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Freier Fall (2013)
Great Script and Acting
18 February 2015 - 7 out of 9 users found this review helpful.
It's been awhile since I wrote last review and I'm pretty sure want to write this one. I want everybody know, gay or straight that this film is far more than just "worth watching", but I'll say this film is like one self-mirror, a reality that maybe happen in everyday life.
The acting is great, I called it natural. I really miss a good acting like this since "Weekend" in 2011 nailed it. The poster itself is really eye catching. See that poster remind me of "Brokeback Mountain".
About the script, no doubt, one of the best in 2013. It's great and I love it. I've seen some of gay theme films about gay police or gay in law enforcement environment always or mostly turn bad, but here, in "Free Fall" totally different. The director try to pull every string that guide us to see that love can be happen everywhere, even in a cocky place like police department in natural way. It's not like sexual fantasy like we used to see in porn industry, but it's drama, it's tears, it's life, it's a real drama between two man, in a right place an time love grow.
And don't really care about the ending, or the beginning, or the middle. This film tell us that love always find it's way home.
Getting Go, the Go Doc Project (2013)
That was real...
8 June 2014 - 18 out of 26 users found this review helpful.
Just saw it and better than I expected. Despite it's super limited budget, almost every aspect well done, the acting, story, editing, and photography.
Interesting to see Tanner Cohen again on screen after his last film was Were the World Mine (2008), he made reputation there, as the film too, one of the top greatest gay movies according to AfterElton. This some kind of good breakthrough. And the acting, no doubt, he's good.
No wonder, the director, Cory Krueckeberg, chose him as the lead. He was the writer of Were the World Mine (2008) and this is a great debut for him as a director.
The most interesting about this film is the story. It made like semi self-documentary, made by the 'Doc' (Tanner Cohen), who happened to be amateur fake director in a tricky way to get close to his favorite go-go dancer, 'Go' (Matthew Camp). He was very obsessed to 'Go' as he obsessed with online cam and blog. A little bit exhibitionist I say. He contacted 'Go' said that he's a director and want to make him and go-go dancing issue as the topic. Luckily, it was approved.
Then, story between the 'Doc' and the 'Go' begin. The shooting begin as their love of each other also begin to grow. Emotional build and love made, but the truth always altered the story.
Another great aspect of the film is the emotion, intimacy, and the bond between the two main actors really strong. We can felt this aspect almost at the entire film when filming the "amateur fake" documentary. At the point, I almost believe that this film was a "real" documentary starring by two "real" couple.
Some might said it's sad ending, some might said not. For me, it's fair ending and I liked it, because made less "Hollywood ending."
Plynace wiezowce (2013)
5 June 2014 - 6 out of 9 users found this review helpful.
Just watch it and nothing new. Honestly, the first half of the film bored me, the plot running to slow and I don't have any idea what's going on with the story. A lonely yet have a girlfriend fooling around with guys in somewhere bathroom. There is something about Kuba's character just failed to show the audience that he's gay (or depress closet gay with a girlfriend and dominant mother).
The he met Michal and the 70's or 80's of gay life revive. Homophobia seems like the main plot, along with denial, gay bashing (the worst part at the end), and the tricky plot to get over this gay symptoms.
Another failed character is Sylwia. I mean, come on, we live in 21st century and yet she found that her boyfriend is a gay just extremely too long or she just playing dumb because she's just too selfish homeless woman. Oh, and this is another flaws, mom and girlfriend trying to plot a gay son to "normal" life. Seems like 90's telenovela.
I wonder if there was 5 minutes extension at the end. That "end" would the ultimate back through of this film to become "great".
Triple Crossed (2013)
No Story, No Acting... Just Skin and Beautiful Male
14 April 2014 - 1 out of 3 users found this review helpful.
Seems to me that Brent, oops Sean Paul Lockhart still trying his best way to go mainstream cinema beside porn industry. I've seen some of his film, like Judas Kiss, small part in The Big Gay Musical (2009) and Oscar Winning movie Milk (2008). I have to say this, with honest and respect, still and yet, he found his best acting and fair debut as his first directing.
But, with another honest and respect, this film just far from good. The worst part is terrible story. It's more likely some kind of gay fantasy story, that someone (assassin with military background) would kill you for money and God knows that you would falling in love with someone should be your victim.
Another worst part is the acting. Well, we shouldn't expect mush from mostly "amateur" actors. I'm lost count how many "oh God..." I said during the movie.
Overall, if you enjoy film with skins (sure, there are some explicit full frontal nudity here), beautiful male actor with great body shape, then, this film would be perfect.
Sherlock: His Last Vow (2014)
Episode 3, Season 3
I can't wait till next year
14 January 2014 - 6 out of 16 users found this review helpful.
"Sherlock", still one of the best entertaining show on TV so far. Well made, great acting, and of course excellent story. "Sherlock" is nothing without good story.
I prefer "The Reichenbach Fall" then this "His Last Vow". I don't know, maybe just this episode just more less in drama and exciting big case. But, still it's great. I have to say that the last two episodes was boring compare to episode 1 & 2 the last two season, somehow Sherlock character just different after his "resurrection". He's more "happy", more "smiling", more "joke", more "funny", less "drama", less "observation", less "bad-ass", less "cold-heart", and less "genius".
And I see it now after finished this last season 3 episode. The whole Sherlock back again and it's really entertaining. It's great to see how he figure out a way go, even though this time he didn't kill himself but somebody else.
I really miss Moriarty, his arc-enemy. This last episode just perfect for Moriarty back from the dead. I just can't wait till next year how Sherlock, John, and new player, Mary, battle against Moriarty. Who will win? Doesn't matter. Great story plot will prove it all.
Dorian Blues (2004)
Entertaining but many Stereotypes
25 November 2013 - 0 out of 2 users found this review helpful.
Fun movie, well actually, coming out isn't that easy, but this movie bring it up as simple issue, with funny joke, interesting character, and well done actors.
