There are new experiences to face; new problems to solve, new trials to endure, new temptations to meet, new sorrows to bear, new opportunities to grasp, new tasks to perform, new blessings to enjoy.
1. THE NEW PATH WILL TEST OUR FAITH.
A. Israel was facing a path that would present to them some new tests.
They face an overflowing river Jordan to cross. Jericho's intimidating walls were on the other side. There were giants in the land to fight, cities to conquer. It was only by faith that they were able to overcome their obstacles.
B. We must face our obstacles in faith as well. We may see looming in the distance things that we will have to face. We may not be able to see how they are to be accomplished. We must press on down this new path anyway. It will not only test us.
2. THE NEW PATH WILL POINT US TO GOD'S PROVISION.
A. Only by divine provision was Israel to cross Jordan and defeat Jericho.
Isaiah 30:21 "Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it."
Israel was only successful when they continued in the will of God - which required trusting in his provision.
B. God's will for us is always connected with the provision to accomplish it. When God says 'Go', we must know that He will bless us and help us in going! What God says 'Do', there is always ample provision for those who have faith to obey.
Or He'll come on the waves saying: "Peace, it is I." Better this than a calm when He is not night, Or without Him to sail a smooth sea."
3. THE NEW PATH WILL OFFER CERTAINTY.
A. Life is full of earthly uncertainties. Life itself is an uncertainty.
Wealth is uncertain. (Proverbs 23:5 "Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.") Friendships are uncertain.
B. We have certainties because of the path we walk. God is a certainty!
(Russell Lowell wrote that; behind the dim unknown, stands God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own). Jesus Christ is a certainty.
(Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.") The church (universal) is a certainty. (Matthew 16:18 "..on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.") Heaven is a certainty. If some of us are claimed by death before the year is ended, we know that ". to die is gain" (Phil 1:21).
2 Corinthians 5:1 "Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands."
In the Land of Beginning Again; Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches and all of our poor selfish grief could be dropped like a shabby old coat at the door and never put on again.
New hopes, new resolves, new plans, new undertakings, and new opportunities to do better the tasks that are carried over from the old year.
1. Joshua 3:5 - The Promise of God's working is to us as well.
2. With what choices are we faced as we enter the new year?
If not Jesus, then who will be your master?
No man, no woman can serve two masters! You cannot be lord of your own life and expect Jesus to guide you into the unknown future. If not now, then when shall you decide to follow Him?
God is patient and long-suffering. The day will come, though, when his patience will be at an end. If not God's guidance, then who will walk with you into the unknown? You will either walk with God in His will, or walk on your own into that place where you have never been before! The choice is in your hands.
3. We walk into a new year sure to face trials, in need of God's provision, certainty, and hope. Would you claim that today for your own?
Apostle E.D. Mondaine wrote: There has never been a tomorrow that our God has not known, There has never been a yesterday where the majesty of it's' breath hadn't already blown. There has never been a second that was never heard or seen, and with gathered single moments one finds the strength to sing.


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Home Florida Daytona President Trump Pledges Help for the Panhandle, Air Force Base
President Trump Pledges Help for the Panhandle, Air Force Base
By JIM TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Donald Trump rally Wednesday in Panama City Beach
President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed Tyndall Air Force Base will be rebuilt after sustaining massive damage in Hurricane Michael, and he will approve the state's request to boost federal funding for storm recovery in Northwest Florida.
Trump, during a campaign rally in Panama City Beach, said the federal reimbursement levels for hurricane recovery in the region will be boosted from 75 percent to 90 percent "in many circumstances."
"We will never, ever leave your side," Trump said following chants of "USA" and "four more years" from a crowd at the Aaron Bessant Park Amphitheater. "We've already given you billions of dollars, and there is a lot more coming."
He said $448 million has been approved by his administration for housing disaster recovery assistance.
Trump's comments came as he and Senate Republicans are locked in a battle with Democrats over how much of a stalled federal disaster-relief package should go to Puerto Rico, which is still recovering from Hurricane Maria in 2017. Delays in the relief package have frustrated Panhandle officials and residents.
Hurricane Michael devastated parts of the region after it made landfall Oct. 10 in Mexico Beach, east of Panama City. Gov. Ron DeSantis requested increased federal assistance after the storm was upgraded to a Category 5 hurricane on April 19.
Panama City Mayor Greg Brudnicki told WJHG Newschannel 7 it's "encouraging" to get a promise of increased federal funding and the restoration of Tyndall.
"We know if they're going to rebuild Tyndall, they have to rebuild Mexico Beach, they have to rebuild Panama City and all the rest of the municipalities around it because we support Tyndall," Brudnicki said. "It's 30 percent of our economy, and 90 percent of the people that work at Tyndall live in our cities. So we know if they're going to rebuild Tyndall, we're going to get the appropriations to rebuild all our cities and the county."
Trump's rally followed a tour of Tyndall. He was joined by DeSantis, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, both Florida Republicans.
"I really believe Northwest Florida is going to come back stronger than ever before," DeSantis told the crowd.
The Air Force has already spent $450 million rebuilding Tyndall, where about 700 structures were damaged as it and nearby Mexico City Beach took a direct hit from Michael, which came ashore with winds of 160 mph. However, the recovery effort effectively halted on the base on May 1 as Congress has not provided needed supplemental funding.
Trump said he kept the base from closing and reiterated an Air Force recommendation to eventually locate three squadrons of F-35 fighters at Tyndall. The recommendation was made as F-22s formerly at Tyndall were moved after the storm to Alaska, Hawaii and Virginia.
The region has received about $1.1 billion in federal aid, but that amount remains far below what officials say is needed to complete infrastructure repairs, remove debris, reduce the risks of wildfires, rebuild schools and restore businesses areas and residential communities.
"Great conversation with @realDonaldTrump on the flight to #Florida about #DisasterRelief for #HurricaneMichaelincluding support for timber, @TeamTyndall & a 90-10 federal match. optimistic that good news is on the way," Rubio tweeted after the base tour.
Attorney General Ashley Moody, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez and state Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis were among those making opening remarks Wednesday night.
Patronis, who is from Panama City, called it a "blessing to have this much attention" from the president.
"This man could be anywhere, literally, he could be anywhere in the world today, but he's here," Patronis said. "And you're being here is showing him that Northwest Florida will come back stronger than ever."
Northwest Florida is a Republican stronghold, and Trump will need heavy support in the region as he runs for re-election next year. Before Trump arrived Wednesday, Democrats were already criticizing the president and Republicans for delays in storm response.
A Republican-sponsored proposal includes $610 million to fund a gap in Puerto Rico's nutritional assistance program, an amount Florida Democrats called too low during a media conference call. U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla., said the Democratic-led House, which approved a $14 billion relief package in February, would be willing to compromise if the Republican-run Senate could approve its own relief proposal.
Soto added Trump has inflated Puerto Rico relief numbers for political reasons.
"He continues to be overly sensitive about the failures of the administration, and his bruised ego is one of the reasons we find ourselves here today," Soto said.
Soto noted that out of $41 billion allocated for Puerto Rico relief, $11 billion has been delivered.
Trump contended Wednesday night that money for the Panhandle recovery, as well as money for Midwest farmers recovering from flooding, Hurricane Florence victims in Georgia and the Carolinas and wildfire victims in California, is being delayed because Democrats want more for Puerto Rico.
Before departing for the Panhandle, Trump tweeted, "Getting ready to leave for one of my favorite places, the Florida Panhandle, where we've given, and are giving, billions of $$$ for the devastation caused by HurricaneMichael. Even though the Dems are totally in our way (they don't want money to go there) we're getting it done!"
Florida has already put up $1.64 billion for removing debris and providing other emergency assistance, money the state hopes to mostly recoup from the federal government.
Additionally, more than $220 million for recovery efforts was included in the state's $91.1 billion budget that lawmakers approved Saturday.
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., said during Wednesday's Democratic conference call that the U.S. House will take up a supplemental funding bill on Friday that includes $700 million for Tyndall.
"Tyndall Air Force Base was flattened, absolutely flattened," Wasserman Schultz said. "They should not have had to wait this long for the necessary and vital rebuilding support that they need."


