably took a long time to learn. Good thing the director won't let us see much of it.
24:45 – Bryan Cranston spanked with a ruler. Okay he definitely lost a bet.
25:42 – Second immigrant bus boy joke.
27:00 – Only at the end of Act 1 and I am out of whiskey. I might try to make gutrot from rubbing alcohol.
28:00 – Penis Face's motor scooter makes the same amount of motor noise as a Harley would. Applause for the foley department!
28:30 – Penis Face and Julianne bond over dreams of being famous. I am so pulling for these kids.
31:00 – First kiss between Penis Face and Julianne. She then decides to try and help him with stage fright. It just occurred to me that while having a main character in a musical with stage fright may not be a terrible idea, the logic seems whacky because we've already seen him sing in public like eight times. I'm never really clear on the rules of the world in which musicals exist, but I always assumed the characters knew they were singing and dancing and that was just, like, somehow part of life in their universe. But I guess not? I have now spent too much time thinking about this.
32:30 – Obligatory romcom montage.
33:30 – "OH NO OUR OPENING ACT QUIT!" Alec Baldwin seems bizarrely upset by this news. Then Julianne convinces him to hire Penis Face because "no one cares about the opening act." Alec Baldwin concurs, thus negating everything he just said ten seconds ago. WRITING!
34:39 – Penis Face is told he can play three songs. Unless he's in Between the Buried and Me, that is the shortest support act set ever.
35:00 – Julianne sings Extreme's "More Than Words," which came out in 1991, and is about a guy who wants his girlfriend to give it up more (thus expressing her love with, you guessed it, more than words). I'm not clear how it's intended here, though, since we just saw in that montage that Julianne and Penis Face have already copulated a LOT. So what else does she want, her face tattooed on his chest?
36:37 – Penis Face plays Warrant's "Heaven," Jani Lane rolls in his grave.
40:00 – Scientology Jones enters The Bourbon with a monkey in a leather coat.
43:00 – Malin Akerman is supposed to be a journalist, which is only slightly more believable than when Denise Richards played a nuclear physicist in that one James Bond movie.
45:00 – Scientology Jones has made the brilliant acting choice that his character never speaks above a whisper, which does not make him at all difficult to understand. Whassa matter, the Bane mask wasn't available?
46:00 – This scene has been going on for three minutes and has been almost entirely exposition. Again, almost halfway through the movie.
47:00 – RoboCruise sings Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive." Here I come, rubbing alcohol!!!
48:24 – We're supposed to interpet this song as Scientology Jones' explanation for why being famous is so hard. This whole movie is about famous douchebags justifying their existence and kids who want to grow up to be famous douchebags. There is not a single relatable character in the whole thing. Again, hard to believe people didn't love this movie!
50:00 – Julianne, who is allegedly the protagonist of this movie, re-enters it after a fifteen minute absence.
51:00 – Just realized Julianne is not the girl from Heroes.
51:30 – SPEAK UP, TOM CRUISE, I CAN'T FUCKING UNDERSTAND A WORD YOU ARE SAYING YOU STUPID PIECE OF SHIT.
51:55 – Oh, poor Will Forte. He deserves better than this.
53:30 – Malin Akerman explains to Scientology Jones what an entitled shit he is; consequently, he kicks all his yes men and groupies out of the room but allows Malin to stay. I wonder if that would have worked on the real Axl Rose.
54:17 – I really wish I could play you all the audio of Scientology Jones' dialogue. This is so, so much worse than what Tom Hardy did in The Dark Knight Rises. I'm considering turning on the subtitles just so I can understand what the hell he's saying.
55:00 – RoboCruise and RoboMalin sing "I Wanna Know What Love Is." They met ten minutes ago and they're in love. BEST. MOVIE. EVER.
57:00 – Malin demonstrates her love by tearing Scientology Jones' pants off with her teeth.
58:00 – Amazing sex scene where, unless the characters' genitals are supposed to be magic or something, no actual intercourse takes place.
59:17 – Malin Akerman worries what fucking Scientology Jones will do to her journalistic credibility and runs out of the room, but doesn't put her clothes back on first despite there being like a gajillion people standing just on the other side of the door, I guess to make really sure that everyone knows she fucked him.
1:01:00 – Penis Face's stage fright almost gets the best of him, but he recovers with Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock."
1:03:00 – Doc McGhee likes what he sees. So, to review, Penis Face had stage fright, which we never actually saw impede his success, and which he overcame after a few seconds, and now he's going to be famous. They have completely robbed his story of all conflict. This is like Storytelling 101 shit. FUCK.
1:04:30 – Thirty seconds after coming off stage, Penis Face has turned into a petulant dick who blows off Julianne.
1:06 – RoboCruise sings Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me." Holy shit, this asshole has a lot of songs in this movie.
1:10:19 – Doc McGhee screws Alec Baldwin out of money. Again, since we do not give two fucks about this character, it's hard to feel anything about this plot development.
1:11:30 – Julianne finds a new waitress job, but quits after some dude gooses her. In Hollywood. In 1987. Sheesh.
1:12:00 – HOLY SHIT, THERE'S A BLACK PERSON IN THIS MOVIE. Up until now the only non-white person on screen was the immigrant bus boy.
1:13:00 – Just realized it's Mary J. Blige. She's apparently playing this movie's version of Bagger Vance — the Hollywood archetype that is commonly referred to as "The Magical Negro." This movie is still less racist than Transformers or Avatar, though.
1:14:00 – Bagger Blige hires Julianne, the girl who quit her waitressing job because some dude grabbed her ass, as a stripper, a profession which guarantees your ass will never be grabbed. Unless you're literally rubbing it on some dude's cock during a lap dance. That's much better than being goosed.
1:17:00 – We learn that Tipper used to be a groupie and she fell in love with Scientology Jones and he fucked her and split and now that's why she's a heinous nag. PSYCHOLOGY!
1:19:00 – For the first time in my life, I hate Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again."
1:21:00 – OH MY GOD WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ALEC BALDWIN'S CHARACTER IF HE CAN'T PAY HIS BILLS???
1:22:00 – I decided rotgut was a bad idea so I called the booze delivery people and hopefully they'll get here soon.
1:22:30 – WOW. So it turns out that Alec and Russell have secretly been in love with another the whole time, and they then confess that love while doing a duet of REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling." BEST PLOT TWIST IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA.
1:24:00 – Alec and Russell share the most convincing kiss in the movie so far, because at least they've known each other for more than ten seconds and so we can believe that they may actually love one another…
1:24:10 – …and this nice moment is promptly undermined by an immigrant bus boy joke.
