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Last Married Couple in America, The (Blu-ray Review)
Review Date: May 11, 2021
Gilbert Cates
1980 (May 4, 2021)
Studio(s)
Universal Pictures (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Film/Program Grade: C+
Video Grade: A-
Audio Grade: B
Extras Grade: B-
Marriage with its ups and downs has been a popular subject in movies since the silent days. Directors have explored the many-faceted institution seriously and comically in films ranging in tone from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to Father of the Bride. The Last Married Couple in America tries to wring comedy from the fragile state of wedded bliss and the difficulty of navigating its unpredictability and peculiarities.
Jeff and Mari Thompson (George Segal, Natalie Wood) have a regular touch football game with several other couples, all apparently happily married. But one by one, the couples separate and head for divorce. This astonishes and perplexes Jeff and Mari. Pondering the trend spreading through their affluent social community at an alarming rate, they examine their own marriage and wonder why they seem the exception rather than the rule. They're happy.
Segal plays Jeff as bewildered, disbelieving, and self-doubting, alternately projecting a schoolboy innocence and a Masters & Johnson inquisitiveness about sex and relationships. He radiates sympathy combined with eye-opening shock as he listens to friend Marv (Richard Benjamin) first boast of his freedom and later whine about his misery. But his line delivery doesn't change much from wide-eyed astonishment.
Natalie Wood as Mari displays more of a range, conveying kittenish affection, surprise, annoyance, disappointment, and rage. Mari has every reason to be happy, yet she obsessively examines why she is happy. The viewer can see it even if she can't. She has a successful, loving husband, three young children, a beautiful home, and she looks great.
The arguments that arise and escalate between Jeff and Mari emanate more from the writer's head than from the couple's relationship and their banter seems contrived. At a tense moment, Mari uncharacteristically utters a four-letter epithet that seems to have been tossed in mostly for shock value.
Conveniently, Jeff runs into old high school friend Walter Holmes (Dom DeLuise) who, it turns out, has become a porn actor to supplement his income as plumber. His new wife, he tells Jeff, is a sex worker. DeLuise is naturally funny and offers some truly amusing scenes, but the script is an insurmountable obstacle for everyone else. Walter later asks Jeff for permission to hold a birthday party for his wife at Jeff's house since his own place is too small. Walter's circle of porn movie and hooker pals combined with the Thompsons' bourgeois friends should offer some last-act laughs, but the scene just dies.
Valerie Harper (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) plays Barbara, a recently divorced predator who has her sights set on Jeff and is hardly subtle about making her intentions known. She visits his office to announce, unembarrassedly, that she'd love to get him in bed. He manages to resist her advances, only to run into her again after commiserating with his unhappy friend Marv. This time, he succumbs and they end up at a cheap motel.
Bob Dishy plays Howard, a divorce lawyer who represents only women so he can seduce them. He tries coming on to Mari when he senses her marriage might be shaky. Dishy is best playing a nebbish, not a ladies' man, and the scene falls flat.
The script by John Herman Shaner is built on one preposterous premise after another. The film feels like an extended sitcom with gags about sex, fidelity, womanizing, aggressive females, and even a social disease—most of which come off as smarmy rather than funny. The basic premise is unconvincing. The Thompsons are happy, but the script insists that they examine why they haven't beaten a path to divorce lawyers.
Director Gilbert Cates fails to milk most of the film's episodes for full comic effect. The party at the end of the film, for instance, is meant to be the climax as well as a comic centerpiece, but it's staged with such indifference that even the partygoers look bored. The chemistry between Segal and Wood is inconsistent. In some scenes, they look like a real couple; in others, they're delivering lines with little emotional connection. Cates should have watched a few Cary Grant comedies to see how comic "business" amplifies dialogue and adds characterization.
Featuring 1080p resolution, the film's Blu-ray release from Kino Lorber Studio Classics is presented in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Overall quality is excellent. Clarity, color balance, and lighting contribute to warm images. Details such as patterns in clothing, household furnishings, strands of hair, and leaves on trees are nicely delineated. When Jeff drives Barbara back to her car, it's raining and we're looking through the front windshield at Barbara and Jeff as windshield wipers swish back and forth, providing alternate obscured and clear images. The color palette is generally bright, with bold primary colors dominating. When Marv and Jeff talk in a bar, the lighting is subdued as they wear grey and dark blue suits. The Thompson house looks as if it was taken from the pages of House Beautiful, with its open feel and stylish, casual decor. Outdoor scenes at a soccer game and the opening scene of the couples playing touch football are shot on sunlit days and reflect a cheerful, easygoing mood.
The soundtrack is English 2.0 Mono DTS-High Definition Master Audio. Optional English SDH subtitles are available. Dialogue is clear and precise throughout, though in many scenes actors are nearly shouting when their voices should be more modulated. Disco music is heard in the background at a party early in the film, placing the time frame as the late 70s-early 80s. In a steam room, Marv lets out a primal scream shortly before we learn he is getting a divorce. Maureen McGovern sings the song We Could Have It All under the closing credits.
Bonus materials on the R-rated Blu-ray release include an audio commentary and several theatrical trailers.
Audio Commentary – Film historian Lee Gambin notes that The Last Married Couple in America deals with the "intricacies of relationships and what makes them tick." The touch football game that opens the film is a metaphor for the "game of marriage." The screenplay focuses on "the glamour of divorce and how it becomes an epidemic." The time period is the last days of disco with adults attempting to be current and trendy. Many films made at this time deal with divorce—Kramer vs. Kramer and Mr. Mom are mentioned. Women were becoming far more independent. The film deals with missing out if you don't divorce. Barbara's frank discussion about sex with Mari is compared to a conversation between shoot-from-the-hip Rhoda and demure Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Men are shown congregating to discuss marriage and divorce. In the film, friends step in as surrogate therapists when marriages deteriorate before their eyes. Career overviews are provided for George Segal, Natalie Wood, and Dom DeLuise and their stand-out performances in other films are noted. In many ways, the film pays homage to the Golden Age of Screwball Comedy, though the frankness of the subject matter is more open. The scene in which Jeff is told he's contracted gonorrhea resonates because of the 1980s AIDS epidemic and the current Covid pandemic. Jeff, who is initially likable, is eventually seen to be less than the ideal husband. The film is loosely based on sophisticated urban folks in the middle class who wanted to dabble in free love, but found the experience alienated couples from one another. A scene featuring nudity toward the end of the film is both shocking and awkward, but hardly sexy. It comes off more as tragic and symbolic, marking the end of a period of adults experimenting. Though the film has a lot to say about sex and the politics of sex, the final image is one of family unity. The Last Married Couple in America was Natalie Wood's penultimate film before her tragic passing.
Theatrical Trailers – Trailers for the film and other films released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber are included: The Last Married Couple In America, Where's Poppa?, All Night Long, and Sweet Liberty.
The Last Married Couple in America portrays its characters as upscale, intelligent individuals who have achieved financial security, raised a family, live in a lovely home, and have an active social life. But it treats those characters like joke machines in a bad TV sitcom. If the humor had worked, that would be acceptable dramatic license. But because it fails to portray these folks realistically, putting them in contrived situations, and offering only tepid, intermittent humor, the film doesn't have much to recommend. Segal and Wood try their best but are hobbled by a mundane script and an uninspired director.
- Dennis Seuling
1980, Allan Arbus, Arlene Golonka, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Bob Dishy, Catherine Hickland, Charles Fox, comedy, Dennis Seuling, Dom DeLuise, Edward S Feldman, George Segal, Gerald Hirschfeld, Gilbert Cates, John Herman Shaner, Kino Lorber, Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Lee Gambin, Maureen McGovern, Natalie Wood, Norman Gimbel, Oliver Clark, Priscilla Barnes, review, Richard Benjamin, Sidney Katz, Sondra Currie, The Digital Bits, The Last Married Couple in America, Universal Pictures, Valerie Harper, We Could Have It All