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Lawyer;7/4/2005, Vol. 19 Issue 26, p15
The article focuses on Mark Harding, Barclays Bank PLC's general counsel. He landed one of the most high-profile in-house jobs in June 2003 after a year-long headhunting exercise by the banking giant. When Harding started at Barclays he hit the ground running. After joining, he overhauled the bank's legal team and concluded a major panel review. Harding assessed Barclays' in-house function and examined its structure, capabilities and role. This process resulted in a wholesale change in the deployment of the bank's in-house lawyers, from a model based on generic legal advisers to a structure that combines two distinct but complementary roles.
Barclays India Adding 30 More ATMs To Its Network. Chibber, Ankush // CardLine;8/13/2010, Vol. 10 Issue 33, p9
The article presents information regarding the business plans of Barclays Global Retail Bank India under which it will add 30 ATMs across India. According to a bank official of the firm, the move aims to increase the bank's presence and visibility in the country. The bank deploys ATMs...
Barclays to Cut 250 U.K. Jobs. // American Banker;7/20/2004, Vol. 169 Issue 138, p7
States 250 jobs will be lost when Barclays Bank PLC consolidates its credit card and consumer lending units. Reasons given for eliminating the jobs, according to the London banking company; Information about Barclays' card operations.
Barclays/Gerrard: some logic, some risks. // MarketWatch: Financial Services;December 2003, Vol. 2 Issue 12, p19
Reports that Barclays Bank PLC will purchase Gerrard Management Services unit from Old Mutual PLC in Great Britain. Wealth management provided by Gerrard; Terms of the deal; Corporate restructuring of Gerrard in 2003.
BEALE ON... BARCLAYS. Beale, Claire // Campaign;7/9/2004, Issue 28, p19
Barclays Bank PLC recently conducted an interesting experiment. Citizens of Croydon, England, were invited to visit their local branch to collect a free five-pound note. Nobody turned up. Nobody trusted Barclays enough to think there was not a nasty catch. Nevertheless, the exercise seems to...
Weymouth steps down as Barclays CIO. Clark, Lindsay // Computer Weekly;2/15/2005, p5
This article reports that David Weymouth has stepped down as chief information officer at Barclays, the bank that last week reported a record £4.4bn profit for 2004. A 27-year veteran of Barclays Bank PLC, Weymouth became CIO in February 2000 and embarked on a major reorganization of the...
Barclays reactivates media review abandoned last year. Griffiths, Anna // Campaign;2/16/2001, Issue 7, p4
Reports the decision of Barclays to reactivate the company's media review services in Great Britain. Identification of the advertising agency holding the accounts of the company; Details on the bank's reorganization; History of the advertising campaign of the bank.
Barclays: life insurers must bank on new opportunities. // MarketWatch: Global Round-up;Apr2005, Vol. 4 Issue 4, p125
The article reports that Barclays Bank PLC has announced multi–tie deals under the new depolarized bancassurance regime. The company has been offering life and pensions products from Legal & General only. Barclays Bank is planning to improve customer choice and increasing competition in...
UK Business. // Accountancy;Jul99, Vol. 124 Issue 1271, p21
This article reports on the events which took place between May 24 to June 20,1999. Alliance & Leicester PLC called off its merger talks with Bank of Ireland after the latter wanted to make a number of changes to structures agreed on in April, by both parties. Drinks after work could soon prove...
Barclays to Buy Wachovia Servicing Arm. Shenn, Jody // American Banker;6/23/2006, Vol. 171 Issue 120, p1
The article looks at how Barclays Bank PLC agreed to buy HomEq Servicing Corp. from Wachovia Corp. According to Michael Wade, a managing director at Barclays, the company does not have immediate plans to start originating loans. The article also discusses Wachovia's plans to buy Golden West...


This is a gallery of Gracie.
Dogkid frozen in an icecube, after attempting to throw Jet Pack guy into the arctic currents.
Dogkid in her dragon form.
Dogkid in her ROR outfit.
Dogkid's outfit during her wedding with Jet Pack guy.
Dogkid's old The Late Night Show with Dogkid suit.
Dogkid at the Hollywood party 2013.
Dogkid preparing for her show, The Late Night Show with Dogkid.
Dogkid as Bianca in Touched by the Light.
Dogkid at the Music Jam 2010 and for her role as Ruby in Ruby and the Sparks'.
Dogkid's debut on television, as Zoe Jordan in Ages by.
Dogkid on her show when she invited Plox.
Dogkid at the fruit festival 2012, and for her role as Amelia in Fruit War.
Gracie and Jet Pack Guy.
Dogkid and Jet Pack Guy in their igloo.
Dogkid in a lab coat, about to press a button to show Gary her invention.
A painting drawn by Tragiggles.
Jet Pack Guy and Gracie.
Dogkid during the teen beach party 2013 and for her role in Jawn.
Dogkid swimming on Wednesday, yelling out "Hump Day".
Dogkid at the premiere of The Hobbit.
A Dogkid figure found at a retail store.
When her dark side is revealed.
Dogkid's minor cameo in Galaxy Gladiators.
Her costume for the Festival of Fright 2014.
When she made a deal with an angel and got possessed by it.
Her acting like her uncle.
Gracie's 2015 Halloween costume, being Bonnie from Five Nights at Freddy's.


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import random

MAX_CASES = 20

SMALL_ENGINES = (2, 10)
SMALL_QUERIES = (0, 100)

LARGE_ENGINES = (2, 100)
LARGE_QUERIES = (0, 1000)

LOWERCASE_LETTERS = [chr(a) for a in xrange(ord('a'), ord('z') + 1)]
UPPERCASE_LETTERS = [chr(A) for A in xrange(ord('A'), ord('Z') + 1)]
NUMBERS = [chr(x) for x in xrange(ord('0'), ord('9') + 1)]
VALID_CHARS = LOWERCASE_LETTERS + UPPERCASE_LETTERS + NUMBERS + [" "]

def random_engine_name():
	return "".join([random.choice(VALID_CHARS) for x in xrange(100)])

def generate_input_petite(num_engines, num_switches):
	engines = [chr(ord('A') + x) for x in xrange(num_engines)]
	queries = ['B']
	curr_engine = 'A'
	for x in xrange(num_switches):
		not_curr_engine = [x for x in engines if x != curr_engine]
		random.shuffle(not_curr_engine)
		queries.extend(not_curr_engine)
		queries.append(curr_engine)
		curr_engine = random.choice(not_curr_engine)
	return engines, queries

def generate_input_sl(r_engines, r_queries):
	num_engines = random.randint(*r_engines)
	engines = [random_engine_name() for x in xrange(num_engines)]
	num_queries = random.randint(*r_queries)
	queries = [random.choice(engines) for x in xrange(num_queries)]
	return engines, queries

def dynamic(engines, queries):
	low = [0] * len(engines)
	while queries:
		# find 2 smallest elements (min_others)
		m1 = min(low)
		im1 = low.index(m1)
		m2 = min([x for i, x in enumerate(low) if i != im1])
		# calculate queries from the end
		query = queries.pop()
		# if more same in row, clear them
		while queries and (queries[-1] == query):
			queries.pop()
		# dynamic programming swipe
		old = low
		def next_low(i, e):
			if query == e:
				return 1 + (m2 if i == im1 else m1)
			else:
				return old[i]
		low = [next_low(i, e) for i, e in enumerate(engines)]
	return min(low)

def find_next_engine(queries, num_engines, engine_set):
	for i, query in enumerate(queries):
		engine_set.add(query)
		if len(engine_set) == num_engines:
			return i, query
	return 0, None

def greedy(engines, queries):
	num_switches = 0
	index, next_engine = find_next_engine(queries, len(engines), set())
	while True:
		if next_engine is None:
			return num_switches
		else:
			num_switches += 1
			queries = queries[index+1:]
			index, next_engine = find_next_engine(queries, len(engines), {next_engine})

