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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moscow is disappointed by Washington's decision to reimpose sanctions against Tehran and strongly condemns any unilateral restrictions bypassing the UN Security Council decisions and affecting the interests of third countries, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
"We are deeply disappointed by the steps taken by the United States to reimpose its national sanctions against Iran … We condemn any unilateral sanctions bypassing the decisions of the UN Security Council, especially when they are of extraterritorial nature and affect the interests of third countries, as in the case of the latest US restrictions against Iran," the ministry's statement read.
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The ministry stressed that the imposition of the first "wave" of US sanctions on Iran sought to disrupt the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal, following Washington's unilateral withdrawal from the agreement in May.
"This is a vivid example of Washington's continued practice of violating the UN Security Council Resolution 2231, trampling of the international law," the statement noted.
On Monday night, the first wave of US sanctions targeting Iran's acquisition of dollar bank notes, trade in gold and other metals, transactions related to the Iranian rial, and purchases of commercial passenger aircraft entered into force.
In May, Trump announced that the United States would be pulling out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal, signed in 2015 in Vienna by Iran, the European Union, China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany.
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Beyond Principles and Parameters
Essays in Memory of Osvaldo Jaeggli
Editors: Johnson, Kyle, Roberts, I.G. (Eds.)
Kyle Johnson University of Massachusetts at Amherst Ian Roberts University of Stuttgart An important chapter in the history of syntactic theory opened as the 70's reached their close. The revolution that Chomsky had brought to linguistics had to this point engendered theories which remained within the grip of the philologists' construction-based vision. Their image of language as a catalogue of independent constructions served as the backdrop against which much of transformational grammar's detailed exploration evolved. In a sense, the highly successful pursuit of th phonology and morphology in the 19 century as compared to the absence of similar results in syntax (beyond observations such as Wackemagel's Law, etc. ) attests to this: just noting that, for example, French relative clauses allow subject-postposing but not preposition-stranding while English relatives do not allow the former but do allow the latter does not take us far beyond a simple record of the facts. Prior to this point, th syntactic theory had not progressed beyond the 19 century situation. But as the 80's approached, this image began to give way to a different one: grammar as a puzzle of interlocking "modules," each made up of syntactic principles which cross-cut the philologist's constructions. More and more, "constructions" decomposed into the epiphenomenal interplay of encapsulated mini-theories: X Theory, Binding Theory, Bounding Theory, Case Theory, Theta Theory, and so on. Syntactic analyses became reoriented toward the twin goals of identifying the content of these modules and deconstructing into them the descriptive results of early transformational grammar.
Johnson, Kyle (et al.)
Clitic-Doubled Arguments
Aoun, Joseph
Deconstructing the Construct
Borer, Hagit
The Internal and External Distribution of Pronominal DPs
Koopman, Hilda
Spanish Passivized Datives: The Relevance of Misanalysis
Montalbetti, Mario
The Selection Properties of Aspectual Verbs
Rochette, Anne
Subject Predication within IP and DP
Saito, Mamoru (et al.)
Subject Clitics in French and Romance Complex Inversion and Clitic Doubling
Sportiche, Dominique
Word Order in Spanish and the Nature of Nominative Case
Zubizarreta, Maria Luisa
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Hanbok Reinterpretations On K-Pop Artists Are Making International Fans Go Gaga
Published May 10, 2021 Updated May 10, 20210 by Jinju Jeon
Any international fan of Joseon-era Sageuk K-Dramas is familiar with what a "Hanbok" is! These beautiful and ethereal garments worn by both men and women alike back in the late-Joseon era, of course, need no introduction to native South Koreans considering it is the national attire.
Up until recently, hanboks only saw the light of day as bridal attires for traditional Korean weddings or as costume pieces. Today, however, hanboks are witnessing a revival in popularity thanks to the Hallyu wave, albeit with a modern reinterpretation.
So what really led to this renewed interest, and does BTS have a role to play as always? Before we get to that, let's learn a little more about the traditional hanboks and their modern counterparts.
What Is A Hanbok?
The hanbok is the traditional attire of South Korea, historically worn by men, women, and children.
There are slight differences in the layers or the silhouette between the hanboks meant for men and women. The most noticeable difference can be boiled down to the baji (trousers) and chima (skirt) for men and women, respectively. The upper garment is a jacket tied across the front called jeogori, typical waist-length for women and longer for men.
A fashion show introducing the wedding dresses of the bride and bridegroom (Courtesy of Park Sul-nyeo Hanbok)
The hanbok is also worn in North Korea but is known there as "choson-ot."
Check out: South Korea Travel Guide – An Introduction to South Korea's Traditional Dress: Hanbok
Hanbok Through The Ages
The standardized variant of the hanbok came to be some time around the late-Joseon era. If you go back in time, you'd find "proto" hanboks emerging way back in the Three Kingdom Period amongst the natives of the Northern Korean region and erstwhile Manchuria.
Both men and women wore hanboks, obviously with some distinction in the silhouette owing to functionality. The aristocracy, nobles, wealthy merchants, common folk, and peasants alike wore the hanbok, but there were vast differences in the quality of the textile, lavishness of the embroidery, and so on to distinguish between the classes. Ceremonial hanboks or those reserved for special occasions were significantly more elaborate than those meant for daily wear.
After Korea came under Japanese rule, hanboks slowly faded out of fashion and paved the way for more Westernized attire.
Renewed Interest In The Hanbok
Owing to the global interest in South Korean culture today, the country's youth are also rediscovering their cultural heritage. Hanboks are back in fashion but "modernized" to offer practicality and suit the aesthetic fusion of the East and the West. This modern reinterpretation is reflected in every aspect of the garment- from the silhouette and choice of textile to the color palettes and embroidery.
Leading Hanbok designer Lee Young-hee presents modern interpretations of traditional designs in a Hanbok fashion show to celebrate the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS)'s 40-year anniversary on Dec. 19, 2011 (Image: Republic of Korea)
While the re-popularization of the hanbok has been championed by the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Cultural Heritage Administration, the reinterpretation and modernization of the hanbok sees South Korean fashion houses and K-pop groups at the helm.
Hallyu And The Hanbok
ARMY, this is probably the part you have been waiting for – BTS and hanboks. Yes, BTS actually played a huge role in popularising the hanbok reinterpretations globally and definitely created a broader market for the garment. This, in turn, has inspired more and more Korean fashion houses to hop onto the hanbok bandwagon.
The 2018 Melon Music Awards saw BTS perform IDOL, an iconic performance lauded by fans and critics alike. BTS performed their notoriously complex choreography, a spin on Korea's traditional fan and drum dance, while attired in designer Hwang Leesle's reinterpretations of the hanbok.
Hwang Leesle, the head of fashion house Leesle, is known for her contemporary reinterpretations of traditional hanboks, blending the traditional essence of the garment with the aesthetic and practical preferences of the modern consumer. Her brand's philosophy? "Giving happiness to people wearing hanbok."
BTS Jimin wearing Leesle's hanbok during 2018 Melon Music Awards
The house of Leesle is best known for their collaboration with BTS' Jimin, who was reportedly extremely comfortable during the performance thanks to the drop crotch and roomy thighs of the hanbok trousers, as well as with KARD, the hugely popular four-member co-ed K-pop group. The KARD collaboration was especially fruitful as the band members were involved in the design process. The end product? Four stunning contemporary hanboks to symbolize the King, Queen, Jack, and Ace of a deck of cards. The theme color picked for the collaboration was red, drawing from KARD's 2020 EP Red Moon.
Leslie x KARD hanbok collaboration
Another significant hanbok moment for BTS was the weeklong performance series for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at Gyeongbokgung Palace in September '21. Their performance of IDOL for the show amassed over 100,000 international views in no time! Apart from the stunning choreography and visuals of the band, the highlight was the hanbok-inspired suits designed by Kim Rieul of the brand Rieul for BTS' Suga and J-Hope.
Tchai Kim's hanbok-inspired dress for Chungha featured in the December '21 issue of Vogue Korea and was inspired by the Namsadang (wandering musical acrobatics performers) costumes.
Kim Danha, from the House of Danha, designed colorful floral hanbok dresses for the group Oh My Girl, which they wore while performing their 2020 hit, Nonstop, at the 35th Golden Disc Awards.
K-Pop x Hanbok
K-pop has definitely provided the most significant impetus to fashion designers coming up with innovative contemporary hanbok designs. Korean pop groups BTS, KARD, Chungha, Momoland, Zico, Ateez, Oh My Girl, and Golden Child have all worn fusion hanboks at some point, whether for CFs, music videos, or on stage. These include the 25 outfits created over time by Korean brands Leesle, C-Zann E, Hyeon, Guiroe, Rieul, Tchai Kim, and Danha. These outfits are now displayed at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) at the heart of Seoul as part of theK-pop X Hanbok exhibition. Owing to COVID restrictions, 50 pre-booked spots are permissible per hour, but the tickets are free of charge.
The exhibition is a product of the collaboration between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Hanbok Advancement Center on the occasion of the Hanbok Culture Week of Spring 2021 that took place in mid-April. The aim of this event was to pick ten hanbok designers who would receive funding from the ministry and have an opportunity to collaborate with K-pop artists and create innovative work to further the popularity of hanboks.
Hanbok Reinterpretations And The Public Gaze
