text:
2020 University Hospitals Ear, Nose & Throat Institute Clinical Highlights
Expanding clinical programs, services and research
Innovations in Ear, Nose & Throat | Fall 2020
OTOLOGY/NEUROTOLOGY DIVISION
The department's Division of Otology/Neurotology grew by 300 percent in 2020, with five neurotologists on staff. A welcome addition is Alejandro Rivas, MD, who recently joined UH as the new Division Chief of Otology/Neurotology and as the second Richard W. and Patricia R. Pogue Chair in Auditory Surgery and Hearing Sciences – a role previously held by UH President Cliff Megerian, MD.
Dr. Rivas' areas of expertise include cochlear implantation, endoscopic ear surgery, single-stage microtia repair and acoustic neuroma surgery. He is a Fellow of the American Neurotology Society, American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, and Triological Society.
Dr. Rivas joins four other expert neurotologists in his overall expanded division:
Nauman Manzoor, MD, is a previous ENT resident who completed his otology/neurotology fellowship at Vanderbilt. He rejoins UH as an Assistant Professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Maroun Semaan, MD, rejoins the department after spending a year in Lebanon at the American University of Beirut. He is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at the School of Medicine. He will also be engaged in a quality role through the UH Population Health team, led by Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD.
Sarah Mowry, MD, is an Associate Professor at the School of Medicine and the department's Residency Program Director.
Cliff Megerian, MD, is President of University Hospitals and Professor at the School of Medicine.
The team will partner with expert audiology services led by Gail Murray PhD, CCC-A, Director of Audiology Services at UH Cleveland Medical Center.
GROWTH IN RHINOLOGY
Kenneth Rodriguez, MD, Division Chief, Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery, welcomes two new members to his division:
William Colby Brown, MD, completed his fellowship training in rhinology and anterior skull base surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He will practice at University Hospitals Parma Medical Center and UH Cleveland Medical Center.
John Gerka Stuyt, MD, completed his fellowship in Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base Surgery at the University of California, Irvine, and will practice at UH Akron ENT, and UH Portage Medical Center and UH Solon Health Center.
These new faculty — in addition to current faculty members Brian D'Anza, MD, and Nipun Chhabra, MD — bring the number of fellowship-trained sinus surgeons within the UH system to five. Rhinology also welcomed a nurse practitioner, Courtney McAvinew, CNP, who will be managing the department's nonsurgical sinus and nasal practice.
Rhinology achievements and appointments
Dr. D'Anza, who is a founding member of the AAO Telehealth Committee and Medical Director of Telehealth at UH, works daily to refine and improve telehealth services for UH patients. Under his leadership, THE UH Ear, Nose & Throat Institute has dramatically expanded telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic.
Also in 2020, the division celebrated the appointment of Dr. Chhabra as Division Chief for ENT at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center.
Division Chief Dr. Rodriguez was also selected as an inaugural member of the American Rhinologic Society's (ARS) Skull Base and Orbital Surgery Section and it's Diversity and Inclusion Committee. He was recently appointed to the editorial board of the American Journal of Otolaryngology.
NEW CENTER FOR FACIAL REANIMATION
Cyrus Rabbani, MD, joined UH ENT Institute as a facial plastic surgeon, supporting the growth of the new facial reanimation program. He recently completed his fellowship at Johns Hopkins University with specialty interest in facial reanimation.
In addition to helping build the program, Dr. Rabbani brings expertise in functional/cosmetic rhinoplasty and other cosmetic rejuvenation procedures. He will work collaboratively with the UH pediatric craniofacial clinic and with neurology and plastics to deliver true multidisciplinary care.
We welcome Akina Tamaki, MD to our Head and Neck Oncology Division. Dr. Tamaki completed her fellowship training at the Ohio State University in Head and Neck Microvascular Reconstruction and joins 6 fellow faculty: Rod Rezaee MD, Pierre Lavertu MD, Ted Teknos MD, Nicole Fowler MD, Jason Thuener MD, Shawn Li MD.
Research to accelerate cancer
In September, the National Institutes of Health awarded School of Medicine researchers a $420,000 grant to develop a new device for instantly detecting oral cancer. Applying imaging and algorithmic technologies, the device would replace costlier, drawn-out lab testing — typically involving a painful biopsy of a patient's mouth lesion — with a hand-held tool that could deliver test results in as few as 30 minutes.
"The idea is to quickly, easily, non-invasively and cost-effectively determine if a suspicious lesion is cancerous, or in other cases, to screen individuals regularly to see if their lesion has progressed to cancer," explains Aaron Weinberg, PhD, the project's principal investigator and a professor in the School of Dental Medicine, and the UH ENT Institute.
Dr. Weinberg's team of interdisciplinary researchers also includes Umut Gurkan, PhD, the Warren E. Rupp Associate Professor at the Case School of Engineering; Anant Madabhushi, PhD, the F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics; and Rod Rezaee, MD, also an associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the School of Medicine.
No Clinic, No Problem
On October 1, Ear, Nose & Throat Quality Lead Nicole Fowler, MD, and her team operationalized the department's first Oral Cancer Screening Program outside of University Hospitals. The screening was held at a local Cleveland homeless shelter that houses 40 residents.
Dr. Fowler's multi-disciplinary team, which included faculty, residents, nurses and administrative support from Jasmine Boggan, and community outreach support from Chesley Cheatham, and fully embodied the UH mission: "The Science of Health. The Art of Compassion." The team screened 20 individuals, resulting in one new skin cancer diagnosis and 25% of patients requiring follow-up.
The team applied for and received a $1,000 grant through the American Head & Neck Society's Community Service Awards to support this effort.
Having recently completed the FLEX program for female faculty in the School of Medicine, Dr. Fowler continues to grow her leadership expertise. In 2020, she was selected for the American Head & Neck Society's (AHNS) Survivorship, Supportive Care & Rehab Service/Committee and Diversity Service/Committee for 2020-2023. She was also chosen to participate in the 2020 Otolaryngology Women's Leadership Program.
2020 GRANTS AND TRAINING AWARDS
Sarah Mowry, MD secured a $90K grant from Johnson and Johnson Education Solutions, $5K from Stryker, $1500 from Grace Medical to provide new technology to support our temporal bone lab.
Ben Johnson, MD (Resident), along with mentor Kumar Alagramam, PhD, received $20K from the American Hearing Research Foundation, Chicago, IL. This grant supports a pilot study to test the efficacy of the antimalarial drug, Artesunage, to mitigate hearing loss in the preclinical model for hearing loss associated with Usher Syndrome IIIA.
Jay Shah, MD was awarded a $10,700 GME Med Ed Research Innovation Award for his project "Bronchoscopy Readiness of New Current Hospital Trainees (BRONCH)". The research team includes Drs. Anderson, Frazee, Seidman, Shah, Myers, Roesch, Craven, Rose, and Endres.
Armine Kocharyan, MD (Resident), received the prestigious American Neurotology Society (ANS) 2020 trainee award for basic science.
2020 FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
The UH Ear, Nose & Throat Institute's faculty have published in a wide variety of journals on topics pertaining to all our divisions during 2020. I offer a special thanks to all faculty, resident, fellows, students, and staff who perform and support the research mission of the department.
View the notable list of publications.
To reach the UH Ear, Nose & Throat Institute, call 216-868-8943.
Tags: Innovations In Ear, Nose & Throat | Fall 2020
Individualizing Treatment of Skull Base Disorders
UH Institutes collaborate for multidisciplinary skull base program - Innovations in Neurology & Neurosurgery | Fall 2020
Important Links & Numbers
Refer a Patient: 800-552-8338
Physician Liaison Team: 216-286-9024
Transfer Referral Center: 800-421-9199
CliniSync HIE Portal
Request CliniSync HIE Access


I'm engaged in orienteering marches, which differ from sport orienteering: there is the time limit, where finishing before time gives no advantage to the participant, and the center is put on the decoding of the map. The map itself is highly transformed - this involves fragmenting, stretching, mirroring, deforming etc.
I've tried to find some information about such orienteering marches in Germany, but found only information about sport orientation and rogaining (which is for the moment, too extremal for me). So I ask, do you know, if such competitions do find place in Germany, and if so, where to find informations about them?
What you mean is called "Orientierungslauf" or in short "OL" in Germany. There are some events, but it is best you get in touch with some organizers over there perhaps using this list of upcoming orienteering marches.
In my experience the events of this kind which are not highly popular are mostly not (yet) present on the internet.
It's "popular" around southern Germany, but popular is very relative.
Orienteering in Switzerland is comparatively popular and widely known - and also called "OL/Orientierungslauf" (incidentally, Switzerland is also rather good at this in competitions).
I don't know how prevalent this is, but in my childhood orienteering was one of the subjects taught in physical education/sports during primary and secondary school - i.e. all of us kids got to team up in groups, each group got a map and they sent us into a nearby (small) forest.
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged navigation maps europe germany orienteering or ask your own question.


If you read our most recent blog post, you are aware of the many advantages that come with All on 4 Surgery. The process is truly revolutionizing the world of dental implants, allowing people to receive a beautiful uniform set of teeth. The Farber Center for Periodontics and Dental Implants believes it is important for patients to be knowledgeable about the procedures we offer. Knowledge is power, and as a patient, we want to make sure you feel in charge. Many patients who inquire about the procedure want to know more about Eating with All on 4, so we thought it would make for a great topic!
Immediately after the surgery, as you might expect, most people aren't particularly hungry. Chances are you will be on medication, and your diet will be very simple.
For the first six days, it is recommended that a patient sticks to soft, cold foods. Soft food is suggested to minimize the chance of food particles getting trapped and contaminating the wound. Extremely hot food or drink should be avoided as well to ensure the incisions are not agitated. After each meal, a patient should thoroughly rinse their mouth with mouthwash prescribed by the doctor.
Avoid food like popcorn, seeds (sesame, poppy, seeded fruit, etc.); as they can become stuck and lead to an infection.
Avoid using a straw for the first week or so; as the straw may dislodge a blood clot and delay healing.