def brute2(engines, queries, curr_engine):
	if queries:
		if curr_engine != queries[0]:
			return brute2(engines, queries[1:], curr_engine)
		else:
			res = [1] * len(engines)
			for i, engine in enumerate(engines):
				if engine == curr_engine:
					res[i] += 10000 # not smart to keep same engine
				else:
					res[i] += brute2(engines, queries[1:], engine)
			return min(res)
	else:
		return 0

def brute():
	for case in xrange(input()):
		num_engines = int(raw_input())
		engines = [raw_input() for x in xrange(num_engines)]
		num_queries = int(raw_input())
		queries = [raw_input() for x in xrange(num_queries)]
		result = min([brute2(engines, queries, engine) for engine in engines])
		print "Case #%d: %d" % (case + 1, result)

def test_petite():
	for num_engines in xrange(2, 5):
		for num_switches in xrange(0, 5):
			engines, queries = generate_input_petite(num_engines, num_switches)
			print "engines", engines, "queries", queries
			brute_result = min([brute2(engines[:], queries[:], engine) for engine in engines])
			assert num_switches == brute_result, "num_switches=%d, brute_result=%d" % (num_switches, brute_result)
			fancy_result = dynamic(engines[:], queries[:])
			assert num_switches == fancy_result, "num_switches=%d, fancy_result=%d" % (num_switches, fancy_result)
			greedy_result = greedy(engines[:], queries[:])
			assert num_switches == greedy_result, "num_switches=%d, greedy_result=%d" % (num_switches, greedy_result)

def test_small():
	for case in xrange(MAX_CASES):
		engines, queries = generate_input_sl(SMALL_ENGINES, SMALL_QUERIES)
		greedy_result = greedy(engines[:], queries[:])
		fancy_result = dynamic(engines[:], queries[:])
		assert greedy_result == fancy_result

def test_large():
	for case in xrange(MAX_CASES):
		engines, queries = generate_input_sl(LARGE_ENGINES, LARGE_QUERIES)
		greedy_result = greedy(engines[:], queries[:])
		fancy_result = dynamic(engines[:], queries[:])
		assert greedy_result == fancy_result

def solve_from_stdin():
	for case in xrange(input()):
		num_engines = int(raw_input())
		engines = [raw_input() for x in xrange(num_engines)]
		num_queries = int(raw_input())
		queries = [raw_input() for x in xrange(num_queries)]
		result = greedy(engines, queries)
		print "Case #%d: %d" % (case + 1, result)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	test_petite()
	test_small()
	test_large()
	#solve_from_stdin()