1:24:55 – Bagger Blige teaches Julianne how to be a stripper to a soundtrack of Journey. This is the first realistic moment in the entire movie.
1:25:50 – Doc McGhee shops Penis Face around to the record labels, but they all pass because "rock is dead." Again, this movie takes place in 1987, when Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet was #1 on the Billboard charts for seven weeks, making it the highest selling album of the year. I know they're not going for stark realism here, but they could at least try to have the movie make sense, for fuck's sake.
1:26:40 – Julianne wears more clothes when she's being a stripper than she does in any other scene in the entire movie.
1:27:00 – They try to reinvent Penis Face as a New Kid on the Block and HOLY SHIT ELI ROTH IS IN THE MOVIE AS A MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR, immediately negating any good will he earned for his performance in Inglorious Basterds.
1:29:45 – Third and final minority in this movie plays a secretary, which I guess at least is a step up from being bus boy or a stripper.
1:39:26 – They may have gotten a little carried away with putting this monkey in costumes:
Oh, sorry, I meant this monkey:
1:32:20 – Scientology Jones fires Doc McGhee because he found out that Doc McGhee took Alec Baldwin's share of the money from the show. At least, I think that's what happened. I couldn't really tell because Tom Cruise's voice is so quiet I'm not even sure that his lips aren't just moving while no sound actually comes out.
1:36:19 – I must have missed this while I was pouring another drink, but I guess Penis Face actually ditched Julianne because he thought she fucked Scientology Jones, which she didn't. I'd apologize to the filmmakers for my error, but it's not like that one story point would have made the last ninety minutes any less shitty so whatever.
1:37:00 – OH PENIS FACE, WHY DOES YOUR FACE LOOK SO PENIS-Y?
1:37:00 – Julianne reveals that she's giving up on L.A. and going home. Immediately does no such thing.
1:37:20 – The movie posits that being in a boy band is worse than being a stripper. I kind of have a hard time believing that's true, but it's not like I've ever held either job so fuck do I know.
1:38:00 – THE BOOZE IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1:40:00 – I think I heard "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" but I wasn't paying attention because THE BOOZE IS HERE.
1:41:19 – Bagger Blige, in all her Yoda-like wisdom, tells Julianne that she came to L.A. looking for love, not fame. But given that we've established that Julianne left the grandmother who raised her behind to come to Hollywood, that's doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
1:42:00 – Is T.J. Miller supposed to be Jann Wenner? He's like eleven years old, isn't he? Whatever. He tells Scientology Jones that he has a show at The Bourbon that night, which, somehow, is news to Scientology Jones. And me. If this was mentioned before I missed it because THE BOOZE IS HERE.
1:43:35 – Tipper and the PRMC are protesting outside The Bourbon, and then there's this other pro-rock group a few feet away protesting their protest. Sebastian Bach shows up for a cameo and Russell Brand literally shoves him out of every shot.
I think some of the other people in the crowd are also notable, but I'm can't remember any of their names, so, clearly, their contributions to rock music were A++++ WDBWA.
1:44:00 – I really would have loved to be on set the day CZJ, Will Forte, and Sebastian Bach were all present. It's not every day you can trip balls without actually taking anything.
1:44:46 – "WHERE IS THE POLICE WHEN YOU NEED 'EM?" Tipper yells while surrounded by dozens of police officers. Which is only the second funniest thing about that line, after the fact that she said "Where is the police" and rather than use another take or do some ADR in post, they just left it in.
1:45:27 – This next scene really elevates the movie from terrible to the worst thing ever. What happens is this: Scientology Jones shows up at the protest on a motorcycle. He recognizes Tipper in the crowd. He walks up to her, put his hand on her breast, and she, naturally, does not object.
Then Scientology Jones says, in his first audible line of dialogue in the entire movie, "Your tits have held up well." She subsequently begins to moan with pleasure, and how could not she when there's a man grabbing her breast without her permission and whispering sweet nothings into her ear?
So then Robocruise licks his finger…
…and lowers it out of frame, presumably to Tipper's vagina (I don't know how he got access through her fairly long skirt, but this guy can fuck through pants so I guess anything is possible)…
AND THEN SHE CUMS INSTANTLY.
Consequently, she is proven to be, I dunno, I guess not really conservative? Russell Brand shows the press a photo of her in one of Scientology Jones' old albums and everyone turns on her. So, to review, the message this movie is sending to women is:
It's not cool to get angry at a guy who screwed you over in more ways than one when you were a teenager.
You will and should suffer because of your youthful indiscretions, and your friends have a right to ostracize you for those discretions, even if you've obviously changed quite a bit since.
All uptight women just need a good shtupping; you can fuck the mean out of a lady the same way you can pray the gay away.
Terrific, just terrific.
1:48:09 – The movie promptly makes up for the misogyny of the previous scene by making Malin Akerman watch Scientology Jones make out with multiple groupies as he makes he way across the club to her, and then instructs her to "Open your mouth," at which point he sticks his entire tongue in.
1:49:00 – Penis Face's Boy band have been booked as the openers for this show; they now perform for the crowd, who, natch, boo them off the stage. Alec Baldwin freaks out, tells Penis Face, "If all these people ask for refunds my club is gonna go out of business" or something to that effect. I've never heard of anyone requesting a refund because the support act sucks, but whatever. Just remember this plot point for a minute.
1:50:00 – Julianne forgives Penis Face because he bought her some records or something. I'm not sure, I'm pretty loaded right now.
1:51:00 – Well thank Christ they found time to bring this character back into the movie. I was really worried his storyline might never reach a satisfying denouement.
1:51:19 – So hey remember how Alec Baldwin's entire life was now riding on this show (as opposed to when his entire life was riding on the previous show) and he was freaking out about making enough money to keep the club open? Well now Scientology Jones' lackey walks in and hands Alec Baldwin a backpack full of money to make up for the cash Doc McGhee stole, thus once again lowering the stakes of the scene and draining any tension from it, because what happens at this show no longer matters at all — the club will remain open no matter what. Someone should present the writers with an Oscar… up their asses.
1:51:34 – Scientology Jones and Malin Akerman fuck in the bathroom. It's not clear if they actually took their pants off this time or their magic genitals allowed them to have sex through their pants again.
1:52:00 – Penis Face tells off Doc McGhee, who, once again, declares "Rock is dead!" And then the monkey clocks him.
Does anyone happen to know if there was a monkey in the Broadway musical? My gut tells me that this was yet another wonderful Hollywood flourish.
1:52:05 – Boy band member is tossed into the crowd. Cue Wilhelm scream.
