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ProCharged Racers Capture 12 International Championships in 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009 - 21:32
During the 2009 racing season, 10 different ProCharger-equipped racers notched a record total of 12 International racing and motorsports championships across a wide range of sanctioning bodies in both the U.S. and Canada. A total of eight different sanctioning bodies were represented in the 2009 record-setting year, along with HOT ROD magazine's Top Speed Challenge.
All of these racers will be recognized in ProCharger's Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show display via the "ProCharger Champions Banner", as well as various images and video clips of their racing success.
ProCharger's 2009 PRI display will feature the 2006 Pontiac GTO of ADRL (American Drag Racing League) racer, Ray Conover.Powered by a 400 cid small block Ford and equipped with the legendary ProCharger F-3R-135 supercharger, Conover's new combination is scheduled to make its competition debut at the season-opening ADRL race in Baytown, TX.
"Once again, our ProCharger-powered racers demonstrated the power and consistent on-track performance that is required to win a season-long championship," says Jim Summers, Motorsports Director at ProCharger. "Commitment to a championship run is a huge undertaking of time, resources and personal dedication. Obviously, they've consistently out-performed their competition and we are proud to be their power-adder of choice. As a company, we are continually amazed at the level of performance, professionalism and sportsmanship these champions represent, both on and off the track. Our ever-growing number of championships and record performances is a true testament to their use of ProCharger supercharger technology. Congratulations to each of them and their teams on their incredible accomplishments."
ProCharger Racing Facts
The 12 International Championship tally of 2009establishes a new record for ProCharger racers and comes on the heels of an industry-leading 10 Championships in 2008 and the 11 Championships scored by ProCharger racers in 2007.
More than 50 International Championships over the last six years have been won by ProCharger-equipped racers – far more than any other forced-air induction company.
In drag racing, the 80 quickest racers with centrifugal superchargers are ALL powered by ProCharger superchargers.
ProCharger is the ONLY centrifugal supercharger to make 2,000 horsepower on pump gas.
ProCharger is the ONLY centrifugal supercharger to make 3,000 horsepower on alcohol – nearly twice the power of the next closest centrifugal supercharger.
2009 NMCA Super Street Champion, Jim Blair
ProCharger Racing Support
ProCharger is not only proud of our racers, we're proud to provide more at-track race support than any other supercharger company. During 2009, the ProCharger Motorsports Team attended more than 20 events across the U.S., including multiple appearances at NMCA, NMRA, ADRL and other race events.
Be sure to check out the Racing Updates section of ProCharger.com for a month-by-month recap of the 2009 racing season.


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Церковь Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы — православный храм в селе Кучки Сергиево-Посадского городского округа Московской области. Относится к Сергиево-Посадской епархии Русской Православной Церкви.

История
Небольшая деревня Кучки на реке Корешовка впервые упоминается в письменных источниках в 1514 году. В то время здесь уже была деревянная церковь Покрова.
В 1681 году дворцовое наследство перешло к вдове львовского князя С. И. Львова, казнённой вместе с астраханским митрополитом Иосифом во время восстания Разина.

Писатели 1628 года говорят, что в Кучках находится деревянный храм Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы с престолом во имя святителя Алексия, митрополита Московского.

В 1714 году на средства львовской вотчины и прихожан был построен новый храм с такими же приделами. Новый хозяин села Кучки граф П. И. Толстой построил каменную церковь вместо деревянной.

В 1821 году начали расширять трапезу и строить каменную колокольню, которую освятили уже в 1853 году. В церкви три престола: в честь Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы, в тёплой трапезной во имя Святитель Алексий, митрополит Московский и в честь Смоленской иконы Божией Матери.

С 1873 года приходы церкви села Кучки, Покровское кладбище в Меленках и Церковь Благовещения на Дмитриевском кладбище в Дунницах (обе церкви были разрушены в советское время). Приход состоял из села Кучки, в котором было 107 душ ревизии, Дунницкое кладбище — 7 душ и села татар — 46, Неверово — 97, Окоёмово — 118, Устиново — 54, Самотовино — 54, Фролово — 21, Овчинниково −34, Кошелево. — 12, Высоково — 1, Дьяконово — 68, Никитское — 22, Фалисово — 61, Корешово — 32, Уварово — 1, Солнцово — 26, Судниково — 84, Кузьмино — 86, на приходских землях проживало 12 раскольников.