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Many of the movies I love are a kind of heightened or polished exploitation. They're the standout kicking and stabbing movies that were mass-produced in the '70s to fill slots at drive-ins but exceeded their mandate and ended up acing the test of time. Or they're the modern, more expensive movies in popular genres that evolved out of the best b-pictures. But occasionally I'll take the seatbelt off and step into the muck of legitimate 21st century exploitation.
That's what I would consider CRY HAVOC, a mashup between a slasher movie and a Charles Bronson movie that came out on VOD and DVD this week. I don't mean a Charles Bronson type movie. I mean there is a straight up Charles Bronson impersonator trying to rescue his daughter from a masked slasher. And it's important to emphasize that this is not a SHARKNADO deal. There are zero jokes in the movie and if it's meant to be funny it wisely doesn't let on.
I first learned of the Robert Bronzi phenomenon in 2018 when I reviewed DEATH KISS. Writer/director/editor/cinematographer Rene Perez, who has been doing horror and fantasy b-movies since 2010, spotted him in a wild west stunt show in Spain and put him in a horror western called FROM HELL TO THE WILD WEST, followed by that DEATH WISH riff. Both DEATH KISS and CRY HAVOC take place today but make Bronzi look like the actual Charles Bronson, transported through time, mustache, clothes and attitude intact. A timeless, ageless, nameless spirit of vengeance.
CRY HAVOC opens as a standard no budget digital age throwback slasher – Playboy type babe (IMDb entry for this one is sparse) wakes up in the middle of a forest fire (digital fire, but real burnt forest location, shot with most of the color drained). She realizes she's shackled and follows the long chain over a log to discover it's attached to a big, grunting, quasi-classic movie slasher, Jason-Leatherface hybrid, torn jacket over overalls over flannel, weird mask (skin? doll?) strapped and barb-wired to his face. And he's tranquilized and holding a bunch of skeleton keys. He's later referred to as Havoc, and he's played by J.D. Angstadt, who also played a killer clown called "Tormentum" in a movie called IT HUNGERS, for those keeping track.
And wouldn't you fuckin know it, there's a security camera on a nearby tree because this is a planned happening for sadistic entertainment within the movie. In this case it's not a livestreaming event – there's just the guy who set it up (Richard Tyson, THREE O'CLOCK HIGH, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY), a dude hooked up to an I.V. watching on his computer. "Fame is the only real truth left in this world," he says very proudly to nobody. We'll later learn that nobody knows his name but he's on the FBI's most wanted list as "The Voyeur."
I'm not sure what Havoc's deal is. He tears open the woman's shirt so the audience can see her boobs, but he himself cowers in fear of them. Things get more interesting when one of The Voyeur's security guards wanders too close to the action. Havoc grabs him by the mouth and pulls his jaw so hard it splits his head in two, one of many gnarly practical FX in this movie. Respect for that. You definitely can't take that for granted in modern low budget horror.
Cut to title. Then cut to Bronzi, whose character I don't think is ever given a name, wide collar over leather jacket, bellbottoms, smoking a pipe, watching two biker henchmen (one with mohawk) from across the street. He follows them, or maybe the reporter Ellen Weaver (Emily Sweet, THE DRAGON UNLEASHED) who they're escorting to the compound to interview The Voyeur.
His lawyer Mrs. Wallace only calls him "my client," says he's "very eccentric" and "extremely wealthy" and tells Ellen that she has to choose from a rack of dresses to change into for this major interview she's doing for "Ottumwa, Iowa's leader in breaking news, Channel 4 Action News." She thinks it's her "express ticket to CNN" so she says out loud to no one, "Guess I could get all dolled up. This interview's gonna make me a star reporter." And she puts on a tiara and a prom dress with lights built into it.
From the interview we learn that The Voyeur was a rich guy who went to prison, found out about Havoc, knew he had to bust him out and hold auditions for "Terror Mountain, the ultimate horror reality TV show" to lure in victims. He considers his videos great art, is offended if they're referred to as "snuff videos," doesn't seem to mind "macabre experiments" as much, calls Havoc "it" but compares "it" to Beethoven. Tyson is good in the interview scene, elevating the material a little, though I sort of enjoyed him more when they had him saying ludicrous things like "the lion needs to feed" or "I control death. I am its master" or "A storm is coming" or "Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war!"
He victim-blames his "actresses" because "most of them want to be celebrities, not really artists, if you know what I mean." And this seems to indict Ellen as well, given her ambitions. But he asks her about her absent father and she has a paragraph or two of "characterization."
I appreciate the attempt. Unfortunately she's Havoc's only victim that could count as a character. The rest appear without introduction, name or dialogue, get chased and horribly killed, breasts exposed if they're women. Havoc hacks an arm off using a wrench, saws a big toe, commits two bare-hand disembowelments and one with a big cartoony handsaw, chainsaws a guy's crotch. Every one of these could be a great payoff in a good cat and mouse sequence. But I think we need at least a bad scene introducing these generic screaming babes who he stalks in red tinted utilitarian warehouses or woods. We could root for or against them getting away, but we need some context for it to have any kick to it.
We do get that when The Voyeur drugs Ellen and leaves her tied to a tree for maestro Havoc. Then Bronzi walks out of the woods, up to the bikers and the lawyer, holding a photo of his daughter, wearing a badge around his neck, pointing a loaded "search warrant." As in DEATH KISS, Bronzi's voice is dubbed to hide his Spanish accent, this time with a little more of a Bronson imitation.
When Ellen gets away and runs into Bronzi she's relieved he's a cop, then confused as she realizes he didn't come for her, does not have a SWAT team with him and won't call for backup. His only questions for her are if she's seen the girl and "Can you drive a motorcycle?"
There are a couple good shootout bits I enjoyed. A guy misses Bronzi with his machine gun spray, Bronzi takes a moment to smirk, then fires one shot from his revolver and nails the guy. He gets the machine gun and uses it to pop off the top of a guy's head. I don't think the real Bronson ever got to do it quite so graphically.
Obviously the whole reason to watch this is for the eventual Bronzi vs. Havoc battle. The bad news is they are never shown clearly in the same frame. This was the best screengrab I could get of them together:
But I did find it satisfying. Bronzi actually puts down his gun and puts up his fists when he sees him. Havoc understands and throws his ax aside. Bronzi nods. Electric guitars noodle over trap beats as they walk toward each other in slow motion, Bronzi taking off his jacket, then his shirt. Then pulls off his badge. 'Cause this is not about the law. This about two men, and four fists.
It's not great choreography or anything, but it's fun to see fake Bronson in HARD TIMES boxer poses throwing hands with a Jason Voorhees type. And at one point Havoc does a Superman punch.
I don't think it's a functional slasher movie. The main problem is with the victims, but the killer is not free of blame. I was reminded of a 2019 Australian movie I watched on Shudder (but did not review) called THE FURIES. It's a similar scenario: a bunch of people are kidnapped and wake up confused in the remote outdoors where they're stalked by big grunting lugs in scary masks as part of a game. That one's much better made, with actual characters, a CUBE type puzzle/mystery and a couple very effective gore moments. But I had trouble getting into it because the killers are just Leatherface-Jason composites with some little tweak (pig mask, owl mask), but that's it, no further story or character to them. So they might as well just be the off brand Jason in the horror-movie-parody commercials that air around Halloween, or joke background characters in CABIN IN THE WOODS. I need to see more effort put into them before I accept them as worthy new slashers. I need to hear the campfire tale.
Havoc has kind of a cool look, but no mythology – at least not in this movie. I didn't know until some IMDb research that "Prisoner AYO-886" a.k.a. Havoc has already been in PLAYING WITH DOLLS (2015), PLAYING WITH DOLLS: BLOODLUST (2016) and PLAYING WITH DOLLS: HAVOC (2017). On its own, this only tells us he was in prison. No other backstory referenced or built upon, as is traditional in watchable horror sequels.
But is it a movie that has a fake Charles Bronson who punches a masked slasher? In my opinion, yes. I liked that about it. In that sense it is an unqualified success.
ENDING SPOILER NOTE: I was disappointed though that they (I think) kill Bronzi at the end! He's in a struggle over the horizon and then there's a suspenseful couple of beats, perfect setup for him to strut over the hill with Havoc's severed head like Jason did to Freddy, but instead just Havoc comes back. And right before the credits somebody gets their head split but it looked like a bald guy? It's kind of confusing. But I now realize they need Havoc alive for future sequels, because it's alot of work to figure out new ways to resurrect him like they did for Jason and Freddy.
• 411mania has an interview with Perez where he says "I'm well aware these are the cheapest B-movies in the B-movie world," that he made it because "I just make whatever I'm assigned to," and "From the moment my check arrives, I have 4 months to turn in a hard drive with a complete movie ready for duplication." Also he can't name any "movie making heroes" because he's "more of a music buff." He does know Bronson movies well enough to base his look in this one on THE MECHANIC, and I respect that.
• Also, Bronzi has an official websight
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I've always loved whale watching, particularly from Point Lookout on North Stradbroke Island. With binoculars, you can see Humpback whales breaching off shore. However, nothing compares to the amazing experience of having a whale pop up beside your boat and make eye contact.
I was recently a guest on the Whales in Paradise whale watching boat. Two whales breached near us and these huge creatures spent the next forty minutes right beside the boat. They were watching us, just as much as we were watching them. Whale watching is one of those experiences you'll remember your whole life.
The whale watching season off the coast of Queensland, Australia, runs from about April to November. The Whales in Paradise boat takes on passengers right in the heart of Surfers Paradise and heads out to sea along the Nerang River. You can be surrounded by the sky scrapers of the Gold Coast, and a short boat ride later be amongst a pod of wild Humpback whales.
Once we were out to sea, all eyes on board began to search for signs of whales. Eventually someone noticed a puff of mist on the water, the telltale sign of a whale exhaling through its blow hole. Within minutes there were three separate pods of whales, still quite a distance from our boat.
Boats are not allowed to go closer than 100 metres to a whale, so after a while, our boat slowed down. All eyes were still scanning the ocean when suddenly, a whale breached not far from the boat and the passengers spontaneously cheered.
Within minutes, two Humpback whales began leaping out of the water and splashing down. I could feel the impact of the splash in my body, although they were not close enough to wet us.
The Whales Wanted to See Us!
The crew suggested cheering and waving to attract the whales. I was a bit skeptical the whales would respond, but they swam right over to our boat.
It was quite clear these two whales wanted to look at us too, especially when they put their heads up out of the water so they could get a good look at the humans. This is called "spy hopping". Being able to look into the eye of one these beautiful, wild creatures is an experience I'll remember all of my life.
We had an expert commentary from one of the crew members who follows the whale season around the world. He was able to answer all of our whale questions and explain the behaviours we were seeing. Our particular humpback whales were juveniles, about seven to 10 years old.
The day we went was a perfect day with light winds and blue, blue skies. Even when the whales were under the surface, we could see them clearly. It was easy to move around the stable catamaran, although with an ocean swell, you did have to hold on to the rails.
The whales were having a good look at the passengers on the lower deck at the back and I decided to see if a whale really would respond to a human waving. After a couple of us waved ours arm for a short time, both whales moved to the front of the boat, right in front of us and popped their heads out of the water.
The captain eventually gave us the bad news that we had to return to land. At that moment, the whales began to swim under the boat. While the boat is designed for whale safety, the captain didn't want to re-start the engines until the whales were clear – not that any of us minded staying longer.
Eventually we were able to turn back towards the Gold Coast and I'm sure there were many on board, like me, who thought, "I have to do this again!" We sometimes forget that just a short distance from city skyscrapers is an ocean full of beautiful, wild creatures.
Whale watching is an activity the whole family can enjoy. The Whales in Paradise boat was good for young children with a shaded lower deck and plenty of seating, while still having excellent views of the whales. If you were taking young children onto the front or upper decks, you'd need to supervise them closely, particularly if there was an ocean swell. My nine year old had no trouble hanging on while he was watching the whales on the front deck and he said the whole experience was "awesome".
There are toilets on board and plenty of shade. There's also a quiet, sheltered inside area with comfy padded seats if you need a break from the excitement.
I wasn't expecting to also have a river tour, so the 40 minute cruise along the Nerang River was a nice bonus. The captain pointed out some quirky features including a floating wedding chapel and a drive-through bottle shop (liquor store) for boats. We also took a look at some of the riverside mansions owned by the rich and famous. I particularly liked the sweeping roof line of Jackie Chan's riverside home.
Once you pass under the bridges, there are good views of the Gold Coast Hinterland mountains and the Surfers Paradise skyscrapers including one of Australia's tallest buildings, Q1. At this stage you can move around the boat's decks for 360 degree views of the waterway.
We went on the morning cruise, but if you take an afternoon trip, you'll see Surfers Paradise light up as you return at twilight or sunset.
If you are worried about this, the crew offer sea sickness tablets for $2. You will need to take these while you are still on the river for them to work properly. There are sick bags on board just in case.
We brought our own sandwiches and fruit for morning tea on board. There is free tea and coffee and biscuits (cookies) available. On the way back they served $5 Coronas.
Because Whales in Paradise is located right on the river end of Cavill Avenue, there are plenty of places to eat before or after your whale watching experience. Cavill Mall is a short stroll away and this outdoor shopping and dining strip leads right through to the beach.
We parked under the Chevron Renaissance Centre at 23 Ferny Avenue and there's also closer parking at Circle on Caville at 9 Ferny Avenue and a public car park on Beach Road diagonally opposite the check-in terminal.
You check in 20 minutes prior to departure at the kiosk on the corner of Cavil Avenue and Ferny Avenue. The signage says "Sightseeing Cruises". If you arrive early, the riverside is a pleasant place to wait, and there are coffee shops nearby.
Purchase online directly from www.whalesinparadise.com.au or phone 1800 942 547. If you're visiting the Gold Coast, many hotels and holiday apartments can arrange tickets for you. Look out for combination deals which provide good value – for example, there will sometimes be a Dreamworld plus whale watching package.
If you're a member of RACQ or NRMA, it's worth checking their sites for discount whale watching offers.
If you've had a whale watching experience in Queensland, please feel free to share your experiences in the Comments box below.
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...and send me your own travel experiences!
So, what are you trying to imply? I don't really get the joke.
From one anonymous to another—you're dense!
Malachi keep up the great work and excellent work!!
Oh, boy. This exchange tells me we're going to have a nice heated discussion this week!
The joke is that in Asia, people think the main character's a local (even though he's not), and in America, people think he isn't (even though he is).
By the way, is the Taiwanese flag Hokkien or Mandarin?
I have never related to a comic as much in my life as this one. I'm a Chinese-American who lives in Singapore. I speak English with an American accent, but I speak Mandarin with Beijing accent. I have been mistaken for nearly every single Eastern and Southeastern Asian ethnicity/country. I don't know how many times I've been told "You English is so good!" from people who speak Chinese to me.
This is AMAZING, and I just shared it with 50 people. Finally some representation of Asian American travel experiences! As someone who has traveled to three other continents, please let me know if you want any stories/ideas for other comics. Not to mention I've studied and taught in the countries I've traveled to, and still get the similar comments intercontinentally.
Thanks Andy! Yeah I'd love your comic ideas - I have a Suggestion Box lower on the page where you can submit them. Go nuts!
My sister (European ancestry) and her friend (Japanese ancestry), both from here in the US, took some classes in conversational Japanese, then took a trip to Japan. People there treated her friend like an idiot when they heard her speak in Japanese, but then marvelled at how fluent my sister was. My sister's friend found it very frustrating.
I had many similar experiences in Japan at shops and restaurants. (taught English there for a few years). I was with my friend, another teacher, we are both Canadian, but I have European ancestry and her family was from Hong Kong. All the servers would turn to my friend and try to talk to her and she would politely point to me as she didn't speak any Japanese at all. Then I would place our order, but they would then turn to her to clarify something and I'm like "Excuse me, please talk to me! The person who actually placed the order..."