1:53:00 – Julianne and Penis Face sing Journey's "Don't Stop Believing," which we're told they wrote, and the crowd loves them for it, and this I guess begins their career as partners in business… and partners in life! It really makes me feel warm inside. Actually that might be the whiskey.
1:54:00 -We cut ahead X number of months and RoboCruise is singing the same Journey song and then Julianne and Penis Face come on stage as Robocruise's "very special guests." I am not at all clear if this means they now work for Robocruise or he's just covering their breakthrough song for some reason. All the important characters are in the crowd, natch, including Bagger Blige, whose harmonies can magically be heard over the sound of thousands of screaming fans. Also Tipper is there but now she's dressed like Rob Halford.
1:52:45 – Malin Akerman is pregnant with Scientology Jones' baby. Those really are some magical genitals those two have.
1:56:00 – The final shot is of spotlights over the Hollywood sign, in case you somehow didn't understand that this movie is about how awesome it is to be famous.
HOLY SHIT I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST WATCHED THAT WHOLE THING. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a date with a toilet bowl.
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Triple H explained on a media conference call why WWE is releasing the Mae Young Classic in chunks as opposed to a weekly one-hour television show like they did with the Cruiserweight Classic.
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Discussion in 'Fur Pictures and Videos Only!' started by CatsAreTheBest, Nov 6, 2017.
Why do I get in trouble if there is not even any food on the table!
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What a beautiful cat!! I can't believe they would be naughty!
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Lol her "looking" at the birds.
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She's just making sure they have enough food.
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Does anyone else have naughty cat pictures?
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I will have to see if I can snap one today!
However, I am sure there are naughty kitties up to mischief right now, as we speak trying to elude the camera! I have a feeling there will be more photos posted. Disclaimer: I apologize to the cats and I did not really just say this.
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Believe it or not, but this one escaped and appeared to be safe and sound.
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The face of a successful hunt. Glad it escaped though.
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Yes, Missy has a hunting look in her eye.! Missy! Is that a salamander @mama africa ? That is funny because Speedy in the past month has brought me two salamanders from the basement! Although Missy looks like she has a lizard. Speedy in past years has brought up moles and baby snakes and is allowed down there only supervised, but I guess I wasn't watching enough. That is the most trouble she ever gets in. These critters get in after a heavy rain, it seems.
It seems like she is partially listening to you telling her fish are friends and partly thinking about mischief!
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OMG, does it taste like chicken??? what a great photo!!
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I never tasted it, @donnae. And even Missy didn't eat them; so I can not ask her what it tastes like..
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@Korinmewmew - She looks so cute - as if she were saying, "hey Mom, can't I have just one?
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@mama africa - When If Missy comes to live in Olcott Beach, she'll never have to have lizzard lollipops for dinner again!
One time my cat neighborhood beheaded a mouse. Then we buried it.
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I have a lot of pictures that look like one of my cats is throwing up. I have yet to take one of my kitten staring into the toilet when it is flushing ; ).
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17 May VoIP Phone System Advanced Features: This Ain't Your Parents (or your Grandparent's) Caller ID
An odd cartoon called The Simpsons made its debut. The average cost of a new house was $92,000. The Ford Escort was the #1 selling car. Millions of moviegoers flocked to see Lethal Weapon, Robocop and Dirty Dancing ("nobody puts baby in a corner"). Baggy dresses were all the rage for women, while a disturbing number of men donned suspender pants.
And one more thing happened in 1987 that is more monumental than all of the above: a new telephone feature dubbed Caller ID arrived on the mainstream, and has been with us ever since.
However, just as (thankfully) baggy dresses and suspender pants have morphed into much more sophisticated fashion choices, caller ID has come a long, long way — but not for everyone. That's because most businesses with conventional landline phone systems are still using the same basic, old school Caller ID technology that their parents (or grandparents) did back in 1987.
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City Slang: The Freezer is gone
By Brett Callwood on Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:15 am
Legendary (and we don't use that word lightly) hardcore venue the Freezer Theater, located in the area formerly known as the Cass Corridor, has been demolished.
For just one year from 1981-82, the Freezer was the home of hardcore punk music in Detroit. As reported in Pizza Don't Go Bad, it was stinky and illegal, and out-of-town bands like Minor Threat and the Misfits would play alongside locals like Negative Approach and the Meatmen.
Speaking to us in 2010, NA front man John Brannon said that, "The Freezer Theater was in the [Cass] Corridor, an old storefront. We'd been doing gigs there for about a year and a half and this bill was put together — Minor Threat, Meatmen and Negative Approach. In the parking lot, right where the Old Miami is, a riot started over something stupid. Somebody looked at somebody wrong, or somebody fucked somebody's girlfriend at some party. I've never seen anything like it. We were trying to get our equipment out of there. The cops were arresting everybody. Bricks through windows, blood. That was the end of the Freezer Theater."
And now the building's gone too. RIP, Freezer Theater.
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Despite an adverse impact on GST implementation, India saw a 20% increase in both the number of dollar millionaires and their wealth in 2017 to emerge as the fastest growing market for high net population.
French tech firm Capgemini's report, which comes amid growing concerns over social ramifications of asymmetry in wealth distribution, said the number of HNIs grew over 20% to 2.6 lakh people, while their collective wealth grew 21% to over $1 trillion. "India was the fastest growing market globally," the report said.
The country's growth on both the number of HNIs and wealth is faster than the global average of 11.2% and 12%, respectively. The US, Japan, Germany and China are the biggest HNI markets in the world, it said, adding that the show in 2017 has increased India's ranking to 11th. According to the report, an HNI is defined as one who has investable assets of over $1million.
One of the major reasons for the growth was an over 50% surge in market capitalisation during the year, along with an average 4.8% increase in realty prices and the 6.7% GDP expansion, which is faster than the world. There was an adverse effect on wealth due to the implementation of GST in July, but the report called it "transitory".
Other factors, like the monetary policy being steady, impact of demonetisation wearing off and higher savings rate helped in wealth creation, it said. It can be noted that in January, a study had stated that the top 1% of the over 1.2 billion population had cornered 73% of the overall wealth generated during the year.
Besides, 67 crore Indians comprising the population's poorest half saw their wealth rise by just 1%, according to the survey released by the international rights group Oxfam ahead of the annual World Economic Forum had said.


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Transplanting a Womb: Q&A on Revolutionary Swedish Technique
Published: 26th August 2015 12:19 PM | Last Updated: 26th August 2015 12:21 PM | A+A A-
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GOTHENBURG: A Swedish doctor has accomplished what many had deemed impossible by transplanting wombs into women and delivering four healthy babies so far — with a fifth soon on the way. Here are questions and answers about the revolutionary procedure.
