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The Evolution of the Femme Fatale
Welcome to the Lucky 13 Film Club spotlighting the bad luck charm, the femme fatale. Virtuoso BILL WHITE at Cinema Penitentiary Diaries agreed to be the guest contributor this month. Thank you, Bill! He discusses her roots and fermentation through the 1960s:
Vamps, vixens, sirens, ghosts, wasp women, nightclub singers, faithless wives, …..If you are contemplating suicide by woman, you have plenty of options. The femme fatale, or deadly female, has been a central figure in literature and myth since mankind developed an imagination. In films, it all started in 1915 with Theda Bara as The Vampire in A Fool There Was. And so many fools have since followed the deadly female to destruction, be it physical, moral, spiritual, economic, or social. Some, like George O' Brien's The Man, in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927, F.W.Murnau), escape through love, faith, and redemption. Others, like Emil Jannings' professor Rath, victim of nightclub singer Lola in Joseph von Sternberg's 1930 The Blue Angel, are not so lucky.
Marlene Dietrich's Lola has been a prototype for the predatory nightclub singer that has persisted for nearly a century, with Rita Hayworth's Gilda one of its most popular incarnations. By the time Janet Leigh's Cherry showed up in the 1966 adaptation of Norman Mailer's novel An American Dream, this character type had gone beyond both its Berlin Cabaret origins and film noir trappings to become a vengeful harridan of the deadliest order, with her final line, "What did you expect from a whore?" still awaiting an answer fifty years later.
But not all femme fatales are vengeful witches. In Cat People (1942, Jacques Tourneur) Simone Simon plays Irena, a woman who, terrified that erotic arousal will turn her into murderous leopard, avoids sexual relations with her husband. Not so with Shirley MacLaine's serial widow in the frothy comedy, What a Way to Go, who keeps marrying men who are destined to get rich and die young, although she doesn't mean them any harm. Then there are the bad girls who prove deadly only to themselves when they try to reform. Gloria Graham's Debbie Marsh (The Big Heat, 1953, Fritz Lang) and Jean Peters' Candy (Pickup on South Street, 1953, Sam Fuller) are examples of tramps whose turning of a new leaf gains them nothing but a bullet in the gut.
Then there are the relatively decent chaps who are enchanted into a life of crime by sociopathic females. In Joseph H. Lewis's Gun Crazy (1950), Bart Tare (John Dall) loves shooting guns for the sport of it, but his girlfriend Annie Laurie Starr (Peggy Cummins), loves killing people with them. Bart soon joins her in the killing, and they both end up dead. But usually the victim of the femme fatale has a touch of larceny in his heart to begin with. It sure doesn't take much for Phyllis (Barbara Stanwyck) to seduce Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) into maximizing her husband's insurance policy before knocking him off in Billy Wilder's 1944 classic, Double Indemnity.
Wilder's picture might be the model for subsequent film noirs on the order of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), but it is by no means a universal standard by which to measure the femme fatale. In fact, the beast comes in so many guises that I don't believe such a standard is possible. We have the biblical femme fatale, marvelously embodied by Hedy Lemarr in Cecil B. DeMille's 1949 Samson and Delilah, the female ghost in endless Japanese tales, most memorably portrayed by Machiko Kyô as Lady Wakasa in Kenji Mizoguchi's unforgettable 1953 classic Ugetsu, Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, perhaps the most evil personage of modern drama, played by Ingrid Bergman in Alex Segal's 1963 television movie, and the vampire heroine of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 1871 gothic serial, Carmilla, which inspired countless films beginning with Carl Dreyer's 1932 Vampyr, and including Roger Vadim's 1960, Blood and Roses, which starred his wife Annette.
The sixties continued with a further evolution of the femme fatale, including Francois Truffaut's 1969 throwback to the noir era, Mississippi Mermaid, featuring Catherine Deneuve, as well as modern variations on the siren archetype in Monte Hellman's 1966 western, The Shooting. And as long as we have stupid guys and devious gals, the femme fatale will continue to evolve.
Cindy's take on it: 1970s to the Present
Sex-appeal is a common denominator with all femme fatales through the decades. She exudes a powerful spell–the anticipation of sexual passion via body language combined with an aura of mysterious detachment. It is a heavy perfume few men can ignore.
The Emasculaters
They are out to punish. These heartless emasculaters get off manipulating others. Often, they coax out the worst in a male to actualize their perverted prophesy. After driving him to violence they justify, "See? I told you, all men are pricks." Debra Winger in Black Widow (1984), John Dahl's The Last Seduction (1994), and Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct (1992) are a few that come to mind.
The Complicated
If a Madeleine Elster enters your life, you better run for the hills. Confused and a little crazy, men feel drawn to them and become a little crazy themselves. In one scene they're slapping them, and in the next, they risk everything to save them. Why? Because deep down, men feel the troubled sexpot will save them. In L.A. Confidential (1997), Veronica Lake look-alike, Lynn Bracken, played by Kim Basinger, fits this mold. Michelle Pfeiffer has made a career by playing sizzling-and-confused to perfection.
Surviving in a patriarchal world ain't easy. Girls don't wish to grow up to be prostitutes; they are pawns and victims of male predators. Some femme fatales use their beauty to acquire eventual freedom from their oppressors. No better examples for this category exist than Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974) or Meryl Streep in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981).
The Kick-Ass Present
Linda Hamilton, Terminator 2
Angelina Jolie, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
The Girls of Old Town
After Linda Hamilton's performance in Terminator 2, a redefining of sexiness pushed femme fatales to a level of ultra-independence. As genders have become androgynous, in the last 15 years, the femme fatale has changed. She has become a super-hero (or villain).
Ziyi Zhang, House of Flying Daggers
Jennifer Lawrence, Mystique
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow
Sexy and proud, she controls her own life. She can think and fight. She can kill as well as GI-Joe. Gone is vulnerability and dependency on a man. Do you agree?
My favorite femme fatale is Ingrid Bergman in Notorious (1946). Who is yours?
How do you see the evolution of the femme fatale?
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87 thoughts on "The Evolution of the Femme Fatale"
ianscyberspace November 12, 2015 — 10:39 pm
I think you nailed the difference. The so called vamps were largely stereotyped visions of the "bad" woman that it was perfectly OK for the man to exploit. Today's versions are just as badass as any man and certainly not to attempt to exploit, unless you want a face full of lead. 🙂
Cindy Bruchman November 13, 2015 — 6:06 am
Ian–what a paradox–historically, a woman is exploited, became "bad" because of it, which made it okay to abuse her some more. Doesn't surprise me that the femme fatale realized beauty was a weapon and struck back.
billwhite1951 November 13, 2015 — 3:58 pm
Cindy, I dont believe beauty was the primary weapon in the femme fatale's arsenal. blackmail was much more common. consider Ann Savage from 1945's "Detour." She wasnt at all what one would call pretty, but she sure had the goods on Tom Neal!
Cindy Bruchman November 13, 2015 — 4:06 pm
Hhmm. Interesting! I hadn't thought of that before. Certainly backing men into a corner forcing them to comply is a component. There are too many classic noir films I have not seen. I was going to watch Fritz Lang's 'The Big Heat' (1953) starring Glenn Ford tonight. I'll keep your comment in mind as I continue watching more of them.
alexraphael November 13, 2015 — 4:59 am
Fascinating article. I really think you nailed it. Mine is probably Stanywck in Double Indemnity. I know she did other films, but that's always the one I think of first. I especially like your final paragraph.They are about and more powerful than ever.
Alex, she nailed that role and set the bar high. She played it cool to hook him, then submissive when she needed him to do her will. She oozed sex-appeal.
I agree Alex. If one were looking for a personification of the femme fatale, it would have to be Stanwyck in Double Indemnity.
filmfunkel November 13, 2015 — 6:39 am
I absolutely love this post and all the women cited.
My candidate would be Catherine Deneuve from 1983's The Hunger. She's beautiful, seductive, and really is going to kill you so she can keep living. And God forbid if she takes you for a mate as eventually your fate is rapidly aging in a coffin in her attic without the possibility of dying.
She is the perfect evolutionary predator who is indistinguishable from her prey. Miriam Blaylock even precedes Delilah in illustrating that – as long as women have been underdogs – there have been femme fatales doing the same thing is oh so many frighteningly different ways.
That's my two cents and I can't wait to read more! 😀
Tim, thanks for your two cents. Your 1983 The Hunger selection is a great choice for the emasculator category. "Evolutionary Preditor" is a great way to describe the vampire, Miriam. Wow. I need to rewatch it. Poor David Bowie.
filmfunkel November 13, 2015 — 3:14 pm
Thanks. Love The Hunger; a real shame the studio made Tony Scott deviate from the novel's ending (far more satisfying).
I bet I would love the book. I'll have to try it out.
Denueve comes from a long tradition of female bloodsuckers, and The Hunger surely belongs among the best of them, You might also like the films of French director Jean Rollin
Rick November 13, 2015 — 6:56 am
I like Kathleen Turner in Body Heat.
A great classic. Her hot exchanges with William Hurt pushed the envelope back in 1981. Kathleen Turner is another sultry actress — even as Jessica Rabbit, it was a fun throwback to the classic noir.
I don't. In fact, the corniness of the dialog and self-consciousness of the acting embarrassed me. For me, this was the beginning of an unfortunate glut of neo-noirs that completely missed the significance of the noir narrative to post war PTSD and saw nothing but adolescent sex fantasies there
Rick November 13, 2015 — 5:13 pm
I was an adolescent in 1981. Maybe that is why I remember it fondly.
I'm fond of so many films that touched the "me" from thirty years ago.
dbmoviesblog November 13, 2015 — 8:39 am
Great post, and a fascinating question. I agree that vulnerability and dependency on a man has generally gone (maybe due to liberalisation' of women, equal rights to do things, plus women's image as 'the one wearing pants' being more acceptable). But there are still some nstances today of femme fatales being very feminine and dependable and past femme fatales being fighty and very mean – Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney) in 'Leave her to Heaven' (1945) – a true villain.
DB, thanks for your input. You mention today's nuances of the femme fatale minus the Kick-Ass factor. Please tell me which ones! I swear I cannot think of any. Your classic choice is outstanding!
Forgive me, but 1945 isn't exactly today. but Gene Tierney was sublimely evil in Leave her to Heaven,
Paul S November 13, 2015 — 9:00 am
Fascinating article, with plenty of femme fatales I've yet to see, and some I'd completely forgotten about. Black Widow is an interesting one, because as the late Roger Ebert noted it teases a cynical, and truly diabolical course – something inspired by the soul of film noir. For a moment there's the possibility that Debra Winger could fall completely under the spell of Theresa Russell's black widow and stand by and allow murder, so the two women can live happily ever after.
It's been a long time since I've watched Black Widow, Body Heat or The Last Seduction so I'll have to plump for Elvira Hancock as my favourite modern femme fatale. "Michelle Pfeiffer made a career by playing sizzling-and-confused to perfection" and here she represented the unobtainable. As the boss' wife, she is the angelic symbol of Tony Montana's aspirations. To him she's the embodiment of success and achievement, and he believes that he can and must posses her. Her presence in the narrative drives him to increasingly absurd lengths, launching him on his final fatal trajectory.
Paul, I'm sooo glad you mentioned Scarface. Michelle P. was awesome in the role. I can still see her blue dress. her symbolic vision of Tony's aspirations is spot on. She's a trophy wife with a mind of her own. Excellent!
beetleypete November 13, 2015 — 10:01 am
Great stuff from both you, and Bill, as always.
She doesn't get a mention that often these days, but I have always been beguiled by the wonder of Louise Brooks, especially in 'Pandora's Box.' She may not have been a great actress, (harder to judge in silent films, I always thought) but I could understand how she drove men crazy, and I could look at her on screen all day. As well as having a lot of time for Linda Fiorentino's performance in 'The Last Seduction', I would have to hand the modern prize to Meg Tilly, in 'Bound.' Her portrayal of Violet is so sexy, I can forgive that film anything.
Best wishes to you both. Pete.
I watched The Last Seduction the other day–I only knew her from 'Dogma'. There's something about her monotone voice that drives me nuts, but that's me. She sure was a one-sided vixen. I just kept wanting to slap her play-toy, Mike Swale. What a boob. Love your classic choices, Pete.
beetleypete November 13, 2015 — 3:10 pm
I know what you mean. She's not great, and it's far from being a great film. But the script is sassy, and she is definitely a femme fatale character.
Glad you like the others, Louise Brooks is one of my idols. The perfect haircut. I should have lived in the 1920s!
The Last Seduction was even worse than Body Heat.
It was cold. The ending with her in the limousine driving away smoking her 100th cigarette was effective. I have never been a fan of Pullman. I thought he was miscast as the husband.
Pete, I agree with you on Louise Brooks in terms of her historical position as the queen of the vamps, but I see her as more a victim than perpetrator in Pandora's Box, and thus chose Theda Bara as my vamp example,although my favorite remains the thoroughly evil Margaret Livingston from "Sunrise." Alas, she wound up on my cutting room floor,as my prologue on the femme fatale was getting way too long. She is responsible for one of silent film's most creative uses of the inter-title, when she suggests her lover drown his wife, and the word 'drowned" dips V-like below the lake's surface.
It's true that Theda Bara is a better example, especially in Salome. Brooks is indeed a victim sometimes. In the film I mentioned, she is killed by Jack The Ripper! It is her ability to tantalise men, and drive them to distraction I was thinking of, though I agree that wasn't the point of this article. I just always think about her, and that film in particular. Both haunt me!
A most enjoyable read, and I hope that all is well in Lima.
Pete, see my comment to this a little further down
David November 13, 2015 — 3:47 pm
Well done, Cindy. I'm really glad you features an image of Xiao Mei of House of Flying Daggers. This is one of my favorite films and a powerful role for a woman with some very surprising attributes. I really loved how that character developed from the entertainer to the master fighter. Her allure and charms are so captivating, sensual and so mysterious, it's no wonder the men lust and desire for her physically and emotionally. I love how she plays it blind, which adds such a tremendous dynamic to the character, as if she is not distracted or swayed by the standards other judge her. Ziyi Zhang is so good in the role and while it's similar to her work in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, I think it's even better. Great post, Fun topic.
David, I'm glad we are in agreement with Xiao and House of Flying Daggers as well as Crouching Tiger. I love the Chinese fable and the magical realism. Such beautiful films and Xiao is captivating. I love her talents. As well as Michelle Yeoh. Poetry in motion!
Cindy, I loved Linda Hamilton in the Terminator, but when she beefed up for the sequel, she was just another idiotic action hero, no more interesting for being female. As an asskicker, Sigourney Weaver's Ripley was more to my taste.But i wouldnt call either a femme fatale. The true ass kicking femme fatale of the 21st century is Noomi Rapace as the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. The key for the kick ass femme fatale is that she be motivated by revenge. I have loved female revenge genre since Lipstick and Ms 45…..
Excellent suggestion with 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoos'. I say the Swedish version is superior to the Hollwood remake. Noomi Rapace did a great job.
Best is the uncut Swedish version of all three chapters of the millenium trilogy. I think they are on Netflix
I love them.
