Day 2: At 8:00 you are a remarkable breakfast submitted. Morning flight to Urgench. Arrival in Urgench happen to the hotel in Khiva. Uzbekistan is full of interesting information in culture, history, about your guide to tell you. Operated survey of attractions in Khiva. The traditional dinner will be filed at the local Uzbek restaurant. Go to a website of the World Heritage of UNESCO fortress Ichan-Qala during this tour. A free time in the afternoon. You will be eating dinner at 20:00 clock at the local Uzbek restaurant. The comfortable hotel is good good night.
Day 3: Early in the morning you'll be sent a remarkable breakfast. Leave of Khiva in the morning and take a trip to Bukhara (500 km, 7 hours). Many interesting facts will be told by your guide. In a way you have to see a tour of the river Amu Darya. The charming traditional food will be filed in a local restaurant. Arrival in Bukhara in the afternoon. At night, enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. Registration to the hotel. A free time. They spend the night in comfortable local hotel.
Day 4: 8:00 you are a remarkable breakfast submitted. Survey of attractions in Bukhara organized. They will always remember these days with warm feelings. Visit during the tour of the famous mausoleum of the Samani dynasty, the Arch Fortress, Chashma-Ayub, Kalon ensemble, medrese the Arab Miri, Magoki-Attari Mosque. You will be eating dinner at 20:00 clock at the local Uzbek restaurant. The comfortable hotel is good good night.
Day 5: Early morning you will be sent a remarkable breakfast. Tracing of attractions in Bukhara. Our company will make sure that you remember these days with warm feelings. Tour for a summer residence of the emirs of Bukhara Sitorai-Mokhikhosa, choir-Bakr and Bakhoutdin Naqshbandi's mausoleum to be prepared. In the afternoon free time in Bukhara. At night, enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. They spend the night in comfortable local hotel.
Day 6: At 8:00 you are a remarkable breakfast submitted. Leave from Bukhara in the morning and take a trip in a yurt camp in the desert Kyzylkum away to village Yangigazgan. The traditional dinner will be filed at the local Uzbek restaurant. On a road trip to attend a seminar on the owner of the pottery and Gijduvan Nurata a local mosque with holy spring water. They will always remember these days with warm feelings. To go on a camel ride and a free time. You will be eating dinner at 20:00 clock at the local Uzbek restaurant. In the evening, at a dinner there be Kazakh context singing folk songs. The comfortable hotel is good good night.
Day 7: Early morning you will be sent a remarkable breakfast. In the morning visit the unique lake Aidarkul located in the desert. Uzbekistan is full of interesting information in culture, history, about your guide to tell you. A free time at sea I s for you. The charming traditional food will be filed in a local restaurant. Let the yurt camp and tour of Samarkand in the afternoon. Arrival to Samarkand, are registered at the hotel. At night, enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. Time to rest. They spend the night in comfortable local hotel.
Day 8: 8:00 you are a remarkable breakfast submitted. You have an overview of the attractions in Samarkand. Our company will make sure that you remember these days with warm feelings. Visit during the time today to tour the Registan Square, Ruins of Bibi-Khanum Mosque, cemeteries Shakhi-Zinda, the Gur-Emir mausoleum, Ulugbek observatory. The traditional dinner will be filed at the local Uzbek restaurant. A free time in afternon. You will be eating dinner at 20:00 clock at the local Uzbek restaurant. The comfortable hotel is good good night.
Day 9: Early morning you will be sent a remarkable breakfast. Leave from Samarkand and Tashkent tour for the morning. Many interesting facts will be told by your guide. Arrival in Tashkent, will be registered to the hotel. The charming traditional food will be filed in a local restaurant. Tour the center of Tashkent, Amir Temur Square the Independence Square, the Old City part of Tashkent with complex Khast-Imom market and Chor-Su, the Museum of Applied Arts be. At night, enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. They spend the night in comfortable local hotel.
3 - The great palace of the Termezshah that belongs to this period (XI-XII), is famous for its ma Jestic and unique carvings in ganch. It has a rectangular raw bricks, approx 100x75 (m) with a large terraced patios. The main axis of the structure went from east to west. It was a large archway in the west and the east end open in a concert hall with a terrace, which further led to a courtyard. In the middle of a square courtyard pool was about 8.5 m. (10) The brick walls of the hall were covered with baked bricks and then decorated in the XII c., Blue ganch Its surface was carved with different geometric and zoomorphic images. Based on archaeological discoveries, had the entrance of the building ganch bars - panjara - with colored glass and wall inscriptions in black, blue, red and green colors. (11) It is noteworthy that the images carved into zoomorphic ganch the palace of the Shah Termez were part of a common phenomenon in the Islamic architecture of the time. The image of the magnificent lion on two plates is particularly interesting. The first of them has placed a lion's head in front and behind a human head and the second is an image of two winged lions heraldic composition with stars and rosettes on the body. It is important to note that the images of two bodies were to be known from ancient times in Central Asia. In medieval times, the numbers of birds and animals became more popular with a head and two bodies and were used as emblems. Therefore, one can consider both the acquisition of BP DeNike that the lions in Termez palace served as an emblem (12) and GA Pugachenkova assumption that these fearsome creatures guardian of the palace were to be grounded.
The oasis of Termez is unusually rich and unique in its rough brick constructions. In the villages, many of the characteristic features of late medieval architecture of the homes appeared. It is known that the raw brick dwellings of Central Asia were typically covered with flat beams, and this can be seen in Termez. There were some homes built domes made of raw bricks, but together they had disappeared by the end of the 1930s. Bachinskiy NM, during the exploration of crude brick buildings of ancient Termez, provided the stability and high craftsmanship of the masonry. He also observed the wonderful quality and stability of raw brick, prepared and developed by the old masters using a special technology for many years been dried. (14) NM Bachinskiy drew attention to a series of square dome constructions, the exterior walls in the way of the shallow domed were strengthened. The transition to the dome was achieved by simple arched buttresses. The same constructive and often decorative methods were used in baked brick Meanwhile in raw monumental brick structures.


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I've been doing a bit of reorganising on all my paperwork and generally tidying around, after all it's getting to that time of year for the Annual Spring Clean.
I came across some information I had filed away about Chakras. As usual I had to draw a halt to to the tidying and sat down inside my window and read through my notes.
I realised I could pass this information on to you all, and you may benefit from it and use it to progress your understanding of energy and how to connect and use your chakras to further your communication with your angels.
Chakra is a sanskrit word which generally means wheel or disc.
There are 7 main chakras aligned with the body and they are all found along the spine from the base to the crown. The chakras regulate the flow of energy through our energy fields. We open and close these systems by deciding what to think and feel and what we experience of the world around us. They interact with our physical body through two major systems - The Endocrine System and the Nervous System.
I will be continuing the Chakra posts here on Cora's Cloud.
I will be working through the Chakras starting with the Base Chakra and working upwards towards the Crown Chakra.
As we step into Spring and shake free from Winter's chilly hug we open once again to renewing our energies, cleansing and clearing our lives and feeling the stir of new life all around us.
This Spring promise yourself that you too will renew and refresh one thing in your life.
Begin daily meditation, go for a walk and feel nature's energies, connect with your angels, renew old interests or just clear out that old cluttered room or attic.
Feel the stir of new beginnings with you and you too will become a new you.
I asked the Angels for a message today and they drew my attention to this beautiful message.
I hope you also find the message uplifting and guiding for today.
How you perceive events in your life can either help or hinder you.
If you look for negative traits in most life events, people and thoughts then you will constantly battle with yourself. You will never see that letting of this behaviour will allow you move on.
Ask your angels to help you focus on a different point of view.
This will allow you to steer clear of the negativity and within a short while you will no longer look for or see the negativity.
Be strong, call on your angels for their assistance and you will find the strength you need to move on.
Don't give up, don't give in.
