"Birkat David," of Rabbi David of Talna, Zhitomir 1862—first edition.
Pshatim and drashot on the Torah and holidays, by the Admor Rabbi David bar Mordechai Tversky of Talna. Zhitomir, printed by the Shapira brothers, grandsons of the Rebbe from Slavita. First edition. (4) 143 pages. There are copies with an additional dust jacket (Stefanski Chassidut 101). Nice copy in good condition. Defects and light stains. Simple binding.
Chumash, Deuteronomy, with prayers, Zhitomir 1860.
The fifth section of the Five Books of Moses, with translation, Rashi's commentary, with Ivrei Titsch. Zhitomir, printed by the grandsons of the Rav of Slavita. 2 cover pages, at the end of the volume are the Shacharit and Mussaf prayers for Shabbat. Good condition, stains from use. Wear on the last pages.
1. "Mishnayot" seder Taharot, with commentary of Rabbeinu Ovadia of Bartenura, and the ikar of tosafot Yom Tov, and additions and glosses. Zhitomir Shapira 1863. 206 page. 2 cover pages, light defects on the first pages, not bound, pocket-sized 19cm. 2. "Tikkun Leil Shavuot," copy is missing the beginning and the end, before us is page 3-160. Zhitomir 1864, page numbering in the complete copy is 168 pages. The condition of the pages changes, some in ok condition, others in bad; the majority is ok, lots of moth damage. Not bound. 3. Chumash of Deuteronomy, with commentary of the Or HaHayyim, and the rest of the commentaries, with prayers. Copy is missing the beginning, the copy before us is from page 1 until 183 (the end is complete) and the order of prayers from 1-10 (missing the end). Generally good condition, not bound, stains and wear.
Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, Zhitomir 1852.
With Be'er Heitev and Ptachei Tshuva, printed by the Shapira brothers, grandsons of the Rabbi of Slavita. (3) 221 page. Generally good condition. A few light defects. Wear. Ancient binding.
Set of Masechtot from the Shas, Zhitomir, 7 volumes. With colorful and rare dust jackets.
7 volumes of the Gemara, Talmud Bavli, Zhitomir printing—the Shapira brothers, grandsons of the Rav of Slavita. 1. Eruvin, 1862. 2 cover pages in red ink. 2. Masechet Yevamot, 3 cover pages (!) the first (dust jacket) with green ink. Rare. 3. Baba Metziya, 1859, 2 cover pages, 1 in red ink, first pages are in awful condition. 4. Holin, Zhitomir, 1860, 2 cover pages. 5. Sanhedrin, 1859, 3 cover pages. First is a dust jacket in yellow, 2 with red ink. 6. Bechorot, 1861, Temura, Kritut, Meila, halachot of Yom Tov of the Maharit Elgazi, 1860, 3 title pages, the first is a dust jacket in yellow. 7. Nida, with mishnayot of Seder Taharot with a separate cover page, 1861, 3 title pages, first in blue ink, 2 additional cover pages with red ink. Most of the volumes are in good to ok condition, original leather binding in different conditions.
Set of 6 Masechtot from the Zhitomir printing, wide margins, old leather binding.
Volume 1: Masechet Sanhedrin, Zhitomir 1859. 2 cover pages with red ink. Masechet Avodah Zara, Zhitomir 1858, 2 cover pages with red ink, bound with old leather binding, nice copy in excellent condition. Volume 2: Masechet Bechorot, Arachin, Temura, Kritut, Me'ilah. Halachot of Yom Tov of the Maharit Elgazi. Zhitomir 1860, first section, 2 cover pages with red ink. Rest of the masechtot have 1 cover page. Copy with especially wide margins. 41x27cm, size of the margins is 6.5cm. Thick, high quality pages, good condition. Bound with old leather binding. Moisture stains on the first pages. Defective binding in the margins.
Tikkunei HaZohar, Zhitomar 1865, nice copy.
Composed by the Tana Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Zhitomir, printed by Rabbis Hanina Lifa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, grandsons of the Rav of Slavita. Endorsement of Rabbi Aharon of Chernobyl. 182 pages, nice copy in good condition. Binding has been restored. The cover page is cut slightly in the frame from wear, without damage to the text. Light stains.
Siddur "Korban Minchah" Zhitomir, Shapira 1864.
According to the Sfardi minhag, without Psalms, printed by the brothers Rav Hanina Lifa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, grandsons of the Slavita Rav. 392 pages, size 25cm, a number of pages are damaged (with damage to text), professionally restored, wear and stains, bound with a new, handsome leather binding.
Tor Yoreh De'ah, Slavita 1802.
Tor Yoreh De'ah with Beit Yosef, Darchei Moshe, and more. 291 page, size 41cm. Cover page with engraving in red ink. Generally good condition, worn cover page. Defects on the first three pages. Moth marks on a number of pages, stains and wear.
"Eshlei Ravravi," Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, Slavita, printed by Rav Moshe Shapira, 1822—endorsement of the Ohev Yisrael from Apta.
Includes the Shulchan Aruch on the subject of tools, with all of the commentaries combined with the book Pri Magadim (without page numbers for Pri Magadim), printed by Rav Moshe Shapira of Slavita. With endorsements of Rav Avraham Yehoshua Heschel of Apta, the "Ohev Yisrael," Rav Mordechai Margaliot, and dayanim of Berdichov, with engraving of the printer opposite the cover page. Complete copy, original leather binding with frame. Cover and first pages have defects in the margins and moth damage. Binding and first pages are loose, the rest is in generally good condition with some moth marks. Most of the pages are green/light blue pages. Size 38cm.
Ohalei Yosef, Jerusalem, Bak printing, 1868—first edition. Rare.
Laws of kedushat Hashem, halachot tahara, tzedaka, and the vineyard. The book is constructed with the psakei halacha in the middle, to the side is Mar'ei Mekomot, the bottom has a comprehensive, wide exegesis. By the Gaon Rav eliyahu Yosef Rivlin. At the start of the book are endorsements of rabbis of Jerusalem, Rav Meir Auerbach and Rav Hai Yedidya Refael Abulafiya. At the end of the book is the recommendation of the printer, with the summary of the content of the book. Jerusalem, printed by Rav Yisrael Bak. (4) 68, 34 page. (S. HaLevi 138). Signature of ownership in Ashkenazi handwriting on the cover page—Aharon Yehoshua. Good condition, anterior binding is loose.
Chapters of mussar by the Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu HaKohen of Izmir; at the beginning of the first section are 2 cover pages, an abbreviated one and a detailed one. Printed by Yehiel Bril, Michal HaKohen and Yoel Moshe Baharam [Salomon]. On the other side of the first cover page is an engraving of a stag and the writing "A stag [tzvi] she is for all nations." The second section has a special cover page, with a drawing of a printing press and the writing "with praise, a new printing in Zion is ready." On the other side are endorsements from sages of Jerusalem. (2) 130 page. (S. HaLevi 85). First cover page has defect, pages are loose. Generally good condition, a few bits of moth damage.
Book full of droshim and chiddushim on the Holy Land, by Gaon Rabbi David ben Shimon, known as the Dvash (Ra'avad for the Western Eida in Jerusalem, 1824-1880). Printed by Yisrael Bak, including the pamphlet of indices called "Ulam HaSha'ar," 203, 28 page, good condition (S. HaLevi 72). When it was published, the sages of Israel blessed the author for imparting his knowledge. See more of the author in his book "Matzor Dvash." Excellent condition, light stains in the binding, there are a number of handwritten glosses, light defect on one of the pages.
Set of 2 volumes of "Mo'adei HaShem Kriyei Mo'ed"Jerusalem, Bak printing, 1843-1844. Rare.
All of the prayers of the Shalosh Regalim and the order of Kriyei Mo'ed for the seventh night of Pesach and the night of Shavuot. Printed by Moshe and Yehudit (the Minister Moses Montefiore). First section: (5) 4-20, 25-97, 62, 41-68 page. 2 cover pages, one abbreviated, the other detailed. (S. HaLevi 20). 5 last pages have been added from another copy. Everything in good condition. Stains and wear from use. Second section: (2) 5-108, 77 page. (S. HaLevi 19). Stains and wear—ok condition. 2 volumes, new red cloth binding with a spine from leather, with gilded lettering.
Lot of 2 important books from Jerusalem, "Toldot Yaakov" of the Maharikash, Jerusalem 1865, first edition, printed by Yisrael Bak.
Long method of analyzing Masechet Beitza, chiddushim on the construction of the page, by the Ma'or HaGadol, Rav Yaakov Castro, printed by Yisrael Bak in Jerusalem. The publisher writes at the start "this is a book by a great man…for close to 300 years no one has seen this…" only edition, (4) 96 page, 21cm. The Maharikash was one of the well-known rabbis of Egypt, compiler of the book "Erech Lehem," and "Ohalei Yaakov," when he lived in Tzfat he stayed with Maran the Beit Yosef. Excellent condition, bound with the book of Rambam's commentary on masechet Rosh Hashanah, with a short commentary by Rav Dov Be'er Ravin, Jerusalem 1887, printed by Rav Shmuel HaLevi Tzukerman. Pages loose. Good condition.
Large set of books of Jerusalem—rare—most are first editions (18).
