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By David S. Wilson, Chris McKibbin & Stuart Woody on May 22, 2019
In the recent decision of Starr Insurance Holdings, Inc. v. United States Specialty Insurance Company, the Supreme Court of the State of New York held that the termination condition applied to terminate coverage in respect of losses allegedly caused to an insured insurance company (itself a holder of a fidelity bond issued by two other carriers) by the insured's managing general agent ("MGA")/broker. Finding that the insured knew of the MGA's dishonest acts prior to obtaining fidelity coverage, the Court applied the bond's termination condition to hold that coverage terminated in respect of the MGA as of the inception of the bond.
By David S. Wilson, Chris McKibbin & Stuart Woody on November 26, 2018
On November 19, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey released its decision in Posco Daewoo America Corp. v. Allnex USA, Inc. and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America. The decision represents a "sequel" to the Court's 2017 decision arising out of the same claim (see our November 6, 2017 post). The case features an interesting twist on the usual social engineering fraud claim scenario, in that it was the intended payee of the funds, not the payor, which asserted a claim under its own crime policy for recovery of funds which the payor had been duped into paying to an impostor. This type of claim has been referred to as a "reverse" social engineering fraud claim. Numerous such claims have been advanced by intended payees recently, typically when it comes to light that the payor did not maintain its own social engineering fraud coverage.
The 2017 decision dismissed the claim of the insured, Posco Daewoo America Corp. ("Daewoo"), under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted (this is similar to Ontario's Rule 21.01(1)(b)). However, the Court granted leave to Daewoo to re-plead its claim. In so doing, Daewoo made some novel arguments concerning the scope of the ownership condition.
Blaneys partners David Wilson and Chris McKibbin will attend the joint FLA/ABA FSLC Conference in Philadelphia. The FLA Conference on November 7 has a solid emphasis on cybercrime, while also addressing other important contemporary issues. Program Chairs Theresa A. Gooley and Samuel J. Arena, Jr. have assembled a series of timely presentations, covering the impact…
By David S. Wilson, Chris McKibbin & Stuart Woody on October 12, 2018
In the recent decision of CP Food & Beverage, Inc. v. United States Fire Insurance Company, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada held that coverage was not available under a crime policy where the insured's employees had defrauded the insured's customers through misuse of customer credit cards. The decision makes important findings regarding the appropriate test for "direct loss" causation in a crime policy, and reaffirms the general principle that crime policies are not intended to indemnify insureds for their vicarious liability arising from employees' theft of third parties' property.
By David S. Wilson, Chris McKibbin & Stuart Woody on May 1, 2018
Jump To: The Facts | The Decision | The Conclusion
On April 17, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals released its decision in Aqua Star (USA) Corp. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, affirming the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (see our July 19, 2016 post). The decision offers guidance to fidelity insurers with respect to the application of the "authorized entry" exclusion found in the base wording of many commercial crime policies (sometimes referred to as the "authorized access" exclusion), and illustrates how this exclusion may operate in the context of a social engineering fraud loss.
Hudson Heritage: U.S. District Court dismisses Fraudulent Loans claim where Credit Union failed to plausibly plead Alteration of Original Documents of Title
By David S. Wilson & Chris McKibbin on January 31, 2018
JUMP TO: THE FACTS | THE CUMIS COVERAGE | THE CONCLUSION
On January 22, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York released its decision in Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union v. CUMIS Insurance Society, Inc., dismissing the insured credit union's claim pursuant to Federal Rule 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
According to its amended complaint, the insured had granted several vehicle finance loans on the strength of photocopies or electronic copies of New York State Department of Motor Vehicles ("DMV") title documents. The copies received by the insured had been falsified to misrepresent the names of the owners/sellers. The Court found that the insured's complaint failed to plead that its losses had resulted directly from forgery or alteration of an "instrument", which the bond in issue defined as an "original … document of title".
By Chris McKibbin & David S. Wilson on November 30, 2017
On November 20, 2017, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals released its decision in Cooper Industries, Limited v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA. The Court applied a crime policy's ownership condition in ruling that the insured did not have coverage for the loss of funds incurred when an investment entity to which it had provided funds in exchange for promissory notes collapsed due to the entity's principals' Ponzi scheme.
The dispute arose out of the same Ponzi scheme that gave rise to the decision of the Eighth Circuit in 3M Company v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA (see our June 13, 2017 post). Although there are important factual distinctions between the two losses, the Fifth Circuit reached the same conclusion as the Eighth Circuit in finding that the insured had not demonstrated that it owned the property in issue.
By David S. Wilson & Chris McKibbin on November 6, 2017
Jump To: The Facts | The Travelers Coverage | The Conclusion
On October 31, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey released its decision in Posco Daewoo America Corp. v. Allnex USA, Inc. and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America. This case features an interesting twist on the usual social engineering fraud claim scenario, in that it was the intended payee of the funds, not the payor, which asserted a claim under its own crime policy for recovery of funds which the payor had been duped into paying to an impostor. This type of claim has been referred to as a "reverse" social engineering fraud claim. Numerous such claims have been advanced by intended payees recently, typically when it comes to light that the payor did not maintain its own social engineering fraud coverage.
The Court applied traditional concepts of ownership in finding that the intended payee did not "own" the funds at any time, and thus could not establish that its claim met the ownership condition in its policy.
Jump To: The Facts | The Tort of Conversion and the Bills of Exchange Act | The Conclusion
On October 27, 2017 the Supreme Court of Canada released its long-awaited decision in Teva Canada Ltd. v. TD Canada Trust. In a 5:4 decision, the Supreme Court held that two banks that accepted fraudulent cheques procured by a dishonest employee were strictly liable in conversion to the employer, and could not establish the "fictitious or non-existing payee" defence afforded by subsection 20(5) of the Bills of Exchange Act.
The decision is a welcome development for Canadian fidelity insurers who seek to subrogate against banks in respect of certain types of employee cheque frauds. The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, which had found that the payees were either fictitious or non-existing. The Supreme Court's decision places fidelity insurers in an excellent position to look to banks as subrogation targets in appropriate circumstances.
By David S. Wilson, Chris McKibbin & Stuart Woody on August 10, 2017
JUMP TO: THE FACTS | THE COMPUTER FRAUD COVERAGE | THE CONCLUSION
On August 1, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan released its decision in American Tooling Center, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America. The Court held that a vendor impersonation fraud loss did not fall within the terms of a crime policy's computer fraud coverage. In coming to this conclusion, the Court found there was no direct causal link between the receipt of fraudulent emails by an insured requesting payment to the fraudster's bank account, and the insured's authorized transfer of funds to that bank account.


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And remember, even if you sound more Wiggles than Beatles, more Frank Spencer than Frank Sinatra; if you prefer George Formby to George Ezra and reckon that Billie Piper outclasses Billie Eilish by a mile – it doesn't matter because it's all about having fun and that's exactly what you'll get with a Sing Factory Karaoke Party.
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Gay Hawaii tour, Rainbows and Rain forests (Part 3)
November 15, 2013 by Zachary Moses
This is part 3, Click to read Part 1 OR Part 2
I've dreamed of visiting Kauai since I was a little boy, and learned that the prettiest parts of Jurassic Park were filmed there.