Avoid smoking. Smoking will also delay healing and interfere with regeneration.
The healing process differs for each person, as such it is difficult for us to give an exact timeframe for when you can return to eating normally. When speaking with Dr. Farber or any Farber Center periodontist, don't be afraid to ask questions. We are here to help! For more information visit our website: LongIslandPerio.com or call 800.616.7010.


He said, "I was ironing my clothing and the phone rang ... so instead of the phone I picked up the iron and burned my ear..."
" But how the heck did you burn the other ear?" the doctor asked.
" How do you think I called you people?"


text:
Black Ribbon Award
THE YEAR TODAY
[smooth jazz]
This is The Year Today, a tri-weekly discussion forum where man and idea are made one, with your host Ronald J.R. Brentwood.
Ronald Brentwood: Good evening and welcome to The Year Today, I'm your host Ronald J.R. Brentwood … PhD. Chris R. Morgan is an up-and-coming young voice of today. By trade he is a writer of nonfiction, by guild of cultural criticism. His approaches to his genre and discipline are refreshingly, if also peculiarly, multifaceted. He never seems to stay in one place for very long, making for a small but uncommonly diverse following of regular readers. One such reader, a personal friend, admitted to me that she often had no idea what Mr. Morgan was saying, but was compelled nonetheless by the way he said it. Mr. Morgan's essays are elegant … but scintillating; firm … but fair. And ever since he was mangled to death in a freak wheat harvester accident earlier this year, interest in his work has had quite an uptick, having been retweeted this one time by Jeet Heer. So it is an immense privilege to have the lower half of his corpse with us to illuminate upon his mind and methods. Mr. Morgan, it's a pleasure.
Chris Morgan:
Ronald Brentwood: I certainly can, thank you! So Chris, if it's all right with you I'd like to get right into the meat of things. Of ideas, that is. Because I think you're that rare kind of person who really cherishes that. Who gets past the noise and strikes at the heart of things with missile-like precision. So tell me, Chris … how do you do that while remaining engaged with the temper of the times?
Ronald Brentwood: Or am I misreading you already? Sorry.
Ronald Brentwood: That is an interesting distinction. And playing off that, to what extent do you and do you not feel a part of this intellectual climate? And more to the point, are intellectuals as public as they once were, why or why not?
Ronald Brentwood: Right. Then perhaps I should clarify. Do you see the state of the realm of ideas, that is to say, the realm of order, the economy of thought, the polity of discourse, the congress of the dialectic, as one of supreme health or supreme sickness? And if it is the latter, how can the ailment be reversed?
Ronald Brentwood: That is a scathing indictment, indeed. But I worry you're missing the forest for the trees here. You're talking about a fractured culture as if it were a positive, if not something to celebrate. That doesn't leave much room for standards.
Ronald Brentwood: So if I'm following you, the trend is … no, I'm sorry, the purpose is to move away from inquiry?
Ronald Brentwood: And toward censorship?
Ronald Brentwood: Personal censorship?
Ronald Brentwood: Ah, fascinating. I must say I never quite considered the "cultural wasteland" of Falangist Spain quite in the vortex through which you put it.
Chris Morgan: [ankle detaches]
Ronald Brentwood: [laughs] I defer to the expert on that. But your point is interesting. It reminds me, if I may, of my own work, particularly my book Baked Panopticon, which sought a synthesis of the principles of Jeremy Bentham as applied to The Great British Bake Off. I think you'll find—
Ronald Brentwood: Well, the Millsian schematics of Celebrity Big Brother seem kind of rote within the context I seek to explore. But—
Ronald Brentwood: Chris, I didn't mean to impl—
Ronald Brentwood: No, no. Certainly not. I did not mean to infer that you could not follow the logic of Carol Vorderman's embodiment of the Kantian transcendence.
Chris Morgan: [foot falls off]
Ronald Brentwood: Let us then agree to disagree. I want to circle back to you earlier allusion of Elena Ferrante and Scott Walker. How do her novels and his music, in your—
Ronald Brentwood: Ah ha.
Ronald Brentwood: Ah ha. You meant the Governor? Fascinating!
Ronald Brentwood: Well it is a shame that book will never see publication. But speaking of politics, if you don't mind I'd like to get your particular read on these current events.
Chris Morgan: [legs come uncrossed]
Ronald Brentwood: Of course, of course. Now, if I read your work correctly, and I admit you don't make it easy you are not particularly keen on our soon-to-be-President.
Chris Morgan: [slumps to right side]
Ronald Brentwood: Yet, at the same time, you have erred on the side of restraint, even full on skepticism, of our—and by "our" I mean fellow intellectuals and activists—ability to encourage and embody the spirit of resistance in these fraught times. Care to clarify?
Chris Morgan: [slowly rotates 180 degrees, backside facing the host]
Ronald Brentwood: Is the moral life possible? And if so, what political movement, if any, is the best guardian of it?
Chris Morgan: [slides forward]
Ronald Brentwood: If there is a critique of your work, I wonder if it is not that it almost mourns the liberal status quo without truly opening your heart and mind to any real alternative.
Chris Morgan: [thuds flat on the studio floor, chair knocks over]
Ronald Brentwood: Well, that is fair. I do hope that your work is read more keenly going forward. Mr. Morgan this has been a truly stimulating exchange that I won't forget any time soon.
Well, that is all we have for this show, thank you again. Please join us for our next episode when Sam Kriss reads from his forthcoming collection of Curtis Yarvin and hellfire-engulfed ghost of Lord Macaulay slash fiction. Until then, I'm Ronald J.R. Brentwood, PhD. Good night.
[Escape (The Piña Colada Song)]
MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
6:56 PM—elevator muzak
Uninvited Guest 2: Are you sure we're allowed in?
Uninvited Guest 1: We're not disallowed.
Uninvited Guest 2: What does that mean?
Uninvited Guest 1: It's an office party; it's not the fucking Forbidden Palace.
Uninvited Guest 2: What?
Uninvited Guest 1: It's not a fucking Mormon temple.
Uninvited Guest 2: Okay.
Uninvited Guest 1: It's an office.
Uninvited Guest 2: What's it called again?
Uninvited Guest 1: Annex Holdings, Inc.
Uninvited Guest 2: What's that?
Uninvited Guest 1: It's a tech startup.
Uninvited Guest 2: It doesn't sound like a tech startup.
Uninvited Guest 1: Will you trust me, dude?
Uninvited Guest 2: I think we're early.
Uninvited Guest 1: Relax. This is a new era. Being early for parties is the classy thing.
Uninvited Guest 2: Where did you hear that?
Uninvited Guest 1: Around. (pause) xoJane. Ah, here we are.
Receptionist: Oh, I'm sorry we're closed for busin—
Uninvited Guest 1: Oh we're expected, thanks.
Receptionist: Excu—
Uninvited Guest 2: Uhm … merry Christmas.
7:02 PM—"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Uninvited Guest 1: It's not quite what I thought it would be.
Uninvited Guest 2: Are you sure this is the right place?
Uninvited Guest 1: Where else could it be?
Uninvited Guest 2: We could have just walked into an entirely different Christmas party.
Uninvited Guest 1: Nope there she is. Hey, Karen!
Karen: Uhm … hey.
Uninvited Guest 1: This place gave us quite a surprise.
Karen: Yeah. (pause) What are you doing here?
Uninvited Guest 1: Well, you remember when we were at Gregory's last weekend?
Karen: Yeah.
Uninvited Guest 1: And you said you couldn't see that screening of All That Heaven Allows at the Film Forum because you had this?
Karen: Yes.
Uninvited Guest 1: Well I decided to come and visit. To see your world.
Karen: I don't consider thi—
Uninvited Guest 1: And I brought my friend.
Uninvited Guest 2: Hi. Merry Christmas.
Karen: Hi. (pause) Look, I don't think you should—
Rod: Hey, Karen, who are these guys?
Karen: Rod … this is a … friend of mine from a previous job.
Rod: And how do you do? I'm Rod.
Uninvited Guest 1: Just fine.
Rod: And who are you?
Uninvited Guest 1: This is a friend of mine from a previous job.
Rod: Well put 'er there, you two. Welcome to the Annex Holdings annual holiday festivities. Do you guys want elf hats? Santa hats are for closers.
Karen: Uh, they were just on their way—
Rod: Nonsense, the night is young. The eggnog's already spiked.
Karen: It's supposed to be spiked.
Rod: Not with Drano, though. You come with me, sir.
Uninvited Guest 2: Sure.
Rod: We got these things called Moscow Mules. Fuck if I know what goes in them but they come in nice cups, which we don't have admittedly, and everyone in this city just shy of grad school pounds it like Gatorade.
7:28 PM—"Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"
Babs: Cataracts?
Arnold: No.
Dave: Scoliosis?
Arnold: I don't see it.
Reggie: Corpuscles fucking everywhere.
Langdon: Nocturnal emissions?
Reggie: Still?
Langdon: Don't judge.
Arnold: Actually …
Dave: Wait … what about blackhead removal?
Arnold: Can you prove it isn't preexisting?
Dave: My skin had a youthful glow until my divorce.
Arnold: Which one?
Dave: Oh fuck off.
Babs: What about the kid?
Uninvited Guest 2: Me?
Arnold: Wanna test your luck with health plan limitations?
Uninvited Guest 2: Oh no, I'm fine. But relatedly, I keep getting hernias confused with hemorrhoids.
Reggie: What about paternal prepartum depression?
Arnold: Ah, yes.
Reggie: Hot damn! Living to see New Year's here we come!
7:46 PM—"Frosty the Snowman"
Uninvited Guest 1: Ah, hello, I'm looking for my frie—
Kyle: Why do you tremble at me alone?
Uninvited Guest 1: Excuse me?
Kyle: Tremble also at each other! Have men avoided me, and women shown no pity, and children screamed and fled …
Uninvited Guest 1: There are no children here.
Kyle: … only for my lampshade?
Uninvited Guest 1: Yes, that's very funny.