Всего в нём (приходе) было 946 ревизских душ.

В 1884 году в селе появился священник (помощник настоятеля) Алексей Ястребецев. В церковном доме, в своей квартире открыл приходскую школу. Он учил детей бесплатно. Алексей Иванович Ястребцев, сын священника, после окончания Владимирской духовной семинарии в 1862 году с аттестатом второго класса был домашним учителем для детей графа Михаила Владимировича Толстого.

Известно, что в 1709 году Иван Кириллов служил священником в Кучках, а его сын Фёдор Иванов — диаконом. При церкви была приходская школа.

После советского времени от храма остались только стены с полустёртыми фресками и купол.

Уже сегодня самоотверженные русские солдаты Иван и Юрий, пожелавшие, чтобы их имена оставались неизвестными, воздвигли крест на куполе.

В  в Покровской церкви проходят молебны и поминальные службы.

Духовенство
 Настоятель храма — священник Сергий Мошков.

Приделы
 Святого Алексия, митрополита Московского (2 июня, 25 февраля, 18 октября).

 Смоленской иконы Божией Матери (10 августа).

Примечания

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт
 Московская епархия
  Народный каталог православной архитектуры

Кучки
Кучки
Кучки

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testAIng Solutions (tai) Launched Globally
National Newsvoir Columnists
Uttar Pradesh, July 22 -- A passionate and innovative group of entrepreneurs - Viepul Kocher, Dr. Srinivas Padmanabhuni, Saurabh Bansal, Rakesh Sharma - from industry and academia got together to conceive, and create tai. Very briefly, tai means testing AI; and testing with AI;.
Mr. Viepul Kocher
On June 12, 2019, the founders announced the global launch of tai, which is the worlds first AI-focused testing services company. tai operates from India (NOIDA, Bangalore, and Jodhpur), Germany, and Canada.
On the occasion, Viepul Kocher, a parallel entrepreneur and tai Soul/Atma (?????) said, The trigger for starting tai was two-fold. One, was the lack of focus on testing AI products; while the other was the unfulfilled desire of most test professionals to use AI in traditional testing. He also added that going forward, AI will be a part of most products and unless we develop tools, techniques, and processes for testing AI, we wont be contributing to safe AI usage.
Dr. Srinivas Padmanabhuni
Dr. Srinivas Padmanabhuni, tai Intellect/Buddhi (??????), while expounding the academic approach said, tai combines the best of breed techniques from AI research, including metamorphic testing, generative models for testing, and adversarial testing.
AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a disruptive technology affecting various industries such as healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, call centers, energy mining, and Intellectual Property (IP). AI usage is also a disruptive strategy in testing services.
AI applications have already become a part of our everyday life and our dependence on them is increasing exponentially. Traditionally, a lot of resources are used in testing an application or product before its release. However, there is a distinct lack of focus on testing AI components in applications.
tai addresses this lacuna. Its investments in researching AI testing have created tai core competence - skilled AI test professionals, AI-based tools and IP. In essence, tai is an end-to-end one-stop destination for all testing-related solutions for AI applications, products, and components.
tai serves the needs of AI application and system developers by:
Using new AI research, its AI-based IP and tools to test AI systems, applications, and components.
Using AI to manage the entire Test Life Cycle. For example, using AI to devise end-to-end test strategy; using AI to optimize conventional testing; and using AI to automate tests.
Using AI to prepare and pre-process data for AI applications.
Very specifically, tai bouquet of service offerings includes:
Testing AI Apps
AI in Testing Automation
Data Wrangling Services
tai unique value proposition allows customers to build and release quality AI applications with an improved time to market and reduced cost of quality.