Q: HOW DOES THE SURGERY WORK?
A: The operation to remove the womb from the donor takes about 10 to 12 hours and to transfer it to the recipient takes four to five hours. Unlike a normal hysterectomy, the major arteries and vessels must be taken out and preserved for the transplant operation. Dr. Mats Brannstrom of Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Stockholm IVF described the procedure that he developed as a "completely novel surgery."
After the womb is removed, it is chilled and the blood vessels are flushed with a preservation solution, to avoid damage to the organ.
The womb and blood vessels are delicately attached to the recipient's pelvic ligaments. Before the abdomen is closed, surgeons must ensure there is good blood flow to the uterus and that the attachment to the ligaments is strong enough to maintain a pregnancy.
Related: Womb Transplant Helps Link 3 Generations of Swedish Family
Q: WHO ARE THE TRANSPLANTS INTENDED FOR?
A: The procedure is intended for women who are born without a womb or those who lost it to a disease like cancer. There are an estimated 200,000 women in Europe who might be in this situation, but only a small number probably would consider a transplant. Some might opt for surrogacy or adoption instead.
Q: IS THERE AN AGE LIMIT FOR WOMEN WHO CAN DONATE WOMBS?
A: Doctors aren't entirely sure because so few successful transplants — seven — have been done. Brannstrom estimates that the wombs of older women may actually work just as well as those of younger women, with the ideal age just past menopause, or under 55.
"It seems to be more important that the womb has had a successful, full-term pregnancy without complications," he said. Among the operations he's done so far, the age of the donors has ranged from 39 to 61.
Q: DOES THE SURGERY WORK BEST WITH LIVE DONORS?
A: It's not known. Brannstrom — the only doctor working with live donors — is the only one who has successfully delivered babies. Other attempts to transplant wombs — in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Britain — have used or plan to use uteruses from recently deceased women. Critics have raised concerns about whether it is ethical to subject donors to such an invasive surgery for an organ that is not life-saving, though doctors say that being able to plan ahead for such a major operation and vet patients for potential problems is a major advantage.
Q: WHAT'S NEXT IN THE PROCESS?
A: Brannstrom is working with doctors elsewhere, including in Singapore and India, to perform womb transplants there. He said Sweden is also considering whether the public health system will pay for the procedure for eligible women there and to make it privately available for patients from abroad.


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Artist Farm is led by The Theatre Practice's Artistic Director, Kuo Jian Hong. Participants include TTP's associate artists, as well as other local and international directors, designers and performers.
Artists are put to work as they engage in training and skill exchange in the mornings, followed by creative sparring and development in the afternoon. A series of presentations and dialogues will mark the end of this residency.
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The Arcosanti 5K ZOMBIE Run took place on October 5. 2013 on a very cold morning. 16 people ran and walked the 5 kilometer circle from the Visitors parking lot down the low road below the Arcosanti site, around the bend right before camp into the Agua Fria river valley road to the ranch, then the ranch road back to the Arcosanti road and to the Visitors parking lot.
Michael Herrick just arrived to attend the October 6. workshop and took first place in the run.
Arcosanti residents Isaac Meuske and Ering O'Laughlin ran with Zombie make-up.
… and accepting Sasha's medal.
Here are the participants with their medals. Results can be seen on the AllDistanceRunning web-site.


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by Bowman, Akemi Dawn [author.].
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Simon Pulse, [2017]Edition: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.Description: 343 pages ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781481487726; 1481487728.Subject(s): Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction | Mothers and daughters -- Fiction | Racially mixed people -- Fiction | Family problems -- Fiction | Self-perception -- Fiction | Sexual abuse -- Fiction | Identity -- Fiction | Artists -- Fiction | Fiction | Juvenile worksSummary: Kiko Himura yearns to escape the toxic relationship with her mother by getting into her dream art school, but when things do not work out as she hoped Kiko jumps at the opportunity to tour art schools with her childhood friend, learning life-changing truths about herself and her past along the way.
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A William C. Morris Award Finalist
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 "Dazzling." -- Bustle
 "One of the most compelling reads of the year." -- Paste Magazine
 "This book is a gem." -- BookRiot

 A gorgeous and emotionally resonant debut novel about a half-Japanese teen who grapples with social anxiety and her narcissist mother in the wake of a crushing rejection from art school.

 Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she's thinking. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a half-Japanese heritage she doesn't quite understand, Kiko prefers to keep her head down, certain that once she makes it into her dream art school, Prism, her real life will begin.

 But then Kiko doesn't get into Prism, at the same time her abusive uncle moves back in with her family. So when she receives an invitation from her childhood friend to leave her small town and tour art schools on the west coast, Kiko jumps at the opportunity in spite of the anxieties and fears that attempt to hold her back. And now that she is finally free to be her own person outside the constricting walls of her home life, Kiko learns life-changing truths about herself, her past, and how to be brave.

 From debut author Akemi Dawn Bowman comes a luminous, heartbreaking story of identity, family, and the beauty that emerges when we embrace our true selves.
Kiko Himura yearns to escape the toxic relationship with her mother by getting into her dream art school, but when things do not work out as she hoped Kiko jumps at the opportunity to tour art schools with her childhood friend, learning life-changing truths about herself and her past along the way.
