Here's all of the recent David Beckham haircuts and how to get them.
What is the hairstyle? The haircut is a short back and sides with a heavily texturised top. Beckham keeps the back and sides longer and natural - these are likely around a #3-4, with the top around 2 inches with lots of messy texture added through. As with most of Beckham's cut he leaves the hairline and hair around the ears looking very natural, but as oppose to the others this one is almost a "non-haircut haircut," designed to not look sharp and fresh from the start. You could pair this with a low shorter fade for a modern look!
Styling this David Beckham haircut To style this David Beckham haircut you want to use a product with a matte finish and a strong hold. Use a product like the Regal Gentleman Matte Clay that gives a natural look and adds plenty of texture to the hair. The front of the hair is all pushed up and to the middle, with the back of the hair being worn messier with loads of rough texture.
What is the haircut? This is a classic buzz cut. Whereas the modern buzz cut is often paired with a longer top and a skin fade on the back and sides, this looks to be an even length all over, making it easy for you to do yourself at home if you really want to. Buzz the hair to around a number a #1-#2 on the top and sides. You can pair with a fade on the back and sides for a modern style to the look.
How to style this David Beckham haircut? The best thing about a buzz cut is that it requires no styling at all. Just wake up in the morning and get going! You'll need a haircut around every 4 weeks to keep it looking fresh.
What is the haircut? A high and tight fade with a short textured top. It leaves around 1.5 inches on top and a 0.5-1 on the back and sides (not quite skin), with plenty of texture added through for a messy, spiky look.
How to style this David Beckham haircut? For this Beckham look use a matte hair product like the Regal Gentleman Matte Clay. You want something that leaves the hair looking natural with a medium hold - nothing too stiff!
What is the haircut? This is somewhere in between a grown out buzz cut and a textured crop. Very similar to the cut above, but it's a lot cleaner and less harsh on the back and sides, and, slightly shorter on top. You'll want a high 0.5-1 fade on the back and sides with around an inch left on top. Just like the previous cut, this will be all about getting texture added through for that messier look.
How to style this David Beckham haircut? This should take you no more than a couple of minutes from shower to styled - don't over style it. Blow dry your hair and then finish with a tiny bit of a matte product like the Regal Gentleman Matte Clay - just mess up and go!
What is the haircut? A short textured quiff with a fade. You want around 2-3 inches on top, leaving more length through the front, with a #0.5/#1 fade on the back and sides. Just like the cuts before, texture is king with this cut. Let your barber become Edward Scissorhands, and chop texture into the style, to give it a less structured finish that is easier for you to style at home.
How to style this David Beckham haircut? Use a pre-styler, like a salt spray, in damp hair to add texture and volume. Blow dry through and then finish with a tiny bit of matte hair styling product, like the Regal Gentleman Matte Clay.
What is the haircut? Even though he's become more well known for shorter styles recently, Becks was rocking longer styles for most of last year and early this year. This one is a long bob with a middle parting. It also looks like he has gone back to his younger days, by dying his hair blonde.
How to style this David Beckham haircut? The first and most important step will be to have the length, so grow your hair out. But assuming you have this then you want to blow dry the hair into shape, using a salt spray like the Regal Gentleman Salr Spray in damp hair. Finish with a paste with a low to medium shine for the slicked middle parting look.
What is the haircut? Around the same length as the other two long haircuts on the list, so grow your hair out to a similar length, but this one is worn up and in a man bun at the back of the head. It's also slicked back for a cleaner look.
How to style this David Beckham haircut? Get the length and then slick this back with a medium to high shine pomade for a slicked look. Then tie the hair up at the back and you're good to go. This is a really easy style when you have long hair.
What is the haircut? Once again there's not much difference in length between all 3 styles. The most important is getting the length, and when you have hair of a similar texture to Beckham, you'll likely to be able to do a lot with it. For gents with ultra thick hair or thinning hair, it'll be more difficult to get 3 variations from a similar length. This time it's worn pushed up with texture added through for a messier look. This is a great medium to longer length style for Winter 2018.
How to style this David Beckham haircut? This one will be all about texture, and showing that off in the hair. So use a salt spray like the Regal Gentleman Salt Spray through damp hair and blow dry, running your fingers through to keep it messier. Finish with a low shine/matte paste or cream and a hairspray for added hold.