Your efforts are most valiant and forthright. You are doing so very well. The angels applaud your efforts and fill you with grace and blessings for ever effort you have accomplished. They rally to your cause and support you in all ways. Don't allow others to tear down what you have already created. Stay the course for the end result will be so magnificent and rewarding. You chose this task to accomplish before you reached this earth and you have always been travelling towards this moment. You are not alone, you never have been. Rely on the angels and pray for the support and guidance to help you move nearer your goal and finish this amazing journey in light and love.
Don't stand alone against the tide.
Don't let things get you down.
There is always hope and help available to you.
Call upon your angels for their assistance, they are waiting for you to ask. Their mission is to assist and help you. They will gently reassure and guide you to where you will find help and or advice. They will wrap their wings around you and protect you until you are strong enough to take the next step.
When you experience difficulties and hardships in your life your angels are only an ask away.
Many people ask me what inspires me most. There are of course many answers depending on my task at that time. I find inspiration from a host of sources and as each of us are different and have different interest hobbies etc we thus find inspiration in many different places.
There is something truly magical and inspirational in stunning scenery and landscapes, weathered through time and moulded into magnificent vistas, also the delicate and exact beauty in any flower, plant or tree, all hold great inspiration for many from poets to artists etc. Inspiration in sound is wondrous to behold and we have all experienced music which moves us to tears, joy or dance, even the sound of crashing waves or birds song holds magical inspiration.
I have been truly inspired by many great individuals from the Dali Lama to many writers and poets and find their unique and individual view points enchanting and thought provoking. But for me true inspiration comes from still silence. It's in these moments of nothing that wondrous and divine words of divine inspiration flow. It's like finding a long lost dusty trunk, forgotten in the darkness of my mind and opening it to find an abundances of beautifully written sheets flowing with love, light and inspiration. My angels impart these beautiful and loving words to help me share my gifts from them with others. To allow others to tune into their angels and their unique energies and love to help them find, begin and travel further on their spiritual journeys.
Inspiration is not what's important to me, it's conveying these words of wisdom and guidance to others that is truly fulfilling and peace giving. For the ultimate in inspiration is to inspire others. To help others find what they are seeking at the precise moment in time that they most need it.
Recently, I was sat one afternoon at my computer. My head was spinning with things to do but for some unfathomable reason I just couldn't seem to get my brain in gear.
Every time I would begin something my brain would go blank. I got up and made myself a cup of coffee hoping the break would jolt my brain back into working mode; but to no avail.
I gave up and left the work and decided to do something else instead.
However, that evening I sat down and decided to write a few lines about my absent brain but nothing, nada not even a word.
To clear my thoughts and mind I lit a candle and asked my angels to help me.
Today my brain has gone away.
I sit and think to no avail.
I hope this state does not prevail!
Not a memory, not a spark.
You must think it's such a lark.
To sit and let the day go by.
I wish I knew the reason why?
Not a word or phase to write.
Now my head is feeling light.
It's oh so dull, I must say!
Inner wisdom sets to flight.
Lexical, verbal words of blight.
Slowly on the minutes pass.
How long is this going to last?
Full of dreary doom and gloom.
Can I find behind my eyes.
Now i'm feeling full of woe.
Hoping all is not astray.
There is a word of magic lore.
For my brain to restore.
As the day moves forward fast.
A potion drank of caffeine true.
All is not so dark and gray.
Bright and light are all around.
Hidden words are now unfound.
First a vowel takes to flight.
Then a noun, it's sheer delight.
Onward to a sentence break.
Eloquent letters begin to shake.
Now my brain has come home.
I hope it doesn't e'vr roam.
And leave me in a void so bare.
Sitting on my kitchen chair.
Some of the most frequent questions I get asked are ways to connect, communicate and hear our Guardian Angels.
As I have been communicating with my Angels since I was a child I have had to actually sit and recollect the ways I started to to this. I have compose a short list below of tips which you may find helpful and beneficial. If one doesn't work for you, don't worry, try another. Best of luck and if you've found this post helpful please consider leaving a comment, i'm always delighted to read your comments and feedback.
Build a relationship with your Angels. Talk to your angels as you would to a sibling or friend. Do this regularly/daily until it becomes natural. You don't have to speak out loud, just in your head is perfectly fine.
Visit places where it is easier to communicate with angels. If you find a particular place or time is most convenient then use this to aid communication with your angels, some people find sitting silently or even in a church helpful.
Listening to soft Music can aid communication. This a great way to aid communication. Play the music, sit and let your mind clear so you can speak and talk with your angels.
Being outside and in Nature is ideal for communication. Being out in nature is one of the best ways to make a connection. Walk or sit outside, focus on a tree, bird, river etc and just let yourself relax and begin to communicate.
When you get into bed at night and just before you go to sleep is an ideal time for communication. As you're about to go to sleep, ask your angel to visit you in your dreams or if you prefer when your relaxed have a short conversation with you angels.
When you're travelling (obviously not driving!). Sit back, relax and let your brain go blank, try not to let background noises disrupt you. This is a great and brief way of communicating with your angels.
Best of luck, it won't take your angels long to communicate with you. Be ready!
This last week I spent quite some time chatting with my Sister on Skype. Nothing fantastic just the usual updates and goings on in the families. To my horror I realised it was almost 3pm and i'd nothing done. We swiftly said our good byes etcs and I rushed about getting some order on my kitchen.
Suddenly I realised i'd forgotten to go to Costco to do a quick stock up and dashed to the car.
As I ran out the door my daughter informed me to go easy as there was road works and at this 'awful' hour it would be a bit manic. Yes the school rush time is the time to avoid the roads if at all possible.
Without thinking I headed off hoping that all would be OK and announcing to my Angels in the back seat - 'Over to you guys' .
I put the radio on, rubbish nothing great to drive to so I had to make do with my hubby's CD of Garth Brooks - not bad; a few sing along types did me fine.
Got to Costco within 35 minutes - a record but not even noticing the time I dashed out of the car and in to the store. Wow I couldn't believe my luck, instead of being thronged with frazzled mums and snarling kids it was almost empty. I dashed around got all my stuff and headed to the checkout in record time.
Only 2 checkouts open and one with some very full trollies so I decided to go to the other. As I approached a member of staff finishing at a nearby checkout said 'Allow me to sort your trolly,' naturally I didn't refuse. And again the other side the same kindly soul filled it again.
I smiled as I left the store only to get a fantastic blast of cold wind and rain in my face. I dashed to the car. Luckily with the boot raised it blocked the advancing downpour and as I reached for the last few items I pondered if I should return the trolley to the trolley bay or the front of the store. I hadn't made up my mind on reaching the last item when from no where a young man, said behind me, 'I'll take that back for you, save you getting wet!" "Thank you, you're very kind," I responded but I doubt he heard as he rushed off - i noticed he wasn't even wearing a jacket as I dashed to the driver door and got in.
"Thank you all," I said as I took a quick moment to thank my Angels.
A short while later I retuned safely home and there waiting for me on the door mat was a pristine white feather.
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1	February 9, 2012	February 9, 2012 Film Scorecard
This was a pretty dismal month in terms of movie-watching, but since I was filling my time with things like getting married and going on honeymoons, I guess I can forgive myself for slacking off in the movie department. Got through six new-to-me films this month, including a few new releases that eluded me toward the end of December, and a relatively decent number of rewatches. Now, we'll have to see in February if the wedding excuse is accurate, or if I just need to buckle down a bit more and watch moar movies.
What I Loved
For me, this is exactly what a popcorn action movie should be. It's not cerebral, it's not complicated, it's not flashy, and it doesn't rewrite any rules of the action thriller genre. But it is solid, well-shot, well-acted, well-directed, as clever as it needs to be, and has some of the best fight scenes I've seen ever. The story is pretty much what's laid out in the trailer – Gina Carano is a private security operative, she's betrayed by her employers, and then she beats the crap out of them. In real life, Carano is an MMA fighter, and it shows. Every hit looks (and sounds) sickeningly real, and the way she moves, the way she fights, even the way she runs are all totally believable. Soderbergh knows just how to support her, too, holding long shots instead of cutting away, as if to say, yeah, she can really do this. But it's not just a showcase for a fighter – the story is simple, but it's effective, and Carano is nearly as convincing an actress as she is a fighter, and the supporting cast is all superb, fitting in perfectly with the '70s aesthetic Soderbergh pulls out here. I'd trade most any big-budget blockbuster if we could get two mid-budget action films like this in their place.