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Samefko Ludidi (Geleen, 18 februari 1985) is een Nederlandse voedingsdeskundige.

Carrière
Ludidi studeerde bewegingswetenschappen en voedingswetenschappen aan de universiteit van Maastricht. Ludidi promoveerde op 3 september 2014 op het prikkelbaredarmsyndroom, bij de afdeling maag-darm- en leverziekten van diezelfde universiteit.

Na zijn promotie startte Ludidi een eigen praktijk als gezondheidsadviseur. Tussen 2016 en 2018 werkte hij bij het lectoraat Gastronomy van Peter Klosse, aan de aan de Hogeschool Zuyd (Hotel Management School Maastricht). In april 2019 publiceerde hij "De dr. Ludidi Vastenmethode – Intermittent fasting: verantwoord vasten voor iedereen". Met zijn methode pleit Ludidi voor een gepersonaliseerde en situatieafhankelijke benadering van gezondheidsbevordering door onderbroken vasten. In oktober 2019 verscheen Ludidi in de uitzending over vasten in het televisieprogramma Dokters van Morgen, waarvoor hij Antoinette Hertsenberg en twee andere proefpersonen onderwierp aan zijn methode van vasten. Het programma leidde tot veel ophef in Nederlandse media, onder andere door uitspraken over het genezen van kanker. Ludidi is onder meer voedingscoach van Badr Hari, Ilias Ennahachi en de UCI World Tour wielerploeg Team Qhubeka ASSOS.

Opmerkelijk
Sinds zijn promotie heeft Ludidi het recht de doctorstitel te dragen. Hij maakt gebruik van dat recht en noemt zich dr. Ludidi. Hij is weliswaar geen arts (dokter) maar dat is geen vereiste. Wie gepromoveerd is in welk vak dan ook, en dus een doctor, heeft het recht de doctorstitel te voeren. In een column in de Volkskrant over het televisieprogramma Dokters van Morgen plaatst Joost Zaat echter de doctorstitel van Ludidi zonder diens naam te vermelden tussen aanhalingstekens: Ludidi lijkt gebruik te maken van de omstandigheid dat dokter en doctor gemeenlijk niet scherp onderscheiden worden, waardoor men hem licht voor arts zal verslijten.

Privé
Ludidi heeft een partner en twee kinderen.

Bibliografie
 De dr. Ludidi Vastenmethode – Intermittent fasting: verantwoord vasten voor iedereen (2019)

