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PTS Proudly Presents Special Guest MARK PELLINGTON
Podcasting Them Softly
We proudly present a podcast with special guest Mark Pellington. Mark has an eclectic filmography spanning from the MTV music video generation where he directed Pearl Jam's JEREMY, INXS BEAUTIFUL GIRL, and U2's ONE among a few. Mark's feature film are startling reflective pieces of work including GOING ALL THE WAY, ARLINGTON ROAD, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, HENRY POOLE IS HERE and I MELT WITH YOU. His latest work is a short musical film called LONE and NBC's new show BLINDSPOT where Mark directed the pilot.
I MELT WITH YOU is available to stream on Netflix and Amazon Prime.
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Deep Cuts: "Fear City" 1984 Dir. Abel Ferrara
With Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Melanie Griffith, Jack Scalia, Rae Dawn Chong and Michael V. Gazzo
"There's nothing I hate more than guineas in Cadillacs." –Al Wheeler (Billy Dee Williams)
I absolutely love Abel Ferrara's films. While I might not enjoy watching them, I do appreciate and respect the shit out of them. I've seen most of his films, and they're very hard to come by. His staples, "Bad Lieutenant", "Dangerous Game" and "The Funeral" are floating around on DVD, but it's his deeper cuts that are very, very hard to come by. This is mainly due to the fact that most of his films fail to find distribution.
If Ferrara ever made a mainstream film, it would be "Fear City". Starring, at the time, an A-list cast, which is very unusual for a Ferrara film. This film, much like his others, takes place in New York City where the city is turned upside down by a serial killer who is preying on strippers.
Tom Berenger headlines the cast as Matt Rossi, a former boxer who is now a talent agent for strippers. He runs the agency with his best friend and partner, Nicky (Jack Scalia). Rossi lines up all the girls for most of the clubs in New York that the Italian mob owns and runs.
He frequents one club that's run by Michael V. Gazzo (most known from "Godfather 2" and "Fingers") to see his ex-girlfriend Loretta (Melanie Griffith) perform. Rossi is a complex character; he's haunted by his last boxing match that left the other fighter dead. He's also trying to vie for the attention of Loretta, and now he's out to find the serial killer.
Billy Dee Williams gives a command performance as Al Wheeler, a hardnosed vice cop who now works for homicide. He's also on the hunt for the serial killer, all the while clashing with the mob and Rossi. Williams has always been an excellent character actor, and I will always think of him as Lando and the original Harvey Dent, but in this film, he's the anti-Lando. He's terrific.
"Fear City" is a very strange and bizarre film. What else would you expect from Ferrara? This film is very choppy and disjointed, due to two reasons. The first is because the version I watched (DVD from Amazon) is the "cut" version that edits out a lot the gruesome violence and unapologetic nudity that was in the original cut. I'm Not saying the version I watched is tame, because it's not.
The second reason this is such a disjointed movie is because that is essentially Ferrara's authorship. All of his films aren't cohesive or even coherent. Why should they be? Life isn't. Ferrara and his screenwriting partner Nicholas St. John create yet another film that displays the dark side of humanity that doesn't need explanations or accountability, because the evil that brews inside this killer reminds me much of Travis Bickle, he is a manifestation of society.
What I found really fascinating about this film is the fact that the serial killer in the film isn't given a name and even more interesting is that he's not even credited in the film. He's an actor I've never seen before, and while searching the IMDb message boards and using the Google Machine, I still can't find out who this guy is. But I can tell you one thing; he scared the shit out of me in this movie.
"Fear City" is available for purchase on DVD on Amazon, and also to rent on Amazon Prime for $1.99.
Author Frank MengarelliPosted on February 25, 2012 February 25, 2012 Categories Deep Cuts, DVD ReviewsTags Abel Ferrara, Billy Dee Williams, Fear City, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith, Michael V. Gazzo, Nicholas St. John, Tom Berenger1 Comment on Deep Cuts: "Fear City" 1984 Dir. Abel Ferrara
"Take Shelter" – 2011 Dir. Jeff Nichols
With Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham and Kathy Baker
"Is anyone seeing this?"
"Take Shelter" seemed to follow the trend of the 2011 spectacle films like "The Tree of Life", "Melancholia", and Abel Ferrera's "444: Last Day on Earth". I missed this movie in theaters and I was really excited to rent this movie, considering it currently trends with a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and much critical appraise for Michael Shannon.
I did not dig this movie. While the premise of this film, Curtis (Shannon) having premonitions of an apocalypse, and we can't decide weather (get the pun?) or not they are actual foreshadowings, or if it is a hereditary mental illness (his mother, played briefly by Kathy Baker, is held up in an assisted living place because she's mentally ill).
The first act of this film builds really nicely, and Curtis is a very complex character. He has a loving and beautiful wife, played by the remarkable Jessica Chastian, and an adorable as well as deaf daughter. Curtis takes out a loan, borrows construction equipment from his work to construct a very big storm shelter in his back yard. The dreams that Curtis has are very frightening, but by the time unwinds, and then spins to a "gotcha" ending, I could have cared less about Curtis, or his family or especially the movie.
Michael Shannon was good in the movie, but he wasn't anything remarkable, and wasn't anything that you wouldn't have expected him to be. He essentially plays the same character he plays in "Revolutionary Road" and "My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done?". I don't mean to take away from Shannon's performance, it was very good, but a lot of bloggers and Oscar Sayers keep sighting his performance as the biggest Oscar snub since (insert name here).
It's really not. Albert Brooks not getting nominated for "Drive" is the biggest Oscar snub since (insert name here).
After the film closes with its "gotcha" ending, it just didn't make much sense to me, not that I didn't understand the ending of the movie, it's obvious, but the events and dreams Curtis' had had leading up the ending that just don't make a lot of sense, it really doesn't add up.
"Take Shelter" is a very good effort by writer/director Jeff Nichols, but it comes up very short, and it isn't daring, or anything particularly special, it's just rather bland.
Author Frank MengarelliPosted on February 21, 2012 February 21, 2012 Categories 2011 Reviews, DVD ReviewsTags Jeff Nichols, Jessica Chastain, Michael Shannon, Take Shelter2 Comments on "Take Shelter" – 2011 Dir. Jeff Nichols
Top Ten Movie Presidents
Since today is President's Day, I wanted to be just as cliché and in vogue as the rest of the bloggers and film sites out on the internts! Enjoy, yet another list, from me.
10. Jack Nicholson, "Mars Attacks"
9. Bill Pullman, "Independence Day"
8. Harrison Ford, "Air Force One"
7. Michael Douglas, "The American President"
6. Jack Lemmon and James Garner, "My Fellow Americans"
5. John Travolta, "Primary Colors"
4. Peter Sellers, "Dr. Strangelove"
3. Anthony Hopkins, "Nixon"
2. Jeff Bridges, "The Contender"
1. Henry Fonda, "Fail/Safe"
Author Frank MengarelliPosted on February 20, 2012 February 20, 2012 Categories The Actors, Top 10 ListsTags Air Force One, Anthony Hopkins, Bill Pullman, Dr. Strangelove, Fail/Safe, Harrison Ford, Henry Fonda, ID4, Jack Lemmon, Jack Nicholson, James Garner, Jeff Bridges, John Travolta, Mars Attacks!, Michael Douglas, My Fellow Americans, Nixon, Peter Sellers, Primary Colors, The American President, The Contender, Top Ten Movie Presidents3 Comments on Top Ten Movie Presidents
102 Greatest Performances of All Time
Well this took me a couple of weeks to decide who to put on this list and where. Believe me; I know there are a TON of great, great, great performances that I had to leave out of this list. There are many great actors who appear on this list, and not on this list. Look, homeboy had to make some concessions. There are a few blatant omissions on this list. Some of the omissions are made up for by that actor's performance in a different film, that I found was a similar performance to said left out performance, but I deemed the including performance superior. Also, some performances that were left out of this list, which show up on every other acting list, I don't find as remarkable as most do. Sorry and enjoy.
102. Peter Weller, "Robocop"
"Dead or alive, you're coming with me."
101. Nick Nolte, "The Thin Red Line"
"The closer you are to Caesar, the greater the fear."
100. David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. Good night, and good luck."
99. Albert Brooks, "Drive"
"My partner is a belligerent asshole with his back against the wall, and now – so am I."
98. Christopher Plummer, "The Insider"
"What the hell do you think I am? A 78 year-old assassin? You think I'm gonna karate him to death with this notepad?"
97. Ray Liotta, "Goodfellas"
"As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster."
96. Eric Bogosian, "Talk Radio"
"You're fascinated by the gory details! You're mesmerized by your own fear. You revel in floods, car accidents, unstoppable diseases, you're happiest when others are in pain. That's where I come in isn't it? I'm here to lead you by the hand through the dark forest of your own hatred and anger and humiliation."
95. Dianne Ladd, "Wild at Heart"
"Don't turn away from love, Sailor."
94. Brad Pitt, "12 Monkey's"
"You know what crazy is? Crazy is majority rules. Take germs, for example."
93. Bill Murray, "Lost in Translation"
"The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you."
92. Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"
"Anger is dangerous. It makes people do stupid things."
91. Brian Cox, "Manhunter"
"Don't think you can persuade me with appeals to my intellectual vanity."
90. Bruce Dern, "Coming Home"
"What I'm saying is – I do not belong in this house!"
89. Michael Douglas, "Wall Street"
"Every battle is won, before it is fought."
88. Thomas Jane, "Boogie Nights"
"He's got coke and he's got cash, in that safe, in that bedroom and if we leave here without it, man we're fuckin' idiots, man! We came here to motherfuckin' do something and we can fucking do it, alright? Are you with me?"