To justify a visit to Kauai, I knew I would have to create a legitimate reason for HE Travel to create a tour there. The adventure aspect is easy enough: amazing hiking, breathtakingly lush scenery, and gorgeous beaches.
That's not enough for a HE-Travel tour though – I knew I also needed to track down how the people of Kauai interact with that striking landscape. For example, what's the gay community on Kauai like? I did a little research and discovered that the Courtyard by Marriot on the beach hosts gay pride each year. Hmmm. That got me thinking… if a Mormon-owned hotel chain can support gay rights on this island, this is probably a pretty nice place to bring gay adventure travelers.
Day 1: Kauai
I flew from the Big Island (see Part 1 of my Hawaiian adventure), stopped briefly on Maui, then flew on to the island of Kauai. I was so excited to visit one of my biggest bucket list destinations. Kauai is the oldest island of the main Hawaiian islands, so it is the most eroded and heavily vegetated. The cliffs are serrated like the edges of an old tree saw.
We deplaned directly onto the runway and walked across the tarmac to the rental facility to pick up our car. Everyone in Kauai is ridiculously friendly. You'd think you'd been neighbors your whole life with the warm welcome you receive here. We delayed going to the hotel to drop our bags, and went instead in the opposite direction, straight into the research.
My first stop was Waimea Canyon, also known as "the Grand Canyon of the Pacific." I had just been to the Grand Canyon a month earlier and was really excited to see its Pacific counterpart. The drive up the mountainside was beautiful with its twisty turns, but the view from the edge, into the gorge, took my breath away. It really looks like the Grand Canyon! Red dirt and all. Even more impressive is the tropical foliage hanging from the cliffs. Absolutely spectacular.
On my way down from the canyon we stopped and bought some fresh lychees and coconuts. Then we drove over to eat it at the beautiful Salt Ponds Beach where locals from the leeward side of the island camp out.
After rinsing my sticky lychee fingers in the ocean, I made another quick detour into the cute town of Poipu, another potential spot to use as a hub for our tour. The town was precious, but overly touristy. It was getting dark so we decided to make our way to the hotel. After checking in, we got ready for dinner. I looked up local restaurants and chose the only Indian place in town (which happened to be a 5-minute walk from the hotel), and was blown away. The food was incredible – better Indian food than I have ever had on the mainland. When I come again, I will certainly order curry!
The hotel was perfectly centrally located. If our guests stay there, they can enjoy an amazing multi-sport tour to every corner of Kauai and come "home" each night, without moving luggage to different hotels. The Courtyard by Marriott manager was very friendly and arranged a meeting for the next day with several local adventure outfitters.
Day 2: Hiking the Na Pali Coast and Shooting Clays
We woke up early this morning for a Sunrise chant and hula. It's interesting how different Hawaii is compared with my home island of Key West. It takes a LOT to drag us out of bed early after staying up all night in our party town.
Today's first stop was the historic lighthouse and bird sanctuary. There were birds (and poop!) everywhere. It was insane! The lighthouse itself… kinda boring, although the views of the rugged coast were worth the detour.
We continued north and west toward the famous Na Pali Coast via the picture perfect town of Hanalei. The locals keep it this way by refusing to allow the historic one-lane bridges to be replaced with larger ones. Traffic can back up for miles to gain access to the city. The local population hopes that this makes their homes less interesting for developers, and they can keep more of their relaxed lifestyle.
On the far side of town, the road dead-ends at a lagoon, which is also the trailhead for the Na Pali Coast hike. We didn't have a lot of time, but I hiked for about two hours to get a feel for the trail on foot. National Geographic lists this trail as one of the most spectacular and treacherous hikes in the world and I can't wait to return and hike the whole thing. The trail moves along high ridge lines and through hidden valleys where ancient Hawaiians lived in isolation.
We had to make it back to the hotel for a meeting with the vendors so I did a little bit of … fast driving. We made it just in time to meet some great people whose companies showcase the very best of the adventures Kauai has to offer.
By the end of the meeting, we had reservations for an early morning speed boat cruise along the Na Pali Coast the next morning and an afternoon helicopter ride over the island.
Tonight though, we hurried and changed our clothes, then headed out to shoot clays with a sweet couple originally from my home town in Utah. What do you wear for shooting? Ass-less chaps? …because that's what I wore. The gun range was much more beautiful than the desolate desert I'd practiced in as a kid. At first I felt guilty putting bullets into the mountain side, but soon just enjoyed the wonder of the fabulous setting and the challenge of shooting a fast-flying target.
By the time I got back to the hotel, I was sore from the day's activities and sat myself down in the hotel hot tub, where I woke up an hour later looking like a withered prune.
Day 3: Water and Sky
We had to get a bright and early start from our hotel in order to cross all the bridges and reach Hanalei in time for our Holo Holo boat trip. We skipped coffee at the hotel and stood in a long line for some expensive lattes after we were safely in Hanalei. We placed the cups on the roof of the car, and I promptly spilled both coffees when I opened the hatch. There was no going back, since the line was too long and the boat about to launch. So I had to endure hours of anger from my traveling companion because I'd ruined the morning.
The boat ride was truly glorious, and helped me forget that spilled coffee. We zipped along the coast for an amazing perspective I didn't have while hiking.
We zoomed in and out of sea caves and watched dolphins jump and spin all around us.
Eventually we stopped and snorkeled with sea turtles among the coral. I say "we", but I mean "I" because somebody had caffeine withdrawal and stayed on the boat.
When we got back to shore we hopped into the car for a race toward the airport on the opposite side of the island. We boarded our helicopter for the ride of a lifetime:
The absolute most breathtaking thing I have ever done on a travel trip, and I do a lot of cool stuff! At one point, the theme song from Jurassic Park came over the headset and we came around the corner to see a glorious waterfall, the same one from the movie!
So thrilling, I got goosebumps. We flew over Waimea Canyon and out over the bay where we had snorkeled (was it just earlier today?). The constant grin from that ride hurt my face.
Tonight we had dinner at a beautiful farm-to-table restaurant. The local and slow food movements are respected here, and the meal was perfection.
Day 4: A quick swing in a hammock before heading home
Before heading to the airport, we set off to the southern part of Kauai to connect with a gentleman who has traveled with He-Travel in the past and who has lived on the island for many years. He graciously agreed to host us for an afternoon, and tell us more about gay life on this tiny island.
His home was at the top of a hill that had been pasture land 50 years ago. In the last half century he has transformed it into the most glorious tropical garden. He took us on a tour of the garden and talked about life for the local gay community, and how things have changed over the years. He told us where to take our guys to get the local gay vibe. We talked about previous trips he's done with us and all his other experiences exploring the world.
While touring around his property, I felt at one with the world, and with my community. I realized that through interactions like this we can change the world to be a better place for LGBT people everywhere. This is what I want to share with our travelers. I often am asked "Why should I travel with a gay company, when straight companies accept us now?" I say that this is because we care specifically about gay people everywhere, and we want to touch those people's lives and hear their stories. We do have a common bond even when our daily lifestyles are very different. That's something that the straight community can never give us. Come join me sometime and we'll discover the big gay world together!
See the tour we developed HERE, and see Kauai with us.
