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Today's post was inspired by my friend @ShinyGyrl who eventually joined Twitter but was still not sure what to do with it. If you have considered joining Twitter or have joined the band but don't know the song, then we're here to help you.
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I think I make a fairly decent assumption that you have no doubt heard about Twitter. The other night I was at a diner and the TV was tuned to CNN's Larry King Live Show. On the show were Ashton Kutcher, P Diddy and joining them by phone was Jimmy Fallon. The topic – Kutcher beating CNN to 1 million friends (in twitter lingo – followers). And I thought to myself "Do I really need to watch this?". As in, probably the most respected news network in the world was having an hour segment to discuss Twitter?
Here's a short clip of the Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
Yeah, what is this Twitter Frenzy anyway?
The names you saw earlier and on the video are high profile names, consisting of celebrities, politicians and news personalities. One of those personalities even used Twitter last year while running for office. No brownie points if your guess was the President of the United States, Barack Obama.
Fancy celebrities? Twitter keeps you up to date with the latest 411. And there are countless celebrities too. If you're into politics, you just saw in the clip above how politicians use Twitter. Twitter has even changed the way news is brought to you. Ever noticed how CNN news anchors Rick Sanchez or Don Lemon use Twitter? They feature their Twitter feeds during their news casts. Look at even radio stations; you almost always hear the DJ telling listeners to 'hit them up on Twitter'. To cut a long story short, ordinary people can interact with extraordinary personalities in a way that they weren't able to before. There's no busy signal or secretary who won't transfer your call. You are linked directly.
Speaking of news, Twitter is fast becoming a news source. Remember the plane that skidded off the runway in Denver or the plane that crashed landed on the Hudson River or the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. News of those events broke out on Twitter before news channels even pieced together what was going on. Twitter will be an important source of current info, perhaps even beating out the news networks to it.
Have you ever wanted to find out what people are saying – in real time I might add? If you're not familiar with the term real time, I am talking about 2 seconds ago not 2 days ago. Picture this; traditionally, if I wanted to find out about a topic, I would Google it. If I did that however, I would find information that would be from 2 days ago, perhaps 2 years ago. Even worse is that information may not appear on Google until it has been indexed and ranked. This weekend (Apr 25th/26th) will be the NFL draft. Say I wanted to find out about what other NY Jets fans thought about the draft picks, I would do a Twitter search of the word "Jets" and any time anyone on Twitter mentioned the Jets, my search page would instantly notify me that there was an update. Not only do I get up to the second update of my football team, it is also user generated content.
So you like what John Doe from St Louis is saying about your team. Twitter gives you the opportunity to connect with other like minded people. One question that was posed to me was "Is Twitter about making friends with strangers?" The person that asked the question happens to be a blogger so I will use that in an analogy. As a blogger, you have people that read your blog. You might not know them, but you wouldn't call them strangers, you'd call them readers or subscribers. If I had a store, I wouldn't refer to the gentleman that walked in as a stranger, I'd call him my customer. And they don't need to be strangers at all. They could be people you attended a class with, or met at a conference or someone whose book you've read. When I was starting out on Twitter, my friend on Facebook and Twitter Esther Jacobson gave me this quote from another of our friends Jim Turner, a Social Media Marketing Strategist "You make friends on Facebook but you build relationships on Twitter".
Why do I need to connect with them again? Let's put it this way, my philosophy is "Everyone you meet knows something you don't, learn from them". I think I can safely assume that no one makes it in this world alone. You need a supporting cast. On Twitter, you can have your questions answered or you can exchange ideas. You do not even need to own a blog. You may need help with your research paper. Just type in your question and see your responses come in or type in a query and see what ordinary people are saying about it. By the same token, if you come across someone that needs help, you can share your knowledge with them.
Is Twitter a chat room? If you want it be, except chat rooms don't come close to doing anything that Twitter can do for you. I remember this saying from a while back that a computer by itself is dumb if you don't tell it what to do. The same is true of Twitter. Look at Twitter's home page and see how relatively simple it is. So much tidier than Facebook. Don't get me wrong, Facebook is still great . If I could play Scrabble on Twitter, that would be awesome, but then again that would be pushing my luck too far. You, yes – you, have to make Twitter work for you.We (meaning you and I) have seen the most ingenious uses of Twitter, starting from getting the President of the United States getting elected to real time news to doctors performing surgery to marriage proposals. I bet you even as you read this someone just pulled off a great use of Twitter.
Whether you decide to join Twitter or not is up to you. If you do, great. My subsequent posts will show you how to make the most of it. If you decide not to, still great…but I bet you'll hear the word Twitter or tweet so much you'll have no other option. When Facebook was first available, I signed up but never used it – even to the point that I couldn't remember my password. I don't need to rub in Facebook stats for this point in time, but you get the point…Twitter is growing and will only be going up. Don't miss out on it.
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Arborists volunteer a day of tree service at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
Local volunteers join national Saluting Branches cause
September 21, 2016 at 10:54 pm CDT
A volunteer arborist removes tree limbs and foliage Wednesday from a heavily wooded portion of Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. (Eric Ginnard)
ELWOOD – Arborists and helpers cut down dead trees, fertilized living ones and pruned others that needed it Wednesday at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.
It was the second Saluting Branches event, a day of volunteering for arborists across the U.S. An estimated 1,400 volunteers helped out at 36 veterans cemeteries.
"It's my ability with my skill to give back in a beautiful area that should be as beautiful as possible," said Brandon Dobnick, a tree-climber for the Morton Arboretum and who was among 14 volunteers at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood.
The help is needed not just for aesthetic value, but also for safety's sake because of the hazard that falling branches could pose, Jason Grizzle said. Grizzle is a gardener for the cemetery.
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery has been dealing with growing numbers of dead ash trees that have been infested by the emerald ash borer beetle. The pest has infested the tree species across the country.
"It saves a lot of money budget-wise for the government," Grizzle said of the volunteer effort within the cemeteries.
Dobnick and others were cutting down dead trees in a new section of the Memorial Walkway, where a tree service earlier this year was hired to cut down about 30 trees.
"That was a lot of money," Grizzle said. "We had to block off this walkway because all the ash trees were disintegrating and falling apart."
Jim Teiber, arborist for the city of Joliet, has been the site leader organizing the work at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery for the past two years. Teiber said companies contribute time, employees and equipment for an important cause.
"We're at a cemetery for people who gave everything so these people could stand here today," he said.
That message was not lost on the volunteers.
"I was actually thoroughly impressed," Dobnick said of his first look at the cemetery as he drove in. "It's a breathtaking moment when you come over a hill and see the headstones that are out there."
"It's big," Todd Kramer with Kramer Tree Experts of West Chicago said of the 982-acre cemetery. "A lot of work."
Kramer's crew had its work cut out for it in removing 40 dead ash trees. They brought a grapple loader, a machine capable of picking up trees and moving them into an 18-inch chipper. They also had a 60-yard chip truck.
Other companies at the cemetery included Stumps Arbor Care and The Davey Tree Expert Co. Nestle USA provided water and snacks for the workers and volunteers.
Jared Sanders with Davey, an Ohio-based company with operations across North America, including an office in Mokena, brought some of the company's patented liquid fertilizer for the maple trees growing around the main flagpole at the cemetery.
"You can see that some of them are coloring. They're a little yellow," Sanders said of the trees' leaves. "Usually, it's a nutrient deficiency. ... Our fertilizer will restore some of those nutrients."
Don Roppolo, also with Davey and president of the Illinois Arborists Association, lives in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, and was making a return visit to the Elwood cemetery after having volunteered for Saluting Branches last year.
"It is moving to see the headstones and think about what they all did for our country," Roppolo said. "I'm giving a portion of a day. It doesn't seem like much in return."
Visit this article at TheHerald-New.com to view video of arborists at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.
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Watching and reading all the tributes to Steve Jobs, I found that nothing moved me more than his own words. From his 2005 Stanford Commencement Address.
Steve Jobs was an inspiration to me and my generation, showing that it's possible to start from humble beginnings and achieve greatness. Steve showed us that technology should be beautiful, functional, and easy to use. And because of this, Apple products have permeated and changed my life. But, in death he reminds us that life is short and that we should not waste it by not doing something we love.