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Starring: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Enrico Colantoni, Maryann Plunkett, Tammy Blanchard, Wendy Makkena, Sakina Jaffrey, Carmen Cusack, Noah Harpster, Maddie Corman
OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆
Bio-drama directed by Marielle Heller. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is based on a true story in which an award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys), begrudgingly accepts an assignment profiling the beloved television icon Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks) and overcomes his skepticism, learning about empathy, kindness, and decency, and finds his perspective on life transformed.
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Fred Rogers: [doing his show on camera talking to the audience] I'd like you to meet a new friend of mine. His name is Lloyd Vogel. Someone has hurt my friend Lloyd. And not just on his face. He is having a hard time forgiving the person who hurt him. Do you know what that means, to forgive? It's a decision we make to release a person from the feelings of anger we have at them. It's strange, but sometimes it's hardest of all to forgive someone we love. Let's say hello to my new friend, Lloyd. Shall we?
Fred Rogers: [continues his story on Lloyd to the audience] Have you ever felt the way Lloyd does? So angry you want to hurt someone? Or yourself? I know I have. When I was a boy, I was very chubby. And the other kids would chase me, and call me names, like Fat Freddy. It made me very sad. Sometimes, when I was by myself, I would cry. And other times, it made me very angry. There is always something you can do with the mad that you feel.
Lloyd Vogel: Why are you giving me an assignment?
Ellen: We're doing an issue on heroes, and we're profiling a number of inspirational people. We just need a small piece of copy to accompany a pretty photo.
Lloyd Vogel: You hired me as an investigative journalist. I don't do puff pieces.
Ellen: Wait a second. Didn't I hire you to do whatever I tell you to do? And right now that's doing a profile on one of our nation's heroes.
Lloyd Vogel: Who?
Ellen: Mister Rogers.
Lloyd Vogel: As in the hokey kids show guy?
Ellen: As in the beloved children's television host, yes.
Ellen: He was the only person on our list willing to be interviewed by you, Lloyd. I guess you're developing a reputation.
Lloyd Vogel: A reputation? People love talking to me.
Ellen: Yeah, they do. Until they read what you write about them.
Lloyd Vogel: So, what, I'm supposed to go easy on this guy because he plays with puppets for a living?
Ellen: Four hundred words. Play nice.
Fred Rogers: [calls Lloyd to arrange the interview] On our program, I try to look through the camera into the eyes of a single child, and speak to him, or her, trying to be fully present to their feelings, and their needs.
Lloyd Vogel: Right.
Fred Rogers: Do you know what the most important thing in the world is to me right now?
Lloyd Vogel: No.
Fred Rogers: Talking on the telephone to Lloyd Vogel.
Andrea Vogel: [referring to Lloyd's assignment on Mr. Rogers] Oh, well, at least it's someone good.
Lloyd Vogel: Yeah. We'll see.
Andrea Vogel: Oh, God, Lloyd. Please, don't ruin my childhood.
Lloyd Vogel: Hey, I'm looking for Fred Rogers.
Bill Isler: Who?
Lloyd Vogel: Am I in the wrong place?
Bill Isler: I know who you are. In here. You'll get about twenty minutes with him during the break.
Lloyd Vogel: I was told an hour.
Bill Isler: [referring to the bruises on Lloyd's face] You're not going to try to fight him, are you?
Lloyd Vogel: Oh, softball league. Play at the plate.
Bill Isler: Maybe you shouldn't have led with your face.
First AD: [after Fred starts talking to Lloyd during their shoot] Hold, please!
Marge: We can't fire him, can we?
Fred Rogers: [referring to the bruises on Lloyd's face] Hello, Lloyd. Oh, it's nice to meet you. What…? Are you alright?
Lloyd Vogel: Play at the plate.
Fred Rogers: Oh, mercy, that looks like it hurts.
Lloyd Vogel: [interviewing Fred] The tent. Why didn't you let them set it up for you?
Fred Rogers: Well, children need to know that even when adults make plans, sometimes they don't turn out the way we'd hoped.
Fred Rogers: How long have you been married, Lloyd?
Lloyd Vogel: Eight years.
Fred Rogers: Oh, eight years. Oh, that's a wonderful accomplishment. Does your spouse have a name?
Lloyd Vogel: Andrea.
Fred Rogers: I would like to meet Andrea someday.
Lloyd Vogel: And do you think living here makes it easier, or more difficult to be a celebrity?
Fred Rogers: Oh, celebrity. Mercy.
Lloyd Vogel: You don't consider yourself famous?
Fred Rogers: Fame is a four-letter word. Like "tape" or "zoom", or "face". What ultimately matters is what we do with it.
Lloyd Vogel: And what are you doing with it?
Fred Rogers: We are trying to give children positive ways to deal with their feelings.
Lloyd Vogel: This piece will be for an issue about heroes. Do you consider yourself a hero?
Fred Rogers: I don't think of myself as a hero. No, not at all.
Lloyd Vogel: What about Mister Rogers? Is he a hero?
Fred Rogers: I don't understand the question.
Lloyd Vogel: Well, there's you, Fred, and then there's the character you play, Mister Rogers.
Fred Rogers: [as Lloyd is trying to interview Fred] You said it was a play at the plate? Is that what happened to you? What did happen to you, Lloyd?
Lloyd Vogel: I got into a fight.
Fred Rogers: Oh. Oh, my. Who did you get into a fight with?
Lloyd Vogel: It's not important. Jerry.
Fred Rogers: And who is Jerry?
Lloyd Vogel: My father.
Fred Rogers: Oh, my.
Lloyd Vogel: I'd rather not talk about it.
Fred Rogers: Well, what were you and your father fighting about?
Lloyd Vogel: I'm here to interview you, Mr. Rogers.
Fred Rogers: Well, that is what we're doing, isn't it?
First AD: Daniel, are you set?
Fred Rogers: [as Daniel] I'm set!
First AD: Thank you, Daniel.
Lloyd Vogel: Did she just talk to the puppet?
Bill Isler: Daniel isn't just a puppet. Daniel is Fred, and Fred is Daniel.
Lloyd Vogel: You mean…
Bill Isler: Please stop talking.
Lloyd Vogel: [referring to Fred] I just don't know if he's for real.
Ellen: That's not for you to say, Lloyd.
Lloyd Vogel: I think with a few more interviews…
Ellen: No, no, no, no, no! I told you, this isn't an exposé, okay? Just please put pen to paper. A couple funny anecdotes. Keep it simple.
Lloyd Vogel: I can't do that, Ellen. He's a lot more complex than I thought.
Ellen: He's a children's entertainer. He's Mister freaking Rogers. This isn't Mikhail Gorbachev we're talking about.
Lloyd Vogel: I don't think you understand what you're asking of me.
Ellen: I'm asking you to do your job. Now, get out of here, and come back to me when you have your first draft.
Andrea Vogel: [referring to the interview with Fred] How did it go?
Lloyd Vogel: He's just about the nicest person I've ever met.
Andrea Vogel: When you say it, it doesn't sound like a compliment.
Arsenio Hall: [Lloyd is watching an interview of Fred by Aresnio Hall on his show] There is an attitude out there, there's some things going on. There's a lot of hopelessness. What do we need to do?
Fred Rogers: There's no simple answers, of course. But if we could, through television programs, as well as every other imaginable program, let people know that each one of us is precious.
Arsenio Hall: Yeah, it all starts in the home. We can never underrate how important that is.
Fred Rogers: [Lloyd is watching an old footage of Fred] I don't think anybody can grow unless he really is accepted exactly as he is.
Oprah: [Lloyd watches Oprah interviewing Fred on her show] What do you think is the biggest mistakes parents make in raising their children?
Fred Rogers: Not to remember their own childhood.
Oprah: Yeah.
Fred Rogers: I think that the best thing that we can do is to think about what it was like for us, and know what our children are going through.
Oprah: But, you know, it's so hard once you get to be a parent. You always say, "I will never do this," when your mother's doing it to you, or father's doing it to you. You say, "I will never do this to my child." And then you get to our age, and you forget what it was like to be this size. You really do forget.
Fred Rogers: Well, but those children can help re-evoke what it was like. That's why, when you're a parent, you have a new chance to grow.
Oprah: I know that you are the father of two boys, but I can't imagine you ever having a problem with your children. You ever have any?
Fred Rogers: Well, of course. I'm a human being just like everybody else.
Bill Isler: You're here because Fred wants you here.
Lloyd Vogel: Honored.
Bill Isler: He likes everybody, but he loves people like you.
Lloyd Vogel: People like me?
Bill Isler: I've read your work. You don't really care for humanity, do you?
Lloyd Vogel: I'm just doing my job.
Bill Isler: I insisted he read you before we agreed.
Lloyd Vogel: And did he?
Bill Isler: Every article we could find.
Lloyd Vogel: [referring to Fred] So how does it feel to be married to a living saint?
Joanne Rogers: You know, I'm not fond of that term. If you think of him as a saint, then his way of being is unattainable. You know, he works at it all the time. It's a practice. He's not a perfect person. He has a temper. He chooses how he responds to that anger.
Lloyd Vogel: That must take a lot of effort.
Joanne Rogers: Well, yeah, he does things every day that help to ground him. Reads Scripture. Swims laps. Prays for people by name. Writes letters, hundreds of them. He's been doing that since I met him.
Lloyd Vogel: So, you've covered some heavy stuff, especially for a show aimed at children.
Fred Rogers: Oh, I'm glad you've had the chance to view the program.
Lloyd Vogel: Death, divorce, war. It gets dark.
Fred Rogers: You know, Maggie Stewart showed me the most beautiful word in sign language.
Fred Rogers: [links his index fingers together] You know what that means? It means friend. Isn't that perfect?
Mr. Rogers Fans: [on the subway] Hey, Mr. Rogers.
Mr. Rogers Fans: [start singing] It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor.
Fred Rogers: [as everyone on the subway joins in and claps] Oh, that was wonderful.
Lloyd Vogel: It seems like all these people line up to tell you their problems.
Fred Rogers: Isn't it wonderful? Such bravery?
Lloyd Vogel: Well, it seems like that would be an incredible burden on you.
Fred Rogers: Well, I'm grateful for you saying that, Lloyd. I'm grateful for your compassion.
Lloyd Vogel: Is it? A burden on you? Okay, let's assume it's a burden on you.
Fred Rogers: There's no normal life that is free from pain.
Lloyd Vogel: How do you deal with it?
Fred Rogers: Oh, well, there are many ways you can deal with your feelings without hurting yourself, or anybody else.
Lloyd Vogel: Yeah, like what?
Fred Rogers: Well, you can pound a lump of clay, or swim as fast as you can swim, or play the lowest keys on a piano all at the same time.
Lloyd Vogel: Do you ever talk to anyone about the burden you carry?
Fred Rogers: [imitates hitting the piano keys again] Bong!
Lloyd Vogel: I can't imagine it was easy growing up with you as a father.
Fred Rogers: Until recently, my oldest never told people about me. He's very private, and that's okay. And my youngest son, he genuinely tested me. But, eventually, we found our way, and now I'm very proud of both of them. But you are right, Lloyd. It couldn't have been easy on them. Thank you. Thank you for that perspective.
Lloyd Vogel: [annoyed] You're welcome.
Fred Rogers: Is that not the answer you were hoping for?
Fred Rogers: [to Lloyd] Being a parent does not mean being a perfect parent.
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Lloyd Vogel: You love people like me.
Fred Rogers: What are people like you? I've never met anyone like you in my entire life.
Lloyd Vogel: Broken people.
Fred Rogers: I don't think you are broken. I know you are a man of conviction. A person who knows the difference between what is wrong and what is right. Try to remember that your relationship with your father also helped to shape those parts. He helped you become what you are.
Fred Rogers: Would you do something with me, Lloyd? It's an exercise I like to do sometimes. We'll just take a minute and think about all the people who loved us into being.
Lloyd Vogel: I can't do that.
Fred Rogers: They will come to you. Just one minute of silence.
[as Fred and Lloyd sit silently, the whole restaurant suddenly becomes silent too]
Fred Rogers: Thank you for doing that with me. I feel so much better.
Lloyd Vogel: [to Andrea] Listen, I realize I need to deal with my feelings. When I'm scared, which I was in the hospital, and I have been for a long time, I get really angry. And I know it's a way of saying, "I can't deal with this. Get away from me." But that's not what I want. It's actually the opposite of what I want. You and Gavin, you're what I want.
Jerry Vogel: [Lloyd visits him on his deathbed] I am sorry for leaving you and your sister. It was selfish. And it was cruel. Will you look at me? I am so sorry, son. It's not fair, you know? I think I'm just now starting to figure out how to live my life. I always loved you.
Lloyd Vogel: I love you too, dad.
Fred Rogers: [as Fred visit a dying Jerry] You know, death is something many of us are uncomfortable speaking about. But to die is to be human. And anything human is mentionable. Anything mentionable is manageable. Anything mentionable is manageable.
Lloyd Vogel: [after Fred's visit with Jerry] Hey. What did you say to Jerry?
Fred Rogers: I asked him to pray for me. I figure anyone who is going through what he is going through must be awfully close to God.
Fred Rogers: [ending his story on Lloyd to the audience] I'm so glad I had a chance to tell you about my friend Lloyd and his family. I have a new picture of Lloyd with his family. Would you like to see it?
Fred Rogers: [shows happy photo of Lloyd with his family] There they are. That's a nice picture. It gives me a good feeling to see them all together like that. I hope you know that you made today a very special day by just your being you. There's no one in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are.
'To die is to be human. And anything human is mentionable. Anything mentionable is manageable.' - Fred Rogers (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) Click To Tweet
Christine Meacham says
Felt as though wasted over an hour of my life watching this movie wanted to leave the cinema but the person I was with wanted to stay
Loved Tom Hanks all my life and everything he's done not any more can't believe he put his name to this movie if you can call it that
My last thoughts of Tom thanks will always be this what a shame
Wonder what he thinks don't think that movie would ever get award you need one to understand it
Just reminded me of Play School who's in the window
Carmen LaBerge says
Andrea: Mr. Rogers knows my name!