Voedingswetenschapper

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Employee performance is, and always has been, rooted in social interaction and the primal human desire for belonging.
With the introduction of digital communication tools (and more recently social communication tools), recognition and employee engagement programs are increasing their impact by focusing on smaller, spontaneous and interpersonal moments of recognition. These "micro-recognition" moments occur as informal, real-time exchanges of social praise and feedback, performed by employees and leaders alike.
Micro-recognition stands in distinction to traditional recognition programs—bigger, less frequent rewards that come from the top-down at monthly, quarterly or even yearly intervals. More often than not these will involve material or financial rewards (bonuses, gift cards, prizes, etc.) designed to externally incentivize employees to perform well.
Performance is influenced by these external motivators, but what makes micro-recognition more valuable is that it triggers our intrinsic motivation—the natural motivation we all have that inspires us to work better, harder and more efficiently. An extensive number of studies, going back decades, have observed how social praise increases intrinsic motivation levels, and motivates us to outperform our extrinsically motivated peers.
To be fair, it is unreasonable to expect a person to be interested in and naturally motivated to perform every task in front of them. Not everything will inspire people to put their best foot forward. For those less interesting tasks, extrinsic motivators can actually be a powerful performance catalyst. That said, cultivating your micro-recognition programs will not only increase the impact of these incentives but increase your employee engagement as well. One recent study suggests that intrinsically motivated employees are three times more engaged than employees motivated by money.
Follow the strategies below to successfully leverage micro-recognition for your recognition and employee engagement programs.
One downside of traditional recognition programs is time—specifically the gap between when a desired behavior occurs and when it is recognized. For example, "Employee of the Month" awards are one month removed from any one particular noteworthy employee behavior being rewarded. Micro-recognition, however, has immediacy on its side. It happens "in-the-moment," as a verbal appreciation of gratitude, and helps employees to draw immediate connections between the noteworthy behaviors they performed and the positive lift they feel from the instant recognition. According to research from Gallup, the more immediate the recognition is, the more powerful that lift becomes.
Gallup's Jim Harter notes, "Recognition is a short-term need that has to be satisfied on an ongoing basis—weekly, maybe daily." When we're recognized, our brain releases dopamine, a chemical that makes us feel pride and pleasure. As we're recognized more often, our brains develop a powerful positive reinforcement loop. Hungry for more dopamine, our brains will drive us to seek out and repeat praiseworthy behaviors. But if the recognition becomes less frequent than once a week, the loop dies down. Keeping your micro-recognition frequent, and as immediate as possible, can keep employees' dopamine levels high and the desired behaviors top of mind.
Empty praise will simply never compare to thoughtful, genuine feedback from a leader or peer. If you don't feel you can be sincere, it's better not to recognize at all. We all have "tells," verbal tics or expressions that belie our facades in times of insincerity. If an employee picks up on these it can erode their sense of trust in the relationship and ultimately cause more harm than good.
To help avoid this, be specific and stay focused on your subject. When praising someone, detailed descriptions of the noteworthy behaviors are always preferable. Broad statements of praise can confuse the specific actions you're trying to promote, and can be mistaken as disingenuous.
As the HR technology marketplace continues to grow, so does the opportunity to expand the reach and impact of micro-recognition programs. Today there are systems that offer micro-recognition as an experience similar to social media, where you can recognize someone in a digital space you share with your coworkers. While this form of micro-recognition should never replace building relationships in person, technology offers advantages that are too great to ignore.
Many employee recognition systems in the enterprise still lack software and technology components—Bersin by Deloitte's The State of Employee Recognition in 2012 estimates half of all recognition programs have no software integration whatsoever. But that gap will quickly close, and according the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF), give way to a future where recognition programs are a robust strategic tool for leaders.
As more companies adopt these tools and more employees leverage these tools, new types of data is created that associates preferred outcomes with causal behaviors. Over time, that data can yield actionable insights to increase performance and the success of your business. For example, a leader might believe aggressive sales behavior earns the most profit for the company, but data could show that employees receiving micro-recognition for customer service bring in the most revenue. While this form of intelligence in recognition software is in its early stages, making the move to a platform that supports micro-recognition today could make all the difference for your business in the near future.
Ultimately there is no one-size-fits-all solution for performance, engagement and recognition. Each company, its culture and people are unique and will need to leverage these new micro-recognition tools in ways that create the most benefit for their specific company. But make no mistake, the value of micro-recognition is too great to be overlooked and is quickly becoming a critical element of every successful company.
This article was originally published on HR Tech Outlook under the title "3 Tips to Make Micro-Recognition More Effective In Employee Engagement Programs".


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June 19, 2017	Robert Galvan
DC's Titans casting breakdown leaked for Nightwing, Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy
Although TNT's version of the Titans series was canceled before production last year, DC's streaming service announced that it would be producing a Titans live-action series featuring Nightwing, Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy. TheHashTagShow was able to get its hands on the casting announcements. And these include some great insight as to what fans can expect for each character including the storyline that may follow. If you're a comic book fan, it's pretty easy to figure out which casting description coincides with each Titan character.
You can also tell from the casting of Titans that DC is open about casting a very mixed group of characters. (Well, besides Nightwing being Caucasian.) So Titans' possible diverse cast can help it reach a bigger audience, even for groups who might not normally be comic book movies or television fans. As a result, what do you think of the casting breakdowns for the upcoming series Titans?
Casting Breakdowns:
Dick Grayson/Nightwing
[John Crossland] Male, late 20s-early 30s, Caucasian. Equal parts charm and impenetrability, John is a cop. He has a nice smile, tired eyes and a cool, distant manner. However, when provoked, his eyes are so lethal "they drain a man of every last bit of spleen." John is haunted by the murder of his family. Unbeknownst to those around him, he is also a vigilante. In the shadows, he fights with the commitment and conviction of an artist, the brutal grace of a dancer. Mentally and physically, he is covered in a map of scars. And though he fights to escape his past, it is often a losing battle…SERIES LEAD
Raven/Rachel Roth
[SARAH] Female, Mid teens, Open Ethnicity. Troubled, bullied, often scared but unwilling to show it, Sarah is a loner more comfortable hiding in her hoodie than making friends. Haunted by a dark force inside her, Sarah experiences violent episodes that she cannot understand or control. She is also plagued by recurring nightmares that lead her across the country in search of help…SERIES REGULAR
Starfire/Koriand'r
[Casey] Female, 20s, Open Ethnicity. Casey is a tall, stunning woman, her beauty so magnificent it's almost inhuman. Elegant, refined and mysterious, she is on the hunt to discover who is trying to kill her and why. And those after her are in for a surprise because she's more deadly than anyone they've ever encountered…SERIES REGULAR
Beast Boy/Garfield Logan
[JAX] Male, Mid-late teens, Open Ethnicity, Asian preferred. Funny and charming, this amateur thief's humor hides his insecurities and past pain. Not the toughest kid on the streets, he's learned to survive in the world with his wit and quick-thinking…SERIES REGULAR
Titans official Synopsis: "Titans explores one of the most popular comic book teams ever. It follows a group of young soon-to-be superheroes recruited from every corner of the DC Universe. In the action-adventure series, Dick Grayson emerges from the shadows to become the leader of a fearless band of new heroes that includes Starfire, Raven and others."
Greg Berlanti, Akiva Goldsman, and Geoff Johns are producing DC's Titans. The series is set to premiere in 2018 on DC's new streaming service.
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For as long as he can remember, Robert asked the questions that others wouldn't about love, life, and death which brought about his interest in the human psyche and moral compass, resulting in an infatuation with comics, zombies, and movies leading to a long standing relationship with his imagination.