I like the acting. But, sometimes I don't really get Dorian's feeling by his language and tone. Somehow, Michael McMillian didn't get into his own character. There is time to laugh and there is time to cry, sometime he didn't get it, make me feel less emotional. Lea Coco and Steve Fletcher really did a great job.
I really like the script but I have to say full stereotype of gay man/homosexual. Like perfect brother, muscle, and sport. And the gay one, skinny, didn't like sport, always to blame, never done anything well and always the minor in every parents love (less favorite).
Let me make some comparison to some gay coming out theme. "Get Real" (1998) Steven Carter falling in love to John Dixon, school brightest running star while he look like a "nerd" and sometimes get insulted by other student. But, stereotype wasn't an issue here because that differences between them just a story about hard love and actually it wasn't love after all when John Dixon decided to shut up in order to maintain his reputation.
Another shot, "Mambo italiano" (2003), this coming gay movie is completely free stereotype. Even Angelo Barberini falling in love with "macho" gay cop and since school he already called gay, and even his father suggested Angelo Barberini to play hockey because it might be cured him, stereotype wasn't much problem here united family more important than what other people think.
For me, always interesting to watch gay coming out story. Dorian Blues good enough with 7/10.
Mambo Italiano (2003)
The Most Refreshment so Far
Well, ten years and finally got this movie. It's really refreshing to enjoy such a great gay romantic comedy. Well acted, great script, and a very interesting story. Bringing up Italian culture, I'm not Italian, but it's just something new and fresh and just great.
I like every character development. And love every funny parts. It's been awhile since I had found gay romantic comedy like "Birdcage".
I read some review and discussion about the "more appropriate" ending. I have to say, this time, on this movie, it wasn't really bother me. I mean, sometimes when the ending too rough to be true or too good to be true, emotion get involved easily. It didn't happen this time, in a good way.
I don't want to be sentimental, after watched this movie, I though that a happy ending always find it's own way.
The 24th Day (2004)
Problem with Budget
I have to say that both James Marsden and Scott Speedman did a great job. Both their character growing as good as low and high tension of the plot. I really like Dan character and the opposite character Tom.
Honestly interesting story. I think Tony Piccirillo really did a great job growing a story like "The 24th Day" from HIV?AIDS genre. But, I think the great problem was the lack of emotion developing. It was a great move from the first time they were hitting, back to Tom house, have a little chat and the thriller begun. After that, actually most of it just shouting. I thrilled but just that it. I don't pick up any emotion involved.
I guess it was because bad editing and cinematography, but it's fair enough for low budget film.
Naked As We Came (2012)
One of the Best in 2013
21 November 2013 - 23 out of 37 users found this review helpful.
Honestly, I think this is one of the best gay theme movies in 2013. Despite it's low budget film, everything run perfectly well. The great part is the casting. Richard LeMay, the director, really done a careful and brilliant job to pick up the only six casts. Well, he is also the writer, I guess he know know pretty much a fit character to his own story.
Like I said, it's low budget. The casts only six and 98% appeared only the fourth main actors and main location just in big house with big garden. But, surprisingly, I didn't get bored, a good cinematography really helped with that problem.
About the story, I have to say that it's not really original. I mean, I have seen some gay interest movie with the same main story, sick mother/father/children, broken family members, guilt, reconciliation, and new future, but somehow, I like "Naked As We Came" twisted ending. Well, I don't really expect that ending and still can't figured it out yet, but mostly I have some in mind. The ending really help with whole plot story.
Love the character. Actually, this movie still a simple story, I figure it out why Richard LeMay picked conspicuous characters for the four main actors. It was great, like to see every character develop as it's be. The only lack is Benjamin Weaver's character as Ted Kingsley. He has the worst acting and likely incomplete character.
The ending? Well, I guess everyone has their own dream ending. One last thing, I think this movie more likely called as family movie than gay theme/interest movie.
I'm highly recommended this movie. I just hope it has bigger budget, could be very promising movie.
Surprisingly a Good Gay Thriller
Honestly, when I first watched this film, somehow it's a little bit boring. Well, I think this is a low budget film, the cast only 5 people and mostly 80% shooting only in the same room of an apartment.
But, I was surprise as the plot growing more complicated. The lead actor, Patricio Ramos as Manuel, played an innocent post-breakup gay and meet Mario Verón as Julio from online chatting. They have a different personality. Somehow, Julio look like the bad guy with tattoo and unclear past.
Interesting life in just one night stand. The whole plot only happened whole night with flash back sometimes. Sex made, emotion build and future planned. But the truth conceal when another truth reveal a lies.
Notre paradis (2011)
For Love and Personal Pleasure
Still, is rare to find a good gay theme film with crime and thriller taste, well I think "Our Paradise" nailed it. Interesting romance, stabbing scene, sex, and emotion mixed well. The only lack was the ending. A little bit to illogical. There are dream come true but other doesn't. This film none of that.
The part still bothering me that Vassili did every psychopathic symptoms for love or personal pleasure. Vassili (played by Stéphane Rideau) is an mature gay hustler with killing instinct, triggered if he get mad or insulted. But, look like everything change when found young hustler almost beaten to dead Angelo. He took care of him and eventually they felt in love. Another killed by Vassili intended to secure they're needed fulfill and paradise came true. The last killing was mostly intended the lust for money.
My focus still on Vassili psychopathic behavior. I don't really know it was personal issue or love. But, love really expensive and can't be bought by money, but is worth it when they end up in jail? If it is, I don't see any paradise.
Mulligans (2008)
TV Movie Quality
When I saw the opening scene, the script, editing, and cinematography, I thought "Mulligans" was TV movie, then I saw IMDb and I was wrong, this wasn't any, but pretty much of it. Even now I still can't believe it was theatrical movie.
Honestly, the plot really predictable. I could eventually saw ahead from the first 20 minutes and I think the ending a little bit illogical.
