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Remember the Words Spoken by the Apostles
"REMEMBER JESUS CHRIST, RAISED FROM THE DEAD, DESCENDED FROM DAVID. THIS IS MY GOSPEL." 2Tim 2:8
"REMEMBER THE WORD THAT I SPOKE TO YOU"
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REMEMBER FROM WHERE YOU HAVE FALLEN.
Remember God's Past Works
Remember the Story of Lot and Lot's Wife in Sodom and Gomorrah
Remember the Days of Old
Remember What You Have Received and Heard
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by Jim Gillaspie
Delivered at the Kentucky Indiana Fellowship on Thursday, July 21, 2022
Did you ever wish you could go back - to a certain point in time? Maybe to fix a mistake you made in
a relationship. Or maybe to take back some words that you now regret saying. Or maybe to undo some decision that you made that didn't turn out well. Many would LOVE to go back in time! And we will see in our text under consideration - a call to go back in time.
But let's start by thinking about a place. A place that because of its geographical location was relatively easy to defend from any outside forces. The people who lived in that place were known for their quality manufacturing, as well as for having an abundance of gold in the land. And compared to the rest of the world, the people who lived there were very wealthy. They lived lives of luxury, and they liked to take it easy. In fact, comfort and convenience became a high priority in their lives.
Along with their wealth and the spare time they had on their hands, they gained a well-deserved reputation for apathy and for immorality. And that land become known as a place where almost anything goes. Many other people in the world began to view the people who lived there with contempt. They saw the place where they lived as a land of decadence.
So the people we are describing are rich, they have a priority on comfort and convenience, they are apathetic, immoral, and almost anything goes - a land of decadence. It almost sounds like I've been describing modern-day America. But I've actually been describing an ancient city, A city located in what is today called Turkey. Back then, it was known as Lydia. And the city I have just described – is Sardis.
As a city, Sardis had a few things going for them. The people there developed the ability to mint silver
and gold coins. The value of those coins were recognized just about everywhere. That is what helped make them rich. And you can read that the city of Sardis is considered to this day - to be the place where modern currency was invented.
But Sardis was also one of those seven churches of Asia. The churches that Jesus addressed in Revelation chapters 2 and 3. It happened on a Sunday - the Lord's Day. The apostle John was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day. That is, he was receiving special revelation from God. He hears a loud voice, and the voice told him to write on a scroll what he saw. Then send it to the 7 churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.
So John does as he is told. In these letters, the churches were praised for their good. But their failures
were also pointed out. For example, Ephesus had left their first love. Pergamum was a worldly church.
Thyatira was a church filled with sin. Laodicea was a lukewarm church. And these churches were urged to repent. The church at Sardis received one of the most stern rebukes from the Lord!
Let's begin by looking at Rev 3:1-2 (NIV) "To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God."
To the church at Sardis, Jesus says first of all; "I know your deeds." There is no question here, no room for error. There is no mistake about this and no misunderstanding. Jesus said I KNOW your deeds! He looked at this church and He immediately knew its condition. It is possible for sin and failure to be hidden in a congregation, but it is never hidden to Jesus!
He says to the church at Sardis; "I KNOW your deeds." And then He told them; "You have a reputation of being alive" - which sounds like a good thing. Until He immediately says; "But - you are dead!" They THOUGHT they were alive, and they had a reputation that they were alive. They were busy doing things (we're not told what). But they were doing things. Busyness and various programs can be good in the church. But they don't guarantee spirituality! Their reputation and their lives didn't line up.
We've already seen that the city of Sardis was a place of decadence. Its people were rich, and they placed a high priority on comfort and convenience. They were apathetic and immoral. But please keep in mind that those were the CITIZENS of Sardis. In the verses we are looking at, Jesus is talking about the CHURCH in Sardis, not the general population! But a problem that has been around since ancient times is that sometimes culture influences the church, more than the church influences culture. And that appears to be what happened in the church in Sardis. They adopted the mindset of the general population. As a result, Jesus said the church at Sardis was dead.
How TRAGIC that is! At least Laodicea was lukewarm. But Sardis must have been completely cold! They thought they were alive, but they were dead! So Jesus told them in verse two - to "WAKE UP!" The word Jesus uses here is translated in different ways in different translations. The NIV says; "Wake Up" So does the NAS. The KJV says; "Be Watchful." So does the ASV, as well as Young's Literal Translation. In the original language, the word Jesus used here means; "To keep awake or to watch." So it can be translated either way. Which is fortunate, because Sardis needed to do BOTH! They thought they were OK, but they weren't - so they needed to wake up. And they also needed to keep watch! If they had been watchful, they never would have allowed the culture of the city of Sardis to influence the church! But it seems like the apathy of the people of Sardis had been rubbing off on them.
That apathy was nothing new. Ancient historians tell the story of the fall of the city of Sardis. It happened in the days of King Cyrus. The Greek historian Herodotus says that when King Cyrus came to Sardis, he found the city well protected! There seemed to be no way to scale the steep cliff surrounding the city. So King Cyrus offered a reward to any soldier in his army who could find a way to get up to the city. One solider watched the walls very closely. And one day, he saw a soldier from Sardis drop his helmet down the cliff walls. He then watched as the soldier climbed down a hidden path to recover his helmet. That night he led a detachment of troops up the trail. They got to the actual city walls, and when they got there they found the city walls unguarded! The soldiers of Sardis had been so confident in the natural defenses of their city, that they felt no need to keep a diligent watch. As a result, the city of Sardis was easily conquered.
All of this had taken place about 600 years before this letter was written to the church in Sardis. But it
seems like the apathy had continued, and it seems like the church there had absorbed it. They had not been alert, and they had not been keeping watch. And when the church does not stay alert and keep watch - bad things happen! So Jesus tells the church at Sardis to wake up.
There is a phrase you sometimes hear when something goes terribly wrong. The phrase is; "Asleep at
the switch…" "Asleep at the switch" means that someone has not been paying attention. Or that someone has not been carrying out their responsibilities. It originated with the railroad industry back in the early 1900's, when railroad workers had to manually switch tracks. If the workers were asleep at the switch the effects could be disastrous! Apparently it is still a problem today. The National Transportation Safety Board has named fatigue as a factor in at least 10 serious railroad crashes in the past decade. Being "asleep at the switch" is a serious problem. And the church in Sardis was "asleep at the switch." So Jesus told them to "wake up!"
America today needs to wake up! Our leaders are asleep at the switch - and we are headed in the wrong direction. America's gone "woke" - but it's not the same thing - as waking up! A current Gallop poll indicates that just 81% of Americans still believe in God! Back in 1953, the number of Americans who believed in God was 98%. But that number has dropped over the years. In 2011, just 11 years ago, the number of Americans who believed in God was still at 92%. But today, that number is down to 81%. So the number of people who believe in God (in America) has dropped 11% in the last 11 years. The youngest Americans, those born after 1990 - have the lowest belief rate at just 68 percent. In other words, 32% of those born after 1990 do NOT believe in God. America is headed in the wrong direction and needs to WAKE UP!