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Der Hammerwurf der Frauen bei den Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaften 2011 wurde am 2. und 4. September 2011 im Daegu-Stadion der südkoreanischen Stadt Daegu ausgetragen.

Es siegte die russische Vizeweltmeisterin von 2005 und Europameisterin von 2006 Tatjana Lyssenko. Rang zwei belegte die deutsche Weltmeisterin von 2007, Vizeweltmeisterin von 2009, amtierende Europameisterin und Weltrekordinhaberin Betty Heidler. Bronze ging an die chinesische Olympiazweite von 2008, WM-Dritte von 2007 und zweifache Asienmeisterin (2005/2009) Zhang Wenxiu.

Bestehende Rekorde

Der bestehende WM-Rekord wurde bei diesen Weltmeisterschaften nicht eingestellt und nicht verbessert.

Doping
Eine positive Dopingprobe der zunächst achtplatzierten der Moldauerin Zalina Marghieva führte zur Streichung der Athletin aus der Mannschaft der Republik Moldau für die Olympischen Spiele 2012. Ihr Resultat von diesen Weltmeisterschaften wurde im Zuge der sich daraus ergebenden Konsequenzen annulliert.

Legende
Kurze Übersicht zur Bedeutung der Symbolik – so üblicherweise auch in sonstigen Veröffentlichungen verwendet:

Qualifikation
Dreißig Teilnehmerinnen traten in zwei Gruppen zur Qualifikationsrunde an. Die Qualifikationsweite für den direkten Finaleinzug betrug 71,00 m. Acht Athletinnen übertrafen diese Marke (hellblau unterlegt). Das Finalfeld wurde mit den vier nächstplatzierten Sportlerinnen auf zwölf Werferinnen aufgefüllt (hellgrün unterlegt). So reichten für die Finalteilnahme schließlich 68,92 m.