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"Bad Moms" and The Week in Reviews
[I review the movie "Bad Moms" as well as DVDs "How To Be Single" and "Dirty Grandpa." The Book of the Week is "Wear and Tear," a memoir by the daughter of theatre critic Kenneth Tynan. I also bring you up-to-date on "My 1001 Movies I Must See Before I Die Project" with "Man with a Movie Camera."]
It's Comedy Week!
We've got single girls, moms, and an old guy and his grandson, all trying to cope with life...and it's all very funny...and all very "R" rated... so you will have to excuse me if this posting is a bit "R-rated" as well.
Bad Moms
Three moms, who are overworked and underappreciated, decide they can't possibly live up to the standards of "The Perfect Mom" so decide to give up and be "Bad Moms!"
Mila Kunis stars as Amy, a hard-working mom who got pregnant and married young at 20 (in that order) and had two kids right away. Now in her thirties, she is still married but her husband has checked out, she has a job at a coffee company run by bad stereo-type millennials, she comes home and cooks gourmet meals for her husband and children, does her children's school projects for them, attends all of their events, and participates in all of the PTA's bake sales. She is running full tilt trying to be a good mom. I am exhausted just writing that. But when she discovers that no matter what she does, her husband and children don't appreciate her and she can never please Gwendolyn, the snooty President of the PTA (Christina Applegate) and her minions (Jada Pinkett Smith and Annie Mumulo), she decides "That's it!" She is going to be a "Bad Mom."
She heads to a local bar where she runs into Carla (Kathryn Hahn), who is already there and well into her cups. Carla is already a "Bad Mom," flirting outrageously with everyone's husband, wearing slutty clothes and giving the finger to protocol. She is not sure she wants to be friends with Amy but eventually they commiserate and are joined by Kiki (Kristen Bell), who is a timid stay-at-home Mom with four kids who is slowly being driven crazy by them and her tyrant of a husband.
The three get drunk, go crazy in a supermarket in a very unbelievable scene and just generally thumb their noses at Gwendolyn and her expectations. But when Gwendolyn seeks revenge by ordering the soccer coach to bench Amy's daughter (Amy's daughter is in middle school and already worrying about her college resume), Amy decides she needs to take action and run for PTA President herself. You see, you don't get away from "mean girls" even when you are an adult.
I had a bit of a problem with the fact that Gwendolyn, as PTA President, can order the soccer coach around because she has the power to fire him. It's a rather unbelievable plot device, because since when does the PTA President have that kind of power? In fact, some of the scenes were so outrageously improbable, I thought Amy was going to wake up and we would discover this was all a dream of being a "Bad Mom" and she would go back to her regular life.
However, those little criticisms were not enough to mar my enjoyment of this film.
Yes, it's silly, but it's also fun to see solid female friendships and strong women take charge of their lives and buck the conventions of being the perfect mother. And, of course, the ultimate message is that there is no such thing as the perfect mother. We unfairly compare ourselves to other moms who seem to fix the best lunches for their kids, volunteer for all of the events and dress their kids to the nines, and yet we find out they have the same insecurities that we do. It's OK to be a bit "imperfect."
Don't leave when the credits role because at the end of the film the real life mothers of the six actresses playing the central roles sit with their daughters and they share what it was like to be their mothers. Very touching.
Mila Kunis is a lovely film presence who can also be very funny. Kristin Bell is a nice counterpoint as the mousy Kiki who eventually finds her voice, and Christina Applegate gets to over-act as the resident "mean girl" who has her own issues and eventually shows a softer side.
But it's Kathryn Hahn who steals the show. She is absolutely a hoot. One of the funniest scenes in the film is where Carla explains to Amy and Kiki what to do in bed when they encounter an uncircumcised penis (sorry, guys, according to this film that is controversial and, yes, ladies, it's that kind of movie). Carla uses Kiki's hoodie with Kiki in it to illustrate, while giving explicit and hilarious commentary. Really funny. Though Hahn has had supporting roles in many films, she has not carried a film on her own since the indie "Afternoon Delight." She is one of our most underrated actresses, and I think she deserves a Best Supporting Actress nom for this but, sadly, that probably won't happen as comedies usually don't get much recognition come Oscar time.
And I need to add that Amy's daughter is played by the talented and adorable Oona Laurence and that's high praise coming from me, considering how I feel about child actors. You might recognize her as Jake Gyllenhaal's daughter in "Southpaw."
This is a love letter to all of us "Bad Moms" out there who can't possibly live up to our own expectations of what a mother should be let alone the expectations of others. So we might as well have some fun!
Written and directed by Jon Lucas (who is known for the "The Hangover" films) and Scott Moore, I didn't expect to like this film but it was a good comedy. I laughed.
Rosy the Reviewer says...all Moms and Moms-to-be can relate to this film. You will laugh...and even get a little choked up at the end. I did.
***Some Movies You Might Have Missed***
(And Some You Will Be Glad You Did)!
How To Be Single (2016)
The state of being single in New York City. And it's not pretty.
Alice (Dakota Johnson) and Josh (Nicholas Braun) meet their freshman year at college, but four years later, Alice decides they need to "take a break." Josh is devastated but Alice feels she needs to spend some time alone to find herself. She has never been without a man and wants to know what that's like. She heads to New York City where she gets a job as a paralegal at a law firm and meets Robin (Rebel Wilson) who cares more about showing her the safe places to shag at work (where the cameras can't see) than orienting Alice to her new job. She continues to fill Alice in on the single life and how to find a man.
In addition to Alice and Robin, we also meet Meg (Leslie Mann), Alice's obstetrician sister who is convinced she does NOT want children (that's supposed to be ironic) until she meets the cutest little baby you will ever see (except for my granddaughter, that is) and decides she DOES. Finally there is Lucy (Allison Brie), a computer dating expert who spends her time in a bar working on dating algorhythms where she strikes up a friendship with Tom (Anders Holm a very cute ginger), a commitment phobic bartender, who is the link between the four women since they all end up in this bar eventually and with Tom! However, Lucy never interacts with the other women. I kept waiting for that and it never happened so that character was a bit of an afterthought, I thought.
Of course, Alice eventually decides the single life is not for her and wants to get back with Josh. Guess what? Yes, you are right. He has moved on with another woman, sending us a clear message that if you want to take a break from your relationship you had better be ready for it to be permanent.
I was not a big fan of Dakota Johnson in "50 Shades of Grey," but then I wasn't a big fan of that movie, either. But here she is adorable and funny. Who knew? She exudes a vulnerability that comes across on the screen and is very appealing. Rebel Wilson is always funny but one can't help but wonder how long she can keep up the raunchy confident fat girl routine. I would like to see her in a drama and see if she actually has some acting chops.
But it's not a bad thing to see a female character who embraces being on her own. Unlike "The Lobster (see my review from last week)" where we are supposed to be sad and embarrassed about being single, Robin embraces it and spends much of the movie trying to educate Alice in the joys of being single.
So what did I learn from Robin about the current state of being single?
Never talk marriage as soon as you meet a guy (OK, duh.)
You must shave your pubic hair (OK, this is where you lose me and this is something I feel very strongly about - and so does Cameron Diaz, too, just so you know. Read her book. What is the deal with women wanting to revert to toddlerhood "down there" FOR A MAN!!!!? We have pubic hair for a reason!)
