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While searching for some photos to add to a new collage frame the other day, I ran across this old photo. Calling it "old" is strange — I call photos old when I refer to my Grandparents, or my cousins and I when were little kids.
This photo though, is a photo that just doesn't seem old — but it is.
It is about 20 years old and that is me, my mom, and my step-sister sitting on one of those old wooden frame couches in my mom and step-dad's rented trailer in Hartstown. At least, I think it's Hartstown, it could be one or two other places, but it doesn't really matter — they were all like this one. Oh that ugly couch! You know, the couches with the brown floral arrangements all over them? And, the coffee table with the cushions on each end that you really can't sit on because you'll fall through to the floor? Yep, we have had several of those sets throughout the years.
And, I have on my giant glasses and my perpetually ticked off teenager face on. This photo made me smile when I first pulled it out. But, then I looked at my face and realized how horrible I was probably feeling. For a long time, I was pretty mad about life in general. I hated growing up too quickly and I didn't particularly like myself for giving a crap about what everyone else thought about me. Trying to get everyone to like you really only messes your own life up in the worst way. When you are a kid, you try to blame all of your problems on everyone else. So what if I was adopted. So what if my parents got divorced, and I shuffled back and forth between them. So what, so what, so what about a million other things. I think everyone was just trying to do the best they could, with what they had. A lot like we are all still trying to do today.
I am glad that I am not the girl in this photo any longer. Though she does try to break me down and gets into my head at times with her self consciousness and turmoil. I am trying to live happy, even though things are not always peachy because, Hey! This is my life and I am living it the best that I can! It's funny how much an old photograph can make you reflect on things.
Old photos can cause you to reflect. My gram had a TON of pictures, I wish I had those now.
Looking back Twenty years ago are very inspiring but there are throwbacks that hurts you even if it takes a hundred years ago. By the way you did a great post and I love the photo.
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Have you ever longed for a pony? Lauren Foster has and when her family moves to the country, her dream finally comes true.
But when she reads a story about a perfectly ordinary pony who turns into a snow-white unicorn, she starts to look at her own pony, Twilight, and to wonder, maybe . . . just maybe . . . ?


For the last two years the government has been investigating hospitals' billing for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or ICDs (not to be confused with ICD-10). The investigation is based on a national coverage determination (NCD) that describes situations in which Medicare will cover ICDs. The federal investigation continues, and to date, there have been no public settlements. Recently, RACs and MACs have been auditing ICD cases, questioning both whether an inpatient admission was necessary and whether the ICD is covered by the Medicare program.
The government's position is that an ICD is covered by the Medicare program only when the ICD meets the conditions outlined by the NCD. However, that position is not consistent with the Medicare statutes or the program manuals. The Medicare program's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Coverage Determinations Manual ('NCD Manual') states that NCDs can describe services that are covered, services that are not covered, or both. However, the language in the NCD must be explicit that it is intended to limit coverage. If the NCD doesn't state that certain conditions are uncovered, coverage is unaffected by the NCD. The NCD for ICDs describes services for which Medicare provides coverage, but it does not limit Medicare coverage for patients who do not meet the NCD criteria. Therefore, determining Medicare coverage for patients who fall outside the NCD criteria requires a case-by-case analysis of whether a procedure was reasonable and necessary, given the patient's overall medical condition.
The government has released a proposed resolution model that tacitly acknowledges that there are situations in which a patient does not satisfy the terms of the NCD, but still is eligible to receive an ICD. For example, the proposed resolution allows coverage for patients with syncope when non-cardiac causes have been ruled out, and for patients whose myocardial infarction (MI) or coronary artery bypass graph (CABG) occurred within certain time frames, as long as the patient also needs a pacemaker or cardiac resynchronization therapy. These are both situations in which the NCD does not explicitly indicate that coverage is available. The fact that the government has issued the proposed resolution model is not technically legally binding, but it certainly seems to represent an acknowledgement that it can be medically appropriate to implant an ICD in situations that do not meet the terms of the NCD. Since the Medicare program requires coverage of services that are reasonable and necessary in order to treat a patient's illness, it is difficult to understand how the government reasonably could assert that only patients fitting the NCD are entitled to coverage.
Because of this, if you are audited by a RAC or MAC for a matter involving an ICD, you should appeal any denial if the physicians involved believe that it was medically appropriate to implant the ICD. The legal case for coverage is incredibly strong. Given the high cost of an ICD and the ease of making the legal argument, challenging ICD denials is well worth the effort, regardless of the NCD, as long as you have strong physician support for the implantation.
There also have been denials indicating that inpatient admission under these circumstances is unnecessary. Some of these letters go so far as to acknowledge that typical medical practice and commonly used review tools suggest that inpatient admission is appropriate, yet they nevertheless challenge the decision to admit the patient. For reasons that will be detailed in a future article, there are very strong legal arguments to support a physician's decision to admit the patient in these cases as well.


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The Gesneriad Society
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The Botany of Gesneriaceae
Chirita Dismembered!
GLOXINIINAE – the New World Rhizomatous Gesneriads
Saintpaulia – The African Violet
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Sinningia speciosa – History in Horticulture
This is the hand-colored engraving illustrating the first publication of Sinningia speciosa, as Gloxinia speciosa. From Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, 1817.
The year 2017 marks the 200th anniversary of the introduction of Sinningia speciosa into cultivation. But as you will read below, S. speciosa was originally classified in the wrong genus and spent 60 years incorrectly known as Gloxinia speciosa.
The story of how Sinningia speciosa came to be known as the Florist's Gloxinia is generally familiar to gesneriad growers, and it bears repeating here. Sent to England from Brazil in 1815, the unnamed species was first published and illustrated by the English nurseryman Conrad Loddiges in the first volume of his Botanical Cabinet in 1817 as Gloxinia speciosa, and soon became known by the common name, "gloxinia" in horticultural circles. The genus Gloxinia had been established in 1785 by L'Héritier for the type species G. maculata – known today as G. perennis – a tall species with scaly rhizomes that was originally grown from seeds sent to the Chelsea Physic Garden from Colombia in 1739 (Linnaeus had named it Martynia perennis in 1753).