1. "Shvilei David Yehuda," on the Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, by the Gaon Rabbi David Yehuda Zilberstein, Jerusalem, Yisrael Bak printing, 1862. 72 pages. (S. HaLevi 57). Missing the last page. Good condition. 2. "Mashal v'Nimshal," parables by Rabbeinu Yosef Haim, the Ben Ish Hai, published by Rabbi Ben Ziyyon Hazzan, Jerusalem 1913, first edition, excellent condition. 3. "Mevakesh Emunah" of Rabbi Aharon Rata, Jerusalem 1944, first edition, good condition. 4. "Sameach Nefesh" Hilchot Brachot organized alphabetically, by the Gaon Rabbi Shalom Moshe Hai Gagin, Jerusalem 1903, excellent condition. 5. "Zimrat Ha'Aretz," with the book "Kesef HaKippurim" (2 title pages), Jerusalem 1892, first edition. Kabbalah. By the Kabbalist Rabbi Avigdor Azriel, ok condition. 6. "HaKonters HaYehieli," includes 3 books, by Rabbi Yitzhak Alfiya, with his stamp opposite the title page. Jerusalem 1928, first edition, good condition. 7. "Minhat HaKohen," general rules of halacha organized alphabetically, by the Gaon Yerushalayim, Rabbi Yosef Haim HaKohen, Jerusalem 1902, only edition. 8. Passover Haggadah, with translation to Ashkenazit, Jerusalem 1897, nice cover page in purple ink, old decorated wooden binding. 9. "Sfat Emet" of Rabbi Moshe Haggiz, Jerusalem 1881. 10. "Yigal Yaakov" Drashot on the Torah by Gaon Kabbalist Rabbi Yaakov Haim Sofer, the "Kef HaHaim," Jerusalem 1906, first edition. 11. Monthly assemblage, 9th year, 5th booklet, Shvat 1904. 12. "Meir bat Ayin," Shivchei HaTana, Rabbi Meir ba'al HaNes, Jerusalem 1928. 13. 5 volumes of the book "Kef HaHaim," on the Shulchan Aruch. 4 first editions. Sections on the Orech Haim 1 and 7, 8. Yoreh De'ah section 1. Excellent conditions. 14. "Shulchan Gavo'ah," on the Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, by the Rabbi Yosef Molcho, Jerusalem 1884. Printed by the partners Moshe Peretz, Avraham and Yitzhak Gagin and Zuckerman. Excellent condition. In total, 18 books, different sizes.
"Darchei Ish" with "Ish Tz'air," the first book printed by Nissan Bak in Jerusalem, 1875—with royal stamp of the Rishon LeZiyyon, Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi. Rare.
Drashot for the holidays, special times, and eulogies, by Rav Nissim Shmuel Yehuda Arwitz, with "Ish Tza'ir," drashot by Rav Yosef Refael Uziel, father of the Rishon LeZiyyon, Ben Ziyyon Hai Uziel. The well-known printer Rav Yisrael Bak died in the middle of printing this book, in the introduction his son, Rav Nissan Bak writes of his father's passing and his printing house (an interesting and historical introduction). The book was printed with the support of Moshe Montefiore and his wife, Yehudit. (2) 118, (1) 29 page. At the start of the book is the endorsement of the Rishon LeZiyyon Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi (he and the compiler were sons-in-law of the Maggid HaYerushalmi HaZaken, Rabbi Yitzhak Prachi). Signed with the personal stamp of the Rishon LeZiyyon, written in Hebrew, English, and Arabic. Generally good condition, moth damage, original binding. (S. HaLevi 230). Important and rare book.
"Ra'ashim v'Ra'amim" attributed to the Holy Arizal. Jerusalem 1909. Rare.
Telling of the future events to come, such as famine, plenty, disease, wars, according to times of earthquakes and thunder. Second edition (the first was printed in Kushta, 1716). 16 pages, rare. Excellent condition. New cloth binding. Signed from 1910, by the young Yaakov Ba'harshi.
Lot of 10 important and rare books and pamphlets from Jerusalem.
1. "Ben Yehode'ah" exegeses and commentaries on the aggadot of the Shas, through Pardes, by Gaon Rabbi Yosef Haim, the Ben Ish Hai, sections 3 and 5. Jerusalem 1900- 1904, first edition, with title pages in gold ink. Rare. Generally good condition (section 3 the cover page is loose and the last page has damage). 2. Pamphlet "Asirei HaTikvah" by the Kabbalist Rav Yehuda Patya, Jerusalem 1940, good condition. 3. "Ashira La" in two sections (separate cover pages) with chiddushim on the Torah, Prophets, and Writings, through the pshat and mysticism, by the Gaon Rabbi Shalom ben Refael Gabbay. Jerusalem 1895, first edition. Last page os section 1 has 2 poems for a wedding, handwritten from 1900. Good condition. 4. "Mekeetz Nirdamim," drashot of mussar, given Gaon Rabbi Tzedaka Khotzin in the synagogue "Shmesh Tzdaka" before blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah, Jeruslaem 1943. First edition. Good condition. 5. "Teivat Moshe," commentaries and chiddushim on the Torah by Gaon Rabbi Moshe Baruch of Bukhara, Jerusalem 1899, first edition, excellent condition. 6. "Yedei Eliyahu" third section, questions and answers on halacha and aggadah, all of the book is with vowels (not common in books of Q&A). By Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Yitzhak Chazan, Jerusalem 1937. First edition, good condition, pages loose and stains. 7. Pamphlet on milking, by Gaon Rabbi Avraham Haim Na'eh, Jerusalem 1939, first edition, rare. 8. "Moshe Emet v'Torato Emet," minhagim of the Chatam Sofer, published from a manuscript, Jerusalem 1942. 9. "Sha'arei Tefila," Jerusalem 1930, excellent condition. In total, 9 books in 10 volumes, different sizes.
"Torah Shlomo," with colorful lithograph on the cover, of a tree, Jerusalem 1927.
The written Torah with the exegesis of the "Torah She'be'al Peh," including the commentaries of the Torah said and passed down from generation to generation, from the time of receipt of the Troah until the end of the Amora'im and the Svora'im, and the start of the Gaonim. By Rav Menahem Mendel Kasher, the Ram of yeshivat "Sfat Emet" in Jerusalem. Colorful, nice cover page, with drawing of a tree with different writings from the Tanach. Good condition, first pages are loose and the binding is loose.
"Etz Hadar" by Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook, first edition.
Halachic negotiations on the subject of etrogs from the Land of Israel, by the Chief Rabbi of Israel, HaGaon Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook, Av Beit Din of Yafo and the moshavot. Jerusalem 1907, first edition. Rare. 6. 62 pages, good condition, a few bits of moth damage.
2 books from the Gaon Kabbalist, the Kef HaHayyim—first editions.
1. "Yigal Yaakov" Jerusalem 1906, with endorsements of the Rishon LeZiyyon HaYasha Bracha, excellent condition. 2. "Haim ad Olam," chiddushim via the Pardes on masechtot haShas, by Rabbi Yaakov Haim Sofer, Jerusalem 1921, first edition, excellent edition, not bound. 2 important and rare books.
"Birkat Avraham," Venice 1696—only edition. Signatures and lists handwritten.
Chiddushim on the Torah, book of Genesis, by Gaon Rabbi Avraham Broda. 109 pages (Friedberg 1587). Size 19cm. List handwritten "HaGvir Yosef Halfon Atiya." On the last page is a note and looping signature in an old Sefardi hand. Good condition, stains, new cloth binding, with a spine from leather.
"Chiddushei Halachot Maharsha with the Maharshal," Amsterdam 1755. Featuring signatures.
"Chiddushei Halachot" of the Maharsha, with the book "Khochmat Shlomo" of the Maharshal on the Shas, with pages facing one another, printed by the Propus brothers, first edition with these two foundational texts together, (1) 300 page. On the cover page and the page before are a number of old signatures of ownership in Ashkenazi handwriting. Original leather binding. A nice copy in good condition, wear on the binding and on a number of pages.
Book of Questions and Answers of the Rama, Amsterdam 1711. Old signatures.
By Rabbineu Moshe Isserlash—the Rama. Printed by Rav Shlomo Propus, (1) 73 page (Winograd 939). On the cover page are a number of old signatures in Ashkenazi handwriting, they need to be checked, they could be important signatures. Good condition, light stains, lone bits of moth damage.


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Environments, Rats and your Neurochemistry | How Words can create a toxic environment.
In this episode of What's Your Conversational Intelligence®?, Lyn Christian and Judith E. Glaser discuss how the words we use in conversation can create a long-lived, toxic environment—an environment where the stress hormone, cortisol, leaves everyone feeling anxious and traumatized. They also discuss compassion and Judith's Trust Model as a means to combat the detrimental effects of cortisol and neuro-chemical stress.
Look up the word "identity" in a dictionary and you'll find definitions which reference such things such as a person's beliefs, life-facts, personality, etc. Identity is something that can be uncovered. There is power in this sort of excavation. In this episode you will hear more about how words can support you to anchor into a deeper sense of your own identity.
Do Less/Do More | The Neuroscience of Change.
Most of us believe that if we say "I'm going to stop doing 'THIS' and start doing 'THAT'!", then something is actually going to shift. Unfortunately, change rarely happens in this fashion. Neuroscience tells us there's a better way than utilizing this stop/start mindset. The fancy word involved in this process that we will dive into during this episode is called Neuroplasticity.
Rattlesnakes and Roots | How fear influences how we see the world.
Our brains are hardwired to handle fear and protect us. Unfortunately we often fail to realize that fear, distrust, and trust changes how we interpret reality. Ultimately this affects the way we talk to other people, and the language used during conversations with ourselves.
Cardiac Arrest | When work causes too much stress.
The Chemistry Of Conversation | What's the chemistry of your conversation style?
There are things we leave behind that can be toxic and harmful to others. I'm not just talking about plastic bags or bottles. I am talking about the different ways we communicate with others. Why do negative comments and interactions stick with us so much more than the positive ones? What's happening here has to do with neurochemistry.