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I think his stories probably sound like all stories sound to children before they are told how the world works.
I really loved Dead Souls so I took this book off the TBR with a great deal of anticipation. And a suitably odd collection it is, suitable for Gogol that is to say. Divided into "Ukrainian Tales" and "Petersburg Tales," it of course includes his most famous stories (which I'd read before): "The Nose" and "The Overcoat". Beyond that, supernaturalism vies with surrealism, humor with tragedy, horror with love. I'm glad I read Russian Magical Tales from Pushkin to Platonov first because it introduced me to some of the witches and devils that inhabit Russian folklore -- and that Gogol does with what he will.
Some of the tales collected here are really creepy; "The Terrible Vengeance," "Viy," and "The Portrait" spring to mind, but others have elements of creepiness too. Some are humorous, such as "The Story of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikoforich" and "The Carriage." In the Petersburg stories especially, Gogol satirizes the rankings of clerks and skewers the pretensions of the general class consciousness of Petersburg society.
I read this book over several weeks, so what stands out in mind is a story I read last night, "The Portrait," which as I noted above is very creepy. It tells the tale of a struggling artist who buys (very cheaply) a portrait of a dark man clothed in Asian robes with piercing eyes that seem to follow him everywhere. Later, after a supernatural event, he acquires a bag of gold coins. This, as would seem obvious, changes his life. He squanders his talent and becomes a society portrait painter, gaining ever more wealth. Later, upon viewing the work of a painter who followed the true path of an artist, he questions his decision but finds he can no longer paint the way he used to. He goes mad and dies. In the second part, the true story of the portrait of the man with the piercing eyes comes out. He was a moneylender whose loans to people ended in madness or tragedy for them (and here a tad of antisemitism comes in, because a throwaway line reveals he was Jewish). His portrait was painted by a religious artist in search of a model for the devil. What happens to the artist, and subsequently to all who owned the painting, is horrifying.
But I enjoyed all the stories in this collection.
I was pleasantly surprised by Gogol's short stories, as they were much more fun to read than I was expecting. Especially when it comes to short stories (not usually my favorite medium) and the great writers of western canon, I expect the pieces to be well-crafted, but also tending toward the more formal, and not necessarily entertaining. Gogol's short stories are not just well-written, but varied in subject matter, creative in execution, and are very entertaining to boot.
Gogol's Dead Souls didn't work for me. It was excellently written, and funny in parts, but the structure was repetitive, and the joke was subject to diminishing returns. These short stories emphasize what is best in Gogol's writing, and avoids many aspects I found irritating in his longer work. For one, they are not at all repetitive- on the contrary, they feature impressive variety. The first few stories in this collection focus on folklore, other stories paint a portrait of country life, other stories look at the bustle of cities. Some stories are funny, others creepy (Viy, The Portrait), still others bizarre (The Nose, The Diary of a Madman), and even a couple sad tales are thrown into the mix (Old World Landowners, The Overcoat). Gogol furthermore explores different formats with his stories, as some have a frame narrative (St. John's Eve), others have a chatty narrator (Nevsky Prospect), another is epistolary (Diary, obviously). Every story in this collection is different, and not just on the surface, as the stories have different tones and moods as well. I didn't think there was a dud in the bunch (well, The Carriage was essentially a dozen page long joke, and not a laugh-out-loud funny one at that, but even it managed to be amusing). By the time I finished this collection Gogol's writing had inspired a range of emotions in me, as well as given me a full image of Ukrainian and Russian life in the 1800s, from the corrupting cities to the witch-haunted countryside.
The collection is also great fun to read in that Gogol's stories are a clear inspiration to many of the authors that came after him. Reading The Night Before Christmas can't help but remind you of Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita. The Nose is a less unnerving but still surreal precursor to the works of Kafka. It's easy to imagine that Oscar Wilde read The Portrait sometime prior to writing his own story on the subject. It's equally easy to imagine that Lovecraft read The Portrait, and probably The Terrible Vengeance too given its depiction of man as insignificant pawns toyed with by greater powers that are indifferent to our fate. Gogol is one of the big names in Russian literature, not just for the quality of his writing, but for blazing a trail that many later authors followed, and noticing these influences gave me another layer of enjoyment in his writing.
God, what is our life! An eternal discord between dream and reality!This Everyman's Library edition collects all of Nikolai Gogol's short stories. The Ukrainian-born Gogol wrote in the nineteenth century and is considered to be the bridge between Russian romantic fiction and modern realism. He influenced the likes of Dostoevsky, Chekhov, and Kafka. The collection is divided into two sections: Ukrainian Tales and Petersburg Tales.
Given that Gogol came from the rural Ukraine and later moved to the city, one might think the two types of tales reflect these different times in his life. In fact, though, Gogol's portrayal of Ukrainian peasant life is inaccurate and largely made up by the author, despite its authentic-seeming folkloric framework. See, Gogol was the type of writer who just kind of winged it as he went along. This can make for entertaining reading, as one is constantly surprised by what happens next in a story.
In these tales, Gogol's prose presents itself as an erratic blend of magical realism, absurdity, and satire. Gogol apparently was unimpressed with Petersburg and, with the inspirational help of his government work, quickly set about lampooning urban society with a gleeful viciousness. Minor officials are openly mocked for their vanity and pettiness. People lose their noses. Dogs talk and even write letters. Plot is tangential to Gogol's prosaic meandering. It's almost as if one can point to the sections of a story where he got bored and decided to shift gears. He doesn't hide this.
St. John's Eve, The Night Before Christmas, The Terrible Vengeance, Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka & His Aunt, Old World Landowners, Viy, The Story of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich, Nevsky Prospect, The Diary of a Madman, The Nose, The Carriage, The Portrait; The Overcoat.
Please don't combine with any single story or collections containing different story selections!
When Pushkin first read some of the stories in this collection, he declared himself "amazed." "Here is real gaiety," he wrote, "honest, unconstrained, without mincing, without primness. And in places what poetry! . . . I still haven't recovered."
More than a century and a half later, Nikolai Gogol's stories continue to delight readers the world over. Now a stunning new translation--from an award-winning team of translators--presents these stories in all their inventive, exuberant glory to English-speaking readers. For the first time, the best of Gogol's short fiction is brought together in a single volume: from the colorful Ukrainian tales that led some critics to call him "the Russian Dickens" to the Petersburg stories, with their black humor and wonderfully demented attitude toward the powers that be. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden clerk whose life is changed by the acquisition of a splendid new overcoat, the wily madman who becomes convinced that a dog can tell him everything he needs to know.
These fantastic, comic, utterly Russian characters have dazzled generations of readers and had a profound influence on writers such as Dostoevsky and Nabokov. Now they are brilliantly rendered in the first new translation in twenty-five years--one that is destined to become the definitive edition of Gogol's most important stories.
A new translation offers thirteen satirical and fantastic stories of downtrodden characters who are set upon by the powers that be.