But there are also churches that need to wake up. Some of the people who actually go to church today
do not necessarily believe what you think they believe. There is a fast growing trend in this nation, that has been labeled "MTD". Those initials were first introduced in 2005 in a book written by sociologists. The book was the result of a three-year study that took a look at the religious beliefs of some 3000 American teenagers. What they discovered in those 3,000 interviews - was that it didn't matter very much what the teenagers were taught in church. Because they got almost the same answers from all of them, whether they attended evangelical churches, protestant churches, or Catholic churches. And they even got the same answers from some who attended no church at all. What these young people believed for the most part, was a watered-down version of Christianity. So the researchers conducting the survey named this almost universal American religion; "MTD", which stands for "Moralistic Therapeutic Deism". Sadly they also concluded that this was not just the religion of the teenagers, but it was also the religion of their parents. And it seems to be the religion of our culture as a whole.
Here are the basic beliefs of "Moralistic Therapeutic Deism".
A God exists, who created and ordered the world, and watches over human life on earth.
This God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other.
The central goal of life is to be happy, and to feel good about oneself.
God does not really need to be involved in one's life, unless God is needed to resolve a problem.
And as far as eternity is concerned, good people go to heaven when they die.
Let's briefly look at those beliefs; The "M" stands for moralistic. You just need to be a "good" person. The problem with that is "GOOD" is being defined by popular culture, rather than being defined by the word of God! So giving your approval to behavior that the Bible calls SIN - could be seen as something "good". On the other hand, if you called those same things "sin" (as the Bible does) you might be seen as being intolerant or even hateful. This kind of thinking is why parts of the Bible have been declared "hate speech" today - because it goes against what our culture is saying is "good".
The "T" in MTD stands for therapeutic. The idea is that religion is here to make us feel better about urselves, to help us feel happy, to fix our problems. So it's THERAPEUTIC.
The "D" in MTD stands for deism. Deism says that God exists, but He is not really involved in what goes on - on the earth. He just kind of set things in motion, and then stepped back and let whatever was going to happen, happen.
MTD acknowledges that God exists as the Creator, but is relatively uninvolved in our lives. Unless of course you get in trouble, and then you can call on God for help. Some have described this view as looking to God as a "cosmic genie".
This survey was taken back in 2005, but the idea is not really anything new. Back in 1940, C. S.
Lewis took note of the "modern" tendency to imagine a God whose main concern was our feelings.
Lewis wrote in his book; "The Problem of Pain"; "What would really satisfy us - would be a God who said of anything we happened to like; 'What does it matter so long as they are contented?' We want, in fact, not so much a father in Heaven - as a grandfather in heaven. A senile benevolence - who, as they say, "liked to see young people enjoying themselves. And whose plan for the universe was simply that it might be truly said at the end of each day; "A good time was had by all!"
Those words were written 82 years ago, but it is still a pretty accurate description. MTD says that "a God exists." But it's not just that "A God" exists - but THE God of the Bible exists.MTD says God wants people to be good, nice, and fair - and sure He does. But God does not JUST want people to be "good" and "nice" and "fair". He commands that we obey Him! And by the way, GOD is the one who defines what is "good" and "nice" - not our culture!
MTD says that the central goal in life is to be happy, and to feel good about yourself. But the Bible, on the other hand presents the central goal of life as giving praise and honor and glory to God! And when you do that, you MAY feel good about yourself - you most likely will. And you can experience the peace that passes all
understanding (that the apostle Paul described for us in Phil 4:7. But THAT'S not our goal. Our GOAL is to praise and glorify God - no matter what! MTD says that God does not really need to be involved in our lives unless there is a problem. But the Bible indicates that believers are to be in constant contact with God.
1 Thes 5:17 tells us to "Pray without ceasing."
MTD says that "good" people will go to heaven. The truth is, no one is good enough to go to heaven! We can't make it on our own merit. It is only through Jesus and His sacrifice on the cross that we can we have our sins washed away. It is only through the grace of God that we can go to heaven. We are NOT saved because WE are good - we are saved because HE is good!
"MTD" - Moralistic Therapeutic Deism is a very popular belief today. It can be found across all Christian religions, no matter what they are. It is not just found in young people, but in their parents as well. It can be found in our CULTURE. The one place it CAN'T be found - is in the BIBLE! It is not Biblical - because it puts US at the center instead of God. And churches today need to WAKE UP - because it is spreading like wildfire!
Jesus told the church in Sardis to wake up. They were asleep and they were apathetic. And Jesus goes on to say in Rev 3:2; "I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God." Some translation say "perfect" here. "I have not found your deeds perfect..." This is not "perfect" in the sense of being sinless or faultless. Rather, the word means; "To execute, to finish." The church in Sardis had started some things, and maybe they were good works. But they never finished them. So Jesus is telling them to wake up, finish what they started, and strengthen what remains.
It's tragic when a church dies. It's tragic because of the price that Jesus paid for the church. Acts 20:28 says He purchased it with His own blood. But churches ARE dying. A recent study indicates that roughly 75 to 150 churches are closing up each week. The biggest reason for church closings – is a decline in church membership. We have experienced that in our own churches. Part of what we are seeing is a sign of the times. A recent Gallup poll found that fewer than just 47% of Americans say they belong to a church, a synagogue, or a mosque. That number was 70% back in the year 2000.
In talking about the "Day of the Lord", the apostle Paul said in 2 Thess 2:3; "Let no one in any way
deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first..." The KJV calls this "a falling away..." The NIV calls it "the rebellion..." Paul said in 1 Tim 4:1; "The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith - and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons."
And folks it's happening. Another Gallup poll that was released 5 years ago in May 2017, found that only 30 percent of Americans who claimed to be Christians - believe the Bible to be the "ACTUAL word of God"! We are seeing apostasy taking place. Recent studies indicate that only 15% of churches in the United States are growing, and only 2% of those are growing by conversion. The rest are simply swelling, as people leave one church to attend another. We are seeing these prophesies fulfilled before our very eyes - as churches close their doors, and as people utterly reject the word of God.
Now let's briefly look at verses 3 and 4. Rev 3:3-4; "Remember, therefore, what you have received
and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy."
So what did Jesus tell the church in Sardis to do? There are 3 things in verse 3. First, He called on them to REMEMBER. Jesus is calling on the church in Sardis to go back in time. To go back before they allowed the culture of the city of Sardis to influence them. And to remember what they USED to be like. Remember what it was like when you first heard the gospel. Remember the joy you had when you first heard it. Remember the zeal, the enthusiasm. Remember the MESSAGE of the gospel, and how God transformed you into His child and welcomed you into His family. Jesus says "I want you to go back and REMEMBER that!"