Another lack is wrong casting. Dan Payne as father character, came out gay form closet after 20 years married, was too cold, there were any emotions, still he didn't a "father" in most of way. Charlie David as young gay was too obvious to be gay. And Derek Baynham as Charlie David best friends was too old played a straight college student.
For theatrical movie, "Mulligans" looks like amateur work. If you see well, the editing really poor. For example, when Nathan was in his garage and saw Chase passed him with full bag of cloches he looked like surprise, stupidly Jarod was just 5 meters away from him waiting for Chase. Even the beer bong scene clearly was fake and the golf playing too.
But, still, if this movie was a TV movie, didn't really work as good movie either. 6 from 10 will be the highest.
Scab (2005)
Another Bad Gay Vampire
Honestly, I couldn't wait any longer to finished this film at 30 minutes running, but I have to and I realized that I had wasted my time.
Everything just bad (awful), acting, story, and directing. Bad, the worst part is story. There is no significant line that can keep you stay up to finish. A man eventually turned to be vampire and messed situation came up. His friends trying to ease that pain, bad situation even worse when emotion and sex involved. Fin.
There is one disturbing scenes, when the lead actor touched and looked at his bloody feces as a sign that he is gonna turned to be vampire. For me, this is highly disturbing scene and not significantly important. I mean that part can be replaced by showing his body chancing, teeth, or hearing progressive, etc.
Weekend (2011)
Today, Still The Best
Almost 2014 and I don't find any gay themes movies as good as "Weekend". And it's still the biggest jump for gay theme movies since "Milk" in 2008 and "A Single Man" in 2009 made it (according to After Elton's ranking) as a year released debut.
Even far more from back, "Weekend" still the biggest jump for independent and limited gay theme movies since "Shelter" in 2007 shocked the world. Even many high rated independent and limited gay theme movies like, "Were the World Mine" (2008), "Patrik, Age 1.5" (2008), GLAAD awards winning "Noah's Arc: Jumping The Broom" (2008), and "Undertow" (2009) can't talk much. "Shelter" still in top chart now replace "Brokeback Mountain".
I don't wanna talk about how good "Weekend" is, because everything just perfect, acting, story, cinematography, and emotion just in a perfect shape and I'm sure everybody mostly will agree with me.
I just wanna show that everybody really (REALLY) hungry for a good, no, A GREAT gay theme movie, but unfortunately it's still really rare to find. We don't know when a great epic like "Brokeback Mountain" will exist or worse maybe there aren't like "Brokeback Mountain" no more.
I hope, 2014 will be great again.
No Cut At All!
I found this film unintentionally and really didn't know what kind of "scenes" that I would found. But, I was surprise. It was fun comedy but still I can't describe it as a good film as well. It's okay comedy genre film.
Another surprising me was the film length. Well, it run almost 1 and half hours just and ONLY shooting in one hospital bed, surprisingly I didn't get bore. I don't know it was because the camera angle ONLY focus to the center of male body anatomy or anything else, but the most important part, there weren't any CUT at all.
Well, yes, it was the lead actor's uncircumcised penis as the main focus. He was severely injured and can't walk out from bed. He was trying to amuse himself by calling his girl friends and have sex with them, but it didn't really work out.
It tuned bad because his doctor, a male doctor wanted him too. He ended up cuff by police because he killed the doctor when trying to defense himself.
Plus, make sure don't miss the credits. There are some behind the scenes shooting. Looks fun.
J'ai rêvé sous l'eau (2008)
There is no new story actually here. A young man, falling to his best friend and eventually dead because of OD. He felt lonely and some guilty too. He begin enter the dark world. He begin to cruising at the park who filled with gay hungry for rough sex. There was no choice to prevent gang-bang.
The begin to be a hustler too. Well, financial problem is a massive problem too. But, somehow an angle came, his own one of a kind young costumer. He even gave him a job.
The part I most hated is Antonin's (lead character) disrespect and unthankfull to friend and offer him a job and warm comfort. Instead, Antonin even falling again (yeah, again) to a girl who also a hooker. Antonin tried to match them, but it didn't work. I hated so much when he choose the hooker girl instead of his kind friend. Only God know what happen next if that girl also dead because of OD.
El cónsul de Sodoma (2009)
Well, I don't know what y'll thinking, but 5.4 rating would be disgrace. Even good film have flaws, but flaws here not that bad.
This is a life journey if poet and wealthy man, Jaime Gil de Biedma. There were two version in his life. A good and bourgeois man when sunrise above and become an lustful greedy homosexual man at dark. He was struggling at least to combined that two different world and try as long as he could to assure his family that he was alright. Beside that, he almost captured by communist because he was gay, but his father power help him He was struggling to find love. He travel a round the world to find love, like Philippines and found a boy from public sexual activity. But it just a night stand. When at home, he had a secret boyfriend but didn't last long because his boyfriend can't hold anymore being secret boyfriend.
The last of his journey of love, he met young photographer. But, still didn't last long. Different class between the two was too hard to bear.
I think, the only lack just lame photography and cinematography that made this film look like a work of amateur. The explicit scene didn't really good. I men it looks like a cheap porn made. But, overall it was an interesting story.
Bramadero (2007)
Silent Tell You Much
I always excited to watch a silent short feature. Short film always tell you a hidden story behind differently with long feature. Sometime it leave ambiguous ending and even ambiguous plot.
"Bramadero" it's not a difficult film to be solved. Two young man met in a rooftop. One man admit he is gay and the other doesn't. They stayed in awkward silent and they gay man retrieve. But, the the stay in closet man give up an let sucked by the gay man.
Later, they had sex, an explicit sex, fellatio and anal penetration. They both enjoyed it, but eventually the man in the closet wake up and felt guilt and ashamed to himself and killed the gay man.
Sometimes, love really hurt when you don't let it free.
Devotions (1983)
Men's Men's World
This is would happened when earth only lived by male. I'm male, but I though it's too egoistic at first, vanishing women are completely wrong, but I see meaning beyond that later on. It's called acceptance.