Back in the early days of Hanbok reinterpretations, the concept definitely met with significant backlash. Conservatives dismissed the contemporization of hanboks as a dilution of Korean cultural heritage and frowned upon the designs as lacking taste. Tchai Kim and Hwang Leesle have both faced significant criticism in their rookie days. They had to work for years and collaborate with multiple Hallyu artists before they could earn credibility in the public eye.
Today, however, things are vastly different, and the international audience is going gaga over the exotic yet modern Hanbok-inspired outfits on their favorite Hallyu artists. It is safe to say that hanbok reinterpretations are riding high on the Hallyu wave today.
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MHWmagazine December 3, 2021	Appointments, Lifting Equipment
Kat Moss succeeds Richard Money as Chair of The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) in January 2022, with Oliver Auston taking on her previous role of Vice Chair.
Kat Moss takes over as Chair of LEEA in January 2022 having been a member of the Board for almost six years. Paying tribute to Richard Money, who ends a tenure as LEEA Chair that has spanned an unprecedented period, Kat says: "I would like to thank Richard for being a tremendous source of support and good sense to LEEA, particularly during this most difficult of periods of the pandemic."
Starting with Catena Inspection and Engineering Services, where she is now Business Development & QA Manager, on a week's hire in administration back in 2010, Kat found she had an understanding for the field that led her to get more involved. A customer query about CE-marking led to Kat getting in touch with a LEEA representative, who invited her to a technical meeting. Six months later she joined the committee, which eventually resulted in being elected to the Board of LEEA – and in January 2020 becoming Vice Chair. Now as Chair, Kat cites technology and a general modern approach to operations as key principles to promote.
"Covid has made us do things in different ways and has, to a certain extent, brought forward LEEA's digitalisation plans," she says. "We need to ensure this continues. We have transitioned from the traditional face-to face, in-person meetings to new forms of communication. Those who may have questioned 'doing a Zoom meeting' prior to the pandemic are so much more open to the possibilities offered by the technology, to the point where in person meetings now need to be justified.
"For example LEEA recently held its technical forum, which might previously have been held in the Birmingham area, where attendees would generally be from the UK. Holding this event online however made it easier for a broader, more international audience to access the forum. By keeping members around the world engaged in this way, technology helps LEEA enhance its global management through making meetings and forums more inclusive for everybody."
Digitalisation is also spreading into LEEA's courses and audits. This means rebuilding courses into more interactive ways of learning and adapting the audit process to make it more digital. "We have lots of individual projects for which I've been at the start of the ideas process. I want to focus on their delivery and keep them on track for the next 2-years."
While Covid has undoubtedly been the biggest trend for members globally, UK members have also been contending with Brexit. "They need LEEA's support in terms of explaining how relevant standards are being changed and tweeked. The Association's technical team has put a great deal of effort into ensuring they are visible and accessible to members and are looking at these issues with a LEEA and UK perspective. I am pleased that LEEA has been active in taking measures to tackle issues created by both Covid and Brexit."
Kat has been the driving force behind the Lifting Equipment Technician apprenticeship. "It has been a slow and painful process but for us it is a vital measure to safeguard our industry's sustainability – and the industry is chomping at the bit to get started."
Both companies and recruits will benefit from an apprenticeship. "Becoming involved in Lifting is more about the person. A student doing an engineering course in University will not learn how to inspect in lifting equipment. It is those leaving school with some good observational skills and a hands on attitude that we want to be aiming at in terms of recruiting the next generation, who can be tailored for an industry that is unfortunately too often overlooked but is nevertheless massive."
Going into an apprenticeship will result in acquiring more than one skillset, allowing a person to pursue career tangents such as management or crane design. "People learn in different ways and University will not suit everybody. Part of what is offered with the apprenticeship is that it is not just knowledge for inspecting lifting equipment. That knowledge can also be used if the person goes into another strand of the sector, such as sales of lifting equipment, where they will have gained a professional understanding of what they are talking about."
Recruitment is one of those challenges Lifting shares with other sectors and every company in every territory wants solutions, so the experience with the Apprenticeship in England can inform similar programmes in other territories. "The standard once it is written dictates what you should know and how you should get that knowledge. The only reason it is an England apprenticeship at the moment is that this is where the funding is set up. Once this is in place they can look to run a programme in Scotland, for example, and we are pleased that Australia is looking at developing an apprenticeship scheme."
This is a priority for LEEA's recently established Regional Council in Australia and New Zealand, part of LEEA's strategy to be come more global through devolved management. "The Regional Council has taken off well with positive feedback, so we have seen the model work. They are getting more say in what they do – and it makes sense for a global organisation to devolve power rather than dictate what everybody should be doing from the UK."
Kat concludes: "This is an exciting time for the Association, which is in good health and, having taken some significant steps towards its modernisation, has a clear direction. I look forward to seeing this momentum continue with the help of my fellow board members and the hard work of the LEEA Team. If you think there is something we should be doing that we are not currently, please get in touch. We have always been willing to listen to feedback."
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Joyce is a dermatology resident at New York University and you can follow her journey at her blog, Tea with MD, and her Instagram.
A: Ever since I was a little girl I was interested in medicine. It wasn't so much the science that drew me to the field but rather the relationships I developed with physicians being in and out of the hospital when I was younger. My brother was sick a lot and required several surgeries, and I experienced even at a young age how much doctors affected my family. I wanted to be able to heal others one day and actually positively impact others' lives. Looking back at that now, I think I was quite naive in how I thought about medicine, but the basic principle of what keeps me in medicine is the same. When I feel burnt out by the hours or overwhelmed by the sheer amount of knowledge I need to memorize, whenever I even slightly entertain the thought of giving up, I think about my patients and how much I can truly make a difference in their lives. I'm now a dermatology resident and what people don't realize is that we see many diseases with significant morbidity. I have patients who are so debilitated by their skin disease that they cannot work, cannot have healthy functioning relationships, and cannot live out their usual lives. I think of these people whom I can help, and that keeps me going through any hard days.
Q: What has been the most emotionally difficult aspect of your medical career thus far? How did you cope?
A: In general, dealing with patient deaths and emotional family meetings have been the hardest for me. I don't experience so much of that anymore in dermatology, but during medical school and intern year I found it emotionally draining to witness and be a part of patients' journeys towards death. I wrote about my experience in a blogpost here in which I explain how physicians are expected to be stoic and move on briskly from patient to patient, but I struggled with keeping up that facade in several instances. I think it took a while before I realized I needed time to reflect on each case and allow myself space to feel all the emotions I thought we weren't supposed to have.
A: This may sound odd but I wish I could have taken a wider range of classes! Stanford University was known for computer science, and having grown up in the heart of Silicon Valley with my father working in start ups, I had thought of exploring CS but didn't because the premed track took up so much time. In retrospect, I wish I had explored other fields like CS or business just to gain other skills in life. I also strongly advocate for trying out different fields because it's easy to get "stuck" in the premed track. Becoming a doctor is a long and very difficult time consuming path, so it's best to be 100% sure you want to do it before you jump in.
Q: Why did you choose to pursue dermatology as your career?
A: Now that I'm almost half a year into my dermatology residency, I can honestly say that I love and appreciate the field more and more daily. Dermatology is so interesting to me; it is such a visual field where you can instantly see all the pathology and tell if it's getting better with treatment. If you don't know what something is, you can biopsy it and then get an answer by looking under the microscope. I love that there's so much intersection between dermatology and internal medicine, which is another field I found so interesting. A large number of serious skin diseases are associated with systemic disease, so there is a lot of underlying medicine to think about. We use interesting and cutting edge medicines like biologics to treat severe cases of debilitating skin disease like total body recalcitrant psoriasis or cutaneous lupus. Just today we started someone on Apremilast which until then I had only read about in trials. It is a rapidly changing field that I feel excited and honored to be a part of.
You can read about Joyce's path to dermatology here.
Q: If you could give one piece of advice to a medical student what would that be?
A: Choose your field wisely, thinking not just with the mind of a 26 year old but think longer term. I struggled for months to pick the right field and didn't even do my first dermatology rotation until June before I applied in September. It is so hard to know what you'd want to do for the rest of your life. One way I thought about this was to find a mentor that I really looked up to and could see myself becoming. This means looking at not just your mentor's career but also work-life balance. I wrote a blogpost about this issue here, which has a few other tips about how to choose your medical specialty. In the end, it all works out, and even if you unfortunately get into a field that you find you absolutely detest, you can still try to find a way to switch.
Thanks so much for stopping by our corner of the internet. We're so grateful you shared your journey with us and we wish you the best!


