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Tourist Attractions Within 50 Miles of Plymouth, Minnesota
Restaurants in Maplewood, Minnesota
Amusement Parks in Minnesota
Cece Nash, Leaf Group
Cotton candy tops off any day at a Minnesota amusement park. (Photo: close up of young girl eating cotton candy image by Bo Widerberg from Fotolia.com )
Family Vacations in Minnesota
Attractions in Central Minnesota
Minnesota could be called one big playground, from its lakes and outdoor recreation options to several amusement parks strategically sprinkled from north to south. A visit to any Minnesota amusement park won't disappoint the daring, with rides that test even the toughest of nerves. Lower-key options offer an escape from the more crowded venues. All pack plenty of fun.
Valleyfair
Valleyfair is the granddaddy of Minnesota's amusement parks. It opened in 1976 with 20 rides, including one roller coaster, on 26 acres of land. The park today sprawls 90 acres with eight roller coasters, 75 rides and a waterpark. Admission gives visitors access to all theme park rides, variety shows and the waterpark. The park's north side and center are devoted to family-friendly and colorful children's rides, including Bumble Bee cars, boats that float along a waterway, a splash station and a couple of rides--the foam ball factory and frog hopper--that parents can enjoy with their kids. Family rides range from bumper boats and bumper cars to go-karts and the mad mouse mini roller coaster. The more adventurous should seek out Challenge Park to freefall 18 stories at 60 mph on the Rip Cord. By far, the most talked-about Valleyfair attractions are the park's roller coasters and thrill rides, including the Corkscrew, which twists and turns riders around three times during its run; Steel Venom, a coaster that pulsates forward, backward and loops corkscrew-like at the top of a vertical run; and the Wild Thing, in which you drop--weightless--from 200 feet. The park also offers airbrush tattoos, caricatures, old-time Western photo shoots and photos taken while on the rides. In fall, the park transforms into ValleyScare, with haunted houses, mazes and all things ghoul-like. One-day tickets range from $17.99 to $38.99, as of 2010; kids 2 and younger are admitted for free. Parking is extra, and multiday passes and nighttime admission specials are available. Valleyfair Amusement Park 1 Valleyfair Drive Shakopee, MN 55379 952-445-6500 valleyfair.com
Nickelodeon Universe
Formerly known as Camp Snoopy, Nickelodeon Universe sits smack in the middle of the mall, on seven acres that make it the largest indoor amusement park in the United States. The park has 30 rides and attractions with popular Nickelodeon character themes. Kids can hop on the blue train for a ride through Dora the Explorer's world, or bounce inside the SpongeBob SquarePants-themed inflatable pineapple house. The theme park isn't just for little kids, though. Rides include a massive Ferris wheel, five roller coasters and a log chute water ride. While none is on scale with Valleyfair's coasters, a few rides here will test stomach strength: The Tak Attack flips nonstop as it flies up and around in a circle; the Splat-O-Sphere tower drop launches you 60 feet in the air, before punching back down to the ground, and the Fairly Odd coaster has cars that spin as they hurtle down their tracks. A new ropes course suspends thrill seekers 56 feet in the air as they navigate through 38 different sections of the course. Visitors can enter the park for free, but rides cost and are based on "points" passes available for purchase. Or, you can buy a wristband allowing unlimited rides for $29.95. Mall of America also has an 18-hole miniature golf course, an indoor stock car track, a flight simulator like those used in military training flights, a 2,500-square-foot mirror maze, an interactive MagiQuest kingdom, four stories of hands-on Lego displays and an aquarium with more than 5,000 creatures that was named the world's best shark encounter by Discovery's travelchannel.com. Nickelodeon Universe 60 E. Broadway Bloomington, MN 55425 952-883-8800 nickelodeonuniverse.com
Paul Bunyan Land & This Old Farm Pioneer Village
You won't miss the 14-ton big blue ox and the massive 5,000-lb. statue of Paul Bunyan that greet you upon arrival. Surrounded by corn fields, Paul Bunyan Land offers entertainment without the chaos of the larger parks. The site features classic family-friendly rides, from flying cages that require your own strength to make them move, a Ferris wheel and bumper cars to a merry-go-round, flying swings and a Tilt-a-Whirl (a ride manufactured in Minnesota). Miniature models tell the story of logging history, and the Old Farm Pioneer Village on site offers a petting barn and displays that depict life throughout the 1900s. Displays feature old-time filling stations (complete with hand pumps), an early-century dentist office, rail cars, a train depot, a fire station and a schoolhouse, sawmill and saloon. Old-time photos, spray-on tattoos and a souvenir shop are all available here. Tip: Don't leave before checking out the old-fashioned candy store. Admission is free for those 2 and younger; cost is $11.95 to $14.95 for all others. Paul Bunyan Land 17553 State Highway 18 Brainerd, MN 56401 218-764-2524 paulbunyanland.com
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Nickelodeon Universe: Thrill Rides
Paul Bunyan Land: Rides
Brainerd.com: Paul Bunyan Land and This Old Farm
Cece Nash began her career as a writer, editor and graphic designer for Gannett Co. in 1995. She has edited for health magazines and business-to-business publications, and her work has appeared on websites such as ModernMom, RedEnvelope and USAToday.com. Nash earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Iowa.
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Snug Cove
Davies & Co. store and post office on Government Road in Snug Cove. ca. 1912
Snug Cove is the traditional entrance to Bowen Island. First Nation bands used the island resources periodically before the arrival of settlers in the 1880s. In the first wave of newcomers was William Davies. Born in Ontario, he'd worked in Vancouver as a tailor and was just twenty when he preempted 30 acres near the mouth of the cove. He built a farmhouse and planted a five-acre orchard. Before long, he was selling fruit in Vancouver. Near the wharf, he built and operated the Davies & Co General Store. Bit by bit, new folks came and by 1893, the island had its first school. In 1897, a government crew built a corduroy road and called it – what else? ' Government Road.'
Early Bowen had its share of fishermen, loggers and developers. Some of the more colorful of them left their mark. Joe Mannion was a successful Vancouver businessman who built a lovely home on Bowen Island for his family and household staff. Close by, he also had a successful brickyard. When the Mannions returned to the mainland, Captain Jack Cates, the leading force behind the Terminal Steamship Company, purchased the extensive Mannion property. There he created a charming summer resort with a hotel, a dance building, farm, dairy, orchards, greenhouses, picnic grounds, tent cabins, and a store. It was a popular place for Vancouver families to spend holiday time.
Its popularity made it a worthy purchase in 1920 for the Union Steamship Company.The new owners immediately began major improvements: a restaurant, a saltwater swimming pool, tennis courts, a bowling green, a band shell, a tearoom and an octagonal dance pavilion. In 1924, the creation of a handsome new store indicated how lively the resort was. The Union Steamships resort was essentially a company town and many of the permanent population were USS employees. Resort life was the lifeblood of the island until after WWII. Gas was available again and Vancouverites were able to travel much farther on holidays. Bowen's prime business declined and finally, the resort closed in the late 1950's.
Terminal Steam Navigation Co. steamer "Britannia" arriving at Snug Cove with people waiting at the wharf. Another small steamer, the "Rathsay" is tied up to an adjacent dock. Surrounding hillside has been recently logged. ca 1907
For some years, a variety of small businesses came and went. The arrival of a car ferry in 1958 was the high point of a decade in which most of the island finally got electricity and telephone service. In the early 1960's, the hotel was demolished, many cottages were sold or torn down and lots were sold in Deep Bay. A number of newcomers built vacation and retirement homes. The new ferry service made job commuting possible and the population began to grow. The island had few businesses – the store, a café, an insurance company, a notary, etc. Entertainment was centered at the school, at Collins Hall or the Legion. Community organizations were few. In the 70's, an influx of young families arrived, drawn by affordable housing and the openness of the small community. Their volunteer energy created and staffed services like the pre-school, a theatre company, a garden club, sport teams, the Museum and Archives group and others.
In 1972, a major developer bought most of the former USS property and planned to build a community of 2000 homes. Eventually his finances fell through and the property went to a new owner. In 1979, when the old store seemed slated for demolition, newcomer David Smith mobilized a community team to find a way to save the heritage structure and some of the surrounding property.The solution was the creation of the Bowen Island Park and Store Use Society (BIPASUS). The process took time but with regional and provincial support, the heritage building was saved and in 1984, the 600 acre Crippen Park became part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District's Park Department. Today, that old store is the home of Bowen's public library and a key part of Cove life.
The Old General Store. ca 1924
In 1978, Snug Cove was dredged and 100 boat slips constructed. When the property changed hands in 1985, the new owner envisaged a marine village. A portion of the plan was approved and a new Union Steamship Company emerged. A second marina added to the vitality of the cove. Bowen's steady growth meant that Snug Cove continued to supply office space and housing units. Changes continued through the 80's, 90's and into the new century. Two major factors have affected the Bowen community. Since the 1970s, Bowen Island has been part of the Islands Trust, an agency created to help preserve and protect island integrity. The other change is that Bowen has become the first municipality in the Island Trust area.
Snug Cove remains the doorway to the island. In the immediate area of the ferry landing, the Cove hosts the Memorial Garden, the Library, the Visitor Information Centre, ferry marshalling, the two marinas, a barber, a notary, a dress shop, several visitor rental facilities, the 1890 Davies orchard and a number of excellent places to eat. Two major problems remain: lack of parking plus the congestion of ferry loading and unloading. Snug Cove facilities are supplemented by those in Village Square and Artisan Square. The upper cove area offers space for future community amenities, additional housing and business space.
Arbutus Point
Artisan Square
Bluewater
Bowen Bay
Cates Hill
Collins Road and Seven Hills
Cowan Point
Deep Bay
Eaglecliff
Hood Point
Hood Point West
Josephine Lake
King Edward Bay
Miller's Landing
Mount Gardner
Queen Charlotte Heights
Sealeigh Park
Seymour Bay/Alder Cove
Sunset Park Estates
Timber Grove
Tunstall Bay