Gruppe A
2. September 2011, 10:00 Uhr

In Qualifikationsgruppe A ausgeschiedene Hammerwerferinnen:

Gruppe B
2. September 2011, 11:35 Uhr

In Qualifikationsgruppe B ausgeschiedene Hammerwerferinnen:

Finale
4. September 2011, 18:15 Uhr

Video
 Women's Hammer Final featuring Tatyana Lysenko, youtube.com, abgerufen am 12. Januar 2021

Weblinks
 World Championships Daegu (englisch), abgerufen am 12. Januar 2021
 Women Hammer Throw Athletics XIII World Championship 2011 Daegu (KOR) auf todor66.com (englisch), abgerufen am 12. Januar 2021
 Ergebnisse im Statistics Handbook der IAAF zur WM 2019 in Doha, Women Hammer Throw, Daegu 2011, S. 344f (PDF; 10,3 MB, englisch), abgerufen am 12. Januar 2021

Einzelnachweise und Anmerkungen

Hammerwurf der Frauen
Leichtathletikwettbewerb in Daegu

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Opportunity Lost and Exhausted
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – 2013 Director Peter Jackson Starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, Orlando Bloom, Aidan Turner Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Phillippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, […]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – 2013
Director Peter Jackson
Starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, Orlando Bloom, Aidan Turner
Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Phillippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro based on the book The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Who remembers this beautiful moment from Attack of the Clones?
I can remember when I first saw the movie Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. For me it was to be an elixir for a tepid (read: bad) first installment. They had promised more action, they promised a dark turn, and they promised less Jar Jar. Somewhere around the point where Anakin called Padme "Milady" for the 12th time and then proceeded to try balancing on a poorly animated fattened cat of some sort, I realized the feeling of dread creeping over me. Fighting every impulse to flee, I stuck out the garbage to the bitter end and boy did it make me bitter. I knew at this point that the series was damaged beyond my hopes of restoration. Even when the third installment ended up being not that bad, it was too late. Even now, with a solid new director some new and good old ideas, the series has lost its luster.
The Hobbit reached this point for me right as they threw Bard in the clink. We'd spent nearly a half hour there by this point, and Jackson was telling us that we were about to spend some more. And what a boring time it was proving to be. So many side stories over the first two films had taken liberties to the extreme, while, inexplicably cutting the charm out of some of the book's best moments.
Among them, the meeting of Beorn, which mirrored in the most delightful way the original introduction of the Dwarves to Bilbo. What had been one of the more colorful characters in the Tolkien mythical world abridged into a grouchy, hairy and lonely man-bear. Even more appalling, the charming and lyrical showdown between Smaug and Bilbo (Cumberbatch and Freeman) is abbreviated painfully, turned instead into a keystone cops episode when the dwarves are drawn in for some wacky hi-jinks. The story reaches low levels of absurdity as flames shoot everywhere but, like the A-Team, poor Smaug can't hit anything.
Somehow and quite improbably, the lithe dragon loses his ability to avoid the most obvious calamity. The makers to turn the dwarves into heroes that we are punished with the most ridiculous set of circumstances executed with the same penchant for ignoring the laws of physics as Jackson has shown since King Kong. So inane is the last 20 minutes of the film, it almost undoes completely the even pacing and impressive action sequences of the first half of the film.
The better moments include the spider webs of Mirkwood forest, the subsequent capture of the party by the Wood Elves. Their escape within the barrels on the water, and the heroism of Legolas and Tauriel (Bloom and Lily), while incredible is fun enough and close to the spirit of the novel. Even the burgeoning romance of Tauriel and Kili (Turner) is somewhat of a delight, and to see how it turns out, gives one reason to see the third part. Gandalf turns into a detective, taking on the mission of discovering the puzzling evidence of the Necromancer. His findings seem a little premature, but overall, most of the Unfinished Tale called "The Quest of Erebor" is covered here to neutral effect. Showing Radagast, once more with his bird poop hair, turns it into a net negative.
Overall though, the second entry should have been a stronger than the mess it ends up being. They have worked too hard on the dwarves, with Gimli's model deemed not sufficient to base a film (or three) on. There could be a few differences among them, but Thorin has gone from venerable old man in the source material to another version of Strider. They've changed the tenor, and somewhat the true honor of the proud, stubborn race to the point when we see Legolas' father (Pace) treat them cruelly, we wonder why he would, because they are all such nice guys. The Orcs are everywhere yet again, and there still is no difference between them and the goblins, even if there was, slightly, in The Lord of the Rings films for a time.
A typical Thorin as Strider scene
At this point, the third film is an inevitability, just like The Revenge of the Sith. Even if the film meets the source material closer in spirit, the damage is done psychically for those who saw the opportunity for Peter Jackson to carry out something on par with his original homage. He took some liberties in the first series, but none of those took away from the essential spirit of the novels, and the quiet observation that the littlest, most insignificant things can make the biggest difference.
As with the first Hobbit film, Freeman is game to the challenge, and his performance is on par with the dignity that most ascribe to Bilbo. It's just a shame to see him watching the dwarves make asses of themselves avoiding massive jets of fire, not even needing to hope that Smaug will stay just right there so their clunky plan can work perfectly…or not. The effectiveness of Cumberbatch as the great winged beast is muted the moment his standoff with Bilbo leaves the mental arena where it excelled originally and it becomes an all out party of pranks with the Dwarves, who really shouldn't be there. It's at this point I begin to feel that its me who shouldn't be here. I hope I can shake this feeling before There and Back Again.
(**1/2 out of *****)
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If you need to execute maintenance tasks to your BMW 328 Xi Coupe then it is usually a good idea to possess a Workshop Manual to keep just for personal reference should you need to know easy methods to remove a certain component such as the Wheel and install it again safely.
BMW 328 Xi Coupe Workshop Manuals will provide you with certain diagnostic wisdom on your car or truck therefore if something is broken it will help you find out what the situation is and how to fix it. You can then decide if this can be achieved yourself or that the job is too big you could make a reservation for your 328 Xi Coupe in to a local car garage.


A homegrown X Factor star returned to Middlesbrough this weekend, lending a helping hand to her Girlguide roots.
Girlguiding Cleveland volunteers were delighted to welcome pop sensation and Girlguide ambassador Amelia Lily to their area at the Middlesbrough Mela, where they watched on as she mucked in to promote Guiding and encourage new members to sign up.
Amelia, a former Guide herself, said: "I had a fantastic experience when I was in Guides.
"The dedicated volunteers made everything so much fun and gave us all lots of different opportunities.
As part of Youth United-funded Supporting Inclusion programme, Girlguiding Cleveland is setting up new groups to encourage even more girls from Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland get involved.
New volunteers are welcomed and invited to give some time to girls and young women, who will in turn gain experiences of their own.
Volunteers can give as much or as little of their time as they wish, with different roles available including Guiding Leader to occasional helpers.
Lucy Owens, Youth United Development worker said: "We're really looking forward to meeting new volunteers from around the Teesside area and seeing all the amazing skills they have to share.
Guiding has received funding as part of the Youth United project to help kick start the growth of new groups in areas where girls have not previously been able to enjoy Guiding.


Discussion in 'Designers and Collections' started by faust, Feb 3, 2004.
Preferably F/W. I already saw some pieces for S/S. I liked some of them, but the prices!!! $ is doing horrible compared to the euro, down with Bush administration!!!
Click a couple pages back and there's a post and link for the Fall/Winter 04 presentation.
Spring collection is also back a few pages as well with the feature done by Hintmag.