Hypnotherapy is a very effective psychotherapeutic tool which uses the power of positive suggestion to bring about subconscious changes to our thoughts, feelings and behaviours in a relaxed and positive environment. Using the power of trance, a very natural and common state similar to daydreaming, hypnotherapy can help you make significant changes in your life in a relatively short period of time.
As the name suggests, this type of therapy focuses on the future and finding solutions to enable you to move forward in a calm and confident way. It is very positive in that it helps you to make the changes you want to see in your life without any need to dwell on past difficulties or unhappiness.
During the Initial Consultation, we will discuss what you want to change and I will collect important information from you to enable me to tailor the subsequent therapy to your needs. I will also, very importantly, explain how the brain works, why issues arise in the way that they do and how we will work together to help you achieve your goals in life. There is no hypnosis during this initial session but I will give you a relaxation CD to listen to at home which will help us make progress more quickly.
During subsequent sessions we will spend some time talking carefully about your progress and what changes you still wish to make before getting you on the couch where you will spend approximately 30 minutes in a relaxed state of hypnosis. During hypnosis, your state of relaxation will allow us to access the subconscious mind which helps to make the changes you want to see happen in a positive and calm way.
Smoking Cessation is a single 2 hour session during which we will spend approximately half the time in discussion and half in hypnosis.
Trance is a very natural state which we all drift in and out of several times a day and is very similar to daydreaming. For this reason anyone can by hypnotised - if they want to be.
I can take payment by cash, cheque or card.
Yes, absolutely. You may feel very relaxed but you will be perfectly alert and safe to drive.
Will I stay in control?
Yes – you will always be completely in control. During hypnosis your mind may wander and your awareness of your surroundings may vary but you will always remain in total control.
It is impossible to use hypnosis to get someone to do anything that is against their own personal, moral or ethical code.
The number of sessions needed will vary from person to person but, as a general guideline, treatment of depression or anxiety may require approximately 8–10 sessions, treatment of phobias would usually require 3 sessions, and smoking cessation is one single session.
All information disclosed is confidential and held within the laws of the Data Protection Act and I abide by the regulations set out within the ethics framework of both the Association for Solution Focused Hypnotherapy and the National Council for Hypnotherapy.
If I feel a client is either a danger to themselves or others, I may be obliged to inform an outside agency, eg. a GP, but would, wherever possible, discuss this with you first.
Yes. Children and teenagers can benefit from hypnotherapy in the same way as adults. I generally find that those over the age of 8 respond best to treatment.