tai is already working with a few customers; the list includes: MoMAGIC Technologies, MyGate, KritiKal Solutions, and Mobilous.
Here is what two of our customers say:
Shreyans Daga, Co-founder Director of MyGate says, Thanks for your help in testing our mobile application. tai has been a great partner in helping us achieve our quality goals.
Dipinder Sekhon, Co-founder CEO, KritiKal Solutions says, tai transformed the way we looked at testing. In a short time, they have become more than a vendor; they have become our partner in delivering quality in our AI and non-AI products.
For more information, please visit:www.testAIng.com.
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We're excited to announce that Pints for Paws Lakeland Beer Fest, your favorite pet-friendly beer festival is BACK for its 7th year! We will have 2 stages ! Actual Bank Robbers and Ken Apperson will be performing. Attendees will enjoy sampling from over 100 different brands of beer, along with a free souvenir pilsner sample glass, live music, food trucks, interactive beer stations, entertainment and more. Leashed pets are welcome. Pints for Paws benefits the The Humane Society of Polk County, Inc. It will be held on Friday, January 18th from 7-10pm at the Lake Mirror Promenade in Downtown Lakeland. Must be 21 years and older to attend event.
Full access to event, unlimited sampling of a large variety beer and other fine beverages (Please drink responsibly), along with a free souvenir pilsner sample cup, live music, interactive beer stations, and entertainment.
Please! Yes! As long as your pet enjoys socializing with others and live music, leashed pets are welcome!
Is there an age limit and ID requirements to enter the event?
Yes. All Pints for Paws Lakeland Beer Fest attendees MUST BE 21 years and older to enter, even if they're Designated Drivers (DD's) and not drinking. A valid government ID (driver's license) is required for entry with NO exceptions.
Will Designated Driver (DD) tickets be available?
Designated Driver (DD) tickets are available. Everyone entering Pints for Paws on a DD ticket will not be served beer or permitted to drink any alcoholic beverages at the event. Any marked DD found to be drinking will be immediately ejected from the event. Water hydration stations will be placed for your enjoyment throughout the event.
If I enter on a Designated Driver (DD) ticket and change my mind, can I drink at Pints for Paws?
No, everyone entering Pints for Paws on a DD ticket will not be served beer or permitted to drink any alcoholic beverages at the event. Any marked DD found to be drinking will be immediately ejected from the event.
Can I bring my 18 year old son/daughter with me as a Designated Driver (DD)?
No. All guests entering must be 21 years and older with valid ID. Due to current alcohol laws and safety concerns, no minors will be allowed in, which includes newborns, infants, toddlers, kids, teens or any other variation of someone under 21 years of age.
Can I bring my baby/young child?
Children and infants are NOT permitted under any circumstances. We want to put the children's safety first. Since this event does involve the consumption of alcohol and large crowds, we feel it safest to not have children attend. Thank you for understanding this is an adult only event (21 years and older).
Will there be food available at Pints for Paws Lakeland Beer Fest?
Food will be available for purchase from the four food trucks that will be at the event.
Can I bring my own food and drink into the festival?
No. Unfortunately, outside food or drink are not permitted into the event.
I don't drink beer, will there be other alcoholic beverages included in my ticket?
Will there be a groupon ticket?
No. Only tickets will be on the ticket site and we will have a sell out.
Copyright © 2019 Pints for Paws Lakeland Beer Fest - All Rights Reserved.


Professionally sophisticated with a quiet twinge of spice is the Oswin. It features a row of micro gold studs that cap off a pointed toe, high cut vamp on a mid height stiletto heel. Comfortably transition for day to evening while maintaining a level of elegance.