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Gwen Dickey
Beautiful and charismatic soul and R&B singer Gwen Dickey was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. Gwen was discovered by the band Undisputed Truth singing in Miami, Florida in a local group called the Jewels. Dickey was subsequently chosen by legendary Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield to be the lead singer for the R&B outfit Rose Royce. Rose Royce had a massive #1 hit with the rousing and syncopated "Car Wash" in 1976. The group scored additional substantial R&B chart hits with such songs as "I Wanna Get Next to You," "I'm Going Down," ""Do Your Dance," "Ooh Boy," "I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)," and "Wishing on a Star" throughout the late 70s. Gwen left Rose Royce in April, 1980 to pursue a solo career. In 1994 she joined forces with KWS on a cover of Chaka Khan's classic hit "Ain't Nobody." Dickey sang a duet with noted international rap star Jay-Z on a cover of Rose Royce's lovely and poignant soul gem "Wishing on a Star" in 1998; this particular song peaked at #13 on the UK charts the first week it was released as a single. Gwen sang vocals on the song "Flying" by Romeo for the soundtrack of the movie "Albeltje" in 1999. In the first half of 2001 she headlined a musical tour called What A Feeling which played in major theaters throughout England. Dickey opened for James Brown at the One Grand Prix ball in Monte Carlo and shared a bill with Meatloaf in Antwerp, Belgium for Night of the Proms to a sold out show for three nights that same year. In 2004 Gwen performed at the Glastonbury music festival in England. Dickey performed once again with James Brown at Monte Carlo for Formula 1 in 2005. Gwen did an encore performance for the Formula 1 Drivers Annual Charity Ball in 2006. Dickey performed throughout the United Kingdom and Europe in both 2007 and 2008. She continues to tour all over Europe with her band Gwen Dickey's Rose Royce.


In the aftermath, families continue to struggle to regain some normalcy in their lives. This is an exceedingly difficult challenge as many of these families' homes are destroyed or inaccessible. Additionally, many schools are gone as well leaving 4,000 displaced students.
To help ease the struggle faced by families with school-age children displaced by the Camp Fire, the Diocese of Sacramento quickly reached out to assist. Specifically, the Diocese offered open seats in Catholic elementary and high schools in the Northern Sacramento Valley to all students affected by the fire. While tuition at a diocesan Catholic school normally ranges from $5,000 to $6,000 for the first child, these openings are tuition-free for the remainder of the school year.
As of January 2019, 30 children have enrolled in participating Catholic schools with more expected to be admitted.
Snyder has also noted that "the fire and its aftermath offer us valuable lessons about Catholic schools' role in supporting our communities in times of peril." Indeed, the Catholic Church, as a whole, has always sought to provide both material and spiritual support to those suffering from natural disasters.
Nine students have now enrolled at Notre Dame School in Chico, located about 15 miles west of Paradise. Some of these students' families completely lost their homes in the fire. Principal Terri Schwabauer expressed that it is, "really gratifying to be able to offer this kind of help to [displaced] families." She noted that the students have been welcoming and extremely positive and have helped find clothing for displaced families.
Similarly, at St. Thomas the Apostle School in Oroville, located about 20 miles from Paradise, four families affected by the Camp Fire have enrolled their children tuition-free for the remainder of the school year. Principal Kasia Heinert shared touching stories of students asking what they could do to help. One eighth-grader wanted to personally introduce himself to the new students. A student in the fifth grade sought the help of her family and friends in southern California resulting in the school receiving gift cards that totaled around $500 to distribute to the displaced families in time for Christmas. "It's been heartwarming to watch the kindness and selflessness our students have displayed since this horrific event wreaked havoc on our county," reflected Heinert.
For those interested in supporting the Diocese's effort to provide tuition-free education to families affected by the Camp Fire, the Diocese has created a special Camp Fire Student fund. Monies collected by the fund will be used to pay for uniforms, school materials, hot lunches, field trips, and other educational expenses. The diocese also plans on using the donations to assist currently enrolled school families who were affected by the fire and are in need of material and tuition relief. Donations can be made at https://www.scd.org/catholic-foundation/camp-fire-student-fund. As of the end of December 2018, the fund has collected over $40,000 in grants.