87. Michael Rooker, "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer"
"If you shoot someone in the head with a .45 every time you kill somebody, it becomes like your fingerprint, see? But if you strangle one, stab another, and one you cut up, and one you don't, then the police don't know what to do. They think you're four different people. What they really want, what makes their job so much easier, is pattern. What they call a modus operandi. That's Latin. Bet you didn't know any Latin, did you kid?"
86. Gene Hackman, "The Conversation"
"I'm not afraid of death, but I am afraid of murder."
85. Gary Oldman, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
"We are not so very different, you and I. We've both spent our lives looking for the weaknesses in one another."
84. Paul Newman, "Hud"
"I'll remember you, honey. You're the one that got away."
83. Robert Duvall, "Apocalypse Now"
"Charlie don't surf!"
82. Tom Cruise, "Magnolia"
"In this life, it's not what you hope for, it's not what you deserve – it's what you take."
81. Warren Oates, "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia"
"Nobody loses all the time."
80. Jeff Bridges, "True Grit"
"You go for a man hard enough and fast enough, he don't have time to think about how many's with him; he thinks about himself, and how he might get clear of that wrath that's about to set down on him."
79. Robert De Niro, "Cape Fear"
"You learn about loss."
78. Russell Crowe, "The Insider"
"I'm just a commodity to you, aren't I? I could be anything. Right? Anything worth putting on between commercials."
77. Helen Mirren, "The Long Good Friday"
"Don't treat me like one of your thugs!"
76. Mickey Rourke, "Barfly"
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead."
75. Dennis Hopper, "Blue Velvet"
"In dreams, I walk with you. In dreams, I talk with you."
74. Jodie Foster, "The Accused"
"You don't understand how I feel! I'm standing there with my pants down and my crotch hung out for the world to see and three guys are sticking it to me, a bunch of other guys are yelling and clapping and you're standing there telling me that that's the best you can do. Well, if that's the best you could do, then your best sucks! Now, I don't know what you got for selling me out, but I sure as shit hope it was worth it!"
73. Anthony Hopkins, "Silence of the Lambs"
"You use Evian skin cream, and sometimes you wear L'Air du Temps, but not today."
72. Willem Dafoe, "The Last Temptation of Christ"
"It is, accomplished!"
71. Uma Thurman, "Pulp Fiction"
"Ketchup."
70. Rock Hudson, "All That Heaven Allows"
"I can't shoot straight anymore."
69. William Hurt, "The Big Chill"
"A long time ago we knew each other for a short period of time; you don't know anything about me. It was easy back then. No one had a cushier berth than we did. It's not surprising our friendship could survive that. It's only out there in the real world that it gets tough."
68. Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"
"Because I bloody well stammer!"
67. Harvey Keitel, "Mean Streets"
"You know what the Queen said? If I had balls, I'd be King."
66. Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
"Come on, I want you to do it, I want you to do it. Come on, hit me. HIT ME!"
65. Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
"Anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin. Which it is."
64. Nicolas Cage, "The Bad Lieutenant – Port of Call: New Orleans"
"Do you have any coke? I accidentally snorted heroine."
63. Liam Neeson, "Schindler's List"
"What are you doing? These are mine. These are my workers. They should be on my train. They're skilled ammunition workers. They're essential. Essential girls!"
62. Johnny Depp, "Ed Wood"
"Boy, Mr. Lugosi, you must lead such an exciting life! When is your next picture coming out?"
61. Morgan Freeman, "Million Dollar Baby"
"Frankie likes to say that boxing is an unnatural act, that everything in boxing is backwards: sometimes the best way to deliver a punch is to step back… But step back too far and you ain't fighting at all."
60. Christian Bale, "American Psycho"
"My mask of sanity is about to slip."
59. Don Cheadle, "Hotel Rwanda"
"They told me I was one of them, and I… the wine, chocolates, cigars, style… I swallowed it. I swallowed it, I swallowed all of it. And they handed me their shit. I have no… no history. I have no memory. I'm a fool."
58. Robert Mitchum, "Night of the Hunter"
"Children? Ohhhhh children!"
57. Jack Nicholson, "Chinatown"
"Have you ever head of the expression: let sleeping dogs lie?"
56. Hillary Swank, "Boys Don't Cry"
"Dear Lana, by the time you read this I'll be back home in Lincoln. I'm scared of what's ahead, but when I think of you I know I'll be able to go on. You were right, Memphis isn't that far off. I'll be taking that trip down the highway before too long. I'll be waiting for you. Love always and forever, Brandon."
55. John Malkovich, "Being John Malkovich"
"I have seen a world that NO man should see!"
54. Tom Berenger, "Platoon"
"Shut up! Shut up and take the pain! Take the pain!"
53. Marlon Brando, "The Godfather"
"I said that I would see you because I had heard that you were a serious man, to be treated with respect. But I must say no to you and let me give you my reasons. It's true I have a lot of friends in politics, but they wouldn't be so friendly if they knew my business was drugs instead of gambling which they consider a harmless vice. But drugs, that's a dirty business."
52. Dustin Hoffman, "Tootsie"
"I don't believe in hell. I believe in unemployment, but not hell."
51. Kevin Spacey, "American Beauty"
"I feel like I've been in a coma for the past twenty years. And I'm just now waking up."
50. Benicio Del Toro, "Che"
"Executions? Yes, we have executed. We execute, and we'll continue to execute."
49. Gena Rowlands, "A Woman Under the Influence"
"All of a sudden, I miss everyone…"
48. Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
"It takes time in the morning for me to become George, time to adjust to what is expected of George and how he is to behave. By the time I have dressed and put the final layer of polish on the now slightly stiff but quite perfect George I know fully what part I'm supposed to play."
47. Kevin Kline, "Sophie's Choice"
"This toast is in honor of my disassociation of you two creeps. Disassociation from you, coony captive cunt of king's county. And you, the dreary dregs of dixie."
46. Jack Lemmon, "Save the Tiger"
"The government has a word for survival. It's called fraud."
45. Al Pacino, "Godfather Part 2"
"Fredo, you're nothing to me now. You're not a brother, you're not a friend. I don't want to know you or what you do. I don't want to see you at the hotels, I don't want you near my house. When you see our mother, I want to know a day in advance, so I won't be there. You understand?"
44. Michael Fassbender, "Shame"
43. Denzel Washington, "Malcolm X"
"Cats that hung out together trying to find a solution found nothing. Cats that might have probed space or cured cancer, West Indian Archie might haved been a mathematical genius… but we were all victims of the American social order."
42. Dustin Hoffman, "Lenny"
"Did you know that Eleanor Roosevelt gave Lou Gehrig the clap?"
41. Jimmy Stewart, "It's a Wonderful Life"
"What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary."
40. Tommy Lee Jones, "Natural Born Killers"
"LIVE ON NATIONAL TV? JESUS HAROLD CHRIST ON A FUCKING RUBBER CRUTCH, IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?"
39. Min-sik Choi, "Oldboy"
"Even though I'm no more than a monster – don't I, too, have the right to live?"
38. Gary Oldman, "The Contender"
"What I say the American people will believe. And do you know why? Because I will have a very big microphone in front of me."
37. Henry Fonda, "12 Angry Men"
"It's always difficult to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this."
36. Christoph Waltz, "Inglorious Basterds"
"What a tremendously hostile world that a rat must endure. Yet not only does he survive, he thrives. Because our little foe has an instinct for survival and preservation second to none… And that Monsieur is what a Jew shares with a rat."
35. Tie – Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"
"You're a wicked, wicked woman – Martha."
34. Charlotte Gainsbourg, "Antichrist"
"Nature is Satin's church."
33. Daniel Day-Lewis, "In the Name of the Father"
"Was I always bad, was I?"
32. Nick Nolte, "Affliction"
"Love? What the fuck do you know about love?"
31. Humphrey Bogart, "Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
"Nobody puts one over on Fred C. Dobbs."
30. Katharine Hepburn, "Bringing Up Baby"
"Your golf ball, your running board, your car? Is there anything in the world that doesn't belong to you?"
29. Paul Newman, "The Verdict"
"You couldn't hack it as a lawyer. You were a bag man for the boys downtown and you still are, I know about you."
28. William Hurt, "A History of Violence"
"When you dream, are you still Joey?"
27. Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"
"You don't know nothin' about that."
26. Bob Hoskins, "Mona Lisa"
"She was trapped. From the first time he met her. She was trapped. Like a bird in a cage. But he couldn't see it."
25. Marlon Brando, "On the Waterfront"
"I coulda been somebody."
24. Ellen Burstyn, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
"If you ask me that one more time, I'm gonna beat you to death. Just sit back there and relax and enjoy life, huh?"
23. Al Pacino, "Dog Day Afternoon"
"I don't wanna talk to some flunky pig trying to calm me man."
22. Gregory Peck, "The Boys from Brazil"
"Do you know what I saw on the television in my motel room at one o'clock this morning? Films of Hitler! They are showing films about the war! The movement! People are fascinated! The time is ripe! Adolf Hitler is alive!"
21. Robert De Niro, "Taxi Driver"
"You're only as healthy as you feel."
20. Jeff Bridges, "The Door in the Floor"
"Don't you ever, never ever, open the door in the floor."
19. Sean Penn, "21 Grams"
"The earth turned to bring us closer. It turned on itself and in us, until it finally brought us together in this dream."
18. Ben Kinsley, "Gandhi"
"Whenever I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible, but in the end, they always fail. Think of it: always."