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Spizixos canifrons é uma espécie de ave passeriformes da família Regulidae.

Pode ser encontrada nos seguintes países: Bangladesh, China, Índia, Laos, Myanmar, Tailândia e Vietname.

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The Breakfast Club have been 'Taking care of breakfast since 2005' and show no sign of slowing down, with their iconic yellow gaffs popping up everywhere across the capital.
This Canary Wharf hotspot pays homage to Northern Soul and the Wigan Casino with a huge custom-made disco ball standing front and centre and a distinctly funky vibe to the interior.
A bright, vibrant space with splashes of colour everywhere and quirky art lining the walls, it's a warm welcome for hungry Brunchers and has a cool 70s working men's club feel to go with the underground spirit.
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Suppliers like Joe's Tea and Karma Cola work closely with The Breakfast Club, cementing their status as a champion of independent businesses and ethical practices Their products are all sustainable and come from across the country to celebrate the best of British.
Perched along the North Dock, you'll love soaking up the view at this idyllic spot, before heading to Canary Wharf Station, less than five minutes away from The Breakfast Club.


Bishop Rickey Moore of the Sunrise Baptist Church is putting a new spin on Easter Sunday. The Shreveport, Louisiana man used Twitter to announce that he would be recreating the resurrection of Jesus Christ in "3D" by staying in a coffin for three days.
"It is as if you were really there when it occurred – in 3D," said Moore who was planning a special 3am service on Easter Sunday.
Following the virality of Moore's unique plan, he's since opted out of staying in the coffin. Instead, he'll remain on a cot with a space heater for the next 36 hours.
Moore shares that he's proud of the attention he's received as a result of his plan.
According to the Shreveport Times, Moore will be praying and fasting over the next two days. He'll be provided one water bottle over the 36-hour period and will have guardsman "protecting his tomb".