Kyle: What, but the mystery which it obscurely typifies has made this piece of crape so awful?
Uninvited Guest 1: But seriously, my friend, have you—
Kyle: Then deem me a monster, for the symbol beneath which I have lived, and die! I look around me, and, lo! on every visage a lampshade!
Uninvited Guest 1: This place only has overhead fluorescent lights.
Kyle: I brought this in from home.
Uninvited Guest 1: Oh fun!
Kyle: Seasons greetings, young man.
8:15 PM—"Santa Baby"
Laura: Partied out already?
Uninvited Guest 2: Oh, not really it's just … I don't know anyone here.
Laura: Are you new?
Uninvited Guest 2: No … actually I don't work here at all.
Laura: A stowaway! From what great height did you fall to end up here?
Uninvited Guest 2: Huh?
Laura: What do you do?
Uninvited Guest 2: I'm a freelancer.
Laura: Freelance what?
Uninvited Guest 2: Freelance copyediting, freelance space-filling, freelance coffee making. Freelance whatever.
Laura: So what do you say your job is to people you actually want to look useful to? Like dates or your grandparents?
Uninvited Guest 2: That is what I tell them.
Laura: Brave man.
Uninvited Guest 2: No, I mean I'm actually a caretaker for a place on West 10th Street.
Laura: Not 14 West 10th Street?
Uninvited Guest 2: Yep.
Laura: No way. Is it true what they say? About the deaths? About the hauntings? Have you seen anything?
Uninvited Guest 2: It's plenty haunted. By cats.
Laura: Oh God.
Uninvited Guest 2: I count about 20 of them. 25 maybe.
Laura: When I was interning, I'd earn some extra cash working for this renters advocacy group. I'd pose as a relative of a recently dead shut-in and I'd squat in their apartment to keep it rent-controlled.
Uninvited Guest 2: I once answered an ad in Craigslist for party clowns.
Laura: Nice.
Uninvited Guest 2: I can see why they didn't specify the party.
Laura: Oh goodness.
Uninvited Guest 2: Yeah.
Laura: I mean, I was also a digger on Hart Island.
Uninvited Guest 2: Wait what?
Laura: Bulldozer operation is listed under Special Skills in my résumé.
8:41 PM—"Last Christmas"
Uninvited Guest 1: Ah, there you are!
Karen: Yep. Here I am.
Uninvited Guest 1: Interesting place of work you have here.
Karen: I wouldn't call it that, per se.
Uninvited Guest 1: Well I remember it seeming a little different. From what you told me. More ergonomic chairs. More ping pong tables and inspiration boards. More wellness dens.
Karen: Well, okay, maybe our conversations were more … aspirational than properly truthful.
Uninvited Guest 1: Like, do you even still do graphic design?
Karen: Of course.
Uninvited Guest 1: Really?
Karen: I do annual reports. (pause) I do stationary. (longer pause) Bathroom signs. I design bathroom signs.
Uninvited Guest 1: Seriously?
Karen: Oh you're one to talk. What have you been doing since the firm laid us off? "Freelancing?"
Uninvited Guest 1: Unlike you I've been doing stationary. High-end stationary, as a matter of fact. Look at this business card.
Karen: This is your own business card.
Uninvited Guest 1: And that's a proof so actually I'm going to need that back. Things are a little tied up with the printer. It's very political.
Karen: Listen. I didn't want to do this here but … I think you and I need to go back and … take stock in what our standards are.
Uninvited Guest 1: Are you saying I have low standards?
Karen: No, no I'm say—
Uninvited Guest 1: Because I don't think you know what I'm capable of.
Karen: No, this is coming out wrong, I think.
Uninvited Guest 1: I can out-decline you any day of the week.
Karen: What?
Uninvited Guest 1: I can decline you under the table.
Karen: Oh fuck off.
Uninvited Guest 1: Oh hell yes. It is on now.
9:06 PM—"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"
The Boss: Okay people, gather round, gather round. (pause) I just wanted to wish all of you a merry Christmas or a happy holidays or whatever is appropriate in this context. I also wanted to thank you for your dedication and drive this year. It's been rough on all of us, for sure, but thanks to everyone we've beaten our fourth quarter profit estimates by six percentage points. Give yourselves a hand, people.
Everyone: (applauds, cheers) Here, here!
The Boss: Now, I gather you all got your envelopes from under your chairs? I apologize for the elaborate antics but I'm sure my giddiness is a little bit justified.
Everyone: (laughs)
The Boss: And I'm sure the suspense is killing you. So without further adieu, please open up your envelopes and see your holiday bonuses.
Everyone: (cheers)
Trevor: Uhm …
The Boss: What? What is it, Trevor?
Trevor: These are credit card receipts from Club 21.
Laura: And they look like they've been loogied on.
The Boss: An astute observation, Laura. (long pause) Look, what are we? A business, right? And a business by its very nature is profitable. It doesn't really matter by what measure so long as it's profitable. By what logic am I supposed to give you extra money for doing exactly what I hired you for at the rate at which we mutually agreed to pay you? Think, people. You're human beings, you're not parasites. (laughs)
The Boss: I am actually very serious here. (pause) But keep laughing. Laughter is good for morale. I read it on Business Insider. Now who's ready for white elephant?
10:03 PM—"Wonderful Christmas Time"
Jacob: Hey, what's wrong?
Karen: Nothing, I just want to get out of here.
Jacob: Some people from my office are meeting at Slattery's. I was thinking of swinging by but … you don't evidently feel up for that.
Karen: Sorry.
The Boss: Ah, Karen, so glad I caught you before you left.
Karen: Oh, yes, sir. Merry Christmas.
The Boss: Yes, yes; merry Christmas and all that. So I've been meaning to talk to you.
Karen: Okay.
The Boss: I met this gentlemen you invited to our party. Ah, there he is.
Uninvited Guest 1: Sup?
Karen: Oh no, sir, it's all a big misunderstanding, he's not—
The Boss: Well, we got to talking for a bit. He spoke very highly of you.
Karen: He did?
The Boss: Yes, he told me that you're a talented, ambitious designer who's being unduly limited by your current duties.
Karen: Well, I mean, if he says so …
The Boss: He does. He said you were meant for great things and should be granted the quickest access to them.
Jacob: That's not bad, I told you things were going to turn around, Karen.
The Boss: And turn around they will, as this gentleman has offered to assume your duties at half the salary.
The Boss: So that you may spread your wings across this great city. As a freelancer.
Karen: Wait. No, no, no, no.
The Boss: Goodbye, Karen. I wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors.
Karen: Wait … sir … we've made so much money this year. Surely you can have two bathroom sign designers.
The Boss: I suppose we could, but this allows me to finally get people to shut up about the Keurig machine everyone's been bothering me about.
Uninvited Guest 1: It's a Christmas miracle!
The Boss: Indeed, it's not often I get to make everyone happy.
10:27 PM—elevator muzak
Uninvited Guest 2: That wasn't bad, actually.
Uninvited Guest 1: What did you end up getting in white elephant?
Uninvited Guest 2: American Gigolo on VHS.
Uninvited Guest 1: I think that was playing in Manitoba's last time I was there.
AGAINST AUTHORITY
In a year that was full of debates at varying degrees of bitterness, detachment, resignation, and sorrow, perhaps the most irritating—if only because its very basis only served to exemplify its participants' high literacy—was trying to pinpoint which novelist's work best complemented this year's events and temper. Conservatives seemed to argue for Tom Wolfe, liberals for Philip Roth, feminists for Margaret Atwood. I tried to make a case for Anne Rice and people just stopped taking me seriously at that point, which would be entirely fair if all of us hadn't been equally wrong.
If we don't know of W.W. Jacobs's short story "The Monkey's Paw," we at least know the basic lore* it popularized, of a luckless protagonist receiving a charmed object that grants wishes but for a steep price. Jacobs's married couple wishes for $200 and it comes, in the form of compensation when their son is killed in a work accident. They wish their weeks-buried son back to life, and get that as well, in the most literal sense. And so on and so forth. It turns out to be a fitting assessment for events that defy easy rationalization or acceptance. Donald Trump's election seemed all but obstructed by his own mercurial impulses and incompetence, giving his mandate-light victory an air of the supernatural. Someone, maybe more than one person, had a debt on their hands that we are all paying down.
What else sensibly explains the unforeseen downfall of Hillary Clinton? She who was ready, and we for her, to take the reins from her former rival and boss to not only perpetuate his vision, but to improve upon it with her vast wealth of governmental qualifications. There was no conversation to be had about it with anybody, not out of intolerance, mind you, but as a matter of simple logic. This was all very sensible and simple; this was not a grand game of chess but a puzzle. Everything was going to fall into place and the Grandma Moses landscape we made together was going to be enjoyed for all as autumn trudged into winter. On the surface it would take a markedly malignant thinking to counteract that kind of certainty.
Hillary Clinton is competent, intelligent, and savvy. She may be stiff among her lessers and cunning when she tries to reach them but she is serious, both with a vision to implement and the practical know-how of implementing it. She had won elections, gained appointments, and with the powers inherent in those earnings used her personal prowess to put decisions into action. Hillary Clinton was the most qualified candidate for President in recent memory. She was qualified in the same way that James Madison was qualified, that John Quincy Adams was qualified, that James Buchanan, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, and Lyndon Johnson were all able and qualified. She was a part of an American political tradition, not a particularly hallowed one, but one that had its roots, which voters proceeded to cut.
"Authoritarian" must rank as one of the most frequently used terms of 2016 after "dumpster fire." Critics trying desperately to foretell the kind of hardened governance that would be imposed from a White House in which Donald Trump had taken residence lobbed it against him without relent. An ironic use, certainly, as following a stricter definition, Donald Trump isn't much of an authority in anything; certainly not in government, just barely in business, maybe, if nothing else, in marketing. Political scientists could spend the whole of their tenures parsing the reasons for which certain voters went for Trump, what remains foremost, however, is that they took essentially a blind chance on an open-ended model. Authoritative governance—that is, one infused with the knowledge and resources for managing power—seems a tempting alternative compared to the possibilities of chaotic, irrational, paranoid, indifferent, or corrupt governance. But the semantics game had been played, and this precarious amateurism has won anyway.