1. To give way to anxiety or unease; allow one's mind to dwell on difficulty or troubles.
2. A state of anxiety and uncertainty over actual or potential problems.
When was the last time you allowed your worries to push you further and further away from your truth? When it comes to the topic of worry, I think we can all say we are guilty of giving into our own anxieties and uncertainty at one point or another. We dwell on issues and allow our minds to be inundated with limiting thoughts. Often times our worries can even take over our everyday functioning. Worries can cripple our ability to get on with our usual day. We find that we are distracted and highly unmotivated all because we can't seem to let our worries go.
It is when we allow our worries to paralyze our ability to function that we permit our worries to have access to our power. The power that would usually drive us to take risks and have confidence in ourselves is silenced the moment we entertain our worries. While each of us innately has the power to push away our worries, effort must be given to change our perceptions from negative to positive. It is only when we learn to silence our worries and shift our thinking to motivate us into action, that we truly embrace our power and attract those positive outcomes we so greatly desire.
Inspiration is everywhere. When you open your heart, mind, and body to what the world has to share with you, it is then that you allow yourself to truly be inspired by its wonders. Allow for your curiosity and creativity to emerge. Ask questions of those people and things around you and watch as moments of clarity and inspiration present themselves to you. "What if everything would just work out for the best?" "What can I do about this now?" Allow for the questions to flow naturally and watch as you're inspired to see what is true and within your control.
When seeking clarity, it's always helpful to get things in writing. Create a running worry list. As worries surface write them down and take some time to examine each ones true value in your life. Sometimes seeing a worry in writing helps the person to see how silly and unnecessary the worry truly is. What you are also able to uncover through logging your worries is that a fair majority of them are absolutely out of your control. Rather than waste your time ruminating on something that is out of your control, acknowledge your worry in writing and then let it go. Look to your worry log to determine patterns that may exist. Don't allow your worries to become a broken record. If you have experienced the same worry before you must have survived it. What's the sense of getting all worked up again? It will all work out for the best.
Nothing feels better than when you attack a worry head on and face uncertainty. The moment immediately after you do so you feel liberated and powerful. When these types of moments present themselves allow your worry to build momentum inside you, not as a deterrent from action but as a motivator to be present in the moment and deal with matter as it presents its self. An example that comes to mind in me is times where I am called upon suddenly to speak in a large group. While the initial fear and anxiety experienced has the power to immobilize me, I use it as fuel to be present and allow for my inner strength and confidence to emerge. It's a wonderful feeling when you stand against your inner limiting thoughts of how others might receive you, or how foolish you might sound in the moment, and allow for the stirring of your own power and creativity to shine through. Take advantage of moments like these and commit yourself to being fully present. It is these moments that help to build your character and shift your perspective when a new worry emerges. You've done it before you can do it again!
Why is it so easy to say "Yes"? I think it just stems down to good old peer pressure. When we feel pressured to say yes it's because we want others to like us. We take on more than we realistically can and sacrifice our mental stability in the process. We worry about having to do it all when no one has asked this of us in the first place. We were the ones that accepted every request made of us and now we are alone to suffer the consequences. Learn to say "No" just as easily as you say "YES". Save yourself from the unnecessary stress felt when you create problems for yourself by always saying "YES". All that will result is you feeling overloaded and anxious that you ultimately end up letting someone down. Learn to be selective. This practice will not only help to keep your anxiety levels down, but it will help to showcase your natural strengths. When you can learn to say "No" people will begin to respect you for what they know you can bring to the table. You wouldn't agree to volunteer to sing at a charity event when you know you can't carry a tune for your life. Why don't you stick to collecting donations at the charity event? You are an excellent speaker and have been known to be quite the people person. If there's anyone who can convince people to open their wallets for a good cause, it's you! When you are realistic with yourself people will not only respect you but they will learn to see you for your talents and dependability. Taking on tasks or responsibilities that you have time for and can do well is way more important than taking everything on and doing it poorly. Trust yourself and learn to say "No" when appropriate.
Let's face it sometimes we let our ego get the best of us. When you allow your worries to result in being overly critical of yourself, you diminish your true power and create a never ending cycle of insecurity and anxiety. Remember the golden rule that anything worth doing is worth doing badly. When you allow yourself time to do something you are passionate about badly you never know you might eventually become quite good at it.
Don't allow your desire to be perfect pull you to a place of comparison and competition. You will lose sight of your own uniqueness and will never be content. "Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order." Anne Wilson Schaef Strive to do things well and watch as your concern for perfection diminishes.
It's easy to feel pressure when you allow the opinions and expectations of others to get the best of you. Don't allow others to push your panic button. When you concern yourself on how others perceive you, you push yourself further and further away from your truth. Seeking out the appreciation and admiration of others will only appease your ego temporarily. When you don't receive this type of attention from others you begin to doubt your strengths and talents. Slowly but surely panic and worry begins to settle in. While it may be difficult, one must find ways to muster the confidence necessary to strengthen their innate power. Worry less about the opinions of the world and more about the way you perceive yourself and in turn perceive the world. "I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself." Michel de Montaigne Our self-worth can not and should not be determined by others. When we can learn to detach ourselves from judgment then and only then can we believe in ourselves and the world around us. When it comes to this strategy I think the first step to diminishing this worry begins with you. When you can stop being judgmental of others you model how you want the world to respond to you. Be less critical of others and eventually others will follow suit. If we don't want our panic button pushed then we surely shouldn't be pushing others.
When it comes to making any shift in your life you need to be consistent in your efforts. Identify realistic strategies for yourself and stick to them. Accountability is huge! When you hold yourself accountable for the way in which you feel you will put more effort into creating your desired outcomes. If you want to worry less by placing less importance on how others perceive you then practice strategies that will build your inner power. "Accept who you are; and revel in it." Mitch Albom Give yourself permission to try new things and fail forward. Stay in the present and continue to work towards doing things well instead of doing them perfectly.


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Disney+ disclosed debut dates for their August and September record at the present Summer 2022 TCA show.
Game Changers will all premiere in September on Disney+.
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Disney Plus is available on a wide variety of platforms devices
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law will premiere on August 18, with new episodes premiering Thursdays. Marvel's
Growing Up will premiere on September 8. Growing Up was created by Brie Larson and Culture House and is described as "an innovative hybrid docu-series that explores
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Season 2 will premiere on September 28. This season, Coach Alex Morrow (Lauren Graham) will take the newly minted Mighty Ducks to an intense hockey training camp in California.
Disney Plus first launched as an exclusively family-friendly streamer, with all of its content fitting between TV-Y and TV-14 ratings. With Disney regaining control of some of its Marvel Netflix-co-productions, that's changing
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Like many expensive cars of the era, this magnificent Cadillac was a 'statement' by its original owner, in this case, George Hummel of the Lorillard Tobacco Company. It is built on a massive 154-inch wheelbase chassis (largest available at the time), which further accentuates the beautiful lines of this Fleetwood-built coupe.
This car has less than 20,000 miles from new. It received a repaint many years ago, otherwise, it is as delivered new.
Cadillac's V-16 engine now featured overhead valves. The engine developed 185 horsepower from its 452 cubic-inches. Only 50 total Cadillac 16's were sold in 1937. Four stationary coupes were built in 1937; this is the only known survivor. Cost new in 1937 was a whopping $7,745.


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If you have a teenage girl in your home displaying unacceptable behavior or is making destructive choices, Clearview Horizon may be a good place to start as you research therapeutic boarding schools in Yakima, WA.
While not in Yakima, Washington, Clearview Horizon works with girls from your town in a beautiful facility in the mountains nearby the year-round resort town of Sandpoint, Idaho. We are intentionally located in a remote area because an important part of therapy is for the girl to be far away from influences, issues and similar surroundings so that she can put those out of her mind. It also discourages teens in our care from thinking about connecting with friends and departing our facility.
In our therapeutic program and boarding school, girls receive an individual treatment plan aligned with their medical, emotional, and psychological needs. Our expert and seasoned counselors care for over 20 girls in our gorgeous mountainside facility that was once a prestigious corporate hunting lodge. Our multi-disciplinary team is dedicated to helping each resident start on a new and more productive path in life. The clinical staff also features a psychiatric specialist, a primary care physician, a dentist, and licensed psychotherapists as well as teachers, mentors and residential care staff.
Girls who are having emotional and behavioral problems tend to be failing in school. Our academic program is intentionally computer-based, assisted by a licensed teacher, so that residents are able to get caught up and even get ahead in their schooling while they are at Clearview. We also provide tutoring when necessary, and regular academic progress updates are emailed to parents.
Clearview emphasizes a good nutritional diet along with physical workouts, restful sleep and fun times; all designed to teach a healthy lifestyle. Girls participate in many recreational and fitness events during the year, as well as organized team sports. Our residents are also taken on periodic camping and hiking outings in the beautiful and rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest. For spiritual support, residents are given encouragement and instruction by our Christian staff and can attend chapel services, but we also honor other faiths and will not force our faith on any resident or require them to participate in Christian chapel or Bible studies.
Parents send their girls to our therapeutic boarding school from across the nation, including from Yakima, Washington. We are proud of what our team of experts accomplishes with these girls, and our hope is that we have the privilege to also help your girl.
Please browse through our website to learn more about our therapeutic boarding school for girls, even though we are not located in Yakima, WA. Also, read some of our many success stories and feel free to ask us for references you can call.
Please Contact Us for More Information and the Fees for the Clearview Horizon Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls, though we are located in the Pacific Northwest, not in Yakima, WA.
Yakima is an American city southeast of Mount Rainier National Park and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the eighth largest city by population in the state itself. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 91,196 and a metropolitan population of 243,231. In addition, the unincorporated suburban areas of West Valley and Terrace Heights are considered a part of greater Yakima. With these cities included in the immediate area, population within 20 miles of the city is over 123,000. According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management's July 1, 2008 estimate, the city has a population of 84,074. Yakima is situated in the Yakima Valley, which is noted for being one of the best apple-producing areas in the world, a major wine region and produces approximately 75% of all hops grown in the USA. The name originates from the Yakama Nation. The Yakama Indian Reservation is located to the south and southeast of the city of Yakima.