2012 USA. Director: Steven Soderbergh. Starring: Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum, Bill Paxton.
Seen January 21 at Reading Cinemas Gaslamp.
Flickchart ranking: 475 out of 2880
What I Really Liked
I was so afraid Scorsese's early cinema homage masquerading as a children's film would leave theatres before I got a chance to see it (yes, in 3D; I was hopelessly curious), but either thanks to the sheer number of screens in LA or the multitude of Oscar nominations the film got last week, we made it with time to spare. I'm not sure I can totally say I loved it, though, quite as much as I wanted to. I did really like it, and the last twenty or thirty minutes are like crack if you're interested in film history or early cinema (which I am), but a lot of the earlier parts of the film are uneven, the comedy with Sascha Baron Cohen doesn't always totally work, and it's overlong as a whole. Even so, by the end, I found myself really enjoying even all the day-to-day station vignettes that had kind of annoyed me earlier – whether they really worked better or I was feeling magnanimous because the Méliès stuff was bringing me to tears, I'm not sure. In any case, I walked out happy, even if the confection wasn't quite cooked all through.
2011 USA. Director: Martin Scorsese. Starring: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sascha Baron Cohen, Emily Mortimer, Christopher Lee.
Seen January 23 at Arclight Sherman Oaks, in 3D.
This turned out to be quite difficult to find only a few weeks after its release – we had to hit up the independent theatre chain at 11:00am on a Saturday to see it. I wonder what's gone wrong with the marketing for this that there's so little buzz around it? Are people just hating on Polanski that much? Because this is a solid and often hilarious film, with one of the best scripts of the year (unless you're an Academy member, apparently), performed with vicious glee by four tremendous actors. It all takes place essentially in one room, as two sets of parents meet to discuss what's to be done after one of their sons brains the other pair's son with a stick. The situation quickly devolves from forced politesse to frank screaming, and everything in between. Informal alliances between characters shift rapidly, as it becomes clear that these couples' marriages aren't all they should be, and months and years of repressed frustration come out. But yes, despite all this, this is a laugh-out-loud comedy, with all four actors clearly enjoying the hell out of it – none more than Christophe Waltz, who proves Inglourious Basterds was no fluke. Pretty lightweight when you get down to it, but a whole lot of fun.
2011 France/Germany/Poland/Spain. Director: Roman Polanski. Starring: Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly.
Seen January 28 at Laemmle NoHo.
I gotta say, I was a little surprised when Jonathan picked this out as one of the films he wanted me to watch. I mean, a movie about a bunch of girls vying for a beauty pageant crown? But it wasn't very far into the film that I understood. Miss Congeniality this ain't. It's a mockumentary in the style of Christopher Guest, with a bunch of soon-to-be-famous starlets as the Minnesota girls (seriously, we were all like, hold up, is that Amy Adams? AND IT WAS) trying to win their podunk town's pageant, from feted favorite Denise Richards (and her stage mom Kirstie Alley) to trailer park resident Kirsten Dunst, and everything in between. I'm pretty sure a good chunk of the reason Jonathan likes it can be traced to the satire on Minnesota itself, but everything else is pretty spot-on as well. This film should've gotten way more attention than it did – I remember it coming out, but only as a little blip on my late '90s pop-culture consciousness. And I was watching everything in 1999. Almost not exaggerating there.
1999 USA. Director: Michael Patrick Jann. Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Kirstie Alley, Denise Richards, Amy Adams, Brittany Murphy.
Seen January 27 on DVD.
What I Liked
Down Terrace
I missed watching this when other film blogs were talking about it a year or two ago, but after loving Kill List, I had to go back and check out Ben Wheatley's earlier film, said to be in the same vein in terms of out-of-the-box genre filmmaking, but applied to gangster films instead of hit-men and horror. There are definitely resemblances, though Kill List is a step up in confidence, I think. Down Terrace starts off really slow and casual, to the point that it's really difficult to figure out what even is going on or who these guys are as they sit around and chat. But that's all very deliberate, and when shit starts going down, SHIT GOES DOWN. I'm still not totally sure what the ground zero event was that set everything in motion, but it doesn't really matter – what matters is how it plays out, with suspicion leading to accusation leading to murder leading to cover-ups, etc. Plus there are a lot of surprisingly funny scenes, like when a cleaner comes to take care of a potential loose end but brought his kid along and thus can't get with the violence the way he needs to in order to finish the job. The beginning is a bit of a slog, but it's definitely worth it for the second half.
2010 UK. Director: Ben Wheatley. Starring: Robin Hill, Robert Hill, Julia Deakin, Michael Smiley.
Seen January 29 via Instant Watch.
Flickchart ranking: 1064 out of 2880
It's pretty unusual for the Silent Treatment folks to show a non-American film; generally it's rare and forgotten Hollywood films that they pull out of their vaults, but this time around they snagged a French film with a Russian director and cross-European cast, telling the oft-told story of Italy's most famous lover. Of course, with silent film this doesn't matter very much (and didn't then, as intertitles don't present as much of a language barrier problem as subtitling). The film itself is a pretty good romp, following Casanova through various love affairs and skirmishes with angry husbands and the law, including a bit of a tussle with Catherine the Great herself. The tone of the film is difficult to pin down, alternately comic and melodramatic, with a bit of rather fun if totally unbelievable special effects as Casanova convinces one town official he's a magician. It's a bit overlong, too, and suffers a lot from the fact that in the 18th century, everybody wore white wigs that made them all look identical. Especially the women – I know based on how Casanova acted that a few of them were repeat lovers, but I couldn't tell you who or how they all fit into the narrative. Still, lead actor Ivan Mozzhukhin is pretty charming – thanks to his stellar career in Europe, he was hand-picked by Carl Laemmle to be the next Valentino, but conflicts with the studio and the coming of sound forestalled his American career after only one film.
1927 France. Director: Alexandre Volkoff. Starring: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti, Diana Karenne.
Seen January 4 at Cinefamily.
Rewatches – Loved
I missed a good bit of Cinefamily's Godard retrospective due to being out of town, but of all of them, this is probably the one I wanted to share with Jonathan the most (outside of Band of Outsiders, which I made sure to show him very early in our relationship, heh), so I'm glad the scheduling worked out. For me, Pierrot le fou is the culmination of Godard's pre-1968 style – not his most extreme (Week End) or most elusive (2 or 3 Things I Know About Her) or most pop cultury (Made in USA), but the most coherently synthesized example of his style and themes, starring his two most enduring and iconic actors. Plus, it's a whole lot of fun. This is probably the fifth time I'm seen it, so I don't really have anything new to say from this viewing, except that I loved it once again, and was very glad to see it in a theatre full of people who actually understood it's a comedy. The first time I saw it was in a museum screening, and my gosh those people didn't even crack a smile ONCE. It's okay to laugh when things are funny. Just saying.
1965 France. Director: Jean-Luc Godard. Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina.
Seen January 25th at Cinefamily.
Flickchart ranking: 44 out of 2880
It's been several years since I last saw L.A. Confidential, and I honestly wasn't sure it would hold up. AFter all, last time I saw it, I was a greenhorn at the whole movie game, just barely starting to get into film noir at all – now that I knew more about what L.A. Confidential was homaging, would the homage seem as good? But I think the film actually improved for me this time around. There's not a wasted moment here, and that's a wonderful thing in a movie longer than two hours (it feels much, much shorter). The balance between the mystery and the character arcs is held perfectly, and while there's not a lot of humor, a sardonic wryness sneaks through anyway (and a broader irony overlays thanks to Danny DeVito's tabloid voiceover). The cast is magnificent, introducing Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe to American audiences with a bang that I'm not sure either of them have totally matched since, and the narrative unfolds its twisty-turny path with remarkable clarity, yet without ever hand-holding or condescending. It's a fantastic film, and putting fifteen years on its clock hasn't changed that a bit. (Relatedly, HOLY CRAP, L.A. Confidential is fifteen years old.)