Yes, Sigourney Weaver was better than Linda, but I loved Hamilton in T2 as a character who had dramatically altered from the first Terminator. I'll never forget the scene when she clings to the fence and the atomic blow-out blasts through. She had a huge load on her shoulders. I liked watching her deal with it. Reconsidering, she was too far removed to be a femme fatale, So was Ridley. That is, they had a job to do and that was their focus. Nothing to do with male and trying to manipulate anyone. Agreed. But their roles stimulated a change in how we look at the sexy female. My ultimate observation is that I don't think the femme fatale is around much these days because we've skirted to viewing women not as damaged goods and their sexuality is a way to rise above their condition, What we see in films these days is the ultra-strong woman.
what i see in movies these days is a lot of brats using movies as a stage for them to show off their mediocre
what i see in movies these days is a lot of brats competing with each other for meaningless accolades. Ultra-strong women? Greta Gerwig, are you listening? I agree with you that the femme fatale is not a part of the US culture as it was in the 40′ s and 50's, and that women are no different from men when they play action figures. One thing i really disagree on is the notion of sexuality in film…for me sexuality cannot exist in 2 dimensional representational art. Sex isnt even a primarily visual activity. Beauty is the surface of film; not sex. And beauty has little to do with sex, and there is …literally..no sex in film. Sex is an activity between flesh and blood individuals in real time and specific place. Romance is the undercurrent of film.Empathy is the heart of film, the blood of film. Sex is so far from what movies are about, except of course the moronic adolescent comedies that are all essetiallya search for the cure for masturbation. I agree with Godard's famous line of dialog in masculine/Feminine" "We went to the movies but we never saw the movie we wanted to see,the one we secretly wanted to live" I dont like being accosted by silly women at the seashore who tell me their body temperature is always a couple of degrees above normal. Thats not the movie I secretly want to live. And I agree with Sam fuller that "film is a battleground. Love, hate, violence, action, death…In a word, emotion."
Bill, missed this. You are a man who lives in the wrong decade. I've often thought I fit more in the 20s than today. 😉 Anyway, I agree with your Sam Fuller quote and your opinion on sex and romance and empathy. All I know is I like to watch worlds where there are complicated characters trying to survive in their setting. I like universal themes and I like watching noble characters rising above the evil.
billwhite1951 November 14, 2015 — 9:43 am
Cindy, these are also the things I look for in movies. I believe I lived in the right decades, but am now living in some science fiction future where my kind is obsolete. i come from time when women had their place: emily dickinson as the greatest american poet, susan sontag as one of the country's sharpest intellectuals, and julia childs as the world's greatest french chef. from the 60's, when pauline kael reinvented film criticism and into the 90's, when camile paglia reinvented literary criticism. i have had the thrill of being in the same room as some the greatest female singers as they sang their hearts out, among them leonyne price, sarah vaughan, odetta, nina simone, linda, thompson, and loretta lynn. and cant even count the unforgettable screen performances of all those 20th century actresses from all over the world. no, i am not living in the wrong decade…just the wrong century.
Stu November 14, 2015 — 3:52 am
Very interesting read Cindy and Bill. I wasn't really aware of the roots of the femme fatale, and really hadn't made the link between the more action-oriented leading roles of today, so that was both educational and food for thought.
I watched Double Indemnity in preparation, and it was the first time I'd seen the film; so much of Stanwyck's performance, and character traits, are present in the more recent femme fatales from neo-noirs that I can think of (particularly Linda Fioerentino's character in The Last Seduction – which is one of my all time favourites – and Lara Flynn Boyle in Red Rock West, another John Dahl film). The sunglasses, the vampishness, the way she goes straight into a seduction and has Fred MacMurray's Neff twisted round her finger within mere minutes, all the way to the repeated betrayals (of her husband, of Neff, of her daughter) and tragedy-laced comeuppance. But I'm now keen to see some of the earlier versions of the archetype that are mentioned.
Stu, thank you for your commentary! There feels like three waves–the great archetype you've watched for this discussion; a neo-noir wave, and one we are in now which, to me, seems to have foregone roots of blackmail and covert manipulation and she has become overt and less seductive. I have not seen Red Rock West, so I will check that out!
Cindy. Let's not forget the first wave, which began with the silent-era vamps and continued with the flappers of the roaring twenties and into the pre-code films of the early thirties, in which stanwyck's persona was established.
Bill, oops, yes, that's true. This will sound problematic, but I enjoy noirs and the femme fatale. I don't see any being made today. (Maybe in foreign markets)
Thinking of literature and film throughout time portraying women as either angels or seductresses, I'm glad today's female is portrayed by strong characters, if not downright fearless. There's 'Suffragette'out in theaters, for example.
Wielding power via beauty/passion to manipulate men as a means to an end is just as wrong as when a man does it. But gosh, she's fun to watch. More fun than watching a woman wield a gun as her weapon.
No problem! I recommend Red Rock West…it doesn't reinvent the wheel but it's a solid neo-noir and there's fun to be had watching another psychotic performance by Dennis Hopper.
Cindy Bruchman November 16, 2015 — 11:01 am
🙂 So, Stu. Can I count on you for December's topic, a focus on Ang Lee? All you would have to do is consider an aspect of his directing and tie it to a film (I think you mentioned Brokeback Mt.). You don't have to do a long review or article about him–a conversation starter is fine.
Yes, no problem at all! Thanks again for asking. I may be in touch nearer the time to get your email again but count me in.
I'm honored. Thanks, pal!
There was Brian DePalma's 2012 "Passion," with Noomi Rapace and Rachel McAdams. Apparently, a weak female character has replaced the male victim in the femme fatale scenario. Perhaps Pete, who liked Bound so much, can elaborate on this.
In a similar vein, I thought of 'Notes on a Scandal' (2006) with Dench and Blanchett.
jackdeth72 November 14, 2015 — 4:59 pm
Hi, Cindy:
Excellent critique! Well thought out, delivered and defended.
High marks and kudos for using a famed silhouette frame from the criminally unknown, 'The Big Combo' to encapsulate your work.
Marie Windsor's, Sherry Petty is a classic Femme Fatale. Cold. Manipulative. Merciless in applying pressure to her milquetoast husband, George (Perpetual Sap, Elisha Cook, Jr. in Stanley Kubrick's 'The Killing'. Right up there with Ann Savage's Vera in 'Detour'. Evenly slip between Anjelica Huston's Lilly Dillon and Annette Benning's Myra Langtry as they fight over the soul of Lilly's son, Roy (John Cusack) in Stephen Frears' early work 'The Grifters'.
Though, none of them hold a candle to Linda Fiorentino's Wendy Kroy in 'The Last Seduction'! Whose seductive iciness is made whole by the late, great J.T. Walsh asking, "Anyone check you for a heartbeat recently?"
Femme Fatale as an Action or Super Hero seems a bit of a stretch. Though, in the fighting to survive and get away with the money. Few can beat the final reels of Jane Greer's Kathie in 'Out of The Past'. Ava Gardner's Kitty in 'The Killers'. Or Peggy Cummings' Annie Starr in 'Gun Crazy'.
Kevin, thanks for popping by and sharing your thoughts about femme fatales. There are many classic noirs I need to watch and you've listed some for me to explore. Thanks!
,hollywood's fictional femme fatales could no longer compete with real life psycho killers like my hometown honeys Courtney Love and Amanda Knox.
Jordan Dodd November 15, 2015 — 6:05 pm
What an interesting read. Has me itching to watch Under The Skin!
Jordan, Yes! What a fab choice for this. She is a vampire of sorts, yes? Evolutionary predator absolutely.
A vampire of sorts for sure, though she changes as the film goes on. Ahh I love Under The Skin so much! 😀
ruth November 15, 2015 — 6:23 pm
Hi Cindy, sorry I didn't get a chance to visit this weekend. Frankly I couldn't even get near a computer (let alone a blog) as my heart's heavy about those violence in Paris.
In any case, I LOVE this post, insightful as always AND entertaining. I don't know who my all time fave femme fatales are, does Scarlett O'Hara count? I also love Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity, who's effortlessly seductive. Of the recent movies, I LOVE Rebecca Ferguson in MI5, Charlize Theron in Mad Max Fury Road and Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow!
Ruth, yes, very sad with the Paris attack. Keeping up with one's blog is irrelevant in comparison. Thanks for commenting, nonetheless, as your thoughts are the cheery addition I enjoy. Hmmm. Scarlett. Yes, I should think so. She manipulated the people around her to achieve her goals and her beauty was the trump card. Usually you think of noirs –the mysterious woman brings bad results to the male, duping him — those crime mysteries — although Bill pointed out in the silent era, vampires and Berlin showgirls began the movement. Then came the era of Double Indemnity. Then the neo-noir, like Chinatown and L.A. Confidential, and the present, a void of that manipulator, evolved into an independent creature who doesn't need a man. Just a theory. However, Jordan, brought up 'Under the Skin' which brings us an alien predator who consumes men.
Perhaps since Earth girls don't need men anymore to survive, aliens and vampires will become the new femme fatale….
Invasion of the Bee Girls Devil Girl from Mars, Liquid Sky……etc
I haven't seen Under the Skin yet but does that count that she's not human though? Btw, I just thought of someone, Nicole Kidman in To Die For is a manipulative b*tch who uses men to her advantage.
Good point about the alien, Ruth. I think since vampires count, so should aliens, but that's me. 😉 Yay, you are right, Ruth, about Kidman. I can think of a few roles Nicole has played over the years where she is that conniving manipulator. Thanks!
Mark Walker November 16, 2015 — 4:45 pm
Absolutely fabulous post here, Cindy! It is Noirvember I hear, after all? 😉
The femme fatale is always one of the storytelling pleasures. But whenever I think of one, the first that springs to mind is Linda Fiorentino in John Dahl's hugely underrated The Last Seduction.
Hi Mark! Glad you stopped by. The Last Seduction seems to evoke a love/hate reaction. As a femme fatale, she is the classic type–cold, merciless, emasculator. Other than 'Dogma', that role seemed to be Linda's one-hit-wonder.
Brenda Davis Harsham November 16, 2015 — 7:33 pm
Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct was chilling. My favorite might be Angelina Jolie in Tourist, though. She can't decide what side she's on, but she looks awesome whatever side that turns out to be.
Hi Brenda! Basic Instinct wasn't a great film, but that role of Sharon Stone's wass iconic, wasn't it? Angelina Jolie has made a career out of playing sensuous deadly ladies, hasn't she? The Tourist is no exception. Nice inclusion!
Brenda Davis Harsham November 17, 2015 — 9:27 am
Yes I agree. I never feel the need to rewatch Basic Instinct, but Sharon Stone was an ad for fidelity!
Cindy Bruchman November 18, 2015 — 12:11 pm
No kidding!
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billwhite1951 November 19, 2015 — 11:34 am
As an actress Id rate Sharon Stone at the Kim Novak level. Her modern femme fatale of Basic Instinct was much more provocative than Fiorentino and Turner's laborious retreads of 1940's stereotypes.
thelonelyauthorblog November 23, 2015 — 10:24 am
Fascinating read. Loved every word. This will be a good blog to follow.
Hi there! Welcome and thanks for following me. I hope you contribute your thoughts as much as you like! 🙂 Let me run over to your site and check it out.
thelonelyauthorblog November 24, 2015 — 8:31 am
Thanks. My name is Andrew. Nice to meet you.
vinnieh November 24, 2015 — 9:36 am
This was one cool post, full of excellent observations about all the wonderful femme fatales who've graced the screen.
Hi Vinnieh, thanks very much for the kind words. Do you have a favorite femme fetale or a favorite movie featuring her?
There are so many though Double Indemnity stands out.
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saintronald2010 December 1, 2015 — 5:32 am
Look, one of the best femme fatales I've ever seen is on the small screen……..Gretchen Mol in Boardwalk Empire! Okay, It's TV……..but it's one of the greatest TV series ever made!……….This is the most gorgeous, delicate, evil woman I have ever seen in a moving picture! Legendary stuff here, if you didn't see what she does, you would never believe it!
Gretchen Mol is God(dess)!
Cindy Bruchman December 1, 2015 — 10:50 am
Ronald, welcome and thanks for your input. Yeah, we were talking about films, but if it extended to television, I hear she's something else! I'll take your word for it–it's a series I have meant to rent over the years but haven't. When I do, I'll remember your adoration for her 😉
vinnieh December 1, 2015 — 10:54 am
After watching Body Heat, I got to say Matty Walker. What a sexy and enticing woman who is always two steps ahead of the game and as calculated as they come.
Alfred Hitchcock Master December 1, 2015 — 5:05 pm
I like your choice of Ingrid Bergman in "Notorious." I never really viewed the film in that light, but Alicia Huberman was certainly a femme fatal. She baited Alexander Sebastian and brought about his ruin. It is all the more interesting that we are sympathetic to her throughout the film. It has always been my favorite Bergman film (along with "Autumn Sonata"). I also enjoy Kim Novak in "Vertigo." However, I feel the need to choose a non-Hitchcock character. Gloria Swanson's Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard" is a nice change from the regular femme fatal formula, and it is an excellent film, so that would be my choice.
I am not particularly fond of the 1980s and 1990s femme fatal resurgence. I haven't analyzed my reasons, but I feel that many of those films (such as "Basic Instinct") were improperly handled.
Cindy Bruchman December 3, 2015 — 6:54 pm
Hi, yws, I prefer the classics. I'm glad you mentioned Gloria Swanson's Norma. It's an incredible film all around.
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I found out I was pregnant two weeks ago.
After the first week of knowing I started to cramp and bleed so I went to the ER. I didn't miscarry but I was bleeding from where the placenta is going to attach to something later on down the road. I still worry everyday that something will happen.
I did get to hear the heartbeat but am wondering when I will know for sure that I am in the clear for anything bad happening.
I am almost 40 and this is our 4th pregnancy. I have had 3 failed pregnancies (took tests/didn't reveal any abnormality). This is our 4th pregnancy and I am about 7 weeks along. Thus far, everything seems to be going fairly good. We had a sonogram done on last week (Maybe 10, 2007) and we actually saw the baby's heart beating. That was pretty exciting.
My expected due date is December 31, although the doctor says if this turns out to be a good pregnancy, he's thinking he wants me to deliver before then. I am at wits end. Scared all the time that something may go wrong. I ache off and on (nothing really major) except all the aching scares me. I want to be excited but I am scared to get to excited right now only setting myself up for a disappointment. I pray all the time, rub my stomach and even talk to the fetus (crazy, huh). I am so scared that I feel like an anxiety attack will come one. My heart has been racing and I don't know how to calm myself down.
This is a very trying time for me/us and I am getting up in age. My doctor didn't expect me to have children based on all the miscarriages I have been having and he's monitoring my levels on a weekly basis. Please keep me in your prayers as I will do the same.
I'm 33yrs old and haven't really been broody until the last 2 or 3 yrs, through this time I've become worse and worse and became desperate for a baby. My boyfriend is very supportive and after trying for just 3 mths found out I was pregnant. Hooray!
I'm now 11 weeks and have been very lucky. I haven't had any morning sickness but I have been extremely tired, I hope this passes soon as I spend more time sleeping than awake.
I have my first ultrasound next week to make sure the baby is growing normally.
Good luck to all of you mothers to be!
A baby! Am I ready?! Is he?
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I just took my third 10 minutes ago... positive!
I am so pleased but I am worried that after so many years of trying to get my life together I get two things I have always wanted.... university (and a career at the end) and a baby!
Well, what can I say? I just found out that I am four weeks pregnant.
My husband and I are so happy, but I am so worried. I am reading about all these things that can happen within the first couple weeks. I am scared. I want my baby! My husband and I thought we couldn't have babies, and now there is one, growing inside of me. Oh, please Lord, let me have my baby.
I am going to the doctor soon, she'll let me know if everything is going according to plan. Pray for us!