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From Angels to Neurons
Artists and Scientists Envision Dreaming
Since Classical antiquity, Western thinkers have pondered the nature of dreaming. Whether called artists or scientists, they have shared a need to convey direct, immediate insights into the intensely private realm of dreams. Dream researcher Allan Hobson seeks the surprising parallels in their explorations over two millennia.
Author: J. Allan Hobson, M.D.
Dreaming—so like waking consciousness as to fool us almost every time, and yet so different as to amaze us upon awakening—has long fascinated both artists and scientists who have worked to describe and explain it. In their efforts to understand the connection between dreams and the brain-mind, scientists as well as artists use visual images to convey directly and concisely their insights into dreaming. This essay presents a series of images from their dialogue across the centuries about dreaming.
Here Rene Magritte captures the essence of the bizarre nature of dreams with this toy locomotive chugging out of an ordinary living room fireplace. Both the train and the mantelpiece are realistic, but their juxtaposition is as disturbingly incongruous as the strange conjunctions of people, places, and actions in our dreams. In emphasizing dreaming's formal properties, rather than attempting to interpret its symbolic content, modern artists and scientists have finally developed a common path of inquiry. By formal properties, I mean, for example, the hallucinatory imagery, the delusional belief that we are awake, the bizarre cognition, and the amnesia that characterize all dreams.
Time Transfixed
RENE MAGRITTE, 1938
Art Institute of Chicago, IL / A.K.G., Berlin / SuperStock, © C. Herscovici, Brussels / Artist Rights Society (ARS), NY
Understanding the Stuff that Dreams Are Made of
Photo credit: British Museum, London, UK / Bridgeman Art Library
The Head of Hypnos
GREEK, LATE 4TH CENTURY BC
In Greek Mythology, Hypnos, the God of Sleep, was the son of Nyx (Night) and the brother of Thanatos (Death). He resided in a dark, misty cave with his three sons: Morpheus, who brought dreams to men; Icelus, who brought dreams to animals; and Phantasus, who brought dreams to inanimate objects. These were all winged gods whose lightness and speed could explain their ubiquity and evanescence. The Romans borrowed the concept of winged gods to explain not only sleep and dreams, but also love. In the Classical period, it was typical to attribute states of consciousness such as these to spirits from other worlds.
Sleeping Man and Cat
PHOTO: TED SPAGNA / DRAWING: J. ALLAN HOBSON
Modern sleep research is materialistic. It uses human subjects whose brain, eye, and muscle activities can be recorded in sleep laboratories using electronic measuring machines called polygraphs. At different stages of sleep, the subjects are awakened and asked about mental activity such as dreams. Sleep researchers also study animals such as the cat, whose neurophysiology can be described at the level of single cells and molecules.
We now know that the brain is activated periodically during sleep. When we dream, the brain's electrical activity is exactly the same as when we are awake, but most sensory input and motor output are blocked. Periods of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep are associated with dreams in which vivid perceptions arise spontaneously and are knit together into a coherent story. The fleeting quality of our dreams comes not from the lightness and whimsical nature of winged messengers but from the alterations of our brain physiology and chemistry in REM sleep.
Image courtesy of J. Allan Hobson
Angels or Eye Movements
Genesis: Abraham and Isaac; Jacob's Ladder
LAMBETH BIBLE, CANTERBURY, ENGLAND (c.1140-50)
Christianity translated the pagan winged god into its own external agent, the angel, who mediated between the realm of God and the realm of man and brought messages to enlightened dreamers. Thus the dream itself was seen as an intermediary between matter and spirit. Even later thinkers who, like the French philosopher René Descartes (15961650), understood the reality of the physical brain could not imagine its relationship to our mental experience. Modern Rationalist thought carried forward this idea of separateness of mind and body, both of which were synchronously moved by an external agency: the "angel of angels," God.
Lambeth Palace Library, London, UK / Bridgeman Art Library
Human NREM-REM Cycle
UNPUBLISHED DATA FROM FREDERICK SNYDER AND J. ALLAN HOBSON
Scientists now interpret our mental experience of dreaming as inseparable from the physical activity of our brains. Each night, the periodic occurrence of REM sleep (solid bars) is interspersed with a four-stage process of brain deactivation called NREM sleep, when the brain's electrical activity, as measured with EEG, is disorganized. During NREM sleep we are deeply unconscious, especially early in the night when awakenings are difficult and we may become confused when awakened. As the night progresses, the REM periods get longer and the NREM periods get shorter and more shallow, so that by morning the distinctions between them are almost lost. But the periods are fixed at 90-100 minutes and the amount of REM is constant at 20-30% of each night. That means we dream an average of two hours per night—50,000 hours or 6 years over a lifespan of 70 years.
The Physical Reality of Sleep
National Gallery, London, UK / Bridgeman Art Library
Venus and Mars
SANDRO BOTTICELLI (1444-1510)
By the height of the Renaissance, the Christian angels disappeared and a frank interest in the human body and the physical reality of sleep gained the upper hand. Botticelli, using the pagan gods Venus and Mars as an allegorical vehicle, anticipated our modern scientific interest in the direct observation of sleep. At the time of Leonardo da Vinci, who drew the skull and its mysterious content, the brain, feeling states, and consciousness itself began to be ascribed to the fluid-filled cavities (ventricles) and parts of the brain.
Leonardo da Vinci, Brain injected to demonstrate the shape of the cerebral ventricles, RL 19127r, The Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Collection Enterprises, Windsor Castle
Pontine Brain Stem REM-on Cell with Eye Movement
J. ALLAN HOBSON
We can now look far deeper into the brain than da Vinci's controversial dissections of human cadavers. By introducing microscopic electrodes into the brain stem of an animal, we can record from individual neurons and obtain an indication of their electrical signals (red trace) in REM sleep. This neuron fires a cluster of 13 electrical signals (called action potentials) just before the eye begins to move (blue trace), suggesting that this particular cell might actually command the movement or REM sleep. By studying thousands of cells, scientists have been able to account for many of the physiological aspects of REM sleep, such as internal visual stimulation, in terms of specific cells and molecules.
Cosmic Clockwork
The Music of the Spheres
15TH CENTURY ETCHING, ARTIST UNKNOWN
With the rise of invention and exploration in the fifteenth century, models of the universe became increasingly mechanical. Clockwork is an obvious inspiration for this image, in which the late medieval pilgrim has reached the edge of the physical universe and—insatiably curious—has pushed his head through this barrier to listen to the music of the celestial spheres. Now we are learning to look at the cosmos inside the human head and to discern the clockwork within the brain so that we may understand the orchestration of our states of consciousness. The heavenly spheres of today are nerve cells and their music is the electrical activity that is the physical basis of our minds.
REM-on Cell in Pons
NISSL STAIN, J. ALLAN HOBSON
Using aniline dyes, it is possible to stain the large bodies of giant cells in the part of the brain stem called the pons that fire intensely during REM sleep and probably drive the eye movements that accompany it. These stains allow us to visualize the cell's nucleus, although not the dendrites and axons by which the cell receives and sends information. Cells such as these control the inhibition of muscles and still others control the activation of the brain. When cells are excited by the brain's chemical messenger, acetylcholine, a REM sleep episode and dreaming are triggered. Cells that contain the chemical norepinephrine—and are thought to be important for attention, learning, and memory during waking—fall silent during REM sleep. Their inactivity may result in the increased excitability of the REM-on cells and some of the peculiarities of dreams, such as bizarreness, illogical thinking, and inablity to recall most dreams.
Inspired Dreaming
The Dream of the Palace
GIOTTO DI BONDONE (1266-1336), (SCHOOL OF), ASSISI
Medieval angelic emissaries were seen as conveying the commands of God to his human servants in dreams; here, an angel shows the sleeping St. Francis an elaborate architectural plan for building a church.
Artists and scientists still achieve insights through inventive and creative dreaming, such as Otto Loewi's dream of the crossed frog heart perfusion experiment, which demonstrated that a chemical from the heart nerves of one animal could influence the heart action of another. The chemical that caused the recipient frog's heart to slow when Loewi stimulated the vagus nerve of the donor turned out to be acetylcholine, the same neurotransmitter that the brain uses to generate REM sleep.
Upper Church, S. Francesco, Assisi, Italy, Scala/Art Resource, NY
Dream Bicycle
DREAM JOURNAL OF THE ENGINE MAN, OCTOBER 10-11, 1939
Since acetylcholine can induce REM sleep and dreaming, it was responsible in a sense for Loewi's Nobel Prize winning insight, as well as this playful dream invention. The "artist" in this case was a Smithsonian insect specialist who took it upon himself to record—and illustrate—all of his dreams in the summer of 1939. His bicycle built for two is driven by his bachelor self, but there is a seat available for a companion. Bizarre images in dreams may be meaningful even if they are incongruous.
Riding the Night Mare
Founders Society purchase with funds from Mrs. Bert L. Smokler and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A Fleischman. photo © The Detroit Institute of Art
HENRY FUSELI, 1782
Troubled sleep interested Henry Fuseli (1742-1825), who painted at least 40 variations of this nightmare scene. His friend William Blake and the poet Samuel Coleridge both actively manipulated their sleep and dreams to achieve artistic and poetic inspiration. For Fuseli, the nightmare was the joint responsibility of a wild horse and a demon—or incubus—who sat on the sleeper's chest, causing the sense of pressure and pounding heart. It was clear to the Romantics that the sleeping mind was subject to unpleasant disruptions that could put them in touch with their creative selves. We now know that the horse and the incubus are symbols of the periodic internal activation of the brain and the cardiorespiratory systems while we sleep.
Autonomic Storms in Sleep
During REM sleep (shown here), or on arousal from nonREM sleep, rapid heart beats, heavy or arrested breathing, and dramatic rises and falls in blood pressure often produce intense anxiety. The sleeper may experience terror in association with these autonomic storms, which are generated by the amygdala and other emotional centers of the brain.
A Flash of Dreaming Consciousness
ODILON REDON, 1904
Raised in the dark shadows of his Bordeaux family manse, the French symbolist painter Odilon Redon worked entirely in black and white until he was almost 60, when radiant color broke through—as in a flash of heightened consciousness in a dream. Throughout his career, Redon treated dreaming as a germinal and primordial mental process. In this late painting, the red hot spot of activation gives way to a smoke screen of synthetic imagining. The sense of an internal illumination source for the dream is clearly expressed, although Redon did not know that the hot spot was the pontine brain stem and the cerebral cortex was the screen of his imagination.
Giraudon / Art Resource, NY
REM Sleep PET Scan
PIERRE MAQUET
Imaging is a direct method of visualizing activity in the brain during REM sleep by means of techniques that measure changes in the flow of blood as neurons are activated. Through PET scans, we can see the activation of the pontine brain stem (perhaps the trigger zone for our dreams, as it is in animals), the areas of the cortex for visual perception and spatial integration (perhaps the seat of hallucinatory imagery), and the amygdala (perhaps the seat of dream anxiety). Equally important may be the deactivation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which is thought to be the seat of working memory and other executive functions that are quiescent in dreaming.
Understanding the Mystery
L'Ecole des Savants
PAUL DELVAUX, 1958
A dream with a surreal combination of railroad trains, street lights, and eerily open spaces is represented in the center of this painting. Delvaux suggest that it could be studied in two ways. On the right, psychoanalysts scrutinize a live patient and attribute the dream images to a symbolic disguise of unconscious impulses—mostly sexual. On the left, neurologists examine a cadaver's brain looking for hints about the mechanics of producing dream images. Delvaux does not appear optimistic about either approach, preferring to celebrate rather than to solve the central mystery. But now we can study both the brain and the mind in living conjunction and map the form of dreams onto the form of brain activity in REM sleep. We now see dreaming as the brain's complex awareness of its autoactivated state in sleep. Our understanding of dreaming has changed dramatically from the concepts of pagan gods and Christian angels, but our modern vision is no less elaborate and no less beautiful.
Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation, Vienna © P. Delveaux Foundation–St. Idesbald, Belgium/Licensed by VAGA, NY
Dreaming, History, Sleep