The flowers of S. speciosa do outwardly resemble those of G. perennis, so Loddiges was correct in classifying it in the Gesneriaceae. S. speciosa remained in the genus Gloxinia until W.P. Hiern transferred it to its correct place in Sinningia Nees (established in 1825) in 1877. Over the course of 200 years, various authorities have placed S. speciosa in no fewer than six other genera (Gloxinia, Gesneria, Ligeria, Orobanche, Orthanthe, and Martynia), accounting for 38 discarded synonyms for this species, 37 of which are listed in The Smithsonian's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. In addition to Loddiges' illustration, color plates of G. speciosa were featured in two other publications in 1817, which must have had something to do with increasing demand for the plants and making the common name stick.
This double-size print of Sinningia speciosa, as Gloxinia speciosa, was published in Edwards' Botanical Register in 1817, shortly after first publication in the Botanical Cabinet. It is a superior representation of the species.
An exploration of the many European and American botanical publications from the 19th and early 20th centuries gives us an appreciation of how remarkably popular gloxinias were at that time, especially in Great Britain. John Sims, writing in Curtis's Botanical Magazine (vol. 44) in 1817, remarked that the species was "… already to be found in most of the large collections about town [London]", and Robert Sweet included it in his book Hortus Suburbanus Londinensis (A Catalogue of Plants Cultivated in the Neighborhood of London) in 1818. Plants were widely grown and admired in greenhouses and 'stoves' (heated rooms), and the introduction of new varieties and hybrids was cause for considerable excitement. We also know that English travelers were so fond of the plant that they took it with them to far-flung colonial settlements. There is a record of G. speciosa being among the exotic plants grown on the island of Mauritius, where it had been introduced by Governor Farquhar in 1822. We know that it had reached Bombay in India by 1839 and Kolkata by 1843, Barbados by 1848, the British Virgin Islands by 1851, Madeira and British Guiana by 1855, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by 1879.
The earliest mention found of G. speciosa being grown in the US is in The American Gardener's Magazine (vol. I, 1835), where it was seen in the hot-house of the Hon. John Lowell of Roxbury, MA. However, a cryptic listing in a catalogue from Bartram's Botanical Garden near Philadelphia may push this date back to 1819. The Gesneriad Society, formerly known as the American Gloxinia and Gesneriad Society (AGGS), was founded in 1951 as the American Gloxinia Society by Elvin McDonald, who was a teenager at the time. Modern cultivars of S. speciosa with erect (peloric) flowers, in colors ranging from white through pink and red to lavender and dark purple are still widely grown in the US, Europe, and Japan. There is so much more to the history of the florist's gloxinia, and most of the information has been uncovered, thanks in large part to the internet and the ready availability of searchable texts through Google Books and other resources.
This is a modern commercial hybrid of Sinningia speciosa, grown from pelleted F1 hybrid seed produced in Japan and distributed under the name "Empress Mix".
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The Competition is open to Wine-lovers everywhere, aged 18 years or over, provided that they have no professional connection with Wines and Tours Ltd, Chateau Select Ltd or The Pewsey Vale Wine Company.
The Prize is FREE participation for two (with shared room accommodation) in the Wines and Tours Ltd August Wine Tour (August 25th to August 29th 2011) to Portugal Douro Valley and Vinho Verde region.
The trip commences at Oporto airport at 12 noon on the 25th of August 2011. It is the responsibilty of the entrants to get themselves to Oporto airport. A meeting point at Oporto Airport will be arranged prior to the event.
Applicants who have requested details of the competition will be notified of three sets of questions that will be posted on the Wines and Tours website at intervals. Some clues to the answers can be found at: www.winesandtours.co.uk , www.chateauselect.co.uk , www.lotsofbottles.co.uk .
Entrants must fill in their answers, on the answers page of the Wines and Tours website by each due date. Entrants who score 90% correct answers will move on to the next round. They must include their e-mail address to identify themselves. This e-mail address will be used to notify them if they have qualified for the next round and that the next set of questions has been posted. It will also be used to notify the winners.
The final set of questions will include a tie-breaker question where entrants will be asked to complete a slogan phrase. Answers might be used by Wines and Tours Ltd at their discretion.
No purchase is necessary, however entrants who do make a purchase will qualify for a higher value prize. If the winners have booked and paid for the trip prior to the announcement of the winners, they will in addition to having their money refunded, receive £250 worth of premium Australian wines as listed on the Chateau Select website.
If participants have purchased wine from the Chateau Select web site between the their first submission of answers and the announcement of the winner, they will receive £25 worth of premium Australian wines listed on the Chateau Select website for every dozen bottles that they have bought in that period. Entrant purchasers will be identified by their e-mail address.
If for any reason the trip does not go ahead, or if there are not a minimum of 20 paying participants on the trip, the prize will be replaced by a parcel of premium Australian wines to the value of £195 as listed on the Chateau Select website.
Other than the circumstance outlined above in point 9, the prize is non-refundable, non transferable and not exchangeable for cash or goods.
Accommodation is based on two adults sharing a standard double room. An upgrade to single occupancy is possible for a fee of £150 per person.
Only one entry per person will be accepted and proof of age and identity will be required before the prize is confirmed and presented.
The Prize winner (as are all participants) is responsible for carrying appropriate travel/identity documents and complying with government regulations.
The promoters, Wines and Tours Ltd, Chateau Select Ltd and Pewsey Vale Wine Company are not responsible for any loss, damage or personal injury whatsoever arising in connection with this trip. All participants are advised to arrange their own travel insurance.


Some Foreign leaders will attend Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2012 in the southern Chinese province of Hainan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Friday.
The leaders include Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Iranian Vice President Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh, Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, Hong told a regular press conference.
The Boao Forum for Asia, an economic forum attended by regional senior officials, economists and business people, will be held in Hainan's coastal resort town of Boao from April 1 to 3.


A California Superior Court judge has ruled that a $400 million Activision lawsuit brought against Electronic Arts, regarding the company's hiring of Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella, can move forward.