That the ascendance of Trumpian amateurism is a worthy price for neutralizing Clintonian technocracy is not at all evident. But even so unsubtle a situation as this one still has a subtle silver lining that as many people as possible should heed. Provided there will be an option to do so.
Authoritative government, one of expertise, meritocracy, and girded networks, leaves little in the way of broader participation. One who doesn't know the right things does not get very far. If you don't know, then vote for the people who clearly do. Amateurism throws that concept into the incinerator. Peter Thiel, in joining the Trump transition team, assuming he is still on it as of this writing, claims Trump's presidency will be "inclusive." I have no idea what that means to him, but the very nature of Trump's candidacy makes it true. The democratic process does not end with a single private act, a ceding of trust in one person's judgment. We are all now able to be judges, to be participants, not to lack salient knowledge but to impart a broader range of thinking. People who have been long left out of the epicenter for whatever reason can reenter, people never seeking it to begin with find themselves thrust into it. This pattern, of course, has been going on for years since the ascendance of the internet, but the internet served as a kind of shell that election 2016 has broken. This is not to say that this situation is wholly optimistic, it is by no means assured that this will not entrench insanity. But the once predominant bulwark for sanity, our technocracy, is vulnerable, and the onus is now elsewhere, it is, rightly or wrongly, on us.
In Jacobs's story, the possessor of the monkey's paw has three wishes. One can only speculate as to what further fallout from further wishes in this very supernatural year could produce. I will not venture to suggest anything, but there is an ironic outcome I have in mind, if that does any good. An outcome perhaps that shows our new amateur political actors a way past the idea of central power and of singular greatness, and into a verdant oasis of humble small scale cooperation between concrete individuals who one could meet as equals, hear their pleas, and toss aside the old political baggage to forge new coalitions. This, like everything else, could foreseeably not come to fruition, but for my own sanity I can't help but leave this hope in a lockbox in my mental palace. If one were a rather savvy wishmaker, consider yourself challenged.
*This was angle was admittedly inspired by the comment of a friend on Facebook.
OUR FRIENDS IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH
I can tell you the exact moment when The Daily Show had lost me. It was seven years ago when correspondent Jason Jones travelled to Arizona State University. His aim was to mock the school that denied the nascent President Obama an honorary degree for an apparent lack of achievement. The stunt on ASU's part looked as patently stupid then as it looks now, and Jones needn't have broken a sweat lamenting the apparent shame of being snubbed by what he called "the Harvard of date rape." But a comedic meal so rich in calories was still insufficient for Jones's appetite. He needed a side dish, a gravy-soaked biscuit of sorts, which came in the form of Kim Campbell, whom Arizona State honored for her service as Prime Minister of Jones's native Canada for five months. For the minute she was given, the game Campbell defended herself. "I was the first woman Prime Minister of Canada, I was the first woman to be Defense Minister of a NATO country," she insisted over audience laughter. But Jones was unmoved, and his point was made.
The Daily Show's humor tends to work under the assumption that few if any of its viewers will inquire about its subjects beyond the context in which the show frames them. This seems to have served the show well in this case. Jones's summary of Campbell serving 142 days as Prime Minister before being "voted out of office" is accurate. What it oddly overlooked, however, is that not only was Campbell voted out, but so were 153 other members of her party, leaving just two Conservative seats in Canada's House of Commons. It is perhaps the most devastating defeat of a ruling party in the history of constitutional democracy. The Conservatives were in fifth place behind The New Democrats, the Reformers, the Bloc Quebecers, and the Liberals. Perhaps Jones thought he was airing on the side of politeness by this omission, but then why parade her on Comedy Central at her expense at all? More likely it was a matter of expediency. The broad concept would assuredly deliver. To Arizona State University, the bar for Canadian achievement was low; for The Daily Show, Canadian achievement in itself was cannon fodder.
Canada's land area is some 3.8 million square miles holding over 30 million people compared to the 3.7 million square miles of the United States and its over 300 million people. I could spend an inordinate amount of time superficially comparing these countries. But our geographical and historical conjoining seems pointless to explore compared to the symbolic conjoining that entrances us far more so. Canada is vast, almost imposing over us, but Americans below see it in diminished terms. For most it is little pondered, a quiet house in the neighborhood occupied by quirky but friendly enough people who don't call the police when our parties get out of hand. A dismissive attitude certainly but preferable compared to others who see Canada either as an empty cultural frontier in need of pioneering or as a safe house when the atmosphere in America becomes too suffocating.
If the former was evident on The Daily Show the latter was on full display, as it so often is, during election season, wherein a notably irksome office-seeker causes the citizens he or she irks to declare that they will "move to Canada" if he or she is elected. This happened in 2004 and 2008, but the desire in 2016 seemed so heated that Canada's immigration website crashed as Donald Trump's succession to Barack Obama became inescapable. Lena Dunham, Bryan Cranston, Chloe Sevigny, and others all pledged to emigrate north once that came to pass. Canadians themselves have been graciously affectionate in this ordeal, praising us for inventing the internet, our cultural contributions, our disability laws, and our apparent destiny to land humans on Mars. But to be the continuous butt of anxious jokes of a financially flush, globally active creative class seems an odd thing to tolerate. Perhaps they don't need to hear it. Perhaps their knowing what Americans don't about their country is enough to brush it off. Or most Americans anyway.
It is surely a source of great perplexity to those who maybe halfway know me that my knowledge of Canada is as wide—if not quite as deep—as it is. No less so to actual Canadians. And while all three of my brothers have been to Canada on separate occasions—one of them was even in a band that had moved to New Jersey from Vancouver—I have not set foot on its soil, and have no intention to (more on that later). My interest came from a few sources, but primarily from the 1993 edition World Book encyclopedia set my mom had given me, because I wouldn't stop reading a 1975 edition at school (and that is why I still use Czechoslovakia). The set was likely meant for both sides of the 49th parallel, as it had detailed multipage entries on each Canadian Prime Minister, ending with Brian Mulroney, in a style similar to that of our Presidents, ending in Bill Clinton. It was probably the dichotomy it offered that spurred the interest on, mostly along political and historical lines. The internet only enabled it, particularly upon discovering that a lot of archived National Film Board and CBC material can be viewed online for free in the United States. And though my knowledge is imperfect, I offer this tribute to those aspects of Canada that most fascinate me.
Canada is a spiteful nation. For all of the similarities and familiar friendliness the United States and Canada share, there's still the strange fact of Canada's very existence. Indeed, its very identity is fortified in its continual rebuffs of America's intentions for more than a century. Americans little remember the War of 1812, but it remains fresh for Canadians, particularly the finale in which they with British troops burned Washington DC. Confederation itself was spurred as John A. Macdonald and his Tories looked down in abject horror at our Civil War. John Diefenbaker feuded tensely with Kennedy over nuclear missile storage on Canadian soil, and George Grant's Lament for a Nation bemoaned the encroaching liberal modernist influence of the United States on Canada. "We know what our rights are. We enjoy them. We don't have to state them," Manitoba Premier Sterling Lyon said of Pierre Trudeau's constitutional reforms. "This rather American approach to it is really not ours. We don't worry about things like that. We do what's right." This was put more neatly when, analyzing the "geopolitics of Girls," Foreign Policy's Daniel W. Drezner singled out the Canadian attributes of Zosia Mamet's Shoshanna as being "seemingly polite, but bubbling over with passive-aggressive insecurities."
Canada is a divided nation. America's assumption of a monopoly on internal existential strife is maybe the primary symbol of its self-centeredness. There have been many civil wars in the world since our own but ours somehow stands as the Pet Sounds of that style of conflict, and it infects our thinking today. But America's social problems are more a hellish bacchanal of intersectional short-circuiting than a simple us versus them-ism. Canada may not be immune from such overlaps but its collection of neat binaries is impressive: indigenous versus settler; English versus Scottish; Anglophone versus Francophone; Tory versus Grit; provincialism versus federalism; eastern cities versus western prairies; the maritime versus everyone else. These conflicts exert themselves in different and comparably less dramatic ways than we are prone down here. Which is preferable seems like a matter of taste; if Canadians are subtler, Americans are more cathartic.
Canada is a changing nation. But also an orderly one. In some ways it is understandable how Canada can haunt us from above as it does. Our flair for the dramatic, our simultaneous pathological attachment to tradition and impulsive drive for pioneering has long left our social workings exhausted, confused, and constipated. Separation of powers becomes competition of powers. Fearful resistance to slight short-term change backfires into momentous, traumatic long-term revolution. Canada's reputation of social maturity seems earned at least in part. It contains a healthy amount of legislative supremacy, it accommodates political diversity more ably, it is not as conflicted about socialism, its Supreme Court Justices are age-limited, provinces do not have apocalyptic shit fits whenever the federal government interferes in their interests. Its Senate is a laughingstock but you take the bad with the decent.
Canada is a strange nation. It is the land that gave us Margaret Atwood, David Cronenberg (with public funding!), Black Christmas, Kids in the Hall, and Marshall McLuhan. It gave the Governor General's Literary Award to a novel about a librarian who has sex with a bear. It is the land of yogic flying and William Lyon Mackenzie King's dogs. Most confounding of all was when it treated The Tragically Hip's final show earlier this year as if it was a state funeral. Canada's strangeness is a refreshingly self-conscious and honest one. It seems at once unique to it while also being apart from it. Contrast this with the United States, which is not so much weird as it is authentic. And yet …
Canada is a lame nation. There's no concealing it. Its history is drier and less mythical or epic. (Though Kate Beaton does her damnedest.) It propped up Stephen Harper for nearly a decade, and foisted Rush, Bryan Adams, Alanis Morissette, and Snow on everyone. In this regard I feel bad for Canada. In a perfect world, such things would not be embarrassments but simple broad entertainment sources. It would be a world without its southward neighbor, that is, whose cultural life is shaped almost entirely out of tragedy, conflict, and its incurable religious impulses. Canada is lame much in the same way that America is intense, and Americans wear their intensity about as boldly as they feel it. It is truly a complex I do not wish on friend and enemy alike.
