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Wish Come True
tanglerootblog	Uncategorized	 September 20, 2019 September 20, 2019 19 Minutes
You boys need to sit a spell. It's a helluva swelterin' day to be out river-raftin' and I reckon you could use a moment in the shade to cool yourselves off. I'm sure them rapids will still be waitin' for you in an hour or so. They ain't goin' nowhere, 'cept forward, of course. Funny how the river moves on, but remains in place. Even that turbulence. I'm sure it's all wear-and-tear on the arms, fightin' those currents and that mean old spittle of the river. Me, I couldn't do it. Maybe in my youth I could. Then again, I ain't so old as I appear. I know, I know. Time ain't been good to me, but really it is the genes that are to blame. The bad blood in me. Too much inbreeding where I come from. Ain't good for the specimen, or the species for that matter. That's why I married me a girl from other parts. No need to have the branches entwined with the roots, if you get my meaning. Anyhow, yessir, I've been a chewer most my life. Chewin' the leaf helps me chew the cud. Mastication, they say, means to chew things over. And I've a lot to chew over as I become an old man too soon. It ain't a bitter leaf, mind you. And if it is, well, that's just the type of flavor you like in your old age, however premature it may be in comin' to you.
Yeah, you whitewater rafters have your skin in the game for sure. The river can be mighty fickle as it runs along. He's a merciless daddy to piggyback on. But when I was a boy growin' up in Appalachia, the thing most folks said you had to fear wasn't so much whitewater as silent, still, stagnant water. My daddy'd get kidney stones all his life, and that was because there was a limestone spring where he grew up at, and he and his folks would get their water from it. Yessir, water and minerals all in one gulp and go, and then kidney stones later on. Damn near killed him, those kidney stones. Like givin' birth for a man. Almost dropped him with a heart attack. But he'd pull through.
Anyway, what you really had to fear was stagnant water fed off from the river. Watershed lakes, is what I mean. You see, it is true that whitewater can chew you up and spit you out as bad as any black momma bear, but still water can devour your body and soul, inside and out. And I ain't just talkin' 'bout chemicals and pigshit and the other stuff that enterprisin' individuals like to flush down-river; I'm talkin' 'bout the history in the bottomlands and their watersheds. I'm talkin' the torrent of history that bleeds off and gathers in little pools that are so silent and still that people forget about them until they find themselves steeped up to their chins in them, or else drownin'.
I'm talkin' 'bout myths. I'm talkin' 'bout the Pitcher Woman.
Where do I start? The bottomland was a place where the sun never looked in none. The floodwaters brought thick soils with them that grew them trees tall and taut together, like bundles of giant broccoli, their foliage a roof in a great columned hall. Moss carpeted the ground there, if anything, and lichen and mushrooms grew in fairy rings like portals between worlds. And they were portals between worlds, mind you, though the worlds were nothing you'd ever want to visit.
It waited there, in that stagnant lake, eating frogs and water fowls and whatever else wondered into that forgotten lake, save for when the floodwaters opened the way for the river to bleed prey into that natural cesspool. Deer disappeared there, too, and it was said that a family of slant-eyed tourists had died after eatin' bad mushrooms near the lake. But that was not true. Their bones joined the others at the bottom of that lake, their souls long gone before that. No one picnicked on bottomland, even eccentric tourists. But you know how drunk kids are with youth. Piss and vinegar can wash away fear faster than a spilling river from a broken dam. And that dam bled freely in our hearts.
And by we, I mean me and my cousins. Not yet teens, but we thought we could rule the wilderness. We went walking along the river every weekend in that Summer. This was back when Summer break was a good three months or so, so the farm boys could help with the harvest. But me and my cousins weren't farm boys. We was River Rats. Our kin lived our lives along and in the Birchpike River, like muskrats. Fishing, boating, noodling—my granddaddy had lost three fingers to an alligator snapping turtle while trying to pull out what he thought was a flathead in a hole. Didn't matter to him, though. Said it was the best soup he ever tasted.
Anyway, my cousins and me often explored the backwoods and the backwaters. Hell, they was our home! Elm, oak, and birch were as much our kin as any of our distant cousins (and no cousin back then was really distant since we all lived near the same town).
But I'm gettin' lost in the thicket. My cousins and me, we liked to push our luck in that treacherous maze of Nature. Cottonmouths and copperheads lurked under every root, rock, and clover patch. Fiddlebacks webbed the underbrush and scrambled through the decaying leaves of every Fall that had come and gone since we had been born. But we was intrepid— foolhardy, you might even say—and armed ourselves with youthful laughter and rusty machetes to clear a path through that riverside wilderness. Everyday of that Summer we cut deeper into the cluttering chaos of countless plants and silver-barked trees. We pressed on beyond the higher land near the river and crossed a muddy wash-out ravine, using an uprooted tree for a bridge, and then descended slowly toward the bottommost bottomland. I remember like it was only yesterday.
Just me and my cousins— Andy, Trevor, and Nick. We were all roughly the same age, give or take a few months, and so nobody was really a leader. We just sort of decided things, and had an accord. An unspoken compact. We would go as far along the river as that Summer would let us. It was a binding pact, too, and one none of us would renege on. Now, you have to understand something: we were all Christians reborn in the blood of Jesus Christ, but that didn't mean the Irish threads in our souls had forgotten the pagan vagaries and mysticisms of the old country, even here in America. We were prone to our own moments of daydreaming and fancy. What's more, the Cherokee threads pulled at our sense of awe, too, and so the exploration was as much a pilgrimage as it was a preoccupation to pass the time. We wanted to prove to ourselves that we were men; strong, brave, and independent from our mommas and daddies. Course, if one of us had been snakebit we would've realized how make-believe all that shit was in our heads. I guess it was no different than when we pretended to be cowboys shootin' at Indians.
Actually, it might have been better had one of us ended up snakebit. Then perhaps we would have never dared to go so far along those bottomlands.
It all seemed like harmless fun, though, and so we kept at it for weeks. Chopping underbrush with our machetes, joking about the dummies at school, and talking about the cute girls that we liked, and laughing about how dumb the teachers were. It was how we passed the time when we weren't fishing or helping dig lateral lines or shingle roofs or whatever. Back then I was too young for chewing tobacco, so I settled for candied ginger root. My cousins thought it something funny, me chewing ginger, since I was myself a ginger. Can't tell it now that I've gone all gray squirrel, but I used to be redder than a fox squirrel in my youth, and speckled worse than Easter eggs. That fiery color's all extinguished out of me over the last few years. I guess settling down with a woman— no matter how pretty and good she is, or how happy she makes you— will do that to a man. Anyways, ginger is good for ya. Good for allergies and sinuses and breath. Ginger and horseradish. They're the twin doctors of good health. Maybe I ought to take them up again. Couldn't hurt me. The good life seems to be killing me. Nowadays, tobacco is my only bad habit. Maybe it's what's agin' me prematurely. Could be the chemicals they use in 'em now, but I doubt it. Otherwise others would be agin' like me, too. Nah, it's just my bad blood. Stagnant to the point of sickness.
We didn't see the lake until we were almost on its banks. The trees were thick here, too, and rose up around it like a half-assed wall. The lake was congealed thickly with duckweed and green algae. It stank of stagnation. Water that sits tends to do that. Blood does, too, if you know what I mean. That was one of the reasons I got me a wife from Boone County— far enough away to be wife, but close enough to be family without being actual kin.
As I was sayin', the water stank, and the algae was slimy and green, like mucus in a pneumonic lung. Naturally, my cousins and me wanted to poke at it with our machetes. Each of us started to stir our machetes into the shoals, cocooning the algae around our rusty blades like spools of green gossamers.
Trees rose from out of that stagnant lake, same as they did in all other parts of the bottomland, and so the shadows stagnated too; long-lingering shades heaped black and deep. We did not see the waves when she rose from the center of the lake. We did not see the wrinkles or the rings or hear nothing. One moment the lake was a solid spread of algae and the next she stood upon the water, easy as Jesus on the Sea of Galilee. I'd say she just appeared outta' nowhere, but that ain't exactly true. No, it was more like we looked at her without seeing her— like looking at a snake in the bushes without knowing what you are looking at, and then, all of a sudden, you see the snake after being blind to it for so long. There she is! If she was a snake she would've bit me.
But despite her walkin' on water, she seemed a broken woman. Her back was bent and her knees bowed outward in a squat, almost like a frog as her long arms held a clay jar as she hunkered over it. Even so, my grip on my machete tightened.
My cousins and me looked at each other for a second— all with the same gobsmacked look on our faces—and when we looked back at her, she was standin' on the edge of the lake, close enough to grab us with her long arms. But she didn't grab us. She just eyed each of us in turn, as if she was our grandmother and knew something we didn't about how we reminded her of some other relative she might've known once upon a century ago, and she tilted her clay jar, or pitcher, toward us. We looked in, being boys, and couldn't see no bottom. It was all dark as night in the pitcher. But lookin' in it made me feel like I was fallin' forever in a dream from which I couldn't wake up. When I came to, my cousins and me were leanin' awfully far over the mouth of the pitcher. We shook our heads and turned away from that jar, or pitcher or whatever it was. I could feel my blue blood all sloshy with ice in my veins. Later I'd wonder why I hadn't run away, or cut at the pitcher with my machete, or at the old woman, but no story ever comes true if you get up and run away from it, now does it? Death is the only exception, and that is only because every story has to end.
Anyhow, the old woman spoke to us. Her voice croaked up out of her corded throat like a bullfrog's imitatin' a woman's speech, and to hear it was to feel it in the deep of your chest, where what they call the fight-or-flight reflex is stalled and stays at the "or", unable to do nothing but hammer the heart until a cold sweat leaks from your every pore.
"I am Pookjinsquess," she croaked, "your dear Aunty Pookjinsquess, and you dear boys deserve your heart's content. A boon for my dear, dear boys! For visiting your Aunty of the Old Waters."
We were too scared to move, and overawed by the fact that the woman didn't sink none, nor her pitcher, as she stood upon that filthy water. She was a sight to see, even if you don't believe me. She was copper-skinned, humpbacked, and had an old man's warty face full of spindly, long spider hairs. Her drooping breasts were so warty that they looked like mushrooms growing up out of overfull leather sacks. Her white hair had a radiance all its own that shone even in that darkness beneath the trees, and it was long and damp, thankfully covering part of her naked body. Seeing the ugliness of her made me want to fly, but I was like a damn rabbit fixed by the stare of a wolf. Goddamn I used to think rabbits were the stupidest animals I'd ever seen, but now I was the rabbit. Or maybe I was the fish hauled up from the river, hook in mouth and gawping like an idiot with my eyes wide. What a haul for her, too. Though my machete was tight in my grip, it was all but useless as my hand refused to move.
"My dear, delicious boys," she croaked. "How lovely you all are! In your prime! Bones cloaked in your strength. Meat draped with perfect skin! So lovely, all of you!"
With startling speed, the old hag snatched a snake up from the water— a cottonmouth slithering toward my leg— and bit its head off with a quick snap of her long, crooked teeth. Crunching bone and meat, she looked dead-eyed into the distance beyond us. The sound of the serpent being reduced to pulp in her jaws must have stirred me and my cousins to move. Or maybe that old hag thing lost focus on us for a moment. But the moment didn't last long enough for us to get away. We stepped back, but her attention snapped right back to us, and fixed us in place like nails to a board.
"Oh my dear lovely boys!" she mumbled, her jaws still working at the bone and meat in her teeth. She swallowed the cottonmouth's head, her Adam's apple bobbing up and down in her hairy gullet. "For spending time with your Aunty I will give you each your heart's desire!"
"Our heart's desire?" Andy said.
"Really?" Nick said.
"Of course! Of course!" the old hag said. "Anything you want!"
It should have been hard to believe that the old hag could give anyone anything, except leprosy, but I knew it had to be true. I knew it had to be true, just like I knew the sky was blue and the grass was green and I was a child dear in the heart of Jesus Christ.
"What's the catch?" Trevor asked. He was always to the point.
"Oh, no catch!" she said. "No catch at all."
This was not true. We were the catch. Her catch. She was hauling us up as she spoke to us, all of us caught in her net.
"Just a sweet little kiss," she said. "A sweet little kiss for your Aunty."
All of us shivered. I could feel the bile rising like hot vinegar in the back of my throat. None of us dared to kiss that hideous face. Would have rather kissed a pig's muddy ass.
"Or," she said, "if you can't give me that, Aunty wouldn't mind a little spit-shine on her pitcher. It is so dirty, and some boys like you could clean it nicely."
The pitcher was as filthy as an outhouse shitter. Green and brown gunk clung to its fat flanks and the rim of its mouth.
"Why doncha' just use the water here?" Trevor asked.
"We could take it home and clean it there," Nick said.
"No!" the woman croaked. Then, in a quieter voice, "No, it's got to stay with your Aunty. And the water here is no good for cleaning things. Just…just a little spittle is enough, my little darlings. A little spit in the pitcher will work wonders, and I will work wonders for you."
I wanted to leave, but then Andy stepped forward.
"Can you stop my momma and daddy from gettin' a divorce?" he asked, his voice all quavering.
"Of course, my poor dear!" she said. "My poor, poor, sad dear."
We all knew about the fighting that was going on between Andy's momma and daddy, and we all heard the whispers about them gettin' a divorce. It bothered Andy more than he wanted to let you know. And none of us knew how to talk to him about it.
Before we could stop Andy, he leaned over the pitcher and spat into its mouth.
"That's what I want," he said. "For my parents not to get a divorce."
"That is not a problem for Aunty," the hag said, nodding. She seemed to stand a little more upright now. Andy teetered a bit, as if he was tired, but he didn't fall. Boys recover fast at that age. The drowsiness lifted from him soon enough.
Trevor scoffed. "I think this is a bunch of hogwash," he said.
The hag eyed him in her knowing, grandmotherly way. "There must be something dear that you desire, my boy. Don't act all high and mighty and lose this chance. Aunty only wants to make your dreams come true."
Trevor's brow crinkled angrily, as it always did just when he was thinking, or when he was about to hit you in the arm. "What have I got to lose?" he reasoned aloud. He went to the pitcher and spat in it. "I want to be rich."
"And you will be, my dear boy," she said. "You will be."
Chris shrugged and stepped forward. He spat into pitcher. "I want to be famous."
"And you will be, my dear boy," the hag said. She then looked at me. I won't deny that part of me wanted to take my machete and lop off that ugly bitch's head, and I won't lie and say that it was the larger part of my mind. No, I was thinking about my wish and what I most wanted. A ginger like me was luckless with girls, and knew it would only get worse as I grew older. My daddy warned me so. He said I got the freckles of my momma, and that's fine on a woman, but it is unmanly in a man. So I was afraid I would be alone for the rest of my life.
And me, I was a sucker for romance. Even then. I always wanted a woman of my own. This desire was stronger because my daddy told me I wouldn't ever find it. But he was a bitter old coot after momma left him, so, that factors in, sure.
So, what did I do? I told my cousins to scram. I didn't want them to hear my wish and mock me for it. And they would've, too. Sure as flies on a sweaty hog, they would've. So, when they had given me enough space, I leaned over that ugly woman's pitcher and I spat into it and I said, "I'd like to find me a woman to love and marry till the end of my days— a faithful woman who no man would take from me." Or something thereabouts. And that hag's face crinkled all over something monstrous as her jagged brown teeth shown between her warty lips. Took me a moment to realize she was grinnin'. Somehow it scared me worse than the first time I had seen her. Again, if I wasn't so scared I might have hacked at her with my machete.
The old hag winked at me. "Be seein' you, darling." She then raised her voice, croaking like a bullfrog. "All of you lovely, lovely boys! Your wishes will come true, I promise!"
Me and my cousins left without another word. Her spell had let us go, finally, or perhaps our nerves had had enough. We were four boys with four machetes, but it was like they had been dulled on our nerves. We stumbled home, feeling exhausted. We never returned to the bottomlands, and rarely went to the river after that.
And then the wishes started to come true. At the end of that Summer Andy's parents were close to filing for a divorce. They fought constantly, and worked up a storm between them. But then came the car wreck, and both of 'em died after swerving off the road and plummeting off a gorge. Some people think they were arguin' in the car. Regardless, they never did get a divorce.
Me and my cousins never talked about what happened down at that stagnant lake. I don't know if we was spellbound and couldn't talk about it or if our own cowardice kept our mouths shut. Maybe we wanted to forget about it all. Maybe we wanted to act like it never happened, especially after what happened to Andy's momma and daddy. I told myself it was a coincidence, a fluke of timing, and I am sure my other cousins told themselves the same. One thing's for certain: we never followed the river into the bottomland again. Besides, life started to accelerate after that. The whitewater rapids of puberty hit each of us, and those craggy rocks of Middleschool, and then Highschool, and the plunge of the waterfall into the adult world. It was all right at first, mind you. We had mostly forgotten. Willfully so.
It took some time after the car wreck for the other wishes to come true. When Trevor hit sixteen he started working at a fast-food restaurant. There was a freak accident and an electric fire from one of the grills burned him up all over. His parents sued the franchise and won him millions of dollars. But he didn't enjoy it none. He lived in pain for three years after the accident and then died. He had a closed casket funeral, which should give you an idea of what it was like for him while he was living.
It was a year after Trevor's death that Chris was murdered by an exgirlfriend while he was at the mall. The security camera caught it all on film as the crazy bitch cut him up with a cleaver, loin to throat. It was ruled a crime of passion. The video leaked to the News, then found its way to all of the broadcasting networks. It was horrific to see. Gruesome. Horrifying. His wish had come true, albeit as twisted as a worm on a hook.
Shit washes downstream. Fish wash downstream. Bodies wash downstream. Why not other creatures? Why not terrible things? I've tried to look for answers, but all I've got is more questions. What can be said of it all? Things run far in the river. They wash off to the sides, too, and carry a long way off. Feelings do, too. Resentments. Old hatreds. They flow out and shed off and stagnate in areas. Maybe she was an old resentment for the Natives long ago, and now, stuck where she was, she hadn't anything but to brood and stagnate and bless with her resentments. Baleful boons, I suppose they were. Curses in the guise of gifts. Whatever the case, she got almost all of us good.
Almost all of us. For whatever reason, I was spared. My wish came true without any fishing line attached to it. Maybe it was on account of me being so good-hearted with my wish. My cousins wanted material things, where I was always keen on love. Don't know. Maybe. Maybe not. Then again, Andy only ever wanted his parents to stay together, so that can't be it, neither.
There were times when I thought maybe my wish wouldn't come true. Maybe, I thought, I hadn't spit enough in her pitcher, or maybe my curse was that the wish wouldn't come true. Too good a wish to come true. I tried to convince myself it was for the better. Maybe I feared that what happened to my cousins would happen to me. Maybe my wish would be all twisted and grotesque, like the corpses of sparrows hung in a dreamweaver.
And then I saw her by that lake in Boone County. She was squatting down in the shoals, looking at her reflection in the water. It was love at first sight for this boy, I tell you what. I saw her and thought she had to be the prettiest damn thing in the whole of God's green earth. And it had to be destiny, too, because I went right up to her as if the path had been laid for me and I said, bold as a shotgun with the safety off:
"Whatcha' doin' darlin'?"
And she smiled and said, "Waitin' for you, darlin'."
And by God if we haven't been together every day ever since! We are absolutely perfect for each other, too. She likes for me to call her "pookie", and I don't mind it at all. It is old-fashioned, I know, but it's better than "babe" or "darlin'" or "sugar pie". People stare at her all the time when we go out for groceries or go see a movie. They just can't believe how beautiful she is. And how considerate the angel is! She's always bringing me a fresh pitcher for my chewing tobacco whenever the old one is close to overrunning. That's love for ya'! Even your bad habits don't matter to the love of your life.
That's not to say that I'm not still haunted by that hag in the water. Sometimes I have dreams at night— nightmares, really— about that moldy old witch and her bottomless pitcher. I dream that she's caught me in the big clay mouth and I can't escape, and she laughs and laughs as the thick black swamp within her jar swallows me up. But when I wake up my wife tells me, "Shush, my dear lovely boy. There's nothing to be afraid of. Give me a sweet little kiss and lay your head down to sleep. Be happy. Be content. Everything is a wish come true."
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I really think that everyone should read C.H. Spurgeon's little book All of Grace. It really is that good!
Unfortunately those of you who are thinking of excuses right now really don't have any left.
You think I don't need to buy another book right now.
Well, it's in the public domain so since your online right now just google it & start reading or save it to read later.
You say I really don't like to read.
Ok, I'll post the audio version of it right here for you to put on your phone or iPod. You can listen during your commute.
Trust me, it's worth the investment of your time.