You've probably heard the story about the Indian ruler Shah Jahan. In 1629, his favorite wife died, so the Shah Jahan ordered that a magnificent tomb be built as a memorial to her. We know it today as the Taj Mahal. The Shah Jahan put his wife's casket in the middle of a field, and then began to build a great temple around that casket. It would be a spectacular memorial. The estimated construction cost would be a little over a billion dollars in today's money. It is estimated that it took more than 22,000 people to build it.
What a tremendous memorial the Shah Jahan was building, to show his love and devotion to his deceased wife! But one day, several years into the project, as he was checking out the work - he stumbled over a wooden box that was in his way. So he had some workers remove it. It was not until months later that the Shah Jahan realized that it was his wife's casket that he had ordered removed! The whole purpose for the memorial was lost - in the details of construction. They built the Taj Mahal - but they forgot WHY they were building it. They forgot what their mission was!
The church in Sardis forgot what their mission was. They were still busy. They were still doing stuff. But they forgot WHY they were doing it. So Jesus said; "I want you to go back - and REMEMBER what it was like!"
Have you ever taken that journey back in time? Can you remember the day when you surrendered YOUR life to the Lord? Do you remember that decision? Do you remember the joy? Where are you NOW in your walk with God? Jesus said I want you to REMEMBER!
Secondly, Jesus calls on the church in Sardis to RESPOND. Remember what you have received and heard, and respond. The NIV here says; "OBEY it!" Obedience should be their response. The NAS says; "KEEP it!" In the original language, the word translated "obey" or "keep" here means; "To attend to carefully, to take care of, to keep in charge, to guard - as in guarding a prisoner..." That same word is used in Acts 24:23, where it says that Felix; "...ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard." So what Jesus told the church in Sardis to do, would certainly involve obedience, but it goes beyond that. He is telling them to remember what you have received and heard - and hang onto it tightly! Take care of it! Keep it under guard!
I wonder how we have done at that? At times, it seems like our grandparents and maybe even our parents knew more about scripture than we do! That's obviously not the case in every instance. I've known some great Bible scholars through the years. And I'm not just talking about Bible professors, or Bible teachers, but rather farmers, and mechanics, and wives and mothers. Who could not just QUOTE the word of God, but who KNEW it, and who LIVED it!
But times are different. Back in 1987, George H Gallup JR, the son of the founder of the Gallup Poll, wrote that based on what their research had shown; "There's little difference in ethical behavior - between the churched and the unchurched. There's as much pilferage and dishonesty among the churched - as the unchurched. And I'm afraid that applies pretty much across the board: religion, per se, is not really life changing. People cite it as important - for instance, in overcoming depression. But it doesn't have primacy in determining behavior." That was written 35 years ago! And it is even more true today. Each passing generation seems to get further and further away from where we used to be. And in many cases, closer and closer to the
culture around us.
The old hymn says;
"Faith of our fathers, living still - In spite of dungeon, fire and sword,
O how our hearts beat high with joy - Whene'er we hear that glorious word!
Faith of our fathers! holy faith! - We will be true to thee till death!"
It didn't happen in Sardis. They adapted, they evolved, they changed. They "got with the times." Until they were almost indistinguishable from the people living around them. How much are we – like or unlike - the people living around us? Jesus said; "You REMEMBER what you have received and heard - and you RESPOND to it, you hang onto it tightly..."
And third, Jesus called on the church in Sardis to REPENT! The church in Sardis had become too much like the culture around them. Jesus calls on them to repent, to change their ways. To go back to what they used to believe and know. The word "repent" here in the original language means "To think differently". It means "to change one's mind!" To change directions. It is the prodigal son waking up in the pigpen of sin, and deciding to go home to his Father. You know - his father saw him coming when he was still a long way off. He had been watching for him. And when he saw him - he RAN to meet him. Which is amazing - when you realize that the father in this parable - represents our heavenly Father! He RUNS to him - to meet him. And when they met, the prodigal didn't instantly begin to rattle off excuses. "Father - it's been a hard world..." "These are difficult times!" " My brother always had it better than me..." "You expected too much of me!" No - there were no excuses. None! In that pig-pen that young man came to himself. He went home, he changed direction, he came to his Father. And he said; "Father, I have sinned!" THAT - is true repentance.
Pride often stands in the way of true repentance. Just listen to the wording of the politicians or the celebrities who get caught in some misdeed. Wordy statements are issued that really say nothing at all. Or that deflect the blame to someone else. Repentance needs to be genuine! Someone said; "Many people use mighty thin thread when mending their ways…" The prodigal's first words were; "Father, I have SINNED!" He repented, and he went home!
The church in Sardis needed to repent. Their way of thinking was not right. They were not what they used to be. Jesus had even called them a DEAD church! There was a time - when that church was alive. There was a time - when that church was filled with people who knew the Lord. But not now. So Jesus calls upon them to repent - change your way of thinking, change your actions, change the direction you are headed in - REPENT CHURCH REPENT! Jesus says to His beloved church – You need to WAKE UP! Strengthen what remains! Finish what you started! And then He calls upon His people to REMEMBER, RESPOND, and REPENT!
In verse 4 - you see a ray of hope. They were asleep, they were apathetic. They started things, but they didn't finish them. They had a reputation that they were alive when in reality they were dead. Jesus had nothing good to say about the church in Sardis! So WHY did He even write to them? Because there was a tiny ray of hope! The spiritual condition of the church in Sardis was bad, but it was not completely hopeless. And Jesus had not given up on them. Rev 3:4 talks about a FEW people that had not soiled their garments. A few people who were still walking faithfully with Jesus. Often that's the way it is. The vast majority will happily follow the trends of this world. I am thankful for the FEW - who do not. And I hope that you are one of the few!
The church in Sardis, is one of the 7 churches that Jesus addressed personally! I've often wondered, what would Jesus say - if He wrote a letter to our churches today? It must have hurt for the church in Sardis to hear these words from Jesus! But in Rev 3:19, just a few verses later, Jesus said; "Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent..."
Jesus had not given up on the church in Sardis - He just wanted them to repent! He just wanted them to do what they needed to do. This was not a suggestion that Jesus made in Rev 3:19. He is saying; "I still love you - that's why I am rebuking you, that's why I discipline you. But I want you to be earnest - and REPENT!"
In the next verse, Rev 3:20, Jesus spoke those very beautiful and familiar words; "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me."
That makes a great invitation verse, doesn't it? How many times have you heard about Jesus standing
at the door of the human heart - just waiting for someone to open the door? And He does. But as your CHURCH! Jesus was knocking at the door of the CHURCH, and asking to be allowed in!
May we open the doors WIDE - for the Christ of Calvary!
Jim Gillaspie is minister of the Kentucky Avenue Church of Christ in Louisville, KY.
That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.