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The Second Winter
Craig Larsen
WINNER – National Indie Excellence Award 2017 for Literary Fiction
BRONZE WINNER – Foreword INDIES 2016, War & Military
HONORABLE MENTION – San Francisco Book Festival 2017, General Fiction
"A great historical novel, a touching family saga, and a noir wartime thriller all rolled into one terrific narrative." —Lee Child, New York Times best-selling author
Set in Denmark in the darkest days of World War II, The Second Winter is a cinematic novel that, in its vivid portrayal of a family struggling to survive the German occupation, captures a savage moment in history and exposes the violence and want inherent in a father's love.
It is 1941. In occupied Denmark, an uneasy relationship between the Danish government and the Germans allows the country to function under the protection of Hitler's army, while Danish resistance fighters wage a bloody, covert battle against the Nazis. Fredrik Gregersen, a brutish, tormented caretaker of a small farm in Jutland laboring to keep his son and daughter fed, profits from helping Jewish fugitives cross the border into Sweden. Meanwhile, in Copenhagen, Polina, a young refugee from Krakow, finds herself impressed into prostitution by Germans and Danes alike. When Fredrik steals a precious necklace from a helpless family of Jews, his own family's fate becomes intertwined with Polina's, triggering a ripple effect that will take decades and the fall of the Berlin Wall to culminate.
Penguin Random House LLC
Nbyrne37a , 10/09/2020
Seems like unconnected fragments, but they all fit together.
Gripping tale from those awful days, beautifully told.
More Books by Craig Larsen


I've never met a memoirist who has started out writing their memoir in the same way as I have. But among those I have spoken to, one thing is consistent. They all kept a diary. Or they kept correspondence. Or they kept records, whether in a blog or a word doc. That's useful, because our memories are notoriously unreliable and although the premise of a memoir more flexible with regards to THE truth, than say, an autobiography which is the factual and verifiable truth, a memoir still must be A truth. Your personal truth, as far as you can make it so and tell a winning story at the same time. Telling the truth is your pact with the readers. They want to read your memoir because it actually happened. They buy memoir as opposed to a novel, for this very reason.
Rule: Don't break this sacred pact.
Exception: If you do break it, tell them up front in the author's note. Tell them how and why you did and they will read your truth allowing for the fact that your personal truth changes, just like theirs.
Because personal truth does change over time as perspective is added. That you understood the truth of your motivations at one time for a particular decision, does not make it necessarily or wholly true now. Maybe you are writing a divorce memoir. You may have left your good for nothing husband because he didn't prioritise your relationship over his sports fanaticism. That is the truth (or so you thought). Years later you realise that the reason you got with him in the first place is because your self esteem dictated a choice of a partner who treated you as second best, perhaps as your father always did. And the real reason you left your husband was actually because your self esteem had been elevated to a place where you were attracted to a partner who treated you as a priority. Both are true, but perspective and self knowledge has been added. Thus your truth then is not the same as your truth now (and most likely, it will change in the future). This can't be helped. You will write your memoir in the way you see the truth at that moment in time. Whilst more perspective is certainly valuable, there will always be more. And more. And more. And in most cases perspective will change your personal truth, whether simply by nuance, or by radical mind-shift.
How far can you stretch the truth? That depends (is the answer). Because there are nuances of truth telling, from omission (unconscious and conscious) to overt obfuscation. And because you're writing a memoir, which will necessarily include the influences of other people's lives, ethically you must stretch it out of respect for others' privacy (and tell your readers why). Most memoirists will change names. This 'lie' is a given. Others will change places, and physical details. Again, in my view this is important, acceptable and necessary, especially because your personal truth is likely to be biased in your favour because you are human.
I've 'lied' a great deal in some memoirs, and not so much in others. Specifically I've lied about the extent of what I considered to be other people's faults. I've minimised them in order to compensate for personal bias, partly because demonizing others is part of how we unconsciously stretch the truth. But most importantly I haven't lied about my own faults as far as I am aware. And I have never lied about my personal or emotional truth. The reason is simple. I consider that I am allowed to tell my own story, but not other people's. But drawing this line in practice though, is much more difficult. In a relationship for example, where does your story stop and your partner's story start? I've written about several instances of abuse for example. What gives me the right to term someone else's behaviour as 'abusive'? And to describe their actions? In answer to the first question, it is helpful to do research on the concepts you are writing about. As a memoirist (with a fascination about yourself) psychology is your friend. This is true of all writers, but especially true in my opinion for memoirists because you are describing real people and calling someone abusive or describing their character incorrectly as a statement of fact, can be libellous. Nuance is important. Avoiding definite conclusions is also an option.
Compare 'he is an abuser' with 'I felt abused'. One is your conclusion. The other is your personal truth. I'm not saying you shouldn't call it like it is. The former is far stronger than the latter. But I am saying that you have many different options (and only you can decide which one(s) you take). Even better, let the readers draw their own conclusions.
I've not mentioned the word abuse here at all. The line I draw is that their actions affected me in a way which, if I left them out, would destroy the reader's trust in the story. It would leave unexplained questions, and a plot hole. Additionally, I don't start off lying in the first draft, or even the second. In those drafts I tell the truth. And I leave the disguising until later.
Let's say that you find someone else's actions abusive towards you. But you know the reason for their actions is that they were themselves abused. Their actions towards you are part of your story. The abuse towards them is part of theirs. And as far as you are able, you must keep your story about you. But sometimes it is not possible because the story about you is also about them. What then?
Some Never Awaken was the memoir in which I stretched the truth the most. In it, I go on holiday with two of my friends. I mixed their character traits up. I mixed their life stories up (all traits and events were true, but the two memoir characters were a blend of my two friends). I altered professions, physical details, in short everything possible to make sure that the readers, even those who know me, couldn't know who it was. I could not have omitted the part they played on that holiday since the realisations and the journey we made was interlinked. Yet it was necessary to disguise—most heavily—their real identities because in order to tell my story which was the breakdown of our friendship (and why), I had to stray a little into their stories. There's part of me that still feels guilty about this. But another part is satisfied that no-one will ever recognise them. Yet even with this extent of obfuscation, the events and feelings that I experienced were all true. The integrity in your personal and emotional truth must remain intact. It's a fine line and only you can decide what is right for you.
In some cases you may choose to market your work under fiction. This may free you. But beware. If you do, then your book must be, in many ways, better. Readers forgive a less plotted book if it is memoir because it follows real life events. If you write a fictional book, it must be more dazzling, you must provide perspective for the other characters and generally make it more airtight. You cannot simply write your memoir change the names and put it out as fiction (although this seems like the most obvious solution). Why? Two (more) reasons.
1. You will be found out. Which I suppose is ok if you are ok with being known as a liar among your friends and family.
2. You risk falling into the 'uncanny valley'.
In memoir-touted-as-fiction, the reader will feel that your fiction is eerily real, uncomfortably real and if you have blended reality with the obfuscation necessary for memoir, they will attempt to resolve their uncomfortable feelings by making assumptions about your work (probably the wrong ones). You say it's fiction, but that—the reader suspects—is a lie. Thus—the reader decides—it must all be true. You don't want this.
Market it as the memoir it is. Obfuscate and omit if you must. But tell the reader up front, so that you have provided a ready and easy solution to any eery feelings that may arise.