Bloomberg reports Judge Elihu Berle dismissed only one of four claims in the suit, leaving intact three related allegations that EA met with the Call of Duty creators and their agents while they were still with Activision, in breach of their contracts.
Activision's suit was initially filed against West and Zampella alone, in response to a separate lawsuit brought against Activision by the pair. That suit alleged that Activision fired West and Zampella in order to avoid paying $36 million in royalties following the sales success of Modern Warfare 2.
Activision later redistributed those royalties to the remaining employees at Infinity Ward, though many such employees decided to leave Activision in order to join West and Zampella's independent Respawn Entertainment, which had signed a publishing deal with EA.
Electronic Arts was added as a cross-defendant in Activision's countersuit in December, on charges of contract interference. EA asked for the case to be dismissed due to a lack of evidence, but today's ruling seems to establish that Activision has a strong enough case to be argued further.
In an interview with Gamasutra last May, EA Games president Frank Gibeau said the company's deal with Respawn Entertainment "fell into our laps" after West and Zampella's firing.
In January. West and Zampella accused Activision of dragging out court proceedings in the case, leading legal fees surrounding the case to exceed salary payments for Respawn Entertainment.
Activision's suit is expected to go to trial starting in May.


When a young princess is unable to find a suitable prince, she turns to a very unlikely friend to help her. Little does she know that the secret to her happiness is right under her nose in this brand new musical that shows sometimes true love can be found in the least likely of places. Our Children's Theatre shows approximately run 75-80 minutes with a 10-minute intermission.


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Seasons on Earth are found only in the temperate zones. These zones extend from 23.5° north (and south) latitude to 66.5° north (and south) latitude. In these regions of Earth nature exhibits four seasons; spring, summer, autumn (or fall) and winter. Each season is characterized by differences in temperature, amounts of precipitation, and the length of daylight. Spring comes from an Old English word meaning to rise. Summer originated as a Sanskrit word meaning half year or season. Autumn comes originally from a Etruscan word for maturing. Winter comes from an Old English word meaning wet or water. The equatorial regions or torrid zones have no appreciable seasonal changes and here one generally finds only a wet season and a dry season. In the polar regions we have only a light season and a dark season.
In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomers assign an arbitrary starting date for each season. Spring begins around March 21 and summer begins around June 21. Autumn begins around September 23 and winter around December 21. Because every fourth year is a leap year and February then has 29 days, the dates of these seasonal starting points change slightly. In the Southern Hemisphere the seasons are reversed with spring beginning in September, summer in December, fall in March, and winter in June. Seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are generally milder due to the moderating presence of larger amounts of ocean surface as compared to the Northern Hemisphere.
Changes in the seasons are caused by Earth's movement around the Sun. Because Earth orbits the Sun at The seasons. Illustration by Hans & Cassidy. Courtesy of Gale Group. varying distances, many people think that the seasons result from the changes in the Earth-Sun distance. This belief is incorrect. In fact, Earth is actually closer to the Sun in January compared to June by approximately three million miles.
Earth makes one complete revolution about the Sun each year. The reason for the seasons is that the axis of Earth's rotation is tilted with respect to the plane of its orbit. This tilt, called the obliquity of Earth's axis, is 23.5degrees from a line drawn perpendicular to the plane of Earth's orbit. As Earth orbits the Sun, there are times of the year when the North Pole is alternately tilted toward the Sun (during northern hemispheric summer) or tilted away from the Sun (during northern hemispheric winter). At other times the axis is generally parallel to the incoming Sun's rays. During summer, two effects contribute to produce warmer weather. First, the Sun's rays fall more directly on Earth's surface and this results in a stronger heating effect. The second reason for the seasonal temperature differences results from the differences in the amount of daylight hours versus nighttime hours. The Sun's rays warm Earth during daylight hours and Earth cools at night by re-radiating heat back into space. This is the major reason for the warmer days of summer and cooler days of winter. The orientation of Earth's axis during summer results in longer periods of daylight and shorter periods of darkness at this time of year. At the mid-northerly latitudes summer days have about 16 hours of warming daylight and only eight hours of cooling nights. During mid-winter the pattern is reversed and we have longer nights and shorter days. To demonstrate that it is the daylight versus darkness ratio that produces climates that make growing seasons possible, one should note that even in regions only 30° from the poles one finds plants such as wheat, corn, and potatoes growing. In these regions the Sun is never very high in the sky but because of the orientation of Earth's axis, the Sun remains above the horizon for periods for over 20 hours a day from late spring to late summer.
Astronomers have assigned names to the dates at which the official seasons begin. When the axis of Earth is perfectly parallel to the incoming Sun's rays in spring the Sun stands directly over the equator at noon. As a result, daylight hours equal night time hours everywhere on Earth. This gives rise to the name given to this date, the vernal equinox. Vernal refers to spring and the word equinox means equal night. On the first day of fall, the autumnal equinox also produces 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness everywhere on Earth.
The name given for the first day of summer results from the observation that as the days get longer during the spring, the Sun's height over its noon horizon increases until it reaches June 21. Then on successive days it dips lower in the sky as Earth moves toward the autumn and winter seasons. This gives rise to the name for that date, the Summer Solstice, because it is as though the Sun "stands still" in its noon height above the horizon. The Winter Solstice is likewise named because on December 21 the sun reaches the lowest noon time height and appears to "stand still" on that date as well.
In the past, early humans celebrated the changes in the seasons on some of these cardinal dates. The vernal equinox was a day of celebration for the early Celtic tribes in ancient Britain, France, and Ireland. Other northern European tribes also marked the return of warmer weather on this date. Even the winter solstice was a time to celebrate, as it marked the lengthening days that would lead to spring. The ancient Romans celebrated the Feast of Saturnalia on the winter solstice. And even though there are no historical records to support the choice of a late December date for the birth of Christ, Christians in the fourth century A.D. chose to celebrate his birth on the winter solstice. In the Julian calendar system in use at that time this date fell on December 25.
See also Global climate.
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Autumnal equinox
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If you have joined Cemetery tours in Manila, expect that this tour will be a whole lot different. Instead of roaming around a compound with burial chambers of various sizes and colors, Sunken Cemetery tour in Camiguin offers an amazing underwater tour where you can see the remnants of an old cemetery.