Don't fall into a guy's "dicksand." (This is a single woman's code word for getting too hung up on a guy you are having sex with)
The time we have to be single is the time we learn to be alone (well, I didn't learn that from Robin. I actually learned that from Alice).
Alice says at the end of the film:
"The thing about being single is, you should cherish it. Because, in a week, or a lifetime, of being alone, you may only get one moment. One moment, when you're not tied up in a relationship with anyone. A parent, a pet, a sibling, a friend. One moment, when you stand on your own. Really, truly single. And then... It's gone."
The strength of this film was not the comedy and Rebel Wilson's silliness, but rather, Alice's story of a woman getting used to being on her own and finding happiness without a man.
Directed by Christian Ditter with a screenplay by Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein and Dana Fox, this was a fun movie for me because I was never really single my whole life. But if this is any indication of what dating would be like, I don't think I missed much.
Rosy the Reviewer says...an over-the-top version of "Sex and the City" without Carrie Bradshaw's wardrobe...or Carrie Bradshaw, for that matter. But it provides some laughs.
Dirty Grandpa (2016)
An uptight lawyer who is about to marry Bridezilla is tricked into taking his grandpa to Florida for spring break.
Grandma has died, leaving Grandpa (Robert De Niro) a widower. His grandson, Jason (Zac Efron), is about to get married to Bridezilla Meredith (Julianne Hough), but Grandpa, also known as Dick (perfect name for him), tells Jason he needs to go to Florida to the family home because that's what he and grandma always used to do this time of year. He needs Jason to drive him from Atlanta to Boca Raton under the guise of playing some golf. Dick guilt trips Jason until Jason relents. When Jason tells Meredith he is taking the road trip, Meredith says she needs the SUV for wedding errands, for "the wine," so he has to take her car, a shocking pink Mini Cooper. When Jason arrives to pick Grandpa up for the trip, he finds him unashamedly masturbating to porn and, let's just say, that sets the tone for the rest of the film. You see Grandpa isn't heading to Florida to the family home. He wants to go for Spring Break!
"Let's get in that giant labia you drove up in and let's get out of here," says Dick as they head off to Florida.
Those kinds of one-liners also set the tone of the film.
So off the two go on their road trip to Florida in the shocking pink Mini. En route they meet Shadia (Zoey Deutch), a girl Jason went to photography school with before he became an attorney. I feel a romance coming on. She and her friends are also traveling to Florida. One of her friends, Lenore (Aubrey Plaza), a sex-obsessed college student (who is one of the best things about this movie, by the way, except for Zac's abs), is on a mission to do the college trifecta - have sex with a freshman, an alumni and a professor. She gets the idea that Dick is a professor (and he doesn't disabuse her of that idea), so he becomes her prey and Grandpa is certainly not averse to that.
In fact, Dick is enjoying his freedom now that Grandma has died and he wants TO GET IT ON! He thinks that Jason is a disapproving downer and says, "What are you? Vagina repellant?" You see, Grandpa's bawdy one-liners are the backbone of this film. He just keeps throwing them at you until you have to laugh.
As they travel around they get into all kinds of rowdy situations, some secrets are revealed and Jason finds himself. It's a road trip/millennial/Baby Boomer/ buddy film with the Baby Boomer grandpa showing the uptight millennial how to live life. We Baby Boomers did know how to live...it up!
But despite the bawdy humor, and there is a lot of it, there is a serious side to this film. I didn't say original, I said serious. Jason is now an attorney working in a law firm where his father (Dermot Mulroney, in a very small role) and his fiance's father are both partners. Jason deals with SEC issues and bores everyone to tears when telling them what he does. But Jason once wanted to be a photographer and travel the world and Grandpa reminds him of that. Grandpa clearly is on a mission to loosen the kid up and remind him of what he had once wanted to be. And that wasn't an attorney. Grandpa clearly has disdain for Jason's choice of career and calls Jason "Alan Douchewitz."
Despite the popularity of The Fokkers movies, where De Niro broke out as a comedic actor, I have never really been comfortable with him playing comedy. I mean, after all, he was Johnny Boy in "Mean Streets," he was Travis Bickle, he was "The Deerhunter," he was the young Vito Corleone. But I have to say he is very, very funny in this and seems to have settled into comedy quite well.
But Aubrey Plaza is just as hilarious as the sex-crazed college girl. Once she zeroes in on Dick, he doesn't have a chance.
After watching this movie, I have also decided that I need to see more movies starring Zac Efron and his abs. Zac Efron is one handsome guy and does a great job playing straight man to De Niro. We also get to see Zac naked and that's the price of a ticket right there. Grandpa gets Jason drunk and then Jason accidentally smokes some crack and ends up naked, well, almost naked. He wears a stuffed animal as a cod piece and dances the Macarena. Yay!
Directed by Dan Mazer and written by John Phillips, there is something here to offend everyone. "Dirty Grandpa" is pretty dirty, but it's also pretty funny.
Rosy the Reviewer says...if you are easily offended, this is not for you, because it's raunchy, raunchy, raunchy. But it's also funny, funny, funny.
***My 1001 Movies I Must See Before I Die Project***
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Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
A man travels around the city with his camera and documents a day in the life of a Russian city in the late 1920's.
I have always believed that less was more in films and that the old adage, "A picture is worth a thousand words" epitomizes filmmaking. I am not a fan of films with long expositions and narration, rather letting the pictures tell the story.
Well, this film takes it to a "whole 'nother level!" Not only is it a silent film, there are no intertitles, those subtitles that every once in awhile tell us what the characters are saying. Here director Dziga Vertov, a member of a group of filmmakers called Cine-Eye who believed in the "honesty" of documentary as compared with fiction film uses every cinematic device of filming and editing - slow motion, animation, multiple images, split-screen, zooms and reverse zooms, blurring focus and freeze frames - to make this silent film that was ahead of its time and is a primer on filmmaking. Verdov wanted to create a film using the "truly international language of cinema," and he has, because despite no words spoken or intertitles added, you are compelled to watch to see what will unfold as the filmmaker catches people unawares in the day in the life of a Russian city, a day that took three years to shoot.
This montage of modern Russian life begins with an unknown Russian city (mostly filmed in Moscow but also Kiev, Yalta and Odessa) coming awake. We see people sleeping in beds, on benches in the park and on the ground. They awaken and then begin to go about their day. We see our "man with a movie camera" pack up his equipment and set out to film (the cameraman was played by Vertov's brother). We see buses leaving their garages, trains on the tracks and then people at their jobs - in hospitals, barbershops, offices. We see a baby being born, a person rushed to the hospital in an ambulance and then finally people at play at the beach, playing chess, exercising, playing sports. Throughout the film, we also see the film being edited (it was edited by Vertov's wife). The film ends with the subjects of the movie watching themselves in the movie in a movie theatre. It's a film within a film.
Though there is certainly a political flavor to this film because of the Russian political images and slogans (it was made only 12 years after the Russian Revolution), the images also show people living their everyday lives and going about their business, no different from what was probably going on in the U.S. in the late 1920's. In that way the film is universal. They could be us.
Why it's a Must See: "In this film, Vertov combines radical politics with revolutionary aesthetics to exhilarating, even giddy effect...a non-linear form for cinema, a glorious tribute to everything that movemaking can be."