Yeah, it's about acceptance. There is no doubt, we live in world full of prejudice. The director when to tell us, the peace (devotion) can be found when there is no difference that made everything so complicated. The director chose a heavy way by creating an Earth that only lived by man, male.
Male took every job, even job that women used to do. Sex is free because everybody same (doesn't mean to be free sex like today, just the freedom to expose sexuality). And the most important part, everybody live in peace like devotion supposed to mean.
The Raspberry Reich (2004)
This Is Happen When Gay Porn Enter Politic
I really enjoy almost every Bruce La Bruce film, including this one. He always have different way to tell hidden meaning of chosen themes in his film.
Honestly, I don't really understand what kind of politic was telling here (It's like socialism or communism? Tell me if I'm wrong) but at least I know it's purpose. I have to say that combine politic with gay explicit film somehow really bizarre. But, I found it perfectly matched.
Just other Bruce La Bruce film, "The Raspberry Reich" have gorgeous actors. I really enjoy the sex scenes. Looking hot and I love the teasing part a mask man played with gun while he was masturbating.
The only lack just bad acting. Well, I think almost the actors are porn star and amateur artist. But, if the acting was great, this film would be perfect.
I Want Your Love (2010)
Porn that Become Drama
I found this by accident actually. I thought it was porn at first, but I change my mind, it wasn't meant to be porn and it still isn't.
It's really convincing as porn actually because as far as I remembered, this short feature produced by Naked Sword that I know is gay pornographic company.
The story was simple. Two guys hook up and somehow one of the guys never experienced with anal sex before. They chatting and enter to explicit scene (the explicit scene, like real fellatio, anal penetration, and ejaculation made with porn quality standard but more passionate like drama). The morning after they made love, ambiguous meaning hanging in the air.
I have watched "I Want Your Love" (2012), the feature length from this short. I have to say I much more enjoy this one, more realistic instead of porn.
O Fantasma (2000)
Fifthy Shades of Obsesseion
I wonder if this movie came from book, that would be like E. L. James erotic novel, "Fifty Shades of Grey". I'm not counting but many explicit graphics that show Sérgio's dark side of obsession.
I have to say, actually, this is a beautiful work of art and I really enjoy it from start to final. I almost curious in every minutes and said, "What another crap that he will do next?". Honestly, I'm excited.
I'm more comfortable to called this movie as fantasy than drama. Because, even it's hard to believe, I don't think that any kind of obsession expose in this movie are real in real world.
Sérgio (played by Ricardo Meneses) was young man working in town street cleaning service. His sexual fantasy begin when he found an cuffed policeman and giving him a hand job. His fantasy become more darker. He dug some garbage bin and found things from it and touch himself.
His biggest obsession was another young man, healthy, handsome, and more wealthy from him, apparently a swimmer. He begin to follow him and "stole" his broken speedo and used it as sexual stimulation.
His peak obsession was by kidnap his dream guy from his sleep but the very bizarre part when he left the swimmer guy un-touch. Maybe, feeling guilty, he left home and begin phantasm (shadow) with full dark surfer cloth and live with garbage.
I think his sexual explicit scene, like having real gay fellatio in bathroom with stranger, masturbation that hurt himself, even with almost his full frontal nudity scenes were supposed to mean his sexual liberty from his obsessed man, the swimmer.
Taxi zum Klo (1980)
Still, The Best Gay Adult Movie
Found this few years ago and I never get bore when I replay and replayed. Just, great. Everything settle in a perfect fit and match. Classic one but I guess there is no match for this movie till this modern time.
There some aspects that makes this movie great.
The Story It's rare and maybe the only movie (as long as I know) a school teacher exposing his sexual orientation and sexual activity outside his professional being. And it was really well match. Plot ran slowly about lonely teacher, intense up when he pound boyfriend, and higher when his need of boyfriend cross with need of sexual fulfillment. In that part, he tried many sexual activity. Hooking up with stranger, bathroom cruising, and even tried S&M. After that, plot ran slow again and met the final.
The Acting Frank Ripploh, the lead actor also director played his part really good. Also Bernd Broaderup as Bernd. I love Bernd's character growth. He played innocent man very good. He knew his position over Ripploh and made deal with it. At the end, goodness always win.
This is an important part. Many gay theme movies didn't have a very good acting. Somehow, low budget film result low acting quality. That's why I praise this movie much.
The Explicit This the part "Taxi zum Klo" most memorable. Even up to now, I can't find match this movie erotic, hotness, and explicitness. The fellatio was great and the sex scene too. The S&M part really surprising me. At the first time, I never imagine that mainstream movie had bravery to shot sexual urination except in porn.
Well, because it's explicitness, many people said this one can be called as porn. I don't think so. Porn doesn't have what Taxi zum Klo have, but what Taxi zum Klo have, absolutely porn own ones.
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A Hot Teasing
When I found this movie, I don't know it was compilation at first. I was disappointing but after watched it segment to segment it turns good, even great.
I can't decided what is my best segment. Every segment perfectly great. great writing, great directing, and one of the most important great acting. I don't know if all of the actors are gay or straight but I think it doesn't matter because they played it very well and convincing.
I called it hot teasing because it's highly erotic approaching. They story run well and innovative in every segment. The best part of it, every main story per segment almost we can find in every day life. I like this approaching, make us feel close to what directors and actors want us to know. It could happen anytime and anywhere beyond our consciousness.
The Wolverine (2013)
I said, OK
It was fun to read how may people react to this movie. I could sat all day and read all of reviews and smile back. Some people really emotional, some others seem objective, others keep it decent. Well, ti's okay, as well as the movie, still okay.
"The Wolverine", not bad but also not really memorable. Like the classic movie, there are always the good, the bad, and the ugly.