A U.S. National Institutes of Health study of 124 pediatric and adult patients taking protease inhibitors for the first time found that the change in viral load in the first six days of the treatment was able to predict many cases of poor response of the regimen by week 12. Therefore treatment could be changed quickly in these cases (instead of at 4 or 8 weeks, as recommended by current U.S. guidelines), reducing the development of drug resistance by minimizing the time on an ineffective therapy.
In this study, "reduction in plasma HIV-1 of less than 0.72 log by day 6 after initiation of therapy predicted poor long-term responses in more than 99% of the patients." For those with less than a 0.96 log reduction, the chance of poor response at 12 weeks was 95%. But while very good at predicting some cases of drug failure, 6-day viral load was not as good at assuring long-term success. This is because unpredictable events can occur after day six, such as new mutations that cause viral resistance.
In clinical practice, some patients will not get their blood drawn on exactly the sixth day. Presumably the cut-off value for counting drug failure should be adjusted if the second blood draw is at, for example, 7 days, although the paper did not discuss this. However, this study found that samples taken at day 13 or day 28 were not as predictive as those taken at day 6 -- probably because of the more complex factors affecting viral load after the initial period of rapid decline.
Prediction may be better if there is also a viral load test on day 3, 4, or 5 -- due to natural fluctuations of viral levels, and also due to the variability of test results. The researchers did not seem to think that this extra test would be necessary in clinical practice.
This research team previously reported that the trough (lowest) drug concentration in blood plasma at the end of the first week, but not the dose, correlated with viral decline, and predicted long-term response. But it would be hard to measure blood levels of three or more drugs, or to know how sensitive the virus was to them. The authors suggest that the much simpler measurement of early viral load change is good enough.
Physicians might want to look at viral load decline by day six of certain new treatments -- in order to quickly change a clearly ineffective regimen. But the patients and treatments in this study were often not representative of what physicians see today. We hope the guidelines committees will study all the available information, and decide if a day-six viral load test should now be recommended for patients starting or changing antiretroviral therapy -- or if additional studies should be done first.


WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – Tuesday, June 25, 2013 – Another chance for glory awaits the Des Moines Menace women. Starting tonight, they'll play three matches in less than 48 hours, competing in their first-ever National Women's Open Cup.
In Overland Park, Kan., the Menace (2-2-0) opens tonight against a Women's Premier Soccer League rival, the Kansas City Shock (6-1-0). Des Moines faces the Houston Aces (5-0-0), a WPSL heavyweight, tomorrow night, and closes against the Kansas City Dynamos on Thursday morning. This nationally recognized tournament is sanctioned by the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA).
This year, the Cup's playoff format changed, terminating the regional qualifying tournament and switching to a pure round-robin style. The champion is decided by overall tournament record at the end of the three days of competition.
Menace head coach Kevin Schalk knows the challenge that's facing him and his crew, but believes the Menace's depth will help.
- Seeks to bounce back from 2-1 loss to Quad City Eagles, its first-ever defeat at home, last Saturday (June 22).
- Has 12 goals from nine different players; Tori VonMende leads the team with three.
- Is entering the Women's National Open Cup for the first time.
- Has 11 returning players including 2012 co-captains Jordan Bishop and Maggie Wylie.
- Is looking to build momentum after its 3-0 shutout victory over the Quad City Eagles last Sunday (June 23).
- Is 6-1-0 in WPSL play, with its lone loss coming from the Menace.
- Will be meeting the Menace for the third time this season, after splitting a home-and-home series with Des Moines. The home teams prevailed each time (Kansas City, 3-0, on May 26, and Des Moines, 4-0, on June 9).
- Is undefeated (5-0-0) and sitting atop the Big Sky South Division in the WPSL.
- Has shut out five straight opponents and has yet to allow a goal in WPSL play.
- Compete with teams from Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Houston, Tulsa and Allen, Texas.
- Compete in Region II of the U23 division of the USASA.
- Won the U23 USASA National Championship over FC Milwaukee, 5-1.
- Entering its 18th year in existence and its first under the new format.
- Was known as the Women's Cup from 2009-2012.
- Features new rules, in which competing teams play a round-robin tournament with the champion being the team with the best tournament record at the end.
- The Chicago Red Stars, the 2012 Women's Cup champions, will not be returning to the tournament. They are competing in the professional National Women's Soccer League.
- Lindsey Bardole's 41th minute goal wasn't enough as the Menace fell to the Quad City Eagles at Valley Stadium.
- It was Des Moines first-ever loss at home in two years of competition.
- Amy Bennett scored in the 4th minute and Chelsea Fisher netted the game-winner in the 23rd minute.
- The Menace women will wrap up their inaugural WPSL regular season with a road trip to Madison, Wisc., and Bettendorf, Iowa, on July 5 and 6.
- With only the top four teams of the Midwest Division entering the regional playoffs, Des Moines needs a pair of wins to ensure its season doesn't end early.
- The Midwest regional playoffs will take place on July 13 and 14 in the division-winner's city.