---"1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die"
The music is also a creative endeavor, created by Michael Nyman and performed by The Michael Nyman Band in 2002 at London's Royal Festival Hall.
Rosy the Reviewer says...if you love photography and film, this is a visual feast and an education in filmmaking.
(Silent, in b & w)
***Book of the Week***
Wear and Tear: The Threads of My Life by Tracy Tynan (2016)
Tracy Peacock Tynan was the daughter of theatre critic Kenneth Tynan who also co-wrote the shocking "Oh! Calcutta!" She shares her parents' lives and what it was like growing up with them in their glamorous world of 1960's London.
For a child of avant-garde parents, it actually wasn't so glamorous. It was actually part privilege and part neglect. Tracy learned how to be very adult as she hobnobbed with the likes of Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles and dealt with her mother's drunken outbursts.
Her father, Kenneth Tynan is probably not well-known today, but in the 1950's and "60's" he was the popular and flamboyant theatre critic for "The Observer," where he championed the new British "angry young man" theatre like John Osbourne's "Look Back in Anger." He also served as the literary manager for The National Theatre. Later he wrote for "The Evening Standard" and the "New Yorker" and co-wrote and produced the, for its day, shocking, "Oh! Calcutta!" He and his wife, author Elaine Dundy, lived the high-life in London surrounded by famous people, but Tracy, as their only child, also remembers drunken fights and inappropriate behavior.
Her parents were also arbiters of style, and Tracy herself became particular about what she wore at a very young age, being an early proponent of flea market shopping and vintage clothing.
Later in life, Tracy found herself working as a costume designer for films, so it is fitting that her memoir centers around clothing. She uses articles of clothing to remind herself of her life. Each chapter highlights an article of clothing that was meaningful.
As a little girl, when her parents would have their naked, drunken fights, she would cuddle up under her mother's mink coat. Lemon-yellow underpants reminded her of a time she was in trouble with her Dad. A pale blue chemise from Paris reminded her that imitation might NOT be interpreted by your best friend as the best form of flattery. As a teen, she made a gold-fringed flapper dress to impress a boy, but he was not impressed when she got drunk and threw up all over it.
Tynan also shares stories about the films she worked on, again using clothes as a jumping off point to tell behind the scene stories- the maroon plaid dress for Genevieve Bujold in Alan Rudolph's "Choose Me" and the crepe de chine wedding dress for Ellen Barkin in "The Big Easy," which has one of the hottest sex scenes in film, by the way.
As someone who is interested in fashion and also defines herself to a certain extent by her clothes, I loved the device of using articles of clothing to represent periods of her life. However, Tynan didn't really need to use a literary device for her book, because it's obvious she has inherited her father's writing gift. She creates a world you want to inhabit with her. This memoir is engrossing from the first page, not just the name-dropping and behind the scenes stories which celebrity and literary mavens will enjoy, but her own life was interesting and she is very introspective, reflective and candid about it.
This book had that special something, that "X Factor," that je ne sais qua that makes for a fascinating read. I couldn't put it down.
Rosy the Reviewer says...whether you love fashion or just a good read, this is one of the best memoirs I have read in a long time. Highly recommended.
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"Sully" and The Week in Reviews
[I review Clint Eastwood's new movie "Sully" as well as DVDs "Hologram for the King" and "The Lobster." The Book of the Week is a true crime story in the wake of the final days of apartheid in South Africa - "We are Not Such People." I also bring you up-to-date on "My 1001 Movies I Must See Before I Die Project" with the classic film noir "Out of the Past."]
Dramatic re-enactment of "The Miracle on the Hudson."
And don't say "What's 'The Miracle on the Hudson?'" Because if you don't know what "The Miracle on the Hudson" was, you must have been living in a hut since 2009 with no TV, Internet or radio, smoking ganga with a primitive people who have yet to be discovered!
Why does someone like me, who is a white-knuckle flyer at best, watch a film like this? Well, aren't we all fascinated with things that scare us most? And since we all know how this ends (and if you don't, refer to what I just said in the preceding paragraph), I watched because I wanted to see a possible plane disaster that ended well.
Tom Hanks plays Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, a ex-military pilot with over 40 years experience as a commercial pilot. On January 15, 2009, as his U.S Airways plane took off from New York's La Guardia airport headed for Charlotte, N.C. the plane was hit by a large flock of geese which took out both engines. Sully had about 40 seconds to decide what to do. Realizing he could not make it back to La Guardia or Teterboro airports, he decided his best course of action was to land the plane in the Hudson River. And that's what he did. With 155 passengers and crew on board (or as they refer to passengers in the airline industry, "souls"), all survived thanks to the quick thinking and EXPERIENCE of Sully Sullenberger. This is the ultimate homage to us old folks and the value of experience.
The film begins with Sully having nightmares about the event and his anxiety about being judged for that one flight at a hearing, where his judgment is called into question and he has to justify landing in the river. You see, airline companies are not fond of losing their aircraft. They would have much preferred that Captain Sullenberger had gotten that plane back to the airport in one piece. Why didn't he?
"After a 42 year career carrying millions of people safely from place to place I don't want to be judged on 208 seconds."
There was some dispute about whether or not he was really grilled like that by the NTSB as depicted in the film. Doesn't matter. A film about a real life event doesn't necessarily have to replicate it - we need drama after all - but the point was made. Someone who has done a job well for 42 years knows what he is doing.
You might wonder how this film could be interesting since you know the outcome, but let me tell you, from start to finish this film is gripping and moving.
There is a scene showing the plane losing altitude as Sully gets ready to land the plane in the Hudson River. As people look out the windows of the high rises and see this plane going down, down, down, almost as if heading toward them, one can't help but wonder if they were thinking of 9/11. Likewise, just as the people of New York City pulled together after 9/11, so did the ferries and the first responders come together to save the survivors of the plane crash and quickly get them out of the freezing river. I think Clint meant for us to get that connection.
Speaking of Clint, Clint Eastwood directed this film and, I have to say, Clint may be old and scaring us by talking to a chair at a Republican Convention, but he can still direct a damn fine film. Once again, old also means experienced. And credit must be given to Todd Komarnicki's screenplay(adapted from Sullenberger's memoir "Highest Duty") which is tight, gripping and creates a "you-are-there" feeling for the audience.
Hanks gives a fantastic performance and seems to embody Sullenberger. I say an Oscar nomination is in the works for him, though this film was released earlier than most Oscar contenders and might get forgotten. Aaron Eckhart as Sully's co-pilot is also excellent, though in a small part. Likewise, Laura Linney has a small role as Sully's wife, but doesn't have much to do except act concerned.
I couldn't help but compare this film to Paul Greengrass's "United 93," the film about the plane that went down in Pennsylvania on 9/11. Though it had a very different and tragic outcome, it highlighted the heroism of people under pressure on an airplane, and for some reason, I find such films compelling, moving and emotional.
Ring, ring, Mr. Tom Hanks? Oscar calling. My first nomination of the year.
Rosy the Reviewer says...I cried. It was that good.
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Hologram for the King (2016)
An American salesman travels to Saudi Arabia to sell his computer product to a wealthy monarch in hopes of salvaging his career.
From the sublime to the ridiculous.
Well, it's not that bad, but there was Tom Hanks starring as Sully Sullenberger in "Sully (see above)" and then there was Tom Hanks starring as a struggling salesman in this one. He's everywhere these days. It's not a bad film, it just doesn't do him justice and doesn't really go anywhere.