Adam's "Lent's Have Fun with the Kids Campaign!" Join in and find out what it's all about here.
Over the next 6 weeks I'm hoping to encourage more family fun for everyone during Lent. It's really simple, if we encourage our kids to do stuff as a family rather than just give things up I think we can make a change and make more kids happier.
How did it begin and whats it all about?
Well, I'm having the annual chat with Molly and Robbie last week about what to give up for lent - Sweets, Chocolate, Crisps, the usual suspects. Then I think to myself "those sneaky monkeys are just going to pick their least favourite thing to give up and probably eat more of the other stuff". Also I'm thinking there is nothing visible, tangible or memorable about them giving something up.
So…. In my constant effort to outsmart them with some masterful misdirection I suggest, "Instead of just giving up something why don't we try to do something each day as well". "Oh Yeah! That's a great Idea." came the response in stereo. With a little encouragement they managed to come up with some ideas all by themselves. "Robbie, we could empty the dishwasher every morning". "Yeah Molly, we could make sure our room is tidy each morning". "We could go for a family walk every evening." "Every weekend we could go an a big adventure." The ideas kept coming.
In my effort to encourage more family fun I'm suggesting that chores and family activities are added to Lent. Each member in the family gets a turn to decide what the fun family activities is rather than just give things up individually. The whole family can get involved and you're all encouraging each other to keep it up. You can mix it up a bit so you can do different things. Even if it only for 10 minutes, once you do something together it counts.
Mums and Dads I know you are so busy and do so much but this plan might help ease the burden by sharing chores and you can can get stuck in as well by suggesting your activity that brings you a little closer. Shared reading at bedtime, walking the kids to school once a week if you can. Or, organise your lunch break at work that you can collect form school once a week. I still remember doing that for Adam when I worked in Vodafone. His surprised face is still one of my most precious memories of him. Getting up 10 minutes earlier to all have breakfast together, playing a board game, take a half an hour every night just to chat. Have family dinner at the table every night. The list is endless.
It's never too late to start and by the time Easter comes I think you will see a big change and have better communication within your family.
So, have fun. Do Stuff, Do Stuff, Do Stuff! Maybe you can let me know how you get on with some photos and videos.


NEW YORK - ESPN's decision to shut down its 3-D channel by the end of the year is the latest sign the format won't revolutionize entertainment as the industry once hoped.
Troubling signs for 3-D have been on the horizon for the last year or so. ESPN 3D's audience ratings were below The Nielsen Co.'s measurable threshold, and in March, the Motion Picture Association said box office revenue for 3-D showings in the U.S. and Canada held steady at $1.8 billion in 2012. The number of 3-D films released in the period dropped by 20 percent.
"The ESPN decision is a sign that the 3-D ecosystem is not healthy," said Laura Martin, an analyst with investment banking firm Needham & Co. "It must be there's not enough demand for 3-D TV."
The sports network said there weren't enough viewers to make 3-D broadcasts worth it. It didn't say exactly how many viewers it had, but the number was "extremely limited and not growing," the network said.
Last year, an estimated 6 percent of TVs in the U.S. were able to show 3-D programming, according to the most recent data from research firm IHS Screen Digest. Even homes that have 3-D TVs don't appear to be using them very much, said IHS analyst Sweta Dash.
The lack of programming and the discomfort of having to wear special glasses could be contributing to the problem, she said.
"It's not convenient for people to watch for hours and hours with glasses," Dash said. "They get tired."
ESPN 3D launched in 2010 as one of nine 3-D channels that followed the release of James Cameron's blockbuster film, "Avatar." TV makers rushed to introduce 3-D sets as well. ESPN said at the time that it expected a "3-D tsunami" in the industry.
3net, a 24-hour-a-day 3-D channel that launched in February 2011 under the ownership of Sony Corp., Discovery Communications Inc. and Imax Corp., appeared to be unfazed by ESPN's announcement.
"Although we don't comment on the activities of other companies, their decision has no impact on our business," the venture said in a statement.
IHS's analyst Dash said there appears to be a bigger appetite for 3-D TVs overseas in markets such as China. IHS estimates that 49.6 million 3-D TVs will be sold globally this year, up from 32.8 million last year.
And home video sales of 3-D Blu-ray discs are still growing. IHS says it expects consumers worldwide to spend $668 million on 3-D Blu-rays this year, up from $416 million last year.
The disc format is "very much still alive and kicking," said IHS analyst Tony Gunnarsson, who added that 3-D Blu-rays account for about 15 percent of all Blu-ray spending in the U.S.
But TV manufacturers have recently switched their focus from 3-D to "ultrahigh definition," a format that increases the pixel count of high-definition TVs by four times.
At the International Consumer Electronics Show in January, companies like Sony, LG Electronics Inc., Sharp Corp., and Samsung Electronics Co. all showed off so-called "ultra HD" sets that were meant to be within the price range of middle income early adopters. Sony's 55-inch model sells for $5,000.
One benefit of the ultra HD format is that viewing doesn't require special glasses, and because people can sit closer to the screen without a loss in quality, bigger screens can replicate the immersion of 3-D video.
Ultra HD is also easier to handle on the production end.
With 3-D TV, two cameras have to be rigged together on a special mount to create the 3-D effect. And because viewers can get dizzy with quick cuts, camera operators specialized in 3-D stay focused on single shots for longer. That makes it hard for producers to simply use "one eye" of a 3-D camera for 2-D broadcasts. Instead, camera positions and personnel costs were just multiplied for events shot in both formats.
Along with higher costs, any viewing on 3-D platforms draw viewers away from the standard broadcast, said Rob Willox, director of large sensor technology for Sony Electronics, in an interview last month about the differences between the two formats.
"There are a lot more costs, and you're not increasing audience share, you're dividing it," he said.
In contrast, ultra HD video is more easily scaled down to regular HD, meaning that high-end cameras can be used for viewers watching on TVs of either standard.
Even as it made plans to close down its 3-D channel, ESPN said it was a leader in 3-D productions, having produced 380 events in 3-D over the last 3 years.
"Nobody knows more about sports in 3-D than ESPN, and we will be ready to provide the service to fans if or when 3-D does take off," it said in a statement. "We continue to experiment with things like ultrahigh definition."
Ryan Nakashima reported from Los Angeles.


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With a title like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter you would be forgiven for expecting either an iconoclastic satire of the great emancipator, one of the most revered figures in US history or an over the top Evil Dead style action horror film. Unfortunately, you'd be wrong on both counts as this film is neither exciting nor funny and is really just a pedestrian attempt to eke out a few more bucks from the vampire craze.
The film employs a ludicrous but strangely unfunny premise where honest Abe, in addition to forging a law career and eventually becoming the American President, also spends his time lopping the heads of vampires who seemed to be rife throughout America. According to this film, slavery and the entire confederacy of Southern states was some sort of vampire conspiracy led by gentlemanly bloodsucker Adam (Rufus Sewell). Abe (Benjamin Walker) gets on the vampire killing bandwagon after his mother is murdered by one of Adam's minions. When he teams up with a mysterious assassin (Dominic Cooper), a childhood friend (Anthony Mackie) and a shop keeper played by Jimi Simpson the creepy intern from the Letterman show, he finds himself on a quest to rid America of both slavery and the red neck vampire menace.
The film offers a couple of inventive and dynamic fight scenes but little else. Any credibility is skittled by implausible sequences where no law of physics is left unscathed, just check out Abe's escape from a vampire-infested mansion. It's also full of inconsistencies, particularly my pet hate inconsistent toughness where the vampires are phenonemonally powerful one minute but insipid fops the next. There's also cartoonish cgi action scenes and a central performance from Walker that's badly lacking charisma.
Also, as the violent struggle between Abe and Adam draws to a head, the increasingly intense action scenes become messy and confusing.
This film could have been an outrageous action horror romp but that opportunity has been sadly lost.


