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Fifth Annual Watched In Theater (W.I.T) Awards
L. Palmer / February 23, 2017
Welcome to the Fifth Annual Watched In Theater (W.I.T.) Awards!
The 2017 Oscars are being deliberated, honoring movies that push boundaries, wrench at your heart, and make the audience question their entire existence. While these may be great films, I have not seen most of them. Instead, I present the WIT awards, honoring the movies I have actually seen in the theater. You are welcome to share your own personal WIT awards in the comments below.
The Judging Criteria:
I have actually seen the film in a movie theater
Following the theory of a good friend of mine, "Would I buy it for my home collection?" To add to this, would I buy it, and then watch it enough times to memorize most of the film, or rewind to watch a certain scene over, and over again?
Round 1: The Movies I've Seen In Theater In 2016
If you love period dramas and Jane Austen, there are much better films you can watch (BBC's versions of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, for example). There are fun moments, but the overall pacing is flat and the movie never has the full courage to push into the farcical nature of this more obscure Jane Austen story. On a side note, I have read the original novella and there's a reason this is one of Austen's lesser known works. It's fun, but doesn't have the wit and depth of the four main novels (Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma).
This film was a surprise, because it really shouldn't have worked. However, as I was abandoned in Las Vegas last summer for a few days due to a broken car after my brother's wedding, I happened to have time on my hands and a movie gift certificate in my pocket.
I found myself charmed and immersed in the film, forgetting these animals and environments are technical feats of animation and green screen. It's a lush, rich adventure well worth watching on the big screen. I don't think it's going to be a long-lasting classic, but it's still a well-made film.
Star Trek: Beyond
SPACESHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a fun, action-packed addition to the modern Star Trek universe. The movie breezes along, hitting a lot of classic tropes but with a needed sleekness verses gravitas. Many Trek fans talk about the more heady elements of the series – issues of ethics and science – but forget Trek can also be fun. I felt this movie was just intellectual enough, giving us some ethical concerns and twists, while giving us some spectacular action pieces. It's a fun, modern Star Trek film.
Bonus points for Jaala, who is a great addition to the crew, and not just another love interest.
Similar to the rest of the films on this list, Fantastic Beasts is a film an entire franchise's future depends on. The story itself has a strong mix of danger, fantasy, and sweetness. One of my sister's pointed out that the main theme of the story is to treat others – whether animals or humans – with kindness. Even one of the major villains is treated with empathy. The four core characters we'll get to know over the next few films are strong and I'm excited to spend more time with them.
Most of all, this film does a great job of expanding the Harry Potter universe and introducing us to more wonders. The creatures are the main feature of this film and are, as the title says, fantastic. I know I'm not the only one who wants to get their own niffler to take home.
The Russo brothers have pulled off an incredible feat again with Captain America: Civil War, which makes me excited to see where they'll take us with the next two Avengers films. This film, in the wrong hands, would have been loud and sprawling, overstuffed with too many characters, and not enough time for a cohesive plot. However, by focusing on the conflict between Iron Man and Captain America, while also bringing in more Bucky (and I'm always happy to have more of Sebastian Stan in anything), this film is able to deliver a tight, cohesive plot.
However, by focusing on the conflict between Iron Man and Captain America, while also bringing in more Bucky (and I'm always happy to have more of Sebastian Stan in anything), this film is able to deliver a tight story pulling us on a great character journey.
Also, the conflict in this film works because it's earned. Batman Vs. Superman was trying to give us a similar plot, but was trying to introduce the characters at the same time. With Captain America: Civil War, Marvel has already introduced us to the characters and conflicts which culminate in this film. The film is able to zip along while covering a lot of ground.
Bonus points to the fantastic introduction of Tom Holland's Spiderman. I've never been excited about a Spiderman film before. The Amazing Spiderman looks awesome.
Doctor Strange is a fantastic addition to the Marvel universe. I'd rank this with the best (Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: Winter Soldier, The Avengers). What all these films do well is have broad, expansive worlds while centering us around a strong story.
This film, similar to Fantastic Beasts, does a great job of nodding to the prior films while creating room for expanding the cinematic universe of the franchise.
The characters are fantastic – with Dr. Palmer as one of the strongest female romantic interests in the entire Marvel series, and The Ancient One as the rare female character who is simply a strong leader (despite issues of changing the race and gender of the comic book character). Also, the cape itself is a great supporting character. Similar to the Iron Man series, this film is able to have fun while making us care about our egotistical hero and building some fantastic action sequences.
The technical marvels of those sequences are amazing as we're we're zipped along through Matrix-Inception-esque scenes. This film is a fun, immersive experience which plays its role as an escapist adventure incredibly well.
For those who follow my blog, you know I have very strong opinions on Rogue One. For many Star Wars fans, this was the grown up, serious action-packed Star Wars film they've been waiting for since they wanted to take an e-web blaster to Jar Jar Binks.
Parts of this film are fantastic action pieces, and Chirrut (Donnie Yen) and K-2S0 (Alan Tudyk) are both strong characters. However, altogether, the film has some big plotholes and is so focused on throwing back to the Original Trilogy, we don't really get a chance to meet the characters before [SPOILER] the Empire sashays in and cuts everyone down.
Again, better than the Prequels, but not as good as the Original Trilogy or Episode VII.*
*I want to add that I think there is a similar divide between those who prefer Empire Strikes Back to Return of the Jedi as those who prever Rogue One to The Force Awakens.
Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Ok – Just kidding, but I really love this movie. I saw it twice in the theater in 2016 and several times on home video, so it definitely earned last year's title.
And The Actual Winner Is…
Choosing this year's winner was a tough deliberation. The final three was down to Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. All of them deliver a great spectacle while having a strong core built on characters. However, only one could be this year's winner.
Fantastic Beasts edged out the other finalists based on what I mentioned earlier: Kindness.
The film pivots around Newt Scewmander (the Harry Potter's answer to Doctor Who) seeking to preserve a set of creatures who are misunderstood. As Tina, Queenie, and Kowalski get swept up in his quest, they each are seeking to do the right thing. Even in the darker moments of the film, as we learn more of Credence and the New Salemites, we become more sympathetic to Credence and his dreary life. [SPOILER] The film ends in the tragedy of Credence's destruction, but has the triumph of restoration in the end.
It's not a perfect film, but it's a sweet, magical film, and one that's great for putting on after a long day and getting swept away into a world of wizardry.
Readers:
What was your favorite film from 2016?
What films are you looking forward to this year?
Which animal would you want to take home from Fantastic Beasts?
Side Note 1: Movies I Loved But Missed In Theaters
This section is to acknowledge the movies that are really fantastic, but I didn't have time to see until on DVD/Streaming.
The rare film that deserves all of the hype. It's clever, works on mutliple layers, and features dancing tigers.
Kung Fu Panda 1 and 2 are better overall, but still a solid addition to the franchise. Best character is still Po's dad.
Director David Yates is great at bringing a spectacle with heart. This is what he did with Harry Potter 5-8, Fantastic Beasts, and this film. It's a fun adventure which plays on all the classic tropes of its pulp origins. Samuel L. Jackson breaks the period dialogue now and then, but the film works well enough to ignore a few flaws.
A solid and overlooked film which is a great reminder of the sacrifices many women made so I can have the rights I have today. While this covers the more militant Women's Suffrage movement in England, many of the lack of rights portrayed in this film were the same as the US. If you're unsure of why women are concerned over rhetoric in modern politics, watch this film. It's a heavy film, but well done.
Brooklyn is the rare drama which remains warm and light through much of the story while still delivering high-quality performances and a great story. There are no world-altering events, no massive explosions, only a calm progression as a young Irishwoman makes herself a new life in Brooklyn. This film was nominated for three Oscars (Best Film, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay – Adaptation), and deserves the praise. Of all films on the list (including the ones I watched in the theater), this is the best quality film and well worth watching at least once.
Side Note 2:
I also love Queenie and Kowalski's romance. It's a sweet, gentle love story where a nice but not-necessarily-handsome-guy gets the girl. I may also be prejudiced because the actress who plays Queenie, Alison Sudol, also had a music career under "A Fine Frenzy", with a few albums filled with a mix of whimsy and magic. I may listen to these albums a lot while working on my novel.
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starwarsanon says:
Nice! Also interesting that the Rogue One didn't even make it into your top three. And is it really your 5th annual WIT??? Holy moley time really flies.
I know this is sacrilegious, but Rogue One would actually be number 6 out of 7 – mostly because I don't think the movie sticks its landing.
Also, I was surprised this is the fifth one too. Imagine when I get to ten!
Thanks for sticking around for so long – especially as I've been quieter on the blogosphere over the last few years. I always enjoy your comments.
Hey we all go in and out – look at me since my little Padawan was born…I used to post twice a week and now it's, um, definitely not at that rate.
Ha on Rogue One. Still haven't seen Fantastic Beasts. It was on my list but movies are so hard to get to nowadays.
Little Padawans are great, but do make movie going difficult.
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'use strict';