1997 USA. Director: Curtis Hanson. Starring: Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell.
Rewatches – Liked
I watched this along with L.A. Confidential for a podcast, and like L.A. Confidential, it had been a while since I first saw it. Unlike L.A. Confidential, however, I hadn't loved Kiss Kiss Bang Bang the first time I saw it. Thinking back, I couldn't really pinpoint why nor remember the movie that well (though my capsule review that I unearthed after rewatching it is pretty spot-on), so I'd been meaning to rewatch anyway. Especially since I know a lot of people who practically worship this movie. And….it's still fun, and I still don't love it. It's a bit too clever and stuck on making everything funny to actually make its story work. That isn't always a problem for me, but in this case, writer-director Shane Black tried to have his cake and eat it too, and didn't quite make it, though he came close. See also my Rewatched and Reconsidered post on Row Three.
2005 USA. Director: Shane Black. Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan.
Seen January 16 via Zune Marketplace.
I happened to be volunteering for Cinefamily one of the nights this played, or I probably wouldn't have rushed back to see it. Or maybe I would have, because my experience with Godard tends to be that I don't totally get his films the first time I watch them, but the second or third time they click and become, like, my favorite film of all time. Slight exaggeration, but not by much. Maybe the same thing would happen with Week End? Only kinda sorta. There are a lot of things about Week End that I like very much, even love. Actually, I'd say I love the whole first 2/3 or so, with the petit bourgeous couple wandering through the French countryside aimlessly. It's savagely funny, and bits here and there are awesome (like when they hit another woman's car and start driving off, and the other woman tries to get them by serving tennis balls at them; or when they interrupt Jean-Pierre Leaud having a sung conversation in a phone booth; or yes, like the traffic jam). But the film flies completely off the rails for me toward the end, just before they run into the cannibals. Up until this point, the narrative at least follows some internal sense of flow, but it breaks just there, and never recovers. I get that Godard is being purposefully confrontational and to some extent "destroying" cinema, and I don't mind that, but after that point, the film just doesn't work for me.
1967 France. Director: Jean-Luc Godard. Starring: Jean Yanne, Mireille Darc.
Seen January 11 at Cinefamily.
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Heading to the AFI Film Festival 2011
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One of my three big festivals of the year starts today (for me; the opening night premiere was J. Edgar last night, but I didn't go to that), and there are a boat-load of fantastic films at AFI Fest 2001 Presented by Audi. Thanks to Audi's sponsorship (among others), tickets are again free for all screenings this year, and if you're in the LA area, there's still time to reserve tickets to various screenings at the AFI Fest website. A lot of things are still available, other things aren't right now, but they always release more tickets the day before the screening online, or at the box office the day of, or you can wait in the rush line and there's a good chance you'll make it in. The fest gathers the best of the other festivals throughout the year, with high-profile films from TIFF, Venice, Cannes, Sundance, SXSW and others showing up. Here's the list of what I'll likely be seeing (getting some major things I won't be out of the way first). My main reviews will be going up on Row Three, but I'll try to get festival impressions and capsules up over here as well.
All the trailer links open in a lightbox, so you won't have to leave the site to watch them.
Big-Name Films I Won't Be Seeing
Some of these are gala screenings I'd hoped to see but ended up not being able to get tickets, a few others are ones that fell to the vagaries of scheduling because as much as I wanted to see them, they were against ones I wanted to see more. The good news is most of these are going to be easily available in regular release within a few weeks, so it's no great loss.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Béjo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller
Country: USA/France
Synopsis:Silence is golden in director Michel Hazanavicius' delightful and dialogue-less black-and-white feature about Hollywood's bumpy transition from silent films to "talkies."
My take: Let's see, a B&W silent film made in 2011 set in Hollywood during the late 1920s? HELL YES. This movie was friggin' MADE for me, and the fact that it's gotten raves at every festival so far this year doesn't hurt, either. Most anticipated not just of the festival, but of the year.
Starring: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
Country: France/Germany/Poland/Spain
Synopsis:Razor-sharp and acidly funny, CARNAGE strips away the thin veneer of civilization to find the savage heart beating just below the surface. Adapting Yasmina Reza's smash comedy play "God of Carnage" to the screen, Roman Polanski assembles a dream cast to portray two sets of New York City parents locked in a showdown after their children clash on a playground.
My take: Polanski plus these four actors piqued my interest already (as well as hearing very positive feedback from the play), but seeing the trailer sealed the deal. This looks HILARIOUS in the best way.
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie
Synopsis: A searing examination of sexual compulsion, the film features two extraordinary performances. Michael Fassbender plays Brandon, a seemingly normal New Yorker trapped by his erotic compulsions. Carey Mulligan pivots 180 degrees from her sweet and vulnerable performance in AN EDUCATION as Sissy, Brandon's needy, neurotic sister.
My take: This sounds both incredible and really hard to watch, at least it would be for me. I want to see it eventually, though, for sure, if only to see what is almost sure to be an Oscar-nominated performance from Fassbender.
Director: Simon Curtis
Starring: Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench, Emma Watson, Julia Ormond, Dougray Scott, Dominic Cooper
Synopsis: Michelle Williams gives a luminous performance as Marilyn Monroe, ably supported by Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench in this intimate portrait of the tragic Hollywood icon.
My take: Advance reviews from people I trust take the film down a few notches for being pretty much your standard biopic, reinforcing the legend more than looking at the actress, but have had nothing but praise for Williams' performance. As a huge fan of both Williams and Monroe, that's enough for me.
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Starring: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Babak Karimi, Merila Zarei
Synopsis: Winner of the Golden Bear in Berlin, this drama is a complex portrait of an Iranian family torn apart by a divorce and an escalating feud.
My take: This is Iran's official Oscar entry, and everything I've heard about it has been great. As I said above, I'm into Iranian film lately, but I've mostly seen the underground variety; I bet this is not one of those, what with the country choosing it to represent them at the Oscars and all.
My Planned Screenings
I likely won't make it to quite all of these, because some of my schedule for later days is still a bit in flux. But they're all at least tentatively on there for now. I'm also planning on hitting two or three of the short programs, but I don't usually research those in advance, just fit them into my schedule as possible. I will recommend Shorts Program 1 if you're attending the fest because it has The Eagleman Stag in it, which was easily the best short I saw at LAFF – it won the best short subject award at that fest, and I'd be surprised if it doesn't come up for an animated short nomination at the Oscars.
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Brady Corbet, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård, Kiefer Sutherland
Country: Denmark/Sweden/France/Italy
Synopsis: Denmark's most celebrated and notorious filmmaker returns with a drama about depression, severely dysfunctional families, and the end of the world.
My take: I'm generally a fan of von Trier, provocateur that he is, and if anything, this looks like his most accessible, most lyrical film in…ever, really. It's getting praise even from people who don't like him, while not losing the support of those that do. I've been looking forward to it for a long time.
Director: Hong Sang-soo
Starring: Yu Jun-sang, Kim Sang-joong, Song Sun-mi, Kim Bok-yung
Synopsis: In director Hong Sang-soo's sublime black-and-white vision of Seoul in winter, a filmmaker's visit to an old friend reverberates with déjà vu-inducing parallels and repetitions.
My take: Hong Sang-soo's HaHaHa was one of my favorite films of last year's AFI Fest, so I was excited about this as soon as I heard about it a few months ago and was really hoping AFI would program it.
This is Not a Film
Director: Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
Starring: Jafar Panahi
Synopsis: Banned by Iran from filmmaking for 20 years and threatened with imprisonment, Jafar Panahi offers a remarkable portrait of an artist at the crossroads.