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<opt> <anon I1="BLANK" I2="BLANK">Starfish CHAPTER ONE Mom doesn't show up. I shouldn't be surprised--she never shows up--but I can't get rid of the empty, twisted feeling in my stomach. Emery always says that being alone isn't the same thing as being lonely, but sometimes it feels like they're exactly the same thing. My mermaid teapot is sitting on the shelf in front of me. I flick my finger against the purple ribbon dangling from its spout. When I made it in ceramics class two months ago, it looked vibrant and smooth. Now all I can think about is how the blue glaze looks more gray than cerulean, how the torso is so unrealistically long, and how bad of an idea it was to make a mermaid teapot at all. It doesn't matter that the ribbon says "Honorable Mention." All I see is "Not good enough to get into Prism." All Mom would see is "Not good enough." Maybe I should be happy she isn't here. I pull the ribbon from the spout and shove it into my bag, burying it beneath a graveyard of almost-used-up pencils, a sketchbook, and a pack of cinnamon chewing gum. When I hear laughter, I look up to see Susan Chang--the only other half-Asian girl in our school--clutching a blue and gold ribbon like she's afraid she might lose it. Her mother's hand is wrapped around her shoulder, and her father is pointing at her acrylic painting--an image of a house on a lake, with several geese dipping their toes into the water. It's a sensible piece. It has mass appeal. Not like my stupid mermaid teapot. If I could feel anything other than sorry for myself right now, I'd feel happy for her. I've always felt a weird connection to Susan, even though we aren't friends and even though the only things we have in common are our part Asian-ness and a love of art. I guess I always thought we could be friends, if either of us had bothered to try. It's not that I'm desperate for friends or anything. I mean, I do have friends. I have Emery Webber, who rescued me from having to eat lunch by myself on the first day of freshman year. And there's Gemma and Cassidy, who are technically Emery's friends, but we all sit at the same lunch table so I think they count. I had a best friend once too. The kind you see in movies or read about in books. We lived in a different world than everyone else--a world that always made sense, even when everything around us didn't. We were like two halves of a snowflake--we matched. But he moved away, and I've been half of a snowflake ever since. The truth is I'm not really good at talking to new people. I'm not really good at talking to people, period. And anyway, it isn't a friend that I need. Not right now, when I prefer painting to trying to fit in. I need a mom who doesn't look at me like I'm a worn-out piece of furniture that doesn't match the rest of her house. I need a fresh start. I need a real life. I need Prism. But a purple ribbon isn't going to get me admission to Prism Art School in New York. And it's certainly not going to make my mother proud. My chest feels heavy, and I try to think of what I'm going to say to her when I get home. * * * Mom is sitting on the couch painting her nails bright red with a gossip magazine propped against her knees. She isn't looking at me, and she definitely isn't looking at the teapot in my hands. "How was school?" Mom asks from a thousand miles away. "Fine," I say. I tighten my bag over my shoulder. Maybe she forgot about my art show, even if I did remind her this morning. And yesterday. And every day before that for three weeks. But maybe she was busy and it slipped her mind. Maybe something came up. She brushes another layer of candy-apple red over her toenail. I feel my stomach knot over and over and over again. My older brother, Taro, steps into the kitchen. He's wearing a gray and red shirt with a University of Nebraska logo printed on the front and oversized glasses, even though the lenses aren't prescription. There's half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich wedged in his left hand. "Mom, there's nothing to eat in this house." His voice is gruff because he doesn't know any other way to speak. Mom wipes a blond curl away with the back of her hand, her eyes narrowed with amusement. "There's a grocery store around the corner. You know how to drive." Taro makes a noise like a disgruntled cow, and then he looks at me. "Where have you been?" Mom turns away. I feel like it's on purpose. "My art show," I say, loud enough for Mom to hear. I could lie. I could tell her I won first place--I could make my award sound a lot better than it is. Maybe she'd pay attention. Maybe she'd listen. "I won something." Taro looks at Mom, then at me, then back at Mom. He looks as awkward as I feel. "That's cool," he mumbles, chewing his sandwich and moving toward the refrigerator. I think of my ribbon, buried at the bottom of my bag. She'd never see it. She'd never even ask to see it. Why not just tell her it's blue and gold? I sigh. I can't lie to her, even if I desperately want her to care. It wouldn't work anyway. Mom doesn't look at me the way Susan Chang's parents look at her--she looks at me like I don't belong. Sometimes I wonder if it's because I look nothing like her. I have dark hair and a wide jaw and stumpy legs; Mom has loose blond curls, a narrow chin, and legs like a supermodel. We're just different, like we exist on different spectrums. If I lived on an iceberg, Mom would live inside a volcano. That kind of thing. But most of the time she looks at me like she doesn't want me to belong. Maybe it's because of what happened with Dad. I think I'll always feel guilty about that part, even if Mom should've listened to me. Why, after seventeen years, do I still crave her approval so much? I have no idea. It's stupid, but I can't help it. Whoever programmed my personality made me overly accommodating. Whoever programmed Mom made her--well, I haven't figured that part out yet. And then, because Taro can't help himself, he says from over his shoulder, "Mom, did you see Kiko's teapot?" Sometimes I don't know if he thinks confrontation is hilarious, or if he thinks he's helping in his own pushy way. He's not helping. Mom hates being called out. She looks up and flashes her peroxide-infused teeth. "Well, what did you win?" She didn't forget about my art show, but she's also not going to acknowledge that she didn't want to go. She's going to pretend like it isn't a big deal, even though to me it's a huge deal. Heat radiates across my face. "Just a ribbon," I say. A crack appears in her glass smile. "What, like a participation ribbon? You know that's not a real award, right?" She doesn't ask to see it; she laughs like it's a harmless joke--like I'm supposed to be in on the joke. Except Mom doesn't laugh like a normal person. She laughs like she's secretly mocking the entire world. That's her "tell." It's how I know she means everything she's saying. I tighten my mouth. Maybe I should've listened to Mr. Miller and entered one of my paintings in the art show. Maybe then I'd have won first place instead of Susan Chang. I swallow the lump in my throat. I could never enter a painting into a school competition for everyone to see. They're too precious to me. I consider them actual, physical pieces of my soul. Taro closes the refrigerator door and groans. "Seriously, is anyone going to make anything for dinner? I'm starving." "You're graduating from college next year; why don't you cook a meal for a change?" she points out, twisting the cap back onto her bottle of nail polish. "It would be nice if someone would cook for me once in a while." WHAT I WANT TO SAY: "I've literally been cooking dinner at least twice a week every week for the last year. How can that possibly go unnoticed?" WHAT I ACTUALLY SAY: "I just made spaghetti a few days ago." She laughs. "I hardly call boiling some noodles in a pot 'cooking.' " She makes a face at Taro as if to ask if he agrees with her. Uninterested in Mom, me, and the teapot he's all but forgotten about, Taro stuffs the rest of his sandwich into his mouth, swallows the lump of bread, and says, "Forget it. I'm not hungry." "You guys are so lazy." Mom rolls her eyes. Mine feel like someone has thrown salt in them. It doesn't matter that I've had straight A's since the seventh grade, a nearly full-time job at the bookstore, or the fact that I've been actively building an art portfolio to help me get into Prism. I'm never doing enough to keep Mom happy. She never notices how hard I try, how much I care, or that maybe I just need to be noticed every now and then. And not just when it's convenient for her. "I'm going upstairs. I've got work in an hour." I mutter the last part under my breath. "Do you want a piece of cake before you go? I bought a pound cake from the grocery store. Isn't that your favorite?" Mom's voice drips with something sickly sweet. I flinch, pausing before I reach the first step. Something tugs inside my chest, like there's a hook pierced into my heart and Mom's words are reeling me back to her. "I'm not hungry. But thanks." "Okay. Well, I'll save a slice for you and you can have it when you get home." She smiles so naturally, as if she's like this all the time. She's not, but sometimes she makes it so hard to remember. * * * I paint a girl with white hair, blending into a forest of white trees, with stars exploding in the sky above them like shattering glass. If you don't know where to look for her, you might not see her at all. Excerpted from Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.</anon> </opt>
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Seventeen-year-old Kiko Himura struggles to overcome crippling self-doubt and social anxiety in this intense, emotional book. A talented visual artist, Kiko sketches and paints as a way of working through her complex relationship with her narcissistic mother, who consistently belittles Kiko's half-Japanese heritage and undermines her every step toward independence. A satisfying, ultimately uplifting read about self-acceptance and the healing powers of making art. (c) Copyright 2018. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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The pursuit of excellence need not be single-minded. That serious hobby of yours? It can, believe it or not, make you better in everything you do, Fortune reports.