But Canada is, after everything, a nation. It is not a massive heated blanket in which Americans can wrap themselves whenever they are frightful—and are they ever so.
With such a tribute it would seem all the more puzzling that I haven't visited Canada. But as I see it, the longing is felt because rather than in spite of the fact that I will never see the nation with my own eyes. It is not so much my distaste for air travel or my aversion to cold weather, though they certainly play a part, but more crucially it runs counter to what makes me American. If there is an ideal relationship between Canada and America, it is that of Charlie Bucket staring at the titular chocolate factory from the gates, a place where "nobody ever goes in, nobody ever comes out." America is my home and my tomb. It needs constant upkeep for the time when the mystic cord to which I and my fellow citizens are tied pulls me into the ground and puts me to my greatest use. I could never be wholly engaged with any foreign country, as I would be fretting over the mutations I am missing out on back in my own. Any citizen of a non-American country would see plainly how badly I mix in with them. I mean, I do not mix well with other Americans but then other Americans do not mix well with all other Americans.
The fact of the matter is, Canada does not need this heaped upon it. If it wants it in small doses I'm sure it will extend the invitation, and perhaps some of us would gladly accept, only to realize it may not be as it seemed. Fun and pleasure may be found for a time, but no amount of free healthcare can cure the sickness felt by a spirit when locked out of its sepulcher.
POLITICAL HEADCHEESE
Announcer: Evening Information is brought to you in part by Blitz'd Coca Leaf Products. Bomb away with Blitz'd.
[lounge music]
This is Evening Information, a semi-weekly forum of the most interesting ideas and people of the day. Here is your host, Visiting Professor of Conceptual Theology at Bennington College, Greg J. Arvin.
Host: Good evening. Our guest tonight was extremely difficult to book. Though he is a prominent government official, he is a very peculiar kind. Christopher Morgan is the Secretary of Culture and Information for the Central Prairies Republic, one of the smallest of the new American nations created in the wake of the dissolution of the United States. It is also one of the most impenetrable, having little to no active relations with the surrounding nations, let alone any nation the world over. Its borders are rigidly protected, with few people going in or out, and needless to say it has long been a source of controversy and speculation. Secretary Morgan, it is a privilege to have you here.
Secretary: Thank you, Professor.
Host: So, how does it feel to be the Secretary of Information for a country of which there is very little of it?
Secretary: I wouldn't say that there isn't any information, only that the information is not usually requested.
Host: Do you deny the term "hermit kingdom"?
Secretary: That is associated with us?
Host: Generally, yes.
[pause]
Secretary: I suppose it's preferable to "hipster kingdom," which we heard a lot just after the founding.
Host: Yes, how did that come about?
Secretary: Well as you know the secessions and the expulsions that came one after the other created quite a mess.
Host: Certainly.
Secretary: A mess that required redrawing of borders based on new nonaggression treaties. California, Texas, the Midwestern Alliance all made separate pacts with the prairie regions after much of it had basically been blighted by all parties involved.
Host: Yes.
Secretary: And so out of that there was somehow a cluster of counties from South Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming that were not included in the any treaty.
Host: So they were …
Secretary: Essentially just left there. But they were sort of no man's lands, ghost towns, refugee camps, torched farms, and what have you. So the CPR wasn't founded proper. It's kind of a political headcheese. And it was a magnet for the cultural press. The overturned and smashed headstones VICE had dramatically shot were taken in our region. We're in the process of repairing those.
Host: But that's where the early reputation comes from?
Secretary: Somewhat. But I think disillusion generally had caused a migration of the young to places where they might not have considered going before. I mean, the young have always been moving west but seldom converging on this particular spot, let alone to try to make a life there. And it didn't work for a while. People came in droves and set up camps, but the camps never became homes proper. There were a lot of experiments in living that kind of went nowhere; commune living, variations of organized anarchism that just gave way to disorganized anarchism. Many of them moved on, to God knows where.
Host: So what made you and others want to stay?
Secretary: I think there's a difference between, say, those who see everything—including society-building—as an aesthetic experience and those who, having been adrift in the previous order and unsettled in the ensuing chaos, see this as an opportunity to create their own ideal of an improved order. So the Central Prairies Republic has settled into a modest population of a little over 300,000 people, with a median age of 36.
Host: Predominantly white?
Secretary: Yes, predominantly.
Host: But you've stabilized the country?
Secretary: No country, new or old, is ever truly stable. But yes, in a short span of time—some might say record time—we were able to put some sort of structure in place that would sort of streamline what needed to be done. No more shanty communes, no more debate club governance, no more artisanal economics. We operate simply: laws, rights, infrastructure, and rules of order. Fair, but ordered.
Host: How do you define your form of government?
Secretary: It's in the name.
Host: Yes but, North Korea is a "Democratic Republic," Congo is a "Democratic Republic," so …
Secretary: We're not a one-party state if that's what you're getting at.
Host: I wasn't trying to insinu—
Secretary: I am a member of the Liberal Republican Party. We are the majority party in the National Council, which elects the Secretariat. The Presiding Secretary is a member of my party. However, we are coalesced with, in order of popularity, the Green Democrats, the Republican Front, and the Black Rose Party.
Host: What is the Black Rose Party?
Secretary: A demonstration of our tolerance.
Host: So what precisely does your party stand for?
Secretary: All parties broadly stand on the principles of dynamism at home and austerity abroad. The technical details get hashed out in committee sessions, which are not open to the public, and a good day is usually measured by how widely we can distribute the disappointment.
Host: Let's talk about austerity abroad. The CPR has resisted involvement in the United Nations, and has been fingered by surrounding nations as a stumbling block towards a continental federation.
Secretary: Federated bodies do not interest us.
Host: But—
Secretary: As they clearly don't interest most people in North America these days. Unless, perhaps, they're Texas or California or any other "new country" that's just a holding place for federal government apparatchiks looking to reconsolidate power in the wake of seismic shifts that weren't in their favor. The only indication of Americanism in the CPR is its ambivalence with the metric system.
Host: You've also been hostile to human rights groups who want to assess your country.
Secretary: We haven't been hostile to them, we just haven't permitted them entry.
Host: Well—
Secretary: We get entreaties from these groups with some regularity; to which we reply uniformly that the Central Prairies Republic is a stable, just, and free society with regular elections and a robust but restrained majority female civil service, and they're going to have to take our word for that.
Host: You don't see how that dissatisfies these groups, and the world?
Secretary: Of course we see that, it just doesn't particularly matter. I think we're beyond that world where the ideas of rights and humanity are so consistent across the board that we need to preen ourselves for a stamp of approval.
Host: But it's very clear that no one knows much about your country. You are its Secretary of Culture but we know nothing of its culture. We know you have a military because they guard your border fence. But we don't know its wider capabilities, if any. We don't know what resources you have, if any. There's been testimony from original residents—
Secretary: The original residents left on their own cognizance and their understanding of the CPR is not informed by recent developments.
Host: Are they welcomed to return?
Secretary: Even if they wanted to they wouldn't recognize their country.
Host: But immigration is …
Secretary: We don't make that an appealing possibility.
Host: Are private citizens of the CPR welcomed to leave?
Secretary: Not presently.
Host: Are you in a state of emergency?
Secretary: We're vigilant.
Host: You're effective at cloaking your activities. Even your achievements aren't known.
Secretary: We're not obligated to boast.
Host: But the secrecy is … off-putting … to say the least.
Secretary: Secrecy is our policy and our right. And I believe it better assures stability within and without our borders as a landlocked region, a third of the size of Switzerland, surrounded by formerly belligerent behemoths. Look at the State of Jefferson. The human rights community seemed deeply concerned with its national health and character.
Host: I don't understand; the war crimes in the State of Jefferson are well documented.
Secretary: Yes, I was being facetious, Greg.
Host: Oh.
Secretary: Mass grave, the whole lot of it.
Host: It's unfortunate.
Secretary: Live-streamed for all to see.
Host: Yes, I understand, Secretary.
Secretary: I don't think you do. We are living in inconvenient times; deeply fractured times. There's no such thing as a big nation proper anymore, just a smattering of weak and strong small nations. If the weak small nations seem paranoid it is in some way related to the tendency of the strong small nations to be petulant. The Central Prairies Republic and its people would love—love—nothing more than to open its collective arms to an accepting world in which to share our culture, which exists, I assure you, under my stewardship. That world needs first to exist. And to say that it does when the opposite is more evident does not endear trust toward any decent nation.
Host: Well, if you've revealed one thing about your country, Secretary, it's that you're very good at watching the world around you as you conceal yourselves. That seems unfair.
Secretary: That kind of arrangement is supposed to be.
Host: You're less of a hermit kingdom than a voyeur kingdom.
Secretary: It's your show, Professor.
Host: And it's a show that must end, alas. I'd like to thank Secretary Morgan once again for his forbearance and wish him safe travels.
Join us next week when James and Dave Franco talk about the documentary they directed of their attempt to attach Guillermo del Toro to their race-reversed sign language rendition of Othello.
CINÉMA TOURISTIQUE
ON BEING A POSER
DAVID BROOKS AND THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL
PROMETHEUS'S LAUGHTER, OR REMARKS FOR A DINNER PARTY FROM WHICH I WAS DISINVITED
Eric Blair on WHO'S AFRAID OF WHATSHERF…
An aspiring essay wr… on HOW TO WRITE ESSAYS
This Week In Reactio… on A WILDERNESS OF LABELS
nishikiprestige on SKULKING IN THE DARK: AN …
Morning Ed: Entertai… on INTERNAL DISPUTE CASE FILE NO.…

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Lacking the resources about crypto? Study here!