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Covid-19: the Breton variant, a strain with many unknowns
by admin	| Posted on March 17, 2021
The first French variant " under surveillance " is Breton. The health authorities have confirmed that the same mutation of SARS-CoV-2 had been found in eight patients who died at Lannion hospital, in a cluster of 79 cases identified since February in the Côtes-d hospital. 'Armor.
→ THE FACTS. Detection of a Breton variant of Covid-19
Any "Causality" between this variant and deaths is currently "Established", repeated on March 16 Stéphane Mulliez, director of the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Bretagne, describing people "Old enough" suffering from "Significant comorbid factors". But the specificities of this new strain require investigations.
Its peculiarity is firstly its low detectability by nasopharyngeal examinations. Seven of its first eight carriers were negative on the classic PCR test. The doubts of health workers about their "Typical symptoms of Covid-19" then new samples, serological or deeper respiratory, confirmed the presence of SARS-CoV-2, in an unprecedented form revealed by sequencing.
"The first variant to defeat the PCR test"
"This variant would be the first in the world to defeat the test most used to diagnose Covid-19", describes Pierre Tattevin, head of the infectious diseases department at Rennes University Hospital. A "Originality" which prevents, as it stands, to conclude on its lethality from the only deaths observed. "Mild cases risk being invisible by negative PCR tests if they are not followed by deep samples from the lungs ", explains the infectious disease specialist.
The reasons for the resistance of the variant to the swab are only hypotheses today. Virologist at Rennes University Hospital and among the first to have sequenced it, alongside the National Reference Center (CNR) Pasteur, Vincent Thibault notes that"It is found in any case very little in the upper airways" : "Either the virus descends more quickly at the pulmonary level. Either it replicates very little in the upper airways and only becomes pathogenic once it has arrived in the bronchi, where it is detected. "
Contagiousness, severity, possible immune escape of the variant, which would make it resistant to vaccination or to a first infection: faced with all these unknowns, the health authorities have ordered several "Investigations".
A less contagious mutation?
In Côtes-d'Armor and Finistère, the Directorate General for Health (DGS) has revised its "Definition" cases "Possible" and "Probable" infection with Covid-19 to encourage in-depth diagnoses at the slightest suspicion and increase sequencing. "We will do nasopharyngeal tests and, when possible, look for the virus elsewhere in the body (lower respiratory system) to increase the sensitivity of our analyzes, details Sibylle Bernard-Stoecklin, epidemiologist at the infectious diseases department of Public Health France (SPF). The goal is to miss as few cases as possible, to limit its spread and to clinically document this variant. "
A new "flash survey" was also organized on March 16 to refine the prevalence of this strain among patients. "For Brittany, we will be exhaustive", announces Sibylle Bernard-Stoecklin: "All positive samples for SARS-CoV-2 which will have been detected that day in a Breton laboratory will be transmitted to a sequencing platform. " The results are not expected until next week. "But based on preliminary information, we have no evidence for an increased transmissibility or severity of infection caused by this variant.", insists the epidemiologist.
→ EXPLANATION. Covid-19: Are the new variants worrying?
And if his "Originality" made it less transmissible? "It is possible that patients are less contagious without this phase of carrying in the nose, which is still the main means of dissemination of the virus", advance Pierre Tattevin. It is one of the unknowns to be overcome in the Côtes-d'Armor, which displays an incidence rate almost half lower than the average for the country.
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A late strike from substitute Cristian Battocchio ensured Watford denied Wigan at least a point at Vicarage Road.
Clear cut opportunities were at a premium, but Wigan can regard themselves unlucky to have a Nick Powell goal disallowed for offside and to be denied a penalty when Powell was brought down by Lloyd Doyley.
Watford will be relieved to take all three points and move up to fourth in the Championship table.
Owen Coyle decided to make two changes from the victory over Ipswich, with wide men McManaman and Beausejour replaced by McArthur and Gomez. Gianfranco Zola made two changes from the side which had thumped Barnsley 5-1 last weekend.
Watford started strongly and had the first good chance in the 10th minute when Lewis McGugan put Troy Deeney through the Latics defence and he pulled the ball back for Daniel Pudil, but his shot was saved by Scott Carson.
Latics looked to have taken the lead eight minutes later when Manuel Almunia could only push James McClean's low cross from the left-back into centre of the penalty area and Nick Powell converted the rebound, but the goal was ruled out for what looked to be a very marginal offside decision.
Wigan were once again without strikers Grant Holt and Shaun Maloney and lone striker Marc Antoine Fortune lasted only 24 minutes before having to be replaced by Callum McManaman.
The first half ended goalless, but Wigan started the second half strongly and Almunia made a couple of excellent saves first from Powell and then McClean.
Wigan then looked to have won a penalty when Lloyd Doyley fouled Powell in the penalty area. But unfortunately referee Madley refused appeals for a spot kick.
Latics looked to be heading for a hard-earned point, until the 82nd minute when Watford substitute Battacchio fired home from the edge of the area after a Davide Faraoni shot had been blocked.
A draw would probably have been a fair result but all three points went to the Hornets.
After the game the Watford manager Zola admitted to Skysports about Nick Powell's first half strike "it wasn't offside" and Latics boss Owen Coyle was justifiably aggrieved that the referee did not award a penalty when Powell had been fouled by Lloyd Doyley in the 18-yard box.
"There's no debate," Coyle said. "James McClean's a yard-and-a-half onside. We knew at the time. Bizarre doesn't cover it".
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Anna Clarice Duty, 95, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. She was born February 25, 1923, in Ada, Oklahoma to the late J.E. Boswell and Fannie (Cobb) Boswell.
She graduated from East Central State College, Oklahoma in 1944, and was a homemaker for many years after marrying Douglas Duty on June 29, 1946. After his death in 1972, she went to work and began a career with the Federal Government as a Personnel Staffing Assistant where she administered tests for job placements and promotions.
Clarice, is survived by her son Steve (Charlet) Duty, Grandchildren Brandi (Jason) Lopeman, Crystal (Steve) Ferguson, Laura (Kevin) Imlay and Gary Perkins. Great grandchildren Blake, Charlet, Cade, Carter, Chloe, Melanie, Mykelanne and Alec and 6 great-great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband, Clarice is preceded in death by her brothers James, Oren and John Boswell and her sister Mary Nell Seahorn.
A graveside service will be held at Terrace Park Cemetery on Saturday, October 27, 2018, at 10 AM. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.