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Elon Musk said he wishes Tesla's Model 3 were cheaper, even though customers weren't that interested in its least expensive version
Mark Matousek
Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he wishes the electric-car maker's Model 3 sedans were less expensive in a June deposition obtained by PlainSite, an organization that advocates for transparency in the US judicial system.
At the time of publication, the Model 3 is listed at $39,490 on the Tesla website.
Tesla had previously included a trim that started at $35,000 online but removed it from its website in April, saying customers could order it only by phone or in one of the company's stores.
A few weeks after the move, Musk said customers hadn't shown much interest in the $35,000 Model 3.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during a June deposition that he wishes the electric-car maker's Model 3 sedans were less expensive. The transcript of the deposition was obtained by PlainSite, an organization that advocates for transparency in the US judicial system.
"I wrote in 2006 the master plan for Tesla and step three was an affordable car, at least reasonably affordable. It's not as affordable as we would like," Musk said of the Model 3.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
At the time of publication, the Model 3 is listed at $39,490 on the Tesla website. The company had previously included a trim that started at $35,000 but removed it from its website in April, saying customers could order it only by phone or in one of the company's stores. A few weeks after the move, Musk said customers hadn't shown much interest in the $35,000 Model 3.
"I mean, our goal, as we've been very clear about from the beginning of the company, is to make our cars as affordable as possible. And we felt it was important to offer the $35,000 Model 3," Musk said during Tesla's first-quarter earnings call.
"We see very few people actually taking us up on that $35,000 offer, but it is there and will remain there," he added.
The first deliveries of the $35,000 Model 3, which happened in April, were a landmark for Tesla. The company says its mission is to "accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy," and in a 2006 blog post, Musk described one of Tesla's long-term objectives as using the proceeds from high-end electric cars to fund the development of affordable models.
Musk would later frame the Model 3 as the fulfillment of that goal, and the hundreds of thousands of preorders Tesla received for the Model 3 suggested demand for electric vehicles extended beyond early adopters willing to pay luxury prices.
Tesla began delivering high-end versions of the Model 3 in July 2017 but struggled to hit production targets for the next year amid excessive automation at its Fremont, California, assembly plant. As the company smoothed out its production process, Musk said it needed more time to make the $35,000 Model 3 profitably.
Musk's June deposition was part of a lawsuit filed by Tesla shareholders alleging that the members of Tesla's board of directors, which included Musk at the time, acted in their own best interests, rather than in those of Tesla's investors, when they approved Tesla's $2.6 billion acquisition of the solar-panel company SolarCity in 2016.
Read the relevant portions of the deposition document below:
Elon Musk Deposition - Sola... by Bryan Logan on Scribd
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It all started with the new BBC series "Sherlock". It took me considerably more time than it took most Cumberbitches to fall under the spell of Benedict, the new British acting phenomenon. But I did, around the end of episode 1 of series 2, and by the time I finished "Sherlock" I was hungering for more. Mr Cumberbatch led me to a few beautiful movies, relatively unknown to the general public. "Wreckers" (2011) and "Van Gogh: Painted in words" (2010), as well as "Hawking" (2004) would definitely deserve more recognition. But the movie that twisted my guts and heart and soul in so many ways I felt drenched in my own sorrow at the end was "Third star", something I previously considered a silly comedy based on its cover, not really worth seeing, just maybe. Possibly. Just to tick it off my list. And then it turned out to be THE movie of the week. Month. Probably year. It's among those that reached so deep within my soul that I found it impossible to watch anything else after that. For a long time. It's a very simple story with a very simple backdrop of human emotions that nonetheless runs deep, deep, deeper than most things we see on the big screen. The kind of story that has always appealed to me, and I dare say I wouldn't have discovered it, had it not been for Ben. So for that, I am grateful to him. (And many other things.)
The movie featured a song toward the very (heart-wrenching) end. I could not believe how beautiful it was. Not only because of the scene it painted a background to… I must have heard it a hundred times or more since then, and it's always been as beautiful as when I heard it for the first time. And then I discovered that the guy who sang it had just released his first album. The next logical step was downloading the album, and it's safe to say that in the past two months I have mostly listened to this one album. (And Christophe Willem, but again, that's a different story.) Every single song on it is untainted by pretentiousness or lies. The melodies and lyrics are as genuine as they come in the independent music industry. The songwriter is Irish, which doesn't surprise me… Damien Rice and Glen Hansard are his compatriots… there's something about Irish folk-singers that gets to me big time. There's a sensitivity that seems to pervade the current folk musical scene in that country. I don't know how they do it, but they simply pulverize my heart. So to cut the story short, JVMM's album "Early in the morning" has become MY FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR. It evokes a kind of nostalgia and longing in me that transcends reality. The songs simply transport me, they provide a fertile ground for reveries and daydreams and my contemplating mood that some people mistake for melancholia. I'm a thinker, I like my solitude, and I like depth. James Vincent is definitely like me. If I could make music, it would be like this. No debate.
So this is one of my recent, most cherished treasures. And I discovered it thanks to Ben Cumberbatch. Its appeal probably has a lot to do with Ben's private (very strong) appeal, but I am fair enough to acknowledge the merits of this album. It's perfect from beginning to end. It stands on its own as a piece of musical art and I'm so darn grateful I've been shoved into its direction!
…and then there are the rest of the songs from the album… I feel like posting ALL OF THEM. I simply must share the first song, it's like… like… like nothing else I've ever heard.
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Let me briefly say that I am a naturalized US citizen. My family came here from Cuba when I was a boy.
What's next? When will illegal immigrants have the right to vote? Or serve in juries? Or run for president?
Wonder why people are leaving California's insane politically correct zoo?
"The new California licenses will have special markings that show they aren't supposed to be used as identification for federal purposes, but they will allow illegal immigrants to drive legally and, advocates said, to own cars.
Those advocates say allowing illegal immigrants to become licensed means better safety and lower insurance rates for all drivers, since those illegal immigrants who choose to go through the legal process will have to take a driver's test and follow the rules for obtaining insurance coverage."
Go through the legal process? How can you go through the legal process when you are in the country illegally? Are these people paying any penalties for being in the country illegally? or proving that they've paid their state or federal taxes?
Am I the only one a bit stunned by California's decision? What message are we sending to people who have followed the law, and that includes immigration laws?
A driver's license is a legal document reserved for US citizens or those here legally. It makes no sense to grant these licenses and mock the rule of law.
California is headed in the wrong direction. When will it go so far crazy that it literally falls into the Pacific Ocean?
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The Future Of Mortgage Rates & U.S. Real Estate With Leland Abrams
Leland Abrams, Portfolio Manager
Leland Abrams recently joined Alexander Fleiss at Rebellion Research for a lively discussion.
The Duration Equation
Natalia Lojevsky
What is duration? It is a risk by definition. The risk that the value of a fixed rate bond will decline or rise as a result of a change in interest rates.
These Core Investment Themes Remain => Inflation, Interest Rates, Policy and Recovery
Stan Sokolowski, Senior Portfolio Manager
May kicked off with a stunning miss on the previous month's employment report which came in at a disappointing 266k and confirmed recent anecdotal evidence from across the economy that if the government incentivizes its labor force to stay home, it will do just that.
As U.S. Stimulus Tops $10 trillion; Inflation Indicators and Debates Explode Higher
The convergence of ultra-easy fiscal and monetary policy with global supply chain disruptions, which became ever more prominent as U.S. consumers, having saved around 8% of GDP began to unleash their pent-up demand, resulted in inflation indicators and debates exploding higher.
Convertibles Offer Participation in the M&A Cycle or Growth Stocks With Less Volatility
Frank Timons, Portfolio Manager
Following strong performance and record issuance of convertible bonds over the last several years, investors are beginning to take notice of the attractive characteristics of this unique asset class.
How Investors Can Leverage Constructive Return of Capital Distributions
Matt Patterson, co-founder Bryant Avenue Ventures, LLC
Return of capital (ROC) or nondividend distributions are among the least understood type of distribution that investors receive. This is largely because an ROC distribution is a tax concept and not an economic concept, meaning that it tells an investor little about whether the distribution was earned but rather how the IRS will classify this distribution.
Is This the Year the Rising Rates Trade Finally Pays Off? First Quarter 2021 Income Investing Recap
The bond market picked up in 2021 where it left off in the fourth quarter of 2020, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury rising from 0.93% on December 31, 2020 to 1.75% on March 31, 2021. The dramatic move spelled carnage for fixed-income markets, with the Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate U.S. Bond Index losing 3.4% during the quarter (bond prices move in inverse to bond yields).
A Review of Q1 Convertible Bond Outperformance and Outlook
Convertible bonds performed well during Q1 2021 despite some significant rotations. Factors such as stimulus and reflation are positioned to support the continued outperformance in 2021.
How to Hedge Interest Rates Using Mortgage Bonds
Agency mortgages are those that are explicitly or implicitly guaranteed by the government. There are three GSEs (Government Sponsored Entities); Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae. GSE mortgages and bonds backed by those mortgages have no credit risk, but do have interest rate risk.
A Sea of Red for Traditional Fixed Income YTD
CIFC Asset Management's Natalia Lojevsky and Stan Sokolowski provide their insights into the Fixed Income Markets, which have been experiencing an elevated bout of volatility as interest rates and inflation expectations have risen sharply. Stan and Natalia discuss the sea of red YTD for traditional fixed income returns and say we're in a golden age for income producing alternatives.