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Music Mondays: "Pierre" by Ryn Weaver
For this week's Music Monday, we aren't moving too far from the subject of the last few columns. I actually first heard of Ryn Weaver through the news that Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos would be co-producing her debut album. Upon checking her stuff out, her first single "OctaHate" was enough to hook me.
But while "OctaHate" is a wonderful song (go check it out if you haven't heard it), I'm not going to be focusing on that one this week. Maybe some other time. Right now, I want to focus on a song that came of her debut album back in June, "Pierre".
I've always had a soft spot for songs with more narrative structures, and by those standards, "Pierre" is a near epic in scope, covering a major string of events of its narrator's life. Each stanza of the verses comprises a vignette from the singer's past, all describing the different lovers that she's found herself with in recent memory. Tying them all together are the choruses, focused on "you", the second-person one-that-got-away. The disjointedness of the narrative actually took me a little off-guard at first; I was expecting a much more standard love song, and didn't catch on that they were each their own self-contained stories until the second verse. Also, it's almost surprising how much Ryn manages to flesh out these supporting characters; each gets just enough detail to make them feel like real people that you can picture.
Musically, the song very closely matches Passion Pit's style (as you might expect). I have trouble picking my favorite part; there's the opening, a sparse arrangement that focuses on Ryn's striking voice with claps and a atmospheric breeze underneath; there's the big piano chord that rings out at the start of the second stanza; there's the glassy guitar riff that kicks in halfway through that stanza; and of course, there's the huge, emotional chorus. The chorus probably deserves its own focus; there's an incredible forcefulness to it, with Ryn Weaver selling the hell out off its emotion. The words hit on downbeats with the drums, adding punch. Ending each line is a vocal sample that sounds straight out of Sleepyhead. Finally comes the frantic, crashing end, a rush in and of itself.
And then, the second time through, it just gets bigger and grander, adding a sense of majesty to it all. And just like that, after two cycles, we get a short outro where the song just sort of fades into the sudden nothingness that it burst out of. For as strange a finish as it initially seems for a song of this scale, I have trouble picturing a better conclusion. It's a perfect bookend to a larger part of a never-ending story.
Labels: Best Songs, Music, Music Mondays, OctaHate, Pierre, Reviews, Ryn Weaver, Sleepyhead
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Andrea Clark Has Passed Away
08 May, 2006 by	John Hawkins
Sadly, Andrea Clark has passed away. Her sister Melanie Childers posted this message at the Democratic Underground a couple of hours ago:
"Andrea passed away peacefully a little before 3pm today, with her family and her friends at her bedside. We love her so very much and we are going to miss her terribly. We hope that the battle that we fought for our sister will bring to light and bear witness to the horrible acts committed in the name of ethics in hospitals across the state of Texas.
The fact that we had to fight this battle is both frightening and a sad commentary on the so-called "ethics" now being practiced in medical facilities in this state. The battle for life is a difficult one, in the best of situations, but when a family is put through what we had to go through at such a time, it is especially agonizing.
We wish so much that we could have spent more time at our sister's side, when she was living and fighting for her life, rather than having to visit our attorney's office, give interviews to radio and television stations to let the public know of the atrocity about to befall Andrea, and literally stand outside the hospital and beg them not to kill our sister. In attempting to deprive Andrea of the most basic of her human rights–life–St. Luke's Hospital managed to deprive her family and her of that which is most dear to us all, when we are faced with the death of a loved one: a proper goodbye.
How, in the name of God, anyone can call putting someone to death when they are at their most helpless and begging for their lives "ethical," we cannot imagine."
I didn't hear about Andrea's death until after 12 PM EST, so I've had no opportunity to find out any details about what her cause of death turned out to be. As I find out more, I'll let you know. In any case, I'd like to send my sincere condolences to Andrea's friends and family in this difficult time. I know it has to be tough for them right now, but at least they can take some comfort in the fact that because they fought the good fight, Andrea had a fighting chance in the end, instead of having her life support cut off.
— An Andrea Clark Update: Out Of The Danger Zone?
— Once Again, Time Is Running Out For Andrea Clark
— St Luke's Reneges: Andrea Clark's Life Is Still In Jeopardy
— Andrea Clark's Life Has Been Spared
— Some Good News On The Andrea Clark Front
— Time Is Running Out For Andrea Clark
— An Andrea Clarke Update
— The Sad Case Of Andrea Clarke
*** Update #1 ***: According to the Houston Chronicle,
Andrea Clark, a Friendswood woman whose case attracted national attention, succumbed to complications from heart disease Sunday at 3 p.m. Two sisters, her brother and her son were at her side.
…Clark, 54, was unable to fight off a severe infection Sunday. She had been in multi-organ failure.
Also, Andrea's sister Lanore Dixon asked me to post this:
Our sister, Andrea Clark, passed away at 3 pm yesterday, May 7, 2006.
We will miss our sister, but we are grateful that she was allowed to pass from this world in the way that she wanted.
We will be forever grateful for all the prayers and help offered on behalf of our sister.
Graveside services will be at 10:30 am. Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at the old Seabrook Cemetery, in Seabrook, TX Services are being handled by Hays Funeral Home of Hitchcock, TX.


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by: Matt Heckel
Posted: Aug 20, 2018 / 11:19 PM EDT / Updated: Aug 20, 2018 / 11:19 PM EDT
Dozens of protesters were at the State Capitol on Monday, demanding the shut down of an immigration facility here in Pennsylvania.
The Berks County Family Detention Center is one of three family detention centers in the country.
Members of the "Shut Down Berks Coalition" rallied inside the Capitol, asking Governor Wolf to issue an "Emergency Removal Order" to shut the center down.
"I'm here to say parents like me, across the country, are standing up and demanding that we not imprison families. That families have the right to a fair immigration process. And we're here to join you in saying shut it down," said Karen Showalter, of Shut Down Berks Coalition.
The Department of Human Services says an Emergency Removal Order cannot be issued unless misconduct is found at the facility.
Governor Wolf has called on the Trump Administration to shut the center down in the past.
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A Stitch in Time is a 1976 children's novel by Penelope Lively.  It was the winner of the 1976 Whitbread Award for children's book. 40 years later, it was re-published by Collins under the modern classics range.

The book follows Maria Foster during a summer holiday in Lyme Regis. She begins to hear sounds that no one else can and connects with a Victorian girl called Harriet, but as she becomes more immersed in Harriet's World she wonders if something tragic took place.