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Unlike soil and dirt, which crumble when you pick them up, God created clay with plasticity, the ability to be molded. And when this clay is fired, it transforms chemically into ceramic—a durable substance that can't be turned back into clay. It becomes strong, heat resistant, and waterproof. As a result, clay can be shaped into just about anything—including the kitchen sink.
It's no accident that the God who formed and shaped us from the earth ( Genesis 2:7 ) allows us to reflect his creative work when we shape new creations with clay. The Lord distributed thousands of colorful varieties of this cheap, all-purpose resource all over the world to provide everyone's basic—and artistic—needs. Clay also shows up in some surprising places.
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Quarterly release for 3rd quarter 2018
KUKA reacts to changes in economic activity and increases focus on efficiency measures.
Orders received down 6.8 percent to €750.1 million in Q3
Order backlog remains unchanged at a high level of €2,197.5 million as at September 30, 2018 (September 30, 2017: €2,210.7 million)
Sales revenues up 6.6 percent to €851.0 million (Q3/18)
EBIT margin reaches 4.2 percent (Q3/18) before purchase price allocations, growth investments and reorganization expenditure
Guidance adjustment for 2018: sales revenue of around €3.3 billion and EBIT margin at around 4.5 percent
In the third quarter of 2018, KUKA Group increased sales revenues by 6.6 percent compared with the previous year. While orders received were down slightly to €750.1 million (-6.8 percent), the order backlog remains high at €2,197.5 million (September 30, 2018). The EBIT margin before purchase price allocations, growth investments and reorganization expenditure decreased from 5.5 percent (Q3/17) to 4.2 percent (Q3/18). Based on the current economic environment and business development, KUKA has slightly adjusted its outlook for the 2018 fiscal year. Expected sales revenue is around €3.3 billion and thus below the forecast of more than €3.5 billion issued at the start of the year. The forecast EBIT margin at about 4.5 percent.
"After a long period of growth, we react on the worsened economic environment and are placing a stronger focus on our efficiency program. Our strategic course with orientation towards focus markets and investments in key technologies for Industrie 4.0 remains the basis for our long-term success," says Dr. Till Reuter, CEO of KUKA AG. "The establishment of the joint ventures with Midea in China is going according to plan, with the result that we will be able to generate further growth there."
Orders received generated primarily in Europe
In the third quarter of 2018, KUKA Group generated orders received totaling €750.1 million. Compared with the same quarter in the previous year (€804.4 million), this corresponds to a slight reduction of 6.8 percent.
In the first nine months of 2018, orders received totaled €2,610.5 million – a minus of 6.1 percent compared with the value for the previous year. Although the decline reflects current developments in the global economy, it was nonetheless possible to generate a high overall level of orders received, particularly in Europe.
The Automotive segment recorded orders received amounting to €384.3 million in the third quarter of 2018, giving a total volume of €1,276.5 million in the first nine months of 2018. Here, once again, orders received were predominantly registered in Europe.
Orders received in the Industries segment amounted to €216.4 million in the third quarter of 2018. In the first nine months of 2018, the total figure was €751.1 million. This represented a continuation of the positive development in the first half-year. Good results for this segment were achieved primarily in Europe and Asia.
In the third quarter of 2018, the Consumer Goods & Logistics Automation segment generated orders received amounting to €94.7 million, mainly in the Europe and Americas regions. The volume of orders received here totaled €428.7 million in the first nine months of 2018.
In the third quarter of 2018, sales revenues of KUKA Group totaled €851.0 million. This corresponds to a 6.6 percent increase on the previous year's result for the same quarter (Q3/17: €798.6 million). In a nine-monthly comparison, this value decreased by 5.7 percent and amounted to €2,448.3 million (9M/17: €2,597.1 million).
In the Automotive segment, KUKA Group achieved sales revenues of €404.9 million in the third quarter. The figure for the first nine months was €1,190.9 million.
Sales revenues in the Industries segment were €236.0 million in the third quarter and totaled €674.6 million in the first nine months of 2018.
Consumer Goods & Logistics Automation reported sales revenues of €148.0 million in the quarter under review. In the first nine months, the segment achieved an overall volume of €450.7 million, thus reflecting the positive development from the previous quarter.
The book-to-bill ratio – in other words the ratio of orders received to sales revenues – came in at 0.88 in the past quarter (Q3/17: 1.01). In the first nine months, this indicator amounted to 1.07 (9M/17: 1.07). In a nine-monthly comparison, this value remains unchanged at above 1, thus indicating good capacity utilization and growth.
As at September 30, 2018, the order backlog for the Group amounted to €2,197.5 million, and was thus at virtually the same level as the previous year (September 30, 2017: €2,210.7 million).
In the quarter under review, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) totaled €26.4 million (margin: 3.1 percent) – a 6.7 percent decline on the previous year's result for the same quarter (Q3/17: €28.3 million; margin 3.5 percent). This decline is primarily attributable to the increased costs for sales, administration, research and development. Disregarding the purchase price allocations for corporate acquisitions, growth investments and reorganiza-tion expenditure, the EBIT is €35.6 million with an EBIT margin of 4.2 percent.
In the first nine months of 2018, EBIT decreased by 15.2 percent to €93.9 million (9M/17: €110.7 million). The margin correspondingly amounted to 3.8 percent (9M/17: 4.3 per-cent). Disregarding the purchase price allocations for corporate acquisitions, growth investments and reorganization expenditure, the EBIT in the first nine months of 2018 is €121.6 million with an EBIT margin of 5.0 percent.
The EBIT for Automotive totaled €21.1 million in the third quarter of 2018 with a margin of 5.2 percent. In the first nine months, EBIT reached a value of €75.9 million. The corresponding margin was 6.4 percent.
EBIT at Industries in the third quarter of 2018 totaled €8.4 million, with a margin of 3.6 percent. In the first nine months, the EBIT was €64.3 million with a margin of 9.5 percent.
At Consumer Goods & Logistics Automation, the EBIT amounted to €1.1 million with a corresponding margin of -0.7 percent. The figure for the first nine months was -€1.2 million with a margin of -0.3 percent. Disregarding the purchase price allocation, the EBIT would be €3.1 million in the first nine months, with an EBIT margin of 0.7 percent.
Employees worldwide
The number of employees in KUKA Group declined by 2.0 percent from 13,988 (September 30, 2017) to 13,710 as at September 30, 2018.
Guidance for 2018 adjusted
Given the current economic forecasts and general conditions and taking into consideration the existing risk and opportunity potential, KUKA anticipates stable demand from Europe in the 2018 fiscal year. KUKA expects weaker growth in Asia than forecast at the start of the year. This is due primarily to a slowdown in the Asian market for jointed-arm robots compared with the previous year. In North America, and particularly in the Automotive sector, KUKA is expecting a slight decline due to the completion of various model updates. A positive development is anticipated in the area of General Industry. Uncertainties exist primarily on account of the current developments in the global economy and in particular the trade dispute between the USA and China. This also affects the world's largest robotics markets, such as the automotive and electronics industries, where we shall continue to keep a close eye on developments.
For these reasons, and based on the current economic environment and business development, KUKA expects to generate sales revenues of around €3.3 billion in the 2018 fiscal year; this is below the forecast of more than €3.5 billion that was made at the start of the year. KUKA predicts an EBIT margin of about 4.5 percent before purchase price allocations amounting to around €15 million, before growth investments and before reorganization expenditure of about €30 million. The investments relate, for example, to Group-wide issues such as digitization, Industrie 4.0, mobility, general industry and China. KUKA is expecting these investments to open up additional areas of growth for the Group in the coming years, which should be reflected in higher sales revenues. KUKA will report on its mid-term planning at the 2019 Annual Press Conference.
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TV REVIEW : Netflix's LUKE CAGE Season 1 Episode 1-13 by Cheo Hodari Coker
Well I've just finished watching the 13th episode of Netflix/Marvel Studios LUKE CAGE, and I have to say… I loved it. Full stop. Show runner Cheo Hodari Coker manages to in many ways do the impossible, and take a character already spotlighted in the JESSICA JONES series, and whose origins are the milieu of the Black Action or Black Agency film of the late 60s and 70s (mislabeled under the derogatory misnomer of Blaxploitation) and with him tell a rich, evocative, exciting, deeply layered cultural and historical and prescient love letter, to a place, Harlem, New York, and to an idea of local determination, and local agency, and self love, and colored love, and Black love in the age of Ferguson.