Janice Campbell gets to the heart of what's wrong with Common Core Standards. Yes, our type of education far surpasses CCS. We don't have to worry about "our ways" not being "better" than it. The key problem is in what is required. And requirements take time. The minutes – hours you spend working on their requirements, the trivial, are minutes – hours – that are not spent on the worthy. It is wasted time and wasted minds. Just as time spent doing busy-work workbook pages or twaddle reading – or watching twaddle TV or playing videos games for that matter – steals time from the worthy, and creates tastes for the lesser, so is the goal of CCS.
"'Fact, fact, fact!' said the gentleman. And 'Fact, fact, fact!' repeated Thomas Gradgrind.
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Our second annual global user conference, Extreme Connect is May 13-16 in Nashville, Tennessee. Keep reading to discover why this dynamic, fun-filled event is the perfect conference for Extreme users!
My favorite part of Extreme Connect 2018 was the technical breakout sessions. I was able to learn a lot from those sessions, new roadmaps that are coming out, new emerging technologies, looking at product lines that we aren't using yet at Sauder's, that I might be able to take back to the business and apply.
Need Convincing? Here are the Highlights from 2018!
The NBA's all-time leading scorer, 5x NBA champion, and 6x league MVP, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, shared his wisdom and knowledge with Extreme Connect attendees.
The rock band X Ambassadors headlined our customer appreciation party.
At Extreme Connect 2018, I had the chance to bring a couple of my team members. I thought it was well organized and run. It's was very informational. My team got some great certification training in as well. It was a great showcase of where Extreme is with the product roadmap and what the products of the future will look like.
What Will Extreme Connect 2019 Be Like?
Next year, you can expect in-depth pre-conference certification training, a welcome reception where you can learn about new solutions, keynotes from the executive leadership team and a special guest, birds of a feather sessions, and finally, a massive end-of-event celebration for networking and fun. All in all, Extreme Connect 2019 will be full of inspiration, education and networking (both forms of the word).
Pricing and the daily agenda are available on the Connect website. Don't forget, last year's attendees have access to a special discount code sent via email!
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Hear from Extreme's executive leadership and product leaders as they share their vision and solutions roadmap.
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Sit back and enjoy a little audio drama, or play the episode on Netflix along with the podcast and listen to me blather on over the audio. It's time for the Officer's Lounge!
Today I'll be providing commentary for "Déjà Q," "A Matter of Perspective," and "Yesterday's Enterprise." Three fine episodes from season three of Star Trek: The Next Generation. And if you don't agree, you can take it up with Henry Spencer, Don Héctor "Tio" Salamanca, and Scooter McGavin. That's right! They're all in there!


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HomeSpotlightAchieva Design Story
(The following is a repost from Dean's Garage (website), posted here for redundancy and so that the story will be exposed to a broader audience. It is posted with permission. For even more photos, please do visit the original page here.)
I was transferred from Buick One to Oldsmobile One Exterior Studio in late 1985. Olds One was a crazy studio even by Design Staff standards. One story comes to mind. Peggy Lee recorded a song called Is That All There Is? in the '50s that was so depressing that it was pulled from many radio stations at the time because of an increase in the suicide rate. Well, some unscrupulous sculptor recorded the song on both sides of a 90-minute cassette and played it continually for weeks every day in the studio. Needless to say my morale didn't exactly soar being tortured by that song over and over again. The Gestapo couldn't have used a more effective brainwashing tool. Looking back on it though it's pretty funny.
We were working on some platform for a sporty 2+2 car of some sort. I did sketches of proposals for that car and the other projects in the studio and hung them with the other wallpaper I continuously produced. In that studio at the time it was difficult to get anything on the car unless you were, well, running the studio. But Dave Holls, one of the directors, came through and sometimes actually looked at sketches. He seemed to see something in a couple of sketches that I did and asked me to do a full-sized airbrush rendering of the design, which I did.
At the same time, Olds Two studio was struggling coming up with a new design as a replacement for the Cutlass Calais (which would eventually be renamed Achieva). Dave looked at my airbrush and asked me to try the design again on the Calais platform, and I came up with a red rendering of a revised proposal. When the rendering was finished, someone must have liked it, because they took it out of Olds One and hung it up in Olds Two. Dave North was the Studio Chief and Ed Welburn his assistant. I remember they started to model the car but were having some trouble capturing the feeling of the rendering. I was asked to help them by drawing a 3300 section to start the body side modeling. The front and rear profiles could be taken from the full sized rendering.
Well, there were several very talented sculptors in Olds One, and the car was starting to come together. So much so that Dave Holls decided to hide the model in the basement and finish it down there before somebody higher up would see it and want to change something before the original design statement could be presented. The model was finished and a fiberglass styling model was made to freeze the design statement. What made the design unique was it was a shouldered design where the upper sat on the lower instead of a monocoque which was trendy at the time.
Because I suppose the rendering was red and the fiberglass model was red, it became known as the red car. It was designed in 1986, but didn't come out until 1992. The design affected the Olds 98 and 88 that were designed after the Acheiva but came out sooner.
The Achieva was built off of the same platform as the Buick Skylark and the Pontiac Grand Am. But the Achieva lost the upper wars, so the coupe has the Grand Am upper, and the sedan had the Buick upper. The sedan looks especially bad with the Buick roof.
Olds produced the Achieva SCX W41 in 1992–93. It had the Olds designed and built 2.3 liter Quad Four engine that made about 190 hp.
~ Written by Gary Smith , originally posted March 2009 on his website.
Achieva Design
Achieva Sketch
Achieva Fiberglass Model, The Red Car. It was a 2-door on one side and a 4-door on the other.
Studio photos showing the fiberglass model in the background, as development progresses productionizing the design.
Dave North and Ed Welburn standing in front of the rendering.
Side view of the car shows how closely the model profile resembles the original red rendering, except for the roofline.
A production 1992 Achieva SC.


A few quotes from the Red Sox regarding the dominant outing by Red Sox starting pitcher Rubby De La Rosa, who fired seven shutout innings in which he struck out eight, walked none and elicited 11 groundball outs while getting swings and misses on his fastball (which touched 98 mph), changeup and slider: Rubby De La Rosa I feel good. I wasn't walking (guys), everything I worked on in the bullpen I did in the game. I attacked the hitters with my pitch. [On working down in the zone] It's important to keep pitches down as much as possible. I've been working all year on that. [On the changeup] I felt great with my changeup. It's been good, but tonight it was my best pitch. [On this year vs. 2013, his first full season back from Tommy John surgery] It feels good. I feel like, OK, I've come back. I feel strong. I feel great. John Farrell He was outstanding. The biggest difference from a year ago to what we saw tonight was just an outstanding changeup. A number of swing and miss. Very good fastball. A lot of strikes. But the changeup was really the separator for him tonight. [On the decision to call up De La Rosa over Allen Webster] "It was not a clear-cut decision because Allen Webster has been throwing the ball well himself, but to have guys that have already gotten their major-league debut out of the way and some feel for what this level is about, it speaks to our depth, not only major-league depth but now ready depth to step in and on a night like tonight what Rubby did was much-needed from our standpoint." A.J. Pierzynski He was great. Obviously, you guys saw the results, but you're talking about a guy who can throw 98, 99, and throw the changeup he was throwing along with the slider, it's going to be fun. And he was throwing it over the plate. He threw three pitches for strikes at any time. And the way his ball moves and the way he's able to do that, heck, he could be real successful if he can throw it over the plate like that every time. I know I've heard whispers about how good this kid can be and I saw little glimpses of it in spring training. But to actually see him do it on this stage, in this situation, especially after last night and all that went down, was impressive, and hopefully he learns from it, gains confidence and builds on it. [On whether his stuff or control was most impressive] Everything. It was definitely his control, though. Every pitch he threw and everything he was able to do, he looked like a big league pitcher out there who'd been here for 10 years. Obviously his velocity is the first thing you notice, but then the movement is right there and then the ability to throw more than one pitch for a strike is what kind of put him over the top tonight.


So I was trying to update my old app to fit the iPhone 5 screen. I followed the instructions on this thread. I created a lauch image "[email protected]" for the iPhone 5. Tested it on simulator, the app resized automatically to fit the 4-in screen. But when I tested it on my iPhone 5, the app was still letterboxed. When the app launched, the launch image was still the old 3.5-in one, not the 4-in one I added.
I also tried setting the UIViewAutoResizingMask, but still no luck. So the same code works perfectly on simulator, but not on my iPhone 5. Can anyone help?
Any suggestion/comment is appreciated! Thanks!
Have you tried to delete the app in your iPhone, clean all the targets in Xcode?
Maybe you could check in your projects "Build Phases" if the picture is in "Copy Bundle Resources"
jms - why need queue in WAS Server and websphere MQ?