GM's initial response to our request yesterday for a recall of vehicles with a brake corrosion problem is completely unacceptable. It was contained in a Detroit News article about our call for the carmaker to recall 6 million pickups and SUVs that are the subject of an open investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The trucks in question are long out of factory warranty and owners manuals urge customers to have their brake lines inspected the same way brake pads need replacement for wear. In fact, more than 20 states require brake-line inspections at one- or two-year intervals or when stopped for a violation.
Adler is the same GM spokesman who made outrageous and inaccurate claims when the ignition switch controversy surfaced, asserting that the victims were reckless or drunk.
Let's hope that GM CEO Mary Barra will step in and order a recall without further delay.
The fact is, any internet search of "brake line rust" will expose a much higher percentage of complaints from GM owners as opposed to any other manufacturer. GM's other defense that the problem only occurs in "salt belt" states also does not give owners of the vehicles in question much reassurance.
While approaching a red light at 28 mph and pressing the brake, the pedal went completely to the floor and the vehicle did not slow down. I pumped the pedal repeatedly and only slight braking action could be achieved. I went through the intersection just narrowly missing two crossing cars and turned onto a nearby side street. After finally getting the vehicle to stop, I got out and saw a puddle of brake fluid forming a few feet behind the driver side front wheel.
That article also reported that GM has offered a remedy stating, "In response to continuing complaints, GM does offer a discounted brake-line repair kit, which it estimates should cost about $500 versus the $2,000 such a repair had cost in the past." In effect, GM is offering a discounted repair kit to repair problems that it says doesn't exist.
Mike Thomann was driving his GMC Sierra pickup truck home recently when something felt wrong.
When he looked under the driver's door, he says he couldn't believe the condition of his brake lines.
The report also states, "In April 2013, Subaru recalled 2005 – 2009 Outback and Legacy cars for similar brake line corrosion." Note that Subaru's response to the problem was a recall, something GM so far seems reluctant to do.
I was driving south on I-95 on the New Jersey Turnpike and slowed due to traffic and brakes went to the floor. I pumped them several times and put on the emergency brake and luckily stopped before hitting anyone," said Sean of Westbrook, Conn. "I had my whole family in the car, wife, 4 kids as we were heading to Maryland from Connecticut to visit family for Christmas. I pulled over and was able to stop again but the brakes never felt quite right again.
The list of these kinds of stories goes on and on. Yet GM maintains that the vehicles are safe and can be safely brought to a stop when brake lines rupture. I would question both the accuracy of this response and the source itself.
"All of these crashes occurred off-road and at high speeds, where the probability of serious or fatal injuries was high regardless of air bag deployment. In addition, failure to wear seat belts and alcohol use were factors in some of these cases," the statement said.
Mr. Adler said it was possible that hitting a deep pothole could turn off the ignition, but that G.M. had received no such reports. A figure for the weight of key rings causing the problems was not available.
So, excuse me if I am now skeptical of Adler's latest dismissal of the brake corrosion problem. My belief is that GM has been using inferior quality materials in an effort to cut costs. I also believe that later model trucks than the ones being investigated by NHTSA are also affected; the corrosion seems to start at about six or seven years. The 2010 NHTSA investigation focused on model years 1999 to 2003 because newer models had not yet started rusting. Internet complaints on later model years seem to confirm this hypothesis.
Given GM's recent recall woes that compromised safety, the company has the obligation to assure that their vehicles are safe to operate. They should at least match the standard set by Subaru, which recalled their vehicles with rusting brake lines. GM should recall its trucks which are prone to brake line rust and correct the issue so that future generations of these vehicles do not have the same problems.