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Should you need help finding therapeutic christian boarding schools, therapeutic boarding schools, schools for troubled youth or reform schools, please let us know. Clearview Horizon is a Christian therapeutic boarding school for troubled teenage girls offering teen counseling for girls with adoption issues (reactive attachment disorders), self-harm (self-mutilation) or cutting, or eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, anorexia nervosa). Other behavioral issues and disorders we deal with include: defiance, depression, post traumatic stress, abuse, and general anxiety. If you have an out of control girl, please think about Clearview Horizon, a school for troubled girls that offers teen counseling and teen counselors for troubled girls. We offer counseling for troubled teens and out of control teens and especially work with RAD girls and adopted girls with emotional disorders. If you are searching for residential treatment centers for girls, troubled youth homes, troubled teen schools or troubled teen boarding schools, you have found one. Homes for troubled teens and boarding schools for teens don't typically offer teen counseling and therapy, but we do.


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" For A Healthy Food Chain "
Hanfimex Group
Our Ceremony
Hanfimex cashew factory
Written by Max Tran
The Inauguration Ceremony of BRC Standard Cashew Factory
– Binh Phuoc Branch –
Hanfimex inaugurated a high-quality cashew factory in Binh Phuoc.
On June 20, 2020, Hanfimex held the inauguration ceremony of the high quality cashew factory in Phuoc Tan commune, Phu Rieng district, Binh Phuoc province. And last June is also a milestone marking a big step for the company when it officially changes the model to Hanfimex Vietnam Group Joint Stock Company.
Attending the inauguration ceremony of the factory were Mr. Huynh Anh Minh, Vice Chairman of Binh Phuoc Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh, Deputy Head of the National Assembly's Delegate Affairs Committee, Mr. Phan Van Chinh, Director of Import-Export Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade. Mr. Nguyen Quoc Toan, Director of Agricultural Product Processing and Market Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Mr. Tran Van Lan, Secretary of Phu Rieng District, Mr. Pham Van Cong, Chairman of Vietnam Cashew Association, together with grandparents representing government offices, government religious committees, leaders of departments and agencies of the province, representatives of leaders at the Party Committee level, People's Committees of districts and communes , associations, partners, domestic and foreign customers, and representatives from central and local press agencies.
Over the past years of operation, Hanfimex Group has achieved many great achievements, awarded many certificates of merit, certificates of merit from departments: Award 300 Strong Trademarks by the Journal of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Certificate of Merit. The annual reputable export enterprise is reviewed and selected by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
In 2020, the inauguration of Binh Phuoc cashew factory with an area of 20,000m2, capacity of 120 tons / day with a total investment of 500 billion and built in the largest and best cashew material area in the country, Hanfimex aspiration to improve the position of Vietnamese agricultural products in the international market. The factory is built according to the most current technology of Vietnam, Germany and the Netherlands. Accordingly, cashew nuts are processed under a closed production system from peeling to packaging, creating a value-added chain of the cashew industry, improving cashew quality with the most stringent standards of customers. products in the world, such as certification of quality standards: BRC grade A, Certification of organic material areas, Other certificates Kosher, HACCP, ISO for export to Europe, America, Japan, Korea …
The success of Hanfimex Group today is based on the vision of approaching and building a sustainable ecosystem of 6F. The Group has a partnership system of more than 2,000 radical, clean farming households stretching from the North to the South of Vietnam. In addition to supporting farmers to update their knowledge of organic and high-tech agriculture, the group also applies strict input standards on product quality, pesticide residues and chemicals. of agricultural products after harvest. The companionship with farmers helps Hanfimex ensure the best raw materials from clean green farms.
Hanfimex Group currently has 5 branches, dependent members and many associated production suppliers across the country. Especially, there are 3 representative offices in Europe with the mission of market research, trade promotion, product introduction of the Group in particular and Vietnamese agricultural products in general to friends and partners in the world. .
With the motto of "For a healthy food chain", Hanfimex Group has built Ecosystem 6F Fresh Farm – Fair Factory – Fine Food, Ecosystem 6F – Fresh Farm (Green farm) – Fair Factory (Modern Factory) – Fine Food, which means Fresh Farm to Clean Table. This motto has always been a guideline for all activities and a driving force for all ambitions of the company. Hanfimex has been accompanying farmers to provide SAFE FOOD chain to 9.8 billion people by 2050./.
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Turkish officer's asylum 'temporarily' suspended by Greek court
by Kerin Hope
A Greek court has accepted an unusual government request to "temporarily" suspend the granting of political asylum to one of eight Turkish officers who flew an army helicopter to Greece in July 2016 after an attempted military coup in Turkey.
The court cited the "public interest…and the interests of the officer himself" in its decision. Suleyman Ozkaynakçi, the co-pilot of the helicopter, was ordered to be held in custody until a full hearing of the case on February 15.
Greece's independent asylum authority granted asylum to the officer in December, 10 months after its supreme court rejected Turkey's extradition request for the eight officers. They all applied for asylum in Greece.
The asylum authority said in its ruling there was no evidence that Ozkaynakçi participated in the coup, and that Turkey was seeking his extradition for political reasons.


The history of College of Science of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) can be traced back to the Gezhi (Natural Science) Faculty of the University of Shanghai in 1916. During around a hundred years of development, the Gezhi Faculty was first renamed Basic Teaching Department and was again renamed the College of Science of USST in 2002.
Our college consists of 3 departments: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry; science labs (including professional Physics Laboratories, Mathematics Laboratories, and Chemistry Laboratories); 1 doctoral degree program of Level II academic disciplines: Optoelectronic Physics and Devices; 3 master degree programs of Level I academic disciplines: Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry; 8 master degree programs of Level II academic disciplines: Applied Mathematics, Basic Mathematics, Operations Research and Cybernetics, Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Condensed Matter Physics, Optics and Theoretical Physics, Green Chemistry Process and Comprehensive Utilization of the Resources, and Chemical Engineering; and 3 undergraduate majors: Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, and Applied Chemistry.
At present, our college has 115 faculty members, among whom 105 are full-time teachers, including 26 professors (including part-time professors), 33 associate professors, and more than 50 doctoral and master's supervisors. There are more than 280 master students and more than 560 undergraduates in our college.
In teaching, our college always regards the improvement of teaching quality a top priority and actively researches and practices the reforms of teaching content and method under the background of mass higher education. Thus, we have been able to keep the teaching quality steadily improved. Currently, our college has 4 Shanghai Quality Courses: Higher Mathematics, College Physics, Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, and Linear Algebra; and 9 City-level Key Courses: Mathematical Analysis, General Chemistry, Mathematical Physics Equations, Electromagnetics, Higher Algebra, Mathematical Modeling, Optics, Analytical Chemistry, and Numerical Analysis.
Since 2006, our teachers have coached students for China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM) and have won 20 second or higher prizes of national level. They have also coached students for Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) of America and won 36 awards. In addition, they have coached postgraduate students for National Post-Graduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling and achieved 226 awards, including 9 first prizes and 89 second prizes. Our college has won the Outstanding Organization Award for 5 consecutive years. Our teachers have won city-level awards of Teaching Achievement and Excellent Teaching Materials several times; many teachers have been awarded Shanghai Teaching Masters, Shanghai Advanced Workers, Shanghai Leading Talents, Shanghai Educating Intellectual Award, and the title of "Good Teacher" chosen by students in USST.
With regard to scientific research and subject construction, our college has made great progress in recent years. Since 2011, our college has got grants of more than 30 National Natural Science Foundation Projects and more than 40 provincial and ministerial level projects. We have published 799 papers, 314 of which are SCI papers, including 38 papers in SCI An1, 72 papers in An2, and 5 papers frequently cited by ESI. The postgraduate education in our college is of high quality. The rate of high-quality papers published by the graduates and outstanding academic papers obtained by the university comes out among the best in the university. Since 2015, 3 papers have been awarded Shanghai Outstanding Master Dissertation.
The Party Committee of our college has been keen on carrying out the "striving for excellence" activities, actively building a learning-oriented and service-oriented party organization, and aspiring to create a college culture of seeking the truth with the utmost scientific spirit("Ge Wu Zhi Zhi, Li Chong Zhi Zhen"). In recent years, our college has been awarded excellent prize for many times in the department assessments by the university.
After 14 years of construction, College of Science has developed from the original Basic Teaching Department to a teaching-research-type college with a complete training system from undergraduate to doctoral education. Guided by the university's goal of "constructing high quality undergraduate programs, creating first-rate disciplines, and pursuing the great aim of Top 100 University in China", College of Science will certainly strive to make greater contributions to the university's "Double First-rate" construction.


Can you believe that 2012 is right around the corner? WOW, did this year fly by or what? Here are 5 Ways to end BIG with your Global Business.
1) Avoid what the masses do. One of the keys to success is separating yourself from the thinking of the masses. If everybody is slowing down their activity and are already on "Mental Vacation" then you want to protect yourself and not fall into that trap. This is the BEST time of year to stay focused and finish strong!
2) Do MORE exposures. The network marketing industry is about sorting and exposing your business to as many people as possible. This is the perfect time of year to do it. People are already in the frame of mind to be in party mode and to spend money. So why not host some extra in home parties, coffee shop meetings, or hotel events? People are typically in a happier or joyful mood this time of year. Plus you also will be invited to more parties and family functions. This is a great time to not "attack" your friends and family but to "listen" to what is going on in their lives. Remember, we want to sponsor everyone, just not in every situation. Make sure to listen to your family and friends needs. If you listen closely while you are with them you will find a way for your product, service or opportunity to help take away their pain. It might not be the right time to bring it up at that moment, but at least you will know how to approach them within the next few days.