(Fortune Magazine) -- In 1990, things were coming together for John Barr. He'd left Morgan Stanley to launch Barr Devlin, an investment bank specializing in utility mergers. Around the same time, he recalls, "a voice came into my head in the Caribbean dialect." He was driving back from a board meeting when it happened. "I've trained myself not to question when that kind of thing happens," he says. "I pulled over. Wrote it down."
It sounded like this: "Things unseen count coup on you. The ant, wid its nose ... For necrosis try Ibn's toes, Ibn's ear, then turn away." Barr adds, "Over the next couple weeks that voice kept speaking, and I compiled several thousand lines."
It's the rare person who masters more than one skill in a lifetime.
Composer, Insurance Magnate, Inventor of "estate planning"
Much of it came on airplanes or at three in the morning, when Barr felt his mind was clearest. By the time his six-part epic poem (written in the voice of a black Caribbean poet named Ibn Opcit) was published, he had already produced four volumes of poetry - and helped create the National Gas Clearinghouse, now Dynegy (Charts).
"To do two things at once is to do neither," Publius declared in his seventh maxim, circa 42 B.C. Barr clearly defied the maxim by doing both poetry and banking. Leonardo da Vinci fit at least six careers into one lifetime. And there's a concert-level pianist named Condoleezza Rice who performs Brahms sonatas with Yo-Yo Ma when she's not busy with her side gig at the State Department.
"Polymath" is the word we give people who master more than one field, and it's a rarefied bunch. Even Michael Jordan couldn't handle minor-league curve balls. So if you're unlikely to become the world's top alligator wrestler and sales executive, should you pour your energies into one single-minded pursuit?
The short answer is no. The short explanation is plasticity.
Your brain, it turns out, isn't a fixed mass that shapes your behavior. Your behavior also shapes your brain. If a gardener takes up a serious interest in engineering, for instance, her neurons form new pathways between previously isolated regions.
"It may well be a mistake to do just one thing," says Alvaro Pascual-Leone, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. "If you practice multiple things you actually get better at any one of those things." In other words the benefits of practicing one skill are not limited to that skill alone; they can be transferred.
Scientists are beginning to confirm this in research on how we learn motor skills. In a study published in 2004 in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Rachael Seidler at the University of Michigan cast doubt on the traditional thinking that any motor skill we learn is limited to a particular context and task. She found instead that after having subjects learn five different motor skills using joysticks, "subjects exposed to a variety of motor learning paradigms may be able to acquire general, transferable knowledge about skill learning processes."
Science is showing evidence for what some have long felt are the benefits of cross-training your brain. Ask Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, why his undergraduate training in nuclear propulsion systems remains indispensable. "I'm not applying those exact skills every day, but it taught me ways to think through problems - visualizing, conceptualizing - that I do use every day," he told Fortune last year. "Your mind touches on these resources and you're not even conscious of it."
To strengthen those neural pathways, however, we have to repeatedly do something. "It's sort of like walking on the beach," says Pascual-Leone. "Every time you do it, you change the sand. But unless you keep stepping on the same piece of sand, you won't leave a permanent mark." Leafing through a how-to book on nuclear propulsion systems won't do it.
The more varied our skills, moreover, the more varied the neural pathways in use. "They're kind of reservoirs in your consciousness that you can reach back into for insights you're applying to something totally dissimilar," says Pete Dawkins, vice chairman of Citigroup's global-wealth management. "I think the broader, the more of these reservoirs you have available, the more likely you can see through the fog."
Dawkins's own résumé is hard to top. He has been, at varying points of his life, a brigadier general in the Army, a partner at Lehman Brothers, head of consulting at Bain, a Rhodes Scholar, and a student at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School, where he earned his Ph.D. Also: a Heisman Trophy winner (in 1958).
Dawkins's conversations with Fortune looped from the super-ellipse (a mathematical figure that's used in urban planning) to British linguistic philosophy, which he studied in his 20s at Oxford. "It's the whole exhaustive study of what words and phrases mean," he says. "I didn't think of the significance of this then, but I now find it fascinating how often people are arguing when they don't disagree at all. They're just being imprecise about how they're defining things. It has trained my mind. Like a video stream, I think in two levels: What is the person saying, and what do they really mean?"
John Barr, the poet, also has experienced a life on two levels. "The venue of business is the world of external affairs," he notes. "The venue of a poet is the world of interior reality."
Over time Barr came to see hidden commonalities in his twin pursuits. "They're both in the business of making order out of chaos," he says. Grappling with a very different set of conundrums produced a sensibility that eventually bled into his day job. "The prolonged exposure to poetry has made me more willing to tolerate ambiguity," he says. "I think that's made me a better advisor to my clients and a better decision-maker."
So the next time you're considering how to recommit to your job and get better at it, broaden your idea of what it takes to be excellent. Embrace the irrelevant. "I feel very fortunate," says Dawkins of his varied interests. "I think it's given a lot more texture to my life than if I'd followed a single path."
And more often than you'd expect, those different paths converge. When the Poetry Foundation received a stunning gift of $180 million in late 2002, it went looking for a new president to map out its financial future. It found John Barr.


Greater than 30 bald males gathered at a sizzling spring facility in Tsuruta Metropolis, Japan, on Wednesday to indicate off their hairless heads and have enjoyable.
Members of the town's Bald Males Membership took turns competing in a singular sport of tug-of-war by sticking a suction cup, which is connected to a single purple rope, to every of their heads. Each side then try to drag the cup off of their opponent's head.
Masatomo Sasaki, 64, a first-time participant on the match, stated he used to really feel insecure about his baldness however now feels in another way.
The membership, which has attracted roughly 65 members from all around the nation since its founding in 1989, encourages individuals to "view baldness in a constructive method, to have enjoyable, and to brighten the world with our shiny heads," in accordance with its web site.