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M&IT India » News » Paris storms back to top of ICCA rankings to regain number one meetings city status
Paris storms back to top of ICCA rankings to regain number one meetings city status
Paris has returned to the top of the ICCA City Rankings in emphatic style – hosting 40 meetings more than second place Vienna and knocking Barcelona off the summit. The French capital hosted 212 rotating international association meetings in 2018, 22 more than last time, and returned to the number one position it last occupied in 2016.
The Austrian capital, joint second with Paris last year, remains in the runners-up spot – although the city hosted only 178 meetings this time round, 18 fewer than in 2017. Last year's number one Barcelona falls to fourth place, with Madrid entering the top-five for the first time since 2015 in third place. Meanwhile Berlin falls to fifth place from fourth in 2017. Remaining in the top 10 but changing position are London, Prague, Singapore and Lisbon. London, Singapore and Prague drop to seventh, eighth and ninth place respectively, and Lisbon climbs three positions to hold sixth place.
Bangkok rises seven places from 17th to 10th, knocking Seoul out of the top 10. Seoul falls to 15th place, surpassed by top 20 risers and joint position holders Amsterdam and Tokyo, which jump from 16th to 13th place and 18th to 13th place respectively. Buenos Aires stays in 11th place and Hong Kong rises to 12th. Dublin drops four places to 18th, and Stockholm holds 19th place for another year. Montréal, QC and Rome drop out of the top 20, and newcomers Brussels and Taipei enter in 17th and 20th place.
Meetings trade association ICCA captured 12,937 rotating association meetings taking place in 2018, an increase of 379 meetings on 2017 and the highest annual figure ever recorded. CEO Senthil Gopinath said: "Although the most comprehensive global benchmark of the international association meetings sector, the ICCA rankings should not be mistaken as providing an overview of the entire meetings industry. We always seek to encourage and advise ICCA members to consult other rankings and collect their own meetings statistics to help them provide a full picture of their performance."
He added: "We have recorded our largest ever annual snapshot of the immediate past year's meetings data in 2018. These results closely follow the release of our 55-year history of the international association meetings market in October 2018. ICCA's latest figures uphold the mature, robust growth pattern we identified in this report and provide more evidence of our firm belief that the association sector continues to be an unrivalled stimulator of global societal development and force for progress across the globe."
Dublin shines in AMI's Alternative ICCA Rankings
Every year AMI crunches the numbers in ICCA's Destination Comparison Tool to make two alternative rankings based on meetings with 300 or more delegates and 500 delegates or more. In the 300+ rankings Paris remains top with 73 meetings, but Barcelona leaps back into second place with 65 meetings dislodging Vienna, 63 meetings, which finished joint third with Singapore.
But Dublin is the big winner, catapulted from 18th spot in the original rankings to sixth spot in the new table, with more than half of its 104 meetings (56) attracting more than 300 delegates. Dublin gains most in the 500+ rankings, too, finishing in sixth spot with 32 meetings. In these rankings Paris, 38 meetings, is the most significant loser, dropping back to fourth place, while Barcelona finishes joint top Vienna on 42 meetings.