3) Stay consistent with your activity. This is not the time to lose track of your exposures or follow ups. Remember, build a business of integrity and if you tell people that you will follow up with them – then do it. The more seeds you plant this month the quicker you will launch January of 2012.
4) Give gifts! This is the season to be giving. If you are in a product company, give away more samples than you normally do. Get into the spirit of the season and give, give give. If you are in a service or technology company, use your companies services or technology even more to keep in touch with your family and friends.
5) Plan for 2012. This is the month to make sure you reflect on 2011. What you did well, what areas need improvement, where you need to grow as a Leader and ideas to generate more team members and drive volume. Make sure that you slow down enough to think, strategize and write down your goals for 2012. I'll write another blog on Success Targets but start writing out your goals for 2012. You want to have a plan going into the first part of January that will put you ahead of others who are still recuperating from the holidays and haven't planned.
So stay focused this last month of the year and implement these 5 ways to finish BIG in your Global Business. If you do, you will set yourself up to start 2012 with a bang!
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Yanks (1979) dir: John Schlesinger Blu Ray & DVD (Eureka!)
Wednesday, 5 December, 2018 by Evan Popplestone Genres/Cycles: 1970s | drama | period | romance | ww2
Swept off their feet by American soldiers
This lavish romance-tinged drama is set in England during World War II. It revolves around the titular Yanks (American soldiers) sweeping into town in order to defend the nation against the Nazis, as well as sweeping a number of the local women (whose husbands are away in action) off their feet.
The story revolves around three relationships which develop amid this background. Matt Dyson (Richard Gere) takes up with Jean Moreton (Lisa Eichhorn), a young woman who works in a shop owned by her mother Clarrie (Rachel Roberts) and father Jim (Tony Melody). However, her feelings for him are complicated by the fact that her she already has a lover named Ken (Derek Thompson) who is out at the frontline. Meanwhile, Matt's army buddy Danny (Chick Vennera) starts dating Mollie, Jean's rather more forward best friend who works as a bus ticket seller. Matt's superior officer John (William Devane) falls for Helen (Vanessa Redgrave), an orchestra cello player who comes from an upper-class background.
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A war movie without the war?
John Schlesinger's Yanks is an unusual WWII movie in that it doesn't feature any sight of wartime combat or destruction, bar some brief newsreel footage which some of the characters watch at the local cinema. However, that doesn't mean that it's any less interesting for it.
It's an absorbing and well-made drama, albeit not quite a perfect one - the central romantic couplings being arguably the weakest aspect. Or, to put it more accurately, it's the fact that Richard Gere and Lisa Eichhorn's relationship gets the most screen time despite the fact that theirs is the least convincing of the three depicted here. Schlesinger's original version was 165 minutes in length, leading one to suspect that the other two were cut down in order to focus on Gere, who was then a rising star due to his leading role in Days of Heaven (1978). It's not that Gere and Eichhorn's performances are bad individually. The former is sturdy and impassioned playing the kind of cocky, hotheaded character which would become his stock and trade over the years. The latter (who received not one but two Golden Globe nominations: for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama and New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female) gives a far more subtle, mousy portrayal of a young woman torn between the two loves of her life. Despite the fact that Eichhorn is an actress of American origin, her Northern England accent is practically flawless. However, these two actors lack any real chemistry when they are onscreen together. There's simply too little reason for us to believe that they would click as a couple in reality.
Vanessa Redgrave and William Devane fare rather better as two middle-aged characters who also gradually fall for each other. The former's red-headed grace and the latter's rough, Bogartian charm combine to lend their scenes a classy, Old Hollywood feel. There is a genuine blend of delicacy and emotive charge here which makes one wish that they were brought to the forefront. The third coupling, that of Chick Vennera and Wendy Morgan, is given so little screen time that it almost seems superfluous. It's a shame since their semi-comedic performances add a dash of fun and colour to the film.
The period background is everything here
However, the real story being told is not in the romantic aspects themselves, but in the painstakingly detailed background. It's not just the lavish yet kitchen-sink-realistic production values either (although they are impressively evocative of the period). Director Schlesinger uses his calmly observational style to take in the emotional complexities of love in a time of transience as men moved from place to place due to the demands of war. He also examines the inherent cultural differences between America and Britain during this moment in time. In the film's single most powerful sequence, we see Deep South racial prejudice imported into a small town British dance hall as a group of white American soldiers (led by Everett McGill in his movie debut) kick off at a black soldier who chose to dance with a white girl. In an act of defiance, Jean and a number of the other female attendees decide to dance with the other African-Americans in the room. Meanwhile, Matt, who is resigned to segregation as a fact of life in parts of his country, rationalises it by saying that he should have known not to pick a white female as a dance partner in the first place. Since Matt, while occasionally hotheaded, is clearly shown not to be an inherently bad person, this moment provides a fascinating glimpse into how racial prejudice can be normalised into an otherwise respectable society.
While the above scene provides a brief moment of violence in a visually heated setting (appropriately bathed in red light), much of the film is surprisingly restrained in its approach. One of the most memorable of such moments involves a quiet, guilt-stricken exchange in a darkened kitchen as one character is revealed to have perished in combat. The largely muted look fits both the drama and the reality of British life during the Second World War when all lighting was turned off at night in an attempt to avoid The Blitz.
Yanks was a flop on its release and has remained a relatively overlooked film since. However, it has aged like a fine wine over the years and, despite its slight weaknesses concerning the onscreen relationship between its two top-billed stars, is certainly worth devoting over two hours to.
Runtime: 138 mins
Dir: John Schlesinger
Script: Colin Welland, Walter Bernstein
Starring: Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Chick Vennera, Wendy Morgan, Rachel Roberts, Tony Melody, Derek Thompson, Everett McGill
The picture is fairly soft but still pleasing in terms of colour grading and contrast. The dialogue sounds a bit too muted in the audio mix, especially where the female characters are concerned. However, this isn't such a big problem because the film's storytelling approach is more visual than anything else.
Interview with director John Schlesinger
We get two back-to-back audio recordings of onstage interviews and Q & A sessions with the director, which play over the film. There is no information related to where and when they were conducted but it seems that, since neither makes any mention of Yanks or his subsequent films, they were no more recent than the mid to late 1970s.
As per usual, the audience questions are frequently inaudible, there are references made to film clips which we can't see and the interviewee rambles on at length while only providing occasional nuggets of genuine insight. However, the second is at least slightly more interesting because Schlesinger talks a bit more about his early career before he gained real recognition.
A trailer and enclosed booklet round out the extras.
Yanks is quite a different take on WWII to that offered by most films focussing on this period in history and is well worth watching largely for that reason. Sadly, this disc is a bit underwhelming on the extras front.
Video: ☆☆☆1/2
Audio: ☆☆☆
Extras: ☆☆


Welcome to my tour stop for The Next Breath by Laurel Osterkamp. This is an adult contemporary novel and the tour runs November 17-28th with reviews, interviews and guest posts. Check out the tour schedule for all the posts. Read my review of The Next Breath here.
Jed has cystic fibrosis, and his struggles with that were so realistic and moving. Can you tell me about the research you did in order to write Jed's character?
I love the story-within-a-story concept. Did you plan on the book including Robin in the past and present or did that idea develop as you wrote?
Yes, I knew I wanted to do flashbacks from the beginning. Robin's character arc has always been about self-discovery, so what better time of life to write about than her college years? But when I first started writing, I didn't know that Jed wrote the present-day play that Robin was performing in. That's sort of amazing to me now, because it's such an integral part of the story.
The magical realism was such a nice surprise. It took The Next Breath to an even deeper level of intensity for me. Can you tell me about the process you used for this inventive concept?
By magical realism, I'm assuming you mean the parts when Robin feels Jed's presence, like during her dreams, or during the play? That too was sort of something I stumbled upon as I was writing. That line about "feeling his shadow" was just something I threw in while I was writing the dialogue for Jed's play, and later when I read it back, I realized how much I liked it. So I decided to emphasize it and make it a theme. Often times, the writing I am most proud of happens by mistake!
The ending really surprised me. Did you always have that ending planned or did it come to you as you wrote?
I've loved all of your books. What's next for you?
Laurel Osterkamp becomes very attached to her characters, and it's hard for her to stop writing about them. The Holdout, November Surprise, Blue State, Campaign Promises, American Angst and The Next Breath all feature the Bricker family, as their stories continue. (But you can read any of these books in any order.) You can find Laurel on Twitter but she needs to work on sending clever Tweets. A better idea is to follow her blog at www.laurelosterkamp.blogspot.com. Laurel teaches in Minneapolis, MN, where she tries to stay warm, spend time with her two nearly perfect children and husband, and find the time to write. Her other novels are Following My Toes and Starring in the Movie of My Life. Visit her at www.laurelosterkamp.com.
That is really interesting that she didn't know about the play when she started writing. I'm really excited for the next Robin book! I agree that there's more there and I think I could read about her forever!
Thank you, Kelli, for signing up for my tour after you'd already reviewed The Next Breath. I really love any chance to be featured on your blog! Have a great Thanksgiving!


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A camera, with a bulb setting.
Find a spot where you can see clearly. Last year I took pictures on three different nights, and I can tell you this, over the bay with a long lens sounds like a good plan, but your lens is probably not actually long enough. My 250mm wasn't good enough to shoot anything more than about 2 miles away, and you may not realize it but the bay is at most points, wider than that. I found the absolute best pictures I took were from India Point Park for the East Providence fireworks show. Shooting for McCoy Stadium is tough if you're not really high up or already in the park.
MANUAL FOCUS. The camera doesn't know how to focus, especially when you're starting in the dark.