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import json

import requests
from flexbe_core import EventState
from rospy import logerr, loginfo
from sara_msgs.msg import Entity

"""
Created on 15/05/2018

@author: Lucas Maurice
"""

class WonderlandGetPersonByRecognitionId(EventState):
    '''
    Find a person by ID.
    ># id               int         Recognition name of the object

    #> entity           sara_msgs/Entity   the recognised entity

    <= done             return when one entity exist
    <= none             return when no entity exist
    <= error            return when error reading data
    '''

    def __init__(self):
        # See example_state.py for basic explanations.
        super(WonderlandGetPersonByRecognitionId, self).__init__(outcomes=['done', 'none', 'error'],
                                                                 input_keys=['id'], output_keys=['entity'])

    def execute(self, userdata):
        # Generate URL to contact

        url = "http://wonderland:8000/api/people/?peopleRecognitionId=" + str(userdata.id)

        # try the request
        try:
            response = requests.get(url)
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
            logerr(e)
            return 'error'

        # parse parameter json data
        data = json.loads(response.content)

        loginfo(data)

        if 'peopleId' in data:
            userdata.entity = self.generate_entity(data)
            return 'done'
        else:
            return 'none'

    @staticmethod
    def generate_entity(data):
        entity = Entity()

        entity.wonderlandId = data['peopleId']
        entity.ID = data['peopleRecognitionId']

        entity.name = 'person'
        entity.category = 'person'

        if 'peopleColor' in data and data['peopleColor'] is not None:
            entity.color = data['peopleColor'].encode('ascii', 'ignore')

        if 'peopleName' in data:
            entity.aliases.append(data['peopleName'].encode('ascii', 'ignore'))

        if 'peoplePose' in data and data['peoplePose'] is not None:
            entity.pose = data['peoplePose'].encode('ascii', 'ignore')
        entity.poseProbability = data['peopleGenderAccuracy']

        if 'peopleGender' in data and data['peopleGender'] is not None:
            entity.face.gender = data['peopleGender'].encode('ascii', 'ignore')
        entity.face.genderProbability = data['peopleGenderAccuracy']

        if 'peopleEmotion' in data and data['peopleEmotion'] is not None:
            entity.face.emotion = data['peopleEmotion'].encode('ascii', 'ignore')
        entity.face.emotionProbability = data['peopleEmotionAccuracy']

        entity.isOperator = data['peopleIsOperator']

        loginfo(entity)

        return entity


A lot of people are on Twitter. Like, a lot. And that number is still on the rise. Currently, Twitter has 328 million monthly active users (up 9 million from the previous quarter). And, as of 2016, 29.2% of U.S. social media users were on Twitter.
And a lot of your customers and patients are on Twitter, so it is a great way to have an impact on them. In fact, 41% of patients say that social media would affect their choice of doctor, hospital, or medical facility.
Also, did you know that journalists make up 24.6% of Twitter verified accounts? They are on Twitter not only to disseminate news, but also to sniff out leads. You should be announcing all your company news not only through traditional press releases, but through Twitter as well.
Of course you shouldn't do something just because everyone else is doing it, but 92% of companies Tweet at least once a day, 42% Tweet 1-5 times a day, and 19% Tweet 6-10 times a day.
You have to get into the conversation to be heard. Increase your share of voice in the market by speaking via another channel. You can also benchmark yourself against other players in the industry, and learn what works and doesn't from their public content and interactions.
Even if people don't have an account, they can still see your message. Tweets come up in Google search results. In fact, 500 million people visit the site each month without logging in. Your reach is even further than your follower base.
Tip: Be sure to use industry keywords in your tweets to make sure they show up in Google searches.
Twitter allows for one-on-one interaction with customers and patients. While you should obviously never (ever) give medical advice over Twitter, 77% of Twitter users feel more positive about a brand when the brand responds to their Tweet.. It's a two-way street: 60% of doctors believe that social media improves the quality of patient care.
There's nothing the healthcare industry likes more than a conference! There is a ubiquitous trend at conferences now to live tweet. Conference leaders create a hashtag, and attendees (both in person and virtual) use it to connect and get information - before, during, and after the conference. In addition to being great for networking and education, it's a fantastic marketing opportunity, particularly for the healthcare community.


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Q: Cosmos DB SQL API > Filter out child array objects with specific values I have a document with a property which is an array of objects. I would like to write a query that filters out objects from the child array. I thought the array_ contains would do the trick but it does not appear to filter the child array.
Query
SELECT Families.id, Families.parents
FROM Families
WHERE ARRAY_CONTAINS(Families.parents, { givenName: "Ben", familyName: "Wakefield" })

Result
[
    {
        "id": "WakefieldFamily",
        "parents": [
            {
                "familyName": "Wakefield",
                "givenName": "Robin"
            },
            {
                "familyName": "Miller",
                "givenName": "Ben"
            }
        ]
    }
]

Desired Result
[
    {
        "id": "WakefieldFamily",
        "parents": [
            {
                "familyName": "Wakefield",
                "givenName": "Ben"
            }
        ]
    }
]

Is this possible with the Cosmos DB SQL API?
Thank you,
Scott

A: It seems you use official sample data as the item in your Cosmos DB container.
{
  "id": "WakefieldFamily",
  "parents": [
      { "familyName": "Wakefield", "givenName": "Robin" },
      { "familyName": "Miller", "givenName": "Ben" }
  ],
  "children": [
      {
        "familyName": "Merriam",
        "givenName": "Jesse",
        "gender": "female",
        "grade": 1,
        "pets": [
            { "givenName": "Goofy" },
            { "givenName": "Shadow" }
        ]
      },
      {
        "familyName": "Miller",
         "givenName": "Lisa",
         "gender": "female",
         "grade": 8 }
  ],
  "address": { "state": "NY", "county": "Manhattan", "city": "NY" },
  "creationDate": 1431620462,
  "isRegistered": false
}

Your SQL will get the items which contains { givenName: "Robin", familyName: "Wakefield" } in parents array and return the whole parents array. This is why you didn't get your Desired Result.
SELECT Families.id, Families.parents
FROM Families
WHERE ARRAY_CONTAINS(Families.parents, { givenName: "Robin", familyName: "Wakefield" })

You can use Array() function to construct an array to add subquery's result to do this. Something like this:
SELECT Families.id, ARRAY(SELECT p.familyName,p.givenName FROM p in Families.parents WHERE p.familyName ='Wakefield' and p.givenName = 'Robin') AS parents
FROM Families

Result:
[
    {
        "id": "WakefieldFamily",
        "parents": [
            {
                "familyName": "Wakefield",
                "givenName": "Robin"
            }
        ]
    }
]