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Healthy-no noodles-vegetarian-pad thai, hum are you sure is it still a pad thai? Actually yes. My rice noodles have been transformed into zucchinis, carrots and black radish noodles (cut with my genius julienne cutter) and all the main ingredients were there: coriander, garlic, ginger, bean sprouts, shallots, chili pepper, soy sauce, tamari, tahini and cashews. This recipe is incredibly tasty, keep you full and satisfied, is colorful and incredibly good for you body. It is easy to make as it required no cooking and just 10 minutes to make. When all the veggies were in my bowl, I was thinking how it is going to taste like a pad thai? Then I made the seasoning that changed everything, drizzle it all over the veggies and seriously in was delicious. As usual, I made too much of it and actually it was a good thing since we were both picking in the bowl even after having finishing ours. Of course this recipe is inspired from the Green Kitchen Stories.
To prepare the vegetables noodles, use a julienne cutter and then create noodles out the zucchinis, carrot and radish.
Transfer the noodles to a larger bowl and then add all the remaining ingredients. Mix well to combine everything.
In a small bowl, whisk together all of the sauce ingredients until the sauce becomes smooth and creamy, should take about 2 or 3 minutes.
Taste and adjust if necessary according to your taste. The sauce should be thick and light brown by now and you must think that you did something wrong but not at all.
Drizzle the sauce all over the veggies and mix very well for 3 minutes to combine everything and until every single strand is coated with dressing.