Teijiro Sugo, 70, the membership's chairman, hopes the gathering will flip into one thing a lot bigger.
"I need all of the bald males all around the world to collect right here so we will arrange a bald males's Olympic match," Sugo stated.
The occasion is held yearly on Feb. 22.
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Aftonro är ett postumt album från 2005 med Allan Edwall.

Låtlista
 Mor dansar
 Visst är det bätter men int' är det bra
 Aftonro
 Förhoppning
 Dystervals (i dur)
 Du och jag
 Kanske
 Kärleksvisa
 Morbror och grisen
 En rektig kär
 Du får duga
 Göken
 Slumpens makt i Luleå
 Familjeporträtt
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Musikalbum 2005
Album av Allan Edwall


LTHForum.com - The best Korean BBQ hands down in chicago is Solga.
The best Korean BBQ hands down in chicago is Solga.
LTH Home > Chat > Eating Out in Chicagoland > The best Korean BBQ hands down in chicago is Solga.
Hi everyone, I stumbled onto this site when doing a search for various fine dining in chicago and am excited to share my own personal knowledge to other foodies. Anyhow, I'm a 29 year old Korean American who wanted to simply talk about my favorite korean bbq place in chicago, Solga. Many of you probably haven't heard of it yet since it's relatively new and for some reason it's not searchable on metromix.
Anyhow, I've pretty much tried most, if not all the korean bbq places in chicago and the burbs and Solga is the best. First and formost, the "Kalbi" (short ribs) are of the highest quality, thick and tender slabs of meat which will actually fill you up. Secondly, the flavor is very obvious and you can tell the meat has been marinated well, while not being overpowering the flavor cannot be denied. And thirdly, they give you a ton of meat, I have problems finishing my order, yeah you can go to an all you can eat place for about the same price but ever since I went to solga there's no point in this, it's quality cannot be beat.
Also, they have a great selection of ban-chan (side dishes) which were very fresh and their other menu items will not dissapoint, but ask for the kalbi and you will not be dissapointed. I prefer to have my kalbi already cooked on a platter so I can just start eating, I don't have time or the desire to cook on the tabletop myself and eat piece by piece but that' just me. Anyhow, if anyone else has tried solga let me know what you think, after I went here I don't go anywhere else for Korean Bbq. There are some other great korean bbq places, for instance garden buffet is all you can eat and a great deal, and for overall polish and interior beauty Woo Lae Ok up in rolling meadows cannot be beat, (although rather expensive for the amount of food you get) but for the best Korean bba which will leave you dreaming of more, Solga simply cannot be beat.
Welcome to LTHForum and thanks for the interesting post on Solga, which is a favorite.
While I agree the quality of the beef is top-notch, the one downside, at least to me, is Solga starts with a mix of charcoal and gas and, when the charcoal runs out, does not add more charcoal. My Korean BBQ preference is live charcoal, no gas.
My current favorite Korean BBQ may be found at Hae Woon Dae. Live charcoal, good selection of panchan and quality meats.
Korean BBQ, and Korean food in general, is an oft discussed topic on LTHForum, happy to have you posting.
Here are a couple of past posts on Solga.
Solga was bustling Monday, large group in the back party room, tatami rooms full, tables at capacity and food/service remained quite good, service especially so. Amazingly the staff was running, well, ok, really more of a fast trot, but nothing I'd ever seen before.
I'm not talking about one person, but all 4 or 5 waitress moving at quite a clip from kitchen to table, refilling water, bringing food, taking orders, smiling, polite, efficient and, even more amazing, they looked happy, in good moods, as if they were pleased to be so busy.
We had a quite good version of Sam gyeop sal (stir fried pork belly with kimchee) which was ringed with tofu and our single order of galbi was the best non table grilled I've had. (Solga, like most Korean BBQ restaurants, require a minimum of two orders of BBQ for table side grilling.) Abundant panchan and rice tinted with red beans rounded out or very nice meal.
Ooh, nice to have another Korean-American "foodsnob" on the site. Welcome, good sir!
The family and I tried Solga last night based on your recommendation and I must say thank you! I haven't tried any other Korean barbecue places so I can't compare, but we all thought the food was wonderful. What really impressed us, though, was the kindly and attentive service, which started with the parking attendant outside. We were asked numerous times how we liked the food, whether we wanted any more panchan, if there was anything else we needed. This was not a put-on - the servers seemed genuinely interested in our well-being.
Unfortunately none of the barbecue tables were free when we were there. We're looking forward to trying that experience in the future.
Has anyone gone to Solga recently? I went with my family this week and thought it was horrible! I understand they're under new ownership but the banchan selections are not as numberous and fresh, (no potato salad, horrible odeng, and slimy and unfresh bean sprouts) and other than the kalbi and Naengmyeon, we were not satisfied with the quality which is shocking since I have long considered Solga the best Korean bbq in the city. The octopus was laughably bad, with a rubbery texture and no flavor from the spicy sauce at all, even my parents found it inedible, and they aren't picky with Korean food at all. The dumpling soup was too salty and the mandoo was overcooked. We were the only ones in the entire restaurant at 630 pm on a monday night, sadly, and this experience coupled with their recent groupon offering makes me wonder that the lack of traffic here isn't an isolated occurance. Just wondering if anyone else shares my dissapointment with Solga, which shocks me.
Perhaps an edit of the thread title is now in order to reflect your revised opinion.
That's really sad to hear - I tended to agree with the high praise you heaped on Solga in your first post.
I loved the high quality ingredients, friendly staff, spotless grills (though gas only, the last couple times I went), myulchi bokkeum on request, and that delicious sujeonggwa served at the end...they were also extremely accommodating with the gluten-free requests for our celiac-having friend: she'd bring her own gluten-free soy sauce, they'd take it in the back & quickly marinate some plain beef with it, grill it up, and bring it out to her on a separate plate.
It'd be a damn shame if your recent experience signaled a downward spiral.
FoodSnob77 wrote: The octopus was laughably bad, with a rubbery texture.
Which brings up a good question, which I've been meaning to ask for some time. Has anyone EVER ordered an octopus dish at a Korean restaurant, and not received a piece of rubber in its place? I have braved octopus at a good dozen-plus korean spots of all types in the city and beyond, and have not yet gotten a tender bite. I'm pressed to think, sadly, this is just how korean octopus is.
Just had octopus on the grill at San Go Gap San North, Good but it depends on your def of rubbery. The octopus was not precooked and all three of us felt is was good.