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Fisher Model and Pattern 1/32 Red Baron RB-51 Unlimited Air Racer Kit First Look
Fisher Model and Pattern
Red Baron RB-51 Unlimited Air Racer
Resin/Brass/Photo-Etch
Another magnificent resin release - no casting blocks, no pinholes, near-perfect fit!
Nothing noted
The RB-51 Mustang was a highly modified P-51 that was to eventually set the worlds speed record for a piston-powered aircraft. Sold as surplus in the late 1950s, the aircraft changed hands over the years as different owners sought to race the aircraft.
The P-51 became the RB-51 in the early 1970s as then-owner Ed Browning replaced the Packard Merlin engine with a Griffon engine with a contra-rotating propeller gearbox and matching props. The lines of the aircraft were also changed to reduce drag and improve handling. Some of the changes included clipped wings with Horner wingtips, an enlarged rudder for improved yaw stability, reduced profile canopy and ventral radiator scoop, and more.
The Red Baron RB-51 underwent a number of enhancements before it set that speed record of 499.018 miles per hour in August 1979 under the skilled control of pilot Steve Hinton. The following month at the Reno air races, Steve Hinton was once again putting the RB-51 through its paces when the propeller gearbox failed in-flight. As the story was told, the front propeller lost oil pressure bringing the blades to nearly flat pitch. This resulted in the front propeller disk turning into a big speed brake leaving the rear propeller with little air for thrust. The aircraft impacted the ground and disintegrated. While witnesses knew that nobody could have survived such a violent impact, Steve Hinton's crew sped out to the crash site and found their pilot alive and unconscious inside what was left of the cockpit structure. After a lengthy recovery, Steve Hinton still flies high performance aircraft and many of the parts salvaged from the Red Baron wreckage have been used to restore other P-51s.
Fisher Models and Pattern has developed a reputation in the modeling world for producing some of the nicest model kits in any medium. Fisher's medium of choice is resin and you can tell that he has researched the optimum combinations of resin and molding technologies to produce these masterpieces. But resin alone does not create such models - the craftsmanship in the master patterns is also evident. Where some pattern makers get close to their goal and release the product just to keep the money coming in, Fisher Models earned their reputation by not sending out models until they are as perfect in accuracy as well as in assembly as possible.
Some of the kits that we've seen over the years include the F9F Panther, F9F Cougar, TF-9J 'Twogar', Sea Fury FB.11, and Sea Fury T.20, all in 1/32 scale. Of course he also produced a single 1/48 scale kit with the XF6C-6 Page Racer. Perhaps we'll see more in this scale in the future. Besides this new release, Fisher Model and Pattern is also about to release the huge 1/32 F7U Cutlass kit which has been months in the making.
This release is of course the RB-51 Red Baron air racer. When you look at this kit, you'll wonder (and I've asked Paul Fisher out loud) why Fisher Models doesn't produce a P-51D kit since so many other companies can't seem to capture the lines and shape of the aircraft. One look at this and you know a P-51 in resin would be equally spectacular.
This kit captures all of the engineering changes made to that original P-51D airframe to accommodate the Griffon engine as well as to mitigate as much drag as possible. The fuselage is essentially a one-piece hollow casting which allows for the assembled cockpit tub to be inserted up from the underside of the fuselage before installing the one-piece wing.
The cockpit nicely captures the details of Race 5 right down to the photo-etched instrument panel and the printed acetate instrument faces that align perfectly behind the panel. There are several smaller instrument clusters in the cockpit used to monitor the engine and support systems of the aircraft and these are also provided on the photo-etched fret and corresponding acetate instrument sheet. The photo-etch provides the pilot seatbelt and shoulder harness as well.
With the cockpit installed, the wing and ventral radiator scoop cover the underside of the fuselage and you can see in the photos to the right how nicely these parts all fit without any glue or filler.
Assembly of the remainder of the airframe will happen rather quickly as this is a really simple build. One nice touch to keep this model sturdy is its brass landing gear produced by G-Factor and provide the main gear struts as well as the tail wheel strut.
The canopy is cast in clear resin and is separately cast from the streamlined windscreen so you can pose this aircraft with the canopy open.
When it comes down to it, you'll spend more time waiting for gloss paint to dry than assembling the model. The wings are essentially gloss white and the fuselage gloss red. Careful preparation of the airframe with MicroMesh to bring the resin surface to a smooth shiny surface will go a long way to ensuring a mirror-smooth paint job.
The decals are printed by Microscale and include the nice chrome surfaces around the exhaust stacks and under the tail. These decal images simply don't do the impressive chrome printing done by Microscale any justice.
This is another magnificent kit that will build into a show stopper. This one is also definitely highly recommended!
My sincere thanks to Fisher Model and Pattern for this review sample.