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Business Spotlight • In the City
Midtown's 42nd Street: A Custom Celebration
As the Sacramento community continues to establish its new identity, Kerrie Kelly's latest business endeavor, 42nd Street, has opened its doors for designers and everyday customers to find their authentic self through home furnishing. On Thursday, the custom furniture, lighting and accessories company will have its Sacramento Metro Chamber ribbon cutting ceremony at 5 PM, with support from Ailoi Bodega Espanola, Melissa Lavin and DJ Spiro.
While the company will be the latest store to open its doors in Midtown, Kelly's presence in Sacramento has been steady since her design studio opened in East Sacramento in 1995. With three arms to her business, Kerrie Kelly Design Lab, Loft Media Group and 42nd Street, Kelly is finding multiple platforms to inspire the world around her.
"We've never been busier," said Kelly. "We're just in a great flow and feel very blessed for that and Sacramento has been wonderful to us in deploying what we're doing."
As Sacramento works out its grand identity in an ever-changing landscape, Kelly hopes her companies and brand become a harbor to celebrate the different types of architecture and styles that live within each client.
"Since we've gone through the recession, people have looked inward a bit," said Kelly. "We've found that they've gone up into their attic and found pieces that are authentic to them, or maybe reupholstered a piece or painted a piece. We very much encourage things like that versus having a home that's picture perfect."
The customization of furniture is the most important element in 42nd Street's potential. While one may argue the products cannot be all authentic when there are several versions in the store, Kelly and her team are constantly working to find or create the next product design, catering to all five senses.
"We've been asked by brands to develop products and we're still in the process of doing more, but what we have so far is displayed here at the 42nd Street location here in Midtown," said Kelly.
Nestled within Sacramento's Handle District, 42nd Street will also serve as the headquarters to Loft Media Group, Kelly's boutique digital marketing firm. From there, Kelly and her team will continue to grow in their efforts to sell their products and connect with clients, from Sacramento to New York, and around the world.
"We've been connected with so many of the right people when we weren't even looking for it that now we've expanded to ten [employees] and we've created jobs and opportunities," said Kelly. "I like to be able to be lean and mean and run a business efficiently, but at the same time when we brought on good people and allowed them to be a part of this vision, they helped take us [to the] next level."
As much as these words should be an inspiration to the next generation of local architects and designers, they are also humble words coming from Kelly. With more than two decades of experience, Kelly has managed to pen two books in her field, with more in the works, including a Wine and Design edition, inspired by the many wine related places throughout California.
"My husband and I do a lot of entertaining so we take a lot of people to Napa," said Kelly. "If you want to see me kind of go off the grid a bit and actually relax that would probably happen in Santa Barbara or Cabo San Lucas with a margarita and some guacamole."
With a work hard, play hard mentality, Kelly and her team have embodied the Sacramento spirit with a style to keep an eye on.
42nd Street is located at 1221 19th St #200, next door to Devine Gelateria. For more information on the new shop and its Sacramento Metro Chamber ribbon cutting ceremony on June 15, visit 42ndstreetdesign.com.
Photos by Bethany Harris
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Studio Ghibli Festival at the Tower Theatre This Summer
Don't Miss a Rowdy Roast in the Roundhouse in Old Sacramento This Thursday