My take: I'm slowly gaining a thing for Iranian film, especially underground Iranian film (I've seen and enjoyed one at every festival I've been to so far), and though I haven't seen any of Jafar Panahi's films, I've certainly heard of some – The Circle and Offside are both well-known in world cinema circles. Filmmaking is risky in Iran, though, requiring permits and government approval – Panahi's personal account of running afoul of the government is sure to be amazing.
Read my review on Row Three
Director: Wim Wenders
Country: Germany/France
Synopsis: Wim Wenders captures the world of choreographer Pina Bausch and her dance company in spectacular 3D with thrilling performances of many of her most famous works.
My take: I'm not a huge fan of 3D, but my best experience with it was Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams last year, and I think Wenders' use of it in a dance performance piece could be amazing as well. Even the 2D clips in the trailer are pretty exhilarating.
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Starring: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller
Synopsis: Tilda Swinton gives a remarkable performance as Eva, a reluctant mother whose life is shattered beyond repair by her son's Columbine-like atrocity.
My take: Personally, I don't gravitate toward school-shooting movies, but everything I've heard about this one says that it's far from your typical take on the genre, instead focusing on the parents in a way that almost turns the film into psychological horror.
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Excerpt from a biography quoting a letter from the superintendent of McClean Asylum that supports Dix's work for the mentally ill.
An excerpt from an address by Emma Willard to the New York State Legislature proposing a plan for improving female education.
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A letter from Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton about women's rights and education for women, May 26, 1856.
An excerpt from a chapter on the benefits of education in the 1848 book A Treatise on Domestic Economy by Catherine Beecher.
A portrait of Prudence Crandall, an advocate for racially integrated classrooms and education for African American girls.
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A letter from Anne Weston Warren to the Female Anti-Slavery Society, 1837.
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An excerpt from Maria W. Stewart's Meditations with a letter from William Lloyd Garrison that describes Stewart's abolitionist work.
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WPost whoppers about the Muslim Brotherhood: Get Religion, January 14, 2014 January 16, 2014
Posted by geoconger in Get Religion, Islam, Press criticism.
Tags: Al Ahram, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Washington Post
Claims of bias and inaccurate reporting have dogged the Western press's coverage of Egypt since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. A story in this week's Washington Post entitled "In Egypt, many shrug as freedoms disappear" will do little to restore confidence.
The article eschews the classical news story format in favor of an impressions and perceptions style. Its lede states:
The charges are often vague. The evidence is elusive. Arrests occur swiftly, and the convictions follow. And there is little transparency in what analysts have called the harshest political crackdown in Egypt in decades.
But many Egyptians say they are all right with that.
There is a growing sense here in the Arab world's largest country that the best path to stability — after three years of political turmoil — might be to do things the military's way: crush the Islamists who made people angry enough to support a coup; silence dissent; and ask very few questions.
The article begins with an opinion as to the mood of the Egyptian people. Is this then a news analysis article or a news article?
If a news article facts and figures should follow to support the claims in the lede. What "evidence"? How many arrests and convictions? Who is being arrested and why? Which analysts claim the army's rule has led to the "harshest political crackdown in Egypt in decades"? Who is being censored and why? These details are mostly absent.
A thematic diagram of this story suggests this is an opinion piece — a commentary offering the author's view of the meaning of events, rather than a report on events. Following the lede we have a quote from a government spokesman defending the violent crackdown; a man in the street supporting the crackdown and a Washington-based expert explaining popular support for the crackdown.
This all leads to the central argument of the story.
The Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist parties captured the lion's share of the vote in Egypt's first democratic elections two years ago. The Brotherhood had renounced violence decades earlier and gained popularity by establishing a vast network of charitable organizations.
These days, those images of benign Islamist leadership have been erased from many minds by the hyper-nationalist rhetoric promoted by the government, which has portrayed Brotherhood members as bloodthirsty terrorists bent on destroying the nation.
An assortment of disconnected facts are presented to support this argument, coupled with further pro-Brotherhood arguments from the Washington Post. Assertions are piled on assertions and dubious statements presented uncritically.
The government's crackdown has been so pervasive — and the cult of support for military leader Abdel Fatah al-Sissi so far-reaching — that the Brotherhood has likened Egypt's transgression to "fascism," as have some liberal observers.
Is labeling support for al-Sissi a "cult" fair? Fascism? Is citing a foreign diplomat as a "liberal" observer appropriate? The US embassy and the former ambassador have been denounced for its pro-Brotherhood statements and have little credibility in Egypt — are Western diplomats an appropriate source on this point?
The article closes with a pessimistic quote from an Egypt expert at Harvard. Given six decades of military rule following the overthrow of King Farouk it was foolish to expect Egypt to take to democracy, he argues.
No mention of the reasons for the popular revolt against the Brotherhood are given in this story. Not only does the Washington Post not "get politics" in Egypt, it does not "get religion".
There is no sense of context or balance in this Washington Post piece.It is ill-informed, in-curious and overtly partisan. As a news story it is an embarrassment to the Post. Not quite Walter Duranty material — but it does come close in that it too places ideology above reality.
Comparing the tone, style and use of facts in this story to a similar item published by the avowedly pro-Muslim Brotherhood Al Jazeera network will not dispel concerns the Western press are flacks who believe the Muslim Brotherhood is a force for good in Egypt.
Thirty million Egyptians would tend to disagree with this sentiment — that is how many people took to the streets to demand the army step in and remove the Muslim Brotherhood government. Egypt's Christians along with the other religious minorities who were persecuted by the Muslim Brotherhood — e.g., murdered, churches burnt, schools ransacked — are also likely to take issue with this whitewash.
Arab commentators have also denounced the American press for offering what they see as a false narrative. Writing in the Egypt's largest circulation daily newspaper, the pro-government al-Ahram, Abdel-Moneim Said wrote:
The one-sided version of post-30 June realities in Egypt that The New York Times presents is nothing short of a travesty.
Al-Ahram accused the Times of ignorance and deliberate bias. It viewed the unfolding political scene in Egypt through ideological lenses.
The NYT's original sin is that it refuses to recognize the mass uprising on 30 June 2013 as a revolution whereas it does recognize as such the January 2011 uprising, which succeeded in overthrowing a tyrannical regime, even though the number of people who participated in that revolution were about half as many as those who took part in the 30 June demonstrations. In both cases, it was the military that shifted the balances on the ground and that channeled a massive grassroots movement into political processes that brought the country back from the brink of conflict and civil war. But the NYT doesn't see it that way. In its opinion, the military's intervention in the first case was not a coup because it eventually brought the Muslim Brotherhood to power whereas its intervention in the second case was a coup because it ushered the Muslim Brotherhood out of power and into forms of "resistance." Not only do such double standards obscure the truth, they also give way to a number of historical misconceptions regarding the idea of "revolution" or mass uprising in general, and what has happened in Egypt in particular.
No mention of religion appears in this piece save as a descriptor for the Brotherhood. Perhaps the cult like support from the Copts for al-Sissi may have something to do with the Brotherhood's persecution and pogroms against Egypt's Christians? Failing to discuss religion when writing about political Islam is an oversight. Is the Washington Post guilty too of propounding a revisionist history of the Arab Spring? Is it a shill for the Muslim Brotherhood's view of Egypt's recent history? If this article is an example of the Post's reporting from Egypt, then it is guilty as charged.
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Global connectedness – the extent to which countries are interconnected - can be a powerful lever for increasing prosperity. Despite decades of globalisation, the world is less connected than is commonly presumed – and significantly less connected than it was in 2007, before the onset of the global financial crisis.
Migration of people between countries.
This report is full of fascinating analysis, particularly over time. In the years before the global financial crisis, global connectedness grew robustly, powered by rising trade, capital, and information flows. Capital was the first area to suffer a steep decline, falling from 2007 back below its 2005 level. The sharp drop in 2008 was driven by a decline in valuations of international investment stocks - the global stock of international portfolio equities, for example, accounted for only 16% of world GDP at the end of 2008, compared with 31% one year earlier.