Alan Clay is a salesman with problems. He is caught in the recession, his career is not going well, he has lost his house, he doesn't have the money to send his daughter to college and he is getting divorced. He is also suffering from panic attacks. As a last ditch effort to resurrect his career, he travels to Saudi Arabia to the King's Metropolis of Economy and Trade to sell his company's holographic teleconferencing software to a king. Let's just say that Alan is also having a midlife crisis.
Using similar plot devices to "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot," - fish out of water, the sympathetic driver, the love interest, the desert - this film puts Alan in an almost Kafkaesque world of cold bureaucracy, where the king is never available and Alan waits and waits an wonders if he will ever meet him. So what do you do when things aren't working out for you? Why you go on a road trip. Alan's driver takes him to Mecca where Alan takes some pictures which is a no-no and he is mistaken for a spy working for the CIA. He also meets a woman doctor and an affair ensues. And those are the exciting parts.
Though Hanks is always good, one wonders why he was attracted to this project. It doesn't really add anything to his resume and certainly doesn't showcase his talent like "Sully" does.
Written and directed by Tom Tykwer, who wrote and directed one of my all-time favorite movies, "Run Lola Run," and based on Dave Eggers' 2012 novel which was a National Book Award finalist, I wanted to like this movie. But I couldn't help but think that despite all of that star power (Hanks), literary background (Egger's novel), and the director of a movie I loved, what happened? Why was I wondering, "What's the point?" What started out as an interesting idea - how a middle-aged guy copes with globalization and a mid-life crisis - was never fleshed out and just fizzles out into a run-of-the mill love story.
Rosy the Reviewer says...if you like Hanks, see "Sully" instead.
The Lobster (2015)
There is good news and bad news. The bad news is that in this dystopian world, unmarried people are sent to "The Hotel," where they must find a mate within 45 days or they will be turned into an animal. The good news is: you get to choose your animal. Our hero chooses a lobster.
The film begins with a long shot of a woman driving. She sees a donkey, stops, gets out and shoots the donkey and then calmly gets back into the car and drives away. Huh?
Next we see our hero, David (Colin Farrell) at "The Hotel." David has had a marital break-up and we discover that in this world, one must have a mate. One cannot be a "loner."
"How easy life is when there are two rather than one."
He is read the rules by the hotel manager, played by the wonderful Olivia Colman, who you may recognize from the equally wonderful "Broadchurch," and David dutifully accepts his fate and goes along.
It's a sort of macabre match-making hotel.
The rules are these: If you don't fall in love within 45 days you will be turned into an animal. However, you can't just pick anyone You have to have something in common with that person. In the meantime, no masturbation. If caught, something very bad happens to you like having to put your hand in a toaster. You are also required to go on hunts at night, hunting loners and shooting them with tranquilizer guns. The more loners you round up, the more days you get added on to your 45. It's a sort of "Hunger Games" for singles.
There is a funny scene where the hotel staff enacts scenes to show how bad being alone is e.g. what if you choke and there is no one to save you? What if you are attacked and there is no one to defend you?
David meets his fellow inmates, a guy with a lisp (John C. Reilly) and a guy with a limp (Ben Whishaw) and the three pal around. They all must find a woman with a similar trait. There is a girl who has nosebleeds and is an expert at getting blood stains out. Our guy with the lisp feels like he will never find anyone so he bangs his head against the wall until his nose bleeds. Voila! He now has something in common with nosebleed girl and they couple up.
David meets a woman who is near sighted (Rachel Weisz). So is David, so now he has something in common with someone. She introduces him to the loners in the woods and their leader (Lea Seydoux, who you might recognize from "Spectre" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel."). The loners plan on raiding the hotel and killing all of the couples. David and his match decide to become loners and ironically, the loners also have enforced rules: you are forbidden to couple up. Naturally David and the short-sighted gal fall in love and then the trouble really begins.
The feel of this film brings Kafka's "Metamorphosis" to mind and the strange characters and world they live in reminds me of the films of Wes Anderson. The score is strident and discordant, fitting for the anxiety these people must be feeling trying to find someone to love before they are turned into animals.
This unique story was written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou and directed by Lanthimos. This all sounds very strange, I know. You have to have been there, as they say. But this is a phenomenal film. One of my favorites of the year.
Farrell is good at playing a confused, morose guy out of his element and is very believable and draws you into this strange world with him. Rachel Weitz is also very good. Despite her Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2006, I don't think she gets enough credit for her work, probably because she doesn't often carry a film on her own, so looking forward to her upcoming starring role in the film "Denial."
The film is a black comedy, a grim satire on "the rules" of love and relationships that today are especially confusing, seemingly governed by computer apps. It also seems to say that we value being in a couple above all else and will do anything not to be alone, even bang our heads against a table until our nose bleeds.
Rosy the Reviewer says...if you like your films fresh and original, this is a unique film experience that should not be missed.
An ex-private eye tries to escape his past running a gas station in a small northern California town but his past catches up with him.
When I reviewed the classic film noir "Murder My Sweet" back in June, I listed all of the requirements a movie must meet to be considered film noir: hard-boiled detective, beautiful but double-crossing dame, snappy dialogue, and lots and lots of smoking...you know the drill. And this film does not disappoint, thanks mostly to star Robert Mitchum, who just about defines the hard-boiled detective with his hooded eyes, sarcastic snarl, ever-present cigarette dangling from his pouty lower lip and relaxed demeanor, no matter how many times he is double-crossed.
Here he plays Jeff Markham AKA as Jeff Bailey. Jeff has moved to a small town, changed his name, opened a gas station, has a nice girlfriend, Ann (Virginia Huston), and is trying to mind his own business, that is, until Joe (Paul Valentine) shows up. Joe has been looking for Jeff and tells him that he needs to go meet Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas) in Lake Tahoe.
Jeff takes Ann with him and while making their way to Lake Tahoe, Jeff confesses who he really is, and through flashbacks (another film noir device), we learn that Jeff was a detective. Whit Sterling had been shot by his girlfriend, Kathie (Jane Greer), and she had run off with $40,000 of his money. Whit had hired Jeff to find her. Jeff tracked her to Mexico , but you see, these women who shoot their boyfriends and run off with their money, are not to be taken lightly. She had worked her magic on our hero and the two started a relationship. They tried to elude Whit and his minions but were eventually tracked down and then Kathie shot yet another guy and disappeared. Kathie is not a very nice girl. So Jeff had decided, since he had double-crossed Whit, he had better get a new identity and hide out from Whit, and that's how he ended up in that small town.
Now back to the present.
Jeff has been found by Whit's henchman and is heading back to face the music with Whit. But who should be there with Whit? Why, it's Kathie! Whit has forgiven her and Whit, in every bit of unctuousness that Kirk's acting can muster, tells Jeff he's not mad for double-crossing him and trying to run off with his girl, but if he wants to make things right with him, he needs Jeff to get some documents from his lawyer. It seems that Whit hasn't been paying his taxes and his lawyer is blackmailing him. Whit's lawyer has the documents that show that Whit has been remiss and Whit will face prison if the tax man finds out. It's the least he can do for Whit after trying to run off with his girl, right? Jeff agrees but soon learns that he is being set up. Let's just say there are two more murders to come and all at the hands of our little Kathie. Kathie is one badass dame!