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'A humble, decent dude': People share stories of Luke Perry's random acts of kindness
The actor was always ready to help strangers in need.
Friends, fans and family remember Luke Perry's kindness
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March 5, 2019, 4:25 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
Luke Perry will always be remembered for playing the iconic Dylan McKay on "Beverly Hills, 90210," but the way he treated people when the cameras weren't rolling may be his most enduring legacy.
Perry couldn't have been further from the brooding Dylan in real life, as people have been sharing stories of his random acts of humility and kindness since his death at 52 on Monday after suffering a massive stroke.
From '90210' to 'Riverdale,' TODAY remembers Luke Perry
From calming crying babies on airplanes to helping elderly neighbors change light bulbs, Perry was always looking to lend a hand to those in need.
Actor Colin Hanks only met Perry once, but it was a memorable encounter on a flight back from Mexico. An exasperated mother and father were trying to get their two young boys to stop fighting each other when a stranger walked back from first class.
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"Hat, beard, sunglasses, blowing up a balloon,'' Hanks wrote. "He ties it off, hands it off like he's holding out a sword to a king. Kneeling, Head down, arms up. Kids calm down in milliseconds."
"Plane damn near bursts into applause. 15 minutes longer and it probably would have started WWIII, but we landed before that could happen."
After disembarking the plane, Hanks noticed that the kind stranger was Perry, who complimented Hanks' acting on the show "Fargo" and then told him that he always came prepared to soothe unruly kids on planes.
'Heartbroken': Shannen Doherty speaks out after Luke Perry's death
"I start singing his praises about how long I've admired him and also about the move with the balloon. 'That's a pro move! You can't teach that!' I say. He tells me he always flies with a couple of balloons for that very reason, to give to screaming kids. Don't know if that's true, but have no reason to believe it wasn't. Guy seemed like a true gent. Gone way too damn soon. Also, I'll be damned if I don't start traveling with some spare balloons."
Filmmaker Josh Raby recalled a time when Perry lent a hand in 2010 during devastating flooding in Tennessee, where Perry owned land.
Y'all might know Luke Perry had some land here in Tennessee. Maybe you don't know that during the flood of 2010, he was out there bringing people food, bottles of water, and shoes. Just a humble, decent dude. pic.twitter.com/BEefrMYfM2
— Josh Raby (@JoshRaby) March 5, 2019
"He was out there bringing people food, bottles of water, and shoes. Just a humble, decent dude,'' he wrote.
Michael O'Neil, a former staffer for President Obama, tweeted about Perry having "zero ego" when Perry helped campaign for Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown in 2006.
I met Luke Perry in '06 - he came home to Ohio to campaign for Sherrod Brown (Sherrod's father, a Mansfield doctor, delivered Luke).
Luke did events across Ohio. We offered a driver, but his high school buddy drove him in a beat up car. Zero ego.
I'm very sorry for his family. pic.twitter.com/42dF4EvS5B
— Michael O'Neil (@abefromanohio) March 4, 2019
Often Perry was remembered just for taking the time to help make a stranger's day a little better.
Actress Alexandra Daddario remembered his kindness to her when she was working in a restaurant trying to establish her career, writing, "he was always so kind to me and friendly in an industry where most people would just dismiss me."
Luke Perry used to come into the restaurant I worked in over a decade ago and he was always so kind to me and friendly in an industry where most people would just dismiss me. Always remembered that. RIP. And be kind and compassionate to those around you y'all.
— Alexandra Daddario (@AADaddario) March 5, 2019
Actress Gabrielle Union also remembered Perry indulging her and her friend Kimora Lee Simmons when they sat near him on a flight and peppered him with "90210" questions.
Hey @OfficialKimora remember when we were on that flight w/ #LukePerry & we fangirled so hard & asked him EVERY 90210 question? He was the perfect gentleman & heartthrob. He was kind when he probably just wanted to sleep. And he switched seats so we could sit together. 💔 #RIP
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) March 5, 2019
"He was the perfect gentleman & heartthrob,'' she wrote. "He was kind when he probably just wanted to sleep. And he switched seats so we could sit together."
Comedy writer Eva Anderson tweeted that Perry was a neighbor of her grandfather and aunt and often helped them with household chores. "Luke Perry was a truly lovely next-door neighbor to my grandfather and aunt. Like, he came over to replace light bulbs all the time."
Luke Perry was a truly lovely next-door neighbor to my grandfather and aunt. Like, he came over to replace light bulbs all the time. Sending so much love to his family. This is the worst.
— evafay (@evafay) March 4, 2019
Film critic Amy Nicholson also remembered Perry's simple kindness to Anderson's family. "This is how I'll remember him, too. At your grandpa's birthday being the really nice neighbor who helped with the trash cans."
This is how I'll remember him, too. At your grandpa's birthday being the really nice neighbor who helped with the trash cans.
— Amy Nicholson (@TheAmyNicholson) March 4, 2019
Tributes also poured in from his heartbroken "90210" co-stars, remembering him as a "smart, quiet, humble and complex man."
Perry will truly be missed.
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As with all large government databases, there are errors in this dataset (especially since quite a lot of the data for older vehicles is based on paper records that were originally maintained by local authorities).
The most common error that crops up is vehicles that don't have exactly the correct model variant recorded on their V5 registration document. For example, a special edition Peugeot 205 Gentry might only have Peugeot 205 recorded on its V5. This can lead to some model variants appearing to be rarer than they actually are.
The key to understanding whether or not the data is accurate for your particular model is to check the model name on its V5 registration document. If it's not what you expect it to be, then it's likely that the DVLA statistics for that model aren't very accurate!
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Valerie Davidson: Blazing a trail for female engineers #INWED18 #RaisingTheBar @WES1919
Valerie Davidson is blazing a trail for female engineers. She is the founder of the Ontario Network of Women in Engineering and a professor for 25 years, via McMasterUniversity
As a student, a researcher and an academic, Valerie Davidson has led a pioneering life.
In 1971, Valerie Davidson was one of four women registered in first year engineering.
Oddly, that fact gave her some comfort when she arrived for orientation. At least she wouldn't be alone. Or so she thought.
"As I walked around the corner of the engineering building, all I could see was a large crowd of males, but it was too late," she recalls. "I had been spotted."
"It turns out I was the only female student in year one to attend. So I was asked to sing a solo first verse of the Engineers' hymn and that was it. No further embarrassment."
Not surprisingly, her visibility continued throughout her McMaster studies. And those early years did have their challenges for females.
"At that time there were only a few women's washrooms in the engineering building," recalls Davidson. "I do remember climbing at least two flights of stairs from our basement study room to reach a women's washroom, and I often thought of using a can of black spray paint to mark "wo" on a few of the men's facilities."
But overall, being one of only a few female students in the faculty was largely a positive experience for her.
"There was a very kind gentleman who sported a beret, and when he met me on campus he would stop to talk to me," she says. "I didn't realize it was Jack Hodgins – the first Dean of Engineering – until he became chair of chemical engineering in my final year."
Hodgins would eventually become one of several faculty mentors who would convince Davidson to go on to graduate studies.
After graduating in the Chemical Engineering class of 1975, Davidson earned a Masters degree in food science, then her PhD in chemical engineering.
Convinced that she didn't want to become an academic, she worked as an engineering consultant and in manufacturing between degrees. "The academic world wasn't inviting, especially for a woman at that time."
But eventually the draw of teaching and her interest in the newly-developing field of food engineering led her to a position at University of Guelph.
"My interest was in the interface between engineering and food, including food processing and food safety," she says. "Guelph covers the whole spectrum from food production to processing to the hospitality side."
Cross-disciplinary research – something that was relatively novel in engineering at the beginning of her career – has given her a deep appreciation for the value of learning from others in different disciplines.
"One of the first challenges is getting people to recognize that they may not have all the expertise that's needed and they have to have a certain respect for other people's expertise."
An engineering professor from 1988 until her retirement in 2013, Davison helped bring about changes that have attracted increasing numbers of young women to engineering faculties across the country.
In 1992, she sat on the Canadian Committee on Women in Engineering, which travelled the country and investigated the state of women in the profession, in light of the 1989 shooting at École Polytechnique.
"It was one of the first phases of a real focus on trying to get more women into engineering," she says.
Since then, Davidson has been at the centre of several decades of efforts to build female enthusiasm for STEM careers.
Her biggest accomplishment was the founding of the Ontario Network of Women in Engineering (ONWiE), a collaborative effort that brings together the province's engineering schools to create outreach programs aimed at young women. The organization's Go ENG Girl and other programs attract about 2,000 participants each year.
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March 19, 2021 by mmcheryl
#BlogTour The Shadow in the Glass by J.J.A. Harwood
It's an absolute pleasure to take part in the Blogtour The Shadow in the Glass by J.J. A. Harwood. A dark fairy tale set against a Victorian backdrop full of lace and smoke.
JJA Harwood is an author, editor and blogger. She grew up in Norfolk, read History at the University of Warwick and eventually found her way to London, which is still something of a shock for somebody used to so many fields. When not writing, she can be found learning languages, cooking with more enthusiasm than skill, wandering off into clearly haunted houses and making friends with stray cats. the Shadow in the Glass is her debut novel.
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Once upon a time Ella had wished for more than her life as a lowly maid. Now forced to work hard under the unforgiving, lecherous gaze of the man she once called stepfather, Ella's only refuge is in the books she reads by candlelight, secreted away in the library she isn't permitted to enter.
One night, while among her beloved books, a fairy godmother makes her an offer that will change her life: seven wishes, hers to make as she pleases. But each wish comes at a price and Ella must decide whether it's one she's willing to pay…
Melding history and fairy tale, this is a dark and intelligent new take on the story of Cinderella that looks at women, the price of labour and the cost of hope.
Poor Ella should be in a more suitable and respectable position. Her former mistress had such plans for her, but unfortunately life has decided to twist the knife. Instead she has been relegated to the life of a skivvy working in a household with vindictive fellow housemaids and a master who thinks servitude equals his gratification – if he so wishes.
After a particularly bad encounter with a conniving wench, Ella finds herself confronted with a business proposition of sorts. She gets her hearts desire and in turn she owes something priceless – nothing is ever for free, everything has a price. Sometimes the price is very dear indeed.
It's soon apparent that having your wishes granted is literally too good to be true, when each wish takes on a bit of a morbid and sometimes lethal slant. Nothing is ever clear cut when it comes to magic, folklore or those elements in the atmosphere we just can't explain.
In this gothic retelling of a fairytale which has similarities to Cinderella, the author takes the essence of the story back to its roots, which is dark and not the Disneyesque version everyone knows. This version with all of its somber reality and stark consequences is more in line with any original so-called fairytales.
The author gives old morals and troubles a more modern twist, albeit ones set in a time where class structures determined whether you were at the top of the hierarchy pyramid or at the bottom and at the mercy of wealthy predators.
It's a riveting tale of magical realism with a hook into the magic of fairytales, whilst skimming the reality of hidden desires and uncomfortable truths. An excellent debut novel.
Buy The Shadow in the Glass at Amazon Uk or go to Goodreads for any other retailer. Publisher: Harper Voyager; pub date 18th March 2021 – Hardback, eBook & audio | £14.99. Buy at Amazon com. At Waterstones.
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There is a common term when retraining your mind on how it views food called "portion control." There is none of the "you can't have that" or "you can only eat this" mind set. The reason dieting doesn't ever really work is because it is like holding your breath, eventually you just have to breathe and eat that piece of cake! Once you start embracing the mind set that you actually can have it all, just in smaller and balanced portions, things start working out better. Yes, does it still take discipline to learn how to do that, of course it does, that is why baby steps are the key.
If you find that your life seems stressed and imbalanced with too much work, too much relationship, too much kids, too much food, too much of anything, then there are some methods that can bring some balance back into your life again. The key is not to try to change everything at once, but to make small adjustments over time to determine what works for you. Eventually you will have a whole new set of positive life habits bringing more peace of mind, less stress and definitely making you a more pleasant and happier person to be around.
Disconnect! I started with the hardest one first! Start real small with this one as I know for a fact that our cell phones are physically attached to us in some secret alien way, so pulling away from them will be a challenge. Possibly, starting with just one hour a day, shut your phone down, turn the TV off and put some nice music on. Don't take the calls and let them go to voicemail, unless of course it is from your 4-year-old that knows more about your cell phone than you do anyway.
Start saying NO to everyone else and YES to you! For just a half a day, say no to everything that is asked extra of you except for the essentials. If your partner asks you to get the milk out of the fridge when he is sitting 10 feet away from it, say "no, you will have get it yourself" and walk out of the room. You will be surprised at how empowering it feels. In the other areas of your life, where you don't have an option of saying no, it won't bother you as much.
Get realistic about your health! Working for the Irish based 7th Sense, I have been lucky enough to pick up a few "Irish quotes" about life. The one thing I noticed about the Irish, is they have their health perspective in order. One of the quotes that was given to me from a member of the advisor board was, "Your Health Is Your Wealth!" Loved it! I have it pinned on my work board so I can look at it everyday! Remembering on a daily basis, if you do not have your health, then nothing else works.
Cut back on the toxins you put in your body. Yes, I am talking about the 12 bottles of Coke you drink, the alcohol binging on the weekend or the whole cake you ate in one day. Everything in moderation. You can have all of it, just trim back the over-indulgence.
Do some alone time. Even if it is just an hour a week to start, do something that only you can do and makes you happy. You like to cook? Make something outrageously decadent just for you and hands off for everybody else or eat it before they see it. Lol! It reduces stress and encourages creativity.
Set aside relationship time. Even if it just having a quick coffee with a friend or seeing a movie. Have a date night with your partner or setting an hour aside to play a game with your child. One on one time with people you care about helps you to get to know each other better.
The point of all the above-mentioned suggestions is to learn how to "portion control" your life. Get it all done but also not forgetting about the needs and the nurturing of your little inner child. If you forget about her and don't portion control the rest of your life to make that special time happen for you, then life starts looking real dark. That is not a hopeful or pleasant place to reside in. You have the control and free will, use it!