Trade was the next to fall, with exports of goods and services plummeting in 2009 to 25% of GDP from 30% in 2008. By contrast with capital however, trade began a strong recovery in 2010 and by 2011 had recovered more than half of its prior losses. The information and people areas have proved more robust. As far as information is concerned, the broad pattern has been one of expanding connectivity.
The net result of these developments across different types of flows is that the world as a whole is only slightly more globally connected than it was in 2005 and much less than it was in 2007.
The UK comes in as the 6th best connected country in the index and 9 of the top 10 are European, reflecting its standing as the worlds most globally connected region. Food for thought for those who would see us withdrawing from Europe altogether.
I have always felt uneasy about the Olympics. Not the Olympians themselves, you understand, or even the sports, but the corporatised Olympic brand that has dominated the landscape of the UK for the past four years and is now switching to Rio. In the run up to the event itself it became impossible to have a rational discussion about the economic impact without attracting buckets of opprobrium for anything other than the sunniest of prognoses. Perhaps, now the flame has finally gone out, we might ask whether it was worth it. Clearly, lots of people got very excited about the competition and the UK did exceptionally well - but is this convertible into economic performance?
Economic benefits for such an event are likely to come either from foreign visitors coming to see the Games and spending money while they are here or from local people spending extra money as they watch. The word extra is important here - domestic spending only represents a real economic boost if it would not be spent otherwise.
Obviously there is a benefit from the construction of stadia and other infrastructure, but this tends to happen years before the event itself.
Research has tended to show that, economically speaking, Olympic impact is limited. In May this year the Bank of England ventured to suggest a positive impact of around 0.2% of GDP in the third quarter of the year. This figure draws heavily on the Australian experience of the Sydney games in 2000. Here the Reserve Bank of Australia identified 0.75% of GDP being directly attributable to hosting the games.
More recent history is more difficult to analyse. The Beijing games in 2008 certainly cast China in a more cosmopolitan light but tourist numbers to China actually fell in 2008, casting a shadow over the direct benefits. Similarly in Athens in 2004, tourist numbers fell by 10% over the year as fears of overcrowding put off "normal" holidaymakers.
I wouldnt be suprised if the same will prove to be true for London. During the first week of the games I ventured into central London for a meeting and found the West End to be eerily quiet. I was even able to get a seat on the tube for the first time in living memory. During the second week we followed the Mayors orders to evacuate London and drove down to Cowes. The roads were very quiet and for large parts of Portsmouth we seemed to have the only car on the road. This was a Friday evening during the "rush" hour.
I fear for the boost to retail spending supposedly brought about by the games. The papers are full of horror stories from small retailers close to the Stratford site that have seen their footfall disappear as Olympic volunteers usher visitors efficiently past their shops and into the site itself. Shops in central London also reported a sharp drop in visitors at the start of the Games.
What is clear is that any semblance of work came to a virtual standstill for the duration of the games. Normally in the course of the day I get half a dozen work-related emails and probably a similar number of tweets that are worthy of a response. In the last fortnight the only emails I have had are from elsewhere in Europe where work continued normally - nothing from the UK at all. This must have had a significant negative impact on productivity.
So where has there been a benefit? Arguably consumer confidence will have improved as a result of the feelgood factors associated with winning 65 medals. The area will see a lasting improvement from what was a desperately poor slice of London, environmentally and socially. Oh and those corporate brands will have been enhanced presumably.
Such power have these brands that, in the run up to the event, the Chairman of the organising committee suggested that anyone wearing a T-shirt displaying the wrong sort of cola would be refused entry on the grounds that it breached rule 40 of the Olympic charter. What?
The Olympic charter is the is the codification of the fundamental principles of Olympism. Naively, I assumed that this would relate to things like sporting excellence, respect for values and so on but it seems it is actually an exclusivity agreement with sponsors. Hence my unease.
Actually it has led to my own rule 40A that says that any brand arrogant enough to enter into such an agreement isnt worthy of my support. Given the vast sums involved in staging an event like this it is probably unrealistic to expect a sponsor-free games. It would have to be much more modest affair with much less razamatazz but it might allow us more time to celebrate the actual sporting achievements rather than the glamour and the economic benefits would be just the same.
Before we all get whipped up into a lather of patriotic fervour about the EU and our waning influence on events it is worth a little sober reflection on just how weak the UK economy really is.
One of the key criteria proposed by the deal Cameron rejected was that the Government deficit should remain below 3%. For any country seeking to join the Euro, this would be a core provision.
Remember the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain)? According to the right wing press these are all considerably worse economies than good old Blighty.
The chart uses OECD data to plot the path of deficits amongst the PIGS, the UK and the Eurozone average historically and going forward.
Clearly, Greece was struggling up to 2009, but look who is the worst performer going forward!
I fear the game may be up for the UK economy.
Just like mipim, sentiment at expo real provides a bellweather for the European property industry. In 2008 as the banking industry wobbled on its foundations exposing the true indebtedness of real estate, the mood was characterised by nervous laughter as even the safest of bets began to look uncertain. 2009 and 2010, by contrast were full of purpose as the industry began to put the worst behind them and drive projects forward.
Expo in 2011 had been moved back a day to accommodate the unification day bank holiday which, in turn, extended the Oktoberfest by a day. Staying close to the Theresienwiese fairground, it seemed sensible enough to visit the festival on the Monday and then go to Expo Real from Tuesday onwards.
Oktoberfest is a family event and, although there is a great deal of beer drinking, the event feels safe and comfortable with traditional dress worn by many of the largely happy participants. But, like any fairground, there are rides aplenty, including the one known as the Monster.
The Monster is an enormous vertical pendulum with seats at one end. As the pendulum swings, back and forth initially then round and round, the seats spin round. Sober this must be a disorientating experience, but then sober I probably would not have bought the tickets. After a few glasses of beer the ride is simply terrifying. Throughout the entire experience I could not place the ground, the direction or the sky come to that.
Actually a Monster casts a long shadow across European real estate markets as far as the Messe itself. At Expo there is always lots of beer to drink and food to eat. Traditional dress is much in evidence - particularly striped ties - and this year disorientated participants run away from southern European stands looking for core investments. This monster is macro-currency risk and it is paralysing the markets.
According to the bulls, by Expo Real 2012 the Monster will have moved on and the show will be back to its purposeful best. Others see a much longer ride with more swings of the pendulum before we return to the ground.
In support of Savills assertion that German offices are green by default - it seems that, compared to other European cities, Germany's urban centers are better than average and among the best when it comes to protecting the climate and the environment. This is the finding of the German Green City Index, an urban study commissioned by Siemens from the Economist Intelligence Unit.
The study (in German) scores each city in eight areas: Air quality, CO2 emissions, Energy, Buildings, Traffic, Water quality, Litter and Environmental management.
As far as CO2 emissions are concerned Stockholm and Oslo are way out in front but London does pretty well with an above average score alongside Berlin, Paris and Helsinki amongst others. The laggards here are Kiev and Sofia but there are a clutch of below average cities including Dublin, Budapest and Prague.
Predictably, London does badly as far as traffic is concerned alongside Paris and Rome amongst others, but is in the middle of the pack with respect to building standards, energy, air quality and litter.
The latter feels counter intuitive. Perhaps it is the discarded coffee cups bowling down the road on a stiff breeze or the forests worth of free papers littering the station precincts or just the remains of last night's chicken Dansak thrown out of the car window, but London feels full of rubbish.
As far as building standards are concerned, all the German cities studied are above average with the exception of Cologne. A similar story can be seen as far as traffic management is concerned except the miscreant here is Leipzig - only average I am afraid.
Water quality sees all the German cities above average bar none. London's water also passed with flying colours (five times!). Air quality saw a broader spread with Athens one of the laggards - tear gas probably the reason.