var expect = require('chai').expect;
var sinon = require('sinon');

describe('registry : routes : component', function(){

  var ComponentRoute = require('../../registry/routes/component'),
      mockedRepository, resJsonStub, componentRoute;

  var initialise = function(params){
    resJsonStub = sinon.stub();
    mockedRepository = {
      getCompiledView: sinon.stub().yields(null, params.view),
      getComponent: sinon.stub().yields(null, params.component),
      getDataProvider: sinon.stub().yields(null, params.data),
      getStaticFilePath: sinon.stub().returns('//my-cdn.com/files/')
    };
  };

  describe('when getting a component with server.js execution timeout', function(){

    var code, response;
    before(function(done){
      initialise({
        component: {
          name: 'timeout-component',
          version: '1.0.0',
          oc: {
            container: false,
            files: {
              template: {
                type: 'jade',
                hashKey: '8c1fbd954f2b0d8cd5cf11c885fed4805225749f',
                src: 'template.js'
              },
              dataProvider: {
                type: 'node.js',
                hashKey: '123456',
                src: 'server.js'
              }
            }
          }
        },
        data: '"use strict";module.exports.data=function(t,u){setTimeout(function(){u(null,{done:true});}, 5000);};',
        view: 'var oc=oc||{};oc.components=oc.components||{},oc.components["8c1fbd954f2b0d8cd5cf11c885fed4805225749f"]' +
              '=function(){var o=[];return o.push("
hello
"),o.join("")};'
      });

      componentRoute = new ComponentRoute({}, mockedRepository);

      var resJson = function(calledCode, calledResponse){
        code = calledCode;
        response = calledResponse;
        done();
      };

      componentRoute({
        headers: {},
        params: { componentName: 'timeout-component' }
      }, {
        conf: {
          baseUrl: 'http://component.com/',
          executionTimeout: 0.1
        },
        json: resJson
      });
    });

    it('should return 500 status code', function(){
      expect(code).to.be.equal(500);
    });

    it('should respond with error message', function(){
      expect(response.error).to.equal('Component execution error: timeout (100ms)');
    });
  });

  describe('when getting a component with server.js execution errors', function(){

    before(function(){
      initialise({
        component: {
          name: 'error-component',
          version: '1.0.0',
          oc: {
            container: false,
            files: {
              template: {
                type: 'jade',
                hashKey: '8c1fbd954f2b0d8cd5cf11c885fed4805225749f',
                src: 'template.js'
              },
              dataProvider: {
                type: 'node.js',
                hashKey: 'dd5fea649b80425ff9f6f4d18d6699fe2d210df5',
                src: 'server.js'
              }
            },
            plugins: ['a']
          }
        },
        data: '"use strict";module.exports.data=function(t,u){u(null,{a:t.plugins.a(),b:c()})};',
        view: 'var oc=oc||{};oc.components=oc.components||{},oc.components["8c1fbd954f2b0d8cd5cf11c885fed4805225749f"]' +
              '=function(){var o=[];return o.push("
hello
"),o.join("")};'
      });

      componentRoute = new ComponentRoute({}, mockedRepository);

      componentRoute({
        headers: {},
        params: { componentName: 'error-component' }
      }, {
        conf: {
          baseUrl: 'http://components.com/',
          plugins: {
            a: function(){ return ''; }
          }
        },
        json: resJsonStub
      });
    });

    it('should return 500 status code', function(){
      expect(resJsonStub.args[0][0]).to.be.equal(500);
    });

    it('should respond with error message including missing plugin', function(){
      expect(resJsonStub.args[0][1].error).to.equal('Component execution error: c is not defined');
    });
  });

  describe('when getting a component with server.js asynchronous execution errors', function(){

    describe('when has error that gets fired on first execution', function(){

      var code, response;
      before(function(done){
        initialise({
          component: {
            name: 'async-error-component',
            version: '1.0.0',
            oc: {
              container: false,
              files: {
                template: {
                  type: 'jade',
                  hashKey: '8c1fbd954f2b0d8cd5cf11c885fed4805225749f',
                  src: 'template.js'
                },
                dataProvider: {
                  type: 'node.js',
                  hashKey: 'f59f3942504fee8a5850cdd806172c24964bcf37',
                  src: 'server.js'
                }
              }
            }
          },
          data: '"use strict";module.exports.data=function(t,e){setTimeout(function(){e(null,{a:thisDoesnotExist()})},1e3)};',
          view: 'var oc=oc||{};oc.components=oc.components||{},oc.components["8c1fbd954f2b0d8cd5cf11c885fed4805225749f"]' +
                '=function(){var o=[];return o.push("
hello
"),o.join("")};'
        });

        componentRoute = new ComponentRoute({}, mockedRepository);

        var resJson = function(calledCode, calledResponse){
          code = calledCode;
          response = calledResponse;
          done();
        };

        componentRoute({
          headers: {},
          params: { componentName: 'async-error-component' }
        }, {
          conf: {
            baseUrl: 'http://components.com/',
            plugins: {}
          },
          json: resJson
        });
      });

      it('should return 500 status code', function(){
        expect(code).to.be.equal(500);
      });