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Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
References/Trivia
← 231 "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)"
"Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder"
"Eight Misbehavin'" 233 →
Production Code:
BABF02
Couch Gag:
Cement figures of the family are poured onto the couch
Blackboard Text:
"I won't not use no double negative"
Special Guest Voices:
Nancy O'Dell as herself
Penn Jillette as himself
Teller as himself
Ron Howard as himself
Pat O'Brien as himself
Mike B. Anderson
DVD features
"Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" is the sixth episode of season 11. It originally aired on November 14, 1999. The episode was written by Al Jean and directed by Bob Anderson. Nancy O'Dell, Penn Jillette, Teller, Ron Howard and Pat O'Brien guest star as themselves.
"Homer blows off work and goes bowling with Carl and Lenny. When he bowls a 300 game, he becomes a local celebrity. But when his fleeting fame begins to fade, he finds little comfort in anything. Suicidal thoughts and a brush with death lead him to spend more time with Maggie, who learns to bowl and nearly upstages him."
On a normal day, Homer is 26 hours late for work. As punishment, Mr. Burns makes Homer eat toxic waste in a dark room. Lenny and Carl come in and invite Homer to go bowling. Homer lies to Marge on the phone, telling her he was unable to attend a tea party date with Maggie because there was a breakdown at the plant and Lenny was hospitalized. He then goes bowling with Lenny and Carl. Homer bowls a 300 game, and makes the evening news, earning the attention of Springfield. With this accomplishment, Homer becomes a celebrity, appearing on The Springfield Squares (which has Ron Howard as a guest). However, he attempts a walk-on during a Penn & Teller special, but that backfires on him as Penn chases him off the stage with a crossbow (and leaving Teller slowly descending into a tub of shark filled water).
Homer's 15 minutes of fame wanes, and he becomes "yesterday's news". Worrying that his life has peaked, he attempts to commit suicide from a tall building, until Otto, who is bungee-jumping, saves him. Thankful for being alive, Homer searches for a more noble life, and dedicates his life to his children. He tries but fails to connect with Bart and Lisa so he decides to spend more time with Maggie. He tries to teach her how to swim, but she does not trust him and will not go into the water. He takes her to the beach but nearly drowns; she somehow pulls him to shore. For saving his life, he treats Maggie to a game of bowling -- and she bowls a perfect game. Homer penalized her for "going over the line". (The "300 game" balloon, however, was still released, which Homer knocked out of the way.)
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Beyond Blunderdome • Brother's Little Helper • Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner? • Treehouse of Horror X • E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt) • Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder • Eight Misbehavin' • Take My Wife, Sleaze • Grift of the Magi • Little Big Mom • Faith Off • The Mansion Family • Saddlesore Galactica • Alone Again, Natura-Diddily • Missionary: Impossible • Pygmoelian • Bart to the Future • Days of Wine and D'oh'ses • Kill the Alligator and Run • Last Tap Dance in Springfield • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge • Behind the Laughter
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Reach Nations
We live for reaching nations for Jesus – Mobilization | Training | Pioneering
ESCOLA DE PROFETAS
School of Prophets
MISSION PROJECTS
STEVE BURKHALTER
Steve Burkhalter is missionary and director of Nations2Nations Latin America, an international ministry of Youth with a Mission that mobilizes Latinos to Restore the Identity, Dignity, and Destiny of Individuals, Communities, and Nations. He is a teacher, international speaker, and YWAM missionary for 17 years and has ministered in more than 20 countries. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering (Auburn University-USA), a former entrepreneur and former technical salesman at York International Corporation. Steven was ordained to the ministry in 2002. He and his wife, Angela, live in Fortaleza for 15 years and have 6 children, 2 Brazilian daughters-in-law, a Mexican son-in-law.
In his meetings, Steve has witnessed breaking paradigms in the minds and hearts of many. In his meetings, it is common to see people witnessing to have clearly heard the voice of God, have found their purpose and willingness to take an active steps in the kingdom of God.
ADAM LIVECCHI
Pr. Adam LiVecchi is the founder of We See Jesus Ministries and Pastor of Rescue Church in New Jersey. Pr.Adam has written 3 books on the prophetic ministry (Sitting at His Feet, Listen. Learn. Obey and Rediscovering the Prophetic) and have taught about these topics continually.
In his travels and meetings, he has witnessed the power of the Father reaching thousands of lives and bringing transformation to the minds and hearts of many. In his meetings, it is common to see miracles, healing, signs, and wonders.
MURILO MACIEL
Murilo Maciel is the co-founder of the Reach Nations. He began his ministry as a YWAM missionary in 2007. After serving in the mission field in Brazil, he spent 7 years serving as a pioneering missionary in Northern Europe, pioneering the YWAM missionary base in Estonia and leading Radical Obedience movement by developing missionary projects in Brazil, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldavia, Cuba, and Russia.
He has traveled to Brazil and over forty nations preaching the love of Jesus, mobilizing young people for missions and helping them to discover God's call to their lives.


The trouble with Florissant, says state Auditor Susan Montee, is that there aren't many Missouri communities like it.
Florissant has what is called a "strong mayor" form of government that many area mayors may covet (notably, the last half-dozen St. Louis mayors), but most don't have.
Tuesday night, Montee outlined the findings of her office's exhaustive and expensive audit of Florissant's city government, conducted at the behest of petitioning city residents.
The upshot: some Florissant residents might not like how Mayor Robert Lowery operates -- but the city ordinances give him the power to do pretty much what he wants.
"The mayor has the legal authority to make a whole lot of decisions," said Montee, adding that few Missouri communities give their mayor as much power as Florissant does.
In fact, her staff auditor in charge of Florissant's audit said she had never encountered another such "strong mayor" setup in her 30 years in the state auditor's office.
The powers appear to have been amassed during the 30-plus years that the late James J. Eagan was mayor of Florissant, the largest of St. Louis County's 91 municipalities.
Overall, said Montee, her staff uncovered no serious financial problems. Not that there weren't some recommendations and concerns about how Lowery has handled city money.
Montee's audit says that Lowery has failed to maintain logs that document when he uses his city-leased car for official and personal use. Such records are required by the IRS, she said.
Overseeing 12 closed city council meetings between December 2008 and February 2010 that Montee said failed to provide documentation of what happened during those meetings, and why they were closed, as mandated by Missouri's Sunshine Laws.
Additional questions were raised in the audit about Lowery's use of $20,000 in city "discretionary" spending that he's allowed annually.
$200 spent out of the city's "sewer lateral fund" for four city employees to participate in the golf tournament held by the Missouri Association of Building Officials and Inspectors.
But Montee emphasized that such spending, while appearing not "necessary to accomplish the mission of the city," did not violate any laws -- given Lowery's broad powers as mayor.
Most cities, she said, have city-manager forms of government where the mayor is primarily a ceremonial post, or the communities are governed by a strong board of councilmen or aldermen.
But in Florissant, Montee explained, the mayor governs the city as well as acts as its ceremonial figurehead.
Montee recommended that the nine-person City Council enact ordinances imposing more restrictions on what the mayor can do, and how he or she can spend city money. But for now, Montee repeatedly said, Lowery was breaking no laws.
In response to audience questions, Montee said nothing in the city ordinances mandated that the mayor spend a certain amount of time at City Hall. Some of Lowery's critics contend that he spends too few hours in his office.
"The mayor is the mayor 24 hours a day," Montee said, regardless of where he is. She noted that whoever is Florissant's mayor attends a lot of night and weekend meetings and events.
As a result of Montee's conclusions, Lowery wasn't too upset with the audit's findings. He emphasized that he believed that all of the questioned expenditures were appropriate and necessary to promote Florissant. The audit, he said, had been sought by a small band of political critics.
"After four months and three auditors," said Lowery, the lack of serious financial questions means "we're running a very efficient organization."
Councilman Andrew Podleski, who had supported the audit, said he was disappointed that the audit didn't focus more on his concerns about how Lowery "moves money around" and spends city money in ways other than what the money was budgeted.
But Podleski -- who lost a bid to unseat Lowery a couple years ago -- said he recognizes now that the issue is the amount of power that Florissant's current setup allocates to the mayor.
Montee, meanwhile, said that Florissant's distinctive form of government contributed to her audit's unexpectedly high cost.
Estimated at $24,000, the costs totalled around $50,000. Florissant is required to cover the $24,000, but Montee's state budget will cover the rest.
"This is not a city that I'm going to compare to other cities," Montee said. Instead, she explained later, Florissant's form of government ended up serving as a lesson, helping to educate her staff for the next time they encountered such an unusual setup.
There is a similar "strong mayor" city government not far away, she and Lowery noted -- the city of St. Charles.
If St. Charles' residents ever petition for an audit, the state auditor's office will be ready.
This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon.