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Our Favorite America-Loving Celebs
The World Cup has kicked USA pride into high gear (even we non-sports fans can't help but get in on the hype—or stop staring at the hottest players...), and the timing couldn't be better with the Fourth of July right around the corner. But certain celebs don't need an international soccer tournament or one day in the middle of the summer to put their Americana pride on display. Here are our favorite examples of on-point celebrity patriotism. #USA! Katy Perry She sings a song called "Firework" and rocks stars-and-stripes gear—in dress, romper, and bikini form—better than anyone. Need I say more? Carrie Underwood Lots of stars perform for the troops, but the American Idol took her appreciation to the next level when she wrote "Keep Us Safe" specifically for our armed forces. Underwood performed the song for the men and women who protect our country at ACM's All Star Salute to the Troops in May—and simultaneously inflicted chills and tears in any viewer with a pulse. Jay Z and Beyonce The U.K. has William, Kate, and George. The U.S. has Jay, Bey, and Blue Ivy. And as much as we love our American royalty, they love us right back: Beyonce
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The World Cup has kicked USA pride into high gear (even we non-sports fans can't help but get in on the hype—or stop staring at the hottest players...), and the timing couldn't be better with the Fourth of July right around the corner. But certain celebs don't need an international soccer tournament or one day in the middle of the summer to put their Americana pride on display. Here are our favorite examples of on-point celebrity patriotism. #USA!
She sings a song called "Firework" and rocks stars-and-stripes gear—in dress, romper, and bikini form—better than anyone. Need I say more?
Lots of stars perform for the troops, but the American Idol took her appreciation to the next level when she wrote "Keep Us Safe" specifically for our armed forces. Underwood performed the song for the men and women who protect our country at ACM's All Star Salute to the Troops in May—and simultaneously inflicted chills and tears in any viewer with a pulse.
Jay Z and Beyonce
The U.K. has William, Kate, and George. The U.S. has Jay, Bey, and Blue Ivy. And as much as we love our American royalty, they love us right back: Beyonce sings for the President and rings in birthdays with Michelle Obama, and Jay puts on a music festival each Labor Day weekend called Made in America. Oh, and they named their daughter Blue.
In 2012, she rang in the Fourth with the Kennedy clan on Cape Cod. Last year, she celebrated by sharing some patriotic selfies and party pics (30, to be exact). I don't know how T-Swift is spending her self-proclaimed favorite holiday this year, but I think it is safe to say it will be nothing short of epic.
Clooney and Obama are likethis, and the actor proved his loyalty when he defended the President from Steve Wynn's verbal assault at a dinner in April. You don't have to agree with the politics, but there's something inherently patriotic about Clooney sticking up for POTUS.
The "Star Spangled Banner" may be our national anthem, but "Born in the USA" is a close second.
Remember this guy? He's famous for declaring he's "Proud to be an American." That counts for something, right?
While I'm on the patriotic songs kick, I have to include Miley for "Party in the USA"—it's nice to reminisce about the days when she had a dream and a cardigan, as opposed to a giant foam finger.
Yet another item to add to the ever-growing list of reasons we love Mindy: She believes in the American dream. This spring she went on PBS and called herself "weirdly patriotic" and thinks that her success "could only happen in America." Mindy for President, anyone?
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Butte is an old mining boomtown with a colorful and diverse history in a beautiful Rocky Mountain setting. Generational families make up the backbone of the community, many with lineage to the height of copper extraction a century ago.
The enormous mines are within the residential limits of Butte, making unique, sensational views a daily ritual. Residents enjoy nearly limitless outdoor recreational opportunities in southwestern Montana, including camping, hiking, skiing, hunting and fishing.
Butte has become known as the Festival City. It hosts the Montana Folk Festival, Evel Knievel Days, St. Patrick's Day and the An Ri Ra Irish Festival, which all draw crowds from around the world. Filmmakers come to Butte for its historic architecture and beautiful landscapes; it has been the backdrop for many movie sets and documentaries. The incomparable architecture is a monument to the many different types of immigrants that a mining boomtown attracts.
Founded in 1953 by industry pioneer Ed Craney, KXLF's first home was above a grocery store. After the store was damaged in a burglary, the station moved to its current home in the old Milwaukee Railroad Depot on Montana Street.
The depot is a century old and features a 95-foot clock tower, original marble walls and terrazzo floors. KXLF is the technical operations center for all of the Montana Television Network stations.
KXLF employees are actively involved in the community; many serve on local nonprofit boards. The station supports numerous local organizations, including Special Olympics, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Community Food Bank and Montana Tech Foundation. Every year, on Mother's Day weekend, KXLF hosts a trade show called Mayfair. About 8,000 people attend the event, which brings about 80 local and regional businesses together with the community.