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Bitcoin exchange is a brand-new system of cash for the web that services the idea of digital currency. It boots up the peer to peer payment system for people having no main authority. A new idea of crypto currency is utilized that was initially presented in 1998. Cryptography regulates the development and also purchases of electronic money. Bitcoin works through a software system and does not have any type of central managing authority so it is equally managed as well as regulated by its individuals around the world.
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The Omnipotent Kennedy Fade
Date(s): January 1, 1960 to November 1, 1963 Location: Washington DC Tag(s): Jackie Kennedy, Feminism, JFK, 1960s, White House Tour, History, art, fashion, Women, Image
On February 14, 1962, Jackie Kennedy gave her famous White House Tour on for CBS Television. Charles Collingwood of CBS guided the hour-long tour. Jackie represented a new, relaxed style of modernity and femininity. She demonstrated impressive knowledge of history by speaking about what events past presidents held in each room. In the Green Room Jackie noted, "this used to be the dining room, and...
Peter Parker and Lam Qua: Patients and Paint in China
Date(s): January 1, 1832 to December 31, 1888 Location: Canton, China Tag(s): art, Foreign Medicine, Lam Qua, Peter Parker, Missionary Work, China
A young Chinese girl poses in front of a boulder. She is dressed in all black with a tumor the size of a cantaloupe on the right side of her face. Her name is Akae, and she was one of Peter Parker's many patients during his mission to Canton, China in the 1830s. Parker, an American physician, would treat patients for little to no cost, but his main goal was not to cure their bodies. He wanted to...
The Man Who Memorialized the Prominent South
Date(s): 1830 to 1836 Location: RICHLAND, South Carolina Tag(s): South Carolina, art
From time immemorial, the term "in-law" has struck feelings of fear and anxiety in the hearts of men and women alike. For William Harrison Scarborough, however, in-laws were the source of his livelihood, career, and the connections that catapulted him to the forefront of South Carolinian culture in the nineteenth century. Scarborough was a portraitist who came to South Carolina under the advice...
The Tampa Museum of Art and it's History
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The Tampa Museum of Art reveals the history and diversity of works by black artists. There are many pieces of work that date all the way back to the 1850s. While there are primarily African American artists in the museum there are also White artists. The museum includes major artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, and Henry O. Tanner. Though many of the dates are approximate on...


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I love that acronym. It is so true when starting online.
This is a major problem I had for a long time. My focus was scattered all over the place trying to make 10 things work all at once.
This is a recipe for sure-fire disaster.
For me it's now ONE strategy which I will be hammering until it becomes successful. Then rinse and repeat.
So you're probably now wondering what this strategy is? You are? Good.
Creating a squeeze page offering the free report in exchange for someone's name and email address.
Driving traffic via Facebook ads.
Email good quality products and services to my list.
That's pretty much it. Nothing revolutionary. I'm not going to win any innovation awards but do you know what, it works.
Which to me is the most important. There are so many different 'money making' opportunities being thrown at us daily that you can sometimes not know which way to look.
Also, everyone is always banging on about 'the money is in the list' which I have discovered isn't 100% true.
Some even say 'the money is in the relationship you have with your list'.
Again this also isn't 100% true.
Do you need a list? Yes. Should you have a good relationship with your list.Yes of course.
But it's also how you market to your list.
You need to set precedence from the moment someone joins your list that you are going to be selling to them.
If you don't and all you send out is free information all the time, when you finally try and recommend an affiliate promotion your list will resent you for it. You need to train your list to buy through your recommendations.
If this is something that you would like to learn in more detail or you just want to say 'hey' then feel free to leave me a comment below.
You hit the nail on the head there, Dan. That's exactly it.
They're on your list for a reason – they opted in/they wanted to to be there. I think most people who've been online a while are wising up to what it is that they're getting (in one sense that it's not as much of a surprise or such a big deal as it was a few years ago; in another that it's not so easy because of it) and, for the ones that don't, if they're not a match, then an unsubscribe is only a few inches and a click away. As one famous marketer said, it's a 2-way thing to be on my list: I have to want you there and you have to want to be there (paraphrased, of course).
I agree on the focus as well – one thing at a time [would be a dream]!