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Which is your fave, though?
In her ten Video Music Awards appearances, Beyoncé has managed to fit in 15 outfits. Though her affinity for fur, sequins, and fringe hasn't dissipated, it's clear she's come a long way since coordinating with Michelle and Kelly under the watchful eye of Tina Knowles and the House of Deréon.
Here's a look at all of her VMA outfits.
Before Beyoncé was running the world, she and the House of Deréon were busy coordinating matching outfits for Destiny's Child. Here, we find all three ladies wearing head-to-toe black leather from the choker that Kelly Rowland to the studded boots that Michelle Williams is wearing. What really pulls the look off is the set of matching sculpted leather corsets, each outfitted with hundreds of little rhinestones and complemented with hot pants (Kelly), leather pants (Michelle Williams) and a maxi skirt (Bey). To go even deeper into this look, you can watch archival footage of Destiny's Child getting ready for the 2000 VMAs on House of Style !
If it wasn't abundantly clear that the ladies of Destiny's Child call Texas home, consider this official statement that they made at the 2001 MTV VMAs. Between the coral fringed outfits, turquoise jewelry, and boots, I wouldn't be surprised to hear their ensembles came with wolf howls and Kokopelli iconography for that complete Southwest experience.
Destiny's Child was pulling double duty as both guests and presenters in 2001, and what does double-duty mean? Double the outfits, of course! The trio went with denim outfits that there were laced up in different combinations.
2003 was the year that Beyoncé released her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love, but it was also the year the VMAs got a taste of Beyonce the performer and quick-change artist with one hell of an entrance. For her performance, Queen Bey floated down to the stage headfirst wearing red and gold harem pants, gold heels, and a gold halter top with bow detail.
Which she later upgraded to gold hot pants and a fox fur stole.
Unsurprisingly, Beyoncé won three out of the four awards that she was nominated for, and she collected all of them wearing a sparkly gold trench dress.
While Austin Powers: Goldmember might have been released two years prior to this red carpet appearance, the film and her character Foxxy Cleopatra were still making ripples in Bey's wardrobe. She showed up to the 2004 VMAs looking like 24K Barbie in a gold shorts suit with a jewel-encrusted collar and cuffs and gold strappy heels.
2005 was the year that Beyoncé transitioned from gold to another precious metal: silver. It was the also the year that Bey was in Dreamgirls, and her silver, crystal-infused dress with its '70s silhouette seems like a love letter to Diana Ross and the rest of the Supremes. The wooden hoop earrings and bangles are refreshingly on point as well.
Later on the white carpet, Michelle and Kelly joined Bey in ruched lime-green and blue body-skimming dresses. Like every great girl-group photo, there's a common thread that ties all of their outfits together. This time it's the crystal accents on their bodices, shoes, and jewels.
Beyoncé is a consummate professional, and like a hyper-bodied phoenix, she only appears more polished and beautiful every single time she appears. You thought last year's Dreamgirls-inspired outfit was all that? Cute. Beyonce's art piece/dress at the 2006 VMAs not only had crystal enhancements, but also faceted metal accents.
Here we find Beyoncé, or what I like to call the return of Spider-Yonce, from the 2003 VMAs. This time Spider-Yonce one-upped our neighborhood-friendly web-slinger by dropping from the ceiling in a floor-length, oversized khaki trench and over-the-knee patent leather boots. Very Inspector Gadget. But, like, hot.
Midway through her performance, the Fashion Police try to take Beyoncé away, but she shrugs them off and reveals her second performance outfit: a printed corset over a long-sleeved bodysuit, leather gloves, and those boots.
Beyoncé arrives to the 2007 MTV VMAs in a leggy, grecian Reem Acra frock in what else? Her favorite color: gold.
Beyoncé opted for a more traditional red carpet look for the 2009 MTV Video Awards. This time she opted for a short, fire-engine red dress designed by Roberto Cavalli. Bey wore it onstage to accept her award for Video of the Year for "Single Ladies" and took the opportunity to share the spotlight with Taylor Swift.
Her performance outfit, however, was anything but traditional. Beyoncé showed up in a silver appliqué bodysuit with one metallic Lorraine Schwartz glove. What else would you wear while doing fancy Fosse footwork?
Beyoncé arrived looking gorgeous (but, really, when doesn't she?) in an orange, one-shouldered Lanvin, but it wasn't until her performance later that evening that she really surprised us.
Bey intro'd her 2011 performance of "Love on Top" by stating that she wanted us "to feel the love that's growing inside of [her]," hinting to the world at large that she was pregnant. It wasn't until the end of her performance, though, that she stripped open her Dolce & Gabbana purple sequin blazer to show the baby bump concealed underneath. Hi, Blue!
In 2014, she killed it on the red carpet in a black beaded Nicolas Jebran gown with insane Lorraine Schwartz earrings (do those hurt, bb?) and sheer lace in all the right places.
During Bey's incredible performance–seriously, it's mind-blowing–she wore a custom Tom Ford bejeweled leotard complete with black booties, tights and her signature wind machine. WERRRK.
She topped off the night in a burgundy Zuhair Murad gown that totally kept on theme with her sheer-in-all-the-right-places look from the red carpet. She accessorized with statement earrings and out-of-this-world rings.
In 2016, Bey brought along Blue Ivy as her date. They coordinated in sequins and Blue accessorized with a crown. Hey, she's learning from the best.
Not long after, she took the stage in a head-to-toe white look. It may've been August, but Beyoncé broke out a fur coat anyway.
Beneath all the white fabric was a black lace bodysuit, which was also happened to be covered in fringe.
Bey accepted the Moonman for Best Female Video in a lace pantsuit, complete with a cape. She accessorized with her own mic, which she carried onto stage with her.
Following her performance, she changed into another all-white ensemble, and descended upon us like the angel that she is.