THE GOOD Well, I guess this is the first (I don't really count but I guess this is the biggest yet) box office superhero movie with mostly main location outside US. This is really some kind of refreshment. I mean, I live in Asia and when I was a child I though superhero only exist in US. But, this Wolverine beautifully choose Japan and tradition attached as main location and character which is bring new window that superhero can have a great action outside America.
THE BAD I don't think that Logan sexual relationship with Mariko was important. Even feeling to her for me like forbidden fruit. He loved Jane and always will but she already gone, but it doesn't men that he must have to falling in love and made love with his former "friend" life-in-danger grand daughter. To keep her safe doesn't mean sex involved. That's a really lame connection.
THE UGLY Absolutely the script. I know the screen writer had already taken much effort to balance this superhero movie to Japan tradition, but the worst part actually on it. There are some character's motive didn't really run well. For example, "Viper", there is no truly motive for her to help old man getting immortal life. Even character "Yukio" was completely garbage, and also Minister of Justice was dead character.
The script also predictable. I guess everybody have been guessing about Shingen motive called him back to Japan after his lustful obsession to get immortal life. Well, faking death it's not really wise choice.
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Hollywood's remake boom continues with an unlikely choice. The 1988 teen comedy License to Drive is getting a female-driven remake.
Fox is producing the film with writers Alisha Brophy and Scott Miles.
The original starred 80s heart-throb Corey Haim as a teenager who fails his driving exam, but steals his grandfather's prized 1972 Cadillac for a date with his dream girl (Heather Graham). The evening dissolves into an endless number of disasters, which are all set to a 80s pop soundtrack.
Though it only made $22.4 million at the box office, its something of a cult favorite among those raised in the 80s.
The film also features Haim's frequent co-star Corey Feldman and memorable appearances from Carol Kane, Grant Heslov and James Avery.
Considering the racy nature of the original and the fact that standards were less strict in 1988, this seems best suited for an R rated update.
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The event will be held at the 9/11 Memorial Site which was established in 2010, through the work of the IPG board, the North Dakota and Manitoba governments and Rotary clubs in both countries.
"This will always be a solemn anniversary, yet it is important we continue to reflect on how the tragedy changed the world," says Tim Chapman, CEO of the International Peace Garden. "9/11 is a constant reminder of the need for peace and cooperation."
Speakers honoring the 20th anniversary of 9/11 include Manitoba Premier Kelvin Goertzen; Carl Pilon, Senior Trade Commissioner at the Canadian Consulate General in Minneapolis; Representatives from North Dakota's Congressional Delegation and State Legislature; and Dwight MacAulay, former Manitoba Chief of Protocol. MacAulay was assisted former Premier Gary Doer and former Governor John Hoeven in obtaining the beams from the Twin Towers for the memorial site.
Rachael Buss also will speak. Buss is the Program Director for Annie's House. Annie's House was built in honor of Ann Nicole Nelson, a Stanley, N.D., native, who died in the Twin Towers at age 30 to honor her spirit of service by creating opportunities for those with disabilities.
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Bowling Green (7-8-2, 6-4-1-1 WCHA) 1 0 1 2
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1st - 18:53 - WALKER, Sean (Bowling Green)
3rd - 04:19 - Luke Morgan (Lake Superior State)
3rd - 08:09 - Anthony Nellis (Lake Superior State)
3rd - 15:23 - Max Humitz (Lake Superior State)
3rd - 17:44 - LETOURNEAU, Frederic (Bowling Green)
3rd - 19:14 - EN - Diego Cuglietta (Lake Superior State)
G: 2 Players (#8, #28) - 1
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A: 3 Players (#16, #25, #29) - 2
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SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.- A four-goal outburst in the final period propelled Lake Superior State to a 4-2 victory in the opening night of their Western Collegiate Hockey Association series against Bowling Green.
A crowd of 1,800 fans came alive inside Taffy Abel Arena as the Lakers (8-7-0, 5-6-0 WCHA) handed the visiting Falcons (7-8-2, 6-4-1-1 WCHA) their first loss in seven games and ended an unbeaten streak of 5-0-1 in their last six.
Nearly 45 minutes of regulation time was played before freshman Luke Morgan tapped in a goal-mouth scramble to tie the score at 1-1 with 15:41 remaining in the third. Sophomore defenseman Owen Headrick earned an assist on the play, as did sophomore forward Mitch Hults, who had his initial shot blocked by Falcons goaltender Chris Nell.
Just under four minutes later the Lakers took a 2-1 lead on a goal in-tight by Anthony Nellis, who lifted a shot over Chris Nell's shoulder with 11:51 remaining. Nellis was sprung by defenseman Matt McArdle and forward Gage Torrel.
LSSU maintained the 2-1 lead through the waning moments of the third period, eventually killing off a boarding call against Josh Nenadal with 10:34 remaining in regulation.
With the Lakers clinging to the one-goal lead, Max Humitz gave LSSU some breathing room with 4:37 remaining, firing home a rebound that came out to him in the slot. McArdle added his second assist on the play and picked up his first career multi-point game with the pair of helpers.
BGSU responded two minutes later with a goal by Frederic Letourneau with 2:16 left in regulation.
Falcons head coach Chris Bergeron called a timeout with 1:38 remaining a pulled Nell in favor of the extra attacker. The Falcons controlled the ensuing faceoff and held the offensive zone for nearly a full minute, applying constant pressure to the Lakers defense and starting goaltender Gordon Defiel.
Moments after the clock showed a minute remaining in regulation, the puck was retrieved in the defensive zone by Torrel, who made a spinning pass and backhanded it to his line mate Hults. Hults then sprung Diego Cuglietta for the empty net goal with 46 seconds left in the game.
Torrel and Hults each earned their second assists of the night on the empty-netter.
Defiel shined throughout the contest, making a number of acrobatic saves to ensure the victory for the Lakers. In all, the junior netminder turned aside 35 shots on the way to his eighth victory of the season.
Nell, who was perfect against 17 shots by LSSU through the first 40 minutes, was tagged with three goals against and just five saves in the final period.
The teams conclude the two-game series on Saturday at 7:07 p.m. Following the Lakers' first goal in Saturday's contest, fans are encouraged to throw a new or gently used teddy bear or a rolled-up pair of new socks on the ice for the annual Teddy Bear Toss. All teddy bears and pairs of socks will be donated to local children in need.