17. Peter Sellers, "Dr. Strangelove"
"I can – WALK!"
16. Tom Hanks, "Philadelphia"
"I'm ready."
15. Jack Lemmon, "Glengarry Glen Ross"
"What does that mean? Why would it not… Oh, fuck you. You do not know your job. That's what I'm saying. You do not know your job. That's what I'm saying. A man IS his job and you are fucked at yours."
14. Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
"It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone."
13. Roy Scheider, "All That Jazz"
"To be on the wire is life. The rest is waiting."
12. Harvey Keitel, "Bad Lieutenant"
"I'm sorry Lord, I've done so many bad things."
11. Daniel Day-Lewis, "Gangs of New York"
"I die, a true American."
10. Ralph Fiennes, "Schindler's List"
"I pardon you."
9. Jack Nicholson, "Five Easy Pieces"
"I move around a lot, not because I'm looking for anything really, but 'cause I'm getting away from things that get bad if I stay."
8. Marlon Brando, "A Streetcar Named Desire"
"I never met a dame yet that didn't know if she was good-looking or not without being told, and there's some of them that give themselves credit for more than they've got."
7. Robert De Niro, "Raging Bull"
6. Peter O'Toole, "Lawrence of Arabia"
"I pray that I may never see the desert again. Hear me, God."
5. Jimmy Stewart, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
"Either I'm dead right, or I'm crazy!"
4. William Hurt, "Kiss of the Spider Woman"
"The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again."
3. Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
"I'm FINISHED!"
2. Meryl Streep, "Sophie's Choice"
"No! No! Don't make me choose! Please!"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "My Left Foot"
"Fuck all love that is not 100 percent commitment!"
Author Frank MengarelliPosted on February 19, 2012 February 19, 2012 Categories Editorial, Get a Load of This!, My Favorites, The ActorsTags Greatest Performances of All Time12 Comments on 102 Greatest Performances of All Time
"Mississippi Burning" 1988 Dir. Alan Parker
With Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Stephen Tobolowsky, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Kevin Dunn and Michael Rooker
"You know, [baseball] it's the only time when a black man can wave a stick at a white man and not start a riot"
"Mississippi Burning" is an agenda movie. Plain and simple. The film is made by Alan Parker, who also directed the liberal guilt ridden film, "The Life of David Gale" which made an extremely strong case against the death penalty. Here, Parker unapologetically shines a light on America's worst trait – racism.
Taking place in Mississippi in the 1960's, the most fertile landscape for birth of America's decline as a Great Society, Parker fictionalizes the true story of three civil rights activists, two white and one black, who are killed by the KKK. Two FBI men are sent in, Willem Dafoe as the by the book bleeding heart liberal, and the realist played by Gene Hackman.
The two men turn the small southern town upside-down, trying to find the three "missing" men. They both use different tactics. Dafoe, being the "outsider" calls in a slew of FBI and naval reserves to comb the rural landscape for any clues to the men's disappearance. All the while Hackman uses a much different and more successful tactic, brute intimidation.
The band of Klansmen are made up of a plethora of great character actors, stemming from Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Stephen Tobolowsky, Pruitt Taylor Vince to the scariest of all of them, Michael Rooker. Each actor paints a cliché yet realistic portrait of the American bigot.
Gene Hackman turns in a career highlight of a performance as a former Mississippi sheriff turned G-man who has a complete understanding of the racial issues that plague the American south. His performance is a more heroic turn of Popeye Doyle from "The French Connection", the performance that earned him his first Oscar, and also set the typecast and tone for the rest of his career.
"Mississippi Burning" is an agenda film, but that doesn't take anything away from the powerful and moving story about the American Experience fused with the good cop/bad cop genre movie. Alan Parker is an incredibly talented filmmaker who is able to construct multiple bodies of work, consisting of the "liberal guilt" films, music films ("Pink Floyd's The Wall", "The Commitments", "Evita" ) and the very dark portraits of humanity ("Angel Heart" and "Midnight Express"). "Mississippi Burning" is a film that still holds up true to this day.
"Mississippi Burning" is available to watch on Netflix Instant.
Author Frank MengarelliPosted on February 18, 2012 February 18, 2012 Categories DVD Reviews, NetflixTags Alan Parker, Gene Hackman, Michael Rooker, Mississippi Burning, Netflix Instant, Willem DafoeLeave a comment on "Mississippi Burning" 1988 Dir. Alan Parker
Happy Valentine's Day!
Author Frank MengarelliPosted on February 14, 2012 February 14, 2012 Categories My FavoritesTags Valentine's DayLeave a comment on Happy Valentine's Day!
Dustin Hoffman's Top Ten Performances
I'm obsessed with HBO's new series "Luck". I was sold on the announcement of the show especially when it's starring Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte and Dennis Farina, and I after watching the pilot five times, I've come to the conclusion that it's the best television pilot that I've ever seen. Hoffman headlining, as well as producing, "Luck" marks the first time that an A list actor has starred in a television show. Maybe this will pave the way for others like Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino or Robert DeNiro to headline a show? Here are my top ten Hoffman performances.
"Lenny" 1974 Dir. Bob Fosse
"Tootsie" 1982 Dir. Sydney Pollack
"Luck" – Pilot 2012 Dir. Michael Mann
"Rainman" 1988 Dir. Barry Levinson
"Little Big Man" 1970 Dir. Arthur Penn
"Straw Dogs" 1971 Dir. Sam Peckinpah
"Wag the Dog" 1997 Dir. Barry Levinson
"Hook" 1991 Dir. Steven Spieberg
"Marathon Man" 1976 Dir. John Schlesinger
"Dick Tracy" 1990 Dir. Warren Beatty
Author Frank MengarelliPosted on February 12, 2012 February 12, 2012 Categories The Actors, Top 10 ListsTags Dick Tracy, Hook, Lenny, Little Big Man, Luck, Marathon Man, Rainman, Straw Dogs, Tootsie, Top Ten Dustin Hoffman, Wag the DogLeave a comment on Dustin Hoffman's Top Ten Performances
Top Ten Love Stories
Since Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and many movie blogs and websites will be posting their own lists of "love movies", which will more than likely consist of mainstream love stories, my list will be somewhat alternative but still, at the core of each film that I picked, the film is rooted in love. Because more times than not, love can be a very strange and wicked game. I will not be reviewing "The Vow".
"True Romance" 1993. Dir. Tony Scott
"True Romance" tends to be the against the grain film for most people who admire Tarantino, sighting this as their favorite Tarantino film. While he did write the screenplay, the author of this film is very much Tony Scott. The brazed love of Clarence and Alabama has been told prior in films like "Badlands" and "Bonnie and Clyde", but the chemistry of Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette make this film the staple for tragic star crossed lovers.
"Brokeback Mountain" 2005. Dir. Ang Lee
"Brokeback Mountain" is such a beautifully painful film about two men who fall in love. I have never seen a film that has demonstrated a forbidden love as well as this film, that's directed by Ang Lee. A lot of films strive to be perfect, but "Brokeback Mountain" most certainly is.
"When Harry Met Sally" 1989. Dir. Rob Reiner
"When Harry Met Sally" remains to be one of my favorite movies of all time. The impeccable comedic timing of Billy Crystal meshes perfectly with the bubbly Meg Ryan. This film is very sweet, charming, hilarious and poetic. I think most romantic comedies nowadays try and reproduce the formula that this film made great, but no film will ever achieve the heart that this film demonstrates.
"Blue Valentine" 2010. Dir. Derek Cianfrance
I was blown away by this film. I was struck by the realism of a decaying, and destructive love where there isn't a good guy or a bad guy. Things happen, things change and sometimes we can't do anything about it. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are truly awe-some in this movie.
"Beginners" 2011. Dir. Mike Mills
"Beginners" was one of my favorite films of last year. Not only did it give us the amazing turn by Christopher Plummer, but it was also a very sweet and funny movie that removed itself from the flock of romantic comedies by its brilliant screenplay and wonderful performances by the leads, including the Jack Russell Terrier, Arthur.
"Blue Velvet" 1986. Dir. David Lynch
"Blue Velvet" is many things: a masterpiece, a neo noir, a really fucked up trip of a movie, but above all that – this movie is a love story. A very sick and twisted love story of what Frank Booth (Hopper) will do to hold onto the love he has for Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini).
"Wings of Desire" 1987. Dir. Wim Wenders
Remade as the dreadful "City of Angels", this film is the story of an angel named Daniel who chooses to fall from grace because of his love over a dancer. Skip the Nicolas Cage/Meg Ryan remake. It's pretty awful.
"A Woman Under the Influence" 1974. Dir. John Cassavetes
Peter Falk plays a construction foreman who is married to Gena Rowlands whose sanity has slipped beyond repair. She's insane, but the dedication of Peter Falk shows us what true love really is.
"The Crying Game" 1992. Dir. Neil Jordan
If this film isn't about true love, I don't know what is.
"Mona Lisa" 1986. Dir. Neil Jordan
She was a tart. He was an ex con. Sometimes love really is a strange and wicked game.
Author Frank MengarelliPosted on February 11, 2012 February 11, 2012 Categories Editorial, My Favorites, Top 10 Lists, UncategorizedTags A Woman Under the Influence, Ang Lee, Beginners, Brokeback Mountain, John Cassavetes, Mike Mills, Mona Lisa, Neil Jordan, Rob Reiner, The Crying Game, Tony Scott, Top Ten Love Stories, True Romance, When Harry Met Sally, Wim Wenders, Wings of DesireLeave a comment on Top Ten Love Stories
Netflix Original Programming: "Lilyhammer"
With Steven Van Zandt, Trond Fausa Aurvaag, Marian Saastad Ottesen, Fridtjov Saheim
Today Netflix has unveiled its first "original" programming titled "Lilyhammer". The entire first season, all eight episodes, are available all at once. I recently watched the pilot, and I have to say, the show is rather odd, but also really enjoyable. Don't let the poor cover art turn you off.