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Colombia's Radamel Falcao perseveres for God, will finally compete in his first World Cup
By Sports Spectrum Jun 18, 2018
Radamel Falcao (Getty Images)
Born into a family of talented athletes, named after a football legend, Colombian striker Radamel Falcao has gained an elite reputation for himself within the world of sport. Falcao is currently the captain and top scorer for both the Colombian national team and his AS Monaco club team. The 32-year-old makes his long-awaited World Cup debut Tuesday, when Colombia faces Japan in its first match of the 2018 World Cup.
Though he has become known as one of the world's top football competitors, Falcao is quick to admit that his satisfaction does not rest in his athletic performance alone.
"We can have everything but if we're not satisfied spiritually, then it's as if we had nothing and we feel empty," Falcao said. "With Jesus Christ, we can be assured that He will never leave us. He'll always be there. This is something that I have experienced in my own life through His faithfulness and love and through Him showing me that He paid a price for our lives, which was that of His Son, Jesus."
Having grown up going to church with his family, Falcao made a decision to place his trust in God at an early age. Falcao says it was at this turning point that his desires and outlook on his own career changed.
"I understood that He has a plan, which I simply needed to obey because He would go on to fulfill the promises that He had made for my life," he said. "Players and fans alike enjoy a special moment in football, which is triggered by a goal. I feel truly blessed to have the opportunity to do this."
He has this opportunity often. His recent 30 goals led AS Monaco, and his 29 goals for Colombia are tops among the team's active roster.
Falcao began his youth football career at age 15, and in his first year he was labeled "El Tigre" (The Tiger) after a particularly intense game. This is only one of the many nicknames he holds to this day, "King of the Europa League" being another.
Overcoming many obstacles in his career as a professional athlete — including major knee injuries twice — Falcao has persevered and drawn strength from the Bible.
"It's a manual full of teaching about what God put in place so that we could live vigilantly and be blessed here on earth," he said. "God is always there to help me. I don't think there is any situation that can't be overcome, however testing it may be."
Falcao began his professional career on home turf in Colombia before moving to Argentina, then to Portugal, where he won his first European title with FC Porto.
"I believe that God used this time for my growth," Falcao said. "As a professional player, I was able to learn a great deal."
Falcao once scored 17 goals in 14 games for Porto, setting a new record in the UEFA Europa League for goals scored in a single season. "El Tigre" puts his best foot forward for every competition, entering each game and practice with a prayerful heart.
"I pray for God to take control and as I am part of a team, a workforce made up of many players," he said. "I also pray for them, for God to look after us, protect us from injuries and other problems. … I try to put all the different areas that make up my life into God's hands."
Eager to play in his first World Cup, Falcao saw his childhood dream of competing in the event unfolding — until a serious knee injury ruled him out. Now, four years later, the opportunity to compete in the world's biggest football competition has once again resurfaced. When Colombia qualified for this World Cup, no one was more emotional than Falcao, who has been working toward this goal for so long.
But his aim for making a lasting impact is not limited to his participation on the field, he applies this to his everyday life.
"God knows the dream of my heart, of being able to play and leave a lasting impact for the future," he said. "I would like others to see what God can do in the life of a man who has accepted Jesus Christ into his heart. I want others to see the power of God at work in my life and recognize that this is possible for them too."
Apart from his life on the football field, Falcao is a devoted husband and father of two daughters. In his own home, Falcao aims to love his family and put their needs before his own.
"I think it's similar to the love that God has for us, loving us just as we are, He created us and wants to be in relationship with us. He expects nothing in return," Falcao said.
Falcao's family has been behind him every step of the way in his football career. Falcao married the Argentinean singer, Lorelei Taron. This young couple seeks to use both of their professional platforms to share their faith in Christ.
"My wife and I share the same principles of wanting to love, obey and please God," Falcao said. "This means that we can grow together and walk towards the same goal rather than different ones, which is to please God in all that we do."
Falcao is passionate about sharing his love for the game and love for God with others. Using the international platform of the world's favorite sport, he continues to impact athletes and fans with his positive outlook on life.
"We have the opportunity to make a difference and show others what Christ has done in our lives," Falcao said, "which He no doubt wants to do in the lives of others."
— Alberto Rodriguez follows Christ as he leads Peru to first World Cup since 1982
— Russia's Alexander Samedov relies on faith as he leads host nation into 2018 World Cup
— 2018 FIFA World Cup preview: A look at each of the 32 teams
Colombia,
Radamel Falcao,
Eddie Nketiah puts trust in God while playing key role in Arsenal's Premier League chase
Pastor, former pro soccer player Jesse Bradley using World Cup to share Gospel
French World Cup star Olivier Giroud tries 'to speak about my faith whenever I can'
Dansby Swanson, Mallory Pugh get married, aim to impact 'God's Kingdom together'