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#include "ServerHandler.h"
#include "MainWindow.h"
#include "AudioInput.h"
#include "AudioOutput.h"
#include "Message.h"
#include "Player.h"
#include "Connection.h"
#include "Global.h"
#include "Database.h"
#include "PacketDataStream.h"
#include "NetworkConfig.h"

ServerHandlerMessageEvent::ServerHandlerMessageEvent(QByteArray &msg, bool flush) : QEvent(static_cast<QEvent::Type>(SERVERSEND_EVENT)) {
	qbaMsg = msg;
	bFlush = flush;
}

ServerHandler::ServerHandler() {
	cConnection.reset();
	qusUdp = NULL;

	// For some strange reason, on Win32, we have to call supportsSsl before the cipher list is ready.
	qWarning("OpenSSL Support: %d", QSslSocket::supportsSsl());

	QList<QSslCipher> pref;
	foreach(QSslCipher c, QSslSocket::defaultCiphers()) {
		if (c.usedBits() < 128)
			continue;
		pref << c;
	}
	if (pref.isEmpty())
		qFatal("No ciphers of at least 128 bit found");
	QSslSocket::setDefaultCiphers(pref);

#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
	QOS_VERSION qvVer;
	qvVer.MajorVersion = 1;
	qvVer.MinorVersion = 0;

	hQoS = NULL;

	HMODULE hLib = LoadLibrary(L"qWave.dll");
	if (hLib == NULL) {
		qWarning("ServerHandler: Failed to load qWave.dll, no QoS available");
	} else {
		FreeLibrary(hLib);
		if (! QOSCreateHandle(&qvVer, &hQoS))
			qWarning("ServerHandler: Failed to create QOS2 handle");
		else
			Connection::setQoS(hQoS);
	}
#endif
}

ServerHandler::~ServerHandler() {
	wait();
	cConnection.reset();
#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
	if (hQoS) {
		QOSCloseHandle(hQoS);
		Connection::setQoS(NULL);
	}
#endif
}

void ServerHandler::customEvent(QEvent *evt) {
	if (evt->type() != SERVERSEND_EVENT)
		return;

	ServerHandlerMessageEvent *shme=static_cast<ServerHandlerMessageEvent *>(evt);

	if (cConnection) {
		if (shme->qbaMsg.size() > 0) {
			cConnection->sendMessage(shme->qbaMsg);
			if (shme->bFlush)
				cConnection->forceFlush();
		} else {
			exit(0);
		}
	}
}

void ServerHandler::udpReady() {
	while (qusUdp->hasPendingDatagrams()) {
		char encrypted[65536];
		char buffer[65535];
		unsigned int buflen = static_cast<unsigned int>(qusUdp->pendingDatagramSize());
		QHostAddress senderAddr;
		quint16 senderPort;
		qusUdp->readDatagram(encrypted, qMin(65536U, buflen), &senderAddr, &senderPort);

		if (!(senderAddr == qhaRemote) || (senderPort != usPort))
			continue;

		if (! cConnection)
			continue;

		if (! cConnection->csCrypt.isValid())
			continue;

		if (! cConnection->csCrypt.decrypt(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char *>(encrypted), reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>(buffer), buflen)) {
			if (cConnection->csCrypt.tLastGood.elapsed() > 5000000ULL) {
				if (cConnection->csCrypt.tLastRequest.elapsed() > 5000000ULL) {
					cConnection->csCrypt.tLastRequest.restart();
					MessageCryptSync mcs;
					sendMessage(&mcs);
				}
			}
			continue;
		}