      it('should respond with error message for component execution error', function(){
        expect(response.error).to.equal('Component execution error: thisDoesnotExist is not defined');
      });
    });

    describe('when has error that gets fired on following executions', function(){

      var codes = [],
          responses = [];
      before(function(done){
        initialise({
          component: {
            name: 'async-error-component2',
            version: '1.0.0',
            oc: {
              container: false,
              files: {
                template: {
                  type: 'jade',
                  hashKey: '8c1fbd954f2b0d8cd5cf11c885fed4805225749f',
                  src: 'template.js'
                },
                dataProvider: {
                  type: 'node.js',
                  hashKey: 'bf6318cf5d5f2e7654a750c574fd0db9fb493432',
                  src: 'server.js'
                }
              }
            }
          },
          data: '"use strict";module.exports.data=function(r,t){r.params.error?setTimeout(function(){thisDoesnotExist()},1e3):t(null,{error:!!r.params.error})};',
          view: 'var oc=oc||{};oc.components=oc.components||{},oc.components["8c1fbd954f2b0d8cd5cf11c885fed4805225749f"]' +
                '=function(){var o=[];return o.push("
hello
"),o.join("")};'
        });

        componentRoute = new ComponentRoute({}, mockedRepository);

        var resJson = function(calledCode, calledResponse){
          codes.push(calledCode);
          responses.push(calledResponse);
          if(codes.length === 2){
            done();
          }
        };

        componentRoute({
          headers: {},
          params: { componentName: 'async-error-component2' }
        }, {
          conf: {
            baseUrl: 'http://components.com/',
            plugins: {}
          },
          json: resJson
        });

        componentRoute({
          headers: {},
          params: { componentName: 'async-error-component2' },
          query: { error: true }
        }, {
          conf: {
            baseUrl: 'http://components.com/',
            plugins: {}
          },
          json: resJson
        });
      });

      it('should return 200 status code for successful request', function(){
        expect(codes[0]).to.be.equal(200);
      });

      it('should return 500 status code when error happens', function(){
        expect(codes[1]).to.be.equal(500);
      });

      it('should respond without error for successful request', function(){
        expect(responses[0].error).to.be.empty;
      });

      it('should respond with error message for component execution error', function(){
        expect(responses[1].error).to.equal('Component execution error: thisDoesnotExist is not defined');
      });
    });
  });

  describe('when getting a component that implements a plugin', function(){

    describe('when plugin not declared in package.json', function(){

      before(function(){
        initialise({
          component: {
            name: 'plugin-component',
            version: '1.0.0',
            oc: {
              container: false,
              files: {
                template: {
                  type: 'jade',
                  hashKey: '8b3650989d66345eea8152e89ec03e1dad8e8e9b',
                  src: 'template.js'
                },
                dataProvider: {
                  type: 'node.js',
                  hashKey: '6b28f479ae521755c9a4a9ecdd6e552b1e70892d',
                  src: 'server.js'
                }
              }
            },
          },
          data: '"use strict";module.exports.data=function(t,n){n(null,{a:t.plugins.doSomething()})};',
          view: 'var oc=oc||{};oc.components=oc.components||{},oc.components["8b3650989d66345eea8152e89ec03e1dad8e8e9b"]' +
                '=function(e){var n,o=[],c=e||{};return function(e){o.push("
"+jade.escape(null==(n=e)?"":n)+" John
")}.' +
                'call(this,"a"in c?c.a:"undefined"!=typeof a?a:void 0),o.join("")};'
        });

        componentRoute = new ComponentRoute({}, mockedRepository);

        componentRoute({
          headers: {},
          params: { componentName: 'plugin-component' }
        }, {
          conf: {
            baseUrl: 'http://components.com/',
            plugins: {}
          },
          json: resJsonStub
        });
      });

      it('should return 501 status code', function(){
        expect(resJsonStub.args[0][0]).to.be.equal(501);
      });

      it('should respond with PLUGIN_MISSING_FROM_COMPONENT error code', function(){
        expect(resJsonStub.args[0][1].code).to.equal('PLUGIN_MISSING_FROM_COMPONENT');
      });

      it('should respond with error message including missing plugin', function(){
        expect(resJsonStub.args[0][1].error).to.equal('Component is trying to use un-registered plugins: doSomething');
      });
    });

    describe('when plugin declared in package.json', function(){

      beforeEach(function(){
        initialise({
          component: {
            name: 'plugin-component',
            version: '1.0.0',
            oc: {
              container: false,
              files: {
                template: {
                  type: 'jade',
                  hashKey: '8b3650989d66345eea8152e89ec03e1dad8e8e9b',
                  src: 'template.js'
                },
                dataProvider: {
                  type: 'node.js',
                  hashKey: '6b28f479ae521755c9a4a9ecdd6e552b1e70892d',
                  src: 'server.js'
                }
              },
              plugins: ['doSomething']
            },
          },
          data: '"use strict";module.exports.data=function(t,n){n(null,{a:t.plugins.doSomething()})};',
          view: 'var oc=oc||{};oc.components=oc.components||{},oc.components["8b3650989d66345eea8152e89ec03e1dad8e8e9b"]' +
                '=function(e){var n,o=[],c=e||{};return function(e){o.push("
"+jade.escape(null==(n=e)?"":n)+" John
")}.' +
                'call(this,"a"in c?c.a:"undefined"!=typeof a?a:void 0),o.join("")};'
        });

        componentRoute = new ComponentRoute({}, mockedRepository);
      });

      describe('when registry implements plugin', function(){

        beforeEach(function(){
          componentRoute({
            headers: {},
            params: { componentName: 'plugin-component' }
          }, {
            conf: {
              baseUrl: 'http://components.com/',
              plugins: {
                doSomething: function(){ return 'hello hello hello my friend'; }
              }
            },
            json: resJsonStub
          });
        });

        it('should return 200 status code', function(){
          expect(resJsonStub.args[0][0]).to.be.equal(200);
        });

        it('should use plugin inside compiledView', function(){
          expect(resJsonStub.args[0][1].html).to.contain('hello hello hello my friend John');
        });
      });

      describe('when registry does not implement plugin', function(){

        beforeEach(function(){
          componentRoute({
            headers: {},
            params: { componentName: 'plugin-component' }
          }, {
            conf: { baseUrl: 'http://components.com/' },
            json: resJsonStub
          });
        });

        it('should return 501 status code', function(){
          expect(resJsonStub.args[0][0]).to.be.equal(501);
        });

        it('should respond with PLUGIN_MISSING_FROM_REGISTRY error code', function(){
          expect(resJsonStub.args[0][1].code).to.equal('PLUGIN_MISSING_FROM_REGISTRY');
        });

        it('should respond with error message including missing plugin', function(){
          expect(resJsonStub.args[0][1].error).to.equal('registry does not implement plugins: doSomething');
        });
      });
    });
  });