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package org.xins.tests.common.servlet;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;

import javax.servlet.ServletInputStream;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import junit.framework.Test;
import junit.framework.TestCase;
import junit.framework.TestSuite;

import org.xins.common.collections.PropertyReaderConverter;
import org.xins.common.servlet.ServletRequestPropertyReader;
import org.xins.common.text.ParseException;

/**
 * Tests for class ServletRequestPropertyReader.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1.10 $ $Date: 2007/03/16 10:30:36 $
 * @author Ernst de Haan
 */
public class ServletRequestPropertyReaderTests extends TestCase {

   /**
    * Constructs a new ServletRequestPropertyReaderTests test
    * suite with the specified name. The name will be passed to the
    * superconstructor.
    *
    * @param name
    *    the name for this test suite.
    */
   public ServletRequestPropertyReaderTests(String name) {
      super(name);
   }

   /**
    * Returns a test suite with all test cases defined by this class.
    *
    * @return
    *    the test suite, never null.
    */
   public static Test suite() {
      return new TestSuite(ServletRequestPropertyReaderTests.class);
   }

   public void testServletRequestPropertyReader() {

      ServletRequest r = null;
      try {
         new ServletRequestPropertyReader(r);
         fail("Expected NullPointerException.");
      } catch (NullPointerException exception) {
         // as expected
      }
   }

   public void testServletRequestPropertyReaderHTTPParameters()
	throws Exception {

		// Pass null to the constructor
      HttpServletRequest r = null;
      try {
         new ServletRequestPropertyReader(r);
         fail("Expected IllegalArgumentException.");
      } catch (IllegalArgumentException exception) {
         // as expected
      }

      ServletRequestPropertyReader pr;
		Properties p;
		Iterator names;

		// Empty query string
      r = new ServletRequestMockup("");
      pr = new ServletRequestPropertyReader(r);
      assertEquals(0, pr.size());

		// Simple query string with only one parameter
      r = new ServletRequestMockup("name=value");
      pr = new ServletRequestPropertyReader(r);
      assertEquals(1, pr.size());
		names = pr.getNames();
		assertNotNull(names);
		assertTrue(names.hasNext());
		assertEquals("name", names.next());
		assertFalse(names.hasNext());
		assertEquals("value", pr.get("name"));

		// Simple query string with 2 parameters
      r = new ServletRequestMockup("a=1&b=2");
      pr = new ServletRequestPropertyReader(r);
		p = new Properties();
		p.put("a", "1");
		p.put("b", "2");
      assertEquals(p, PropertyReaderConverter.toProperties(pr));

		// Query string with some special situations
      r = new ServletRequestMockup("&a=1&b=2&c=&d&&a=1&e=%20+%C2%a9&&");
      pr = new ServletRequestPropertyReader(r);
		p = new Properties();
		p.put("a", "1");
		p.put("b", "2");
		p.put("c", "");
		p.put("d", "");
		p.put("e", "  \u00a9");
      assertEquals(p, PropertyReaderConverter.toProperties(pr));