Dangers of digging deeper in crypto
Scaling higher on crypto: Know the drawbacks
Drawbacks that lead to fall in crypto sphere
Emmerdale fans are asking bosses to end 'boring' storyline
Home/Entertainment/Ellen DeGeneres leads tributes to DJ Stephen "tWitch" Boss
Ellen DeGeneres leads tributes to DJ Stephen "tWitch" Boss
JOE HERNANDEZDecember 15, 2022
Sign up for our free IndyArts newsletter for the latest entertainment news and reviews
The news of Stephen "tWitch" Boss' untimely death has saddened the entertainment, music and sports worlds.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show The famous longtime DJ died by suicide on Tuesday (December 13) at the age of 40.
"It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that my husband Stephen has left us. Stephen lit up every room he walked in," his wife, Allison Holker, shared in a statement on Wednesday (December 14).
Following Boss's tragic death, actors, fellow musicians and professional athletes have taken to social media to pay tribute to him, with Ellen DeGeneres reacting "heartbroken" to his passing.
"tWitch was pure love and light. He was my family and I loved him with all my heart. I will miss him. Please send your love and support to Allison and his beautiful children – Weslie, Maddox and Zaia," the host added.
"I have no words man," musician Questlove posted on Instagram. "May his family find a solution in this dark time."
"Heartbreaking" on Twitter and comedian Crazy rich Asians Actor Ken Jeong recalled that Boss "was always full of love and joy whenever I saw him. And he always put a smile on my face whenever I saw him."
"So so sad," Katie Couric said of the news.
"Absolutely heartbreaking" NCIS Actor Brian Dietzen tweeted. "My family has been watching this amazing man for years. I never had the chance to meet him, but he never failed to put a smile on our faces when he graced our screen."
community Nicole Yvette Brown paid tribute to him and wrote: "This news broke my heart. I've loved him ever since So you think you can dance.
"He was always so cheerful and full of life. Always."
bridesmaids Actor Paul Feig was "absolutely shaken by this news".
"Stephen was such a wonderful, loving soul, full of joy and positive energy. I have worked with him several times and he was just amazing. I don't know what demons he was dealing with but my heart goes out to Alison," Feig wrote on Twitter.
Actress Marsha Warfield (night court) expressed her condolences to "everyone who loved him".
"I remember seeing him at the start of his season So you think you can dance. I saw him and Allison start a relationship on the show," Warfield said. "I hate to think that he was in so much pain."
Former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho included a joyful video of him and Boss teasing each other, along with a heartfelt note: "You will be missed my brother. You are missing. Thank you for always laughing and smiling with me."
"Damn, this is sad news" Jersey Shores DJ Pauly D replied. "Sending prayers to the family and friends of Stephen 'tWitch' Boss."
Recently retired NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III tweeted, "Gone too soon.
"I am praying today for the family and loved ones of Stephen 'tWitch' Boss."
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/stephen-boss-twitch-death-celebrity-reactions-ellen-degeneres-dj-b2245234.html Ellen DeGeneres leads tributes to DJ Stephen "tWitch" Boss
JOE HERNANDEZ
Kate Winslet thought she died while filming Avatar
Leilani Simon charged with murder in son Quinton's death
Tom Holland Rejects Argument "Marvel Movies Aren't Cinema"
Chris Rock's brother challenges Will Smith to a boxing match
Marvel movies and TV series: Every MCU release ranked in order of worst to best
HAIM Update 'Hanukkah Song' by Adam Sandler – Billboard


When it comes to steam action, I was so excited when I discovered Tzaneen. This is in the northern part of South Africa, not far from the Zimbabwe border.
Back in 1975, we had just escaped our ordeal in Mozambique and had a car which was falling apart. But we were on a mission, to get as many steam train photos as possible and while ever the car would keep going, we would keep clicking our cameras!
Magnificent is the only way to describe this scenery!
We had heard that Tzaneen was 100% steam action, and it was not far out of our way, so we made the detour. We are very glad we did.
There were two main types of motive power on this line. Huge 15F's hauled the passengers and many of the freight trains, supplemented by 19Ds.
Quite a few were double headers. I kind of liked the section which passed a lake.
I found a video on youtube with some footage from that time. Worth a look.
Part way through you will see the lake!
Please feel welcome to give your opinion on this line.
Got some of those too!
"South Africa has more serious problems to deal with than to finance toy trains for white tourists," he said, noting the still major investment needed in national infrastructure.
Thanks Neville. It is a shame they have cut up so many of these once magnificent beasts.
The video took me back to my youth when I fell in love with trains. Enjoyed the pictures and video. More Please.
About the Transnet official who made the racial remark shows a lack of foresight. For without passengers of all colours he would NOT have a job. The AH !


It can be rather intimidating to develop a first resume. What is necessary to consist of? Exactly how do you showcase your talents without accentuating your apparent lack of real-world experience? However, there is not a correct, one-size-fits-all answer. However, in the case of recent university grads, a functional layout might be the very best technique.
Resumes, like any kind of other written job, are read left to right, leading to bottom. It as a result complies with that your essential info must be at the top of the document. That is among the major reasons you lead with your name and also contact info. Be sure you have a professional e-mail address. Frequently, high school as well as college students have a cutesy e-mail address, which might send the wrong message to potential companies.
After your call details, your following element is the headline/ title. Once called a goal, these are now much more concise and also to the factor. A clear title, such as "Client Service Agent," is much better than a goal like "To acquire a placement in which I can profit the business while utilizing my helpful nature to help customers." That second sentence is not just too verbose, it likewise includes pronouns, which are commonly removed from resumes.
A resume is truly an advertising and marketing document, and your summary is the primary means to market yourself. Think about this as your commercial for the product you are wanting to sell-yourself. A good way to obtain the material for this section is to answer the question, "Why would certainly someone employ you?" Avoid from soft skills, like that you are a nice person as well as job well with others. Believe, instead, about just how you can include value to a business. Consider your lately obtained level, certain classes you have actually taken, and any kind of volunteer experiences you have actually had. If you have actually been fortunate enough to work in your occupation field, certainly highlight that.
Your summary needs to also consist of a keywords section, normally entitled "Core Competencies" or "Areas of Proficiency." Make sure that these words are ideal for the setting you are looking for. An excellent way to find them is to look in the job posting, which will claim something like, "Need to have experience in …" If those called for skills fit what you have to provide, of course, add them to your resume.
If you have actually taken courses that support your candidateship for the position you want, provide them right here. Likewise consist of any kind of internships, clubs, or volunteer experiences that fit. Lots of students will certainly sign up with career-centric pupil clubs, and that experience is useful to show your future employer. Obviously, if you obtained any type of scholastic recognition, such as getting on the Dean's checklist or graduating with honors, include that too.
On a functional resume, your next section will highlight the skills you will offer and also share with a future employer. A fantastic method to construct this area is to choose three locations that relate to the position you want. So, if you are considering Customer support Rep, those locations may be customer care, retail sales, and also marketing-assuming you have experience in those locations.
Under each area here, think about what your idea gets on that area. How would you summarize your approach to client service, as an example? After that you will certainly start to consider your success. Understanding that useful layouts make employers wonder what you may be trying to hide, an excellent option is to connect the success not only to the header but also to a particular placement or experience. Something like: "Boosted return consumers 25% following application of month-to-month phone-calling campaign at JC Penney" will work.
To identify your achievements, a typical formula is AUTO: challenge, activity, result. Think about where you have actually made the business loan, conserved money, improved customer service or worker relations, or developed or enhanced processes as well as systems. If you obtained acknowledgment for something like worker of the month (result), simply be sure to connect it to why you got it (activity). Tyipcally, challenges are not consisted of on the resume, however they are a terrific launch indicate consider how you have actually made a distinction.
Do not get stuck on only including paid experiences as areas where you got accomplishments. As a brand-new graduate, you may have some wonderful teaching fellowships, volunteer experiences, or programs where you made a distinction. Add those as well!
Simply listing out the placement, company, location, and days you held the placements. You do not need to explain right here since you will certainly have currently detailed your achievements and abilities previously. As a hint, if you label the section "Experience," it provides you versatility to include both paid and unsettled settings.
As you deal with your brand-new resume, stay favorable and also recognize that you can produce a winning paper that will certainly highlight your abilities and the value you will certainly offer to a prospective company. It simply takes a little time and assuming outside package. Remember it is not a question of whether or not you have the capabilities; it has to do with exactly how you showcase them.


Keep going sis your doing great. I know exactly what it's like to have a dream that takes you back to a negative memory and place. Your absolutely right it's ok to cry and have bad days that's how we as humans release our stress and emotions. You have come a long way and are beautiful strong person and a wonderful mommy. I'm always here for you and always reading your blogs.


text:
H.R.5309 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2305 Minton Road in West Melbourne, Florida, as the "Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building".106th Congress (1999-2000)
Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15] (Introduced 09/26/2000)
House - Government Reform
Senate - 10/27/2000 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
Roll Call Votes:
There has been 1 roll call vote
This bill has the status Passed House
Array ( [actionDate] => 2000-10-27 [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 376 - 8 (Roll no. 568).(text: CR 10/26/2000 H11351) [externalActionCode] => 8000 [description] => Passed House [chamberOfAction] => House )
Actions (11)
Cosponsors: H.R.5309 — 106th Congress (1999-2000)All Information (Except Text)
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15] | Cosponsor statistics: 22 current - includes 0 original
* = Original cosponsor
Sort by Sort by: First to LastLast to FirstAlphabetical - By NameAlphabetical - By PartyAlphabetical - By State
Date Cosponsored
Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] 09/27/2000
Rep. Canady, Charles T. [R-FL-12] 09/27/2000
Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] 09/27/2000
Rep. Scarborough, Joe [R-FL-1] 09/27/2000
Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] 09/27/2000
Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] 09/27/2000
Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2] 10/17/2000
Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4] 10/17/2000
Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] 10/17/2000
Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] 10/17/2000
Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] 10/17/2000
Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11] 10/17/2000
Rep. Miller, Dan [R-FL-13] 10/17/2000
Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] 10/17/2000
Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] 10/17/2000
Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17] 10/17/2000
Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] 10/17/2000
Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] 10/17/2000
Rep. Deutsch, Peter [D-FL-20] 10/17/2000
Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21] 10/17/2000
Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] 10/17/2000
Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5] 10/19/2000
09/27/2000 - Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8]
09/27/2000 - Rep. Canady, Charles T. [R-FL-12]
09/27/2000 - Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
09/27/2000 - Rep. Scarborough, Joe [R-FL-1]
09/27/2000 - Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
09/27/2000 - Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Miller, Dan [R-FL-13]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Deutsch, Peter [D-FL-20]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21]
10/17/2000 - Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
10/19/2000 - Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5]
Republican [14]
Democratic [8]
Cosponsors by U.S. State or Territory
Florida [22]


Sisaket is a Northeastern Province along the Cambodian border. The province has some national parks and numerous ruins and archeological sites from the Khmer Empire.