Stevie van Zandt, best known as Silvio on "The Sopranos" and as Bruce Springsteen's lead guitarist on The E-Street Band, plays Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano who turns states evidence against a newly appointed mafia boss who tried to kill him. Tagliano would only turn states evidence under one condition: that he's sent to Lilyhammer, Norway under witness protection. Why? Because Tagliano loved watching the 1994 Winter Olympics that was in Lilyhammer.
Sound strange? Well yeah, so is the show. The first fifteen minutes or so of the pilot is set in America, with incredibly low production value and Van Zandt is surrounded with almost horrid wooden acting. I was a little worried. But once he arrives in Norway the show picks up. Both with acting and with its production value, shot all in Norway.
The show's characters are fun. They're generic, but fun. There are two brothers, one is a bus driver and other is working the system. Ahhh, the joys of living in a welfare state! The show also plants the seeds for Van Zandt's love interest and his "enemy". The show doesn't seem to want to take things too seriously, which is alright, because the misadventures of a mobster in Norway were fun to watch.
Van Zandt doesn't really stray too far away from his trademarked Silvio character, and he doesn't really have too. He's exactly what you'd expect him to be, and that's fine. He's a tough motherfucker who is now living in Norway, trying to adapt to his new electric car and Norwegian television. I couldn't tell if this show was going to be a drama or a comedy, but from the looks of the pilot it seems to me it's going to be later.
I have to admit I'm impressed with both the show, and Netflix's decision to distribute this show. Netflix had announced, about a year ago, that they are going to distribute "House of Cards", a Kevin Spacey/David Fincher political thriller set in the English Parliament, where Spacey stars as the House Whip who's wielding his power to become the next Prime Minister. Now that sounds good. The production hasn't gone underway yet, but the show should start shooting soon.
I enjoyed the pilot, and I like the idea of Netflix releasing the entire show at once, and not week by week, which would probably allow me to not really be interested in following it up. After I post this review, I'm going to go onward to the next episode and see where that takes me.
Author Frank MengarelliPosted on February 6, 2012 February 6, 2012 Categories Netflix, TV ShowsTags Lilyhammer, Netflix, Steven Van Zandt2 Comments on Netflix Original Programming: "Lilyhammer"
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A Decagon EM50 datalogger is suspended above a lantana crop at Evergreen Nursery. Soil mositure sensors are located at various points in the plants below.
Evergreen nursery specializes in groundcovers and perennials. Container sizes range from cell packs to two gallons, and the nursery produces a wide variety of plants. The nursery is a grower partner of the MINDS project, and the University of Georgia uses certain areas in the nursery for their research, in collaboration with Will Ross, the owner of the nursery.
Evergreen, like many nurseries, has difficulty knowing exactly when and how much to irrigate specific crops, given the changing daily environmental conditions and that much of the nursery is not covered during the year.
Research has included comparative water use of soil moisture sensor controlled irrigation and standard irrigation practices. Will Ross uses a wireless Decagon (EM50R) sensor network to monitor substrate water content in selected crops.
Currently, Will Ross monitors substrate water content in three different hoop houses twice daily. The indicator crops that are monitored are hellebores (Lenten rose), delosperma (ice plant), sedum, gaillardia, and lantana.


In a recent report1 to the European Commission, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) presents a newly developed central emission scenario for the revision of the EU's Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution (TSAP) and National Emissions Ceilings (NEC) directive.
Review and revision of EU air pollution policy started in March 2011 and is expected to result in a clean air strategy package to be presented by the Commission in autumn 2013. One of the main components of the package will be a revised TSAP, updating the previous one from 2005, establishing new targets for reducing damage to health and the environment as well as associated ambition levels for future cuts in air pollutant emissions.
The TSAP will be accompanied by a proposal to revise the 2001 NEC directive, setting binding emission reduction targets for each member state for five air pollutants. The target year for achieving the reductions is yet to be decided, but it is likely to be 2020, 2025 or 2030, or possibly there could be more than one target year.
The new report differs from the previous ones in that it uses the most recent EU projections for expected economic growth, energy use and agricultural activities. The updated future emissions of the five main air pollutants and resulting environmental impacts are shown in Tables 1 and 2.
Table 1: Emissions of air pollutants in EU-28 in 2005 and projections for 2025 under three different scenarios (kilotonnes).
Table 2: Annual impact on health and ecosystems in EU-28 in 2005 and in 2025 under three different scenarios.
Last year, IIASA presented preliminary results of applying the optimisation mode of its GAINS computer model to identify the least-cost set of emission reduction measures for the EU as a whole that will achieve given interim environmental targets at differing levels of ambition. Together with information on the associated costs and benefits to health and the environment, this type of scenario analysis can be used to establish the level of ambition for EU air quality policy for future target years.
The optimised scenarios are constructed for what is known as a gap-closure approach, aiming at step-wise health and environmental improvements. In effect this means closing the gap between the impacts of the baseline and the MTFR scenarios.
In this new report, IIASA examines interim targets for 2025 that could serve as milestones towards the long-term objective of the EAP. As a starting point, the marginal costs of further emission reductions are compared with the marginal health benefits. The approach applied is seen as extremely conservative because the monetised benefits are restricted to account only for those of adult mortality from exposure to PM2.5 and using the lowest mortality valuation, i.e. the median value of a lost life year (VOLY). Hence the comparison ignores benefits of reduced infant mortality, lower premature mortality from less exposure to ground-level ozone, morbidity and all benefits to agricultural crops and ecosystems.
Using this conservative approach, marginal health benefits are found to equal marginal costs of further measures slightly above a 75 per cent gap closure between the baseline and the MTFR. At this level, additional emission reduction costs (on top of the baseline) amount to €4.5 billion/year, while the health benefits are estimated at €30.4 billion/yearin 2025.
While this approach identifies a health-related interim target, it does not account for the other benefits that are more difficult, or even impossible, to monetise. Additional analysis was therefore done to look at further environmental improvements, and the report assessed the improvements to these impacts that could be achieved for 5, 20 and 50 per cent higher costs compared to the health-only strategy. It was found that for 20 per cent higher costs, a 65 per cent gap closure for acidification could be realised, together with a 60 per cent gap closure for ground-level ozone and a 55 per cent gap closure for eutrophication.
The resulting cost-effective scenario was named A5. At costs of €5.8 billion/year (0.04% of GDP), the A5 scenario would cut sulphur dioxide by 77 per cent, nitrogen oxides by 65 per cent, volatile organic compounds by 54 per cent, PM2.5 by 50 per cent, and ammonia by 27 per cent relative to 2005. In addition, the same measures would cut emissions of black carbon by 33 per cent, particle number emissions by 73 per cent and mercury emissions by 33 per cent.
If the highest mortality valuation is used instead, i.e. the mean value of a statistical life (VSL), the "cost-optimal" target (the point where marginal health benefits are found to equal marginal costs) would instead be at 92 per cent gap closure. Unfortunately, no further analysis of this more ambitious target is presented in the report.
In a letter to the Commission2, a coalition of environmental organisations noted that the new approach of using marginal cost versus marginal benefits to investigate suitable levels of ambition brings with it the obvious risk of paying much higher attention to those air pollution impacts that can currently be monetised (i.e. health damage) than to the very significant and important damage air pollution causes to natural and semi-natural ecosystems, biodiversity, agricultural crops, modern materials and cultural monuments.
It should also be recognised, they say, that the costs are likely to be highly overestimated. This is because the cost estimates are based primarily on technical "end-of-pipe" abatement measures. Structural measures and behavioural changes are not included, despite the fact that some of these measures can reduce emissions at zero or low net cost, and many of them will also reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Examples of such measures include those aimed at improving energy and transport efficiency, fuel switching, increased use of renewables and greening of agricultural policy.
They note further that the analysis is constrained by "current policy" scenarios for energy and agriculture, which hides the true potential for emission reductions and adds to the overestimation of perceived future air pollution abatement costs. It is also paradoxical because it is well known that the current addiction to fossil fuels is not sustainable – fast and drastic cuts in emissions of the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, are necessary to keep global temperature rise below the high-risk level of 1.5–2 degrees. So if the EU and its member countries take action that is necessary to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, the costs of reducing emissions of "traditional" air pollutants will be significantly lower.
These shortcomings in the approach result in overestimated costs and underestimated benefits of air pollution control, which is of great concern since it might significantly influence the overall level of ambition. According to the coalition of environmentalists, the overall level of ambition must be guided primarily by the objectives of the EU's Sixth EAP, and therefore should not be based solely on a limited cost-benefit analysis.
The environmental groups expect the review of EU air pollution policy to include an identification of the emission reductions that are required to reach the EU's long-term objectives for air quality, and the measures and actions that are needed for their attainment, i.e. it should show not only what needs to be done, but also how, and by whom.
IIASA's new report was presented at a meeting with the Commission's Stakeholder Expert Group (SEG) on 3 April, together with an update on progress in other work areas, including possible action for certain targeted source-sectors. It has not yet been decided if there will be another SEG meeting before the Commission finalises its proposals.
1 Policy Scenarios for the Revision of the Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution. TSAP Report #10 (March 2013).