After the eruption of Mount Vulcan in 1871, most areas of Camiguin Island submerged. This includes their public cemetery and the remaining proof were some ruins and tombstones underwater. A white cross was built at this location in 1982, but later it collapsed. Then it was reconstructed which is bigger than the previous cross.
It was my second visit in the island of Camiguin and I must agree, Sunken Cemetery is really an underwater fantasy. In this part of the island, it is really thrilling to swim over the encroaching corals, cemetery structures and beautiful schools of fish. More than just being the most photographed structure or place in the island, this place is also considered a landmark of historical importance in the Philippines.
The Sunken Cemetery, which is located in Barrio Bonbon at 20 feet under water is one of the main attractions in the island. While taking a boat ride, people get a good view of Mt. Hibok-Hibok – one of the active seven volcanoes in the island.
Dont worry about annoying candle and flower peddlers, you wont see them there. Boating and snorkeling is the main activity in this tourist spot so expect for locals offering life vest and snorkeling gears for rent. Ruins and gravestones that are covered with corals and many marine animals can be seen in the water. A boat with a guide will dock the visitors at the big White Cross. At this point, everyone can swim if they wish or snorkel to get much better view of the graves.
Souvenir stalls that sell food items, local handicrafts, and refreshments are lined up along the whole path of Sunken Cemetery. Children and locals are very friendly, they will volunteer to take photos of you in various artistic angles. The Sunken Cemetery is not just an ideal place for snorkeling and diving, it is also a nice place to witness the glorious sunset over the sea.
To get more info about the province visit the official Camiguin Island website is http://www.camiguin.gov.ph or visit or Camiguin Island Travel Guide post.


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U.S. truck and bus exports to the Middle East are in high gear, as buyers in the region restart old commercial relationships and demonstrate renewed good will for U.S. companies in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War.
''Business has been picking up in the Middle East,'' said Gabriel Pepino, president of Paccar International Inc., a Kirkland, Wash., company that exports Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks.
''The dollar is doing fine, relative to the yen and the mark, and in the wake of Desert Storm there is a certain amount of good will being shown toward U.S. products,'' Pepino said.
Truck and bus sales to the Middle East helped generate the increase in overall exports of U.S. transportation equipment in July, according to figures released by the U.S. Commerce Department. U.S. transportation equipment exports worldwide rose to $16.7 billion in June from $15.8 billion in June 1990, the Commerce Department indicated.
The numbers point out a strong upward trend in exports of trucks and buses to the Middle East. Those exports rose to 9,435 units in the first six months of 1991 from 1,360 units a year earlier, according to volume data from Piers Import/Export Reporting Service of New York.
Last year, Ford exported 904 trucks to the Middle East. This year, the company has sold more than 700 trucks in the region.
Though some of the sales were associated with the equipment buildup before the cease-fire, much resulted from the expected peacetime boom that has followed, said officials of U.S. companies.


I went to Osaka a few weeks ago for my friend Catherine`s birthday. It was my first time to the city, apart from a brief change of trains at Shin-Osaka on my way to and from Hiroshima with my family in April. I was curious to see what it would be like as it seems to be an `either love it or hate it` city. I got the train down on Saturday morning and got a local train straight to the port where the acquarium is, as Catherine and I were going to meet there. The train was on an elevated track and it felt like I was in a futuristic film, travelling across Osaka passing high-rise buildings and other elevated roads and tracks.
I haven`t seen that much of Tokyo and I only saw Osaka briefly, but my impression is that is has a more run-down and derelict feel to it. There are plots of empty land next to empty buildings which you just wouldn`t see in Tokyo. And it just felt more dodgy, like I was back in Dublin, with strange people walking around talking to themselves, drunks asleep on the path during the day and working class families with five kids, all of whom have dyed-blonde mullets and earrings. It didn`t feel dangerous, just the most dodgy that I`ve felt in Japan, where social problems tend to be less obvious than in other countries. Maybe it was just the areas that I saw, as I did stay in a very cheap and cheerful hostel – cheap due to its location and prison-like rooms, but cheerful due to the helpful staff and friendly guests staying there.
Catherine wanted to go out in Osaka as it was a good meeting point for us Irish JETs around the Kansai area, and because she wanted to compare the nightlife with Tokyo, where she has been out a good bit, and there is famous rivalry between the two cities. We were also curious to see what had happened to it since the `dancing ban`. I didn`t believe this when I first heard it, but it`s true. Most venues in Japan only have licenses that allow late-night drinking but another license is required for late-night dancing. But, in order to get this second license, a venue must have an area of at least 66 squared feet, which most independent clubs don`t have due to the high price of rent in the cities. This law was brought in in the post-war era to control hostess bars and strip clubs, which would have been in small venues, while allowing people to dance in the larger-sized ballrooms. This law was never revoked and recently it`s been reenforced, apparently to crack down on drugs, rowdy behaviour and underage drinking, none of which comes close to rivalling the scale of those problems in Dublin or other places. So while it is still possible to go out dancing in the larger clubs, a lot of the best places in Osaka have closed down or won`t allow dancing. A friend of mine said that one night people were dancing in a club and a member of staff held up a sign saying `no dancing`. The police have also been enforcing this. Read more about it here.
Our night wasn`t so successful with dancing, as the place we went to did not have a nice vibe to it. It was a nice venue and the music was good (the DJ was a friend of a friend) but the bar staff were rude, shockingly so by Japanese standards, and everyone there just seemed unfriendly. I don`t think it had anything to do with us being foreign, I think it was just that we weren`t regulars, or maybe we weren`t the type of people who normally went there. Who knows. Anyway, despite some tears, anger and drama, we ended up going to a cool little hole-in-the wall bar before we taxied it back to our hostel.