Sisaket is a historical province hosting many Khmer style temples and ruins. It is still quite untouched by tourism so it can be a good place to get off the beaten path and experience some authentic Thailand.
Probably the most noticed attraction here is the bottle temple in the south of the province.
By bus – Buses run every day from Mo Chit in Bangkok to Sisaket bus terminal which take about nine and a half hours. The price ranges from 400 to 700 baht. We recommend taking a VIP bus for comfort and value.
By plane – The nearest airport is Ubon Ratchathani. From there, you can catch a bus for 100-150 baht to Sisaket.
By train – Trains leave Bangkok at different intervals throughout the day, starting at 5:45am. The last one is a night train leaving at 10:45pm. It can take anywhere from 8 hours to 11 hours and the price ranges from 300 baht to 1000 baht, depending on the train and the class of the ticket.
If you want to stay in the town center, there are a few different options near the aquarium. We stayed at Boonsiri Boutique Hotel. It was comfortable, near to the train station and good value for money. We were on the 4th floor with no lift, which wasn't really a problem for us but you can pay extra to get a room on a lower floor.
There are also a couple of options right near to Wat Lan Khuad (Bottle Temple). As we were passing through, we stayed at the Peace Pool Resort. Again, we found this to be good value for money at 500 baht for a double or 590 baht for a twin room. They have a nice swimming pool to relax in after a long day of exploring.
Taxi – There are taxis available in Sisaket. You may have to agree on a price with them beforehand if they refuse to use a meter.
Motorbike taxi – Look for the men in orange vests. Tell them where you want to go and ask for the price before you get on.
Samlor – These are tricycles with a carriage on the back for passengers. They work in the same was as motorbike taxis.
You have a couple of options for nightlife in Sisaket. A good choice for dinner is at Leo's Bar and Restaurant where they also have a good selection of imported beers. You could also try out Cuckoo's Nest Pub & Grub right next to the train station. If you are wanting to play pool, then head to Happy Joy Bar on Wichit Nakorn road.
A good choice for a gym in Sisaket is The One Fitness. The opening times are from 1pm to 10pm. Be careful with the location as they used to be by the train station but have now relocated. Follow this GPS location to find them.
Another option for a morning workout is Nice Fitness but they are overpriced (300b per day) compared to other gyms in Issan.
You have a few options after leaving Sisaket. Head west into Surin, the home of the Elephant Round-up Festival or East into Ubon Ratchathani, a province with some cool activities, good nightlife and an airport. Your other options are to travel into Roi Et or Yasothon to the north.


Archive by category "Validation of learning"
The Lifelong Learning Platform and the European Volunteer Centre with the support of Cedefop organised a peer learning activity in Brussels, on 22-23 January. The PLA looked at the way validation approaches identify and document soft and/or transversal skills and competences. Using learning outcomes of – mainly but not solely – volunteering activities, participants discussed how to strengthen the conceptual basis of validation and how to further cooperate.
This Second Edition of the Survey of Adult Skills, Reader's Companion, a product of the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), was designed to provide insights into the availability of some of these key skills in society and how they are used at work and at home. It describes the design and methodology of the survey and its relationship to other international assessments of young students and adults.
Getting Skills Right: Assessing and Anticipating Changing Skill Needs. Shifts du to digitalisation, globalisation, demographic, as well as other changes in work organisation are constantly reshaping skill needs. This OECD report identifies effective strategies for improving labour market information on skill needs and ensuring that this information is used effectively to develop the right skills.


text:
All Casino
UK Casino
Live Casino UK
Tablet Casino
Indian Casino
Best Live Casino Sites India
Parimatch Review
Comeon Review
4RaBet Review
Dafabet Review
FairPlay Review
Betway Review
Betmaster Review
Mostbet Review
High Roller Casino Bonus
Weekly Promotions
Online Lottery
Betting Exchange Sites
BBL Betting Sites
Super Smash Betting Sites
Betting Bonus Offers
Euro Betting
UPI Betting Sites
Paytm Betting Sites
Online Rummy
Ludo Real Money
Game Providers
XPG Gaming
Andar Bahar Game
Jhandi Munda
Lottery Guide
Powerball Lottery
Adventures Beyond Wonderland
Live Dream Catcher
Blackjack Strategy
Roulette Guide
Play Live Roulette
Evolution Double Ball Roulette
Speed Baccarat
Deposit Guides
NetBanking & UPI
Astropay Card
Top 20 Casino Movies: Best Gambling Movies
Movies and Casino is indeed a deadly combination. And why not, both these genres are ruling the entertainment industry for decades.
Gambling-themed movies add the thrill of casino games with amazing plots.
It is all the more fun to watch the finest actors around creating their on-screen charm playing lead roles in such movies.
The craze of gambling has been instigating an increasing number of casino fans to sign up to the Online betting sites and enjoy the exciting range of betting on different sports tournaments like BBL, IPL, EPL, Champions League, F1 Car Racing, etc.
There are a host of games such as slots, different variants of table games such as Blackjack, Poker, and Roulette which you can play on the go on the apps of these casino sites.
The interface of the casino site or the app is designed in such a way that even a novice can register and start playing without a hitch.
Listed below are the best classic casino-themed movies.
1. The Sting: Featuring the great depression era, with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the lead, this movie is certainly going to hook you on your screens. It is directed by George Roy Hill.
Packed with thrill, romance, revenge, and blood bath, get ready to watch money swindlers in action in this award-winning movie.
The movie was released in 1973 and has won around seven Academy awards since then.
The plot is based on a corrupt banker who is served his fate by a con artist and a young fellow.
2. Casino Royale: This is a great movie for lovers of James Bond. The classy performance by Danielle Craig who takes up the role of the famous spy in the movie is nerve-recking.
Full of suspense and thrill, Mr. Bond is tasked to beat a well-known financier on the casino table. The story is based on the famous novel by Ian Fleming.
There are 2 versions of this movie, one of them was released in 1967 and the remake in 2006. Buckle yourself up for a good dose of thrill and suspense.
3. The Gambler: Rupert Wyatt directed 'The Gambler' released in 2014 is based on James Toback's 1974 movie with the same name.
The scene starts with the character of Jim Bennett played by Mark Wahlberg in the main role who had a gambling addiction.
The interesting point about the movie is that he used to play to lose and not win as if on a self-destructive spree.
More than the addiction, he also had accumulated debts due to his reckless habit.
He had to borrow and steal and got into ultimate trouble owing to all this.
4. Rounders: Matt Damon, Edward Norton and John Malkovich join in to create the casino aura in Rounders sitting discreetly on a Poker table.
The plot revolves around McDermott or Matt Demon who had quit gambling due to pressure from his girlfriend.
He returns to the casino table to help his friend- Lester Murphy pay his old debt. Further in the story, he meets John Malkovich- The Russian Gangster to whom Murphy (Edward Norton) owes most of his debt.
The classic Poker strategies keep Poker fans on the edge while the lead actors move from city to city to play hard also justifying the title of the movie. It was released in 1998.
5. The Hustler: This classic movie dates back to 1961 with Paul Newman playing the anchor. Robert Rossen took the idea from Walter Tevis's 1959 novel titled- The Hustler.
The movie revolves around Eddie Felson who is a pool Hustler showing some great guts to challenge Minnesota Fats in a high stakes match. Eddie goes on losing due to his overconfidence and self-destructive attitude.
Be prepared to watch some foggy smoke-filled pool halls which seem to be the hub of all dirty action. The movie bagged the Writers Guild of America Award for best-written drama.
6. The Cincinnati Kid: Eric Stoner or the Cincinnati Kid is a young Poker player's role played by Steve McQueen. His high aspirations led him to challenge the great Lancey Howard who plays his game like an artist.
The Cincinnati Kid
Edward G. Robinson plays the character of Lancey Howard. Karl Madden- Stoner's friend bring the two of them together for a match. The movie is directed by Norman Jewison.
It came to the theatres in 1965 and the plot is set during the hard days of the 1930s. The drama revolves on high stakes and love with the kid losing it all at the end.
7. The Cooler: The 2003 movie featuring Bernie Lootz or William H. Macy who works in a Las Vegas casino.
He is adept at bringing misfortune to the winners at the casino and jinx them enough to lose all their earnings.
All goes well with the casino owner- Shelly Kaplow played by Alec Baldwin until Bernie meets Natalie Belisario (Maria Bello) who is a waitress in the same casino.
The title came from the literal meaning of a cooler who is a person sent to the casino table to cool down the ongoing winning streak of a player.
8. Casino: Hollywood stars Robert D. Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci come together to create this classic movie which was released in 1995.
The movie became popular as it depicts the queer background to what is generally portrayed in the glamorous world of casinos.
Directed by Martin Scorsese, this movie never looked back ever since it was released. Ace who is the underworld mafia associate runs a casino on the Las Vegas strip.
Issues with his friend Nicky and his girlfriend Ginger created problems in the path of his success and fortune.
9. The Hangover: The super hilarious trilogy with the first one released in 2009, followed by Hangover 2 in 2011, and 3 in 2013 are all popular movies and an all-time favourite of viewers around.
Todd Phillips created this ultimate drama with four friends- Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, and Justin Bartha who went to Las Vegas to celebrate Doug's (Justin Bartha) bachelors party.