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Crash of a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain in Mariquita: 10 killed
Date & Time: Dec 3, 2014
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
Guaymaral – Bahía Solano
The twin engine aircraft was on its way from Guaymaral (Bogota) to Bahia Solano with ten people on board, among them five infants. En route, the pilot informed ATC about technical problems and received the authorization to divert to Mariquita-José Celestino Mutis Airport for an emergency landing. While approaching, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames near a wooded area located in Victoria, few km from the airfield. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire and all ten occupants were killed.
Crash of a Beechcraft Super King B200 in Bahía Solano
Date & Time: Jun 2, 2014 at 1700 LT
Shortly after takeoff from Bahía Solano-José Celestino Mutis Airport, while in initial climb, crew encountered engine problems. Captain elected to make an emergency landing in a prairie. Aircraft landed gear up and slid several yards before coming to rest. While all three occupants were injured, the aircraft was severely damaged and later considered as damaged beyond economical repair.
Crash of a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 in Medellín: 14 killed
Date & Time: Nov 30, 1996 at 1032 LT
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
Medellín – Bahía Solano – Quibdo
Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera
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After takeoff from runway 01 at Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport, the aircraft encountered difficulties to gain sufficient height. About three minutes after liftoff, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Padre Amaya located 8 km from the airport. The wreckage was found 30 metres below the summit. A passenger was found alive while 14 other occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Failure of the crew in the flight technique applied during the take-off phase, by not evaluating the performance of the aircraft, considering the high weight in front of the obstacles to climb over on the ascent trajectory.
The following contributing factors were reported:
- Errors presented in the dispatch, since the weights were not totaled correctly, possibly due to errors in the handling of cargo and unaccompanied luggage.
- Attitude of complacency on the part of the crew, due to excellent meteorological conditions that caused an excess of confidence in the planning of the flight on the part of the crew.
Crash of a Douglas C-47A-1-DK in Serranía del Baudó: 40 killed
Date & Time: Apr 22, 1962 at 1045 LT
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
AVISPA - Aerovias Pilotos Associados de Medellín
Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)
Bahía Solano – Quibdó
Serranía del Baudó
The aircraft departed Bahía Solano at 1020LT on a non-scheduled domestic flight to Quibdó carrying a crew of 4 and probably 36 passengers. Following departure the aircraft was not hear by any radio station, and there is no knowledge of any departure information or position report having been received from it. The accident occurred at 1045LT. The wreckage of the aircraft was located four days later about 31 miles from the airport on Bonito Peak, at an elevation of 2,400 feet. The aircraft was destroyed and all 40 occupants were killed. The aircraft's certificate permitted it to carry 31 persons, including crew members. However, at the time of the accident the following were believed to be aboard: 4 crew, 29 passengers, 5 infants in arms and 2 children. The Colombian Civil Aeronautics Department had introduced a weight limit of 11,431 kg for all aircraft of this type engaged in passenger transport in Colombia. At the time of the accident the aircraft's weight was about 12,002 kg, i.e. 571 kg in excess of the figure allowed for aircraft engaged in passenger transport. As Bahía Solano is a fourth category airport the pilot-in-command should have completed a weight and balance manifest. He failed to do so.
The cause of the accident was not determined. Possible contributing factors were:
- Weather conditions at the time,
- An error of the pilot in flying at an altitude unsuited to the route.
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Some people misunderstand the Pure Land method, believing it to be entirely focused on practice and devoid of philosophical teaching. That is, in the Pure Land sutras, Sakyamuni Buddha simply describes and explains the Western Pure Land and exhorts everyone to recite the Buddha's name, seeking rebirth in that Land — without reference to theoretical issues. In truth, however, theory leads to practice, within practice is hidden the element of theory.
Door of Emptiness [Zen, etc.], the Door of Existence [Pure Land, etc.], the "Open" Teaching, the "Secret" [Tantric, etc.] Teaching, they all lean toward, rely on and clarify one another. Thus, there is the Zen School, in which a single meditation riddle (kung an) contains innumerable Dharma teachings.
A single recitation of the Buddha's name, if done correctly, contains the three thousand auspicious bearings and the eighty thousand subtle conducts. All the various Zen riddles and the most expeditious principles of the Sutra Studies method, are also included.
The simplest way to practice Pure Land is by chanting "Amituofo." Amituofo is the name of Amitabha Buddha in Chinese. In Sanskrit it is Amitabha Buddhaya. It does not matter whether we chant in Chinese, Sanskrit, or any other language as long as we do it properly. When we chant, the sound of "Amituofo" arises in our minds. And as we utter "Amituofo," our minds concentrate on and embrace that sound.
Mindfulness of the Buddha through reciting his name.
Mindfulness of the Buddha through contemplating his image.
Mindfulness of the Buddha through contemplation.
Mindfulness of the Buddha's real appearance.