I am looking for a near-north suburban K-BBQ that will accommodate 12 at the same table. Will travel to the city if the experience will be worth it.
jilter wrote: Will travel to the city if the experience will be worth it.
Not live coals though, at Morton Grove.


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A: Вы можете либо поправить свой код
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Video: A Tale of Midnight Murder in Peking
June 6, 2012 · 1:00 PM EDT
By Mary Kay MagistadMarco Werman
Paul French on the street where Pamela Werner lived (Photo: Mary Kay Magistad)
The November murder of a British businessman Neil Heywood in China is still rocking the top ranks of power in China, with the wife of a former senior official accused of the crime. Another murder in China of a British subject created its own shockwaves in 1937, when a 19-year-old British schoolgirl's body was found near an ancient watchtower in the heart of old Beijing. No one ever answered for the murder of Pamela Werner — in part because of the coming war. British author Paul French finally put the pieces together in his book "Midnight in Peking," which is just out in the U.S. As French tells it, on a cold January morning in 1937, an old man out walking his bird in a cage beside Beijing's old city wall stumbled across a horrific sight — a young woman, mutilated and eviscerated. The old man ran for the police. Seventy-five years later, Paul French takes me to the same spot. "This would have been the scene of a major police investigation, with photographers, the ambulance here to take Pamela's body to the autopsy. Pamela's father, who'd been out all night looking for her, came here, looking for his daughter, saw this crowd of people, walked through, immediately recognized her blonde hair and the clothes she was wearing, and shouted her name and then collapsed in a dead faint, basically had a heart attack on the spot," French said. This spot was just a couple hundred yards from Pamela Werner's house. Paul French first heard about the murder as a footnote in a book by Edgar Snow, a leftist American journalist. Snow had lived next door to Pamela and her adoptive father, a retired British diplomat and China scholar, whose wife had died when Pamela was 3. "I had read that this British girl had been murdered in 1937, at just the time that Peking was surrounded by the Japanese, and the tension in the city was amazing," said French. "So everyone was absolutely terrified, and knew that the end was coming, and Pamela's death came to symbolize for the city, both Chinese and foreign, this kind of tension, and the end of a particular age, and the descent from civilization to barbarism." "Midnight in Peking," rich in period detail, tells the story of how 19-year-old Pamela's ventures into the world of dating, dances, and dalliances with older men proved fatal. French's book describes how the small foreign community in Beijing didn't have to wait for barbarism to descend — it had a dark side within it, including a group of supposedly respectable Western men who lured and gang-raped young Western women. British diplomats tried to stop the murder investigation, rather than expose scandal. But Pamela's father, E.T.C. Werner wouldn't let that happen. Paul French says in researching his book, Werner came off as a complicated man. "He comes across early on as a very cold, unemotional, typically English father. And I thought, 'Oh, he won't be very hard to write about, because I had a cold, unemotional, typically English father.' And I thought, 'Maybe I'm a cold, unemotional, typically English father to my son,'" French said. "But as the investigation moves on, and then he himself became involved in the investigation, driving it forward, you start to see, and hopefully the reader starts to warm to and understand that he has this cold, formal, stiff demeanor, but he really is dedicated to finding who killed his daughter." It wasn't easy, with both the British and Chinese investigators holding back, and then, with the Japanese occupying Beijing six months after the murder. French says Werner used his own money to hire detectives and buy evidence off of rickshaw drivers, bartenders, prostitutes – anyone who might have caught a glimpse of his daughter's last hours. Werner compiled a report to send to the British government, so it could follow up on the death of a British subject in a foreign land. He sent off the document – 150 typed pages with hand-written notes in the margins – just before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. "But it doesn't get to London until 1943, because of the disruption of the sea lanes and World War II," French said. "When it gets to London in 1943, they look at it, they sign it as accepted, and they put it in the files – and they forget about it." There it sat until Paul French discovered it, during the five years he spent poring over British archives and retracing Pamela's steps in researching his book. French found – to his astonishment – that what he'd thought was a cold case had in fact been solved by Pamela's father. It's just that no one noticed. "I thought there were a lot of good characters, with the Chinese working with the British detective, a little bit of sex, a little bit of opium, good locations, a great time, with China on the cusp, the collapse from civilization to barbarism," French said. "And I did have this idea that, if we could just remember Pamela, if we could see her again. If she could come back with us, then the mere act of not forgetting someone would be some sort of justice." Pamela's father never forgot. E.T.C. Werner stayed in Beijing until a few years after the Communists came to power so he could be close to the graves of his wife and daughter, close to the man he believed murdered his daughter, close to the old French embassy, where Pamela went ice skating on her last evening alive. When she got on her bicycle that night, supposedly heading home, her friends looked out at the pitch-black streets and said, 'aren't you afraid to be out there alone?' She replied, 'I've been alone all my life,' and pedaled off into the darkness. Only now, 75 years later, does the book "Midnight in Peking" shed light on what happened next.
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Clinical analysis of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis for animal bite in emergency department
응급의료센터로 내원한 동물교상 환자의 노출 후 공수병 예방치료의 임상적 분석
Dong-il Kim, Woonhyung Yeo, Taejin Park, Jaehyun Kwon
김동일, 여운형
국립중앙의료원 응급의학과
Dong-il Kim, Woonhyung Yeo
Department of Emergency Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Correspondence Jaehyun Kwon ,Tel: 02-2260-7414, Fax: 02-2279-7075, Email: rirengarnat@hotmail.com,
Received: April 7, 2018; Revised: June 6, 2018 Accepted: July 5, 2018. Published online: August 31, 2018.
This study examined patients who visited the emergency department of a national medical center equipped with rabies vaccine and rabies immunoglobulin to confirm whether the treatment for rabies vaccination was appropriate in the emergency department.
This was a retrospective study that included 397 patients from January 1, 2014, to October 31, 2017. The patients finally diagnosed with animal bites according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision code, at emergency department were collected.
Most of the patients were 20-30 years old. Most of them were bitten by a dog, especially in the upper limb. Only 84% of patients who met the domestic rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) criteria were vaccinated. Patients who did not meet the criteria, approximately 22.3%, were also vaccinated. Complications after vaccination included clinical symptoms, such as headache, numbness, mild itching, and heating sensation.
Rabies is a disease that can be prevented through PEP. Rabies PEP is relatively expensive and difficult to vaccinate easily, so it is desirable to subdivide the existing domestic rabies PEP guidelines into reality. Emergency physicians should know the proper rabies vaccination criteria and vaccinate patients only if necessary. This will help reduce medical resources and the complications of rabies vaccinations.
Key words: Bites and stings; Rabies; Post-exposure prophylaxis; Emergency medicine
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