		PacketDataStream pds(buffer, buflen-4);

		quint32 msgType, uiSession;
		pds >> msgType >> uiSession;

		if (msgType == Message::Ping) {
			quint64 t;
			pds >> t;
			Connection::updatePing(cConnection->dUDPPingAvg, cConnection->dUDPPingVar, cConnection->uiUDPPackets, tTimestamp.elapsed() - t);
		} else if (msgType == Message::Speex) {
			ClientPlayer *p = ClientPlayer::get(uiSession);
			AudioOutputPtr ao = g.ao;
			if (ao) {
				if (p) {
					if (! p->bLocalMute) {
						unsigned int iSeq;
						pds >> iSeq;
						QByteArray qbaSpeexPacket(pds.dataBlock(pds.left()));
						ao->addFrameToBuffer(p, qbaSpeexPacket, iSeq);
					}
				} else {
					ao->removeBuffer(p);
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

void ServerHandler::sendMessage(Message *mMsg) {
	bool mayUdp = (mMsg->messageType() == Message::Speex) || (mMsg->messageType() == Message::Ping);
	mMsg->uiSession = g.uiSession;

	if (mayUdp && !NetworkConfig::TcpModeEnabled()) {
		QMutexLocker qml(&qmUdp);
		if (! qusUdp)
			return;
		if (! cConnection->csCrypt.isValid())
			return;
		unsigned char buffer[65536];
		unsigned char crypto[65540];
		PacketDataStream pds(buffer, 65536);
		mMsg->messageToNetwork(pds);
		cConnection->csCrypt.encrypt(buffer, crypto, pds.size());
		qusUdp->writeDatagram(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(crypto), pds.size() + 4, qhaRemote, usPort);
	} else {
		QByteArray qbaBuffer;
		mMsg->messageToNetwork(qbaBuffer);

		ServerHandlerMessageEvent *shme=new ServerHandlerMessageEvent(qbaBuffer, mayUdp);
		QApplication::postEvent(this, shme);
	}
}

void ServerHandler::run() {
	QSslSocket *qtsSock = new QSslSocket(this);
	cConnection = ConnectionPtr(new Connection(this, qtsSock));

	qlErrors.clear();
	qscCert.clear();

	connect(qtsSock, SIGNAL(encrypted()), this, SLOT(serverConnectionConnected()));
	connect(cConnection.get(), SIGNAL(connectionClosed(QString)), this, SLOT(serverConnectionClosed(QString)));
	connect(cConnection.get(), SIGNAL(message(QByteArray &)), this, SLOT(message(QByteArray &)));
	connect(cConnection.get(), SIGNAL(handleSslErrors(const QList<QSslError> &)), this, SLOT(setSslErrors(const QList<QSslError> &)));
	qtsSock->connectToHostEncrypted(qsHostName, usPort);

	QTimer *ticker = new QTimer(this);
	connect(ticker, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(sendPing()));
	ticker->start(5000);

	g.mw->rtLast = MessageServerReject::None;

	exec();

	if (qusUdp) {
		QMutexLocker qml(&qmUdp);

#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
		if (hQoS != NULL) {
			if (! QOSRemoveSocketFromFlow(hQoS, 0, dwFlowUDP, 0))
				qWarning("ServerHandler: Failed to remove UDP from QoS");
			dwFlowUDP = 0;
		}
#endif
		delete qusUdp;
		qusUdp = NULL;
	}

	ticker->stop();
	cConnection->disconnectSocket(true);
	cConnection.reset();
}

void ServerHandler::setSslErrors(const QList<QSslError> &errors) {
	qscCert = cConnection->peerCertificateChain();
	if ((qscCert.size() > 0)  && (QString::fromLatin1(qscCert.at(0).digest(QCryptographicHash::Sha1).toHex()) == Database::getDigest(qsHostName, usPort)))
		cConnection->proceedAnyway();
	else
		qlErrors = errors;
}

void ServerHandler::sendPing() {
	CryptState &cs = cConnection->csCrypt;
	MessagePingStats mps;
	mps.uiTimestamp = tTimestamp.elapsed();
	mps.uiGood = cs.uiGood;
	mps.uiLate = cs.uiLate;
	mps.uiLost = cs.uiLost;
	mps.uiResync = cs.uiResync;
	mps.dUDPPingAvg = cConnection->dUDPPingAvg;
	mps.dUDPPingVar = cConnection->dUDPPingVar;
	mps.dTCPPingAvg = cConnection->dTCPPingAvg;
	mps.dTCPPingVar = cConnection->dTCPPingVar;
	sendMessage(&mps);

	if (!NetworkConfig::TcpModeEnabled()) {
		MessagePing mp;
		mp.uiTimestamp = mps.uiTimestamp;
		sendMessage(&mp);
	}
}

void ServerHandler::message(QByteArray &qbaMsg) {
	Message *mMsg = Message::networkToMessage(qbaMsg);
	if (! mMsg)
		return;

	ClientPlayer *p = ClientPlayer::get(mMsg->uiSession);
	AudioOutputPtr ao = g.ao;

	if (mMsg->messageType() == Message::Speex) {
		if (ao) {
			if (p) {
				MessageSpeex *msMsg=static_cast<MessageSpeex *>(mMsg);
				if (! p->bLocalMute)
					ao->addFrameToBuffer(p, msMsg->qbaSpeexPacket, msMsg->iSeq);
			} else {
				// Eek, we just got a late packet for a player already removed. Remove
				// the buffer and pretend this never happened.
				// If ~AudioOutputPlayer or decendants uses the Player object now,
				// Bad Things happen.
				ao->removeBuffer(p);
			}
		}
	} else if (mMsg->messageType() == Message::PingStats) {
		MessagePingStats *mpsMsg = static_cast<MessagePingStats *>(mMsg);
		CryptState &cs = cConnection->csCrypt;
		cs.uiRemoteGood = mpsMsg->uiGood;
		cs.uiRemoteLate = mpsMsg->uiLate;
		cs.uiRemoteLost = mpsMsg->uiLost;
		cs.uiRemoteResync = mpsMsg->uiResync;
		Connection::updatePing(cConnection->dTCPPingAvg, cConnection->dTCPPingVar, cConnection->uiTCPPackets, tTimestamp.elapsed() - mpsMsg->uiTimestamp);
	} else {
		if (mMsg->messageType() == Message::ServerLeave) {
			if (ao)
				ao->removeBuffer(p);
		}
		ServerHandlerMessageEvent *shme=new ServerHandlerMessageEvent(qbaMsg, false);
		QApplication::postEvent(g.mw, shme);
	}

	delete mMsg;
}

void ServerHandler::disconnect() {
	// Actual TCP object is in a different thread, so signal it
	QByteArray qbaBuffer;
	ServerHandlerMessageEvent *shme=new ServerHandlerMessageEvent(qbaBuffer, false);
	QApplication::postEvent(this, shme);
}

void ServerHandler::serverConnectionClosed(QString reason) {
	AudioOutputPtr ao = g.ao;
	if (ao)
		ao->wipe();
	emit disconnected(reason);
	exit(0);
}

void ServerHandler::serverConnectionConnected() {
	qscCert = cConnection->peerCertificateChain();
	qscCipher = cConnection->sessionCipher();

	cConnection->setToS();

	MessageServerAuthenticate msaMsg;
	msaMsg.qsUsername = qsUserName;
	msaMsg.qsPassword = qsPassword;

	cConnection->sendMessage(&msaMsg);

	{
		QMutexLocker qml(&qmUdp);

		qusUdp = new QUdpSocket(this);
		qusUdp->bind();
		connect(qusUdp, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(udpReady()));

		qhaRemote = cConnection->peerAddress();