Or you can just look at it as a great action/drama series, set in the wonderfully expansive universe of Marvel shared superhero universe. :).
But what has exemplified the Netflix/Marvel collaborations to date is how grounded they are in a world not so dissimilar from our own. The gritty street level nature of DAREDEVIL's 1st season, and ground breaking fight choreography, and fantastic writing made for a justifiably lauded 13 hours of television. (lost a bit in its less cohesive and interesting 2nd season)
LUKE CAGE takes that to another level, in being a show that is as much about cultural signposts and idioms that define us, as it is the 'A' story of conflict and resolution. The literary and historical and musical references are not just littered throughout the story, they help define the scope of the character and the scope of the neighborhood that this story takes place in. A man is the things he loves, the things he reads, the things he listens to, the heroes that inspired, the places that mattered, and immediately in one episode Coker defines LUKE CAGE the character and the series in broad strokes, that for me reverberate deeply.
The first two episodes floored me in how good and rich and beautiful, they are. Coker here hitting, for me, the conversations I have in my soul and my head, Chester Himes, Walter Mosley, Denis LeHane, George Pelecanos, Donald Goines??? Come' on Son!!! Kenyatta??? Those few strokes and I knew this was a writer with a deep love and understanding of genre fiction, and those who make it.
But it's more than name dropping, our influences define us, and define our world, and define who we care for, so immediately they make us part and parcel of this story that Coker and his team of writers tell. It's a beautifully structured 13 hours of television, in that the first 6 episodes are very much their own chapter. You could bundle those 6 episodes up and have a great season.
Episode 7 feels like a swerve, very much like a start over, so if you rush into it, not recognizing that peak at the end of 6, that culmination, it's going to feel stretched out. One of the possible dangers of binge TV… you have to pace yourself.
Take a break after episode 6, let that sink in. It is very much, in comic book terms, the end of the first trade paperback or story arc. Episode 7 begins the 2nd story arc, so you have to go into it not rushing to a conclusion, but gearing up for the start, because start it does. As everything from the first arc gets turned on its head, and new major players break on the scene. It's a jarring ride, but once it hits episode 9 its has picked up steam and by 10 is on a full sprint to the finish. Episodes 11, 12 and 13 are Brilliant.
There is a saying out there that 'it's not how you begin, but how you end that matters'; that saying is wrong. All of it matters. It is about how you begin, how you endure, and how you end. Cheo Hodari Coker's LUKE CAGE does the extremely unlikely, in doing all three exceptionally well.
I want a Blu-Ray of this show, complete with Director's and cast commentary, like yesterday. It is that good, and replete with episodes you want to go back to and know more about.
And I have to say it's wonderful to see here in 2016, that TV is making great strides to not be exploitative, and to have shows where you can have more than a token number of characters of color.
One thing I love about LUKE CAGE, particularly about the 2nd half (I love the first half as well) is it is so wonderful to see 6 beautiful women of color in major speaking parts, taking center stage in moments of strength and weakness, and owning the stage. It's so rare to see a three shot of powerful, beautiful Black women in uplifting, exciting, dramatic, heroic material. It's non-existent in Hollywood but thankfully, through great show-runners of color, and the success of shows such as BEING MARY JANE and EMPIRE is becoming finally available on the small screen. And the same love extends to being able to see multiple men of color in powerful, uplifting, heroic roles.
And the appearance of Method Man, and that song… Amazing. This series in addition to a DVD/Blu-Ray, must release a sound track, because in addition to the songs, the score for some of the episodes… is stunning.
I've recently become addicted to listening and purchasing scores, and LUKE CAGE has a world class score.
Now, is the series perfect ? No. I thought episode 3, they had a real opportunity to do an action sequence as talked about as DAREDEVIL's hallway fight, but the director/fight coordinator wasn't up to it. You'll know the scene when you see it, it's perfectly fine, but never rises above fine, when it should have been spectacular. And it's a different show from DAREDEVIL , so the action will be different, I get that, but you can still do different and STUNNING.
Also, my problem with a character like Luke Cage, is the same one I have with a character like Wolverine, just because you can stand there and take being shot by a hail of bullets, doesn't mean you want to or have to.
Luke Cage's character (minor spoiler ahead) is revealed as a former police officer, former Recon soldier, former Prison MMA Fighting champ, former Boxer, all this to say… HE CAN FIGHT. So speed the dude up! Rather than standing there and waiting for someone to unload a clip on you, he should be disarming them and wrapping the gun around their necks before they can get off a shot. Especially since ricochets can kill just as well as any other bullet. I understand visually it's an exciting thing to depict, but it should be the exception for talented filmmakers, not the rule. When he is shielding people from gunfire, sure… let the bullets fly. But in combat mode he should be disarming these guys before they get a shot off. Particularly later in the season that attitude would have made for exciting sequences.
So that was another issue I had. However, the sequences do improve as the series progresses. Plus it's not a show that is about fisticuffs like DAREDEVIL, as much as it is about the fight for a soul of a neighborhood. And that tale it tells expertly.
It is a superlative 13 hours of television, and all involved should take a bow. Cheo Hodari Coker has made not just a great Netflix series, but a great television show, and the one to beat as my favorite show of 2016.
And among the Netflix shows so far where do I rank it? It's much better than DAREDEVIL Season 2, which was good, but not great, it edges out JESSICA JONES, which was great, and it battles it out with DAREDEVIL Season 1 for the top spot. DAREDEVIL Season 1 which was clearly the best show of 2015, outdoes it in terms of action, a definite A of a show.
However I have minor quibbles with it, like I didn't like the loss of Ben Urich, I found the character of Karen page annoying through most of it, the character of Matt Murdock was a bit unlikable, and the last episode it failed to stick the landing with an unimpressive looking costume, and just a bit of a dour ending. So those nitpicks, are the reason LUKE CAGE edges it out, and gets a big A+ grade from me. It possesses a story and characters that I want to revisit… often.
Final Verdict: Seminal, Must Watch TV! Will appeal to fans of mystery novels, especially fans of Chester Himes or Walter Mosley, or fans of movies such as TROUBLE MAN.
If you are not a fan or are made uncomfortable or nervous or have unexamined issues with women of color, you probably will have an issue with the later episodes.
'The fault lies not in our stars, but in ourselves.' Brother, it always does. :).
But for the rest of us who watch the series, LUKE CAGE is phenomenal television at its best.
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Short Film of the Day : THE SHARPEST FINGERS IN CLAYBURN COUNTY!
THE SHARPEST FINGERS IN CLAYBURN COUNTY – An intriguing poster, and a beguiling, inventive, witty, and fun short film by Zodiak Films, written and directed by Glen Schroeder, and starring in wordless but captivating performances Mike Dopud, Aaron Pearl and Danielle Stott-Roy, and showcasing the talents and creations of origami master Joseph Wu.
A must watch short film! Catch it on Vimeo, via Roku, or online here.
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THEATER REVIEW: CSC's Movable Shakespeare's RICHARD III
"No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast."
― William Shakespeare, Richard III
There is no shortage of villains in the oeuvre of the writer known as William Shakespeare. From the machinations of Hamlet's Uncle-cum-Father who puts Hamlet 'too much in the Sun', to the deviousness of Othello's 'trusted' Iago, to the bloody, eye-plucking Cornwall in King Lear, but none are so ever quotable, and perhaps as eminently watchable as Richard III, who is of such expanse in his villainy that he is the star of his own self-titled play, rather than just a player in another character's tale.
And this comes to life in florid detail in the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's unique production of RICHARD III. Directed by Ian Gallanar, one of the CSC's founders, RICHARD III is presented in a 'movable' style that puts the audience, truly in the heart of the action and makes them mute(and not so mute) chorus to this tale of treachery and tragedy.
Taking place in the 'haunted' ruins at the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park in Ellicott City, Maryland, beneath the stars and the eyes of God, it is truly a presentation to remember. Particularly on a good, clear fall night (which we were blessed to see it on) with the wind picking up just a little, and showering Richard III with leaves, almost on queue, as he woos a man's widow over his corpse. Ay, it's a great thing, when the heavens provide your special effects.