What mode should I be in? MANUAL Mode. (The one with the M.) You're going to have to with Bulb anyway. And don't leave the ISO in auto either, set that at 100-200. No more than that, or it'll just make the sky really noisy and distracting.
Shoot at a very high F-stop. I shoot mine at f/18 or f/22, it keeps the blacks black and the brights get through just fine. Plus you will have no issue with depth of field that way. Some people will shoot at f/8 or f/13 justifying that they're already shooting in the dark, but I don't think that helps. You end up with more of the ambient light from the reflections off the smoke. Maybe you want that, then go for it.
Have a friend around. Or several. Last year I shot once from the roof of a store, which I couldn't use the shots because the fireworks weren't as high in the air as I had hoped, and ended up with the power lines cutting through all of them. And I was alone up there and after a while it got kinda boring. When I shot at India Point Park, I had my friends Jesse and Meg with me, and they not only kept me company but Meg and their daughter sat on the ground in front of my tripod which kept people from walking in front of it.
Oh yeah, the TRIPOD. It's kind of a big deal. Stability. Tied right in with that is the remote shutter release, and you've got a camera that isn't moving. You won't be moving it by shooting handheld, and you won't even vibrate the camera when you push the shutter wince the remote release will take that out of the equation.
Angle: whatever fits, last year it was right around 50mm for my India Point Park shots.
Remote (Cable) shutter release: Good idea.
Time: Bulb, experiment, but from just before the mortar to the end of the burst is great.
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Mi Air Purifier 2: The Perfect Device For Health-Friendly Homes
Posted on September 24, 2016 by socialconnoisseurs	3 comments
With the rising trends in air pollution, it has indeed become difficult to maintain a safe and secured health. Especially when it comes to metropolitan cities like Delhi or Mumbai, the pollution trends seem to be excessively hazardous. Keeping in mind the growing pollution and the risking of lives, Xiaomi has brought forward an innovative smart air purifier that ensures you the best of health eliminating the risks associated with polluted air. The Mi Air Purifier 2 witnessed its launch a few days back in the National Capital and indeed was a stunning piece that proved its credibility for every home in India.
Quoting the words of Hugo Barra, the global Vice-President, "Mi had always believed in making the right product available in the right price" and thus this smart, sleek air purifier is priced at only an amount of 9,999 INR.
Mi's involvement with the Ecosystem has been established by its sub brand Mi Ecosystem long time back and the Air Purifier 2 is an extension of Mi's interests with the environment, making it a better and healthier place to live.
Coming to its features, this intelligent device lives up to its smart features. During the launch session of the product, Mr. Hugo had mentioned "It's not about making a physical product but making the product more intelligent."
Exclusive Smart Features:
Your smart phone is transformed into a remote by which one can easily exercise a control over the operations of the Air Purifier. The Mi Home App downloadable from Android Play Store or IOS exhibits the complete liberty to keep the purifier working at the tip of your fingers.
In its Auto mode, the purifier is capable enough to adjust its speed as per the quality of the air, thus keeping you free from the hassling changes in settings for the air.
Without any sort of added efforts, the Mi Air Purifier 2 seamlessly is capable of connecting itself to the cloud via Wi-Fi. This feature is facilitated by the Mi Home App, that is the backbone for all sorts of home products from the family of Mi EcoSystem.
With its amazing speed, it takes only 10 mins to circulate purified air in a 21 square metres room.
Moreover, the life of the filter is also determined by the Mi Home App and it by default transmits a reminder when required.
In fact, Xiaomi is the one of its kind smartphone brand that is capable of integrating Air Quality Index into its MIUI Weather App. This means that the air purifier would be capable to measure particulate matter air pollutants sharing diameters of 2.5 microns or even less than that.
The best part of the Air Purifier is it is absolutely kids-friendly without any sort of noise interruptions. With an energy consumption to charge 2 I Phones, approximately 4.8 Watts, this is also super economic and home-friendly. It's advanced aerodynamics is responsible for its noise reduction and wind resistance. The noise produced by it is as low as 30 decibels making it almost a negligible interrupting affair.
Servicing Possibilities:
Since the product is so smartly made, it indeed shares a very limited scope for servicing possibilities. Therefore the Mi Air Purifier 2 is indeed free from any sort of servicing requirements.
However if in any hypothetical case, any technical or physical issues disrupt the operations of the Purifier, then the unit would be replaced after significant investigation. This entire process would not demand any waiting time since the chances of the failure of such units are almost minimal.
The only limitation that this incredible Air Purifier comes with is that it has a plastic base body that makes it susceptible to scratches easily.
Apart from this, this new product from the family of Mi is indeed an incredible gift for all Indian families where pollution seems to threaten every life.
As per the statistics portrayed by WHO (World Health Organization) almost 22 cities of the World's most polluted cities are in India and thus it is quintessential to take an initiative in regard to that.
Hugo Barra, Vice President, Xiaomi, said: "Air pollution is becoming an alarming public health concern in India. It is heartening to see more conversation around the situation, but there is still a big gap when it comes to consumer awareness. We believe that we are able to play a role in increasing awareness about air pollution by including AQI data into our MIUI Weather app, and by introducing Mi Air Purifier 2 to India. At this game-changing price, Mi Air Purifier 2 is set to disrupt the air purifier category in India, enabling us to bring these technological innovations to everyone."
Mi Air Purifier 2 is thus all set to redefine the Indian scenario making it a more pollution-free and health-friendly country without sacrificing too much on the pockets.
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Air Purifiers are must for metropolitan cities. It seems a great option. Thank you for sharing.


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Education sector.
Vihiga employs 800 ECD tutors on permanent and pensionable terms
The 800 were initially serving on contract basis for the last two years.
The 800 were initially serving on contract in the county for the last two years under Governor Wilber Ottichilo's administration.
Initially, the ECD teachers have been depending on tokens from parents to sustain themselves.
by MARTIN OMBIMA @OmbimaPatrick
A section of ECD teachers display their letters of permanent and pensionable plans after serving two years on contract.
Image: MARTIN OMBIMA
800 ECD teachers have been employed on permanent and pensionable terms by the County government of Vihiga.
"These teachers have gone through a lot and when I came in as the governor, I promised to change their lives, from depending on handouts to stipends," Ottichilo said.
"So we gave out two-year contracts and the interviews were conducted by the County Public Service Board (CPSB) and 800 got right," he added.
The governor said that putting those teachers on the contract was a way of weighing if the county could have managed to pay them if they are employed on a permanent basis.
One of the ECD teacher's receives his certificate from Governor Wilber Ottichilo at Kidundu Stadium.
He urged the teachers to focus on helping learners achieve their dreams in life citing that they (ECD teachers) are key to the county's education centre.
"What we are going to give out might not be enough but it's better off than nothing, it will help you grow in different ways," The county boss told the teachers.
The county boss was addressing the ECD teachers at Kidundu Stadium on Friday before issuing the permanent and pensionable letters.
While receiving the letters majority of the teachers said it has not been a walk in the park surviving on empty hands.
"Governor let God reward you. We have been tormented, we have been abused, some of us spend nights with no food but we are working," one of them said.
Ottichilo hired 800 ECD teachers across the county starting from Hamisi, Sabatia, Vihiga, Luanda and Emuhaya.
However, the governor was urged to reconsider those who were not picked on the contract terms so that they can also enjoy the benefits their colleagues are going to enjoy.
Governor Wilber Ottichilo hands over Pand P letter to another ECD teacher.


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DEFINITIVE DICKS: The 64 Essential Detective Movies
The words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies. This appeal is what attracts us, and ultimately what makes us despair when we begin to understand how seldom movies are more than this.
Pauline Kael – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" 1968
Detective movies, like detective novels, are the perfectly digestible cinematic pulp. There's something about a detective film on your blu ray shelf and in your Netflix queue that shimmers like the embossed covers of novels, glimmering in airport newsagents. If you're ever indecisive, there it is, a title that becomes like an itch underneath a bone cast. Chinatown…Se7en…The Maltese Falcon, they're the kind of flicks with an irresistible lure to be watched multiple times. What makes a great detective film is the ability to elevate that most elemental movie appeal. Great detective films have characters as beacons, illuminating darkness. Great detective films exist in palpable worlds that illuminate the social and political mechanisms of the time. Great detective films are as much about illuminating the insecurities and flaws of the detective as they are about finding and capturing their foes. Great detective films feel lived in.
Now of course, T.V in more recent times has been kicking film's arse when it comes to the genre (True Detective, Sherlock, Luther); but there is a significant chunk of mandatory stand-alone detective stories for your consumption.
After compiling about 20-25 films in the first cut, I took to Facebook and Twitter. Thanks to some great suggestions from Greg O'Regan (graphic artist on the Film a Day/Film Drawing a day crusade @Nerdroaring on instagram), Maria Lewis (author, journalist, purpled haired presence on this very site), Stu Coote (film guy on Geek of Oz ), Dark Horizons' Garth Franklin and our very own living iMDB Dave Grenfell. The group assembled 64 essential detective films.