		// Invalid URL-encoded stuff
		String[] invalid = new String[] {
			"a=%fg", "a=%gf", "a=%f", "a=%", "a=%g",
			"b=1&a=%fg", "b=1&a=%gf", "b=1&a=%f", "b=1&a=%",
			"b=1&b=2"
		};
		for (int i = 0; i < invalid.length; i++) {
			String qs = invalid[i];
			r = new ServletRequestMockup(qs);
		   try {
			   new ServletRequestPropertyReader(r);
				fail("Expected ParseException on query string \"" + qs + "\".");
			} catch (ParseException exception) {
				// as expected
			}
		}
   }

   private static class ServletRequestMockup
   extends Object
   implements HttpServletRequest {

      private ServletRequestMockup(String queryString) {
         _queryString = queryString;
      }

      private final String _queryString;

      public Object getAttribute(String name) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public Enumeration getAttributeNames() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getCharacterEncoding() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public void setCharacterEncoding(String env)
      throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public int getContentLength() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getContentType() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public ServletInputStream getInputStream()
      throws IOException {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getParameter(String name) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public Enumeration getParameterNames() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String[] getParameterValues(String name) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public Map getParameterMap() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getProtocol() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getScheme() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getServerName() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public int getServerPort() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public BufferedReader getReader() throws IOException {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getRemoteAddr() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getRemoteHost() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public void setAttribute(String name, Object o) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public void removeAttribute(String name) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public Locale getLocale() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public Enumeration getLocales() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public boolean isSecure() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public RequestDispatcher getRequestDispatcher(String path) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getRealPath(String path) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public int getRemotePort() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getLocalName() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getLocalAddr() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public int getLocalPort() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      // From HttpServletRequest

      public String getAuthType() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public Cookie[] getCookies() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public long getDateHeader(String name) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getHeader(String name) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public Enumeration getHeaders(String name) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public Enumeration getHeaderNames() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public int getIntHeader(String name) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getMethod() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getPathInfo() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getPathTranslated() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getContextPath() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getQueryString() {
         return _queryString;
      }

      public String getRemoteUser() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public boolean isUserInRole(String role) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public java.security.Principal getUserPrincipal() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getRequestedSessionId() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getRequestURI() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public StringBuffer getRequestURL() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public String getServletPath() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public HttpSession getSession(boolean create) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public HttpSession getSession() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public boolean isRequestedSessionIdValid() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public boolean isRequestedSessionIdFromCookie() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public boolean isRequestedSessionIdFromURL() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }

      public boolean isRequestedSessionIdFromUrl() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }
   }
}

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In all seriousness, though, apparently this is a tactic that thieves use to "test" cards that they think may go largely unmonitored by their owners. — If nobody notices a small but unusual charge (which the bank probably won't either), then the thieves know that they can probably use the card for much larger charges over-time before it's shut off.
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99 Thoughts for Small Group Leaders
Home / 99 Thoughts for Small Group Leaders
By Joshua Griffin with Doug Fields Lives are changed. Decisions are made. Jokes are shared. Lifelong friendships are formed. If you're a small group leader, you probably ask yourself lots of questions. Am I making a difference? Am I wisely investing my time, energy, and resources? How can I maximize my impact in these kids' lives? Find the answers you're looking for in 99 Thoughts for Small Group Leaders. Like other books in our 99 Thoughts series, Joshua Griffin's latest book delivers insights, tips, and veteran advice for small group leaders. When put into play, these bite-size, consumable pieces of wisdom can help leaders "knock it out of the park," setting them up to win. If you're a small group leader, you'll come back to this book again and again for encouragement, inspiration, and direction. And if you're a leader of leaders, you'll want to put this book into the hands of every small group leader-an investment in their lives and the lives of students in your youth ministry.


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Q: NSManagedObject: isUpdated and changedValues discrepancy I have a Core Data entity class that subclasses NSManagedObject.
I want to update the entity's attribute with a last modif. timestamp, so I'm implementing its willSave method.
I found out that when the method is called, isUpdated returns TRUE but changedValues is empty (same for changedValuesForCurrentEvent).
Can you explain me how is it possible?
Thanks

A: The state method isUpdated is set to YES when any property that causes KVO notifications is updated, so re-setting a property to it's current value will cause isUpdated to be set to YES.
changedValues returns the properties that have actually been changed. Perhaps a category method like this would help:
- (BOOL) isActuallyUpdated
{
    return self.changedValues.count > 0
}

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The center of the Church is in Salt Lake City, Utah, but there are more than 15 million members living all over the world. About six million of them live in the United States. Four and a half million of them live in the Western United States and 1.8 million live in Utah. It is the second fastest growing church in the United States. It is the fourth largest in the United States. The leader of the Church is called the President of the Church, and Mormons respect him as a prophet. Right now, the President of the Mormon church is Russell M. Nelson. Mormons believe that God guides the prophet, just like Catholics believe God guides the Pope.
L.D.S. members or Mormons believe in the Holy Scriptures including the Bible and Book of Mormon- another Testament of Jesus Christ. They also believe that it is important for families to spend a lot of time together, and that after they die, they can live together forever. Mormons do not drink alcohol, coffee, or tea; smoke tobacco; or use other drugs. They meet once a week on Sunday for church, where they have the sacrament and listen to short talks by members of their own congregation. They also have Sunday school to learn more about their religion. The Church also has activities during the week. Mormons also have buildings called temples. These are the most holy buildings in their religion. After a temple has been dedicated, only Mormons that are living lives in accordance with the teachings of the church can go in the temple.
In the early 20th century, the Mormon Church grew, and opened its first temples outside of Utah. Soon into the 20th century, tithing (giving money to the Church) was made a part of being a good Mormon. In 1995, Gordon Hinckley became President. He got the church to build many temples in the United States and elsewhere around the world. The current President is Russell M. Nelson after the death of Thomas S. Monson in January 2018.
↑ "LDS Statistics and Church Facts". Lds.org. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2006). "Church Is the Second-Fastest Growing Religion in the United States". Retrieved 5 October 2010.
↑ National Council of Churches (2010). "Catholics, Mormons, Assemblies of God growing; Mainline churches report a continuing decline". Retrieved 5 October 2010.
↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2009). "Facts & Statistics". Retrieved 5 October 2010.
↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2008). "FamilySearch - About Us". Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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1. Slice rolls horizontally, spread with mustard and layer each half with prosciutto, cheese, tomato, another slice of cheese, carrots, zucchini, mushrooms, and onion.
2. Mix mayo with vinaigrette; pour over top of each open face sandwich.
3. Place on cookie sheet. Bake 375 F, 8-10 mins until tops are brown and dressing has set.
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Just a quick note to let everyone know that tomorrow's Law Report on ABC Radio National will focus on Creative Commons.
The show, which airs at 8:30am AEST, will feature excerpts from a debate held at this year's Melbourne Writer's Festival, Creative Commons or Creative Theft?, in which CC-using sci fi author Cory Doctorow and CCau's own Jessica Coates duked it out with Jeremy Fisher (the Director of the Australian Society of Authors) and Sandy Grant (Publisher and Director of the Copyright Agency Limited) about the role of open content licensing in modern publishing.
The debate was lots of fun and had some great speeches, so we definitely encourage people to catch the show tomorrow.
The show will also feature an interview with Jessica on Creative Commons, what it is and how it's being implemented in Australia today.
The Radio National online stream is available here. If you can't listen to the show live, it's replayed tomorrow night at 8pm, or can be downloaded as a podcast from the Law Report website.


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Page 12 shows AGENT GIVENS and FRITZ drive to U.S. Occupied Territory.
"U.S. OCCUPIED TERRITORY. FORMER NAZI PENAL FACILITY."
FRITZ was a prisoner here.
"PINK TRIANGLE" - (German: Rosa Winkel) was a Nazi concentration camp badge used to identify male prisoners who were sent there because of their homosexuality.
"CAPTAIN MATHEWS!" - Captain Vince Mathews, an American intelligence officer, one of the other protagonists of the comic.