#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX)
		int val = 0xe0;
		if (setsockopt(qusUdp->socketDescriptor(), IPPROTO_IP, IP_TOS, &val, sizeof(val)))
			qWarning("ServerHandler: Failed to set TOS for UDP Socket");
#elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
		if (hQoS != NULL) {
			struct sockaddr_in addr;
			memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
			addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
			addr.sin_port = htons(usPort);
			addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(qhaRemote.toIPv4Address());

			dwFlowUDP = 0;
			if (! QOSAddSocketToFlow(hQoS, qusUdp->socketDescriptor(), reinterpret_cast<sockaddr *>(&addr), QOSTrafficTypeVoice, QOS_NON_ADAPTIVE_FLOW, &dwFlowUDP))
				qWarning("ServerHandler: Failed to add UDP to QOS");
		}
#endif
	}

	emit connected();
}

void ServerHandler::setConnectionInfo(const QString &host, unsigned short port, const QString &username, const QString &pw) {
	qsHostName = host;
	usPort = port;
	qsUserName = username;
	qsPassword = pw;
}

void ServerHandler::getConnectionInfo(QString &host, unsigned short &port, QString &username, QString &pw) {
	host = qsHostName;
	port = usPort;
	username = qsUserName;
	pw = qsPassword;
}

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Top movies in 2019
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La bella e la bestia (1977)
Lisbeth Hummel, Anna Maria Bottini, Piera Maria Caretto, Brunello Chiodetti, Massimo Cosentini,
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci,
Crime, passion and lust for power - Sergio Leone's explosive saga of gangland America. [Australia Theatrical]
Crime, Drama,
Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Burt Young,
Anita B. (2014)
Andrea Osvárt, Antonio Cupo, Eline Powell, Robert Sheehan, Moni Ovadia,
7 donne per i MacGregor (1967)
Up! Up! Up! with their guns, their girls, and their battle glory!
Comedy, Western,
David Bailey, Agata Flori, Leo Anchóriz, George Rigaud, Francesco Tensi,
La folie des grandeurs (1971)
Comedy, History,
Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch, Karin Schubert, Alberto de Mendoza,
Il divo: La spettacolare vita di Giulio Andreotti (2008)
The spectacular life of Giulio Andreotti.
Biography, Drama,
Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci, Carlo Buccirosso,
An Ancient terror lives on in the new world.
Horror,
Patrick Bergin, Giancarlo Giannini, Hardy Krüger Jr., Stefania Rocca, Muriel Baumeister,
Dracula 3D (2012)
Horror, Romance, Thriller,
Thomas Kretschmann, Marta Gastini, Asia Argento, Unax Ugalde, Miriam Giovanelli,
Blood for Dracula (1974)
He couldn't live without a virgin's blood..... ...So a virgin had to die! [UK]
Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Vittorio De Sica, Maxime McKendry, Arno Juerging,
Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht (1970)
Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Klaus Kinski, Soledad Miranda, Maria Rohm,
Zombie Massacre (2013)
There is no hope
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi,
Christian Boeving, Mike Mitchell, Tara Cardinal, Carl Wharton, Ivy Corbin,
Zombi 3 (1988)
Horror, Action,
Deran Sarafian, Beatrice Ring, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Massimo Vanni, Ulli Reinthaler,
George A. Romero's classic 1978 gore-fest, Dawn of the Dead, is back.
David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, David Crawford,
When the earth spits out the dead, they will rise to suck the blood of the living!
Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver, Auretta Gay,
Django (1966)
The movie that spawned a genre.
Franco Nero, José Bódalo, Loredana Nusciak, Ángel Álvarez, Gino Pernice,
Terminator Salvation (2009)
The End Begins
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin,
Le grand bleu (1988)
Between what you know and what you wish, lies the secret of... [The Big Blue]
Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sport,
Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto,
The Rite (2011)
You can only defeat it when you believe.
Drama, Horror, Thriller,
Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciarán Hinds, Rutger Hauer,
The Angels' Share (2012)
Comedy, Crime, Drama,
Paul Brannigan, Siobhan Reilly, John Henshaw, Gary Maitland, William Ruane,
Caligola (1979)
What would you have done if you had been given absolute power of life and death over everybody else in the whole world?
Adult, Drama, History,
Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Guido Mannari, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole,
Atoll K (1951)
Comedy,
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Suzy Delair, Max Elloy, Suzet Maïs,
The Tourist (2010)
It all started when he met a woman.
Action, Romance, Thriller,
Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton, Steven Berkoff,
Stealing Beauty (1996)
The most beautiful place to be is in love.
Carlo Cecchi, Sinéad Cusack, Joseph Fiennes, Jason Flemyng, Anna Maria Gherardi,
The "Slicer"...The "Dicer"...And This Time, They're Not Any "Nicer"!
Horror, Thriller,
Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter, Kelly Rowland,
Angels & Demons (2009)
The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return.
Mystery, Thriller,
Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierfrancesco Favino,
Grace of Monaco (2014)
Biography, Drama, Romance,
Nicole Kidman, Milo Ventimiglia, Paz Vega, Tim Roth, Parker Posey,
Sole a catinelle (2013)
Checco Zalone, Aurore Erguy, Miriam Dalmazio, Robert Dancs, Ruben Aprea,
Plein soleil (1960)
Passion at ten. Envy at eleven. Murder at noon.
Crime, Thriller,
Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore,
Benvenuti al sud (2010)
Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani, Angela Finocchiaro, Valentina Lodovini, Naike Rivelli,
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
The 1968 Royal Film Performance [UK Theatrical]
Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Pat Heywood,
La corta notte delle bambole di vetro (1971)
Horror, Mystery, Thriller,
Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach, Fabijan Sovagovic,
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero 'stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella nota casa di tolleranza...' (1973)
Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Eros Pagni, Pina Cei, Elena Fiore,
Liam (2000)
Big Heroes Come In Small Packages.
Ian Hart, Claire Hackett, Anthony Borrows, David Hart, Megan Burns,
Drama, War,
Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic, Georges Siatidis, Serge-Henri Valcke,
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
When a country descended into madness and the world turned its back, one man had to make a choice
Biography, Drama, History, War,
Xolani Mali, Don Cheadle, Desmond Dube, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Tony Kgoroge,
The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
The appearance of innocence. The heat of desire...
Drama, Thriller,
Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson, Helen Mirren, Manfredi Aliquo,
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)
A celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting magic of the movies.
Antonella Attili, Enzo Cannavale, Isa Danieli, Leo Gullotta, Marco Leonardi,
2+5: Missione Hydra (1966)
They discovered strange new worlds, but they were not alone ...
Adventure, Sci-Fi,
Leonora Ruffo, Mario Novelli, Roland Lesaffre, Kirk Morris, Alfio Caltabiano,
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
World War II Has Its Heroes And Its Miracles.
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War,
Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino,
Ripout! Barbeque! Devour! How long can you take it?
Adventure, Horror,
Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen, Luca Barbareschi, Salvatore Basile,
La grande bellezza (2013)
Comedy, Drama,
Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte,
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse (1960)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller,
Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Wolfgang Preiss, Gert Fröbe, Werner Peters,
Alexander (2004)
Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War,
Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins, Jared Leto,
Cold Mountain (2003)
If hate sends men to war, then it must be love that brings them home. ( Moviepix Canada)
Drama, Romance, War,
Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins, Brendan Gleeson,
The Dreamers (2003)
Michael Pitt, Eva Green, Louis Garrel, Anna Chancellor, Robin Renucci,
America Was Born In The Streets.
Crime, Drama, History,
Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly,
Poliziotto superpiù (1980)
Faster than a speeding ticket. More powerful than a SWAT team. And up, up and away the funniest super hero of them all!
Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,
Terence Hill, Ernest Borgnine, Joanne Dru, Marc Lawrence, Julie Gordon,
Vivo per la tua morte (1968)
They turned a man into a wild beast thirsting for revenge!
Steve Reeves, Wayde Preston, Guido Lollobrigida, Mimmo Palmara, Silvana Venturelli,
Hornets' Nest (1970)
Bust The Dam!-- Blow Up The War!
Drama, Action, War,
Rock Hudson, Sylva Koscina, Sergio Fantoni, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Jacques Sernas,
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{
    // currently only supports rotation
    public class MouseViewRotateBehavior : StandardInputBehavior
    {
        // how does user start/end this action
        public Func<InputState, bool> ActivateF = MouseBehaviors.LeftButtonPressedF;
        public Func<InputState, bool> ContinueF = MouseBehaviors.LeftButtonDownF;