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The films in alphabetical order are (plot summaries/recommendations by Dave Grenfell, Maria Lewis, Garth Franklin and I):
8MM 1999: A P.I is drawn into the seedy underbelly of the illegal porn industry as he is assigned to determine if a "snuff" film is real. The closer he gets to the truth the further he is plunged into the darkness as he searches for answers and his own salvation. D.G
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1994: When the Miami Dolphins' mascot snowflake is kidnapped; they turn to Ace Ventura, Jim Carey in his breakout performance, a pet detective. Probably the most hilarious take on rogue P.I's and the 'femme fatale' in the genre and you'll learn how to think like dolphin and get inside a dolphin's head. Also, bring your own gum. B.H
Along Came a Spider 2001: Weirdly the first novel in James Patterson's Alex Cross detective series became the second film. Yet there was something Maori filmmaker Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors, Die Another Day) was able to capture in the plight of the African American detective that Kiss The Girls just couldn't. A larger scale mystery full of international intrigue and one helluva surprise, the audience gets the fine detail of a detective movie but within a popcorn blockbuster. Monica Potter is a nice remix of a classic Hitchcock blonde and a young Anton Yelchin shows all the promise he goes on to display later in his career. ML
Angel Heart 1987: A detective film that occupies the realms of psychological horror as Mickey Rourke's detective Angel is caught in the middle of a series of murders during an investigation of the missing Johnny Favourite. It's a daring high concept film made with audacity across the board. De Niro may or may not work for Satan. B.H
Blood Simple 1984: There's something so unique and raw in the Coen Brothers first film Blood Simple. It bursts with a sadistic hilarity at the characters' misfortune. Suspicions and insecurity between a trio of work colleagues lead to the hiring of M. Emmet Walsh's P.I Visser, who turns out to be an agent of chaos in their world. B.H
Brick 2005: With more in common with The Maltese Falcon and Chinatown than She's All That; Rian Johnson's high-school noir is a proclamation, announcing the arrival of incredible new cinematic voice. B.H
Bullitt 1968: A San Francisco cop is entrusted to guard a Chicago mobster who's about to sing on his former colleagues, after being set up Lt Bullitt's single minded pursuit of the crime kingpin who is behind the killing of the witness in his protection leads us thru one of the screens great car chases and a close-up of the man's man and movie star Steve McQueen. D.G
Chinatown 1974: Lush, sleazy and shot with meticulous attention to detail Chinatown is as much about finding missing persons as it is about post war loss of innocence. Roman Polanski's film arguably the greatest detective movie of all time. B.H
Cruising 1980: A series of killings in the New York Gay S&M scene leads a cop (Pacino) deep undercover into a world he must quickly learn to catch a killer and survive his own metamorphosis. Friedkin directs this thriller through an alternative lifestyle and its subculture. D.G
Dead Again 1991: A private detective is dropped in the middle of a mystery as a amnesia sufferer details a murder she remembers nothing of but the nightmares she suffers from. He enlists the help of a hypnotist whose sessions with the client he calls "Grace" reveals some surprises as the question of past lives begins to lead to a unwitting connection. D.G
Death on the Nile 1978
Peter Ustinov's first time in his iconic take on Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot explores one of Christie's most famous tales. Shot on location on a steamboat headed down the Nile, a hated American heiress is shot to death in her cabin and soon bodies start piling up. Gorgeous locations, wonderful music, famed murder scenes, a genuinely clever solution, and a grand sense of fun with colorful characters from Bette Davis and Maggie Smith as a bitchy couple to one of Mia Farrow's best performances. - G.F.
Evil Under the Sun 1982
As much a tribute to Cole Porter as it is a murder mystery, Peter Ustinov's second Christie adaptation follows a group of people at a hotel on a private Aegean Island owned by Maggie Smith. Diana Rigg waltzes in like a force of nature and is surrounded by sycophants until she winds up dead on beach - who could've killed her as everyone's alibi is accounted for? Contains one of the single greatest insults ever out on film, delivered by Smith to Rigg of course. - G.F.
Eye for an Eye 1996: A story of revenge, as a murderer/rapist is released on a technicality and the mother of the victim is engulfed in the world of vigilantism. It draws in to question the hazy line between justice and "the law." D.G
Fallen 1998: When a serial killer is executed Detective John Hobbs thinks that's the end of murders, but when the deaths continue in the (now deceased) monster's style he is forced to question everything. As the bodies start falling too close to home and as he can no longer trust even those closest to him, as he is lead to an almost divine conclusion. D.G
Fargo 1996: The most polite detective movie featuring kidnapping, extortion and disposing of bodies with a 'wood-chipper.' The Coen Brothers produce a perfect film on every conceivable level…again. B.H
Goldstone 2016: Ivan Sen's sequel to Mystery Road brings Aaron Pedersen's Jay Swan back from the jagged edge on the trail of a missing person that leads him to illegal sex trafficking ring and a mining company that's trying to buy immunity. Graceful action, superb performances and a score that thatches together a wall of sound; it's one of the best films in 2016. B.H
Gone Baby Gone 2007: Ben Affleck's first time behind the camera renders Dennis Lehane's South Boston crime story of a little girl who goes missing with the insights of a local. Affleck and his leading man (and brother) Casey Affleck, navigate the hostility between police, small time crooks embedded in the community of "Southy" with anxiousness and intrigue. B.H
Harper 1966: Newman brings to life the ultra-cool but troubled P.I Lew Harper. He's hired to find a missing person by a wealthy client. As he battles his own failing marriage he is thrust into a world of money, power and betrayal. D.G
Heat 1995: A Los Angeles crime epic that pits Pacino against De Niro as the cop and crook so fuelled by professional perfection that their impending collision is cushioned by their mutual admiration. Featuring a performance masterclass in the coffee shop showdown and the best urban shootout committed to celluloid; Heat is unmissable. B.H
Hot Fuzz 2007: Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's love letter to Tony Scott styled action set in a quaint English village takes the absolute piss out of the entire genre in a way that only makes you love it more. It's definitely the only film in the bunch where you'll see a grown man fly kick a grandma in the face. B.H
Inherent Vice 2014: Thomas Pynchon was thought to be a novelist that couldn't be adapted. Paul Thomas Anderson begged to differ. This collision of 60s psychedelic hope and 70s commodification is a perfectly tangled web of intrigue viewed through the eyes of steadily stoned Doc (Joaquin Phoenix). Dense, precise, hilarious; Inherent Vice is one of the very best from one of America's very best contemporary filmmakers. B.H
Insomnia 2002: Christopher Nolan's sleep deprived psychological thriller set above the Arctic Circle functions like a dark companion piece to Pacino's litany of tremendous cop characters. In the same way that John Ford's The Searchers, examined and undermined John Wayne's cowboy persona; Will Dormer takes a cop who's crossed the line to make a charge stick and now can't wade out of the quagmire. Pacino is breaking down before the audience. Robin Williams has never been more chilling. B.H
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005: Black's first go round behind the lens weaves a meta examination of the Hollywood that simultaneously proves that this genre is in the filmmaker's DNA at a subatomic level. Harry, Robert Downey Jr rising like a phoenix, is a small time crook who by happy accident is cast in a Hollywood movie and paired with real life P.I Gay Perry, Val Kilmer at his acid tongued best, to learn detective skills. Fits like a glove into the genre but stands apart as one of the wisest and cheekiest. B.H
Kiss the Girls 1997: James Patterson's famous forensic psychologist Alex Cross - the star of 19 best-selling novels - got his first big screen appearance in Kiss The Girls. The premise of a serial killer who 'collects' and keeps uniquely gifted women until they displease him is an intensely creepy one that descends into OTT plot twists the longer the movie runs, but Morgan Freeman's performance as the quiet, considered and careful Cross grounds the film. Bonus points to Ashley Judd, who solidified her spot as the queen of late 90s crime thrillers with the triple sweep of Kiss The Girls, A Time To Kill and Double Jeopardy. M.L
L.A. Confidential 1997: Divine 50s L.A crime, when police corruption functioned in the spaces between the camera flashes of the emerging celebrity industry. When an ex-cop and his girlfriend (a hooker with plastic surgery alteration to look like a movie star) are found dead in a diner, an unlikely alliance forms between blunt instrument Bud White (Russell Crowe), political animal Ed Huxley (Guy Pearce), and "Hollywood" Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey). Divine pace, stunning composition and James Ellroy's novel (one of many that were adapted) as the foundation, you've got an instant American classic. B.H
Laura 1944: Director Otto Preminger's seminal noir about Gene Andrew's police detective who is knee deep into an investigation into the death of Gene Tierney's Laura when she arrives back in her apartment. Laura is a film that has aged so beautifully. B.H
Lethal Weapon 1987: Just when 50yr old Roger Murtaugh thinks he's getting too old for this shit, he's paired with Martin Riggs, a suicidal ex Special Forces operative who needs babysitting. Donner (with THE script of the 80s by Shane Black) crafts magic between Mel Gibson and Danny Glover that spawned a franchise. The original film though, has the hard serrated edge that makes it stick with you. B.H
Manhunter 1986: Michael Mann takes the original Thomas Harris 'Hannibal' story and fires it through his aquarium style lens; and lots of amazing 80s synth. Mann manipulates the audience's gaze to ask them, is Will Graham's gaze any less predatory than the Red Dragon. The first cinematic Hannibal Lektor (yes it was spelt like that for some reason) was the incredible Brian Cox. B.H
Memories of Murder 2003
Miami Vice 2006: Mann drags the 80s kicking and screaming into the digital age, the sublime lure of the undercover world has never been so strong (or have as cool a facial hair). A completely misunderstood and underrated reimagining of the T.V juggernaut. B.H
Murder on the Orient Express 1974
Sidney Lumet's Oscar-winning Christie adaptation boasts an overacting Albert Finney as Poirot amidst a stunning cast of screen legends like Connery, Gielgud, Bacall, Bergman, and Redgrave as passengers on the famed train. When a slimy American businessman is murdered, the killer could be anyone onboard and the reveal is one of the most famous in all of literature and on film. - G.F.