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Critically Acclaimed Reimagining of NES Classic Features Hand-Drawn Animation and Touching Storyline
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Q: Sodium is not loading on XAMPP PHP 7.2 Hey for some reason when i use XAMPP PHP 7.2, all of the sodium functions are not working. When i run print_r(get_loaded_extensions()); it does not show sodium on the list. When i go to http://php.net/manual/en/sodium.installation.php it says no installation needed they are a part of the core. So i went to my php.ini configuration file and made sure that it did not disable sodium, it says extension=php_sodium.dll. I went to the console to double check to see if their were any errors, there was none. It was weird because Argon2i is working fine. The Argon2i constants are all defined and when used in the password_hash() function it generates a password hash no problem. I am using windows as my OS. Is there anything else that can cause something like this, any help would be nice. Thanks in advance.

A: Open php.ini file from C:\xampp\php\ -> under Dynamic Extensions and add
extension=sodium

A: This will work for wamp also
check-in PHP module if sodium is available or not with the following command
cmd> php -m
cmd> php --ri sodium

if sodium is not listed then go to your /php/php.ini and search for ';extension=sodium' and remove ';'
you will be good to go

A: For anyone struggling with this in Windows XAMPP including PHP 7.3.9:
There is already a libsodium.dll file in c:\xampp\xampp\php.
However, the extension is not activated by default in the php.ini file. Simply edit the file as @Alshoja indicated. In fact, the needed entry is already there but commented out, simply remove the comment:
#extension=sodium;

to
extension=sodium;

Restart the server, then verify through phpinfo(); and searching for "sodium" you should now see a "sodium support" column with associated information.

A: Are you sure that you edit the correct php.ini?
Starting with PHP 7.2, ini file (at least on my Windows PC), the syntax to load extension is now extension=modulename instead of extension=php_modulename.dll.

A: I encountered the same problem, but reinstall XAMPP 7.2 doesn't help.
Finally, I returned to XAMPP 7.1.14 then installed sodium additionally, and it  works.

*

*Install XAMPP(xampp-win32-7.1.14-0-VC14)

*Download libsodium named php_libsodium-2.0.9-7.1-ts-vc14-x86.zip

*Rename php_sodium.dll to php_libsodium.dll, then put it into C:\xampp\php\ext

*Put libsodium.dll into C:\xampp\apache\bin

*Add into php.ini: extension=php_libsodium.dll
I know rollback is not a good idea.
But at least it works for me.