My favourite part of the trip was the aquarium though, as it was all sealife from the Pacific, most of which I had never seen before. It was a massive building with a huge central tank, circled by a corridor and smaller tanks. I couldn`t help but be reminded of the acquarium in Salthill, Galway (having just looked it up I`ve discovered it is the National Acquarium of Ireland), which, despite its comparatively limited range of species and ecosystems native to Ireland, I really enjoyed when I visited it several years ago. I remember the pike looking very ominous in its canal-style tank, and I remember being able to hold starfish in the touch pool. The Osaka aquarium was obviously much more impressive (although it lacked the charm of Salthill), with exhibits from all around the Pacific Ocean, from Japan to South America and everything in between.
This is the great central tank. Unfortunately the star attraction, the massive whale shark, was missing during our visit. We went through the whole acquarium, thinking they were saving him 'til last until we arrived at the exit and asked a member of staff about it. We didn`t understand the answer but we knew that it wasn`t there. I was worried that we had somehow walked right by the biggest sea creature in the acquarium without noticing it! I found out later that it had been moved somewhere else for a while because it didn`t get on with one of the other fish in the tank, whether for environmental or personal reasons, I don`t know.
This is the weirdest-looking fish I`ve ever seen. It looks like it had been chopped in half and regrown from the stump.
I was mesmerised by the shoal of silver fish who danced in the middle of the tank, gracefully parting and uniting to allow the other fish to pass through.
Some cheeky fish hitched a free ride with the manta ray.
Spider crabs – Ishikawa is famous for these. It`s the first time I`ve seen one not half-dead, twitching on ice in a fish market.
The jellyfish were spectacular, they were my favourite part. It was like watching an animate lava lamp.
No trip would be complete without a tourist pose picture!
My hostel room; spartan but surprisingly comfortable. It would be unbearable in summer without airconditioning though.
When I was in Kyoto, Laura told me that some of her friends were going to a concert in a forest on the Saturday if I was interested. I didn`t really know what it was going to be like and neither did she, but we were intrigued by the sound of it, so we decided to go. We weren`t really sure where it was, how we would get there or how we would get back, but we packed our bags with onigiri, suncream and jumpers in preparation for the adventure. We met with her international friends from university who did have a better idea of what was going on and we got a train out of the city for about an hour to the mountains to the north-west of Kyoto. We arrived at a station in the middle of nowhere along with other obviously dressed festival goers, who seemed a lot more prepared than us with rucksacks full of tents and other camping equipment. We had known beforehand that you could camp at the festival, but none of us had any equipment, so we decided to party on through the night and get a train back in the early hours of the morning. In fact, the festival began at 2 o`clock on the Saturday afternoon and continued until noon on Sunday, so we were sure that there would be plenty of others doing the same as us.
A short shuttle-bus ride brought us even higher into the mountains. We arrived at a campsite that had been taken over for the festival. It was so laid-back, there were no sour-looking security personnel telling people where to go and what to do. There was no defined area for camping, but everyone set up their tents together in an orderly fashion, there were real campsite toilets which remained decent throughout the duration of the festival, there was an area of stalls selling Japanese festival food and then there was the stage area. It took me a while to find the stages because they were both quite small, but they didn`t need to be big because there were no bands, only djs. I hadn`t heard of any of them but apparently there were a few big names from the dance scene there. The music was all kinds of dance – electro, techno, trance, house and all those genres that I can`t tell the difference between, and a bit of dubstep and drum`n`bass.
We arrived early in the afternoon, when the festival had just opened, some of the stalls were still opening up and there weren`t many people around yet. It felt like what I imagine Electric Picnic to be like (on a tiny scale), with arty chill-out places and random sculptures around the place. It was a beautiful day to be up in the mountains so we set up our blanket on top of a grassy knoll that looked down onto the rest of the festival so we could see people coming and going while we had a picnic. The knoll had a large balloon that was tethered above it, so we played musical picnics as we followed its shadow around. There was a really nice vibe, everyone there seemed relaxed and friendly, and there were quite a few other foreigners there too, I assume other exchange students from Kyoto.
While we were atop the hill, I looked over at another group of foreigners and I saw my friend Miriam who lives just south of Kanazawa. She`s hard to miss with her trademark lipstick cheek warpaint and when I went over to her I realised that half the JETs of Ishikawa were there with her! Apparently I too had been told about this festival ages ago on Facebook but I never noticed, and they had all driven down that day and were camping the night. It was such a lovely surprise to meet everyone there. We united with Laura`s friends and made many more Japanese friends as the night progressed.
My plan of doing an all-nighter fell through when Laura and I fell asleep in a tent around 2 o`clock, but I did wake up at 6 o`clock the next morning feeling refreshed and ready to rejoin the party that was still going on. After a few hours boogying in the morning light, we said goodbye to my friends and we went back to Kyoto so I could pick up my stuff and get the train home. I had a great time and I`ll definitely be going back next year.


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Program Notes | Xian Zhang Conducts Marsalis & Dvořák
Xian Zhang Conducts Marsalis & Dvořák
By Laurie Shulman ©2022
Wynton Marsalis Herald, Holler and Hallelujah
Jazz superstar Wynton Marsalis is equally at home in the worlds of big band jazz, bebop, gospel, Afro-Caribbean and classical music. Initially known as a virtuoso trumpeter, he has branched out to teaching and composition, promoting both jazz and classical music to audiences of all ages. Marsalis began recording his original compositions in the 1980s with his various jazz ensembles. Since the 1990s he has expanded his composition diaspora, writing—among other works—The Octoroon Balls for string quartet; ballet scores for choreographers Peter Martins, Twyla Tharp and Judith Jamison; a violin concerto for Nicola Benedetti, and four symphonies. His latest work is a Fanfare for Brass and Percussion, a co-commission from the New Jersey Symphony and the symphony orchestras of Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Germany's WDR Symphonieorchester. The New Jersey Symphony is the lead commissioner, and this weekend's performances are the world premiere.
Joan Tower Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1
In 1986, the Houston Symphony embarked on a new initiative in celebration of the sesquicentennial of Texas' Declaration of Independence. They dubbed it The Fanfare Project. In collaboration with its then-composer-in-residence Tobias Picker, the orchestra commissioned 21 composers to write fanfares. The list of contributors read like a who's who of American composers—but only included one woman: Joan Tower. She chose to model her Fanfare on Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, adopting the same instrumentation as Copland's, and crafting her theme with similar contours to his. Her goal was independent, however: she dedicated it "to women who take risks and who are adventurous." She has since written five additional fanfares, each one dedicated to a different woman.