And the whole play went thus, as a crowd of over 100, moved from picturesque room or steps or courtyard, moved from scene to scene, and watched actors of talent and temper… a tale unfold.
And before getting into the actors, a bit more on the setting.
Ellicott City is a 30 square mile area, more loose community than incorporated sub-division, that traces its history back to its founding as a Flour Mill back in 1772 by Quaker Brothers named Ellicott. Nestled in the Baltimore-Washington bosom, the area is rumored to, like Rome, be built on seven hills.
So this is no concrete jungle or 'great white way' for your theatrical experience, it is a beautiful and languid tree-lined drive, followed by a pretty spooky uphill walk to make the (typically) 8pm showing, that takes place in the Grecian tinged ruins of the Patapsco Female Institute.
So that is the stage, not New York, or Charlotte, or DC or LA, but the woodlands of Ellicott City; and the PFI Historic Park is a stage worth traveling to see.
Now for those who prance upon that stage.
While there are many strengths to an outdoor production, there are also obvious weaknesses. There are minor moments of congestion and confusion inherent in herding a hundred people to and fro, and that very act of going in and out of the 'reality' of the play, perhaps can limit how engrossed the viewer can get into the play.
However I think the immediacy of being 'in' the play, and viewing that closely the actors and interacting in their space, compensates for any loss of concentrated immersion in the piece.
However one other weakness of an outdoor production, is the sound. Without the acoustics and sound system of a real theater the actors have to project to be heard, particularly should the weather pick up. Some actors were better at doing this than others. Some actors needed to project better. And some actors were stellar.
The word stellar has to be kept close to the name Vince Eisenson who stars as the titular Richard the IIIrd. He has, as expected, to carry much of the play, much of the language, much of the energy. It is a ponderous role to undertake, and Eisenson manages not just to suffer the weight of the role, but to carry it as if he was born to it.
Part of this may have to do with his youth, but more than that Eisenson's Richard is a far more vibrant and lively Richard, no less tortured than other actors who have portrayed the character, but there is a sophistication there, a deft touch to his portrayal, that eschews mustache twirling, that makes the character's ability to charm and deceive, more believable here.
Also of note is the performance of Associate Director Scott Allan Small, as he makes the role of Buckingham, that I think can often come off as no more than a yes man, into one of the formidable figures of the play. He particularly just shines in the scene where he mixes with the audience as he 'attempts' to get Richard to accept the crown.
Also the scene where Buckingham draws the line at the slaying of children, and demands his due of Richard, I thought was just played beautifully between the two actors of Eisenson and Small. The physicality of how they played that role, with Buckingham played as the brick wall in that scene (like Marvel Comics' Kingpin transplanted to Shakespeare), against Richard's flowing water, that seeps into the brick… and breaks it all to pieces.
And the CSC performance is filled with such capable actors, among them Dave Gamble, Greg Burgess, and Jamie Jager in a passionate performance as Richmond. Another highlight scene is with Ron Heneghan delivering a very captivating performance as the imprisoned Clarence; it takes place in a fireplace dominated prison opposite equally entertaining performances by Bart Debicki as Brackenbury (the lieutenant of the tower) and the actors playing his assassins (Rebecca Dreyfuss and Jared Murray).
All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable and recommended production, by a theater company I do not think you would be wrong, in calling world class. And this is typified by the fact that the last few performances of their RICHARD III (ending the weekend of this writing) are all sold out.
But don't mourn too much, if moved by this review to sample the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in the future and will be visiting the East Coast, 2013 brings new CSC productions of Shakespeare's classic plays, among them ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.
And If RICHARD III is a gauge, both shows will be much labored over in their construction, and much loved in their delivery.
Accolades go out to communications Director Sandra Maddox Barton for all her assistance, in making this review possible.
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MOVIE REVIEW: DREDD vs JUDGE DREDD???!!!!
Mostly on the impetus of some strongly positive reviews from podcasts I've listened to, I managed to catch the film DREDD, at one of the last theaters it was still playing at in my area. Left to my own impetus, I would have waited to rent it free at the library.
Having just seen it I can say that would have been the right decision. I didn't like the film, and perhaps more accurately I didn't enjoy the film.
The dictionary defines vile as morally debased, depraved or despicable; and that's the word that came to mind while watching DREDD.
I understand violence and action, I am very much a child of the cinema of Sam Peckinpah and John Woo. But Action and violence must always be rooted in some moral underpinning, some moral compass, it must be part of a larger tapestry of a story to have some resonance or meaning or point. It must have heroes.
A violent film devoid of any of that, for me has always been the true definition of pornography. It is NATURAL BORN KILLERS or SIN CITY or insert garbage film here. It is an ugly video game.
That's what DREDD was to me in the summation, an ugly, rudderless video game. Part of this wave of movies that is about Police launching paramilitary style raids in civilian centers and killing indiscriminately.
I like JUDGE DREDD in the comic book format, his stories are short and pithy, and the world and violence he dispenses more cartoony and satiric. He is something not to take too seriously, and is often slightly buffoonish. However, this film is a very ugly and graphic portrayal, and none of it sat well with me.
In many ways our fictional heroes and films define us, I know they certainly defined me growing up. We are socialized into what is acceptable by the codes of our heroes. DREDD is a film where the title character engages in police brutality/torture, mass murder and maiming, and all of it done with a seeming arbitrariness and lack of reflection, that makes both character and film… soulless.
And also because so much of the history of film has to do with reinforcing and creating stereotypes, I'm also very aware of color coded films. Films where any substantive male Black characters are presented villainized and when possible denigrated. Films with Black faces, but White messages. 'Police Brutality against Blacks is acceptable and humorous' to go by the giggling in some parts of the audience during scenes in DREDD, and the emasculation of the only substantive Black Man in the film by having him get beat up by the White men and women around him.
If his treatment was counterpointed by actively, strong Black Male characters in the film that would have made his treatment a story point, but devoid of any strong positive Black male images in the film, the treatment of the sole substantive Black Male character becomes a focal point. It becomes a message.
It becomes a new age Minstrel show. Black faces and White messages. And it is sad that there are always actors of color hungry enough to take such roles and debase themselves to make certain people through their fiction feel less threatened in the facts of their lives.
We are socialized by these messages. There is no stronger socialization tool for our young (and if you don't think the young will be seeing this movie on DVD and TV you are mistaken). Movies make a billion dollars worldwide because they speak to people. They can move and shape people.
But we must always be wary of the language they speak to us in, and what they shape us to be.
So for that reason, and the lack of a hero, the lack of any real story, the indiscriminate meat grinder killing of bystanders, and the general seamy atmosphere, DREDD is a movie I did not hate, but I did not like. It was an unsatisfying meal, and one I will not be trying again.
I much prefer the Stallone JUDGE DREDD to be honest, yes it has the awful Rob Schneider in it, but him aside, I like Stallone's Dredd, and I like some of the scenes in that movie a lot. My favorite being the Judge's walk into the cursed Earth. There's a heart to the goofy Stallone JUDGE DREDD movie that I will take over the heartless nature of this new DREDD movie.
So, final grade: C-. A technically well done movie, but a morally bankrupt one. Rent it if you're curious and can get it from your local library for free, but not worth buying.
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THE TOP 3 Actor Ad-Libs of All Time!!!
To paraphrase Rodney Dangerfield, Actors, their salaries aside, tend to have to put up with more than their share of disrespect. Generally from people that don't have anything close to talent, and their only joy is pushing people from pedestals. The unwashed masses that have nothing but venom to spout about the personal lives of the Cruises or the Woods or the Gibsons.
As long as someone's personal life isn't affecting my life, or is not changing the laws or policy I have to endure, I don't give a good darn. Someone wants to be a Scientologist or Mormon or the last Scion of Zion… more power to em.
I tend to give people more leeway than most. Mostly because though I don't believe in much, I do believe that 'let him without sin, cast the first stone'. So Romney needs to shut the eff up. :).
And getting back to actors, in particular, they are often seen as primadonnas, who get paid much and bring little. And no doubt there are the ones for whom that belief is completely accurate. But on the whole I think it's something of an impressive calling.
To give everything, your hurt and your joy, to crowd and stage and screen.
Writers particularly tend to view Actors adversarially, 'Don't you dare change my line!'.