  describe('when getting a component that requires a npm module', function(){

    describe('when registry implements dependency', function(){

      beforeEach(function(){
        initialise({
          component: {
            name: 'npm-component',
            version: '1.0.0',
            dependencies: {
              underscore: ''
            },
            oc: {
              container: false,
              files: {
                template: {
                  type: 'jade',
                  hashKey: '8b3650989d66345eea8152e89ec03e1dad8e8e9b',
                  src: 'template.js'
                },
                dataProvider: {
                  type: 'node.js',
                  hashKey: '6a448d319fd64f46c6cdbad675f9eef09dde2d1b',
                  src: 'server.js'
                }
              }
            },
          },
          data: '"use strict";var _=require("underscore");module.exports.data=function(e,r){r(null,{a:_.first(["bye","welcome"])})};',
          view: 'var oc=oc||{};oc.components=oc.components||{},oc.components["8b3650989d66345eea8152e89ec03e1dad8e8e9b"]' +
                '=function(e){var n,o=[],c=e||{};return function(e){o.push("
"+jade.escape(null==(n=e)?"":n)+" John
")}.' +
                'call(this,"a"in c?c.a:"undefined"!=typeof a?a:void 0),o.join("")};'
        });

        componentRoute = new ComponentRoute({}, mockedRepository);

        componentRoute({
          headers: {},
          params: { componentName: 'npm-component' }
        }, {
          conf: {
            local: true, //needed to invalidate the cache
            baseUrl: 'http://components.com/',
            plugins: {},
            dependencies: {
              underscore: require('underscore')
            }
          },
          json: resJsonStub
        });
      });

      it('should return 200 status code', function(){
        expect(resJsonStub.args[0][0]).to.be.equal(200);
      });

      it('should use plugin inside compiledView', function(){
        expect(resJsonStub.args[0][1].html).to.contain('bye John');
      });
    });