Why it's a Must See: "[This film] adapted from Daniel Mainwaring's novel Build My Gallows High, may be the masterpiece of film noir. All the elements are there: the woman who lies...The bitter past that rises up again and destroys the main character [and] The private eye...a man of wit and know-how who makes the mistake of giving in to his passion -- more than once."
As I watch these old films, I feel sad that no one probably remembers these actors anymore. I mean, have you ever heard of Rhonda Fleming (she plays a small part here before her career really took off)? And yet, she was one of my Dad's favorite actresses. My Dad also liked to check the credits to see famous actors at the beginnings of their careers, back when Tony Curtis was Anthony Curtis and Cary Grant was still Archibald Leach. In this film we see a very young Kirk Douglas who plays a supporting role in what was only his second feature film. Likewise, Rhonda Fleming went on to become the star of many westerns and costume films (who can forget "Serpent of the Nile?")
My favorite thing about film noir movies is the dialogue:
"A dame with a rod is like a guy with a knitting needle."
"Shall I take you somewhere else?" "You can take me anywhere."
"Do you always go around leaving your fingerprints on a girl's shoulder? Not that I mind particularly. You have strong hands."
"Oh, Jeff, I don't want to die." "Neither do I, baby, but if I have to, I'm gonna die last."
Rosy the Reviewer says...a darn good story with a very bad girl. They don't make 'em like this anymore.
We Are Not Such Things: The Murder of a Young American, a South African Township, and the Search for Truth and Reconciliation" by Justine Van Der Leun (2016)
Van Der Leun examines the murder of Amy Biehl, a white American Fulbright scholar who, in 1993, was brutally murdered by a mob of young black men outside of Cape Town during the final days of South Africa's apartheid.
Amy Biehl was 26 and had been living in South Africa for a few years, working as an anti-apartheid activist with a special interest in women's issues. Her murder was a cruel irony. Because her parents forgave her murderers, she became a symbol of the Truth and Reconciliation process in South Africa, where those who were deemed freedom fighters were pardoned for their crimes. Amy became a symbol of the process working. However, the more Van Der Leun examined the case, spoke with eye-witnesses and befriended one of the so-called killers, not only did the accepted facts not add up but perhaps her convicted killers were not her killers after all. Van Der Leun spent four years investigating Amy's story and stumbled upon people and incidents that belied what the prevailing wisdom had been. What was the truth? Would she ever unravel the truth?
As Amy's story unfolds, so does the story of South Africa and its people. Van Der Leun has written an absorbing (if a bit long) and fascinating insight into the history and current political reality of South Africa where one of the convicted killers says "The truth is not anymore existing for years and years."
Rosy the Reviewer says...if you are interested in true crime in the vein of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood"or the history of South Africa and apartheid, you will enjoy this book.
See you next Friday
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Labels: Film Noir , True Crime
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Meanwhile, Faye (Phoebe Tonkin) recruits a mysterious stranger named Lee (guest star Grey Damon, "Friday Night Lights") to help her with a spell that could change the balance of the Circle forever.
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Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa Tease 'How Fly' Sequel, Releasing on Anniversary
Ahh shit, it's almost time to get fly again.
Nine years ago, Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa teamed up for a collaborative project called How Fly. And now, after years of teasing a sequel, it looks like the new-age doobie brothers are finally ready to deliver a proper follow-up.
Taking to Twitter, Spitta hit up the Khalifa man and suggested they release the sequel—dubbed 2009—on the anniversary of How Fly (which would be August 9th).
"If there was ever a time it's this summer bro," Curren$y said. "The game is in a twist and we lo-key inspired hella these young niggas to start hustling. We gotta drop that guideline for them again, that code book, 2009 on the anniversary of How Fly. You ready loved one?"
Less than an hour later, Wiz responded in agreement. "Let's do this," he said. "How many songs we got left to finish?"
@wizkhalifa can't lie…if there was ever a time it's this summer bro.. the game is in a twist and we lo-key inspired hella these young niggas to start hustling.. we gotta drop that guideline for them again,that code book "2009" on the anniversary of howfly… u ready loved one?
— Spitta (@CurrenSy_Spitta) June 19, 2018
Let's do this. 😎 how many songs we got left to finish? https://t.co/3Ds5s2TisC
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) June 19, 2018
Hopefully, the duo hit the studio and finish things up. Until then, there's plenty of music from both to soak up—including Curren$y's The Marina EP with Harry Fraud and Wiz Khalifa's upcoming Rolling Papers 2 album, which is looking at a July 13th release. Or, you can take it all the way back and press play on How Fly below.
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As last night's panto rehearsal over ran slightly I didn't get to bed 'til past midnight last night. This post is also late up as I have been at set building all afternoon.
That didn't stop me getting up bright and early to go to parkrun this morning. Well early at any rate. The fact that I forgot my barcode, realised at the end of the road and sprinted the 100m or so back to get it rather than just carrying on without it probably tells you how well my brain was functioning this morning.
I got to the park with seconds to spare so ended up jogging across the wet and cold football field to the start. Got there just as they set off.
I didn't have time to turn my Garmin on before we started and it was taking it's time to pick up a signal so no splits today. Which is a shame as I think they would have been interesting. I think I did my usual of starting out too fast and slowed down as I went round, though I can't have been the only one as I caught up with a couple of guys who started off just in front of me and then gradually got further ahead. I'm glad though, as trying to keep up with them is what really got me round the last kilometer.
In the end no PB but I didn't walk any of it, which is more than can be said about last time, and it wasn't my worst time so I'm happy with that.
28:52 which is less than a minute slower than my PB. Also saw me finishing 26th or 5th female and I was first in my age category (out of 2). Full results here.
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"A 'Base' Election?": The Trump Campaign Seems To Be Forgetting That Its Real Audience Isn't In Quicken Arena
Thursday night's official Republican National Convention theme is "Make America One Again." After the first three nights, displaying Donald Trump's campaign as a force for unity anywhere — even just in Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena — will take some doing.
On Wednesday night, Team Trump deliberately provoked what can only be described as a lose-lose confrontation with Ted Cruz that created a nasty and divisive scene overshadowing the maiden speech of the vice-presidential nominee. With each such decision, you get the impression the people in charge of this convention have forgotten that the real "arena" is the general election, and that their real audience is an electorate far beyond this bowl seething with unaccountably angry delegates.
Otherwise it's hard to credit the constant, interminable, over-the-top feeding of red meat to the crowd, beginning with Willie Robertson's first-night taunting of people who are not "real Americans." It may be understandable that speakers are tempted to interact with the people on the floor howling for Hillary Clinton's incarceration, but the job of convention managers is to remind them that these people are TV props — ignore them and remember the whole world's watching!
It's almost as though the Trump people are treating the convention as the culmination of the mogul's campaign: an opportunity to glory in their extremely unlikely conquest of one of America's two major parties, to gloat over the shattered Establishment that's being forced to accept them, and to shake their fists at the unbelievers who still mock their orange-tinted champion. That there is still a difficult election ahead and that this convention is a priceless earned-media opportunity to reach out beyond their own ranks seems to be lost on this wild show's organizers and participants.