Antonín Dvořák: Serenade for Wind Instruments in D Minor, Op. 44
The unusual scoring of this work—pairs of oboes, clarinets, and bassoons, plus contrabassoon, three horns, cello and double bass—emphasizes intimacy. The lovely colors of the woodwind instruments are enhanced by the warmth of lower strings. Dvořák took a nostalgic glance backward to the wind serenades of a century earlier. While the harmonic language of this cheerful serenade is entirely consistent with Dvořák's other compositions in the 1870s, its spirit and form are strikingly akin to Mozart's wind serenades from the late 18th century. Although Dvořák limits his serenade to four movements (classical-era serenades have as many as eight), three of them are dance movements.
Antonín Dvořák Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Eight of Dvořák's nine symphonies precede the Carnival Overture. He developed a keen interest in programmatic music late in his career, delving into Bohemian folklore for subject matter. This overture, however, was one of a trio of concert overtures linked by a melody that Dvořák incorporated into each piece. (The other two are Othello, Op. 93, and In Nature's Realm, Op. 91.) They were published simultaneously in Berlin in 1894, but Carnival has surpassed the other two in popularity. Carnival bursts with the giddy whirl of life lived to the fullest. Brilliant string and brass writing, compelling Bohemian dance rhythms, soaring themes and an overriding sense of well-being make this overture irresistible.
Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait
In 1942, less than a year after the United States entered the war, conductor André Kostelanetz asked several American composers to write a piece celebrating a great American. Aaron Copland — who knew a thing or two about infusing music with the spirit of Americana – chose Abraham Lincoln. His Lincoln Portrait for narrator and orchestra draws on Lincoln's writings and speeches, supplemented by a bit of biographical background. The work is exclusively orchestral for nearly half its length, but focuses on the narrator for the balance, with the orchestra receding to a supporting role. The American flavor is enhanced by quotations from a couple of popular songs, including "Camptown Races," but it is the power of Lincoln's oratory that carries the work.
Wynton Marsalis: Herald, Holler and Hallelujah (World Premiere, New Jersey Symphony Co-Commission)
Born: October 18, 1961, in New Orleans, Louisiana
World Premiere: These performances are the world premiere.
Instrumentation: six horns, four trumpets, three trombones, bass trombone, tuba, a large percussion complement requiring four players, and timpani.
Jazz superstar Wynton Marsalis is equally at home in the worlds of big band jazz, bebop, gospel, AfroCaribbean and classical music. Initially known as a virtuoso trumpeter, he has branched out to teaching and composition, promoting both jazz and classical music to audiences of all ages. Marsalis began recording his original compositions in the 1980s with his various jazz ensembles. Since the 1990s he has expanded his composition diaspora, writing—among other works—The Octoroon Balls for string quartet; ballet scores for choreographers Peter Martins, Twyla Tharp and Judith Jamison; a violin concerto for Nicola Benedetti, and four symphonies. His latest work is a fanfare for brass and percussion, a co-commission from the New Jersey Symphony and the symphony orchestras of Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Germany's WDR Symphonieorchester. The New Jersey Symphony is the lead commissioner, and this weekend's performances are the world premiere.
Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1
Joan Tower
Born: September 6, 1938, in New Rochelle, New York
Currently residing in Red Hook, New York
World Premiere: 1986 by the Houston Symphony in Houston, Texas.
New Jersey Symphony Premiere: These performances are the New Jersey Symphony premiere.
Instrumentation: three trumpets, four horns, two trombones, bass trombone, timpani and a full percussion battery comprised of high, medium and low cymbals; high and medium gongs; snare drum; medium and large bass drums; triangle; tam-tam; temple blocks and tom-toms.
Composed in 1986 as part of the Houston Symphony's Fanfare Project, Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman has been successful enough to have spawned five additional fanfares between 1989 and 2016. Collectively, they comprise a 25-minute work, but each may be performed individually. Tower's first Fanfare, with its titular allusion to Copland's famous Fanfare for the Common Man, is both a tribute to that incomparable work and a salute to women who take risks and are adventuresome. Tower's instrumentation is identical to that of its Copland model, and she acknowledges a kinship in the themes. While fanfares by definition are brief and introductory to larger ceremonial events, even this glimpse of Tower's music gives us a strong sense of her imagination and musical personality.
One of the liveliest voices in American music, Tower has written almost exclusively instrumental music, for ensembles of all sizes. Energy and rhythmic variety have characterized her compositions throughout her distinguished career. An accomplished pianist, she was a founding member of the new music ensemble Da Capo Chamber Players for many years. She broke a glass ceiling for female composers in 1990 when she won the Grawemeyer Award for her orchestral score Silver Ladders (1987). Musical America named her Composer of the Year in 2020. Tower has taught at Bard College in New York State since 1972.
Born: September 8, 1841, in Mühlhausen, Bohemia
Died: May 1, 1904, in Prague, Czechoslovakia
World Premiere: November 17, 1878, in Prague. The composer conducted members of the Provisional Theatre Orchestra.
New Jersey Symphony Premiere: 1989–90 season. Hugh Wolff conducted.
Instrumentation: two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, contrabassoon, three horns, cello and double bass.
The unusual scoring of this work—pairs of oboes, clarinets and bassoons, plus contrabassoon, three horns, cello and double bass—emphasizes intimacy. The lovely colors of the woodwind instruments are enhanced by the warmth of lower strings. Dvořák took a nostalgic glance backward to the wind serenades of a century earlier. He composed this cheerful serenade in 1878, and while its harmonic language is entirely consistent with other contemporary compositions by the Czech master, its spirit and form are strikingly akin to the Mozart wind serenades of the late 18th century.
Although Dvořák limits his serenade to four movements (classical-era serenades have as many as eight), three of them are dance movements.
Among this piece's early fans was Johannes Brahms, who wrote with enthusiasm to his friend the violinist Joseph Joachim: "A more lovely, refreshing impression of real, rich and charming creative talent you can't easily have. … I think it must be a pleasure for the wind players."