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Ольга Александровна Ковалькова (; род. 26 января 1984 года, Минск, БССР) — белорусский политический деятель, юрист, бухгалтер, сопредседатель незарегистрированной партии Белорусская Христианская Демократия и член Координационного совета по организации процесса преодоления политического кризиса.

Биография
Ольга Ковалькова родилась 26 января 1984 года в Минске.

В 2006 году окончила Академию МВД Беларуси по специальности «юрист», в 2005 году получила специальность «бухгалтер» в Республиканском институте повышения квалификации и переподготовки кадров и специальность «политолог» в Восточноевропейской школе политических исследований.

С 2004 по 2008 год работала в районных администрациях Минска, затем юристом, председателем и главным бухгалтером в жилищно-строительных потребительских кооперативах, в 2011—2014 годах — лектором в Институте повышения квалификации.

С 2011 года состоит в незарегистрированной партии «Белорусская христианская демократия». В настоящее время — сопредседатель БХД.

Политическая карьера

Парламентские выборы 2019

В 2019 году Ковалькова выдвигалась кандидатом в депутаты по минскому Пушкинскому округу № 103.

Президентские выборы 2020

12 февраля 2020 года Ольга Ковалькова заявила о намерении участвовать в Президентских выборах в Белоруссии.

Принимала участие в праймеризе, который начался 27 марта и завершился 30 апреля. Его цель — определить единого кандидата от оппозиции, по результатам Ковалькова набрала 1073 голосов. Таким образом, она заняла третье место.

20 мая 2020 года ЦИК зарегистрировал инициативную группу в 120 человек. Но Ковалькова из-за пандемии COVID-19 собирать подписи за своё выдвижение не собиралась.

В ходе интернет-опросов от порталов, таких как TUT.BY, Telegraf.by и Белорусская служба Радио «Свобода», 20—26 мая рейтинг Ковальковой составлял от 0,25 % до 0,37 %.

19 июня закончился сбор подписей за претендентов в кандидаты Республики Беларусь но Ковалькова не говорила о количестве собранных подписей и также она не сдавала подписи в ЦИК.

30 июня Центральная избирательная комиссия отвергла кандидатуру Ольги Ковальковой.

Вскоре стала доверенным лицом кандидата Светланы Тихановской.

После выборов

17 августа во время протестов 2020 года в Беларуси стала членом президиума Координационного совета по организации процесса преодоления политического кризиса, целью которого называется трансфер власти в рамках конституции.

21 августа, на следующие сутки после открытия уголовного дела в связи с созданием совета по трансферу власти, была задержана в минском аэропорту при попытке вылететь в Польшу, со слов Марии Колесниковой — чтобы встретиться с польским премьер-министром. Подобной информации от Матеуша Моравецкого нет.

25 августа по решению суда Ольгу Ковалькову поместили под арест на 10 суток.

Днём 4 сентября Ковалькова была скрытно вывезена силовиками из ЦИП на Окрестина в Минске и уже 5 сентября в 2 часа ночи доставлена по маршруту Гродно-Варшава на пограничный пункт пропуска «Брузги». По состоянию на вечер 5 сентября Ковалькова находится в Польше.

21 сентября приняла участие в заседании комитета по международным делам Европейского парламента.

6 марта 2023 года Ольгу Ковалькову заочно приговорили к 12 годам колонии.

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 Народное антикризисное управление

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  // Страна для жизни. 13 февраля 2020.
 Варшава. Пресс-конференция членов Координационного совета Павла Латушко и Ольги Ковальковой. 07.09.2020.

Женщины-политики Белоруссии
Координационный совет белорусской оппозиции
Народное антикризисное управление
Лауреаты премии имени Сахарова
Статьи с эдитнотисом об осторожности при редактировании
Политические эмигранты
Эмигранты из Белоруссии

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Iceland Approves 3.8bn Payment to UK and Netherlands
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Iceland's parliament has approved plans to repay 3.8bn euros (£3.4bn) to savers in the UK and the Netherlands.
The money will go to the British and Dutch governments, who partially compensated savers when the Icesave online bank failed. More than 320,000 savers lost out when the bank collapsed in 2008.
A bill on the measure, narrowly approved against strong opposition, was seen as crucial to Iceland's bid to join the EU and rebuild its economy.