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The Red Cross in 2018
19.12.2018 9:52 (Updated 2.1.2019 8:40)
Large-scale power outages in the beginning of January demonstrated the strength of the Red Cross volunteers' aid in Kainuu. The situation was worst in Suomussalmi and Hyrynsalmi.
Image: Juha Hankkila
In 2018, we worked hard to help people in Finland and abroad. The following images are excerpts of what we have achieved together. We wish to thank all our volunteers, employees, supporters, partners and friends of the Finnish Red Cross!
One of the core tasks of the Red Cross is domestic disaster preparedness, which we develop and for which we train throughout the year. Image: Joonas Brandt
Racist views are in stark contrast with the principles of the Red Cross, which emphasise humanity and equality. The week against racism is organised in March. Image: Laura Honkimäki
Friend visitor activities of the Red Cross reached more than 30,000 people in Finland. Anyone can be lonely, but luckily, anyone can also help. Image: Joonas Brandt
We sent help, such as health care and medical supplies, to victims of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Image: EPA
Preventive substance abuse work, first aid and HIV and sexual health care volunteers were on call at thousands of events throughout Finland. Image: Benjamin Suomela
The first aid Finnish championships were held in sunny Turku. Image: Ari Räsänen
A field hospital managed by the Finnish Red Cross treated tens of thousands of patients in Bangladesh. Image: Saara Mansikkamäki
The aid work was supported by the Hunger Day collection and the Disaster Relief Fund. Thousands of volunteers and donators made the campaign, which was once again filled with the joy of helping. Image: Laura Vesa
Red Cross aid workers picked up and left to help in the middle of the Hunger Day campaign, as the ground shook in Indonesia and a tsunami left behind a trail of destruction. Image: Benjamin Suomela
The Good Holiday Spirit collection provided food vouchers to 28,000 impoverished families with children. Image: Katja Lösönen
Red Cross Emergency youth shelters helped young people and families in difficult situations. Emergency youth shelters also initiated the new Kotipolku project, which aims at preventing problems like homelessness among young people. Image: Joonas Brandt
...And much, much more. Read more and join us!


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Want to Watch an Aksewniverse Movie This Weekend? Catch Up on Dogma by Kevin Smith
If you want to watch a movie this weekend and are a fan of the Askewniverse, you can't go wrong with Dogma by Kevin Smith. This cult classic tells the story of two fallen angels trying to find their way back into heaven.
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They run into all sorts of trouble along the way, including a group of disgruntled Catholics who are determined to stop them. If you're a fan of irreverent comedies with excellent casts, then Dogma, one of the finest movies by Kevin Smith, is worth watching.
Who Is Kevin Smith?
Kevin Smith is a well-known American director, producer, and screenwriter. He is well known for the television show "Clerks," and the movies "Dogma" and "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back."
Smith was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1970. He attended Henry Hudson Regional High School, where he developed an interest in film. After graduation, he worked at a drugstore before moving to Vancouver to pursue a career in filmmaking.
In 1994, Smith's first movie, "Clerks," was released. The movie was both a critical and commercial success, and it launched Smith's career as a director.
Smith is also a well-known member of the comedy community, and he has appeared on numerous television shows and podcasts. In addition to his work as a director and actor.
What Is Askewniverse Comedy?
Askewniverse comedy is a type of comedy that often relies on surreal humor and non-sequiturs. The term was coined by director Kevin Smith, who directed several films set in the "Askewniverse," a fictional universe that serves as the setting for many of his films. This type of comedy often features characters who break the fourth wall or otherwise act in ways outside the traditional bounds of realism.
As a result, Askewniverse comedies can be quirky and absurd, but they often have a solid emotional core. These films often explore themes of friendship and family, using humor to illuminate the humanity of their characters. In doing so, they offer a unique and memorable cinematic experience.
Dogma by Kevin Smith
Dogma by Kevin Smith is a cult askewniverse movie for many reasons. First and foremost, it's a hilarious satire that pokes fun at organized religion. But beyond that, it's also a surprisingly touching story about faith, redemption, and hope.
The movie follows two fallen angels who plan to exploit a loophole in Catholic doctrine to return to Heaven. However, their scheme quickly goes awry, and they find themselves on a journey of self-discovery instead. Along the way, they're joined by a ragtag group of misfits, outcasts, and sinners, all of whom are searching for their way back to grace.
It's a funny, profane, irreverent film but beneath all the blasphemy is a real sense of heart and humanity. That's what makes Dogma a cult classic and one of the finest movies by Kevin Smith.
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Home Rail News £20 million for a car park
£20 million for a car park
Great Western Railway has announced plans to expand its Foxall Road car park at Didcot Parkway station from its current 890-car capacity to 1,800.
Construction will be in two phases – a temporary deck over half of the existing car park by summer 2017 and then a new multi-storey edifice by summer 2018.
The total bill – £20 million to add 910 car parking spaces, funded by Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership. That works out at almost £22,000 per space. At the current charge of £6.50 per car per day, the payback will be just under ten years, provided it is full every day.
Tom Pierpoint, GWR regional development manager, commented: "Didcot Parkway is used by over three million customers every year, and offers quick and easy journeys to Oxford, Banbury, Reading and London – making it a key hub.
With London around 40 minutes away by train, a new multi-storey car park, complimenting new trains and more seats, will provide a better travelling experience for all those who use the station both now and into the future."
A new covered footbridge at the west end of the station, which will be constructed by Network Rail, will provide a direct, covered walkway route from Foxhall Road car park to the station.
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The Milagro Beanfield War
1988. Universal Pictures, MCA Home Video, Color, Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1, 117 minutes, Rated R
The Milagro Beanfield War is available at Amazon.com on DVD and VHS.
Movie Synopsis: When local New Mexican farmers' water rights are threatened by a wealthy land developer and his political cronies, one Milagro farmer takes matters into his own hands, gaining support from some unexpected quarters with surprising results. ~Aimee
Cast: Ruben Blades, Sonja Braga, Richard Bradford, Julie Carmen, James Gammon, Melanie Griffith, John Heard, Daniel Stern, Chick Vennera, Christopher Walken, Freddy Fender
Director: Robert Redford
Thoughts on the Movie:
I love this movie. I first saw The Milagro Beanfield War while planning a move to Santa Fe from the East Coast. I had no idea at the time how accurate a portrayal it might be of life in a small village in Northern New Mexico. But I loved the high desert landscape, the charming and sometimes funny moments of the movie, and I've always been a sucker for a reluctant hero tale.
This film is full of quirky, wonderful characters, some of my favorites being: Amorante, the oldest man in the village, who laments that "Nobody knows how to talk to the angels anymore"; his pig Lupita; the "angel" himself; numerous saints; and a graduate student from New York who befriends Amorante. Some have complained the mysticism and religion in this movie are heavy-handed, but in the small villages of Northern New Mexico, these are most definitely major players. And the wonderful feeling of the unseen at work; of milagro (miracle in Spanish) permeates this movie, complimented perfectly by the fantastic score by Dave Grusin. The Milagro Beanfield War always leaves me with a smile on my face. Definitely recommended. ~Aimee
Location Site:
Truchas, New Mexico (see Map)
Robert Redford chose this quaint and lovely Northern New Mexico community as the major location for The Milagro Beanfield War. Truchas is an old Hispanic settlement on the "High Road to Taos." Once you reach Truchas (on State Highway 76), take the road to the right and you will enter the old village. The road there is narrow with houses and other buildings right up against the pavement. Passing all the way through town will take you onto a Forest Service road that goes several miles into Santa Fe National Forest and then dead ends.
Right: A charming scene from "The Milagro Beanfield War," shot in the beautiful and bucolic village of Truchas, in Northern New Mexico.
About Truchas, New Mexico:
Truchas, New Mexico (population 1,205, including the nearby village of Cordova; elevation 8,000 feet; 36° 2' 37" N, 105° 48' 40" W) is located on the High Road to Taos (on State Highway 76), approximately halfway between Santa Fe (to the south) and Taos (to the north).
Truchas was founded in 1754. The land that encompasses the community, which sits upon a high ridge, is commonly known as the Truchas Land Grant, gaining its name from the river that provides the water for irrigation of the land. Because the community has remained unchanged for so long, it still operates by many of the original Spanish land grant bylaws: for example, cars must share the roads with livestock. The community has beautiful views of both the Truchas Peaks (nearly 5,000 feet above) and the Espanola Valley (far below). Truchas is the spanish word for trout.
Right: The view as you enter Truchas, New Mexico, the location for the filming of Robert Redford's award-winning movie, "The Milagro Beanfield War."
Lodging & Dining:
For Recommended Hotels, Motels and Lodges in Taos, see: Taos Lodging
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• Dave Grusin won an Oscar for Best Music, Original Score.
• Dave Grusin was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Score–Motion Picture.
Movie Trivia:
• In a scene at one of the local Milagro stores where John Heard's character is dropping off his newspapers, a woman is shopping for Newman's Own salad dressing. The store owner tells her, "That's no good, buy something else"; an obvious in-joke in which director Robert Redford kids his longtime friend and twice co-star, Paul Newman.
• The film is based on the novel of the same name by John Nichols.
Right: Director Robert Redford (center) on location in Truchas, New Mexico, while filming "The Milagro Beanfield War."
• Literally meaning "miracle," a milagro is a charm or talisman, sometimes offered to a particular saint, and made in their image. Milagros are also made to represent animals, an affected part of the body, or an object. Often connected with specific prayers, these charms originated with the ancient Iberians who inhabited Spain. Milagros have been used extensively in Spain and the Americas for centuries, and are made from many different materials, depending on local customs. They can be flat or fully dimensional, and fabricated from gold, silver, tin, lead, wood, bone, or wax. They are often made as a charm, to be pinned to, or nearby the statue of a saint. In New Mexico, the majority of milagros take the form of small metal charms, and can be found adorning shrines and devotional niches. In recent times, milagros have evolved into charms used in jewelry which can be worn on the person, as an amulet, or purely as decoration. ~Aimee
Character Quote: "What good is a hometown if everyone you know is gone?" ~Ruby Archuleta (Sonja Braga)