"wally." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 17 April 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Wally>.
(colloquial, London and Essex) A pickled large gherkin or cucumber.
A diminutive of the male given names Walter and Wallace.
In 1988, Wally Cochran of the Royal Guide Dogs in Australia received a request from a woman needing a guide dog which would not exacerbate her husband's dog allergy.
The company's humble beginnings date back to the late 1920s when Wally Byam began building masonite trailers in his Los Angeles backyard.
Paul Getty used his company's aircraft technology to manufacture the Spartan trailer much like Wally Byam several years before.
Wally Byam and his wife can be seen deep in the African jungle, a Flying Cloud from the 1950s travels a Mexican desert, John F.
Their founder, Wally Byam, used airplane technology for the design and construction, calling his first trailer the Clipper.


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Khaled El-Anany es un egiptólogo, actual ministro de Turismo y Antigüedades de Egipto, designado desde el 23 de marzo de 2016 tras una remodelación del gobierno del primer ministro Sherif Ismail.

En 2001, completó su doctorado en Egiptología en la Universidad de Montpellier en Francia, destacando en la onomástica de la realeza egipcia. Después comenzó un grado universitario en la Facultad de Turismo y Administración de Hoteles en la Universidad de Helwan.

Fue el director general del Museo Nacional de la Civilización Egipcia (NMEC) en octubre de 2014. También estuvo encargado de supervisar el Gran Museo Egipcio en 2015.

En octubre de 2015, el gobierno francés le condecoró caballero de la Orden de las Artes y las Letras por sus logros en estudios arqueológicos, sus esfuerzos por preservar el patrimonio egipcio y por la cooperación mantenida entre Francia y Egipto en el campo de la arqueología.

El-Anany fue director del Open Learning Centre, líder del departamento de Guía Turística, vicedecano de Educación y Asuntos Estudiantiles y catedrático de Egiptología.

También es miembro del Instituto Francés de Arqueología Oriental en El Cairo (IFAO). Ha dado clases en Francia y Suiza.

Ministro de Antigüedades (2016)
El-Anany fue designado ministro de Antigüedades el 23 de marzo de 2016. Desea continuar con el legado de sus antecesores en el ministerio. Algunos de sus objetivos son ayudar a jóvenes arqueólogos egipcios a desarrollar sus habilidades, incluso enviándolos a estudiar al extranjero, y abrir parcialmente el Museo Nacional de Civilización Egipcia (NMEC) en 2016, que finalmente abrió un año después.

Referencias

Ministros de Egipto
Egiptólogos de Egipto
Egipcios del siglo XXI

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Giant Fallout 4 Infodump! Dog! World Building! Real Pip Boy! Based on everything Bethesda Games revealed during last night's E3 press conference, Fallout 4 sounds insane, and possibly the best chapter in the series yet.
Skyrim Turns Into Card Game With Elder Scrolls Legends Last night Bethesda Games, publishers of several popular game series, held their big E3 conference and revealed their lineup for the next year. The lion's share of the attention was directed at Fallout 4 (more on that later). There wasn't much in the way of new news regarding the Elder Scrolls series, except for this: something called Elder Scrolls Legends was briefly mentioned. The next title in the series has been revealed? Not exactly. This is a spinoff card game for your tablet, and maybe for your PC.
NES EarthBound Beginnings Coming To Wii U, Apocalypse Imminent What was it the doomsayers said? First Nintendo will release the original EarthBound for NES, then blood will rain from the sky, then frogs will start leaping out of our toilets…..well, check your health insurance policy now, because the first sign has arrived. It's not Mother 3, but it's two Mothers removed and close enough.
Tales of Zestiria Coming to PS3, PS4, PC October 20 Namco is still chugging along with its Tales series, where other JRPG makers have given up or retreated to handhelds (or worse, free-to-play). You don't have to dig out your last-gen console to play this next one, though — or even use a console at all. Prevously announced as a Playstation 3 exclusive, the game has now been confirmed for Playstation 4 and Steam. There is no indication if the PS4 version will differ from the PS3 version in any way.
Atlus Announces Legend of Legacy Today Atlus revealed an English translation for a new JRPG titled "Legend of Legacy" (that title makes no sense in Japanese either). It'll be a turn-based exploration game that be played seven different ways, as you can select anybody in the game's cast to be your main character.
The Dominant Platform For Witcher 3 Isn't Steam CD Projekt Red, publishers of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, revealed today the dominant form of commerce people are using to obtain their game. Despite Steam being the digital distribution hub preferred by the majority of people, somehow this highly-anticipated, extremely hyped game managed to sell more copies on GOG.com.
Projekt Red said that over 690,000 people play the game through GOG, which is a significant chunk of the 4 million copies (digital and physical) that Witcher 3 has sold since its release. In fact, this number is so great that it edges out all other digital distribution platforms combined.
This Elder Scrolls Themed Basement Cost $50,000 To Make DC Comics artist Tyler Kirkham lives in Kaysville, Utah. He likes comics, obviously, but he LOVES the Elder Scrolls series. So much so that he would spend $50,000 of his own money to have his basement remodeled into a scene right out of the series itself.
To get the look just perfect, Tyler's finished new basement now features distressed stone walls, various helmets and horns on the walls, a bathroom with a waterfall and rock face covered in vines, crossbows and a sparring arena. And get this….a secret door activated by pulling a specific book from the bookshelf. Gotta have that!
Patch That Witcher! New Patch Released For Witcher 3 When a problem comes along, you must patch it. CD Projekt Red has released the latest patch resolving issues and bugs in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, this time in a more timely manner: PC and Playstation 4 users will get their patch simultaneously, while XBox One users will get one very soon.
The Final Fantasy XV Demo Will Be Updated Next Week As promised, Square-Enix broadcasted its second Active Time Report livestream conference early this morning, starring Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata and marketing manager Akio Ofuj.
The stream took over an hour, but the important facts can be summed up in about a minute. The most important one is that the new version of the Final Fantasy XV demo will arrive next week, and contain many improvements based on the feedback the team asked for earlier this year.