        // tumbling speed
        public float RotateSpeed = 2.0f;

        public enum RotateModes
        {
            Turntable = 0,
            CrazyCam = 1
        }
        public RotateModes RotationMode = RotateModes.Turntable;

        FContext Context;

        public MouseViewRotateBehavior(FContext context)
        {
            this.Context = context;
        }

        public override InputDevice SupportedDevices
        {
            get { return InputDevice.Mouse; }
        }

        public override CaptureRequest WantsCapture(InputState input)
        {
            if (ActivateF(input)) {
                return CaptureRequest.Begin(this, CaptureSide.Any);
            }
            return CaptureRequest.Ignore;
        }

        public override Capture BeginCapture(InputState input, CaptureSide eSide)
        {
            Context.ActiveCamera.SetTargetVisible(true);
            return Capture.Begin(this, eSide, null);
        }

        public override Capture UpdateCapture(InputState input, CaptureData data)
        {
            if (ContinueF(input)) {
                // do view manipuluation
                float dx = input.vMouseDelta2D.x;
                float dy = input.vMouseDelta2D.y;

                if (RotationMode == RotateModes.Turntable) {
                    Context.ActiveCamera.Manipulator().SceneOrbit(Context.Scene, Context.ActiveCamera,
                        RotateSpeed * dx, RotateSpeed * dy);
                } else {
                    Context.ActiveCamera.Manipulator().SceneTumble(Context.Scene, Context.ActiveCamera,
                    -RotateSpeed * dx, RotateSpeed * dy);
                }

                return Capture.Continue;
            } else {
                Context.ActiveCamera.SetTargetVisible(false);
                return Capture.End;
            }
        }

        public override Capture ForceEndCapture(InputState input, CaptureData data)
        {
            Context.ActiveCamera.SetTargetVisible(false);
            return Capture.End;
        }
    }

    // currently only supports rotation
    public class MouseViewPanBehavior : StandardInputBehavior
    {
        // how does user start/end this action
        public Func<InputState, bool> ActivateF = MouseBehaviors.LeftButtonPressedF;
        public Func<InputState, bool> ContinueF = MouseBehaviors.LeftButtonDownF;

        // movement speed
        public float PanSpeed = 0.5f;
        public bool Adaptive = false;

        FContext Context;

        public MouseViewPanBehavior(FContext context)
        {
            this.Context = context;
        }

        public override InputDevice SupportedDevices
        {
            get { return InputDevice.Mouse; }
        }

        public override CaptureRequest WantsCapture(InputState input)
        {
            if ( ActivateF(input) ) {
                return CaptureRequest.Begin(this, CaptureSide.Any);
            }
            return CaptureRequest.Ignore;
        }

        public override Capture BeginCapture(InputState input, CaptureSide eSide)
        {
            Context.ActiveCamera.SetTargetVisible(true);
            return Capture.Begin(this, eSide, null);
        }

        public override Capture UpdateCapture(InputState input, CaptureData data)
        {
            if ( ContinueF(input) ) {
                // do view manipuluation
                float dx = input.vMouseDelta2D.x;
                float dy = input.vMouseDelta2D.y;
                if (Adaptive) {
                    Context.ActiveCamera.Manipulator().SceneAdaptivePan(Context.Scene,
                        Context.ActiveCamera, PanSpeed * dx, PanSpeed * dy);
                } else {
                    Context.ActiveCamera.Manipulator().ScenePan(Context.Scene,
                        Context.ActiveCamera, PanSpeed * dx, PanSpeed * dy);
                }

                return Capture.Continue;
            } else {
                Context.ActiveCamera.SetTargetVisible(false);
                return Capture.End;
            }
        }

        public override Capture ForceEndCapture(InputState input, CaptureData data)
        {
            Context.ActiveCamera.SetTargetVisible(false);
            return Capture.End;
        }
    }

}


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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2018/11/20/cornell-alumnas-research-finds-social-media-might-make-you-lonelier-as-it-connects-people/)
Courtesy of Cornell University
Janis Whitlock's research suggests that social media might cause loneliness.
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Cornell Alumna's Research Finds Social Media Might Make You Lonelier as it Connects People
By Shawn Hikosaka and Vale Lewis | November 20, 2018
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Loneliness has been a pervasive issue among college campus — to the point that a class project video about loneliness could even go viral. One of the causes for this phenomena, according to Janis Whitlock Ph.D. '03, director of the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery, is the use of social media.
Recent scientific research by Whitlock shows that social media's ability to connect people suffering from depression or loneliness with others can actually have a positive impact on mental health, but there are ample examples of its downsides.
In an interview with WRFI radio, a local Ithaca station, Whitlock said that social media can make it easier and faster to find "others who might share similar life experiences or challenges that can make someone feel very alone, like sexual identity, orientation or other aspects of identity that can feel very marginalized otherwise."
On the other hand, social media users also sometimes limit themselves to virtual relationships and steer away from real-life human interactions, creating a paradox of connectivity.
"On one hand we have very high loneliness and higher rates of mental health challenges than we've ever had before in the college population, and on the other hand we have more opportunities for connection than have ever been possible," she said.
Most of Whitlock's research is centered around the relationship between self harm and social media, especially developing methods of early detection for mental health issues using social media as most people who "self injure or who are suicidal … do tend to seek informal support or information online," she said.
People report being satisfied with what they find online in the short term because they are able to find validation from communities who understand what they're feeling, Whitlock said. Over time, however, the result of going online to seek support or information "is really dependent on who the person is [and] what they're bringing to the experience," she said.
For example, an unmoderated chat room which exposes a person with a history of suicide or self-harm to continuous triggers can become extremely triggering and dangerous over time.
Even when these communities become triggering or toxic, teenagers especially will have trouble leaving them because "they had anchored so much of their developmental desire for community in that space," she said.
Whitlock believes that one of the most damaging aspects of social media is the constant stimulation and need to project an image to the world all the time.
"Having our attention going so many directions and living in such an enormous cauldron of stimulus all the time… is very stressful and I suspect that probably decreases the sense of connection to everybody," she said.
Her main advice to college students is simple: "Stay off your devices when possible … pay more attention to what's around."
This article is part of the Loneliness Project: a multimedia collaboration between WRFI, The Ithaca Voice, The Cornell Daily Sun, and the Ithaca College Park Scholars.
About Shawn Hikosaka
Shawn Hikosaka is a member of the Class of 2021 in the College of Arts and Sciences. He is a staff writer for the news department and can be reached at shikosaka@cornellsun.com.
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Vale Lewis is a member of the Class of 2021 in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is a staff writer for the news department and can be reached at vlewis@cornellsun.com.
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