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More cops 'not the answer' to combating crime
The country needs fewer, better paid police officers to fight crime effectively, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has said.
Swelling police numbers over the past few years was not necessarily having the desired impact, ISS crime and justice programme head Gareth Newham told Parliament's portfolio committee on police today.
"We are not of the view that the reduction of police numbers over the next few years is a bad thing because you really do want to have fewer, better paid, more professional police officers than much larger numbers of people you can't control."
Newham was briefing MPs on the SA Police Service yearly report.
He said the massive hiring approach in SAPS since 2002 was as a result of communities wanting to see more visible policing.
"There's a lot of political pressure to do this [hiring] and that's not unusual in countries experiencing high crime rates."
Newham said there were various problems that stemmed from creating so many new posts.
"You [are] recruiting around 19 000 people a year and it means the ability to vet those people, to select the right ones, weakens ..."
He said the increase in the number of shift commanders did not lead to better management.
"The less of that command control you have, the less professional ethos, and it's easier for people to get corrupt and do things for their own gains."
This created perceptions that police were generally corrupt and officers could not be trusted, Newham said.
"For every one police officer that is corrupt it creates a bad impression among 100 civilians."
He said studies were needed into why, despite bad pay and working conditions, some officers remained true to the profession.
"I'm more amazed at how many police officers are not corrupt given the conditions they work under and how easy it is to be corrupt, but they're not."
Newham said stamping out corruption had to start at the top and the SAPS needed a no-nonsense approach when it came to holding their most senior officials accountable.
"When police look up and they're looking for guidance and they see people misleading commissions of inquiry or whatever, and no action is taken against them?... that sends out a very strong message that it's not about how professional you are, it's about who you know and how connected you are?..."
This led to a police culture where people protected each other, refused to take action against their corrupt colleagues, and bent the rules.
Newham said in the end it was about telling police they were doing a crucial job, paying them well, and reminding them that they were professionals.
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The Story: An angry investor who relied on a TV show's stock tips and lost everything takes the show and its host hostage. The Lowdown: Often witty, frequently exciting, but neither as modern nor as important as it seems to think it is. Viewed as entertainment, however, it's worth a look.
Clooney plays Lee Gates (a thinly veiled version of CNBC's Jim Cramer, host of "Mad Money"), an egotistical, loudmouthed, crude, even vaguely abusive host of an investment advice show called "Money Monster." Gates is — at least as he's introduced to us — hardly a likable character, but because he's played by George Clooney, he kind of is. (And, of course, we know ultimately he will be likable). Functioning as his conscience (sort of) is his producer Patty Fenn (Roberts). (The conscience aspect is pretty pronounced, since most of their interactions consist of her giving him instructions through an earpiece. Rarely have co-stars shared so little screentime.) She's also capable of keeping him together, cynical enough to know this reality-show flim-flam isn't journalism and is cool in a crisis. That last is important, as the central story is about Kyle Budwell (Jack O'Connell doing his British best to sound like some form of New Yorker), a young man with a grudge against Gates.
Following Gates' dubious advice about the safety of investing in Ibis Clear Capital, Kyle has dumped his entire inheritance ($60,000) into the stock. Unfortunately, Ibis inexplicably crashes to almost worthlessness (the corporate answer is a "computer glitch"). Its owner (Dominic West) has mysteriously disappeared, leaving his assistant Diane Lester (Caitriona Balfe) to come up with some kind of answer. At the top of the list of those wanting an answer is Kyle, who takes Gates hostage on live TV, straps a bomb to him and starts making demands for that answer. It's a terrific premise, but since it's also hampered by all manner of limitations, the film quickly becomes a search for that answer — something that will change the direction of the story.
What happens next belongs to the movie (the various angles are part of the entertainment), but it's fair to say that it gets increasingly hard to believe while still being fairly tasty. The aspect of the movie being more or less in real time possibly adds to the tension, but the picture itself doesn't stress this point. There are certainly problems, including a glibness to the ending that fails to worry too much about the consequences. I understand how and why that happens. The film wants to send the viewer home with a sense of comfort, but in itself there's something a little cynical about this. Best bet? Don't think about it too much. Rated R for language throughout, some sexuality and brief violence.