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ITT will be taking a day trip to Indianapolis on Saturday March 5th. Details are listed below and registration will be open from now to March 3rd. Don't miss out on this fun trip!
Meet at the Encounter Building at 7:30 AM. Do not be late!
Arrive home around 9:00 PM.
Please eat breakfast on your own before coming!
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Dinner at a retro American diner called Shelby Street Diner. Meals cost and average of $10-$12. You can find the menu here.
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In a report published on January 3, 2018, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Capital Markets analyst Mitch Steves confidently stated that the cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology applications market could increase thirteenfold in 15 years, reaching $10 trillion.
Steves' report, titled "Crypto Currency & Blockchain Technology: A Decentralized Future — A Potential Multi-Trillion Dollar Opportunity," has been sent to RBC's clients. A short summary has been shared on Twitter.
In a video published by CNBC, Steves, who often covers high technology stocks including Nvidia, whose value has been boosted by cryptocurrency mining, defends his bullish expectations on blockchain technology and its applications. According to Steves, cryptocurrencies represent only a part of the $10 trillion pie, the bulk of which is in the rest of the ecosystem existing around blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.
"I think what people misunderstand about the cryptocurrency space is that it's not only a store of value, but it also allows you to secure the internet," says Steves. Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies will permit creating decentralized versions of value storage services like Dropbox or iCloud. The $10 trillion figure represents one third of the current size of the market for value storage.
Steves argues that blockchain technology will permit creating a "Secure World Computer," a decentralized world computer without a third-party intermediary, intrinsically more secure because there won't be centralized servers that can be hacked, and suggests that next-generation killer apps will be built on top of this secure layer.
The smart move for investors, according to Steves, is to get involved with cryptocurrencies directly. As far as traditional stocks are concerned, Steves mentions public companies like AMS and Nvidia, whose chips power cryptocurrency mining hardware, and the private companies that make ASIC chips for bitcoin mining. At the same time, Steves warns that cloud service providers are likely to be the most impacted from blockchain technology, with negative results if they don't manage to adapt.
According to Steves, the value of the blockchain technology market is also growing due to international remittances — the sending of payments overseas is currently estimated at half a trillion dollars per year — "fat protocol" layers that increase in value as the applications grow, and throughput scaling efforts, such as the Lightning Network, which "appear on track to deliver scaling that accommodates higher transactions/second, ultimately driving higher utility and network value."
While warning that the cryptocurrency space has many risks, Steves argues that the opportunity appears vast, with constant technology updates, and a multi-trillion dollar market will likely emerge.
In a recent, related article published by the RBC, Frédérique Carrier, managing director and head of investment strategy for RBC Wealth Management in the British Isles, argued that, while cryptocurrencies are unlikely to replace traditional money, blockchain technology could have wide-ranging implications in many industries and for investors in the medium-to-long term.
The potential of blockchain technology "makes it a technology well worth watching closely, which we intend to do," notes Carrier, adding that RBC is experimenting with blockchain technology in its personal, commercial and capital markets businesses. RBC recently announced the implementation of a blockchain-based shadow ledger for cross-border payments between the U.S. and Canada.
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A delegation of the Federal Government led by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Monday arrived Katsina in continuation of its assessment following the closure of the borders about three months ago.
The team known as the Presidential Committee on Border Closure arrived the Shehu Umaru Yar' Adua Airport at about 9.15 a.m. and proceeded to Nigeria's Magama Jibia border with the Republic of Niger.
On the committee were the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba and Minster of State Industry, Trade and Investment, Mariam Katagum.
The delegation is expected to inspect the border and ascertain compliance on the closure, while the Minister will speak to journalists on the findings.
It was reported that on Monday last week, the team visited Seme Border in Lagos and was made aware of ships loaded with rice at the Republic of Benin, whose final destination is the Nigerian market.
Mohammed specifically stated that the consumable items had been targeted for the Christmas period.
He had explained that from the magnitude of seizures and the number of 296 illegal immigrants apprehended so far, it was obvious that "nothing is being done yet by both countries, Benin and Niger to addresses the challenges."
He said that since the border closure, the monthly import revenue has increased by 15 per cent instead of dropping as expected in many quarters, while the local consumption of fuel has dropped by 30 per cent apparently due to reduced smuggling of the products to neighbouring countries.
"The partial closure has so far curbed the smuggling of foreign rice into the country, in addition to other prohibited items. Our series of interactions and engagements with Rice Miller Association of Nigeria since the commencement of this exercise has shown that the border closure has enhanced more production and milling of Nigerian rice.
"Patronage of Nigerian rice has increased and farmers are expanding their farms as well as engaging more hands. Furthermore, the border closure has impacted positively on revenue generation of the Federal Government which in turn will be used to build more infrastructures and develop critical sectors of the nation's economy.
The seized items announced by the Minister included 38,743 (50KG) bags of parboiled foreign rice; 514 vehicles; 1,012 drums filled with PMS; 5,400 Jerrycans of vegetable oil; 346 motorcycles; 10, 553 Jerrycans of PMS and 136 bags of NPK fertiliser used for making explosives.
Mohammed also put the estimated values of all the seized items at about ₦3.5 billion.
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Vedetta anti sommergibile (anti-submarine picket boat), commonly abbreviated as VAS and also known in Italy as VAS Baglietto (from the name of the shipyard that designed VAS and built a number of them), was a class of motor torpedo boats that served as coastal anti-submarine patrol boats in the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) during World War II. Several boats that survived the war later served in the post-war  Italian Navy.