But when you have a committed actor, feeling the part, living the role, being the moment…their ad-libs, their additions…. can be priceless. Can be in certain cases, the most memorable lines of a film.
Three standout cases come to mind.
And counting down….
#3!!
PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID- I've mentioned this before, but can never get enough PAT GARRET & BILLY THE KID. 🙂
R.C. Armstrong, born in 1917, (95 years ago, and by all reports still going strong) delivered one of the quintessential lines in Pekinpah's PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID. As is well documented, Pekinpah had a way of riling up actors to get a performance out of them, he did that with the 6'3″ mean as a rattlesnake R.C. Armstrong and Kris Kristofferson had the bad luck of being the object of that realism. :). R.C. bringing his fundamental upbringing into the crafting of this line…
"Your problem is you don't know about Jesus! I'll show you! I'll take you for a walk across Hell, on a Spider Web!"
What an awesome line, next up….
#2!!!!
THEY LIVE- Roddy Piper's biggest step from the squared circle, into the lights of Hollywood came with this John Carpenter film, and the wrestler turned actor attacked it. Giving a great performance in a great film, opposite the always impressive Keith David. But even more than his performance, it's probably this line he added, that stood out for a whole generation of people seeing the film—
heh, heh, heh, I never get tired of that line (A really close followup to that, from the same movie is.."Life's a b*tch… and she's back in heat!". Aww that roddy Roddy Piper! 🙂 And the number #1 Actor Added Line of ALL Time IS!!!!!
Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner!!!!!
BLADE RUNNER- Rutger Hauer seeing the climatic scene of Ridley Scott's chaotic production needed something, came up with this, my favorite bit of 'not in the script or the book' writing, that anyone has brought to the table—
Well all three actors take a bow. Your Awards are being kept safe for you, until you ask me for them :).
As far as you writers, you can all stand suitably chastised. And all you film fans… go out there and treat yourself to a classic flick!!
Enjoy!!! And remember (leaving you with one more Actor Added line)…
Who Loves Ya Baby? 🙂
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CLASSIC TV reviews: DOCTOR WHO! STORY 13 – THE WEB PLANET !!!
This installment of IT WILL NOT BE TELEVISED we take the way back machine to the swinging and bloody early days of 1965, and look at a serial from season 2 of a little known (at the time) Brit show called Doctor Who! And the serial, the 13th Who Serial, is called THE WEB PLANET.
Onto the review:
SERIAL 13 THE WEB PLANET
Original Airdate Weekly from 13 Feb 1965- 20 Mar 1965
Doctor Who: The Web Planet (Story 13) (See all Sci-Fi & Fantasy Cult Movies)
First let's start with a bit of back-story. What was happening in the world over the six weeks, six Fridays, this serial went out on? Well The News during this Time is… all too human:
-The first US combat troops arrive in Vietnam. By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers are in Vietnam.
-In the Audubon Ballroom in New york City on 21 Feb 1965 El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (perhaps better known as Malcolm X) was assassinated before a crowd of hundreds including his pregnant wife, and 3 of his 4 children.
-18th March, 1965: A Soviet cosmonaut known as Lt. Col. Alexei Leonov exited the spacecraft Voskshod II for a short "spin". He completed a somersault, and then proceeded to take pictures of space. This took place just days before the U.S. planned to launch its first two-man spaceship and becomes the first man to walk in space.
-18th February, 1965 : An avalanche and Glacial Slide caused the deaths of 26 miners who were removing copper ore from underneath a glacier in British Columbia.
-15th February, 1965 : It was proclaimed by Queen Elizabeth II of England that the Maple leaf would become Canada's new national flag symbol.
-20th February, 1965 : The Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed on the moon after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface
-2nd March : The Sound of Music Premier 1965
-7th March, 1965 : Troopers with night sticks, shotguns and tear-gas grenades violently confronted 600 civil rights marchers during an attempted 50-mile march from Selma to the Alabama state capitol Montgomery.
-Optical Disk —– 1965 USA by James Russell – now Compact Disk CD / DVD
-The Supremes, "Stop! In The Name Of Love" rises to the top of the charts
So that's a look at the world 46 years ago. And for a bigger kick to put that world in perspective, here are what things cost then (US prices):
Cost of a new home: $21,500.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.05
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.31
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.53
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $0.95
Federal debt: $322.3 billion
Average Income per year $6,450.00 (Needless to say this average income bought you a lot more more back then, than today's average income of $39,423.00 is going to buy you. For one thing far more of today's money is eaten up in taxes upon taxes, and most things have multiplied faster than income… ie stamps and petrol and the price of a house are nearly 10 times 1965 levels, while income is barely 6 times 1965 levels. So income is trailing inflation by nearly 50% overtime, and that's not even accounting for various new forms of taxation. And just think, you thought this was just a Doctor Who review! 🙂 )
While the Brits may have been watching Doctor Who (and let's be honest, very few of them were doing that), In the States the airwaves were packed with shows eating up the ratings from THE FUGITIVE to BEWITCHED to MAN FROM UNCLE to VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA to BONANZA to ED SULLIVAN to JONNY QUEST to popular music shows such as SHINGDIG. And 1965 would only provide more programs to keep Americans occupied.
It wouldn't be till the late 70s, and Public Broadcasting's increased efforts going across the pond for programming… that would introduce the States to this thing called Doctor Who. And indeed give the show the added funding to keep it running, when other BBC shows of the period had given up the ghost.
And being one of the few shows of the fantastic, Doctor Who offered a cross cultural appeal that continues to… stand the test of time. So to speak. 🙂
So without further ado the review of the 13th Doctor Who story, starring William Hartnell and written by Bill Strutton, produced by Verity Lambert, and directed by Richard Martin:
EPISODE 1 OF 6
THE WEB PLANET- by Bill Strutton. More shockingly bad alien costumes. Dennis Spooner graduates to script editor. This is a mysterious but not particularly satisfying series opener. Unimpressively directed by Richard Martin. C.
THE ZARBI- Strange premise with more shockingly inept alien costumes. Here's the thing, if you don't have the budget to do something convincingly… then don't do it. Not without interest, but those sets and costumes… uggh. C-.
ESCAPE TO DANGER- I do like how the Menoptra move. Very elegant. It was Richard Martin's idea to have dancers play the Menoptra, and a great idea it was. Lacking their… grace, and performances, and strangeness I would not be writing this review. Roslyn de Winter, an Australian mime, was hired to choreograph the Menoptra's movements and speech, and also plays the central Menoptra… Vrestin. For the actress to act through all that makeup is impressive… for all the actors actually. With this episode I became interested in the serial, in spite of its constraints. B-.
CRATER OF NEEDLES- You have to give this serial points for sheer imagination. So much creativity. If I was a kid, the target audience, I would have loved this serial. It is very well written, and passionately performed. And the flying scenes, and battles are quite lovingly staged. While as an adult I could ask for better costumes, effects, sets, what they pull off is still quite impressive. The strength of Doctor Who, being the same strength of The Simpsons or any good Pixar movie, it is layered, smart writing to appeal to both adults and kids. B+.
INVASION- From a serial I almost did not finish, when I saw the first one, this has really grown on me. Beyond the questionable budget it is quite a lovely fable, and also at times quite touching, and quite dire.
THE CENTRE- All routes lead to the center, as the Doctor and his Crew and the butterfly like Menoptra battle the Animus, an eater of worlds, at the center of all things. A strong denouement, for a surprisingly good serial. B/B+.
So in summation this six part series is not, when recalled, fondly remembered by most. That said its first episode, THE WEB PLANET, originally brought in 13.5 million viewers, the most of any Doctor Who broadcast of the 60s.
Doctor Who never brought in great numbers, but it managed to be consistent, and have a passionate fan-base. Which accounts for the longevity of both the original series, and the success of the new series. If you can get past the questionable first couple episodes, and go along with the conceits, I think you'll find a serial that is surprisingly… fun. Overall grade: B/B+.