2 NGO comments to DG Environment following the fifth SEG meeting on the review of the Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution (19 April 2013). Submitted jointly by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Transport & Environment (T&E), the Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat (AirClim), the Health and Environmental Alliance (HEAL) and ClientEarth.
A cost-benefit analysis1 (CBA) has been carried out to compare the estimated cost for additional emission abatement measures beyond the baseline with the estimated health benefits.
Moving from the baseline to the A5 scenario (which aims for a 75% gap closure for PM health impacts; a 65% gap closure for acidification; a 60% gap closure for health impacts from ozone; and a 55% gap closure for acidification) would reduce annual health damage costs in 2025 by €45-150 billion in the EU-28. Implementing MTFR would provide health benefits valued at €59–206 billion.
Annual health improvements of moving from the baseline to the A5 scenario include avoiding 63,000 premature deaths, 12,000 respiratory hospital admissions, 28,000 cases of chronic bronchitis, and 50 million restricted activity days.
The costs for the additional emission abatement measures of moving from the baseline to the A5 scenario are estimated at €5.4 billion per year in 2025, while implementing MTFR is estimated to cost €45 billion/yr.
If expressed as a percentage of GDP in 2025, the cost for the A5 scenario is equivalent to 0.04 per cent, and for the MTFR 0.31 per cent as an average for the whole EU.
The monetised health benefits exceed the costs for the A5 scenario by between 8 times (lowest valuation) and 28 times (highest valuation). For the MTFR, the benefits-to-cost ratio is between 1.3 and 4.6.
It should be noted that these monetised benefits do not include impacts to ecosystems, agricultural crops, materials or cultural heritage. Nor do they include for example chronic effects of ozone on health.
1 Cost-benefit Analysis of Policy Scenarios for the Revision of the Thematic Strategy on Air pollution (March 2013). Report to the European Commission by Mike Holland, EMRC.


"Where is the new department store?"
Translation:Hol van az új áruház?
Yes, áru is basically "goods" or "wares."
Why can you not say "hol az új áruház van."?
The reason is that it is the wrong word order in questions. You may have come across with the claim that the word order is so flexible in Hungarian that in fact there is no word order at all - or equivalent. Not true. You can indeed place words in several combinations which will be frowned upon or simply not understood.
Now, why is this so, I do not know.
Is it because the focus is on the where IS it. Not that it is there.


Election day is just a few days away! People across the country will head to the polls on Tuesday, November 6th to vote in the congressional midterm elections.
In the state of Maine, we're also voting for Governor, state legislators, and several referendum and bond issue questions.
For Governor, there will be four candidates listed on your ballot, but only three are still running in the race. Alan Caron dropped out last week and endorsed Janet Mills. Of the four candidates, you can only select one for Governor. Ranked Choice Voting will not be used in the 2018 gubernatorial race in Maine.
For all other races in Maine with more than two candidates, Ranked Choice Voting will be used to determine the winner.
Find out where to vote on election day here.
Good luck, and go vote!


First off, we have no idea what's going on here, beyond what we can see: A white SUV caught on a traffic camera driving an astounding distance in reverse. And doing it as if it's as normal as your everyday commute.
with minimal explanation. It seems nobody is entirely sure what caused the driver of this vehicle—which seems to be a second-generation (1998-2004) Isuzu Rodeo—to drive such a distance backwards. Officials speculate that perhaps the driver was experiencing transmission troubles. We think maybe they just wanted to spice up their commute.
The driver isn't just limping it along the shoulder, either. He or she decided to stay in the lane, going roughly the same speed as surrounding traffic, stopping and going with the lights. Basically, he or she is driving as if it's a perfectly normal thing to be reversing down a suburban road.
But the driver does make a few decisions that leave us scratching our heads. For one, this whole backward journey begins with the driver exiting the highway by reversing the wrong direction up an on-ramp, then backing through an intersection to join normal traffic. And toward the end of this clip, you can see that the driver seems to make a right turn—or, driving backward, is it a left turn?—at an intersection that doesn't seem to allow such a turn.
This whole thing happened somewhere in Ohio, and, like the Ohio DOT, we have to implore you never to attempt such a maneuver. If your car is truly unable to drive forward, just park. Don't, under any circumstances, continue the rest of your commute in reverse.
But this definitely makes for some entertaining video. And since there's no sound from the traffic camera footage, might we suggest ?
Officials say the vehicle seen on highway traffic cams driving in reverse might have been having transmission issues – but couldn't confirm the driver's motive.
Ohio DOT suggests the driver should have simply pulled over. Thankfully, no one was injured.
What does T.J. Oshie drive?


The governors remain committed to raising standards of learning and we are grateful to parents for ensuring that our school community remains well behaved and eager to learn.
We are all part of the team, governors, staff, children and parents and together we will continue to be a "good" school and a happy community.
If you are interested in becoming a school governor please contact Mrs Anderson or Sue Marbrow at school for more information.


When working with SQL Management studio , you might need to display a string N number of times , in this case , simply use the GO command and specify the number of times you want the batch to be repeated.
How to print a text 'N' number of times in SQL Management Studio ?
For example , you want to display a string 'This is Ginktage.com' 10 times. Here's how you will do it.


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Hello everyone! Classmate Maryly Snow is inviting everyone to her open art studio! The studio will be available between the dates of November 5-6th and 12-13th, at 5 PM or by appointment.
The studio is located at 3016 Filbert Studio #14, Oakland, CA 94618.
For more information, contact Maryly at maryly@snowstudios.com or call her at (510) 697-1944
Hello everyone! The PHS Class of '62 Reunion Luncheon went off without a hitch! If you'd like to check out some of the photos from the event, check out the new gallery at the link below! (Or just click on "Photo Bulletin Board" in the sidebar to see all the galleries.)
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PHS Class of '62 60th Reunion Luncheon!
Date: Thursday, August 18, 2022
Time: 11:30 am to 3:30 pm
Where: Trader Vics, 9 Anchor Dr, Emeryville, CA
Luncheon: Three-course sit down with a choice of entree (Hulu Huli chicken, Island salmon, or Vegetarian Thai coconut risotto)
No Host Bar
Trader Vic's requires proof of vaccination and ID upon entry.
Email kdbarrett1@mac.com to confirm whether you'll be coming or not. Simply say "yes" or "no, and indicate the number of people coming.
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It has been nine years since our 50th reunion. Many of us have or will turn 77 this year. It seems like only yesterday we were the youth of the world. Those days are long behind us as time races on. We try to age gracefully and watch as our children have children and grandchildren. And we begin to plan our 60th reunion.
We hope you all will find time to add a line or two to your information to update your classmates as to what you have been up to. Please also be sure that your contact information is up to date. And add photos!
We are finally making progress in our battle with Covid-19. At the end of December last year, the FDA gave emergency approval for the Pfizer vaccine, followed by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. On June 15, California reopened only to have mask mandates reinstated, particularly for indoor activities. We still practice social distancing and wear a mask when indoors. Recently booster shots for Covid-19 were approved, and many of us rushed to get them, hoping to slow the spread of the Delta variant. America is finally reopening. Stores and businesses are open, many are returning to their offices, but some jobs will be remote for the foreseeable future. We are free to travel again, though we still must wear masks when flying or traveling by train or bus. We can shop again for anything we want, but there are many shortages. Many jobs go unfilled, and workers everywhere are demanding higher salaries and improved working conditions. Our ports are struggling to unload containers of imported goods. Finally, after a year and a half, we can look forward to an improving economy.
Last winter brought us less than half of normal rainfall, so we must cut back our use of water. Much of California remains in exceptional drought. There were severe wildfires this summer and fall which burned several million acres. Some of us face the possibility of losing electric power as PG&E shuts down utility lines passing through back country where heavy winds are blowing. Real estate markets continue to boom in the San Francisco Bay Area. Rents are rising again. In San Francisco and San Jose, the average home sells for well over a million dollars, and nearby prices are nearly as high. People are buying new cars again, but shortages are slowing deliveries. The Giants unexpectedly made it to the playoffs, only to lose to the Dodgers. The 49ers are having a difficult year. But the fans are back in the stands and glad to be there.
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It has been eight years since our 50th reunion. Many of us have or will turn 76 this year. It seems like only yesterday we were the youth of the world. Those days are long behind us as time races on. We try to age gracefully and watch as our children have children and grandchildren.
We have had a challenging year. In mid-March, our lives were pre-empted by the onslaught of coronavirus, which has taken a fearful toll. We practice social distancing and wear a mask when leaving the house. Many states including California shut down everything deemed non-essential, so while we could still get groceries and gasoline, most other businesses closed, along with beaches and parks. We were told to shelter in place, and most of us did so until June, when restrictions began to ease. The virus raged again with the number of cases increasing nationally by thousands every day, and deaths up by hundreds. The re-imposition of a partial shutdown has brought devastation to our economy with many businesses closing and many millions out of work. Perhaps one or more of the many vaccines under development to protect against the virus will prove safe and effective by the end of the year. Improved treatments and drugs are lowering the death toll.
Last winter brought us about half of normal rainfall, so we worry less about water, but the danger of drought is ever present. Already, there have been several serious wildfires, but fire season is still ahead. Many of us face the possibility of losing electric power as PG&E shuts down utility lines passing through back country where heavy winds are blowing. Real estate markets continue to do well in the San Francisco Bay Area. Rents have begun to fall as many companies allow some or all their workers to work remotely from home. In San Francisco and San Jose, the average home still sells for over a million dollars, and nearby prices are nearly as high. The virus has dampened new car sales. The 49ers lost the Super Bowl to Kansas City, and then the virus shut down all sports until a few weeks ago.