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Gaussian New Metal Member
The "story behind V" used to be available on the Symphony X website, but it seems to have been lost in the redesigns. I got a lot more out of the lyrics after reading that. It should have been in the liner notes, really (or was it? I don't have the album here to check...)
Here is a copy of the text: http://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=29390.msg1140163#msg1140163
#41 Gaussian, Aug 21, 2015
iceandfire84 The One Who Knocks
Yeah, the day I sat down and read the lyrics while listening to the music was the day V became my favorite album of all time. The music flows so well and the story was pretty neat and told well throughout the album. I'm not even a fan of lyrical content in general, but I believe it's a must to really understand that album.
#42 iceandfire84, Aug 21, 2015
I know all of the lyrics, and knowing this story certainly won't boost or decrease my opinion of the album, but I somehow never synthesized a story out of them. A theme, yes, but not a story.
That's pretty wild since you say you get such evocative imagery out of Underworld. Maybe you mean just that, imagery, and not an actual story. Because there really is very little story going on with that album. It's got a theme and it's really cool too! I think we can all agree that the Odyssey is by far the coolest song ever though. It's a tour de force of epicness
prman Member
Has anyone checked is "hell" mentioned in every song?
#45 prman, Aug 21, 2015
I certainly prioritize imagery over story, but they are often intertwined for sure.
Isaac_de_Moorea Silent Member
Phlegheton, 7th Circle of Hell
Underworld, Without You and Charon. My preferences changed over time, what can I say.
About the Swansong vrs. Without you "dilemma", I must say that Swansong feels too forced trying to imply some references to Accolade II and Through the Looking Glass, but is fairly inferior to both. Without You is positioned perfectly within the tracklist and despite having the DWoT reference, feels like a more sincere and better constructed song. About Legend, I feel it a little messy, as Hell and Back; still they're really strong songs.
Run with the Devil is getting odder at every listening, I understand now why some people were finding it strange. Kiss of Fire and In My Darkest hour are great, but simply not my favorites. Overture is getting interesting over time, but is jut too short.
About Charon, I really like the verses, the bridge with the sitar drone (that brings the flashback to Egypt I think) and the chorus. But the instrumental parts... I don't know, definitely had more potential. It's a mistery to me that Pinella has been credited on this song despite the keyboard doesn't have the presence you might expect.
In another subject, does anyone else feels like the album is splitted on two? The more modern side of SX (tracks 1 to 5) and their attempt to sound more "vintage" (tracks 7 to 11), and in the middle, Charon, the Ferryman?
I may be overthinking, I know :Spin:
#47 Isaac_de_Moorea, Aug 23, 2015
I, too, feel that the album is split in half, but I don't think it's by vintage vs modern necessarily. I think it is more of a change in emotion from dark to pure.
I like your thinking with the split being "ferried" by Charon. Something I noticed the other day was that the solo licks in Charon remind me alot of torrential/rough water flow/waves, but I think it might be a sort of placebo effect haha.
I find that some of the weakest points on the album are the choruses. The choruses are so predictable/conventional, and they do nothing for me. If you want to make a heavy, dark album, that's cool... but get rid of the cheesy, 80s metal/90s power metal choruses then. It irritates me when Rullo plays steady 16th notes on the bass drum, and snare hits on 1-2-3-4 every chorus. Rullo is amazing; he's capable of so much more than that.
There are a lot of moments that are great, but as a whole, it's very disappointing to me. I've listened to it in my car about 10 times now.
Overture: I like it. Wish it was longer.
Nevermore: Very average to me. Pre-chorus is nice.
Underworld: Love the screams and the riff that follows each one.
Without You: Actually a pretty good song overall. Pre-chorus grouping in 3s is great, and the tempo change for the chorus is an amazing touch.
Kiss of Fire: Brutal. Great track overall. The only part I don't care for is the "being burried" part. I wish the outro went on longer and developed into a wicked separate section because it's badass. Blast beats are a perfect fit in the intro and chorus.
Charon: Probably the most SX-sounding song. Great track, especially the verse.
To Hell and Back: Intro is great. Second half of song is heavy and enjoyable. Chorus? Ugh.
In My Darkest Hour: Can't remember much ATM. I remember it being very average.
Run with the Devil: Should've been left off.
Swan Song: Like somebody else said, it feels like it's trying really hard to connect with the older fans. Feels contrived. Best solo on the album, however. Chord change in the chorus is unexpected, which I appreciate.
Legend: Nice verse. Cheesy chorus. Don't know why so many people like this one. Odd time signature sounds forced.
#49 _Gentleman of_the Snow_, Aug 26, 2015
Cool comments. I genuinely think this album has some of the strongest choruses of any of their albums, though. Actually it's probably tied with V and Odyssey in the chorus department for me. I think the second Hell and Back chorus is one of the actual best choruses I have ever heard.
Half the time, I'm thinking Dragonforce trolled my disc and put their choruses in place of the real ones.
Haken does choruses right. Every chorus on the Visions album is amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9HB0gOr0-Q
To me, this is a great chorus by Leprous. It's perfect. Underworld choruses are just cheesy to me
Evolution from V has a great chorus. It's inventive. I actually have no problem with the choruses on V at all.
Durakonis Zudviz
The "aaaaaa x3, The Legend never dies" part sometimes feels a little incomplete, but the chorus of the song is not inferior to Evolution IMO. Haken and Leprous are VERY different from SX, so even if they (SX) could be able to write such choruses, I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't bother...
#52 Durakonis, Aug 26, 2015
Obviously liking choruses is a very subjective thing. Electric Messiah is probably my favorite chorus from Iconoclast, and I've already heard some opinions to the contrary. I don't know what exactly makes a chorus interesting to me. I want to hear a melody I've never heard before, I want to hear an exciting groove or an interesting chord change, I just want it to sound "cool." But why does the chorus remain interesting after I've already heard it before? Why do I continue to think the chorus is great? Like the chorus of Revelation, one of my favorite choruses from the band ever? I can't really say what makes a chorus "good" to me. So it is totally understandable why some of the choruses that the band comes up with are not my cup of tea. On the new album I think Nevermore, Underworld, Charon, To Hell and Back, Run With the Devil and Legend all have excellent choruses, which is something I could only say for 3 or 4 of the 12 tracks on Iconoclast.
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Hey, Electric Messiah is my favorite chorus from Iconoclast too. The ad-libs in the final chorus are especially great. I love that entire song though. So many killer unique parts and yet it all flows so well. Perfect example of how you can be heavy, progressive and catchy at the same time.
I also think the choruses are the strongest part of this album and it seems to be the thing they focused on the most. I also see why people wouldn't like them (and I don't love them all either) because it's a completely different style now. To go along with the new "streamlined" approach to their songwriting in general, they've opted for a more sing along, immediately catchy, rhyming style of chorus. In older Symphony X songs, the chorus would progress through a single unique, flowing melody. You can still hear this on the title track here, but I think literally everything on V is that way except Absence of Light where the "so falls the night" line matches the "absence of light" line. Now, they mainly use repetition for the melodies in all choruses. It's an easy technique to make it instantly singable and give it that "radio-frendliness" or whatever you want to call it. I think it worked for the most part with these types of songs, but it really just isn't that interesting to listen to after a while.
#54 AsoTamaki, Aug 26, 2015
I generally look at an individual repetition of a repeated melody when deciding if I like a chorus, so that I'm not affected by any catchiness the repetition adds to my opinion of the song. I'm with Adam on this one, though, in that I have almost no idea what makes me like a chorus. It just needs to be good and/or cool, as immature and naive as that sounds. Same with guitar solos and pre-choruses.
The concept behind why one enjoys a chorus or not is definitely strange.
Evolution is in a different league from Legend. If I'm not mistaken, there is a key change in the middle of it.
Fallen? Epic chorus.
Egypt? Nothing like it.
Absence of Light? Groovy.
Fool's? Another classic.
To me, V is just in a different league. It's much more sophisticated. If I heard Underworld without knowing it was SX, I'd think they were a band who would never be capable of creating something like V. It blows my mind to know that it's the same group o' guys.
When I listen to somebody like Vanden Plas or Threshold, I know for a fact that they're not capable of creating something as deeply rich and musically sophisticated as V. I just know it.
I think if I were to rank musical quality vs sonic quality (aka how much I individually prefer) the albums, I would end up with 2 different orders:
Musically, I think it's pretty clear it goes something like:
V > DWOT >= Odyssey >Twilight > Damnation Game >= Underworld >=Paradise Lost > Iconoclast
Whereas, as I've said before, my personal preference and opinion on which songs I actually enjoy the most yield something like:
Underworld > Odyssey >= V > DWOT > Twilight > Paradise Lost >= Damnation Game > Iconoclast
Just because something is musically superior doesn't mean it sounds as good to my ears, nor does it mean that I have to like it as much. Sometimes things that are slightly inferior just hit my ears in a much more effective way.
You can be sophisticated, clever, musical, structurally/tonally/stylistically unique all day, but the actual melodies and presentation and energy that you convey in the process could be inferior to certain kinds of ears, even those who truly appreciate great music.
I could easily list 20 things at least that I don't like about V, whereas I can do maybe 10 or so for Underworld. I know that some of these dislikes are more importatn or more impactful than others, but I think as an average I can compare those 10 to the other 20 in good conscience. Combine this with the fact that I actually like many of the riffs and melodies better on UW, and I end up in this weird limbo where I'm totally willing to admit that V is more of a masterpiece, but I can't concede that it's a better album.
That's cool.
We like what we like.
I find more creative and sophisticated music more interesting (usually), so when I say these things, I mean to imply that I think it sounds better, too.
I mean, I'm glad this came up, as I hadn't really thought about it, and I'm glad I did. You'd think it was a sin around here to not prefer V over all other SX albums, haha.
Oh, it is.
I'm only pretending to be cool with it as I plan my attack