A: For Windows XAMPP PHP 7.2.4, to correct the Error:

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium'
  (tried: C:\xampp\php\ext\sodium (The specified module could not be
  found.), C:\xampp\php\ext\php_sodium.dll (The specified module could
  not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0

There must be a copy of php/libsodium.dll (PHP Extension) in apache/bin/ (Apache Module). It is assumed, but not tested, that it must be same file.
Assuming that php/libsodium.dll and php/ext/php_sodium.dll are the same build, which is the case with a new install of XAMPP 7.2.4, the install is:
1. Add "extension=sodium" to php.ini (no quotes)
2. Copy php/libsodium.dll to apache/bin/
3. Restart Server

A: This answer is only for Linux(Ubuntu) users
There is default PHP installed as a system package but if you are using self contained installation of PHP (XAMPP [Binami]) then you have to provide php-config path in following attribute of ./configure command while installing the LIBSODIUM for your PHP.

--with-php-config

I have installed xampp-linux-x64-7.4.15-0 and surprisingly there is no sodium PHP module in this setup. I installed Sodium library first and then install PHP Libsodium extesnion for XAMPP.
/opt/lampp/etc/php -m    //Check if you have sodium installed

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autoconf

Download stable version of Sodium Library by following link
https://doc.libsodium.org/
//Go inside the package folder

cd <downloaded package dir>

./configure
make
sudo make install

It will install library and you can check inside the /usr/local/lib/. The file for libsodium has been created with so extension.
Now we will download and install PHP library for
https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium-php
//Go inside the package folder
cd <downloaded package dir>

./configure --with-php-config=/opt/lampp/bin/php-config   //This time we provided preferred php config
make
sudo make install

This will isntall extension for XAMPP PHP and you can check sodium.so file has been created inside /opt/lampp7.4/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-2019****.
Add extension inside php.ini
sudo bash -c 'echo "extension="sodium.so"" >> /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini'
Restart XAMPP and check installed php modules
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart

/opt/lampp/etc/php -m

If all works fine then you will find sodium in list defiantly.
CHEERS

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1. Armin van Buuren
When you're searching online for the latest celebrity dish, free music downloads or red carpet photos, you might get more than you bargained for -- like a computer virus.
Hackers capitalize on fans' fervor for their favorite celebrities by peppering search results with links to sites that serve up malicious software that can infect devices and steal personal data. Intel Security's 2015 Most Dangerous Celebrities list puts EDM (electronic dance music) D.J. Armin van Buuren at the top of the cyber-crime charts.
Van Burren unseats last year's most dangerous celebrity, Jimmy Kimmel (now at #26). Nearly one in five search results for his name lands on a malicious site.
Here, van Buuren performs at Olympiysky Sports Complex on September 27, 2014 in Moscow, Russia.
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2. Luke Bryan
Luke Bryan, shown here accepting the award for Entertainer of the Year during the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards on April 19, 2015, takes the second spot on the list. Musicians are ripe targets for cyberattackers because people searching their names are often looking for free songs, which they're willing to download from less than reputable sites.
Bad guys often use the terms "free mp3," "HD download" or "torrent" to entice people to download a seemingly-legitimate file that is, in reality, malicious, according to Intel consumer security specialist Gary Davis.
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3. Usher
One in six links turned up in searches for Usher puts web surfers at risk of phishing scams, spyware, spam, viruses and other malware.
In this photo, the musician attends the 53rd New York Film Festival premiere of "The Martian" at Alice Tully Hall on September 27, 2015 in New York City.
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4. Britney Spears
Britney Spears has the dubious honor of moving up three spots, from #7 on last year's Intel list.
Here she attends the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
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5. Jay-Z
Jay-Z is seen here performing on May 17, 2015 in New York City in a concert promoting his Tidal streaming service, launched earlier this year.
People searching for Jay-Z downloads online probably aren't among the 1,000,000 shelling out $10 or $20 a month for Tidal subscriptions. And you get what you pay for: Jay-Z searches carry a nearly 16 percent chance of cyber badness.
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6. Katy Perry
Nearly 15 percent of link results in an online search for Katy Perry -- seen here at the Harper's BAZAAR ICONS event during Fashion Week on September 17, 2015, in New York -- are dangerous.
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7. Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer has had a great year. But with fame come complications. The comedian took on the issue of gun control after a gunman killed two people and wounded nine others in a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana during a July showing of her film "Trainwreck."
In a different kind of danger, almost 15 percent of search results for her name serve up malicious content of some sort.
In this photo, Schumer arrives at The 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Governors Ball at the Los Angeles Convention Center on September 20, 2015.
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Actress Betty White speaks onstage during the 2015 TV Land Awards at Saban Theatre on April 11, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. Fourteen percent of links in searches for her name are dangerous, according to Intel.
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9. Lorde
Singer Lorde, shown here after the 2014 56th Grammy Awards, is the seventh musician in Intel's top ten most dangerous celebrities to search online.
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10. Nina Dobrev
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The actress announced this spring that she would leave her CW show "The Vampire Diaries" -- in which she has starred since 2009 alongside Intel dangerous celebrity #18 Paul Wesley -- after its 6th season. You could Google her to find out the backstory, but you'd have a better than 13 percent chance of clicking on a malicious link. (Better just to read it here on CBS News.)
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Q: IIS - Wildcard HTTPS Binding with Centralized Certificate Store Using IIS 10 and a Centralized Certificate Store, is it possible to have a wildcard https binding, so that any request coming in over HTTPS will automatically attempt to grab the relevant certificate from the centralized store?

A: It depends on your definition of "wildcard".
IIS searches the CCS (Centralized Certificate Store) not based on the SNI name, but based on the binding name. Therefore it is not possible to have a catch-all binding with the CCS.
However, the CCS does support wildcard PFX files when a file starts with _.. Therefore, if you have a site with the binding blog.example.com, it will use the _.example.com.pfx file if present.
With IIS 10, we now also have wildcard binding support. Therefore, you can make a binding *.example.com and this will indeed work with the _.example.com.pfx file as well.