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28th February is celebrated as "Science day" at IUCAA. More than 100 students participated in this visit along with 4 faculty members. Students got exposure about Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Students acquired knowledge about astronomy by observations from practical demonstrations by the expert team of IUCAA. They also got awareness about the use of Information Technology in Astronomy.


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My first bottle of wine from this famous but controversial domaine. Tonight with dinner for two that consisted of wild-mushroom risotto, duck in syrah with olives & baked potatoes, ice-cream.
COLOR: Good color for a 15-years (B) though paling a little around the rim. Heavily sedimented. The last fifth of the bottle was really murky and muddy.
NOSE: Very deep and intense. Black fruit rather than cherries. Profound and enticing 'Bourgogne Nose'. Fully forward though lacks the familiar mature dry-prunes sweetish bouquet.
TASTE: Extremely concentrated and mouth-filling yet lacks in complexity. A robust Grand Cru on the palate but with little delicacy or elegance. Somewhat harsh tannins distract a little at the end of each sip. Still, very profound and superbly tasty.
LENGTH: Medium length aftertaste that is first dominated by tannins but becomes more pleasant after a few seconds.
TEXTURE & BALANCE: Full bodied Grand Cru. Plenty of 'winyness', excellent grip, good acidity, with tannins still abundant. A bit one-dimensional with rough edges. Not too finely balanced.
OVERALL: Excellent+! Exhibits some important characters of a great (B) yet misses on others. Will hold on for some years but I doubt if will improve.


Warm up this winter with the herbal tea making session and learn all about the amazing properties of herbs. Then, take a piece of Tyntesfield home with you by creating your own Victorian pomander – filled with herbal fragrances of your choice.
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It's Friday. And thank goodness! You've been waiting for this moment all week. Now all you can think about is kicking up those heels and pouring yourself a stiff glass of anything that will make you forget about this week and get you ready for the good times and weekend ahead. We get it. We've been there too. But instead of that stiff glass of nothing particular, this might be the perfect time to try on something more specific…like a cocktail.
While the origins of the cocktail may be in dispute, there's no debating how creative these drinks can get. Earlier creations combined traditional ingredients such as spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. And while these ingredients remain standard in your everyday cocktail, don't be surprised if you come across variations that include a liqueur. We were curious about the varieties of cocktails out there, particularly those with ingredients unique to Manitoba. With the help of a few restaurants and bartenders, here are the ones that come highly recommended.
When we asked bartender Adam Kowal for his ideas for a refreshing cocktail with local ingredients, he went all out. From the rye, to the honey, to the two-day infused crab apples, he had thought of just about everything. Adam even took into account the chillier weather. Adam's creation is the perfect balance of savoury and sweet. And he suggests adding a dash of nutmeg and/or cranberries into the mix for your upcoming Christmas party.
Shake vigorously and pour over fresh ice. Garnish with an apple slice. Add lemon juice to taste.
Courtesy of bartender Adam Kowal & King's Head Pub.
SMITH offered not one, but three enticing options to try, but maybe not all in one sitting. These three drinks are among the restaurant's top offerings, with the signature classic SMITH Sour being a must!
Shake without ice to create consistency, then add ice and shake again.
Shake with ice and finish with a rosemary sprig.
Top with soda and garnish with a blueberry-stained pickled cucumber.
Courtesy of SMITH restaurant at The Forks.
It may have "Manhattan" in its name, but this cocktail is rather Manitoban, if we dare say so ourselves. With its maple syrup and Crown Royal Rye additions, these local ingredients really pull it all together.
Courtesy of bartender Scott Berry & Peasant Cookery.
When bartender Shelby Linden was looking for ideas for a new cocktail, she let Canada's 150th be the inspiration behind her creation. Manitoba Made has been featured on the Blaze Bistro and Lounge's menu and Shelby describes it as a vibrant, refreshing, floral drink.
Courtesy of Manitoba Bartenders Guild member and bartender Shelby Linden.
While we can't lay claim to any fountains that return youthfulness in Manitoba, Prairie 360's Eternal Youth's Torch – brand new to the restaurant's cocktail menu – will at least return you to sanity. Cherry on top? The restaurant's choice of colour and garnish are a play on the Golden Boy, and the gooseberry as the torch.
Combine ingredients in shaker with no ice to "dry" shake and froth the egg white. Once frothed, add ice to chill shake. Strain over ice in a double rocks glass and garnish with the gooseberry.
Courtesy of Prairie 360's resident bartender and Devin Nelissen.
Resto Gare & Train Car is proud of its beverages and among their best known and best loved drinks with guests is its Northern Canadian Mojito.
Courtesy of Resto Gare & Train Car.
Of course, if you don't feel like making any of these drinks yourself, you can always go straight to the source, or visit the Manitoba Bartenders Guild's Facebook page for more ideas of where you can savour your next best cocktail.


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DailyDirt: Changing The Way We Think About Charity
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Mon, Jun 10th 2013 5:00pm — Joyce Hung
When we donate to charities, it's never clear exactly where the money goes and whether our donations actually benefit the people they're supposed to help. Many donors are often shocked and outraged when they learn that some executives at nonprofit charities are being paid salaries exceeding $1 million. But activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta thinks this anger is misplaced and could damage charity fundraising, pointing out that people blame capitalism for creating inequities in our society, but then they refuse to let nonprofits use the tools of capitalism to fix the problem. Here are a few more things to think about when it comes to charities.
In a recent TED talk, Pallotta suggested that charities should be rewarded for what they actually accomplish even if it costs a lot. People may not like the idea that their money is being used to pay for a charity's CEO salary or for advertising and marketing, but they should think about it this way -- investing in a capable leader and effective marketing efforts will significantly increase the amount of money raised that can then be used to help those in need. [url]
It's really hard to turn money into help. That's what Tim Myers, founder of the Haiti School Project, realized after having spent more than $100,000 to build a school in Villard, Haiti. [url]
Somaliland's success could be partly due to its lack of foreign assistance. Somaliland has been operating successfully as an independent country since it seceded from Somalia in 1991. Since Somaliland isn't recognized as a country by the rest of the world, it hasn't been able to receive foreign aid. As a result, it has been surviving by raising local tax revenues, which its citizens have been using as leverage to make the government more accountable.[url]
Experts at The Center for Global Development suggest that there may be an "aid-institutions paradox" in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. They concluded that foreign aid could undermine a developing country's long-term institutional development and that donors should consider giving money to other more beneficial development activities, such as eradicating endemic diseases, peacekeeping, regional or global public goods, and debt relief.[url]
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Anonymous, 10 Jun 2013 @ 5:11pm
Tshirthell has a shirt that says, "Sharing Is Caring. F*ck The RIAA".
Anonymous Coward, 10 Jun 2013 @ 5:46pm
"In a recent TED talk, Pallotta suggested that charities should be rewarded for what they actually accomplish even if it costs a lot. People may not like the idea that their money is being used to pay for a charity's CEO salary or for advertising and marketing, but they should think about it this way -- investing in a capable leader and effective marketing efforts will significantly increase the amount of money raised that can then be used to help those in need."
If CEO salaries were proportional to their actual worth compared to all the other employees put together, this wouldn't be much of an issue. In reality, top CEOs' salaries are way out of proportion to their relative contributions. Workers could manage themselves and still accomplish great things, but a CEO without workers isn't worth a damn.
ChrisB (profile), 11 Jun 2013 @ 6:40am
Re: CEOs
> Workers could manage themselves and still accomplish great things
Name one worker-run company where this is true.
Hey, if you don't like a CEO's salary, don't do business with that company.
Beta (profile), 10 Jun 2013 @ 6:28pm
Scrooge saves the world
An organized charity has two purposes: 1) to help those poor illiterate starving Lower Slobbovians, and/or 2) to give warm fuzzy feelings to donors in exchange for their money.
If the second goal dominates, then the less said about what really goes the better. The charity serves its purpose whether or not it does any good for the poor, or even whether or not the poor people in question really exist. Competition between charities will destroy those that waste their money on actually helping people (although "help" that cripples a society can be useful to the charity in the long run).