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Fanfan la Tulipe este un film de aventuri francez din 1952 regizat de Christian-Jaque după un scenariu de René Wheeler, René Fallet și alții. În rolurile principale interpretează actorii Gérard Philipe și Gina Lollobrigida.

Acțiune

Acțiunea filmului are loc în Franța prin secolul al XVIII-lea. Țiganca Adeline îi prezice aventurierului Fanfan că el se va căsători cu fiica regelui Ludovic al XV-lea al Franței. Ca urmare Fanfan, care avusese nenumărate amante cărora le promisese căsătoria, se înrolează în armata franceză. Ordinea din armată nu este pe placul aventurierului, el caută să dezerteze dar este prins și arestat. Un ofițer caută să se răzbune pe aventurierul care i-a sedus iubita, Fanfan însă reușește să evadeze în mod spectaculos din închisoare.

Distribuție
Gérard Philipe : Fanfan la Tulipe
Gina Lollobrigida (VF : Claire Guibert) : Adeline La Franchise
Noël Roquevert : Fier-à-Bras, maréchal des logis
Olivier Hussenot : Tranche-Montagne
Marcel Herrand : Louis XV, roi de France
Nerio Bernardi : Le sergent La Franchise
Jean-Marc Tennberg : Lebel
Jean Parédès : Le capitaine de la Houlette
Geneviève Page : La marquise de Pompadour
Georgette Anys : Mme Tranche-Montagne
Sylvie Pelayo : Henriette de France
Irène Young : Marion Guillot
Henri Rollan : Le maréchal d'Estrées
Lucien Callamand : Le maréchal de Brandebourg
Hennery : Guillot, le père baffoué
Lolita De Silva : La dame d'honneur de la marquise de Pompadour
Jean Debucourt : La voix de l'historien
Joe Davray : Un soldat/doublure des cascades de Gérard Philipe
Gérard Buhr : Un bandit de grands chemins
Jacky Blanchot : un soldat
Gil Delamare : un soldat
Georges Demas : un soldat
Guy Henry : un soldat
Max Harry : un soldat
Paul Violette : un soldat
Françoise Spira :
Evelyne Lacroix : Une marchande

Referințe și note

Legături externe

Bosley Crowther NY Times Review, 5 May 1953
TimeOut New York review
Village Voice Review

Vezi și
 Listă de filme străine până în 1989
 Listă de filme de aventură din anii 1950

Filme franțuzești
Filme din 1952
Filme de aventuri
Filme regizate de Christian-Jaque
Filme în limba franceză
Filme de capă și spadă

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We are very proud of the end product and continue to work with Hitesh to ensure his website is a reflection of everything his company offers – and delivers.
Check out the new Revel Events website here.
"We are delighted that we engaged the team at The Word Lab to help us create the copywriting and content for our new website. We are ecstatic with the results and we love our new website. Hannah and Kirsten at all times were prompt, professional, and a pleasure to deal with. The team showed understanding that a key driver for having an engaging website is to understand the client's products and services. We have been doing events for 10 years in New Zealand and Hannah and her team helped us translate all that experience into the right words for us." - Hitesh Sharma, Director.