    describe('when registry does not implement dependency', function(){

      beforeEach(function(){
        initialise({
          component: {
            name: 'npm-component',
            version: '1.0.0',
            dependencies: {
              underscore: ''
            },
            oc: {
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"PICK OF THE LITTER": Every dog has its day
September 13, 2018 by butlerscinemascene
"PICK OF THE LITTER" My rating: B
81 minutes | No MPAA rating
Even if you're not a dog lover, "Pick of the Litter" has an AWWWWW factor that's off the charts.
But canine-generated sentimentality aside, this documentary leaves the viewer deeply impressed by the effort that goes into training a Guide Dog for the Blind, and by the sacrifices of dozens of humans who are behind each animal that completes the program.
Don Hardy Jr. and Dana Nachman's film begins with the birth of five puppies and follows their growth and training over two years as they prepare to join the ranks of what used to be called "seeing-eye dogs."
It starts out cute — few things are as heart-melting as a wriggling newborn Labrador retriever — and gradually works its way into some surprisingly territory.
We're told up front that only three out of every eight dogs bred by the California-based Guide Dogs for the Blind will graduate from the program. Which means that of our five littermate subjects — the staff names them Potomac, Poppet, Primrose, Patriot and Phil — only two should be expected to make the final cut. And even that's not guaranteed.
Most will at some point be "career changed," meaning that they'll be scrubbed from the program for reasons ranging from intelligence to excitability to the ability to focus on the task at hand. One of the more intriguing issues raised centers on how much of the failure is due to the individual animal's nature and how much to the shortcomings of its human handlers.
While still puppies the dogs are farmed out to foster families (or individuals) who concentrate on the basics of behavior and socialization. Periodically the animals are graded on their progress; if things aren't going according to schedule a dog may be reassigned to a new trainer.
The trainers understand that they are only temporary masters, that even if they stick with the dog throughout its formative months they will be separated at some point. And here's where human emotions get confusing…it's hard to give up an animal that has lived with you for the better part of a year.
One of the trainers is a veteran suffering from PTSD; having a dog as a constant companion keeps his demons at bay. We can imagine his distress when the animal — named Patriot, aptly enough — is deemed to be making insufficient progress and reassigned to another trainer.
Once separated from their trainer families, the dogs return to GDB's California headquarters to begin an intensive regimen designed to weed out all but the most emotionally and physically suitable animals. They learn to navigate streets and sidewalks, to look out for their new masters…even to disobey orders if that means putting their owner in jeopardy.
Along the way we meet several vision-impaired individuals on the waiting list, including a Kansas Citian — blind since childhood — who hopes that having a guide dog will open up his tightly circumscribed world. And the film opens with testimonials from vision-challenged individuals describing how their lives were literally saved by their guide dogs.
It's all quite inspiring without getting too gooey…Hardy and Nachman make a point of not oversentimentalizing their animal subjects. Viewers can do that for themselves.
|Robert W. Butler
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Home Today in Kenya Govt Announces Free Vaccine for This Cancer
Govt Announces Free Vaccine for This Cancer
The government is set to commence the roll-out of mass vaccination against cervical cancer in two weeks.
Nation reported that the Ministry of Health is targetting 10-year-old girls, who will receive two free doses of the vaccine against the cancer-causing Human Papillomavirus (HPV).
The two doses are scheduled to be administered at 9,000 public, private and faith-based facilities countrywide, and will be six months apart.
A medic administering a vaccine
The World Health Organisation recommends that for the vaccination to be effective, it should be given to girls between the ages of nine and 14.
On Tuesday morning, officials from the Ministry of Health met other partners to lay the ground for the rollout.
The government has settled on cervical cancer because it is the second most common in Kenya, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
"It is unfortunate that we lose seven women to cancer every day. This is preventable through vaccination.
"If you prevent HPV infection then you can prevent cervical cancer," stated the Ministry of Health Head of Immunisation, Dr Collins Tabu, during the stakeholders meeting.
"The HPV vaccine is an extraordinary vaccine. It is the most effective means of preventing cervical cancer and is very safe. I am also a father of girls and all of them have received the vaccine.
"By vaccinating our girls against HPV we are preventing the disease for life. They will be able to grow, live up to their full potential and prosper," disclosed WHO Kenya Rep Dr Rudi Eggers, during the briefing
The plan has however been opposed by doctors affiliated to the Catholic Church.
Kenya Catholic Doctors Association (KCDA), questioned the decision to have 10-year-old girls vaccinated against HPV.
"At 10 years, our children are not sexually active. They are not at risk of contracting HPV or other STDs. This applies also to other individuals who are not sexually active. It also includes those who are sexually active but are faithful to their partners," opposed the KCDA chairman, Dr Stephen Karanja, in the statement.
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PURPLE PUNDIT: Alternative Premier League Team Of The Year
Posted by Faolan Cahill | May 6, 2022
PURPLE PUNDIT: We've picked our Premier League Team of the Year excluding the 'Big Six' sides
GOALKEEPER – José Sá (Wolves)
Regarded by many as the signing of the season, Jose Sá was a straightforward selection go start off this Alternative XI. Sá has notched up 11 clean sheets so far which is the best outside of the Big Six and only tied with Aston Villa's Emiliano Martínez. The Portuguese stopper is one of only three goalkeepers with a Premier League assist this season whilst he ranks 2nd for most punches, 3rd for high claims, and fourth for most saves.
RIGHT-BACK – Tino Livramento (Southampton)
It's been a fantastic debut season in the Premier League for Southampton's 19-year-old right-back Tino Livramento. Before rupturing his cruciate ligament last month, the England U21 International had racked up 28 appearances, along with a goal and an assist. He currently ranks ahead of the likes of Tariq Lamptey and Vladimir Coufal for tackles won and has made more interceptions than Trent Alexander-Arnold. For these reasons and the fact he has impressed at such a young age, the former Chelsea Academy Player of the Year is a worthy entrant in this team.
CENTRE-BACK – Dan Burn (Newcastle Utd)
Newcastle's resurgence after the January transfer window has been largely down to their solid foundation at the back thanks to Dan Burn, who they brought in from Brighton on deadline day, despite the 29-year-old featuring for the Seagulls in 13 of 24 games. Since arriving on Tyneside, Burn has played every single minute of Premier League football and he's been integral in keeping five clean sheets over those 13 games. What's more impressive is the fact that if you exclude their heavy 5-1 loss away at Spurs, the Geordies have only conceded seven goals in twelve games since their former academy product returned home. Having won more aerial battles than Tyrone Mings and Max Kilman, as well as making more blocks than Ben Mee and Ezri Konsa, Burn is a fitting choice for our first pick at centre-half.
CENTRE-BACK – Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace)
Partnering Dan Burn at the heart of defence is Crystal Palace's Marc Guéhi. With 33 league appearances and two goals under his belt so far this season, the £18 million summer signing from Chelsea has proven to be fantastic value for money. The ball-playing defender is still only 21 years of age and amongst his fellow defenders in the league ranks #7 for completed passes and #8 for touches. That puts him ahead of Joel Matip and Ruben Dias respectively, as well as non Big Six centre-halves such as Mohammed Salisu and Joel Veltman. Guéhi has been crucial in Patrick Vieira's new-look Palace side and his selection here is a no-brainer.
LEFT-BACK – Marc Cucurella (Brighton)
The last man to make up our back four is Spanish left-back Marc Cucurella, who has enjoyed a wonderful first season at the Amex Stadium. He's made 32 league appearances to date and has played the seventh most minutes of all defenders, more than another strong contender for this spot, Tyreek Mitchell. Cucurella has completed more passes than Aaron Cresswell and ranks fifth for touches by defenders, ahead of both Cresswell and Mitchell, as well as Andy Robertson. The 23-year-old only has one assist on his cv this season but then again, Brighton have been far from prolific as they are the fifth lowest scorers in the league. Despite this, Cucurella has been able to impress going forward when deployed as a wing-back, whilst also filling in at centre-back in recent weeks.
DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER – Declan Rice (West Ham)
The first of our three midfielders was a straightforward choice as Declan Rice has had the best season of his career for West Ham and came third in the recent FWA Footballer of the Year award. The Hammers could still finish in the top six but at the time of writing find themselves in seventh and so Rice qualifies for selection. Amongst all midfielders, the England international ranks second for appearances and fifth for minutes played, whilst he's made the ninth most tackles, exceeding that of Ruben Neves and Jacob Ramsey. Excluding midfielders belonging to the Big Six, Rice is top of the pile for both touches and completed passes. An honourable mention must go to teammate Tomás Soucek, as the pair's partnership has driven West Ham to their fine position in the table, but it's Rice who get's the nod for us.
CENTRE MIDFIELD – James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)
Seen by some as a complete midfielder, Southampton's James Ward-Prowse was one of the first names on this teamsheet after a stellar campaign. The Saints' skipper has the second most appearances and minutes by any Premier League midfielder in 2021/22. The free-kick specialist has had a standout season, scoring the third most goals by a midfielder (9), four of which came from a trademark deadball scenario. That's more goals than James Maddison and Pablo Fornals, whilst Ward-Prowse also has more goals and assists than Ruben Neves. The aforementioned Rice is the only midfielder outside the Big Six with more touches than JWP, whilst without the ball, he still has made more tackles this season than Romain Saiss and Emi Buendía.
CENTRE MIDFIELD – Conor Gallagher (Crystal Palace)
The third piece in our midfield puzzle had to be Crystal Palace's Conor Gallagher. Expectations for Gallagher were high after a promising spell at West Brom and the Chelsea loanee has excelled at Selhurst Park. So far, the 22-year-old has recorded eight league goals which is the fourth most of all midfielders and he's only behind Ward-Prowse when focusing on players outside the Big Six. With 30 appearances and 2,592 minutes, Gallagher has been ever-present in Palace's midfield and has three assists to add to his goal tally. Having made more passes this season than Phil Foden, James Maddison and Emi Buendía, Gallagher's influence cannot be undersold and so he is totally deserving of a place in this side.
RIGHT WING – Jarrod Bowen (West Ham)
Our first attacker and second Hammer to feature in this XI is Jarrod Bowen who has had a fantastic season on the right flank for West Ham. The former Hull City winger has hardly missed a beat, making the second most appearances out of all forwards and delivering ten goals and eight assists. His double-digit goal haul has him ahead of Richarlison and Ismaila Sarr, meanwhile only Mo Salah has contributed more assists than the 25-year-old. He's been the driving force behind West Ham's push for a European spot in a team that lacks goalscorers at the top end of the field. It's surely only a matter of time before Bowen is lining up for one of the so-called Big Six.
STRIKER – Ivan Toney (Brentford)
The man to lead the line in this Alternative XI is going to have be Brentford's Ivan Toney. The Bees' first season in the Premier League got off to a great start but Thomas Frank's men wobbled in the middle part of the season, and it was Toney's goals throughout his 30 appearances that eventually steadied the ship. The former Peterborough frontman has scored a dozen goals, the seventh most out of all attackers, putting him alongside some illustrious names. He's also outscored Jamie Vardy, Ollie Watkins and Michail Antonio to name but a few. Another honourable mention must go out to Teemu Pukki, who despite Norwich's struggles, has still managed to find the net ten times. But with more goals and assists (4), and considering it was his debut season in the league, Toney is our pick up top.
LEFT WING – Emmanuel Dennis (Watford)
Our final selection may arguably be the most controversial, certainly in the eyes of Wilfried Zaha, as our choice for the left-wing berth is Watford's Emmanuel Dennis. The Nigerian international has been a shining light during his 32 appearances for The Hornets in a season which is set to end in relegation. In spite of this, Dennis has found the back of the net on ten occasions, two less than Zaha, but the former has contributed six assists, five more than the Ivorian. Those stats give Dennis the 10th most goals and 4th most assists out of all attackers in the league, ranking him ahead of players such as Raphinha and Richarlison, and so he grabs the final spot in our team.
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I have been posting for the Craft Barn calendar challenges, but after deciding in March to start making two calendars, I have to make the missing pages for January and February. This is the February page, following the Craft Barn February prompt words (Red and Hearts). The CB link for the Feb calendar is of course already closed, but I am posting this page for their weekly challenge (handmade flowers) and the SimonSaysStamp challenges Monday (B is for...) and Wednesday (Things that fly).
The base is A4 Canson Imagine -mixed media paper. I masked of the calendar part and used some miscellaneous background stamps on the upper part to create some interest in the background. The layer of light green acrylic paint was spread with the side of an old plastic bonus card. Everything else has been built up from handcut pieces of underpaper (mostly old math tests) and scraps of painted canvas. I started by cutting out a bunch of red hearts. I really like the way the heart-flowers turned out! I adhered the pieces with a gluestick and did lots of sewing. The bunting was a way to get rid of a pile of small triangles that I had in my drawer after working on a tag album! As a finishing touch I added some doodling with a white Sharpie and a black Sakura Micron pen.
The March page (Yellow and Rabbits) for this collage calendar can be found here, the January page (Aqua and Snowflakes) is here.
What a pretty calendar page! The bright colors are so cheerful! Thank you so much for playing along with us over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog!
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A great use of old maths tests! A lovely bright page to brighten a dull February day.