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Movie 468 – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – June 11th, 2011
Last night I promised a story about when I first saw this movie. While on vacation, my parents and some friends of theirs went out for dinner, leaving myself, my brother and the son of my parents with my great-aunt and uncle. Our viewing choices were limited. There was a tiny video place near the house we were staying in but it was roughly the size of a closet. Somehow my brother and I convinced my parents that this movie was a great choice for a night they'd be going out. So we sat with my great-aunt and uncle, who are very nice folks, and watched a man reach into another man's chest and pull out his heart. Needless to say, my great-aunt and uncle were a little taken aback by what we'd rented for the night.
I was a little taken aback too, as I hadn't really known what to expect but that certainly wasn't anywhere close to what I'd been thinking. Mostly it was the sacrifice scene, and the whipping. It didn't really bother me, as it's patently ridiculous and unrealistic, but I'm sure my great-aunt and uncle would have preferred not to watch anything like that. And there is some speculation that this movie was one of the films that necessitated the introduction of the PG-13 rating. Too violent for a PG rating and not quite extreme enough for an R, so it got something in the middle. But like I said, it didn't really bother me when I first saw it.
Of course, watching it now, I have a bit of a different response. I have a lot of problems with this movie, even if I do have fond memories of the experience of watching it for the first time. And I enjoy bits and pieces of it, but oh is it problematic. And it's problematic in addition to be messy, but let's start with the messy since it's a lot easier to get into. For one, I think it's pretty clear that the structure of this movie is an attempt to take the structure of the first movie and copy it. We begin in a foreign land where Indiana Jones is attempting to do something involving an artifact and an antagonistic figure who's obviously going to double cross him and try to kill him. And then it turns out that this introduction has almost nothing to do with the eventual plot and it mostly existed to show how Indy is a bad-ass archaeologist. And then there was the main plot, which involved Indy, a lady friend and a sidekick all working together to recover an artifact with supernatural powers while facing off against a large antagonistic group of enemies.
The trouble here is that they applied the formula but didn't think enough about how they were doing it. The initial introduction in Shanghai? Ridiculous, and it seems like an odd thing to have Indy doing – selling off a priceless artifact for a diamond? The fight scene in the club is laughably over the top, with the giant gong and the diamond and the poison. And it takes 20 minutes of the movie's time. Not only that, but the bad guy here has nothing to do with the rest of the movie. It all just seems like an excuse to stick Indy with this movie's female lead and crash them in India. It feels out of place and clumsy. Then once we get to the main plot there's a whole pile of backstory and it's set up not to be an artifact Indiana wants to retrieve because he recognizes its importance. It's this whole "Please, save our village by getting our magic stone you don't believe in!" deal. Again, it's an odd thing to set up for Indy. So off he goes to this palace that's supposed to be deserted, I think? Except it's obviously not and while the path there is overgrown and the locals won't go near it, it's clearly well populated and has not only a full complement of servants and dancers but also a young ruler and a bunch of wealthy guests both foreign and local. I've never quite gotten that. Maybe I'm missing something. Maybe it's just lazy writing. I'm going with the latter.
Regardless, the next messy part of the formula is the bad guys, and here is where we segue into the problematic aspects of the movie. Now, one could explain the depiction of the Indian people in this movie and the Thugee cult as being something out of serials from the time period the movie is set in. But it's one thing to look back at media from a given time period and know that racism and a total misrepresentation of "exotic" cultures was the norm and while not excusable, certainly expected for the time. One of my favorite series of children's novels are from the 1930s and while the vast majority of them are fantastic, two so very clearly show their age that I flat out tell parents not to take them unless they're up for a discussion of racist depictions and British colonialism in writing from that decade. But while I can work with that, I cannot work with this. Because it wasn't made in the time period it takes place in. It was made in the 1980s by people who should have known better. In fact, talks to film parts of this movie in India fell apart because of the movie's depiction of Indian people, and I'm not at all surprised.
The baddies here are a secret cult that are called Thuggee but I suspect they have little to no resemblance to the actual group the name comes from. I'm afraid I'm not terribly well versed in Indian culture, history or religious practices (of any of the major religions practiced in India) so I can't say for certain, but I'm pretty sure that ritual human sacrifice into lava wasn't typical. But oh, it's all supposed to be unrealistic and supernatural and they're supposed to be a secret cult of bad guys so of course they're evil! Still doesn't make it okay. You're still talking about some absolutely horrible misrepresentation, not to mention having the vast majority of Indian characters in the movie playing evil roles. And on top of that, I honestly think the Thuggee cult was a foolish idea for antagonists anyhow. The first movie had the easily recognizable Nazis as the baddies. And I get that they didn't want to just make another Indy vs. the Nazis movie, but to go from that to a movie where the bad guys are a largely fictional homicidal cult with some nasty racial overtones? It's just unpleasant. And then there's the voodoo doll and oh, what a messy situation this all is.
Add in a shrieky female lead who's feisty yes, but not in the fun way Marion was and this movie just doesn't have the charm of the first. Oh, it has all the necessary parts if you simply label them according to where they fit into the formula. It's got Indy and his whip and it's got the great mine cart chase scene and okay, the heart ripping scene is the sort of over the top ridiculousness I expect in a schlocky serial like what they're alluding to. I like Short Round as the sidekick (yes, really) and the requisite cramped-tunnel-with-traps scenes are fun. But the major parts of the formula just don't fit together as well as they did in the first movie. It's a pity, but that's the way it goes.
June 11, 2011 Posted by ajmovies | daily reviews	| 1930s, action, period, review | Leave a comment
This overblown mess of a movie was the first Indiana Jones film I saw in the theaters. I don't recall if I had seen the first movie on VHS before I got around to seeing this, but I know for certain that I saw this in the movie theaters. My recollection is that I was disappointed and a little disgusted by the movie, which is a pretty much universal reaction from what I've seen.
This movie has a couple of problems, but the biggest one is that it is too gruesome to really be fun. It still has some of the swashbucking adventure of the first movie, but it's lost in a torrent of gross humor, a frightening cult that seems more in line with the Poltergeist movies than the first Indiana Jones movie, and a generally darker tone. In the first movie Indie was often outmatched, but in this one it goes beyond that – he spends most of the movie almost completely defeated. He staggers from one disaster to another and only at the very end gets a chance to fight back.
The movie starts out with a deal gone wrong in Shanghai. Indie is attempting to trade an artifact for a giant diamond with a crime boss named Lao Che. Lao poisons Indiana and offers the antidote only if Indie will return the diamond. So right from the beginning Jones is near death, at the mercy of his enemies. He doesn't get the diamond back and only barely escapes with his life. He and his awesome sidekick Short Round fly away after a car chase through the streets of Shanghai, bringing along a singer named Willie from Lao's club for no reason that is adequately explained by the movie.
I'd like to pause in my plot synopsis to rant a bit about the love interest for Indiana in this movie. Willie is my second biggest complaint about the film. She's whiny, annoying, shrill and spends most of the movie either complaining or screaming. Indie's girl in the first movie was Marion, who kicked a certain amount of ass. By contrast Willie complains about broken finger nails – she's just poorly suited for adventuring and I don't have any fun watching her.
When their plane crashes in India the three of them are asked by a village of poverty stricken peasants to go to Pankot Palace where an evil cult has stolen the villager's sacred stone and all their children. After a dinner party filled with gruesome meals (which is what this movie tries to pass off as humor) and an encounter with a whole lot of insects and a room with your standard crushing spikes Indie discovers the titular Temple of Doom, where a Thuggee cult is performing human sacrifices and where all the children from the surrounding villages have been enslaved to dig up jewels in a mine and hunt for the remaining two mystical stones that the cult leader craves.
Indiana is captured, tortured with a voodoo doll, and brainwashed into becoming a cult member by being force fed nasty blood. Again, in keeping with the dark tone of the movie, Indiana is defeated from the get go. It's not so much an adventure film as a sort of horror film, with a little adventure thrown in at the end with a fist fight on a conveyor belt and a big long mine-car chase scene. The cult sacrifice involves ripping a man's still beating heart out of his chest and lowering him into a pit filled with lava. I suppose it's intended to build tension for the later scene where Willie is set to be sacrificed, but it's a bit much, really.
Luckily this movie does have one major saving grace. It has Short Round. Ke Huy Quan is the real hero of the movie, repeatedly pulling Indie's bacon out of the fire. He's also the source of most of the non gross-out humor in the movie. He's charming and daring and indomitable – everything that Indiana was in the first movie. I wouldn't say that he makes the whole movie worth watching, but he does a good job of salvaging what could otherwise have been an unwatchably depressing series of disasters for our supposed hero Indiana Jones.
Now that we're done watching this movie I'm somewhat looking forward to tomorrow's movie which was more of a return to form where Indiana Jones gets to be a hero again. Also – as with this movie – Indie's sidekick is the best thing in tomorrow's movie as well.
June 11, 2011 Posted by tanatoes | daily reviews	| action, horror, period, review, thirties | Leave a comment