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InfoQ Homepage News OCF Will Run Over Thread
OCF Will Run Over Thread
Abel Avram
The Thread Group and the Open Connectivity Foundation have agreed to make OCF's application layer compatible with Thread, the IoT networking protocol initially developed by Alphabet's Nest.
OCF provides a standard and a reference implementation framework (IoTivity) residing at the application level in the OSI model. OCF can run over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or Bluetooth LE. Now, the two consortiums have agreed to make sure OCF runs over Thread too. The idea is to ensure that "consumers will have smart home devices that seamlessly work together out of the box, regardless of their brand or function", according to Grant Erickson, the Thread Group president.
This cooperation is good news for IoT which needs interoperability. It remains to be seen if the AllSeen Alliance will enable their AllJoyn framework to run over Thread too. Microsoft, a member of the AllSeen Alliance, added support for AllJoyn to Windows 10 and joined the Thread Group a year ago with the idea of making it run over Thread. As far as we know, this has not happened yet. Instead Microsoft joined the OCF a few months ago, and now we see plans to make it run on Thread. AllJoyn currently supports Wi-Fi, Ethernet, serial, and Power Line (PLC), and there is no reason it couldn't support Thread.
OCF has recently announced the addition of 31 new members, including Bose, Comcast, Fujitsu, Somfy, Sony and Tata, the total number getting close to 200. They have also announced the OCF 1.1 draft specification with enhancements for the Core Framework, Security, Smart Home Device, and Resource Type. The have added support for Smart Locks and a number of sensors that can be usually found in wearable or robot devices: Acceleration, Altimeter, Clock, Geolocation, Height, Movement, Sleep, Smoke, Three Axis, and Weight.
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I once read an article that said there are three words more important than I love you. At first I was sceptical. 'I love you'. Lets face it those words have been the most important three words in peoples lives for centuries. They encompass all we want to hear.
We want to hear them from our mothers and lovers, from our kids and our friends. They validate us and our existence. They make us feel worthy. They make us feel like we have a reason to be here renting space on this planet and breathing in the oxygen that keeps us alive. Some people live their lives just so that they can hear those words. Three words that are their everything. They travel the globe in search of them. They make endless movies about them. The story ending when the guy kisses the girl and says 'I love you' as if that were the end of the journey. We grow up believing that once you have heard those words from another you will be complete. That all the spaces in our story will be filled. That once the prince comes riding in on his white horse and says 'I love you', you will be safe and live happily ever after.
I love you can be said a million times but if it is not backed up it is pretty meaningless. It is relatively easy to say I love you. It is, at times, said without much of the weight that the words should actually carry. The current young generation say it freely. I love that they do this. They are not reserved like generations past and are quick to tell their friends that they love them and love they do. It is however thrown about too often with a degree of carefree abandon.
So what if though there were three little words that could mean more than 'I love you'. Three words that could in their action prove that love rather than just say it. There are! Those three words are 'I've got this'.
'I've got this' says I love you backed up with action. It's the doing of 'I love you'.
When the dishes are piled in the sink and someone says 'I've got this' they are saying 'I love you enough to do this for you'. When the bags need carrying in from the car and your teenage son says 'I've got this' then its the physical manifestation of his love for you. When the baby wakes in the night and hubby says 'I've got this'…..what words could be sweeter. When the picture needs hanging and he says 'I've got this'….and does it, that's a man who loves you. The scenarios are endless and the story never ends.
It's the chivalry of love. It's the sweet doing of love. The old man who opens the car door for his ageing wife after fifty years of marriage is still saying 'I've got this'. That is an exquisitely beautiful thing.
'I've got this means I love you and I'll get off my butt to prove it. It does not matter how big or small the action, it's the meaning behind the words.
It's the sexiest, most beautiful thing a man can say to a woman.


For the first time since the National Rifle Association's links to Russia became a matter of public interest, the gun advocacy organization released a statement about a trip high-ranking members of the group took to Moscow in 2015.
The organization's lawyers told The New York Times that the NRA's chief executive had forbidden members of the association from joining the delegation that went to Russia, and noted that the NRA's then-president Allan Cors had decided not to go on the trip.
But despite attempts to minimize the involvement of its top officials, analysts say there is ample evidence that the organization had deeps ties to Russia and a longstanding relationship with Russian guns rights activist Maria Butina, who was recently charged for attempting to infiltrate Republican political circles on behalf of the Russian government.
Butina was an assistant to the deputy governor of Russia's central bank, Alexander Torshin, who asked to meet President Donald Trump at the NRA's 2016 convention. Torshin did not meet then-candidate Trump, but he did meet briefly with Donald Trump Jr. The president's son has dismissed the conversation as inconsequential, but it is still unknown what the two men discussed.
ABC News reported Wednesday that it had reviewed internal NRA emails showing that the organization was deeply involved with planning the trip to Moscow. One NRA employee even helped Butina arrange travel for the group, and Butina met the delegates at the airport carrying a sign that read "Welcome NRA." During the trip, the members of the NRA met with officials from the Kremlin. Many of the people on the trip are today a part of the association's top leadership.
"Put simply, the NRA's half-baked explanation for its infamous 2015 Russia trip doesn't pass the smell test. It's time for the NRA to dispense with the smoke and mirrors and tell the full truth about its ties to the Kremlin," John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, told Newsweek.
Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has launched an investigation into the NRA's ties to Russia.
"Any claims that the NRA played no official role in the 2015 Moscow trip are not credible," Wyden tweeted Wednesday.
The NRA donated tens of millions of dollars to the campaign of President Donald Trump. The Trump campaign's ties to Russia are also the subject of numerous congressional investigations and are under scrutiny by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team. The Senate Judiciary Committee requested documents about Russia's ties to the NRA in late 2017.


James Develin is at his best when he's running ahead of Rex Burkhead, Sony Michel, James White or any other Patriot back. If he's in front of you, knocking down some linebacker looking to tattoo your ribs, you own a comfort level rarely found in the NFL.
ATLANTA — As Rex Burkhead crashed through the line of scrimmage and scored the winning touchdown in the AFC Championship Game in Kansas City, he wasn't the first Patriots running back to cross the goal line.
James Develin earned that distinction and somehow that's only fitting.
Develin — the former Brown University defensive end known as "Jimmy" whenever he returns to the East Side but is most definitely "James" in Foxborough — is at his best when he's running ahead of Burkhead, Sony Michel, James White or any other Patriot back. If he's in front of you, knocking down some linebacker looking to tattoo your ribs, you own a comfort level rarely found in the NFL.
Grabbing even a sliver of the spotlight is never in Develin's repertoire. After leading Burkhead on his game-winning, 2-yard rush that punched New England's ticket to a third consecutive Super Bowl, Develin wore a wide smile in the team's locker room. As he adjusted a grey bowler hat and prepared to enjoy the victorious plane ride home, Develin was asked about the winning play.
If you like football, especially the hit 'em hard qualities of the game, it's impossible not to appreciate Develin's skills. Maybe because he's a Brown guy we watch him a bit closer and value what a weapon he's become. Even after earning Pro Bowl honors in 2017 and making $1.6 million this season, Develin's impact may not be fully understood outside Gillette Stadium, but his teammates know how vital he is.
Bill Belichick always speaks glowingly about Develin, but in truth the praise should be reciprocal. Without Belichick, or at least the scouts that Belichick hires, Develin would be crunching numbers and scientific formulas as an engineer in a stale office somewhere right now.
When he left Gilbertsville, Pa., to come to Brown in 2006, he was a thick, 250-pound defensive lineman working his way through a demanding curriculum. He took his share of physics, thermodynamics and other hefty courses. "It was a struggle, man. It really was," he told Sports Illustrated last year.
That struggle was paying off, however. Develin plowed through his studies and in 2008 was a second team All-Ivy pick for a championship Bears team. As a senior in '09, he was a unanimous All-Ivy honoree and when it was time to graduate, he searched for a job but kept an eye on football, too.
An agent got him a few tryouts and that's where NFL scouts broke the news that he wasn't big enough to play as a defensive end or fast enough to switch to linebacker. But he might want to give fullback a try.
His chance came in something called the United Football League. He played fullback for the Florida Tuskers and showed enough that in 2011 he made the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad. After getting released, Develin weighed offers from Tampa and New England. His agent urged him to think hard about the Patriots, if only because Belichick's seal of approval would carry great weight.
Develin spent most of the 2012 season on the Pats' practice squad but by the opening week in 2013 he was the starting fullback. He's gone on to play in every game for the next five of the next six seasons. He earned Pro Bowl mention in 2017 as the top fullback in the NFL and was the battering-ram blocker for the winning touchdown in the 2018 AFC Championship game.
Although he can wear Super Bowl rings on two fingers (2015, '17), Develin is no big shot. He and his wife, Jennifer, lived on Providence's East Side for several years before moving to Cumberland as their family grew. He'd keep in touch with Brown football coach Phil Estes and stop into practice from time to time and staffers will always remember the passion he brought to the weight room at Brown's Olney-Margolies Athletic Center. "Jimmy was always a beast in the weight room," said Scott Cordischi, Brown's football operations assistant.
That same infatuation for the weight room continually opens eyes in Foxborough, too. Develin was the runaway victor in a player poll taken by The Athletic this season for the title of King of the Weight Room. He works out with tight ends like Rob Gronkowski but no one is close to his positional franchise record for the bench press (500 pounds) and squat (670 pounds). He once ripped off 49 reps of the 225-pound bench press.
Now he can't wait until Sunday and a chance at a third Super Bowl ring. He'll line up, fire his body at Aaron Donald, Ndamukong Suh or some other Los Angeles Ram defender and make the path to the end zone much smoother for his teammates at every turn.


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