Brahms also wrote to his publisher, Fritz Simrock, praising Dvořák's serenade in terms so persuasive that Simrock published the Czech composer's piece as Op. 44. The Brahms/Simrock connection proved to be a significant boost to Dvořák's reputation outside Bohemia. Simrock was to be his principal publisher for the rest of his life.
The serenade opens with a perky march that sounds a bit like a minor-mode version of Elsa's bridal march from Wagner's Lohengrin (popularly known as "Here Comes the Bride." the rising fourth motive actually recurs in all four movements, subtly unifying the music.) Dvořák's march is a quaint reminder of the 18th-century custom of announcing the musicians' arrival at an outdoor entertainment event. The music is upbeat, demonstrating that minor tonalities do not necessarily mean sad music. The second movement is marked Menuetto, but it is really a sousedská ("neighbors' dance")—a Czech dance in slow triple time that Dvořák also used in his Czech Suite, Op. 39. Its middle section is a lively presto. A slow movement follows, more a romantic intermezzo than a dance. Folk dance rhythms return in vigorous and high style for the cheery finale. Toward the end, the composer quotes from the opening march, neatly tying together his musical ideas.
Unpretentious and high-spirited, the serenade is one of Dvořák's most attractive small-scale orchestral works.
Antonín Dvořák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92
World Premiere: April 1892 in Prague. The composer conducted.
New Jersey Symphony Premiere: 1977–78 season. Karl Haas conducted.
Instrumentation: piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, two trombones, bass trombone, tuba, harp, timpani, cymbals, tambourine, triangle and strings.
Nature, Life and Love—that is the title Dvořák initially planned for a series of three concert overtures he composed in 1891 and 1982. Perhaps because Simrock published them with separate opus numbers, In Nature's Realm, Op. 91; Carnival, Op. 92; and Othello (after Shakespeare), Op. 93, are all known individually and are rarely heard together as the composer intended them. Dvořák biographer Schönzeler calls the triptych "Dvořák's most important, most misunderstood and most underrated compositions." He likens them to Schumann's Overture, Scherzo and Finale, as a sort of three-movement symphony lacking a slow movement.
Village celebrations, captured in music
Carnival has fared the best of Dvořák's three concert overtures, earning a prominent niche as a curtain-raiser on symphonic programs. Like its companion pieces, it has no association with an opera or stage work but rather was conceived as concert music. Its popularity derives from the exuberant energy of the music, a reflection of the composer's childhood memories of village celebrations. From the opening cymbal crash, vibrant Bohemian dance rhythms burst forth at a furious pace, rarely relinquishing their hold on our sensibilities.
Big orchestra, bright key center
The overture is in A major, a particularly bright key for strings. To enhance that brightness, Dvořák wrote for one of the largest orchestras he ever employed. Swashbuckling flair and big gestures are the order of the moment in Carnival. But to place undue emphasis on the dazzling brilliance of the piece and its clangy loud sections does an injustice to the composer. His quicksilver moods require consummate control from both conductor and orchestra; his customary melodic abundance provides many rich glimpses of individual orchestra talent. The pastoral middle section, marked Andantino con moto, is particularly lovely, showcasing English horn, flute, clarinet and violin soloists. Dvořák takes a coy bow to Wagner, referring frankly to the Venusberg music from Tannhäuser.
Carnival was dedicated to the Czech University in Prague, and was conducted by the composer at the premiere in April 1892 as part of a farewell concert prior to his American tour. All three overtures figured prominently in the concerts that Dvořák conducted during that visit, but Carnival established its preëminence then and has held it steadfastly.
Born: November 14, 1900, in Brooklyn, New York
Died: December 2, 1990, in Tarrytown, New York
World Premiere: May 14, 1942, by the Cincinnati Symphony. André Kostelanetz conducted.
New Jersey Symphony Premiere: 1948–49 season. Canada Lee narrated; Samuel Antek conducted.
Instrumentation: two flutes (both doubling piccolo), two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, snare drum, cymbals, bass drum, tam-tam, glockenspiel, sleighbells, xylophone, celesta, harps, solo speaker and strings.
During the summer of 1942, André Kostelanetz was guest conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony. Kostelanetz sought out several American composers, asking them to express their musical concept of an individual great American. The United States had declared war on Japan the previous December and was now actively involved in the Allied effort to defeat Hitler. With patriotism at fever pitch, a unified war effort drew Americans together as it has rarely done in the past century.
Kostelanetz wanted the piece to reflect American life and the best aspects of this country's ethos and character. "I want to discover what music can do to mirror the magnificent spirit of our country," he explained. Copland was already too old to serve in the armed forces—but he knew how to write the kind of music that would serve and strengthen America's fighting spirit. He selected Abraham Lincoln. He approached his subject in the form of narrative with supporting music. The result was Lincoln Portrait, a work cut from the same mold as Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
Copland chose the texts for Lincoln Portrait exclusively from Lincoln's writings and speeches, excepting some biographical information. The speaker does not enter until almost halfway through the work; however, once the narration has commenced, Lincoln's voice becomes the most significant component of the orchestra. The instruments themselves, after their lengthy introduction, are largely background.
Copland's music incorporates phrases from "The Camptown Races" and "The Pesky Sarpent." These familiar tunes, along with a noble atmosphere that is Copland's own, contribute to the inherent dignity of this American classic.


Earlier this week Spindrift 2 returned to La Trinité-sur-mer in Brittany, France. Five days earlier, the maxi trimaran left the dock in Newport, Rhode Island to set sail for her home port, completing her second transatlantic training in as many months.
Offshore racing is the one of rare sports where men, women, amateurs and professionals, individuals both young and old, are able to compete on equal terms across all levels of the sport.
With the Mirabaud Bol d'Or now behind them and their Maxi Trimaran ready for competition, the Spindrift racing team is back in training mode, and Yann Guichard and his crew have today set off to complete a transatlantic passage between two world sailing hubs - La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany and Newport Rhode Island, USA.