Mystery Road 2013
Ivan Sen and Aaron Pedersen's first rendering of Jay Swan, an indigenous police officer, returning home from a timing honing his skills in the city, to discover the body of a dead girl. Jay methodically makes his way through a town with an impulsive reflex to avoid the law. The difficult case illuminates drugs manufacturing, child prostitution and a larger undercurrent of racism in regional Australia. B.H
Mystic River 2003: Three best friends are playing in a South Boston street when a Priest and a policeman stop and take one of them away. Those three friends are brought together after a family tragedy and suspicions look to cannibalise the group. Probably the best ensemble that Clint Eastwood has ever assembled, doing justice to another great Dennis Lehane mystery. B.H
Night Moves 1975: When a private detective is hired for a routine missing person case he soon finds himself in the middle of a world of murder, smuggling and the darker side of Hollywood. Screen icon Gene Hackman is electric in his performance as private detective Harry Moseby. D.G
Point Break 1991: The most beautiful (save for Gary Busey's teeth) undercover cop story you're going to see and one that so directly engages with the thrill of embedding yourself into a criminal organisation. Johnny Utah must joint a group of surfers suspected of being the infamous "Dead Presidents" bank robbery outfit avoiding capture at every turn. Yes it's the movie that we can blame for the template of the Fast and the Furious franchise, and the movie that Hot Fuzz mocks and loves. B.H
Prisoners 2013: Not since SE7EN has their been a film so exquisitely dark in form and morality. Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Blade Runner 2, Arrival, Incendies) is one of those exciting filmmakers on a hot streak, who just happens to be paired with the world's greatest cinematographer not to win an Oscar, Roger Deakins. Jake Gyllenhaal's Detective Loki is one of the best contemporary detectives in the list. B.H
Se7en 1995: Part suicide note, part love letter to rainy New York, part manifestation of fear of religious fundamentalists, David Fincher's dark and out of time rendering of this big city breathes the sickly textures of Andrew Kevin Walker's script to life. Morgan Freeman's well mannered and even tempered investigator is the voice of reason alongside Brad Pitt's jittery ambition. B.H
Sea of Love 1989: Face down, imitating a sex act, at gunpoint. BANG. Detective Frank Keller (Al Pacino) and Detective Sherman (John Goodman) are cops from two New York precincts who catch matching 'whodunnits.' Two men using poetry in personal ads from the New York weekly have ended up dead and they create a two-man taskforce to bait a woman that they feel is responsible. When Helen Cruger (Ellen Barkin) responds to the ad, Keller has to wrestle with infatuation and the prospect that she's the killer. B.H
Taking Lives 2004: Angelina Jolie is an FBI agent on the hunt for a dangerous serial killer who is also an identity thief, jumping from person to person as he assumes the identities of his victims. As several murders pop up on the grid in Montreal, she investigates and becomes drawn to Ethan Hawke's art dealer who works with her to bring in the killer. Contains a genuinely creepy 'I'm in the killer's lair...and he's here' moment. - G.F.
The Absent One 2014: The second and probably the best the Department Q series has had to offer. The team are dragged back to a boarding school murder/suicide when the father of the victims (a fellow cop) commits suicide to convince the team to take up the case. B.H
The Big Lebowski 1998: When is a P.I not a P.i? When he's a dude. A reluctant hero is transported into a world of kidnapping, pornographers, rug defilement and vaginal art. Sound confusing? Well, that's just like your opinion…man. The Coen Brothers at their finest. D.G
The Big Sleep 1946: Bogart stars as Phillip Marlowe Private Detective in this film noir classic. Wealth, power, murder, betrayal, blackmail and even love combine as a screen legend shines in a film that stands still as a perfect example of the genre. D.G
The Bone Collector 1999: An unlikely partnership between an ex-cop now a quadriplegic & a female cop dealing with the suicide of her father who too was police officer, they must become a team & trust each other as they piece together the clues left behind by a sadistic killer. D.G
The Dark Knight 2008: Heat with Batman and the Joker – what more do you need. B.H
The Day of the Jackal 1973: The original and some say the best, a taut thriller based on historical events, the preparations taken by the "jackal" as he attempts to assassinate the French President with the Police hot on his trail. Well-constructed all the way through to the gripping final act. D.G
The French Connection 1971: To quote the great Gene Siskel "There is only one problem with the excitement generated by this film. After it is over, you will walk out of the theater and, as I did, curse the tedium of your own life. I kept looking for someone who I could throw up against a wall."
The Fugitive 1993: Dr Richard Kimble is convicted for murdering his wife, he claims that it wasn't him but instead a "one-armed" man. A great amateur investigation from Kimble, as he attempts to elude top cop Samuel Gerard. I couldn't resist this quote: "Alright, listen up, people. Our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground barring injuries is 4 miles-per-hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Dr. Richard Kimble. Go get him." B.H
The Hidden 1987: What happens when a parasitic alien with a passion for violence and heavy metal music uses its power to possess human bodies is set loose on L.A. ? A trail of death and destruction as an unlikely team of a detective & alien in human disguise crash their way thru this kick-ass joyride with an almost too close encounter! D.G
The January Man 1989: A serial killer is preying on the city of New York, in attempt to curtail his wave of terror a former detective is brought back into the fold from an imposed exile. This unconventional almost 'Sherlock Holmes' type must fight his past and the clock to get his man. A stellar cast drives this clever thriller to near perfection. D.G
The Keeper of Lost Causes 2013: The beginning of Danish crime series Department Q takes this odd couple detective pairing, Detective Carl Mørk and Assad, through 'cold' cases that aren't as dead as they appear. A woman is being held hostage in a pressure chamber and gradually being crushed by the vice like air inside. B.H
The Last Boy Scout 1991: There are more unbelievable one-liners in The Last Boy Scout than ten of these other prestigious selections combined. Opening with a NFL running back murdering members of his opposition before committing suicide, this investigation into illegal gambling and political manipulation is an absolute riot. Damon Wayans and Bruce Willis go toe to toe before they can go arm in arm. B.H
The Long Goodbye 1973: A private eye is caught in the middle of murder, the mob, loyalty to friend and the law as Robert Altman leads us thru a web of intrigue in the true shadow of film noir, where all may not be as it seems and figuring out who's playing who may solve this 70s masterpiece. D.G
The Maltese Falcon 1941: Falcon is director John Huston's first film in his illustrious 40yr career behind the lens; Humphrey Bogart stars as the iconic Sam Spade in the role that defined him prior to Casablanca; Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in their pre-Casablanca pairing and the master Roger Ebert gives it top marks here (http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-maltese-falcon-1941 ). B.H
The Naked City 1948: Classic film noir as New York stars in a story set on its streets where two detectives must solve the murder of a beautiful young woman that seems entwined to a recent spate of burglaries. This leads to a climatic and frantic manhunt. D.G
The Name of the Rose 1986: Mystery and murder abound in a Benedictine Abbey, set in the 1300s long before CSI and technology helped solve crimes; it falls to the guile of a well-respected friar as he searches for the truth amongst the subterfuge of religion. D.G
The Nice Guys 2016: When muscle for hire Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) and private detective/dick Ryan Gosling are brought together by mutual missing persons, they stumble into an unfolding conspiracy that spans the sleazy depths of the porn industry and the heights of L.A city hall. In other words, this sordid 1970's fast-talking detective noir is the perfect sandbox for filmmaker Shane Black. B.H
The Secret in Their Eyes 2009:
Juan Jose Campanella's original 2009 Argentian film won the foreign language Oscar and often makes the list as one of the best films of this century. A retired legal counselor trying to write a novel revisits a lingering cold case of a young woman's rape and murder - and seeks the help of a female judge with whom he worked on the case twenty-five years ago. It's a tale of how some doors from our past can never be closed. Also look out for one of the most amazing seamless tracking shots ever put to film and all done in a crowded stadium. - G.F.
The Silence of the Lambs 1991: Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling is arguably one of the greatest female leading characters of all time. Her tireless pursuit of "man-gina" enthusiast and human skin suit creator Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine) with the assistance of the intellectually intoxicated Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) makes this profiling exercise feel like you're playing with a grenade. The hypnotic Jonathan Demme visual choices to control the audience's perspective make it even tenser still. No wonder this film won all five major categories at the Oscars in 1991. B.H
The Thomas Crown Affair 1999: Millionaire and art thief is pursued doggedly by an insurance detective with the posture of a big predatory cat; who stops to play with her food. Rene Russo is the reason to see this movie, despite stylish direction from Jon McTiernan and Pierce Bronsnan's best performance outside of Goldeneye. B.H
To Live and Die in L.A. 1985: Set in the world of money counterfeiting a secret service agent will move heaven and earth to find the killer of his partner. Master director William Friedkin guides us through a slick, stylistic tale that says to catch a monster you may have to become a one. D.G
Touch of Evil 1958: A tale of the dark side where murder and police corruption pit alpha males Welles and Heston against each other in a Mexican border town. With Welles in the director chair we are treated to film noir at its finest; the recently restored version closet to Welles vision is a must see and an insight into the man's genius. D.G
Vertigo 1958: Frequently lauded as the greatest movie of all time, Alfred Hitchcock's lyrical mystery follows a failed detective obsessed with a dead mystery woman, and her doppelganger. Hitchcock's acute psychological awareness is on show with incredible visual choices. B.H
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988: Robert Zemeckis' drops Bob Hoskins' P.I Eddie Valiant is thrust into the cartoon world to investigate claims that Jessica Rabbit (the character that launched a thousand bad plastic surgery choices). Jessica's alleged paramour and the owner of Toontown, is found murdered, the villainous Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) vows to catch and destroy prime Roger Rabbit. It's a detective caper with the madness and physics of an ACME cartoon. B.H
Zodiac 2007: Fincher's crime opus is one of the most intriguing and 'officially' unsolved mysteries in American crime. The Zodiac killer's reign of terror in San Francisco had an indelible effect on three key men; Robert Graysmith, Paul Avery and Dave Toschi. Zodiac uses some of the most inventive integration of digital effects to honour the period setting by blotting out the modern skyline. David Fincher's meticulousness is applied to every element of the film from wardrobe, to set dressing to the characters investigation notes. Masterpiece is often bandied about but Zodiac earns the moniker. B.H
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