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Three classic tales of childhood on an island paradise – My Family and Other Animals and the sequels Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods by Gerald Durrell, are available in a single edition for the first time in The Corfu Trilogy.
Just before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the glorious, sun-soaked island of Corfu where the youngest of the four children, ten-year-old Gerald, discovered his passion for animals: toads and tortoises, bats and butterflies, scorpions and octopuses. Through glorious silver-green olive groves and across brilliant-white beaches Gerry pursued his obsession... causing hilarity and mayhem in his ever-tolerant family. Durrell's memories of those enchanted days gave rise to these three classic tales, loved by generations of adults and children alike, which are now available in one volume for the first time.
"He has uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentrics"
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Essay- Chaucer's Vivid CharactersChaucer's Canterbury Tales is so poignant that it almost single-handedly defines a whole epoch in history. It is the people living in the time period who define the era, and it was Chaucer who described the people living in the Middle Ages. Just describing a few people in an offhand way would not have had a profound impact. Chaucer's writings did have impact because he characterized every social class using very vivid characters. Describing his characters with much vividness is key for that is what defines the way the reader feels about the character and the degree of power of association the reader makes with the character.
Hence, the vividness of the character is directly proportional to how pointed his work is which creates the tone. Themes and proportions are tools Chaucer uses to create his tone. The more vivid the character is, the more pointed the message. For example, his writing is very vivid as to how ugly the Summoner is.
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Thus indicating Chaucer's extreme dislike for what the Summoner represents. Through the use of literary tone, the characters of the Wife of Bath and the Summoner are described very vividly.
Through The Wife of Bath, Chaucer gives an example of a freethinking individual. In regards to virginity, the Wife of Bath said, "advice is not commandment, no; He left the thing to our own judgment so." This statement was very extraordinary for it's time as it questioned the sanctimonious state of virginity. Moreover, the Wife of Bath is attributed with reasoning powers, which was probably not a common practice when portraying women in those times. The Wife of Bath gives an example of a character that is an independent thinker very much like Chaucer himself. Chaucer's tone when describing the Wife of Bath was sensuous. Her face being fair with red hue and her buttocks large as she sat upon an ambler gives vivid impression of a tactile and visual nature. She had a bold face that coincides with her strong character. Not only does the tone conjure up pleasure; it also expresses mental thoughtfulness. It questions the church's foundation of St. Peter's ideas about virginity. Chaucer uses the Wife of Bath to indirectly express the church's inconsistency in regards to the natural propagation of the human race and virginity. The Wife of Bath is honest. She feels no shame in 'dancing the old dance of love'. Chaucer's tone seems sympathetic to her yet realistic. She is not perfect. She is gapped toothed and can cause her husband strife. Yet he is saying with his vivid imagery; this is reality, not hypocrisy.
On the other hand, the vivid description of the Summoner is disgusting. His skin is full of pimples and boils. He smells of garlic and wine. Chaucer writes, "No borax, ceruse, tartar, could discharge, Nor ointment that could cleanse enough." The tone is vivid as to how unclean the Summoner was. He was unclean in body and mind. He lied and was sanctimonious. He was suppose to be a man of God and he was very much full of pride and of the purse. The Summoner's bad nature could bring harm to others as illustrated by Chaucer's statement, "he brought duress on any young fellow in the diocese. Chaucer's writes vividly about the Summoner, "who had a fiery-red, cherubic face." In other words he is not what he seems. Fiery-red is incongruent with a cherub. The impact on the reader is heightened by the dissonance of terms. The hypocrisy is highlighted by the tone of the language.
The tone of Chaucer's writings used vivid descriptions to heighten the impact of the themes and messages he was expressing. The contrast between The Summoner and The Wife of Bath is striking. The disgust for hypocrisy could be seen, smelled and understood vividly in the characterization of the Summoner. Whereas, the attraction to the Wife of Bath was a tribute to honest thinking.
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Today it's the day Simon Says Stamp reveal their new card kit - and the June kit is a fun one. It's full of super bright Doodlebug papers and stickers, a fab and very versatile stamp set that is definitely a new favourite, a fun die and washi tape. Love it!
Today I have a card made almost entirely with items from the kit. The only things I added were the Tag Die, and some Lawn Fawn sparkle cord.
Here's a look at the kit in full - so much colour…. yum.
Very fun, and cheerful!! Your card sure made me smile!
Yes, this does look like fun!
Can't wait to get my kit. So bright, cheery and fun colors. I loved your card.


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Jake McLeod
A joint best-of-the-day closing 66 in the Emirates Australian Open in November took McLeod into third place and gave him the last of the three Royal Portrush places up for grabs in the opening leg of The Open Qualifying Series.
Grew up in Queensland and competed in state amateur tournaments
Was in the same amateur squad as Cameron Smith
Top-ten finishes in 2018
It came a week after he won the New South Wales Open, which included a third-round 62 and so in a fortnight he had improved his world ranking from 437th to just outside the top 150.
Also in 2018 he tied for second at the Asian Tour's Royal Cup and had two more top-six finishes, while his joint runner-up spot in the 2017 Victoria Open – behind fellow Open qualifier Dimitrios Papadatos – contained a second-round 61.
"I'm absolutely stoked right now - to qualify for The Open is unreal," he said.
"It's going to be special to play in my first major, especially in Northern Ireland as I've never been there before. I've wanted to play in majors like The Open ever since I was a little kid and I'm nervous already."
Yet to win on his home tour, losing a play-off for the 2016 South Pacific Open to Adam Blyth at the third extra hole.
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First, let's get the molasses in the water and then the thirst. Cook the pies that we put in the oven tray until they are browned at 180 degrees.


Have you heard of the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus?
So, has anyone, besides Brad, ever heard of a band called The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus?
i have no idea who they are, care to post some music samples? or a youtube video?
This is a video to the song "Face Down". It's about a girl being abused by her boyfriend... It's a good song. If you would like to hear more, I can send the songs to you or something. They are rock band, so if, that's not your thing then.... Yeah.... Enjoy. Also, there is a damn commercial before the video starts.