You can pick up the DVD using the link below AND support this blog at the same time! Say it ain't so, Joe! 🙂 ! But seriously I only recommend things I myself own, and I appreciate any purchasing you do via this blog. Thanks!
http://www.shannonsullivan.com/- Offers background info on this episode
http://www.listzblog.com- Nice overview of popular shows by period
http://www.tvparty.com/- More great overview of what's hot in tv by year
http://oldies.about.com/od/60srockers/tp/topten1965.htm- A great overview of popular music by year
http://www.1960sflashback.com/- Helped with research on prices in 1965
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/AWI.html- more prices over time data
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/- another great tool for prices over time
http://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/N.htm- for a helpful scan, plus see it for another take on this serial. Good stuff.
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The 1983 FIA World Rally Championship – AUDI QUATTRO RALLY CAR MANUAL
Audi's interim Group B car was called the Quattro A1, its name used to denote the lighter aluminium engine block that nestled in a body that was outwardly similar to its Group 4 and road cars. In contrast, Lancia had built its pert little 037 Rallye to shave the limits of every regulation from the ground up; team principal Cesare Fiorio and his merry men had taken on the same determination as a team of commandos behind enemy lines.
They had an all-star driver pairing of Markku Alen in one car and Walter Rohrl in the other, but to tackle Audi would mean being open to every available tactic to achieve their objectives.
The extent to which Lancia was prepared to wage war upon the world championship was revealed in Monte Carlo when, in conditions of ice and snow, the Lancias set off wearing slick tyres. They were barely under control for the first few kilometres but then, miraculously, the roads cleared and virgin asphalt appeared beneath their wheels, as though somehow the roads from Corsica had been lifted and laid down beneath the Lancias. In some ways they had.
'Fiorio sent a few trucks with 40 tonnes of salt a week before,' Rohrl chuckled, years later. 'They have sprinkled vigorously so that the snow is gone!'
Nothing in the rules precluded teams from completely changing the road surface to suit their cars – it was simply that very few other teams would have come up with the notion. For Cesare Fiorio, however, it was all in a day's work. Not only did he have a small Italian army throwing salt down, but he also convinced the event organisers to do the same, making an elaborate case that not doing so would leave them culpable in the event of injuries to spectators, resulting from them slipping on too much ice and snow on the stages.
Throughout the event, Lancia kept a very close eye on the road conditions and had tyre barges waiting on the actual stages – ready to switch from slick to studded rubber if needed. 'If you want to compete in motor sport, you must know the rules you have to face,' Fiorio later said. 'The grey zones of the rules… and it's always a big fight but you must try to be a bit clever.'
Rohrl romped to victory in front of Alen while Blomqvist finished third for Audi in front of Mikkola. Michele Mouton had crashed out on the 11th special stage, but at least had the consolation of not putting Fabrizia Pons in the hands of the medics this year.
Back in Ingolstadt, the limits to which Lancia was prepared to reach for victory gave pause for thought. Development of the thoroughbred Group B Quattro became all-consuming, while Audi realised that winning the drivers' championship was, in many ways, more important than the manufacturers' title.
In 1982 nobody outside the respective boardrooms had paid much attention to the contest between Audi and Opel because they were wide-eyed at the battle between Rohrl and Mouton, with all its attendant press headlines. In 1983, therefore, Audi would go out of its way to ensure that one driver would beat Walter Rohrl and that driver would be Hannu Mikkola.
Partly to help him along in this respect, and partly to promote the new road-going model, Stig Blomqvist would compete in the Swedish Rally at the wheel of a Group A production class Audi 80 quattro, down 100 bhp for the absence of a turbo. With Lancia electing to miss Sweden, Mikkola duly took victory at the head of a 1 -2-3-4 result for Audi – and the fact that Blomqvist was second overall in the 80 quattro was a jolt for everyone.
Portugal came next and with it the Lancias returned to battle. The Quattros were on their mettle and finished with Mikkola winning from Mouton. Next came the Safari Rally and Lancia again chose to skip an event for which its little coupes were ill-suited but Audi made its debut on the event. An extraordinary game of long-distance snakes and ladders ensued in which all of the lead contenders shone, struck problems and fell back before recovering once again. When the last stage was over, Ari Vatanen won for Opel with Mikkola and Mouton right behind him.
Gumpert's team travelled to Corsica for its bogey event with two of the heavily revised Audi Quattro A2 cars for Mikkola and Mouton. The second aluminium engine had a smaller swept volume than other Quattros, with 2,110cc. This dropped the Quattro down into the 'below 3-litre class' when multiplied by 1.4 to compensate for the turbo. But nobody specified the size of the turbo (or intercooler), which had grown significantly, with Audi confirming that 400 bhp had been seen from the 'baby' engine.
This much power was allied to a more advanced and lightweight construction (see Chapter 4), evidenced from the roadside by a second air intake in front of the rear wheels -this one for cooling the rear differential. Despite the obvious enhancements to its design, teething problems prevented either of the Quattro A2s from reaching the finish, handing Lancia a 1-2-3-4 result with Alen beating Rohrl.
Next came the Acropolis, and Audi could at least hope that the Lancias would struggle to survive the brutal nature of the Greek stages. When it came to it, Mikkola's car went out after the boot lid flew off on a night stage and pulled the oil reservoir out with it, while Mouton rolled her A2 into a ball. Stig Blomqvist was on hand with a third example and set a blistering string of stage wins, but could finish no higher than third behind the Lancias of Rohrl and Alen.
The championship was at boiling point in New Zealand, and Audi Sport decided to enter Blomqvist in a third car once again. The entry was late but accepted by the organisers – but not so by Lancia, who protested and had the Swede pulled out of the rally while he was running in second place. Rohrl took the win and both Mouton and Mikkola suffered engine failures – Mikkola's resulting in a fire which, eagle-eyed observers noted, was the tenth conflagration of the Quattro's World Rally Championship career.
Argentina followed, returning to the calendar with a rugged route around the Andes. Finally, the Audi Quattro A2s held together and performed as planned, with Mikkola taking victory from Blomqvist, dutifully guarding the team leader's tail, with Mouton third and guest driver Shekhar Mehta ending up fourth.
In Finland for the 1,000 Lakes, Hannu Mikkola was in trouble early on. He lost the front differential on his first major jump and then he lost his turbo after the engine mounts broke over another. 'I always remember it was an 85km [53 mile] road section and I knew it takes 40 minutes and I knew there would be a lot of police,' Mikkola recalled later.
'So I said to Arne "Give me the map" and I looked at another road on the side and I went flat out. I got there on time and they changed the engine mount.'
The fired-up Finn was delayed again by a loose turbo but by the final morning was back in second place with 24 seconds being the deficit to Blomqvist – and 20 miles [32km] of competitive rally remaining to him. As the field mustered at the stage start, Roland Gumpert reminded Blomqvist in no uncertain terms what was expected of him, and Mikkola duly won that last stage by 45 seconds.
Audi would have to beat Lancia heavily in Sanremo to stand a chance of winning the manufacturers' title, while a Lancia win would give it to the Italians on home soil. Small wonder that it was a 'maximum effort' from Cesare Fiorio's men, who tried to repeat their trick of creating optimum road conditions by driving vans over the gravel stages with brooms underneath that swept loose gravel away.
That ploy failed, but in the end they didn't need it. Audi Sport entered four Quattros for Mikkola/Hertz, Mouton/Pons, Blomqvist/ Cederberg and French asphalt rally hero Bernard Darniche with co-driver Alain Mahe. Mouton was the highest-placed finisher in seventh, Darniche was ninth, Blomqvist crashed heavily and Mikkola's car burned down to the ground. The 1983 manufacturers' title belonged to Lancia, which ended with Alen winning from Rohrl-and third driver Attilio Bettega, but although Rohrl still had a mathematical chance of beating Mikkola to the drivers' title he had no intention of competing in the Ivory Coast or RAC Rallies.
While Lancia celebrated, Rohrl wandered over to the Audi service area and sought out his rival. 'I said "Hannu, enjoy it! You are world champion, I am happy, it is beautiful!'"
On the Ivory Coast, Audi sent one car for Mikkola with promising young Finnish driver Lasse Lampi acting as his teammate and support vehicle. Some locals were rather upset about the rally interrupting their peace and quiet so they laid a tree in the road, which Mikkola hit, bending the shell and handing the initiative to his old teammate Bjorn Waldegard in a Toyota. Second place was sufficient to mean that even if Rohrl did appear in Britain, he could only tie on points at best.