The economy had produced a record number of jobs and low employment, but coronavirus have driven up unemployment rates to levels not seen since the depression of the thirties. Despite the virus, the stock market is near record highs. While many people are still well off, increasing homelessness and drug addiction make news daily. Police violence against blacks and minorities has rekindled the Black Lives Matter movement with unprecedented vigor. As a nation, we are beginning to confront racism in our society. Our democratic institutions remain strong and afford us great freedom. In November we will choose a President.
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We are McKenna and Nancy Price, granddaughter and daughter of Vickie Graham Robinson, and new administrators of the class website.
The site has just been updated, including contact information and memorials for Jean Blair, Dick Jones and Helen Hotle Ferris. If changes are needed, please let us know.
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Mckenna Price -- mckenna@clickamericana.com
It has been seven years since our 50th reunion. Many of us have or will turn 75 this year. It seems like yesterday we were the youth of the world. Yet those days are behind us as time races on. We try to age gracefully and watch as our children have children and grandchildren.
We have had an eventful year. The San Francisco Giants have done better this year and may play 500 ball, and the Oakland Athletics caught fire and are fighting for a wildcard spot in the American League playoffs. The Warriors dominated much of the season, had key players injured, and lost in the NBA championship 4 games to 2 to the Toronto Raptors. The 49ers did well last year until Jimmy Garoppolo got injured and the team struggled. The Raiders look promising with John Gruden again head coach, but in 2020 they'll be playing in Las Vegas.
President Donald Trump continues to be a chaotic leader, and every day he offers one or more outrageous tweets. He continues to wage trade war with China with the outcome uncertain. He withdrew from our deal with Iran and placed crippling sanctions on them. He continues to talk nice to Kim Jong-un while every week the North Koreans develop more offensive weapons. Wars continue in the middle east and in Afghanistan, with little prospect of peace. And California is being led a new governor, Gavin Newsom.
Last winter brought us abundant rain so we think less about water. So far, we have avoided the devastating fires we had last fall accompanied by days of choking smoke. Real estate markets continue to boom in the San Francisco Bay Area. Rents continue to soar and homelessness is an ever-worsening problem. In San Francisco and San Jose, the average home sells for over a million dollars, and nearby prices are nearly as high. New cars continue to sell well, despite ever rising prices, and buyers increasingly favor SUVs and trucks, forsaking the traditional sedan.
The economy has produced a record number of jobs and low employment, but salaries have not caught up with the cost of living. The stock market is near record highs but ongoing trade wars and an economic slowdown in Europe, are adding to increased volatility. While most people are well off, homelessness and drug addiction make news daily. Our democratic institutions remain strong and afford us great freedom, and most Americans are well off. Next year we will choose a new President.
It has been six years our 50th reunion. Many of us have or will turn 74 this year. Not long ago we were the youth of the world. Yet those days are behind us. As the years continue, we try to age gracefully. We watch as our children have children and grandchildren.
We have had an eventful year. The San Francisco Giants have done better this year and may play 500 ball, and the Oakland Athletics caught fire and are now challenging Houston for the lead in the American League west. The Warriors dominated all season and NBA champs for the third time in four years. The 49ers floundered until they got Jimmy Garoppolo to quarterback the team. The Raiders look promising with John Gruden again head coach. President Donald Trump continues to be a chaotic leader, and every day he offers one or more outrageous tweets. Two of Trump's people, Paul Manafort, his former campaign manager, and Michael Cohen, his former personal attorney, appear to be headed to jail for a series of crimes and misdeeds. Wars continue in the middle east and in Afghanistan, with little prospect of peace. And California will choose a new governor in November.
Last winter brought us enough rain so we don't have to ration water, but continued heat and below normal rainfall has led to a frightful fire season. Real estate markets continue to do well in the in the San Francisco Bay Area. Rents are soaring and homelessness is an ever-worsening problem. In San Francisco and San Jose, the average home sells for over a million dollars, and nearby prices are nearly as high. Several recent local news stories have featured sales of dilapidated houses for over a million dollars, and the buyer wrecks the house and builds a mansion. New cars continue to sell well, despite ever rising prices, and buyers increasingly favor SUVs and trucks, forsaking the traditional sedan.
The Islamic world is dominated by a religious conflict between two Islamic sects in Iraq and Syria. ISIS has been largely defeated militarily in Syria and Iraq. North Korea has recently developed ICBMs capable of striking all of the United States. President Trump met with Kim Jong-un in Singapore and tried to him to agree to de-nuclearization. The economy has produced a record number of jobs and low employment, but salaries have not caught up with the cost of living. The stock market is near record highs and most people are well off, but homelessness and drug addiction make news daily. Our democratic institutions remain strong and afford us great freedom, and most Americans are well off.
It has been five years our 50th reunion. Many of us have or will turn 73 this year. And it was not long ago that we were the youth of the world. Now we continue to ask ourselves and each other if we ever thought we would be this old. About 30 of us met at The Cooperage in Lafayette for a mini-reunion lunch on Wednesday, June 14. We had a grand time visiting with each other.
We hope you all will find time to add a line or two to your information to update your classmates as to what you have been up to since the reunion. Please also be sure that your contact information is up to date. And add photos!
We have had an eventful year. The San Francisco Giants have floundered all season and will be lucky if they do not lose 100 games this season, and the Oakland Athletics also have a losing record. The Warriors dominated all season. In the playoffs, they only lost one game in the championship series with Cleveland, and are NBA champs for the second time in three years. The 49ers floundered but the Raiders did well enough to return to the playoffs for the first time in years. The campaign for President ended with the surprise victory of Donald Trump. He is off to a chaotic start, and every day he offers a new, outrageous tweet.
California voted for Hillary Clinton and she received 60 percent of the vote here. El Nino departed but winter brought us enough rain to break the drought in most areas of the state. The summer has brought record heat to the far west. Real estate markets have recovered in many places in the country, but there are few sellers and many buyers, driving up prices. In the San Francisco Bay Area, rents are soaring and homelessness is an ever-worsening problem. In San Francisco and San Jose, the average home sells for over a million dollars, and nearby prices are nearly as high. New cars continue to sell well but sales are off last year's peak.
The Islamic world is dominated by a religious conflict between two Islamic sects in Iraq and Syria. The grip of ISIS on territory in Syria and northern Iraq is loosening, as Mosul has been recaptured by the Iraqi army and their capital, Raqqa, is under siege. North Korea has recently developed ICBMs capable of striking the west coast of the United States while the rest of the world tries to figure out how to stop them, short of war or a pre-emptive attack. The economy has produced a record number of jobs and low employment. The stock market is at record highs, the Dow having gained over 4,000 points since Trump's victory. Our democratic institutions remain strong and afford us great freedom, and most Americans are well off.
Announcing the upcoming Piedmont Wall of Honor commemorating the women and men who have Achieved the Honorable by serving our Country.
The Wall of Honor (WoH) committee has worked for 18 months successfully seeking approval from the school system, City administrators and community. The WoH exhibit will be in the school library with access by a touch screen interactive Kiosk for the students and visitors. It will also be available to your mobile device or home computer. You will be able to submit additional names, details, stories and photos to help the list grow.
The cornerstone of the WoH will be a robust website and a digital repository of service member names & information of those from Piedmont who have served in any one of the uniformed nine branches of service: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard, Public Health Service, US NOAA, Nurses or in the U.S. Foreign Service.
The Members List will include the names, branch of service, PHS graduation year and special remarks. Visitors to the website and the interactive kiosk will have access to a submission form for friends and family members to contribute new entries, stories and photos to add to the list. Examples are:
Egbert W. Beach KIA, 1918, Army, WW I (Grammar School); David Waybur KIA, 1938, Army, WW II (Congressional Medal of Honor, Silver Star); Jean Witter Jr KIA, 1938, Navy, WW II (Witter Football Field).
To build a professional exhibit that honors our service members and a robust website & databank suitable for use by students in a school setting, by the alumni and community at large is expensive. Please consider a Donation (tax deductible) of any amount to speed our Wall of Honor to be completed.
Donors that contribute by May 15 will be designated as Founders and receive recognition on the Wall of Honor website. Founding Donors in the Honor, Pride and Courage categories will be included as part of the permanent Wall of Honor exhibit in the library.
Please visit the website for complete details: http://www.phswallofhonor.org/
Clicking the Donation tab will explain the fast way to contribute by email or USPS letter.
Donations will be used to hire an affordable, experienced, local professional web development company and to design, purchase and install all components of the Wall of Honor inside the PHS Ambassador Christopher Stevens Memorial library.
The community and alumni are invited to attend the Wall of Honor Groundbreaking Ceremony on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 4PM in the Ambassador Christopher Stevens Memorial Library at Piedmont High School
Click on the website Contact tab and complete the form on the bottom for any questions.
It has been four years our 50th reunion. Many of us have or will turn 72 this year. And it seems just yesterday that we were the youth of the world. Now we continue to ask ourselves and each other if we ever thought we would be this old.
Since last summer, we have lost one more classmate -- Ginny McLeod Meisenbach. Much else has happened in our lives and in our world. We are grateful for the memories of our deceased shared by some classmates. Some of us have updated our information on the class website, others have not. We hope you all will find time to add a line or two to your information to update your classmates as to what you have been up to since the reunion. Please also be sure that your contact information is up to date. And add photos!
Should we have a mini-reunion in 2017? This would be our 55th reunion. If you wish us to go forward with plans for a get-together, please let Earl or Vickie know. With your support, we can make it happen.