The viewers went gaga when the three of them wake up to find the fourth one missing the next day. The hilarious part is that none of them remembers a thing as to what happened the previous night.
The movie got great ratings from critics around.
10. 21: This movie features the classic casino card game of Blackjack or 21. Micky, a professor at MIT sends five ambitious students to Las Vegas on a hunt to crack the code of winning the Blackjack game and they fail to do so.
21 Movie
The movie was released in 2008 and directed by Robert Luketic. The director built on the idea from Ben Mezrich's book of the same name. Jim Sturgess, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Aaron Yoo, and Kieu Chinh played the lead roles in this heist-based movie.
11. Hard Eight: The movie derives its name from a term in the game of craps where both the dice roll to the number four. The movie appeared on the screens in 1996.
Hard Eight
Paul Thomas Anderson is the director of this movie that was originally titled Sydney.
Sydney being the protagonist and a seasoned gambler who teaches John the tricks of gambling. Romance comes into the picture and John starts dating Clementine making things awry all around.
12. Ocean's Eleven: George Clooney is all set in action with his character Dapper Danny Ocean on the sets of Ocean's Eleven with his friend Rusty Ryan.
Ocean's Eleven
He attempts to take revenge on his rival- Terry Benedict with a gang of eleven people herded off to loot the vault which has his earnings from three casinos in Las Vegas.
The plan was sketched in his mind within 24-hours since he was out of a New Jersey jail. He is portrayed to be a thief with principles. Ocean's Eleven is the first in the series of three movies released in 2001.
It is a remake of the classic created in 1960.
13. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels: The 1998 movie stars Nick Moran and P.H Moriarty with the latter being the local crime mafia- Hatchet Harry.
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Nick Moran playing Eddy went on to convince his three friends to pool funds for a Poker game to be played against the mafia. Smart Mr.
Harry manages to deceit Eddy and asks him to return his 500,000 pounds or give him his dad's pub. Eddy's neighbours being robbers were to rob a drug dealer and Eddy with his friends plan to rob them, in turn, to pay off the debt.
Guy Ritchie, the director is rumoured to have changed the climax of the movie after the first attempt.
14. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Again a 1998 movie, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas took a cue from the famous 1971 published novel by Hunter S.Thompson.
Johnny Depp starred movie features the protagonist Raoul Duke as a journalist who went to Las Vegas with his attorney Dr. Gonzo played by Benecio Del Toro to cover a motorcycle race.
It was no sooner than they realized that work fell in the background and drugs took over, hauling them right in the middle of a cat and dog fight with the police. The movie is directed by Terry Gilliam.
15. Beyond the Edge: Francesco Cinquemani and Aleksandr Boguslavskiy directed 'Beyond the Edge' the casino-themed movie that was released in 2018.
Beyond the Edge
The movie features a gambler who gathers his team of people with supernatural powers to win big at the casinos. They come across a mystical opponent who looks to know better and is far adept at the game he plays.
16. Owning Mahowny: Owning Mahowny is a banker's tail who has ready cash available, thanks to his job, which he spends on gambling.
He does not want to cheat and plans to return the money to the bank once he wins. Things do not go as planned and he finds himself stuck in poverty and misery in the end.
The movie is starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Maury Chaykin, John Hurt, and Minnie Driver and had hit the screens in 2003.
Richard Kwietniowski nailed this one with his creativity and a fantastic depiction of the storyline. He won the hearts of his viewers with this yet another action-packed venture.
17. Molly's Game: Based on a true story, this movie was released in 2017 directed by Aaron Sorkin. The storyline revolves around Molly who participated in Olympics as a Skiier.
Jessica Chastain in MOLLY'S GAME
An injury led her to enter the world of betting where she ran high-stake Poker games for business titans, sports stars,
Hollywood stars, and the Russian Mob. She was arrested after a decade by 17 FBI agents in the middle of the night. Her friend and lawyer Charlie Jeffery went on to help her with her case.
18. Vegas Vacation: This movie was released in 1997 featuring the Griswolds on a family vacation to Las Vegas.
Vegas Vacation
Starting off, the head of the family- Clark Griswold played by Chevy Chase had a misfortune at the Blackjack table.
To add to his troubles, his wife Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) hooks up with the lounge performer- Wayne Newton.
The kids, Rusty and Audrey are busy in other locations, one playing a dice game at a casino and Audrey finds herself in shady nightclubs.
The drama unfolds and the audience wait to see how the family finally unites. The movie was directed by Stephen Kessler.
19. Bugsy: Directed by Barry Levinson, the movie was released back in 1991.
It features a New York-based mobster Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel played by Warren Beatty who leaves New York to enter the glamorous world of Hollywood and to build gambling rackets.
Smitten by Virginia Hill, the Hollywood actress, Bugsy was forced to betray his wife. Further on, he takes his racket to the Nevada desert where he illegally constructed The Flamingo Hotel.
The movie is based on a famous book by Dean Jennings- We Only Kill Each Other.
20. The Color of Money: This is another great casino movie that won Paul Newman an Oscar for his scintillating role with the character of Fast Eddie Nelson.
He became friends with Vincent Lauria played by Tom Cruise and taught him the tricks to play and scam. Fuss begins when Paul gets tired of his showboat antics leading both the gambling lovers on different roads.
But not far away did they find themselves facing each other one to one on a pool table. The movie is directed by Martin Scorsese and was released in 1986.
These classic movies are an absolute delight to watch particularly for people who regularly visit casino betting sites and are ardent casino fans.
Stream your favourite movies right away with your favourite drink, a comfy couch, and enjoy a great dose of entertainment.
casino movie
Similar Casinos
ComeOn India Casino & Betting Review
100% Betting up to ₹35,000 and ₹10,000 Casino Bonus
100% Bonus up to ₹15000 + ₹5000 Cashback
Megarush India Casino
100% Bonus up to ₹30,000 WELCOME OFFER UP TO ₹30,000
1xBet India Casino & Betting Review
Bonus Up to ₹ 10,000
Indibet Casino & Betting Review
Casino Bonus ₹100 Free 2 Play
Glassi Review
Welcome Bonus 150% bonus up to INR 1,05,000
PureWin Review
Welcome Bonus up to ₹90,000 + ₹10,000 Free Bets
24 Betting Review
Best Betting exchange
100% Matched Deposit Bonus up to ₹2,500
Mostbet India Casino & Betting Review
Welcome Bonus up to ₹ 25,000 + 250 Free Spins
Dafabet India Casino & Betting Review
170% First Deposit Bonus Up to ₹ 16,000 Bonus
4Rabet India Casino & Betting Review
200% Bonus up to ₹20,000
Honest Online Casino Review
© 2021 Spinsvilla.com Owned and Managed by Rohit Kumar (STRICTLY 18+ Gambling can be addictive. Play responsibly, contact GameCare for support Play Responsibly - Be Gambleaware) ContactUs
Get Exclusive No Deposit Bonus


Nokia today announced Nokia E5, the latest Eseries smartphone after their adoption of the new naming convention. The Nokia E5 is a Symbian S60 V3 mobile phone with QWERTY keypad and a particular Eseries design. The 5MP camera, OS and some other specifications Nokia E5 looks almost similar to E72, and Nokia E63 to some extent. However, the new device gives more importance social networking and messaging. Nokia says that E5 is suited for professionals who are looking for a phone with business and social connectivity features. Nokia E5 is low price alternative to E72 and other recent Eseries devices. Being a business centric phone, Nokia E5 gives importance to corporate Email and connectivity.
Nokia E5 is a quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G smartphone that supports all most all mobile networks in the world. Nokia Ovi maps and integrated A-GPS provides lifetime free navigation. The S60 V3 platform of Nokia E5, has several thousand business productivity and multimedia applications in the Ovi sore. It has inbuilt 256 internal memory and support for up to 32Gb using card slot.
Nokia E5 comes with inbuilt support for multi-network instant messing and multi-inbox email, making use of the new Nokia messaging. Popular instant messaging applications Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and Email service like Gmail, Yahoo mail, Windows Live Hotmail and Ovi mail are supported. Nokia E5 also includes support for business mails and corporate communications sent using Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus NotesTraveler. Nokia E5 provide better security for important communications and data with device lock, memory card encryption, mobile VPN client and Open Mobile Alliance DM client for lock and wipe and password enforcement. The Remote SMS lock enables users to lock their phone in case of emergency using special SMS text.
As you can see from photos, Nokia E5 has a QVGA(320*240) LCD screen measuring only 2.4 inches. However, Nokia has managed to include one click access to email setup, address book, contacts and menu in E5 home screen. Users can add their favorite connect in home screen of E5 with photos. The contacts in phone book can sync with Facebook to get latest status updates of friends. Apart from this, Nokia E5 includes a fixed focus 5MP camera with LED flash. Basic image editing tools, photo uploading using Ovi share and Flickr are features of this unit.
Other features of Nokia E5 includes Bluetooth with A2Dp, WLAN, Micro USB connector, 3.5 mm headphone jack, full web browser, music player etc.
Nokia E5-00 business smartphone, Nokia Battery BL-4D 1200 mAh, charger, connectivity cable, stereo headset and 2Gb MicroSD card.
Nokia will launch Nokia E5 in the third quarter of 2010. The suggested market price of Nokia E5 is in Europe is Euro 180, which one conversion to rupees is around 10800 INR in India.
If you add double sim ,tourch light & mobile theft tracker, will be better as per market demand and also keep some offer for few days from the date of launching.
Looks quite impressive….No comments until i use it….
r u sure that this phone's price is 10800/-?
If E5 price is Rs.10800/- I'll buy however if it cost more, say, Rs.12,000/- then don't expect me to buy it.
wow what a phone. i'll buy it if it costs less than 12000……………………whats the price anyway in bangalore ????????????///??//???????//??????? plz somebody give me information!
Will there be any decrease in this phone's price in future? Pls suggest. I wish to buy it.
i hv alrdy E71 bt E5 is better.