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package com.amazonaws.services.ecs.model.transform;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import com.amazonaws.AmazonClientException;
import com.amazonaws.Request;
import com.amazonaws.DefaultRequest;
import com.amazonaws.http.HttpMethodName;
import com.amazonaws.services.ecs.model.*;
import com.amazonaws.transform.Marshaller;
import com.amazonaws.util.BinaryUtils;
import com.amazonaws.util.StringUtils;
import com.amazonaws.util.IdempotentUtils;
import com.amazonaws.util.StringInputStream;
import com.amazonaws.protocol.json.*;

/**
 * UpdateContainerAgentRequest Marshaller
 */
public class UpdateContainerAgentRequestMarshaller
        implements
        Marshaller<Request<UpdateContainerAgentRequest>, UpdateContainerAgentRequest> {

    private final SdkJsonProtocolFactory protocolFactory;

    public UpdateContainerAgentRequestMarshaller(
            SdkJsonProtocolFactory protocolFactory) {
        this.protocolFactory = protocolFactory;
    }

    public Request<UpdateContainerAgentRequest> marshall(
            UpdateContainerAgentRequest updateContainerAgentRequest) {

        if (updateContainerAgentRequest == null) {
            throw new AmazonClientException(
                    "Invalid argument passed to marshall(...)");
        }

        Request<UpdateContainerAgentRequest> request = new DefaultRequest<UpdateContainerAgentRequest>(
                updateContainerAgentRequest, "AmazonECS");
        request.addHeader("X-Amz-Target",
                "AmazonEC2ContainerServiceV20141113.UpdateContainerAgent");

        request.setHttpMethod(HttpMethodName.POST);

        request.setResourcePath("");

        try {
            final StructuredJsonGenerator jsonGenerator = protocolFactory
                    .createGenerator();

            jsonGenerator.writeStartObject();

            if (updateContainerAgentRequest.getCluster() != null) {
                jsonGenerator.writeFieldName("cluster").writeValue(
                        updateContainerAgentRequest.getCluster());
            }
            if (updateContainerAgentRequest.getContainerInstance() != null) {
                jsonGenerator.writeFieldName("containerInstance").writeValue(
                        updateContainerAgentRequest.getContainerInstance());
            }

            jsonGenerator.writeEndObject();

            byte[] content = jsonGenerator.getBytes();
            request.setContent(new ByteArrayInputStream(content));
            request.addHeader("Content-Length",
                    Integer.toString(content.length));
            request.addHeader("Content-Type", jsonGenerator.getContentType());
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            throw new AmazonClientException(
                    "Unable to marshall request to JSON: " + t.getMessage(), t);
        }

        return request;
    }

}

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Welcome to the 249th Inspire Me Tuesday. Wow, this has been a fabulous week with tons of inspiration and links. I love how there are so many different styles and projects linked each week, that makes it all so fun. Here is a potpourri sample.
Home Remedies shared her gorgeous home tour. I adore her style, everything is always impeccably put together. Just look at this gorgeous entry, and you definitely have to go see her whole house. I think her dining room is beautiful too, definitely one of my favorites.
Home Chic Club always inspires and her home tour is breathtaking. Every single detail is gorgeous. I love, love, love this swag and wait until you see her kitchen all dressed for Christmas. Stunning.
Need an idea to keep the kids entertained all winter. SimpleJoys shared this simple Pin The Nose on the Snowman game. How fun.
Be sure to go by and say welcome to Life on Ely St. Amanda Marie is a brand new blogger. I love her fabulous tree topper, this made me smile. She loves French Farmhouse with a Nordic touch, but this shows how cute her personality is too.
TexMex Crafting is another newby blogger. I love her tutorial for this really fun Snow sign and love those candle bubble lights too.
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Marty - beautiful features !
Thanks for the party sweet Marty! Have a very Happy New Year!
Thank you so much for the great party dear Marty! Thank you for hosting all this year that's ending and looking forward to joining 2015.
Happy new year and many blessings for you and your dear ones.
Wonderful features Marty. Thank you so much for hosting. I hope that you and your family had a wonderful Christmas!
Marty, your features are inspiring me to get busy in 2015. Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year, Marty! I love the features that you chose this week...just wonderful! Thanks so much for hosting your party for us!
Cute features! That Christmas tour is amazing. Thanks for hosting.
Marty, thank you for your inspiration, friendship and style through all of 2014. I so appreciate you, and I'm looking forward to following you in the coming year. Cheers!
I am always blown away with all the inspiration. So much ideas and so talented ladies.
GB to you and your family.
Thank you for hosting in 2014 Marty looking forward to 2015!
Thanks again for hosting, Marty! Have a Happy New Year!
Thanks again for hosting, Marty! GREAT features!!!! Happy new Year!!!!!
Thank you so much for the party Marty. I hope you have a great New Year's!
I just joined again with my New Year's Eve table, where I thank you specially for hosting.
Again, thank you for the lovely party.
Happy New Year Marty! Thank you for hosting!
Hi Marty, what fun and inspiring features and party links! Thanks so much for hosting and have a wonderful New Year!
Marty, such lovely features this week! I loved Home Remedies home tour, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the party... Happy New Year!
A VERY Happy New Year to you, Marty! It's been a fun year with you. I have enjoyed your dedication to making blogging a fun experience.
P.S. My dear friend from Grossmont high school is here for a visit. It will be our last as they are getting a bit old for such long distance travel. It's been wonderful if a bit melancholy. Do you have any friends from our old school that you have kept over the years? We have done so much traveling back in time..it's been wonderful. No one else can do that with us..smile over those brief four years.
Thanks for the party and Happy 2015 to you and family!


My youth ministry mentor Mark Devries once said of High School students, "If they aren't leading they are leaving." This is why I am so excited about our Servant Leadership Team. The Servant Leadership Academy (SLA) is a process of deeper discipleship and intentional training. This group gives leadership opportunities to high school students eager to put their faith into practice. SLA students lead teams of volunteers on Sunday mornings, plan our Middle School fall retreat, lead a weekly youth worship band and serve in various areas around the church. They also learn how they can use their gifts outside the church. The Servant Leadership Team is a phenomenal way for young people to go deeper with their faith journeys. We have seen amazing fruit come from this program.
Today's young people often have hundreds and hundreds of "friends" on social media. However, deep community among people they can trust and depend upon is priceless. At the end of the day, youth ministry is about relationships. Our small group ministry is a huge focus. We have over a hundred High School students that participate regularly in one of our 12 different High School small group Bible studies. Each group contains eight or so students with two leaders. They provide an amazing environment for students to be themselves while they grow deeper in their faith. I talk with families who say that their student would "move heaven and earth" to make sure they make it to their weekly small group.
Over the past 20 years that I have been involved in youth ministry, I have worked with thousands of young people and their families. I have seen a clear connection between parent involvement and student involvement. Ultimately, faith is caught as much as it is taught. Parents that are plugged into a small group, parents that have a serving role within the church, parents that have a relationship with the volunteers and staff among a youth ministry are much more likely to see their young people continue to grow in their faith.
Students are busy and they lead fast-pace lives. This makes taking time away for their faith journey even more important. Our High School CIY trip is often cited as a transformational moment for students. As students go on week long trips they get a chance to disconnect from the day to day and connect deeper to their own souls. They also develop life-long bonds with their friends. We are excited to see what God is going to do this summer as students travel to Michigan and Kentucky for our High School camp and service project. These are not just youth "trips," but they are experiences where students encounter God in a whole new way. Their lives in Houston are forever impacted by these journeys away.