In the end, Rohrl did not appear. A week before the RAC Rally, the Bavarian had gone out and quietly driven in a domestic German rally at the start of his new job – as an Audi Sport driver. He discovered that the Quattro was a very different beast in comparison with the Lancia and understeered into some trees. He had much to learn if finally getting his hands on a four-wheel-drive car was going to live up to expectations.
Meanwhile in Britain, Mikkola and Mouton appeared for the works team with Lasse Lampi in his Finnish championship car from David Sutton, along with fellow Finnish Quattro drivers Antero Laine and Jouko Saarinen in their own cars. American champion John Buffum returned, British ace Darryl Weidner appeared with an ex-Sutton car and Stig Blomqvist was in the Audi Sport UK Quattro A2, with which he had won the 1983 British championship.
With the drivers' title settled, no team orders were enforced and Blomqvist led from the start. Mikkola lost a wheel in his pursuit but fought back from 20th to second place at the finish, happy to share the podium and accept the cheers of British fans who, after so many years, claimed both crews as their own.
Struggling on the salty asphalt, Mikkola sought to minimise the damage at the start of a concerted push for the drivers' world championship.
Lancia knew that the 037 would struggle on snow and missed the event, with Hannu Mikkola cruising to his second win on the event.
Despite not having a turbo, Stig Blomqvist pressed on hard in the Group A 80 quattro to finish second in Sweden.
The Audi Sport team arrived in Africa for its first appearance on the Safari Rally. Victory would fall to Ari Vatanen's Opel, however.
Mikkola was single-minded in his pursuit of victory at home in Finland.
The lightweight, muscular A2 was the definitive Group B Audi Quattro and it debuted in Corsica. Its asphalt performance was stronger -just not strong enough.
Disappointment on the Acropolis led to disaster in New Zealand – Blomqvist being excluded while both Mikkola and Mouton suffered mechanical failures.
Walter Rohrl's first appearance in an Audi, on a national event in Germany, ended with a fearsome accident from which he and co-driver Christian Geistdorfer were lucky to escape.
Another Audi Quattro win on the RAC Rally – this time Stig Blomqvist claiming the honours in Audi UK's entry beating Mikkola's factory car.
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The Guns + Tacos series are novella length crime stories, 60 – 70 pages in length, published once a month. The series is edited by Michael Bracken and Trey R. Barker. It is published by Down & Out Books. All stories are set in the Chicago area. The commonality in all of them is Jesse's …
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The Eyes Of Texas At last we have a cover and a pub date for The Eyes Of Texas, an anthology of short stories edited by Michael Bracken and published by Down and Out Books. The pub date is October 21, 2019. The Eyes of Texas features seventeen original tales of Lone Star State private …
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Woman of Noir Megan Abbott is one of the best contemporary noir writers. My introduction to her work was a short story, Policy, which appeared in an anthology of short stories, Damned Near Dead edited by Duane Swierczyinski. It appeared one year after her debut novel, Die A Little. Abbott expanded Policy into a novel, Queenpin. …
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French film actress, Jeanne Moreau, best known for her role in the French New Wave Film, Jules et Jim, has passed away. She was 89. Moreau also starred in Francois Truffaut's film, La Mariee Etait En Noir adapted from the noir classic, The Bride Wore Black by William Irish (Cornell Woolriich.) The Bride Wore Black …
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Kiron releases new single 'We Gotta Do Something'
The rapper and producer of hip hop known as Kiron has released his latest official single, "We Gotta Do Something." The track has been proudly published on the Rock & Throne Records independent music label without the direction of the corporate music industry. A gritty, aggressive look at social issues plaguing humanity everywhere in the industrialized world today, "We Gotta Do Something" is evidence that Kiron is a rap artist to be heard in 2017 and beyond.
"We Gotta Do Something" is the first worldwide release from the rapper as Kiron, who has appeared on album releases from Suaylo such as "My Time to Shine" as Killa K and distributed three singles, "How it is," "Cast em out," and "His name is," as well as an EP album, "No Other Gospel" as
Kiron The Prophet. "We Gotta Do Something" is also Kiron's first release under the Rock & Throne Records label, denoting a new milestone in the artist's music career.
In an interview for his "Cast em out" single, Kiron cited as main artistic influences many legends of the old-school mic. These included Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane & the entire Juice Crew, Rakim, KRS-One, Public Enemy, Run DMC, Ice T, Dana Dane, Nice n Smooth, A Tribe Called Quest, EPMD, Nas, Notorious BIG, Tupac Shakur, NWA, Scarface, and Das EFX. It's a list music fans can agree shows much taste.
Kiron's own style takes many of the attributes of the rap titans of the 1990s and updates them for a new millennium. His lyrics take front seat and make cogent, powerful points worth considering. His beats are pared down to their most integral boom-bap. His melody lines are reminiscent of the keyboards used by heavy hitters like Snoop and NWA. Fans of these and of modern rappers like MF Doom and Kendrick Lamar, too, will find much to be enthusiastic about in "We Gotta Do Something."
"We Gotta Do Something" by Kiron on the Rock & Throne Records label is available worldwide at over 600 quality digital music stores online now.
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Hyatt's Next Big Thing promotion is available for registration. We posted about this back on September 15th, but now the details are out.
Between October 1, 2009 and January 31, 2010 members can choose to earn the reward you want.
3,000 Hyatt Gold Passport bonus points on every stay, starting with your second stay.
Register today for the reward you want – free nights or bonus points.
Stay at any Hyatt worldwide between October 1, 2009 and January 31, 2010.
This is one of my favorite promotions. You can earn a free night at a Hyatt hotel for every 2 night stays. This beats out Starwood's Free Weekend Nights by a long shot since it doesn't limit the category of hotel or limit the redemption to weekend nights only. If you have the chance rack up some Hyatt stays make sure you redeem/book as soon as possible before all the Faster Free Night availability gets used up.


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Action / Comedy
Keywords: clique teenage friendship exploitation of friendship manipulative friend math genius new girl at school
Lindsay Lohan stars as Cady Heron, a 16 year old homeschooled girl who not only makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett), the ex-boyfriend of queenbee Regina George (Rachel McAdams), but also unintentionally joins The Plastics, led by Regina herself. Join Cady as she learns that high school life can and will be really tough.
Lizzy Caplan as Janis Ian
Rachel McAdams as Regina George
Amanda Seyfried as Karen Smith
Lacey Chabert as Gretchen Wieners
P/S 65 / 175
Reviewed by cafexiji 9 / 10
Attractive Girls...
Dieting to be even more attractive and in the process delivering funny lines and managing to remain straight-faced.
Reviewed by MartinHafer 6 / 10
Don't tell my daughters, but I did not love this film...
For some time, my oldest daughter has tried to get me to watch this film. In addition, my younger daughter has repeatedly told me how wonderful this film is. Well, don't tell them, but I was not in love with this film. For a teen film, it's not bad but it just left me a bit flat. Perhaps this might be because I am a guy, as even my wife liked the film. Regardless, while I liked parts of the film, overall it's just not a particularly distinguished film for me.
Lindsey Lohan plays a new girl to the local high school. She wants to fit in and somehow gets accepted by a small group of the foulest and most self-absorbed girls the school had to offer. And, at first, Lindsay pretends to be their friends so she can find a way to bring this clique down a peg, but over time she, too, becomes one of them--just another nasty and self-absorbed teen girl. Eventually it all comes to a HUGE blow-up--after which there is a COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS AND UNBELIEVABLE finale. None of the final 15 minutes seemed to make sense or was the least bit believable. But, supposedly the film is supposed to mean something deeper...though I have no idea what this message is.
This is a film that has nice parts but the sum of them seems morally ambiguous and confusing. I was surprised that the many "Saturday Night Live" cast members in the film were excellent in this movie--and this is a surprise, as too often the SNL cast members did films that, frankly, were not all that good.
Sorry, folks--perhaps it's just because I am an old fart of 46 years, but I wasn't incredibly impressed by the film. Try watching "17 Again"--now that's a good teen film.
Reviewed by bkoganbing 7 / 10
Distaff pressures
Although Mean Girls is billed as a comedy and God knows it has enough funny moments in it, it's really a quite serious film for young girls showing the pressures they have in high school. Don't think the male side doesn't have any, not by a long shot.