We have had an eventful year. After a brilliant start, the San Francisco Giants have suffered from a drought of run production, while the Oakland Athletics have lost more games than they've won. A dominant Warrior team continued to dominate until the championship series, finally losing to Cleveland. The campaign for President has started with two unpopular candidates running, yet we retain our right to vote. In California, the return of El Nino brought us a year of near average rainfall, and the drought in the west continues for a fifth year. Real estate markets have recovered in many places in the country, but there seem to be few sellers and many buyers, driving up prices. In the San Francisco Bay Area, rents are soaring and homelessness is an ever worsening problem. In San Francisco and San Jose, the average home sells for over a million dollars. New cars continue to sell well. The Islamic world is dominated by a religious conflict between two Islamic sects in Iraq and Syria. The grip of ISIS on territory in Syria and northern Iraq, is being challenged and increasingly pushed back, while Islamic extremists spread terror in America and Europe with more frequent mass murders. California and the far west suffer from wildfires while the rest of the country experiences severe storms and drowns in record rainfall. In spite of our problems, the economy seems to be improving, the stock market is near record highs, the job market and employment are strong, our democratic institutions afford us great freedom, and most Americans are well off.
It has been three years our 50th reunion. Many of us have or will turn 71 this year. And it seems just yesterday that we were the youth of the world. Now we continue to ask ourselves and each other if we ever thought we would be this old.
Since the start of 2015, we have lost two more classmates -- Steve Arlett and Wade Breuer. Much else has happened in our lives and in our world. We are grateful for the memories of our deceased shared by some classmates. Some of us have updated our information on the class website, others have not. We hope you all will find time to add a line or two to your information to update your classmates as to what you have been up to since the reunion. Please also be sure that your contact information is up to date. And add photos!
We have had an eventful year. The San Francisco Giants stumbled a bit and now cannot quite seem to catch the Dodgers, while the Oakland Athletics have had difficulty all year. The 49ers and Raiders had seasons best forgotten. A dominant Warrior team took the NBA championship. The economy seems to limp along and the stock market trembles on fears of a Fed rate hike, worsening weakness in China, and a third Greek bailout. Winter weather froze and flooded the eastern part of the country while the west suffered worsening drought. In California, the return of El Nino may herald the end of our four year drought. Unemployment continues to decline, but there is little improvement in take home pay, and many settle for part time jobs. Real estate markets have recovered in many places in the country, but there seem to be few sellers and many buyers, driving up prices. New cars are selling well because after 11 years on the road, the old one is worn out. The Islamic world is dominated by a religious conflict between two Islamic sects in Iraq and Syria. ISIS continues to hold much of Syria and northern Iraq. A promising start to the rainy season dried up in California as January produced not a drop of rain and spring was also dry. There are fires all over the far west while the rest of the country experiences severe storms and drowns in record rainfall.
It has been two years since the reunion. Many of us have or will turn 70 this year. And it seems just yesterday that we were the youth of the world. Now we ask ourselves and each other if we ever thought we would be this old.
Since the start of 2014, we have lost five more classmates -- Lynda King Huff, Marilyn Milligan Moore, Heidi Ledford Hill, Patty Hinch Simpson and Bill Blagborne. Much else has happened in our lives and in our world. We are grateful for the memories of our deceased shared by some classmates. Some of us have updated our information on the class website, others have not. We hope you all will find time to add a line or two to your information to update your classmates as to what you have been up to since the reunion. Please also be sure that your contact information is up to date. And add photos!
We have had an eventful year. The San Francisco Giants got off to a great start but went into their June swoon, while the Oakland Athletics rolled along until August. The 49ers got to the NFC Championship game but could not beat Seattle. The economy seems to be a little better, after winter weather froze the eastern part of the country, with more substantial improvement in the unemployment rate, but much less improvement in take home pay, and many settling for part time jobs. The stock market took off like a skyrocket for the first six months of the year, only to have a late summer stumble in August. Real estate markets have recovered in many places in the country, but there seem to be few sellers and many buyers, driving up prices. The world scene seems to be dominated by unrest in Ukraine and a religious conflict between two Islamic sects in Iraq and Syria. A new militant group, ISIS, has taken over eastern Syria and much of northern Iraq. California had virtually no rain in 2013, and a few late storms in February and March helped slightly in alleviating an exceptional drought. There are fires all over the far west while the rest of the country experiences severe storms and drowns in record rainfall.
A Note from Earl and Vickie
Nearly a year has passed since we celebrated our 50th Reunion at the Courtyard by Marriott in downtown San Francisco. We all had time to visit at the reunion, and over 120 classmates, spouses and others attended, including two teachers. During the day, a number of us joined for various activities. We most appreciated the opportunity to see each other. It had been a long time.
Since we saw each other, we lost Mike Herbert in early June. He attended the reunion and was fine then. And much else has happened in our lives and in our world. Some of us have updated our information on the class website, others have not. We hope you all will find time to add a line or two to your information to update your classmates as to what you have been up to since the reunion. Please also be sure that your contact information is up to date. And add photos!
We have had an eventful year. The San Francisco Giants went on to win the World Series, but their play this season makes some of us wonder how they got there. The 49ers got into the Super Bowl, but lost a close game. The economy seems to run in fits and starts with some improvement in the unemployment rate, but much less improvement in take home pay, and many settling for part time jobs. The stock market took off like a skyrocket in the first seven months of the year, only to have a late summer stumble in August. Real estate markets have recovered in many places in the country, but there seem to be few sellers and many buyers, driving up prices. The world scene seems to be dominated by continuing unrest in many countries in the middle east. California had a wet fall and early winter, but the rain stopped in January. In August, there are fires all over the far west while the southeast drowns in record rainfall. What's happening in your part of the world?
A note from Vickie:
What a splendid reunion weekend we had! In the words of Cole Porter, it was a swell party!
Thanks go to….
*Everyone who attended: your presence enhanced the event. Yokiko came from Japan, David (Appleby) Laffie , recently from Macau, Chuck Meyers from Georgia, Chuck Johnston from Canada…and others from near and far.
*The committee (Ron Rubenstein, treasurer, Earl Sawyer, Clan o Log and email guru, Bruce Beebe, Peter Berger, Phyllis Berger Rosenberg, Dorothy Carter Paige, Claire Cochran Cunningham, Mimi Peterson Collier, Darlene Epstein Jurow and honorary members Carol Crist Thom and Sharon Young Stehr) who spent 13 months planning the event—putting careful thought into the many decisions to be made, with the goal of making it the best possible event.
*Sharon Farrell Jurgensen and Susan Korb Johnston who made the nametags, keeping up as new people were added even at the last minute.
*Shoshanna Love (Sue Werfel) who created festive table decorations – on a limited budget – which made the room look lovely.
* Susan Harris Parsons , Ann Hatoff Rapp, Midge Lindsay Hunt, and Carolyn Sanford Kortge, our official greeters
*Phyllis Berger Rosenberg who bought the purple PHS cocktail napkins
*Dorothy Carter Paige who suggested weekend plans, wrote many of the emails and served as a sounding board when I needed it most.
*Jim Livingstone, PHS '60 who created our website and served as Sherlock Holmes, locating many "lost" classmates.
Vickie Graham Robinson
If you did not attend but would like a 50th Reunion Clan-O-Log, please send $12.00 to Ron and a copy will be sent to you by first class mail.
Earl Sawyer has done an outstanding job putting together the 'In Memory' page.
Please take the time to look it over and add your own remembrances of classmates.

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snel; adj. Quick, active, strong. I. in following glosses Snel alacris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 75: 6, 50: expeditus, velox, fortis, 30, 17: explicitus, liber, efficatus, 145, 35. Snellne adultum, Hpt. Gl. 485, 25. II. of rapid movement, quick, rapid, swift Sum biþ on londe snel, féþe spédig, Exon. Th. 296, 17; Crä. 52. Fareþ feþrum snell, 206, 7; Ph. 123. Snel, 208, 29; Ph. 163. Hé is snel and swift and swíðe leóht est levis et velox, 220, 8; Ph. 317. Wæterþissa snel, 182, 2; Gú. 1304: Andr. Kmbl. 1009; An. 505. Snelle veloces, Ps. Spl. T. 13, 6. Férend snelle swift emissaries, Exon. Th. 246, 12; Jul. 60. Se wæs mid his dǽdum snelra ðonne hé mægnes hæfde celeritate magis quam virtute fretus, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 27. Mé is snægl swiftra, snelra regnwyrm, Exon. Th. 426, 8; Rä. 41, 70. III. active, prompt, ready, quick in action, bold. [Snell is given in Jamieson's Dictionary with the meanings, keen, severe; sharp (of the air); acute (of the mind); firm, determined. Also in Cumberland it is used of the wind] Se snella sunu Wonrédes, Beo. Th. 5934; B. 2971. Mé sendon tó ðé sǽmen snelle, Byrht. Th. 132, 41; By. 29: Cd. Th. 191, 26; Exod. 220: Exon. Th. 296, 25; Crä. 56. Snellra werod, cénra the band of the bold and the brave, Judth. Thw. 24, 21; Jud. 199. [Snel (strong, 2nd MS.) cniht wes Carric, Laym. 28860. O. Sax. snell bold, active: O. H. Ger. snell alacer, acer, agilis, strenuus, robustus, pernix: Icel. snjallr valiant, brave; ready of speech, eloquent.] v. swíð-snell.
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Bosworth, Joseph. "snell." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth. Ed. Thomas Northcote Toller. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898. 891.