Perhaps they have oversubscribed to the idea that this is a "base" election with virtually no swing voters that will be decided strictly on the basis of who can get supporters so whipped up into a hate-frenzy that they vote at unprecedented levels. Or maybe they decided in advance that conventions don't really matter as anything other than a reward to core supporters who are cavorting over the supine bodies of their class and ideological enemies in the GOP.
In any event, Donald Trump has set quite the challenge for himself in making unity, of all things, his announced theme for the climactic convention address, the one thing that could make people forget the atavistic images from the first three nights. As I noted in an earlier column, Paul Manafort says the tycoon is modeling his speech on Richard Nixon's reasonably successful (if retroactively ludicrous) 1968 acceptance speech effort to pose as a moderate third-way alternative to the raging forces of left and right. In this case it would be like George Wallace seizing the podium at that 1968 convention and denouncing the furies he had himself conjured up.
Short of self-criticism, which does not seem to be in his repertoire, Donald Trump is going to have a hard time projecting himself as a unifying figure. But to have any chance of success, he needs to begin by reminding himself that it just doesn't matter whether the delegates physically before him in the arena go away slightly disappointed that he passed up an opportunity to reflect their excited rage.
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WASHINGTON, April 15, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that starting today, eligible farmers and ranchers can sign up for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) disaster assistance programs restored by passage of the 2014 Farm Bill.
"We implemented these programs in record time and kept our commitment to begin sign-up today," said Agriculture Secretary Vilsack. "To ensure enrollment goes as smoothly as possible, dedicated staff in over 2,000 Farm Service Agency offices across the country are doing everything necessary to help producers that have suffered through two and a half difficult years with no assistance because these programs were awaiting Congressional action."
Depending on the size and type of farm or ranch operation, eligible producers can enroll in one of four programs administered by the Farm Service Agency. The Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), and the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) will provide payments to eligible producers for livestock deaths and grazing losses that have occurred since the expiration of the livestock disaster assistance programs in 2011, and including calendar years 2012, 2013, and 2014. The Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) provides emergency assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish that have suffered losses because of disease, severe weather, blizzards and wildfires.
Enrollment also begins today for the Tree Assistance Program (TAP), which provides financial assistance to qualifying orchardists and nursery tree growers to replant or rehabilitate trees, bushes and vines damaged by natural disasters.
Producers signing up for these programs are encouraged to contact their local FSA office for information on the types of records needed and to schedule an appointment. Taking these steps in advance will help producers ensure their application moves through the process as quickly as possible.
Supporting documents may include livestock birth records, purchase and transportation receipts, photos and ownership records showing the number and type of livestock lost, documents listing the gallons of water transported to livestock during drought, and more. Crop records may include purchase receipts for eligible trees, bushes, or vines, seed and fertilizer purchases, planting and production records, and documentation of labor and equipment used to plant or remove eligible trees, bushes, or vines.
Producers have three to nine months to apply depending on the program and year of the loss. Details are available from any local FSA office.
For more information, producers may review the 2014 Farm Bill Fact Sheet, and the LIP, LFP, ELAP and TAP fact sheets online, or visit any local FSA office or USDA Service Center.


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The Tellico Trout Farm is part of a 250 acre property that was originally settled by the Ramsey family in the 1800s; but before that it was known as Tahlequah by the Cherokee. The 1870s home on the Tellico property was completely restored by the current owners, the Macke family, about 20 years ago.
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A stocked catch out pond is open to the public seven days a week with Rainbow, brook, brown, and even golden trout. More than 3 million pounds of fish are raised annually at Tellico Trout Farm.
Annually, March through May is a busy time for Tellico Trout Farm, a Franklin-based commercial fish farm since the 1980s.
"We may typically move 11,000 pounds a week into Pennsylvania because of their demand … that's a huge market for sport fishing," said Tom Ort, manager of the Tellico Trout Farm since 1997. "But business shut down during that time and we were in a world of hurt."
However, even though the main focus of the Tellico Trout Farm business is commercial, providing 3.5 million fish annually to public and private waterways, the surprise was the amount of people who have wanted to enjoy fishing in the Tellico stocked pond.
"Our catch out business increased 300 to 400 percent. Everyone got cabin fever and wanted to come out and fish and get fresh air and quality fish," said Ort.
From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week, anyone from the public can visit the large commercial fish hatchery and fish in the well-stocked pond.
They pay a flat $6 a pound and we give them a fishing rod, bait, a bucket for the fish, and will even help them get the fish off the line. Plus, they clean them and pack them in ice.
"We're getting lots of kids. And, [the employees] who run this part of our business spoil the people coming in here."
Saturdays and Sundays are packed fishing days, but Ort said, "During the week, you can literally have the pond nearly by yourself. The crowds are much heavier on the weekends."
The pandemic caused a backlog of fish, pointed out Ort. "We have 50,000 pounds of fish … more fish than I should have right now. So I'm diligently trying to find a home for them, especially before the water gets hot for the summer."
Generally, fish are being distributed throughout mostly North Carolina and Georgia, but they go to other states as well for the purpose of stocking ponds, streams, rivers, and lakes; supplying to sport fishing clubs and operators; and distribution to fish processing and packaging operations.
At Tellico, there is a steady growth process. "Every month we basically receive 200,000 to 300,000 eggs that we order from the state of Washington or Idaho. We get what's called an eye egg and it's on the property for 90 days and then sold as a three-inch fingerling. Others are sold at 11-12 months old and about 18-20 ounces. We are one of the few farms in the state that maintain brook and brown trout also, besides rainbow; but we also have golden colored rainbow trout.
Ort, a former superintendent for the N.C. Wildlife Commission, said he enjoys working on the historic farm. "It's all very rich in history."
The 250-acre property, located in a remote valley shadowed by the Wesser Bald along the Appalachian Trail, is named Tellico and is a derivative of the word "Tahlequah," meaning "rare peace" in Cherokee. Other than the Native people, the valley was settled by the Ramsey family in the 1800s. The 1870s grand house on the property has been fully restored and is used for friends and family of the Macke family. Atlanta businessman and recreation enthusiast Michael Macke purchased the property in the late 1990s and has a house nearby.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the house and surrounding buildings served as a general store, blacksmith, post office, and grist and saw mill. The mill, in fact, was powered by a 25-foot overshot water wheel, components of which still survive, and electricity was provided to the home because of the device, according to Ort. On the property is also the locally known Tellico white oak, considered one of largest and oldest oaks in the region and reportedly once a meeting place for Cherokee.
As a way of sharing an aspect of Tellico with the community, Macke came up with the catch out pond idea.
"The catch out pond is open until the water gets too hot and the fish stop biting, typically in August," pointed out Ort.
Even though the pandemic has hit the commercial trout business hard, Ort is hoping to weather the economic crisis. Managing Tellico enables him to practice applied science.
"Every fish that is in every raceway is planned for a market. It's very rewarding to take good care of an animal and watch them grow, and do it as efficiently as possible."
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Lauren can't access her powers when it matters most, leaving Caitlin to take matters into her own hands when they are being pursued. Reeva finally reveals her plan for the Inner Circle and it's darker than anyone could have imagined. Meanwhile, Jace confronts some regrets about his actions and is torn between pressures from the Purifiers and his own beliefs.
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