But we are dealing with the distaff side and whole issues are raised by the presence of Lindsay Lohan fresh from the jungle. Not that Lohan was Sheena Queen Of The Jungle, but her parents are zoologists and she was raised and home schooled in Africa. She's quite the beauty, but not knowing the ropes she offends the leader of the cool kids clique Rachel McAdams.
She befriends Lizzy Caplan as the lesbian and the school's gay male Daniel Franzese and they being the most outcast of all get together with Lohan to bring down McAdams and her sycophants. Lohan shows just like Norma Shearer in The Women she's wearing Jungle Red and she knows full well what that means.
Tina Fey as a popular teacher and Tim Meadows as the principal have their hands full as the girls break out into anarchistic warfare. In the end Lohan becomes the catalyst for healing as well.
A lot of funny stuff gives us enough sugar to make a spoonful of medicine go down easy. Sad to say a lot the message of Mean Girls maybe lost on a lot of people
Good ensemble performance by the cast. Mean Girls ought to be required viewing at high schools.


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Titans: Final notes and thoughts ahead of kickoff against the Colts
By Ben Sundock
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It's a game that is always circled on the calendars of every Titans and Colts fan. The rivalry between Tennessee and Indianapolis has been well documented over the last couple of decades and tonight in primetime, the two sides will fight for top spot in the division once again.
The stakes are high for the Titans who enter this contest a game in front of Indy and with a win, could boost their record to 7-2 and 3-0 in the division. Here are some last minute thoughts and notes heading into this huge game.
News/Notes
- The Titans excited fans by activating CB Adoree Jackson to the 53-man roster, but the defensive back will miss the ninth game of the season as he continues to rehab from a mysterious knee injury. To make room for Adoree, DB Dane Cruikshank was placed on injured-reserve for the second time this season, meaning he is not eligible to return to the active roster.
- Adam Humphries, who suffered a concussion on a dirty hit and missed call against the Bengals, will miss his second consecutive game.
- The good news in the injury department is that both Jadeveon Clowney and Roger Saffold participated in Wednesday's practice and will play tonight. Clowney missed the game against the Bears with a knee injury and Saffold left the game early with a shoulder problem.
- Wide receiver Corey Davis' brother, Travis, passed away on Wednesday and the wideout's status for this game is unknown. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
- QB Philip Rivers is going to be missing two key pieces on offense. Two tight ends - Jack Doyle (concussion) and Mo Alie-Cox (knee) - will miss the game. That leaves only Trey Burton to play TE. He leads all tight ends on the roster in yards.
- Wide receiver T.Y. Hilton was listed as questionable all week, however, he has been cleared to play after dealing with a groin injury.
- LB Matthew Adams will miss tonight's game after being placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list. Defensive end Cassius Marsh was elevated to the active roster from the practice squad earlier today.
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The Titans have been incredibly unpredictable in the beginning of games this season and were last year as well. Watching back the highlights from the game against the Colts in December, though the Titans eventually won the game 31-17 in Lucas Oil, they had two early turnovers (a fumble by Henry and one by Tannehill) that lead to points.
They were bailed out solely by Adam Vinatieri's poor kicking. He missed one field goal, had one blocked from close range, and another blocked that Ty Smith scooped up and returned for a touchdown.
So, the difference in this game will be the Titans' offense against the Colts' defense and the winner might be decided by who is better on special teams.
As I mentioned in my three keys to victory, the Colts' defense ranks top 3 in the league in terms of points and run defense. The Titans offense has struggled over the last three weeks against solid competition, so, a game where they get back to their scoring ways against a division opponent could not be more timely.
Feed Derrick, control the clock, and please, please, please, protect Ryan Tannehill! TITAN UP!
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A Controlled Trial of Erenumab for Episodic Migraine
Peter J. Goadsby, M.D., Ph.D., Uwe Reuter, M.D., Yngve Hallström, M.D., Gregor Broessner, M.D., Jo H. Bonner, M.D., Feng Zhang, M.S., Sandhya Sapra, Ph.D., Hernan Picard, M.D., Ph.D., Daniel D. Mikol, M.D., Ph.D., and Robert A. Lenz, M.D., Ph.D.
N Engl J Med 2017; 377:2123-2132, November 30, 2017.
We tested erenumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits the calcitonin gene–related peptide receptor, for the prevention of episodic migraine.
We randomly assigned patients to receive a subcutaneous injection of either erenumab, at a dose of 70 mg or 140 mg, or placebo monthly for 6 months. The primary end point was the change from baseline to months 4 through 6 in the mean number of migraine days per month. Secondary end points were a 50% or greater reduction in mean migraine days per month, change in the number of days of use of acute migraine–specific medication, and change in scores on the physical-impairment and everyday-activities domains of the Migraine Physical Function Impact Diary (scale transformed to 0 to 100, with higher scores representing greater migraine burden on functioning).
A total of 955 patients underwent randomization: 317 were assigned to the 70-mg erenumab group, 319 to the 140-mg erenumab group, and 319 to the placebo group. The mean number of migraine days per month at baseline was 8.3 in the overall population; by months 4 through 6, the number of days was reduced by 3.2 in the 70-mg erenumab group and by 3.7 in the 140-mg erenumab group, as compared with 1.8 days in the placebo group (P<0.001 for each dose vs. placebo). A 50% or greater reduction in the mean number of migraine days per month was achieved for 43.3% of patients in the 70-mg erenumab group and 50.0% of patients in the 140-mg erenumab group, as compared with 26.6% in the placebo group (P<0.001 for each dose vs. placebo), and the number of days of use of acute migraine–specific medication was reduced by 1.1 days in the 70-mg erenumab group and by 1.6 days in the 140-mg erenumab group, as compared with 0.2 days in the placebo group (P<0.001 for each dose vs. placebo). Physical-impairment scores improved by 4.2 and 4.8 points in the 70-mg and 140-mg erenumab groups, respectively, as compared with 2.4 points in the placebo group (P<0.001 for each dose vs. placebo), and everyday-activities scores improved by 5.5 and 5.9 points in the 70-mg and 140-mg erenumab groups, respectively, as compared with 3.3 points in the placebo group (P<0.001 for each dose vs. placebo). The rates of adverse events were similar between erenumab and placebo.
Erenumab administered subcutaneously at a monthly dose of 70 mg or 140 mg significantly reduced migraine frequency, the effects of migraines on daily activities, and the use of acute migraine–specific medication over a period of 6 months. The long-term safety and durability of the effect of erenumab require further study
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A warm welcome awaits you at this small family run park which is set in beautiful countryside on the Devon and Cornwall border, within easy reach of the north and south coasts and close to the bustling market town of Tavistock. Catering is easy with bread and pastries baked daily, weekly hog roast or alternatively an easy stroll to the local pub. Enjoy a range of activities during school holidays or simply relax and enjoy the peace and quiet. Woodovis offers something for everyone. Indoor heated pool. Water-walking. Spa bath. Physiotherm infrared therapy sauna. Wi-Fi access (in designated areas). Archery. Hog roast (weekly). Circus skills workshops. Games room and children's play area. Outdoor table tennis and ball games area. Electric cycle hire. Electric vehicle charging station. Nature trail. Petanque court (Boules available). Shop with bread, croissants and pain au chocolat baked daily. Complimentary storytelling sessions. Dog exercise meadow. Touchscreen information board. Launderette. Archery, water-walking, circus skills and storytelling – available once a week Apr 5-Apr 27, May 24-Jun 1, Jul 19-Aug 31 and Oct 18-Oct 26. All other facilities available for all dates.
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Battaristis concinusella is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, including California, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, South Carolina and West Virginia.

Adults are ash grey with three or four minute brown spots on the disc. There are two narrow, very oblique, short, dark brown, costal streaks near each other, one just before and the other just behind the middle, followed immediately by a narrow white costal streak which passes obliquely back into the middle of the apical part of the wing where it meets and forms an acute angle with an opposite dorsal streak, and behind this acute angle the apex is hoary with an apical black spot or dash. At the base of the cilia there is a narrow dark brown hindmarginal line which is margined behind by a row of hoary scales. The costal and dorsal margins, at the base of the cilia, are suffused with pale ochreous.

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Moths described in 1877
Battaristis

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