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Romeo and Juliet Review English National Ballet
January 18, 2011 Last updated: March 7, 2021 10:14 pm By Natasha
Romeo and Juliet: English National Ballet – London Coliseum
Romeo: Arionel Vargas, Juliet: Erina Takahashi
Mercutio: Juan Rodríguez , Tybalt: James Streeter
I have been a fan and a follower of English National Ballet since I was seven when I was taken to my first production of The Nutcracker and subsequently have seen their production every Christmas since. I first saw ENB's Romeo and Juliet when I was a teenager 'in the round' at the Royal Albert Hall and have been captivated ever since. One thing I like about ENB is their individuality. Their Nutcracker is well known for having a quirky side and this production of Romeo and Juliet, although still hugely traditional had some cheeky and fun elements I haven't seen elsewhere. In addition to ENB's, over the years I've seen Romeo and Juliet productions by The Royal Ballet (Sylvie Guillem's last ever Juliet I might add) and American Ballet Theatre in New York. All are different and unique in their own way.
The first thing that strikes me with Romeo and Juliet is the music. I have never come across a piece of classical music so emotive and able to capture the mood perfectly. This music can move people to tears, give them goose bumps and enables them to feel the electricity between the 'star-crossed lovers' on stage. At this point I will say that, as ever, the ENO orchestra does a fine job orchestrating their ballets.
Wednesday night's production opened on a rather sinister scene with a group of hooded characters appearing to be placing bets or plotting an evil scheme. This theme continues throughout with the occasional reappearance of these characters adding to the underlying sinister nature of the story. I was thrilled to see Erina Takahashi as Juliet, I met her when she was in the corps de ballet and I was just a young dancer and remember her as being very sweet and humble. As I've seen so many ENB productions I feel I know some of the dancers, so to see one perform who I've actually met was even better. Arionel Vargas is a dancer I don't know well, but on first impression he was a fine Romeo, in stature alone he commanded the stage, but it was in his solos where he truly excelled.
Act One:
True to form, ENB creates a busy crowd scene with lots of action and depth. The two rival families are distinguished by costume, Capulet's in red and Montague's in green and any neutral parties in creams and greys. Tensions were easily built in the opening scene with the rivalry apparent immediately. Scenes of taunting were played out with a hint of 'cheekiness' as the male characters quite regularly made gestures to their own and their rival's genitalia! In these scenes the jovial nature of Romeo and his comrades, particularly Mercutio, made for light interjections within the tense stand-offs. In fact, in Act 1 Juan Rodriguez, who plays Mercutio, impressed me the most with a highly energetic allegro solo, full of intricate footwork combined with impressive leaps, all performed with great gusto.
Our first meeting of Juliet is brief but necessary to understand her placing within the family and her arranged marriage to Paris. In this scene, ENB shows off its unique directional skills with extra little amusing actions in one corner of the stage. Behind Juliet and her friends' graceful dancing and excited game-playing, her Nurse is seen to be in rather a compromising position with a male servant. Not everyday you see that in a ballet!
My favourite scene has always been the ball scene, partly for the music (amongst everything else, I am a musician also) but also for the core part of the Romeo and Juliet story: the couple's first meeting. Takahashi's delicate and innocent performance, which we see briefly earlier in Act 1, really comes to life in the ball scene. Her relationship with Tybalt is playful, with Paris she is cautious, but her movements are tinged with a hint of curiosity. When the pair meet, the chemistry is immediate. These two dancers obviously trust each other implicitly, which is shown in the combination of lifts and complex pas de deux work. This becomes even more apparent later, when they perform their love duet, and also in the death scene. ENB's ball has a distinctly Russian feel with the costumes rich in colour and the movements strong and timed to perfection. This scene is as impressive as any other I've seen and really shows the company to be a well oiled machine.
After the couple meet and are subsequently separated, the scene which follows is in Juliet's balcony/garden and this is where their love really takes off. One of the most beautiful scores in ballet, in my opinion, I was glued to the performance Takahashi and Vargas were giving. The only criticism I have is that there were a lot of steps and movements fitted into music. What I have found in other productions of this scene is that less is more. We know they're in love and we know that they can't get enough of each other, and I feel that ENB's production just tried to fit as much into the scene as possible. The pas de deux was excellent, dynamic and passionate but at times unnecessary. Simply embracing, lifting slowly and being gently intimate would have conveyed exactly the same feeling as the fast-paced, energetic 'throwing around' which I saw. I am still partial to Kenneth MacMillan's 1965 choreography, after all I am a traditionalist at heart! The dancing, however, I cannot fault, beautifully exuded by both, the scene ended with goose bumps on my arms and a silly grin on my face.
Act Two:
Short and sweet, well I say sweet, perhaps not as two deaths are involved, but short definitely! In this scene we are witness to the murder firstly of Mercutio then of Tybalt. Now here is where ENB again shows its quirkiness and unique design and direction. Ever the joker, Mercutio first taunts Tybalt into a play fight, which turns into his ill-fated final moments. Previous to the fight, Mercutio has already feigned injury, to which the surrounding crowd of both families watched in amusement as they are used to his horse-play. When he is, however, fatally wounded, his pleas for help are unanswered and a story of 'boy who cries wolf' unfolds. After an elaborate display of pain and anguish, he finally dies (always played out as long as possible in every version of this ballet I've seen) and the villagers go into shock. Drama unfolds as a reluctant Romeo takes up a sword and fights with Tybalt until the latter's death. The fight scenes are always hard to achieve in ballets, to not make them over-dramatic is not easy when all that is possible is a combination of dance and fencing, however somehow it works. These were technically superb but as always, a certain amount of suspending disbelief is required from the audience, but isn't that the nature of ballet itself anyway?
Upon Tybalt's death, the devastation is shown clearly by Juliet, who then goes on to end the act. Her lover has killed her cousin and she is torn between family loyalty and all-consuming love for Romeo. Again I will say that Takahashi was wonderful in portraying every side of Juliet. Whilst Vargas, a fantastic, exuberant dancer with the stage presence and technical ability of a superb Romeo, unfortunately quite often had the same look on his face, regardless of the scene. A minor complaint for a dancer whose allegro ability impressed even my boyfriend (who was on his first ever outing to a ballet)! As Romeo is banished to exile, Juliet is left with her thoughts and the curtain goes down on this frail young woman.
Act Three:
Everyone knows where the story goes, and act three begins with Juliet and Friar Lawrence hatching a plan for Romeo and Juliet's reunion. I find that this scene can be rushed at times, but the ENB produces a nice combination of mime and story telling. As Friar Lawrence is describing the plan to her, we see inside Juliet's mind as she thinks about the plan unfolding. Two 'look-a-like' dancers act out her thoughts in one corner of the stage and we see, in her wild imagination, that the plan is flawless and that she and Romeo will be reunited and live their lives together in exile. With that in mind she heads home.
Prior to the next scene where she reluctantly agrees to marry Paris for her parents, we see Juliet rebelling against her mother and Nurse in a vain attempt to be left alone to her plans. The difference in status between all the characters is very evident here, the pleas of a young Juliet, the mothering nature of Nurse, the coldness of Lady Capulet and finally the strength of Juliet's Father. This scene can be heart-wrenching as we see Juliet cowering in the arms of her Nurse who she sees as more of a mother than her own, especially when Lady Capulet uses her hand against her daughter. The entrance of Lord Capulet changes the mood of the scene immediately as we see Juliet pale into submission against the high status of her father. She agrees to marry Paris and as a satisfied trio of her Nurse and parents leave to prepare for the big day, Juliet's mind once again wonders into fantasy. Torn apart by despair, Juliet sees two visions of Romeo and Tybalt each with a different enticing idea for her. In an intricate pas de trios, Juliet must decide between family honour in killing herself with her cousin's dagger or following her love by taking Friar Lawrence's poison and running away with Romeo. With another appearance from the cloaked and masked figures previously seen, Juliet decides on the love option and takes the potion, falling gently asleep.
The final part of the performance was over and done with fairly quickly. Unlike some other productions where these death scenes are long and drawn out, this was simply done and very effective. Friar Lawrence's attack and death is brief but shocking and Romeo's murder of mourning Paris is also less dramatic and more to the point. The longest section of dance was where Romeo discovers Juliet's body and believes she's dead. In a long display of anguish, Romeo takes Juliet's lifeless body and tries to revive her. Takahashi proved to be a very believable corpse as she was flung around with no hint of life in her. The production ends as any other would, with Romeo and Juliet dying for each other in a misunderstanding only Shakespeare could achieve. The audience barely drew breath as they watched Romeo take his own life to join his love in the after-life, and then Juliet's sleepy confusion, which turns to joy and then quickly to misery really tugs at the heartstrings. The resolution between the two families happens very quickly after this, and almost seems like an after thought, added in quickly to end the story. The performance rounds off neatly however, with the first sinister hooded characters dancing delightedly across the stage as the curtain lowers.
I thoroughly enjoyed this performance, there really is very little to criticise, however there are things which I would have preferred to have seen done differently. Regardless, ENB employs beautiful dancers and although they are not seen to be as technically brilliant as other companies such as The Royal Ballet, they are some of the most expressive performers I have seen on stage. The cast I saw worked very well together and built up trusting relationships immediately. A must see if (or when) it comes back to the Coliseum or Royal Albert Hall next time.
Written by Natasha Wynn
London based performer, graduate of London Studio Centre who's been auditioning and working in the industry for two years and now auditioning for post-graduate and masters courses. For more information on Natasha visit www.natashawynn.com
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This is a house favorite here! It's easy for me to cook... less than 20 minutes from prep time to eating... and you can play with the ingrediants.
Cut up sausage into quarter sized bites (we do smaller for the little ones) and slice pepperoni in half. Put the meat in a skillet and let it sizzle.
While the meat is cooking, boil your water and cook your pasta. Once it's done drain it and add it in with the meat. Cover with spaghetti sauce. Top it with a sprinkle of parmesian and enjoy!
You can play with this one! Add bell peppers and onions to the meat for an added kick. We have also added bacon to it and it was delicious!
Pair with a salad, some bread, and tea and it is a comfort meal in minutes.
NOTE: I substitute turkey sausage, turkey pepperoni, whole wheat pasta, and reduced sugar ragu with very little taste difference!