Most ancient cultures used the seemingly magical power of sound to heal. Sound healing had almost disappeared in the West until the 1930s when acoustic researchers discovered ultrasound and its medical properties. With this discovery, research burgeoned and today the ancient art of sound healing is rapidly developing into a new science. There is now a mass of research into the healing benefits of ultrasound, including its use in breaking up kidney stones and even shrinking tumours. [1-3] In addition, infrasound and audible sound are now recognized as having immense healing properties.
The Aboriginal people of Australia are the first known culture to heal with sound. Their 'yidaki' (modern name, didgeridoo) has been used as a healing tool for at least 40,000 years. The Aborigines healed broken bones, muscle tears and illnesses of every kind using their enigmatic musical instrument. Interestingly, the sounds emitted by the yidaki are in alignment with modern sound healing technology. It is becoming apparent that the wisdom of the ancients was based on 'sound' principles.
The healing chapel at Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, was dedicated to Amenhotep-son-of-Hapu, a deified healing saint closely associated with 'Imhotep' who is largely recognized under the title of 'physician.' Imhotep's repute was so tremendous that, 1,500 years after his death, the Greeks identified him with their healing god Asclepius. These two deified men 'Amenhotep-son-of-Hapu and Imhotep' were usually worshipped together in the same Egyptian healing temples. My acoustics research in the pyramids has provided strong evidence that the Egyptians designed their chapels and burial chambers to be reverberant in order to enhance ritualistic chant. (See Egyptology section of this web site.) It is, therefore, very likely that the ancient Egyptians were aware of the healing properties of sound long before the Greeks.
Pythagoras (circa 500 BC) is credited as being the first person to use ''music as medicine.'' The flute and the lyre were two of the primary instruments used by Pythagoras and his followers for healing purposes. He is also credited with being the first to understand musical intervals from his work with the monochord, a single-stringed instrument in which the string tension was established by a fixed weight.
In the Greco-Roman period healing temples were used for 'incubation' a process in which patients underwent 'dream sleep, among other known modalities. It seems likely that music was used therapeutically during their stay and the reverberant spaces of the temples enhanced the efficiency of acoustic instruments, a function of the solid stonewalls of temples and sanatoria.
In 1938 another German scientist, Raimar Pohlman, demonstrated ultrasound' therapeutic properties in a Berlin physiotherapy clinic. By the 1950' ultrasound had become a widely used sound healing modality. Even to this day the underlying healing mechanism is not fully understood.
Cymatherapy International bought the rights for the technology from Manners and now manufactures the Cymatherapy machine in the USA. Their version uses advanced computers to create ultra pure tones, mostly in sets of five. It has 700 'codes'that address a huge range of injuries and ailments.
There are many other sound healing modalities currently entering the market place, including personal therapeutic ultrasound units manufactured in the Far East, many of which find their way into people's homes.
All cells emit sound as a consequence of their metabolic processes. There is an interaction between the cells own sounds and those imposed by the environment, including those applied by sound healing devices. The resonance principle relates to the cellular absorption of the healing sounds and/or their harmonics. In sound healing, resonance principles are employed to re-harmonize cells that have been (hypothetically) imprinted with disruptive frequencies. Such troublesome imprints may have been a result of toxic substances, emotional traumas, pathogens, or long-term exposure to noise pollution.
Another possible explanation of how sound is able to trigger the healing response relates to cellular ion channels. Situated within a cell's membrane, ion channels are the means by which the cell receives nourishment and communicates with neighboring cells. In dysfunctional cells it is proposed that some of these vital channels are shut down causing cell senescence �literally the cell is sleeping. In this hypothesis, sound opens the closed channels, supporting the cell to awaken and resume normal functioning and replication.
Dr James Gimzewski, of UCLA, California, has taken a revolutionary approach to studying cellular function. He uses an atomic force microscope, a kind of super-sensitive microphone, to listen to the sounds emitted by cells. The focus of this new science, called 'sonocytology', is mapping the pulsations of the cell outer membrane, thus identifying the 'song' of the cell. Gimzewski's work has revealed that every cell in our bodies has a unique sonic signature and 'sings' to its neighbours. Sonocytology is a potentially powerful, diagnostic tool for identifying the sounds of healthy cells versus those of injurious ones. But it introduces an even more exciting prospect: the ability to play the destructive sounds of rogue cells back to them greatly amplified, so that they implode and are destroyed. In this scenario there would be no collateral damage to surrounding tissue since healthy cells would not resonate with these frequencies.
Other related research (Weisenfield and Moss, 1995) concerns cellular emission of biophotons. Intrinsic random noise, created by the activity of membrane ion channels, may be entrained by incoming weak electromagnetic fields to create cell signals that harmonize with the incoming frequency. This effect is known as ''stochastic resonance'' and can have positive effects on cell function.
Apart from the employment of sound healing devices the healing response can be triggered by the application of electromagnetism to the affected body part. There are many such modalities currently in use, including shortwave diathermy and microwave diathermy.
Sound is a highly effective tool for healing and, fortunately, an individual does not need to believe in it for it to work. However, there is another factor that can greatly amplify the effectiveness of healing: creative intention. It may be a long time before mainstream medicine recognizes the importance of intention. In contrast, most vibrational energy practitioners, including sound healing therapists, use a holistic approach that addresses both mind and body. When the power of intention is held, the chances of a successful outcome are greatly intensified.
Intention consists of using your focused thoughts, feelings and visualizations to attract whatever is desired, such as enhancing one's health. It seems possible that the energy of intention is carried on the frequencies of sound. American sound healer, Dr Steven Halpern, believes that, ''Sound is a carrier wave of consciousness.'' One's intention is the spiritual counterpart of the sound and the combination of sound and intention create the outcome of healing.
When using creative intention, there is the sense of being deeply inspired. (The word inspiration means in-spirit.) We are motivated to respond to a deeper calling with a firm belief, an absolute knowing, that our desire has already been fulfilled. When we merge the mind energizing force with the universal field of energy for the purpose of healing and creation, our health and the quality of our lives can be transformed.
It is highly beneficial to the creative process when you act as if you already have what you want. See, feel, and think as if your body is currently vital and whole. When you act as if your desired outcome has already happened, the subconscious mind cannot differentiate between what is factual and what is imagined and believes your intention is actual reality. The mind holds immense healing and creative powers and will continue to work on your behalf as long as you maintain your conscious focus of intention. Perhaps the most important element in 'acting as if' is to feel the experience of having already manifested your desire.
Buried fear-based issues and limiting beliefs tend to set up an internal conflict. The conscious mind may want to create a desired outcome, but the overpowering, conflicting influence of unresolved issues and beliefs block success. Nothing can become a part of your reality unless your feelings and your conscious mind are in alignment with the more powerful subconscious mind. Many effective vibrational healing modalities are available to resolve these blocks to well-being and success. The magnificent power of intention fully engages when all systems are in alliance, when the thinking-feeling self aligns with the underlying belief system.
Operating on the premise that sound is holographic, sound patterns are predicted to occur at all scales and on all shapes of membrane, whether circular, spherical or irregular. While surface tension characteristics on cell membranes are likely to be very different than those employed in the CymaScope (i.e. the surface tension of water) the principles remain the same.