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As technology evolved, Ted gained experience in a wide variety of technologies. Ted has handled patent infringement cases involving smartphones and software, base stations and other telecommunication equipment, caller identification, vision & facial recognition and monitoring systems, license plate recognition, auto parts, vehicle collision warning and avoidance systems, smart watches, smoking pipes, earth moving equipment, music identification, computer accessories, wireless navigation and mapping systems, advanced process control, chip fabrication, chemical compositions, cosmetic formulations, contact lens, boat design, catalysts, oil field equipment, tertiary oil recovery systems, offshore platforms, medical devices, pagers, laser levels, fasteners, "distance to the pin" determination on a golf course, and ski poles to name a few.
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Shirley Jackson's 'the Lottery' and Kate Chopin's 'the Story of an Hour
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This paper compares two stories ,Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery' and Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour', which both demonstrate change, but in two very different ways. The paper notes that both stories show how change is necessary for life to be constructive and without which life becomes static and boring. The paper compares the way the characters in both stories handle change and how it affects their lives.
"In Jackson's "The Lottery," the townspeople face a unique opportunity to change the way they do things - more than once. In fact, every year the people can do away with the lottery but they are afraid of change and what it might bring. It is interesting to note that they may even be more afraid of …show more content…
"The Lottery" also illustrates how people become so familiar with their daily routine that the idea of change, regardless of how good the change may be, seems too difficult. aper Summary:
"In Jackson's "The Lottery," the townspeople face a unique opportunity to change the way they do things - more than once. In fact, every year the people can do away with the lottery but they are afraid of change and what it might bring. It is interesting to note that they may even be more afraid of the lottery than they are of change but because they are so accustomed to their way of life. The townspeople illustrate how we can become comfortable in our daily lives and, as a result, lose our sense of what is right and wrong. "The Lottery" also illustrates how people become so familiar with their daily routine that the idea of change, regardless of how good the change may be, seems too
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The wingspan is about . The forewings are yellowish brown, the costal edge sometimes pale yellowish. The stigmata are dark fuscous, with the plical obliquely beyond the first discal, the second discal larger and indistinctly edged with pale yellowish. There are some indistinct pale yellowish dots on the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are blackish grey.

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Cristoforo Rustici, known as il Rusticone, (1552 in Siena – 1641 in Siena) was an Italian painter active in Siena who is known for his religious compositions and allegorical scenes representing the twelve months.

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He trained with his father, Lorenzo Rustici and later with il Sodoma. He is mainly known for a series of compositions representing the twelve months. He also produced many religious works for the local churches.

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Logan Review
One of the best superhero films since The Dark Knight
Raj Reviews on July 29, 2017
It has been seventeen years since Hugh Jackman donned the now iconic role of Wolverine, and what a ride has it been. In every X-Men movie, no matter how bad, Jackman has been praised for perfectly embodying the role of the famous comic book character and bringing him to the big screen. It is not until now, in his swan song of a film, that he is able to fully break out and deliver a groundbreaking final performance to put an end on his iteration of the character. Logan is a great comic book film that perfectly wraps up the character while delivering on plenty of emotion, suspense, and yes bloody violence.
Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) in the year 2029 is now a shadow of his former self, living life simply to make money and help get himself and his mentor, the now mentally deteriorating Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) away from the world. Logan is tired and fed up with all of the hardships he has had to encounter. When a mysterious girl (Dafne Keen) appears and is shown to have extraordinary gifts, Logan and Xavier become involved in a dangerous mission to ensure the girls safety away from villainous organizations.
This is the ninth time that Jackman has played this character and it's undoubtedly his best performance. He has lost people, hurt others, and just continues living life without any purpose. We really get to see Logan from an interesting perspective as he wrestles with the mistakes he's made and the responsibilities he now has. He doesn't want to be a hero, or remembered as one, he just wants to be left alone and Jackman delivers an emotionally raw performance to illustrate this.
We do get to see an interesting side to Charles this time around as he not the calm collective mind reader we have seen in previous films. He is now losing his mind and, like Logan, waiting for an escape. Stewart showcases a more sympathetic and emotional side to his iteration that we have not seen before He also has burdens which can make him endearing to watch and also sometimes hilarious. This is an Xavier we have not seen before.
Finally, Dafne Keen as X-23/Laura is brilliant, a true breakout star. She is quiet for most of the movie but delivers masterfully in her facial expressions and hardcore action scenes that make her exhilarating to watch.
This looks and feels like an old classic western film from the desert setting to the look of the characters. It only looks amazing and this is my favorite outfit of Wolverine from all the movies. He looks raggedy and old which adds a new depth to the movie. It should also be noted that this movie stands apart from the rest of the films in the franchise. They even make nods and go to great lengths to showcase how distinct this film is trying be and it succeeds in every respect. Whether you have followed Jackman through every film or just this one, there is enjoyment to be had.
This movie is more of a drama than your typical comic book movie as it explores the characters to great length. We see Logan's struggle and empathize with his situation. We see his duty to take care of Charles and his reluctance to help Laura and you can understand him. We follow our heroes through tough situations and see the toll actions take on them. Logan just wants a quiet life but finds himself roped into this situation. There are layers and arcs that have been carried from previous films and by the end it all culminates masterfully.
The action in this film is amazing due to the hard R rating. It's perfectly bloody and violent just how fans have wanted to see Wolverine for a long time. Whether he is sawing off heads with X-23 or trying to stop one of Charles's psychotic attacks, the actions is riveting and never lets up. This is the Wolverine we were supposed to see.
The movie does have a little trouble with its pacing. There is quite of bit of action, but there is also downtime with the characters in which we are exploring their psyches and relationships. This was perfectly fine for me, but it may drive off some action-fueled fans looking to see more and more of Wolverine slicing dudes up.
Logan is definitely a film about its heroes and centers its focus on delivering an emotionally satisfying end to the character. There is great depth to the emotions these characters portray, and the struggles they face are understandable. The action is brutal but is also contrasted with great character moments to really flesh out the film to greatness. It is an excellent swan song to Jackman's character and delivers an Oscar worthy film that will rival The Dark Knight in the years to come as great comic book movie.
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