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Q: Avoid repopulation of django database I have a population script which must run the first time that the application is started. Only the first time.
The application is running as a docker container. The way I am doing this at the moment is, before starting the django application, the container runs the population scripts.
This has the consequence that restart the container runs the population scripts again, causing duplicated entries.
What strategy could I use to avoid repopulating the database? I have a couple of ideas:

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*mark in the container filesystem. Very easy to implement, but I am not sure if this will survive a container restart? I have anyway discarded this because it will definitely not survive a container rebuild.

*mark in the database. This seems too complex to implement, but seems the most robust solution: it will only run whenever the DB is not marked, and it will automatically detect whenever the DB has been scratched.

*mark in a persistent volume. This is my preferred solution. The only minor problem is that scratching the database will not be detected (but I can manage that manually)

Do you have any other idea how to achieve this?

A: Assuming you have to run migrations anyway when you start your application the first time, you could create a Data Migration and rely on Django's migration mechanism to ensure it is only run once on the database.


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Filed under: Blog Events, List-o-matic | Tagged: Aliens, Benicio Del Toro, Blood Simple, Brian De Palma, Bruce Campbell, Chasing Amy, Chazz Palminteri, Christina Ricci, Christoph Waltz, Christopher Nolan, City of God, Clint Eastwood, Ethan Coen, Fargo, Fernando Meirelles, First Blood, Gabriel Byrne, Geoffrey Rush, Gilda Radner, Glenn Close, Goodfellas, Heath Ledger, Heathers, Inglourious Basterds, Javier Bardem, Jeff Goldblum, Joe Pesci, Joel Coen, John Cusack, John Hughes, John Travolta, Kathy Bates, Kevin Smith, Kevin Spacey, Liam Neeson, Lorraine Bracco, Mar adentro, Mel Brooks, Mystic River, No Country for Old Men, Office Space, Pat Morita, Paul Sorvino, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Quills, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Ray Liotta, Reservoir Dogs, Robert De Niro, Robert Patrick, Ryan Gosling, Sam Raimi, Samuel L. Jackson, Schindler's List, Shutter Island, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Root, Steven Spielberg, Sylvester Stallone, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Believer, The Big Chill, The Breakfast Club, The Constant Gardener, The Evil Dead, The Lives of Others, The Opposite of Sex, The Untouchables, The Usual Suspects, Tom Berenger, True Grit, Ulrich Mühe, Waxwork, William Hurt |
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CS, on June 28, 2010 at 7:57 am said:
First off, Happy Birthday.
Great list all around. I really like that you included The Sea Inside and The Live of Others. Two films that noramlly do get as much love as they deserve.
Jess, on June 28, 2010 at 8:41 am said:
Happy Birthday! Great post too, I love some of your choices so much.
Aaron, on June 28, 2010 at 10:21 am said:
Very interesting list idea and some stellar movie picks.
Aiden R, on June 28, 2010 at 10:37 am said:
Uh, I guess I need to see Waxwork now?
But you got yourself some mondo points for picking First Blood as the best of '82. My love for that movie will never wane, it breaks my heart when people write it off as just another Rambo movie. Sing tear…
And Happy Birthday! WOOHOO!
Shit, I need to do this.
mcarteratthemovies, on June 28, 2010 at 11:29 am said:
@ CS — I knew Javier Bardem was good, and then I saw "Mar adentro." It was a marvelous and heart-wrenching performance that had me sobbing and, at the same time, feeling uplifted.
@ Jess — Thanks! I tried to pick my favorite films of each year, not necessarily the best or most important.
@ Aiden R. — "Waxwork" is jolly good cheesy fun; it falls into that "awesomely bad" category. And I will defend TO THE DEATH "First Blood," which everyone seems to think of as "Rambo 1" or "Rambo." That's the only one in the series, in my opinion, that is about more than sh*t blowing up. It's really a poignant look at the mistreatment of Vietnam vets. Sure, sh*t blows up and there's blood and violence, but there's a point to it all.
Aiden R, on June 28, 2010 at 12:05 pm said:
Damn right!
"Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million dollar equipment, back here I can't even hold a job PARKING CARS!"
Stallone was pretty damn good in Cop Land, but this his number one acting display in my book.
Alex, on June 28, 2010 at 12:10 pm said:
This is glorious and my mind is now reeling with ideas for my own list.
Also the fact that you share a birthday with Mel Brooks basically makes you the luckiest person ever! I hope you have a great birthday!
Mad Hatter, on June 28, 2010 at 12:41 pm said:
Happy Birthday rock star! Love your idea to list off the movies, and vote you also steal my idea of scribbling out a small number of movies you want to see before your next b-day, then seal the envelope and see how many you can remember.
On the next birthday, you open the envelope, see how you did, and make a new list for the next year.
(My list is buried under a jump on my June 1st post)
Oh, and I recorded Matineecast Episode 16 with kai Parker yesterday afternoon…guess who's next?
Fitz, on June 28, 2010 at 2:11 pm said:
Happy Birthday, M!
My list would look similar to yours as I've seen 23 of the aforementioned films.
blake, on June 28, 2010 at 2:15 pm said:
I've only seen 14 of these twenty nine…
Excuse me while I adjust my Netflix queue.
mcarteratthemovies, on June 28, 2010 at 2:19 pm said:
@ Alex — The day I found out I had the same b-day as Mel Brooks was the happiest day of my life. True story.
@ Mad Hatter — Yeah I'm on your next show. I have to rebut all that smack you talked about me inventing a wedding so I didn't have to discuss "Get Him to the Greek"! 🙂
@ Blake — Oh my God, that phrase is GE-friggin-NIUS. Wouldn't it be a great title for a blog?!?
James D., on June 28, 2010 at 5:46 pm said:
Idi Amin, huh? I can see that.
Reel Whore, on June 28, 2010 at 10:55 pm said:
And I love the list (Constant Gardener excluded, that is). I need to see this "Mar adentro" of which you speak.
Encore Entertainment, on June 29, 2010 at 4:06 am said:
PS. 1983 and 2005…I love you. I'd usually argue with you on some other years, but you already have to endure getting older…I won't be mean. 😉
fandangogroovers, on June 29, 2010 at 8:36 am said:
Good job, I will make sure I include you in the final blog if I get it off the ground. You will have to wait to see my list (already compiled) but we do share a few picks, my list will also be six longer than yours!
Marc, on June 29, 2010 at 10:46 am said:
Smashing idea for a post, and an belated Happy Birthday Mer!!
Hope it was a great day …for being a Monday:P
Peter Eramo Jr., on June 29, 2010 at 11:13 am said:
What a great idea! I may very well take this idea come January. Anyway, Happy Birthday to you!
BTW – Chasing Amy? Really??? 🙂
Heather, on June 29, 2010 at 1:40 pm said:
Happy Birthday, of course you are an '81 girl! I am too.
At least half of your picks are likely to make my list as well.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Quills in there, and appreciated Chasing Amy. I don't connect with it the way I did when I was younger, but it had a profound effect on me at the time.
When is Andy planning this birthday deal? I should probably just ask him.
Branden, on June 29, 2010 at 7:29 pm said:
Happy Birthday, Meredith! I might do this same thing for my birthday in October.
rtm, on June 30, 2010 at 1:26 pm said:
Happy belated Birthday, M, ah you young'un you! Wow, what a great idea for a post (man that Andy!), I just might do this next year, good thing I still have more than a half year to prepare.
Simon/Ripley, on July 4, 2010 at 5:31 pm said:
*cries at Office Space*
Darren, on July 5, 2010 at 3:52 am said:
Happy birthday. Great idea, by the way. I share a birthday with Raul Julia. That's about it. Not that he isn't awesome, but still…
mcarteratthemovies, on July 5, 2010 at 9:18 am said:
@ Reel Whore — No love for "Constant Gardener"? I didn't follow it at first, but subsequent viewings sold me on it. "Mar adentro" is powerful stuff, and it convinced me — like I needed convincing! — that Javier Bardem should be considered a national treasure.
@ Encore — I stand by the weirder picks, like "Chasing Amy" and "Waxwork."
@ Heather — Yeah, check with Andy; I don't think he'd picked a date when I e-mailed him. And you know I had to put "Quills" in there!
@ Simon/Ripley — Are those sad tears or happy tears?
Horror tears.
A Life in Movies Blogathon « Fandango Groovers Movie Blog, on April 10, 2011 at 12:37 pm said:
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Kaiderman, on May 8, 2011 at 2:51 pm said:
Great list, M. Love the inclusion of City of God. That film messed me up, dude!
mcarteratthemovies, on May 9, 2011 at 12:48 pm said:
It's like "GoodFellas," only rougher and in Portugese.
JL, on May 9, 2011 at 9:26 pm said:
Nice list. Some very unique choices here. I see we also share a few selections as well.
I think my favorite pick on here is Office Space. Love that pick and it's not one I've seen anyone else make. I just love that movie. Unfortunately it didn't make my list though as that year was the year of one of my all-time favorites Boondock Saints.
Fletch, on May 10, 2011 at 11:47 am said:
I've seen (and enjoy!) The Opposite of Sex. Martin Donovan's dry, dry humor kills me, and Ricci is at her snippy best. Just an excellently written, well-casted film.
Swanky list all around. Love the mixture of eclectic indies and foreign fare with the commercial stuff.
mcarteratthemovies, on May 10, 2011 at 12:57 pm said:
@ JL — "Office Space" forever colored my opinions about corporate culture. And the longer I work in the 9-to-5 arena, the more I realize how right Mike Judge was.
@ Fletch — "The Opposite of Sex" was one of those movies I rented on a whim years ago — and I fell in love with it. Martin Donovan is terrific, and Lisa Kudrow is a marvel: funny and bitter and vulnerable all at the same time.
Eric, on May 10, 2011 at 5:26 pm said:
Lots of great selections here, including a few that we shared (Office Space!). I see that you posted this last summer, so I'm curious — would you still select Shutter Island for 2010?


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