The boats were officially classified as "anti-submarine patrol boats" and the first 30 boats were ordered by the Regia Marina at the Baglietto shipyards on 3 September 1941, entering service between March and November 1942.

The concept had first appeared in World War I and by the 1940s similar boats served with the US Navy where they were known as the PT boats, and they also had their European analogues in the  German S-boots and the Royal Navy's Vosper and Fairmile MTBs. The VAS were in fact a roundabout development of the original S-boot, derived from the German-built Orjen-class torpedo boats  of the Royal Yugoslav Navy captured by the Italians after the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia.

For all that the VAS were derived from MTBs, they were ultimately far closer in performance and intended role to the British Fairmile B motor launch, being both far slower & more defensive in nature than true MTBs.

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The horse's health is the single most important factor and attention to detail is the key. Every horse has it's temperature taken twice daily and their health is monitored with regular blood tests and endoscopes. The greatest of care is also taken with their mental attitudes and the horses are kept relaxed and turned out regularly.
Pond House is steeped in history and a tradition of success at the highest level. When you consider David's proven record of unearthing promising young talent and the ingredients are in place for that success to continue long into the future.
We are delighted to have a horse back with David, as he had previously trained Junior to great success for us, winning the Kim Muir handicap at Cheltenham.


The Gatehouse is dependent on grants and donations from the local community, none of them a guaranteed source of income. The bulk of our funds comes from individuals, churches, schools and colleges, and those trusts with an interest in our work.
Rather than pursue funding for eye-catching new projects or trying to create additional posts, the management committee's priority is to secure resources for our core work. We gratefully acknowledge the support from all the people who make this service possible; they are too numerous to mention here but our project could not exist without this help.
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Hans Dernschwam (* 1494 in Brüx, Böhmen; † 1568/69 in Schattmannsdorf, Habsburgermonarchie) war ein Fugger-Kaufmann.

Er war vor allem im heutigen Ungarn und der heutigen Slowakei tätig und nahm von 1553 bis 1555 auf eigene Kosten an der Reise einer Delegation von König Ferdinand I. zu Sultan Süleyman I. nach Konstantinopel und weiter nach Amasya teil. Darüber verfasste er ein umfangreiches Tagebuch.

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Hans Dernschwam, geboren 1494, gestorben um 1568/69 vermutlich in Schattmannsdorf, dem heutigen Častá in der Slowakei, war Sohn einer angesehenen und wohlhabenden Patrizierfamilie in Brüx in Böhmen, dem heutigen tschechischen Most.

Als Dreizehnjähriger begann er 1507 sein Studium in Wien in der Artistenfakultät, wechselte nach Leipzig und schloss es dort 1510 als Baccalaureus ab. Er war um 1513 einige Zeit in Rom und stand von 1514 bis 1517 im Dienst des italienischen Humanisten Girolamo Balbi (Hieronymus Balbus) (1450–1535). Ab 1520 reiste er viel in Ungarn und den benachbarten Ländern und sammelte dabei römische Inschriften.

1525 trat Dernschwam in die Dienste von Anton Fugger (1493–1560), und war für diesen vor allem im Bergbau und Erzhandel tätig. In den massiven Konflikten mit dem ungarischen König und den Magnaten vertrat Dernschwam erfolgreich die Interessen des Hauses Fugger. In Neusohl/ Banska Bystrica war er in den 1530er und 1540er Jahren als Faktor tätig und kaufte in dieser Zeit ein Landgut in Častá (Schattmansdorff) in der heutigen Slowakei. In dieser Zeit ließ er sich auch eine Gedenkmünze fertigen, die das einzige erhaltene Porträt Dernschwams darstellt. Um 1547–1548, im Alter von Anfang 50, quittierte er den Dienst bei den Fuggern, nach Franz Babinger (1923, Nachdruck 1986, Beleg 1, S. XXIII) vor allem aus Abscheu gegen die Finanzgeschäfte mit dem Kaiserlichen und Königlichen Hof.

1553, mit 59 Jahren, schloss er sich auf eigene Kosten einer Gesandtschaft des Königs Ferdinand I. an, die Sultan Süleyman I., "dem Prächtigen", den Jahreszins überbringen und mit ihm über einen neuen Waffenstillstand verhandeln sollte. Leiter der Gesandtschaft waren zu Beginn der Bischof von Fünfkirchen Antun Vrančić (Antonius Verantius) und der Generalkapitän der Donauflotte Franz Zay. 1555 übernahm der hochrangige habsburgische Diplomat Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq die Leitung. Die Gesandtschaft reiste zunächst im Frühsommer 1553 von Wien nach Konstantinopel. Dort wurden die Mitglieder der Gesandtschaft etwa eineinhalb Jahre eher als Gefangene behandelt denn als Diplomaten im modernen Verständnis. Auf Befehl des Sultans reiste die Delegation dann im März 1555 weiter zu dessen Kriegslager in Amasya. Nach (erfolglosen) Verhandlungen mit dem Sultan kehrte der größte Teil der Delegation, unter ihnen auch Dernschwam, zurück nach Wien und traf dort schließlich am 11. August 1555 ein. Über diese Reise hat Dernschwam ein ausführliches Tagebuch verfasst, auf das unten näher eingegangen wird.

Über Dernschwams weiteren Lebensweg ist wenig bekannt. Aus urkundlichen Belegen schließt Babinger, dass sich Dernschwam überwiegend in den sogenannten ungarischen Bergstädten, insbesondere in Neusohl (Banska Bystrica) und Kremnitz (Kremnica) aufhielt und seine letzten Lebensjahre wahrscheinlich in Kremnitz verbrachte. Dort war er bis 1567 als Oberzimenter (Münzmeister) für das Eichamt tätig. Er starb wohl um die Jahreswende 1568/69 in Častá (Schattmansdorff). Im Februar 1569 verkaufte sein Neffe Dernschwams berühmte humanistische Bibliothek, die etwa 2.000 Bände umfasste, für 500 Gulden an die Hofbibliothek in Wien.

Tagebuch der Delegationsreise 1553–1555 nach Konstantinopel und Amasya
Dernschwam hat sein Tagebuch auf Frühneuhochdeutsch mit gelegentlichen lateinischen Einschüben verfasst.
Es umfasst im Original etwa 815, in der Regel halbseitig beschriebene, Seiten mit zahlreichen Zeichnungen und lateinischen sowie griechischen Inschriften. Das Tagebuch enthält, wie Hattenhauer/Bake zu Recht betonen, thematisch und stilistisch zwei deutlich unterschiedliche, jedoch in der Textfolge miteinander verflochtene Teile.