To pursue the first goal, donors must demand results-- real results, not just children's letters in crayon. And for getting results, nothing beats...
You know, this time I think I'll let somebody else take the heat for suggesting that capitalism is good for the poor.
Richard (profile), 11 Jun 2013 @ 2:58am
Re: Scrooge saves the world
Communism - Chinese style...
And for getting results, nothing beats...
The John Lewis Partnership.
There's no such thing as a for-profit charity that's a business that makes/does charitable donations/deeds with it's profits.
The main problem with a charity executive earning a $1 million salary is the vast number of people donating to that charity cold only dream of earning a similar salary. They are donating a portion of their relatively meagre income to a cause that they believe needs financial support, why is this executive in charge if they don't care about the cause enough to take a much more modest salary and help the cause themselves.
Doesn't it all just become like this guy:
http://www.jonlajoie.com/kickstarter
JackOfShadows (profile), 11 Jun 2013 @ 2:33am
Effective non-charity
One particularly effective non-charitable organization that I found while studying economics is the Grameen bank. Micro-loans are far more efficient, and far less corrupt, than typical foreign aid programs.
Rob McMillin (profile), 11 Jun 2013 @ 7:06am
Dan Pallotta, Scam Artist
Silicon Valley has created some of the most effective con men of our age, and so it is no surprise that someone like a Pallotta would arise and adopt their language and tenor. He takes every bad impulse of large charities -- high overhead, large staffs, and mission creep -- and turns them, somehow, from vices into virtues. But the approach he advocates in his TED talk would be utterly indistinguishable from that employed by the Humane Society of the United States and dozens of other money mills purporting to operate as charities, but which in fact are frauds perpetrated upon a gullible public.
Teamnutfundraising (profile), 12 Jun 2014 @ 3:16am
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These three pieces for cello and piano are meditations – personal, secular and musical – on images from religious poetry.
The title of No. 1 Angels bending near the earth comes from a carol which begins 'It came upon the midnight clear' by the Massachusetts pastor and poet, Edmund Sears. The full reference is to "angels bending near the earth/to touch their harps of gold" and this is the inspiration for the music, with piano arpeggios swooping down over the rich central band of sound produced by the cello.
No. 2's title, In death's dark vale is a brief paraphrase (from a Scottish hymnal) of Psalm 23; the full quotation is "yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil". The image here is of human life lived against the prospect of impending death. The cello plays a hasty, self-absorbed continuo, whilst around it, piano motifs and chords of different height and depth create an evolving backdrop.
No. 3, O sapientia is the only movement which quotes a musical original; Hildegard of Bingen's hymn O virtus sapientiae –"O strength of wisdom". This is a calm, elegaic set of variations for the cello on Hildegard's melody, accompanied by mostly bright, optimistic refl ections from the piano.


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Q: Inequality of 6 Positive Integers
Let $a,b,c,d,e,f$ be positive integers such that
  $$\frac{a}{b} < \frac{c}{d} <\frac{e}{f}.$$
Suppose $af - be = -1$. Show that $d\ge b + f$.

Tried everything. I introduced constants $K_{1},K_{2}$ etc between $\frac{a}{b} , \frac{c}{d},\frac{e}{f}$ so that I have an equality, which can somehow be related to the equality given to us. I tried to use every special identity/inequality which I know, but to no avail. The problem always seems to be eliminating $c$ or $d$ from the inequality. I have been at it for 2 hours. This problem featured in a Regional Olympiad, using which after many stages the team for the IMO is selected.

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Andy Van Slyke: Robinson Cano 'cost people their jobs' with Seattle Mariners
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Aug 18, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano (22) during the game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Mariners defeat the Rangers 3-2. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Former Seattle Mariners coach Andy Van Slyke ripped into Robinson Cano during an interview with St. Louis' CBS Sports Radio 920 Thursday. Among other things, the former first-base coach criticized Cano's impotence in the batter's box and faulted him for the downfall of the organization as a whole.
Brent Strecker of ESPN 710 in Seattle transcribed portions of the interview that make it clear just how much bitterness Van Slyke harbors regarding Cano.
"Robinson Cano cost the GM his job, the hitting coach got fired because of Cano and then the manager and coaches got fired because of Cano, because that's how much impact he has on the organization," Van Slyke said. "He was the worst player and it cost people their jobs in the process."
If you remember, the Mariners overpaid by a couple boatloads to bring Cano from New York to the Pacific Northwest. He signed a 10-year contract worth $240 million before last season and has certainly failed to live up to that absurd contract. The past couple of seasons have seen Cano's production drop significantly, culminating this season with his worst campaign at the plate since his rookie year.
"Robinson Cano was the single worst third-place everyday player I've ever seen, for the first half of a Major League Baseball season," Van Slyke said, speaking about Cano's usual spot hitting third in the batting order. "He couldn't drive home Miss Daisy if he tried. He couldn't do it. He couldn't get a hit when it mattered."
He also ripped into Cano's fielding, saying, "He played the worst defense I've ever seen at second. I mean the worst defensive second baseman ever, I've ever seen, in 20 years in the big leagues."
Now at the age of 33, and with his best years almost certainly well behind him, Cano's contract is a millstone around the organization's neck. During his tenure with the Yankees, he was the best second baseman in the league, which is why the Mariners convinced themselves paying him so much would be somehow worth it.
Now? Not so much.
It will be interesting to see if any current players or coaches from Seattle will respond to Van Slyke's comments. Many could look at this situation and assume he's just bitter at having recently lost his job and sees Cano as a worthy scapegoat. On the other hand, perhaps he's isn't the only one who feels this way about the second baseman.


Gastropoda, or gastropod, — a scientific term for a class of mollusks with more than 1,000 species. The main features of their appearance is familiar to everyone from early childhood: the house on the back, horns-eyes and one leg. Start exploring compatriots snail goes back centuries, but only the arrival on the Russian land French cuisine made gastronomic nuances in the characteristics of these interesting creatures.
Living in fresh and sea water, crawling on trees, flowers, plants and land snails have the different food addictions. Among them are cannibals, eating their own kind, there are fans to feast on small insects. Struggle to cope gardeners with the invasion of snails, reducing the productivity of the beds. But some of Gastropoda distinct taste, are a welcome prey for groceries.
The tradition of eating snails in the food were not born in France, as is commonly believed, and in the Roman Empire. Snails (kohley) bred in special gardens, feeds and flour "otpaivali wine. Historical sources tell us that snails were a major part of the diet of the legionaries of Gaius Julius Caesar during the campaign in Gaul. French cuisine has also received a boost to the existence with the advent of the Italian chefs at the Royal court — they were brought by the Florentine Catherine de Medici.
There are several types of edible snails. The most famous — helix and Achatina. The last gather on the African continent and some countries of South Asia. Achatina grow very quickly, and the size of their house can reach 25 cm In hibernation these residents warm belt do not fall. In contrast to the "Africans" heloxy lose precious time due to the climate, fell asleep for 4 months — from December to March.
Distinctive taste nuance of European snails, appreciate, is the smell of the earth, the most intense from Burgundy and the less intense Gastropoda from the Balkans. In the wild the first video highlights are collected in may and June, the second in early spring. The meat of a Burgundy snail has a light brown shade of the Balkans — much darker, the same color differences characteristic of the shells of both species. On specialized farms, the snails are collected after feeding in the fall. On the table is and ulitca caviar.
The taste of Africans Achatina, according to some accounts, reminiscent of mushrooms-Russula. Soup of them, according to ancient legends, a cure from tuberculosis, but this information is in no way confirmed. Shell Achatina, unlike helixon, very fragile.
Before getting on the table the snail kept on a starvation diet, with the aim of removing toxins. The most famous French dish of snails — escargot. Cooked without fat meat of a Burgundy snail (the most popular and appreciated in France) has a high protein content and a unique set of amino acids. However, the same qualities of other edible species of Gastropoda.


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