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President's report for the League of Friends' 51st Annual General Meeting
Thursday 22nd March 2017 at 2000
Members of the League of Friends and guests, it is a pleasure as always to welcome you to the Annual General Meeting of the Buckingham Hospital League of Friends, and tonight this is our 51st such meeting. And we especially welcome David Williams from BHT, Director of Strategy and Business Development, who has stood in at the last moment for Carolyn Morrice, the Chief Nurse.
At our 50th meeting this time last year, I explained how we were eagerly looking forward to celebrating the 50th year of the League's founding, remembering the famous meeting at the Town Hall on May 31st 1967 when the hospital was in dire straits and faced with closure, how the idea of a League of Friends was put forward, and then the first meeting of the League on July 19th 1967 when the constitution was passed and the first committee was set up.
We had thought of a few possibilities about how to celebrate this anniversary, including an afternoon tea party at the Community Centre in June, but these never came to fruition, and later in the year it began to look as if the 50-year landmark might slip by unnoticed. A dinner was then considered and then a Saturday coffee morning possibly with our MP, Mr John Bercow, in attendance.
However, nothing definite was ever arranged although at the same time we were trying to contact someone from The Buckingham Advertiser to write a feature about the League. The Advertiser continued to prove elusive until I was put in touch with Mr. Ryan Watts, a trainee reporter, who eventually wrote a very well-balanced piece about us which was published on Friday 13th October. And at the same time while still trying to publicise the League and the anniversary, we pledged our support to Buckingham's Festival of Health that was being arranged for the second week of November.
On the final day of the Festival, we had a stand at an event in the Community Centre when we were able to both promote our work for the hospital and our anniversary – and I'm grateful to those committee members who offered to be present on the stand, and particularly to Charlotte Brown who did the art work for the posters that were displayed.
And as a tangible reminder of the anniversary, we bought and installed a replacement garden bench, suitably inscribed, at the top of the drive outside the doors to the ward for either exhausted visitors who might have struggled up the drive or for inpatients seeking fresh air and a crafty fag!
So, our 50th year has passed and what have we done otherwise in addition to these somewhat muted celebrations? We funded the purchase of a visual field analyser for the ophthalmic outpatients, as well as other pieces of expenditure which the treasurer will tell you about shortly, but I think our main "non-anniversary activities" have been related to the local medico-political scene and various "planned developments".
Firstly, community hubs. Four of us from the League's committee and a GP representative from the Swan Practice visited Marlow and Thame Hospitals last July to view the pilot scheme that had been set up there and which, most significantly, had meant the closure of the in-patient beds. And a number of us participated in the half day event at the Community Centre on 24th January this year about what a community hub in Buckingham might look like.
Secondly, Lace Hill. I won't say too much about this as Dr. George Gavriel will be giving us a presentation shortly but in my report to last year's AGM, I did pose the question, reflecting on the events of 1967, "is the hospital in dire straits again and could it be facing closure?" I said that the League was "keeping a wary eye on developments at Lace Hill" and that there could be scope for "a new hospital or health centre there."
I pondered what this site here could be worth to a developer and suggested that, while the Rt. Hon. J. G. Hubbard, the founder of the original Buckingham Hospital in 1887, might well turn in his grave if he knew what possibly lay in the future for the hospital, there could be "exciting developments ahead."
Together with my erstwhile senior partner at the old Corner House practice in West Street and then at North End Surgery, Dr. Chris Brown, we met George and the Business Development Manager at The Swan Practice, Mrs. Debbie Ratu, at the beginning of February on behalf of the League and we came away mightily impressed with the plans for the new Lace Hill development. In my report for the League's recent annual newsletter, I expressed my thoughts, and my reasoning why I rather reluctantly concluded that the days of this place were almost certainly numbered.
And having attended the inaugural meeting of the Swan Practice Lace Hill Focus Group on Tuesday evening with Chris, Carol and Stephen, I am even more firmly convinced that the development not only will go ahead but has to go ahead. I think that over the next 12-18 months, while the League's committee will keep an open mind about the future of the hospital building, we do need to be considering our stance which will depend very much, obviously, on BHT's plans for the building.
If the hospital is threatened in any way, there will be the inevitable calls to "save our hospital" and petitions and letters to The Advertiser etc. but we have to decide whether we would actively campaign for the hospital to stay open as it is now providing the same level of care, to retain it in a modified form offering some sort of healthcare provision – perhaps as the centre for a community hub – or concede that all healthcare in this building will cease.
We can get sentimental about the building itself but I think our primary focus as a League must be "staff and patients" in whatever form that may be – NHS in-patients at the proposed care home replicating what is here, perhaps the staff here working at the new care home – and as George said to me, it is "services" and not "estate". There are a number of possibilities and the next year or two will be very interesting!
I live in another county, so the changes will not affect me as a patient but if I was in this area, and as I approach my dotage, I would much rather be treated by George and his colleagues in a modern state of the art, centre of excellence.
So enough from me except to say my usual thanks to the officers of the League – Sheila and John, our secretary and treasurer respectively, and Mrs Margaret Clarke, the membership secretary – and to all the committee for their work during the year. A special mention for Mrs. Josie Jerrams who resigned from the committee after many, many years of service, to thank her and to say that she will be missed – and to Mrs Carol Penny whom we heard only today wishes to resign as she is becoming overburdened with her involvement in various organisations – thus two vacancies currently for committee members.
We are still short of a chairman / chairperson – my thanks to Stephen Long and Frank Donlon for chairing our committee meetings in the interim – and we are going to lose our treasurer in the not too distant future. So, I invite anyone to step forward if they would like to join the committee, look after our finances or even be chairman.
Thanks to all the staff at the hospital, clinicians, administrators, support staff etc. for the wonderful work they do for both in-patients and the out-patients. If ever the phrase "watch this space" was apposite, it must be now.
Dr Roger Harrington


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Have you seen that it is an exciting time for cycling in the region with the Tour de Yorkshire cycle race passing through Kirklees in just a few short weeks? Details on rolling traffic restrictions and residents' roadshows have now been announced.
On Sunday 3 May the race enters Kirklees at Denby Dale just after 1pm, and passes over the iconic M62 bridge at Buckstones around 2pm.
The organisers are not expecting the same level of disruption to locals as last year's Tour de France, as the Tour de Yorkshire operates rolling road closures. Police motorcycle outriders will form a protective bubble around the cyclists and ride ahead of them to close off junctions as necessary. This means roads only close just before cyclists arrive and open just after they have passed, offering much less disruption to traffic.
One short section of the route from Slaithwaite to Scapegoat Hill (the Clough Road junction with Crimble Bank to its junction with Bolster Moor Road) will be completely closed from 10am until 4pm on 3 May. Resident who need to access their cars during this time are advised to move them before 10am on the day.
For queries about parking restrictions and closures please call the Kirklees Council Helpline 01484 414881, or email customer.enquiries@kirklees.gov.uk. For maps of the route, road closures and parking restrictions please visit kirklees.gov.uk/letour.