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By Tom Bangay on	 January 2, 2017 Film
As quickly as they were gone, Christmas commercial tentpoles Harry Potter and Rings/Hobbit were replaced, first by young adult pretenders – the Twilight and Hunger Games series – and now, properly and comprehensively, by the return of Star Wars. Now here is a franchise that knows how to sell toys. And so a year almost to the day after The Force Awakens, here we are with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. This one is about the fabled 'good people who died' obtaining the plans for the Death Star, which set in motion the Rebel Alliance's offensive in Episode IV: A New Hope.
Gareth Edwards, of Godzilla reboot fame, takes the director's chair for this one; the rebels are your archetypal motley crew. Felicity Jones leads as Jyn Erso, daughter of reluctant Death Star designer Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen); Diego Luna joins as her as whatever-it-takes rebel captain Cassian Andor, with Imperial defector Bodhi (Riz Ahmed), blind force-ninja Chirrut (Donnie Yen), his muscle Baze (Jiang Wen) and sardonic droid K-2SO (Alan Tudyk). Chief villain duties lie with Ben Mendelsohn as Orson Krennic, fighting for favour and power with the original trilogy's Tarkin (played by a combination of Guy Henry, and Peter Cushing's digitally reproduced likeness). Forest Whitaker limps around as crazed clone war veteran Saw Guerrera, too extreme for the brotherly love of the Rebel Alliance.
Is it good? Yes. No. It's fine. A plucky young hero is found in an unlikely place, brought into the fold with a group of lovable rogues and they conspire to beat the odds and defeat the evil empire. In that regard it's pretty much the same as The Force Awakens, and indeed the original trilogy. Villains are dastardly (and entirely posh British, with the exception of Ben Mendelsohn who decides to stick with Aussie), heroes dash around desert planets trying to outrun giant lasers. The slight difference is that this one put the Wars into Star Wars to a greater extent, with plenty of action and hundreds upon hundreds of on-screen deaths.
I couldn't really point to anyone giving a particularly bad performance – Donnie Yen was great and deserved more screen time; the rebooted series is now two for two with strong female leads; some of the action is superb; Michael Giacchino riffs pleasantly on John Williams' original musical themes. The problem for me is the point at which slavishly tipping your hat to the series transitions into simply retreading it.
The entire Star Wars series in cinema – 8 films – has now been about either the Death Star or the Skywalker family drama, or both. There's a big planet killer weapon, and a bunch of unlikely swashbucklers have to stop it. A $200m film shouldn't be high-end fan fiction: would Vader really pun about someone 'choking on their aspirations' while he force-gripped him? Would he live in a fishtank in Mordor? Is the Death Star really all there is? Why is no character half as interesting as Adam Driver's Kylo Ren? Hail Caesar's Alden Ehrenreich is slated to star as a young Han Solo in the next Star Wars anthology film in 2018, which I'm praying at least attempts to depart from the Skywalker/Death Star template. Would that it were so simple.
This has been a bit downbeat and I should emphasise that it's by no means terrible. You will have fun. You will feel nostalgic. You'll absolutely love the final Vader scene in the film, which makes full use of how far action direction and visual effects have come since 1983. And as we know that a lot of good people died stealing these plans, the film is free to deliver the emotional punches that have to be pulled elsewhere in the franchise. But although this is a brand new story, I don't know that you'll find much originality here.
Rogue One is currently showing at cinemas across the UK.
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