Einerseits ist es ein klassisches Tagebuch mit konkreten, chronologisch geordneten Berichten und Beobachtungen. Dernschwam hält seine Beobachtungen und Erlebnisse an den Reise- und Aufenthaltstagen detailliert fest, insbesondere zu geografischen Gegebenheiten, den Örtlichkeiten, der Bauweise, den Sitten und Gebräuchen der Einwohner, einschließlich der Ess- und Trinkgewohnheiten, der Kleidung, der religiösen Gebräuche, des Verhältnisses von Männern und Frauen und ähnliches. Als langjährig erfahrener Kaufmann notiert er auch Preise von Nahrungsmitteln und Gütern sowie Arbeitsweisen in der Landwirtschaft und im Handwerk. Während des eineinhalbjährigen Aufenthalts in Konstantinopel beschäftigt sich Dernschwam u. a. ausführlich mit den noch vorhandenen byzantinischen, aber auch mit den türkischen Bauten.
Konstantin Jireček, ein Kenner der europäischen Reiseberichte über das Osmanische Reich, betont Dernschwams "Reichhaltigkeit des Materials". An innerem Wert würden alle früheren und späteren Reiseberichte von dessen gewissenhaft von Tag zu Tag gemachten Aufzeichnungen übertroffen. Dernschwam zeichnet aber nicht nur seine konkreten Reisebeobachtungen auf, sondern er behandelt immer wieder, und das geht über übliche Tagebuchaufzeichnungen weit hinaus, übergreifende Fragestellungen. So beschäftigt er sich etwa mit der Rechts- und Wirtschaftsverfassung des Osmanischen Reiches, mit der Lage der gefangen genommenen oder im Rahmen der sog. Knabenlese ausgehobenen und in der Folge versklavten Europäer, mit den Juden oder mit dem Verhältnis des Islam zu den christlichen Religionen, wobei er scharf und oft auch polemisch zwischen Katholiken und Protestanten unterscheidet. Dabei kommt Dernschwam etwa in Fragen der Wirtschaftsverfassung durchaus zu weitsichtigen Urteilen, wenn er kritisiert, dass es im Osmanischen Reich keinen Bürgerstand und keine städtische Selbstverwaltung, insgesamt keine freie Entfaltung des Einzelnen in seinem Beruf und Stand gebe und alles dort sklavisch dem Befehl des Sultans und seiner Kadis unterworfen sei.

Gleichzeitig finden sich aber auch Fehlurteile und bei bestimmten Themen eine für den heutigen Leser oft schwer erträgliche Darstellung. Dies gilt besonders für seine häufig wiederholten pauschalen Urteile über die türkischen Männer, ihre Frauen, die Papisten und die Juden. Hier folgt er unbekümmert den Denkschablonen seiner Welt, wie man sie auch in den gegen die Türken gerichteten christlichen Streitschriften der Zeit findet, und bedient sich dabei oft einer heute nur schwer zumutbaren, groben Ausdrucksweise, die allerdings für das 16. Jahrhundert dem "Zeitalter des Grobianismus" nicht untypisch war. Hattenhauer/Bake weisen darauf hin, dass bei Bewertung dieser Passagen der persönliche Charakter des Tagebuchs zu berücksichtigen sei. Dernschwam habe seinen Text als private Aufzeichnung verfasst, die er nicht redigiert hat und in dieser Form gewiss nicht für eine Veröffentlichung vorgesehen hatte, doch mache ebendies zugleich den besonderen Wert der Quelle aus.

Literatur

 Marianna D. Birnbaum: The Fuggers, Hans Dernschwam, and the Ottoman Empire. In: Südost-Forschungen, Band 50 (1991), S. 119–144.
 Johannes Fouquet: Die Antike am Wegesrand. Der Humanist und Fuggerfaktor Hans Dernschwam auf einer Reise ins innere Kleinasien. In: Derselbe u. a. (Hrsg.): Argonautica. Festschrift für Reinhard Stupperich. Scriptorium, Marsberg/Padberg 2017, S. 327–338.

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Einzelnachweise

Kaufmann
Geboren 1494
Gestorben im 16. Jahrhundert
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Government Engineered Mortgage Crisis: No Racism Here, Move Along (Update 3)
Nine years ago this month, the New York Times proved to be rather prophetic:
Fannie Mae is taking on significantly more risk, which may not pose any difficulties during flush economic times. But the government-subsidized corporation may run into trouble in an economic downturn, prompting a government rescue similar to that of the savings and loan industry in the 1980's.
"From the perspective of many people, including me, this is another thrift industry growing up around us," said Peter Wallison a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. "If they fail, the government will have to step up and bail them out the way it stepped up and bailed out the thrift industry."
Home ownership has, in fact, exploded among minorities during the economic boom of the 1990's. The number of mortgages extended to Hispanic applicants jumped by 87.2 per cent from 1993 to 1998, according to Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies. During that same period the number of African Americans who got mortgages to buy a home increased by 71.9 per cent and the number of Asian Americans by 46.3 per cent . In contrast, the number of non-Hispanic whites who received loans for homes increased by 31.2 per cent .
This whole mess was inspired by rabble-rousing left-wing groups who felt (not thought) that blacks were not getting enough mortgages.
Note, however, that when whites (31%) or Asians (46%) are on the losing end of this equation, it is apparently NOT evidence of any racism. Right, ACORN?
Despite these gains, home ownership rates for minorities continue to lag behind non-Hispanic whites , in part because blacks and Hispanics in particular tend to have on average worse credit ratings.
– Steven A. Holmes, "Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending" , New York Times , 30 September, 1999.
UPDATE 1:
We're all Homeowners Now
Cover Up of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac in 2004 Exposed
Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis?
This video is an informative look at the factors that are causing our current financial and economic crisis. It discusses policy changes 13 years ago that unleashed the sub-prime mortgage-backed securities market, which accelerated prices erratically, inviting speculation and loose lending practices which were both condoned and encouraged by existing regulation and carried out by risk-blind executives and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Heartland Democratic Presidential Forum 12/07
Here's a video from a forum exclusively for thousands of community organizers including Gamaliel and ACORN people. Obama said that ACORN and friends (responsible for voting fraud and the subprime crisis) are going to be shaping policy for an Obama presidency.
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