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There are casual Brad Pitt short hairstyles that are easy to re-create. One of his short casual hairstyle is created by getting a short haircut featuring short hair on back and sides. Top hair is cut into jagged layers for textured hairstyle. Styling cream or gel is applied to top layers and blended well with short side hair. Hairspray is also used to control the hairstyle.
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Brad Pitt short hairstyles are popular due to fuss free styling and casual looks. He has been all of his short hairstyle with comfort and confidence. There are many men who don't like complicated styling. These men must try wearing one of the Brad Pitt short hairstyles.
A shorthaircut featuring jagged layers has beensported by Brad Pitt. It is said that layered haircuts suit him more than anyone else. A jagged layered haircut is styled with pomade or styling gel. Styling product is always used to control a layered haircut. a slicked back hairstyle of Brad Pitt is created by applying styling cream to hair evenly. Hair is combed and pushed backwards. This hairstyle can be styled with side or no parting.
Brad Pitt has been wearing a super short haircut that gave almost a shaved look. Some other hairstyles of Brad Pitt feature spiky look. Spikes are created all around the head after applying styling gel.


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I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! è il primo album di Janis Joplin, pubblicato nel settembre del 1969. Si tratta del primo lavoro solista della cantante, dopo i due registrati come membro dei Big Brother and the Holding Company.

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Lato A

Lato B

Edizione CD del 1999, pubblicato dalla Columbia Records

Formazione
 Janis Joplin - voce
 Gabriel Mekler - organo
 Richard Kermode - organo
 Sam Andrew - chitarra
 Brad Campbell - basso
 Lonnie Castille - batteria
 Maury Baker - batteria
 Luis Gasca - tromba
 Terry Clements - sassofono tenore
 Cornelius Snooky Flowers - sassofono baritono, cori
 Sam Andrew - cori

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With Alta looking like they may be out of the E-MX'er game, it is only a matter of time before the Big 6 threw their hat into the E-Bike game. Check out Honda's CRE Electric prototype that was unveiled at the Tokyo motorcycle show.
We don't know anything about the bike other than it looks trick. Now the big question becomes, when can we get one?