Oh, but my Karis! She is wicked smart and mischievous just like her peers. She pretends to cook me dinner or wants me to play princess with her, just like her sisters did.
Sometimes you look back on your life and you see the path the Lord has taken you on and you think, what a gracious Father He was to me in preparing my path. But at the time, you know, you were not too happy with Him leading you through dark valleys or up to the cliff's edge.
Back in 2010 I was pregnant with my 3rd daughter. Having lost two babies to miscarriage right before her, we were pretty nervous until about the halfway point of the pregnancy. One sunny afternoon, not even knowing the test had been run, I got a phone call from my doctor. "I need to tell you," she said, "that your triple screen test came back with markers for Trisomy 21, better known as Down Syndrome." What?
Trisomy 21 is a condition where a third copy (the trisomy part) of the 21st chromosome is present in someone's DNA. Some of the challenges associated with this syndrome are heart defects, intestinal defects, hypertonia and delayed or impaired cognitive ability, things that can sound pretty scary to new and old parents alike.
Nothing is more agonizing to an expectant parent than being told something may be wrong with your baby and not knowing what that's going to mean for them, or for you. We spend the next month worrying, talking to a genetic counselor and doing ultrasound after ultrasound looking at every arch in her heart, every valve, every "marker" that can indicate Down Syndrome. After extensive looking the doctors found… nothing. It was a false positive. We went on with life assuming all was well.
Then, one month before our daughter was to be born, my mother unexpectedly died. We were still in shock when our baby girl was born. We named her Seraya Jane, after my mom. She was beautiful and healthy and perfectly ordinary chromosomally. Down Syndrome was far from our thoughts.
I had lots of dreams about my mom in the first five months after her passing… one of the most vivid though, was of her holding a little baby with that tearful smile grandmas get when they first see their new little one. She was just holding this baby and then nodded and handed it over to the Lord. Such a strange dream, but somehow it felt comforting. I think the Lord was once again preparing me.
Shortly after Seraya's birth, I found out I was expecting baby number four! We were not exactly ready at all for another baby to be coming along. But once the shock wore off, we were so happy. We didn't know we were standing on the edge of a cliff of no return.
The day for her arrival finally arrived. She was here! Karis Mira Bible. (Karis, meaning grace and Mira, meaning peace.) But the doctor didn't show her to me right away like she had in the past. As the doctor congratulated me on my beautiful baby girl, she whisked her over to be looked at. They took a little bit in cleaning her up and looking her over before they handed her to me. They placed her in my arms… and I knew. I asked my husband to take a photo right then and there. I wanted to make sure to capture the moment just like the other three first moments with mom shot. I love that photo to this day. Though no one had told me, I knew, and I was happy. I was going to take care of her. I remembered my dream and the peace that came with it.
Finally alone in our room with Sam and Karis, sadness hit me. There was something broken for my baby, and I couldn't' fix it. I was angry and kept thinking, "Really Lord, another major life change? Really!?!" And "Mom would make all of this so much easier, did you have to deprive me of her-right when she would be most helpful?!" I thought I was in for a long lonely struggle.
Seeing my tears, the nursing staff was, I think, a bit worried about me. My doctor had a special needs child of her own and was so kind and encouraging about how Karis was beautiful and perfect and it was all going to be just fine. A nurse from another section of the hospital came over and told me about her independent brother, who also happened to have Down Syndrome, and how as a sibling she was so proud of him, and that it was all going to be great. And didn't I know, but Karis was born on World Down Syndrome Day! (March being the third month, represents the Trisomy, and 21st representing the effected chromosome). Ahh… my double special girl. Just like someone had planned it.
Even through all the great support, it was overwhelming getting this diagnosis for my daughter.
Every single person on planet Earth is different. It's no different with those who are diagnosed with Down Syndrome. But with that diagnosis suddenly you are being given lists of things that may be "different" and not in a good way. How well she would do in school was not defined; if she'd ever live an independent life was in question. She would look different. She would likely have speech challenges and cognitive delays. Any of these challenges can arise for anyone, really but with a diagnosis there are differences that are just more expected. And we humans tend to focus on the differences.
What I worried about then is so different from the realities of my today. Karis is now 4 years old. Sure, her communication skills are about a year behind or so of her peers, and sure, she physically works harder to do some of the things her peers can and sure she doesn't process instructions as quickly as her peers. Oh, but my Karis! She is wicked smart and mischievous just like her peers. She pretends to cook me dinner or wants me to play princess with her, just like her sisters did. And, just like her sisters, is addicted to hugs (and let me tell you, you've not been truly hugged until you've had one of Karis' full on melt-into-you hugs)! They are truly the best. She throws tantrums, she gets into trouble and makes huge messes in the typical ways kids her age do. She asks for it to be her turn to pray at the dinner table. She loves on her new baby brother and cuddles and "mothers" him. She, in so many ways, is just a normal sunshiny kid.
Sometimes you stand on the edge of the cliff without knowing only to be shoved off and find yourself free falling. Other times you stand on the edge of that cliff and choose to jump. Either way, enjoying the ride is much about attitude and trust. We can focus on the things in Karis' life that make her "different" or we can choose to focus on who she is, and the Who guiding her paths. Who she is happens to be one great kid. Uniquely and wonderfully made. Her challenges? Well, the Lord knew those would be there too and He's put people in our path to help us overcome so many of those. I trust that the Lord will be there for my daughter no matter the challenges she will face. They sure don't seem as dramatic as they used to seem. I'm so glad He's leading this journey, and not me! Sometimes the path looks a little sketchy, and you'd like to take the sunny path instead. But then, sometimes you'd miss out on the wonderfulness along the way.
Melissa Bible is a small town girl who led adventures as an athlete, missionary and world traveler. She met and married the love of her life while serving the Lord in Riga, Latvia. They returned to her native Oregon where she and her husband Sam are raising their five children. And yes, that really is their last name.


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We Love Jonathan Andrew announced as Global Brand Ambassador for Fudge
Jonathan Andrew announced as Global Brand Ambassador for Fudge
Lauren January 30, 2019 News
What a match made it heaven – hairdressing's hottest young talent and edgy brand Fudge Professional. Huge congratulations to Jonathan Andrew, who has been crowned the brand's new Global Brand Ambassador.
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Full of charisma and confidence, it's no surprise that he has a wealth of experience in television, on shows such as Celebrity Juice and This Morning and as part of the creative team on The X Factor.
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When a state joins a human rights treaty, it usually must incorporate its international treaty obligations into domestic law by creating domestic regulations and legislation that match the international standards. Why do some treaty members change their domestic laws to align them with treaty standards, while other members do not? I theorize that incorporation---the adoption of specific treaty provisions containing human rights standards into domestic laws---is the result of political battles between competing domestic interest groups. Most political science research emphasizes how civil society advocates use human rights treaties to hold governments accountable for rights violations. In contrast, I argue that many human rights treaties activate social conflict over distribution or competing moral values. These conflicts spur interest groups to pressure governments both in favor of and against treaty incorporation. Consequently, governments that face competing pressures from international and domestic interest groups often fail to incorporate international treaties. I test this argument by examining legislation adopted in Latin America to incorporate treaties against child labor and marriage. I analyze two original datasets of the national legislation adopted in the region to prohibit these practices, including the loopholes that provide exceptions to the human rights standards. I complement these analyses with qualitative evidence from over 60 in-depth interviews with policymakers, civil society leaders, and representatives of international organizations in six Latin American countries.


Real estate turns out to be a phrase that is used legally to describe property and the structures on such property. It refers to the land and the residential, commercial, or industrial structures on the land. Other improvements to the property can also be covered by the term, such as wells, fences, and other immobile objects fixed on the property. The natural features of the property are also included in the phrase, like lakes, streams, and trees. Real estate can be natural land, residential property, commercial property, and even industrial property.
Real Estate is governed by real estate law. This represents the legal codes and regulations that have to do with real estate in a given jurisdiction. It covers such elements as the specifics of transactions of residential and commercial real estate. Real estate attorneys practice this form of law.
Realtors are the principal professionals who work in the field of selling real estate. Realty is the term that pertains to realtors and their firms. Real estate and realty companies are often equated with real property. This stands in contrast to personal property and personal property law.
As real estate property has developed and become more complex, it has evolved into an important part of business. This is referred to as commercial real estate. Commercial real estate can be buildings and office spaces used by businesses. Buying real estate is an expensive proposition requiring large investments. As every type and zoning of land has its own characteristics, the real estate industry has developed into a variety of different fields. There are people who specialize in valuing different kinds of real estate and helping the transactions to come together.
Many different types of real estate related businesses have developed as a result. Brokers are third parties who collect a fee in exchange for mediating real estate transactions between two different entities or individuals. Appraisers perform professional level evaluations of properties. Developers improve a land's value, typically by building or rebuilding structures on it.
Property managers handle the management of a given property on behalf of the owner. Real estate investors handle real estate investments. Real estate marketers handle the promotion and sales aspects of any property business. Corporate real estate people deal with the real estate portfolios of a company in support of its main businesses. Relocation servicers function to move businesses or individuals to a different part of the country or internationally from one real estate property to another.
The different types of real estate involve specialists in the various branches of real estate. In each of the different fields, real estate businesses commonly focus on a single type of real estate. This might be residential realty, commercial property realty, or industrial property realty. Construction businesses are involved significantly with sometimes either one branch, or sometimes even two or all three branches of real estate. They develop and build real estate to an end user's specifications.
The term 'Real Estate' is included in the Investments edition of the Financial Dictionary. You can get your copy on amazon in Kindle or Paperback version. See more details here.