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Happy 10th Slow Cinema anniversary
This year marks a special anniversary for me. Ten years ago in summer, I watched my first slow film. It was Béla Tarr's The Man from London (2007), a stunning feast, which blew my mind. I kept looking at my watch not because I was bored, but because I wanted to see just how long this first take would last. Quite remarkable that it has been a decade already. Since The Man from London, which, I later found out, was based on a book by Georges Simenon, I have seen hundreds of slow films. Not all of them have made it onto my blog, for lack of time, or frankly for a lack of space because I started my blog only three years after my first slow-film experience.
Béla Tarr, Lav Diaz, Pedro Costa, Tsai Ming-liang – these were the big names when I started. I came comparatively late to the oeuvre of Pedro Costa, and I still need to catch up with all of his films. But overall, those four directors used to be the core of what was considered to be Slow Cinema at the time. There were others, of course. Abbas Kiarostami, or Theo Angelopoulos. Chantal Akerman was always a bit on the side, because she was the only woman director talked about. Slow Cinema certainly was a male field. The term was coined by a man, the directors were almost exclusively male, and whenever I did see a slow film in cinema or went to a conference, I felt rather strange as being one of only a handful of women. In fact, my work on Slow Cinema has made me become utterly aware of my being a woman, especially when my book proposal was rejected with the reason of the subject not fitting into the publisher's portfolio, only for them to accept a book on the same subject by a man.
But apart from having me made aware of who I am and where I come from, Slow Cinema had for me something exciting about it. Why? Because it was a sort of genre, or movement, that I more or less grew into. Slow films, or slower-than-the-usual films have always existed, yet it became "a thing" only in the 2010s, once Jonathan Romney published his Sight & Sound piece about the increase of cinematic slowness in films. It felt as though I was witnessing something in-the-making. I still remember the first festival dedicated to slow films. The AV festival in the UK dedicated a whole weekend to Slow Cinema, with a mini retrospective of Lav Diaz's films. This was where I saw my first ultra-long film, which much later became my main interest because the length not only created an entirely new film experience for me. It also allowed me to see films in a different way, not just as a purely horizontal narrative, but as something that can take its time to get to the bottom of things.
When I did my Phd from 2012 to 2015, debates about and around Slow Cinema tended to become heated. On the one hand, you had devoted followers. On the other, there were people who hated Slow Cinema and they were the ones who advocated the idea of boredom in the context of slowness. "I'm not going to the cinema to get bored." The debate on Slow Cinema highlighted what most people expect of cinema to be: a form of entertainment that is used to numb problems, pain, concerns – if only for two hours. I believe that the rejection of slow films not only stems from its rejection as a form of entertainment. It is the rejection to see, a rejection of our human condition.
Slow Cinema also showed the nasty business of film criticism, with certain critics leaving the auditorium early and then ripped a film into pieces (which you can't do with slow films until you have seen the whole film), and with critics who haven't even seen a certain film they were reviewing. There were books hastily published, which didn't even try to understand the movement as something that goes beyond a rejection of modernity's speed. All of a sudden, those who never bothered with the field had a chapter published. If you wanted to be on top of things as a film scholar, you had to join the band waggon.
I believe that Slow Cinema has given me an insight into more than I had bargained for. In the end, the heated discussion died down as quickly as it had begun. Paul Schrader announced the death of Slow Cinema not so long ago. This shows nothing else than his lack of understanding of the genre. It may well look as though Slow Cinema is in decline. Béla Tarr and Tsai Ming-liang have retired. Chantal Akerman, Theo Angelopoulos, Abbas Kiarostami have died. The written output is decreasing.
If one wasn't actively involved with it almost daily, one could easily agree with Schrader. But this would be a mistake. With the rush over slowness coming to an end (yes, this joke is totally intentional), Slow Cinema can finally be. Maybe directors can soon even do Q&As without being asked the age-old question as to why their films are so slow. They can just talk about the content of their films. Now is the time when some quality writing, some quality analysis can emerge from the silence and the stillness that is slowly beginning to wrap around slow films. It's no longer about making a quick comment on something that is at odds with our modern times. It is about feeling it, and putting it into perspective.
And we will have ample time to do this, as Slow Cinema is everything but dead. Wang Bing has become one of the most prolific directors in recent years. Nikolaus Geyrhalter continues to investigate the world. Shengze Zhu has just won the Tiger Award in Rotterdam. Jacqueline Zünd seems to become a new female force in Slow Cinema. Apichatpong Weerasethakul is treading new grounds in Colombia. Aleksandra Niemczyk is probably one of the most promising new talents. Michela Occhipinti has premiered her new film at the Berlinale. Bi Gan is making himself a name in the field.
The future couldn't be brighter, precisely because the public debate has died down. While others declare Slow Cinema dead, I personally am convinced that we are entering a new promising phase, which could even become a sort of golden age for slow films. Let's see what there is to write for me in 2029!
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18th March 2019 at 3:38 pm
Dr. Mai: Please don't ascribe to me statements I have never said and don't believe. Slow Cinema is not dead nor will it ever be. It does, however, like all modes of filmmaking, undergo variations in output and popularity. Paul Schrader
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This interview made quite a splash in 2017 and initiated a debate on whether or not Slow Cinema was truly dying: https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/paul-schrader-slow-cinema-is-dying-a-slow-death/
"Slow Cinema may be running its course "—that's the quote. Even if it does fall into decline, it won't die. It will reform and resuscitate itself.
19th March 2019 at 12:06 pm
Well that's incredible so it was for me
The Man from London got me into slow cinema !!
Thank you for your very very interesting blog
Demoy Blake
27th March 2019 at 2:22 am
Congrats on your anniversary
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The Roma Residence is a group of apartment blocks just a kilometer from the Vatican. Built in the early 1980s, the complex has been through a succession of owners and was used mostly for social housing. Over the years, maintenance was neglected and living conditions declined. Given its choice location, the Roma Residence was scheduled for luxury redevelopment, but many of the mainly immigrant occupants who were evacuated had no rights to re-housing.
Senegalese residents protest that the building's owners have cut off electric power to drive out tenants. The Roma Residence is a group of apartment blocks just a kilometer from the Vatican. Built in the early 1980s, the complex has been through a succession of owners and was used mostly for social housing. Over the years, maintenance was neglected and living conditions declined. Given its choice location, the Roma Residence was scheduled for luxury redevelopment, but many of the mainly immigrant occupants who were evacuated had no rights to re-housing.
A family is about to be evacuated from the Roma Residence. The Roma Residence is a group of apartment blocks just a kilometer from the Vatican. Built in the early 1980s, the complex has been through a succession of owners and was used mostly for social housing. Over the years, maintenance was neglected and living conditions declined. Given its choice location, the Roma Residence was scheduled for luxury redevelopment, but many of the mainly immigrant occupants who were evacuated had no rights to re-housing.
The Vatican. The Roma Residence is a group of apartment blocks just a kilometer from the Vatican. Built in the early 1980s, the complex has been through a succession of owners and was used mostly for social housing. Over the years, maintenance was neglected and living conditions declined. Given its choice location, the Roma Residence was scheduled for luxury redevelopment, but many of the mainly immigrant occupants who were evacuated had no rights to re-housing.
A man and child greet each other in one of the corridors of the Roma Residence. The Roma Residence is a group of apartment blocks just a kilometer from the Vatican. Built in the early 1980s, the complex has been through a succession of owners and was used mostly for social housing. Over the years, maintenance was neglected and living conditions declined. Given its choice location, the Roma Residence was scheduled for luxury redevelopment, but many of the mainly immigrant occupants who were evacuated had no rights to re-housing.
Women walk with their belongings past demolition workers on evacuation day. The Roma Residence is a group of apartment blocks just a kilometer from the Vatican. Built in the early 1980s, the complex has been through a succession of owners and was used mostly for social housing. Over the years, maintenance was neglected and living conditions declined. Given its choice location, the Roma Residence was scheduled for luxury redevelopment, but many of the mainly immigrant occupants who were evacuated had no rights to re-housing.
A family is evicted from their apartment. The Roma Residence is a group of apartment blocks just a kilometer from the Vatican. Built in the early 1980s, the complex has been through a succession of owners and was used mostly for social housing. Over the years, maintenance was neglected and living conditions declined. Given its choice location, the Roma Residence was scheduled for luxury redevelopment, but many of the mainly immigrant occupants who were evacuated had no rights to re-housing.
Women tend the body of a dead child. The Roma Residence is a group of apartment blocks just a kilometer from the Vatican. Built in the early 1980s, the complex has been through a succession of owners and was used mostly for social housing. Over the years, maintenance was neglected and living conditions declined. Given its choice location, the Roma Residence was scheduled for luxury redevelopment, but many of the mainly immigrant occupants who were evacuated had no rights to re-housing.
Police barricade a protest by a housing and human-rights organization. The Roma Residence is a group of apartment blocks just a kilometer from the Vatican. Built in the early 1980s, the complex has been through a succession of owners and was used mostly for social housing. Over the years, maintenance was neglected and living conditions declined. Given its choice location, the Roma Residence was scheduled for luxury redevelopment, but many of the mainly immigrant occupants who were evacuated had no rights to re-housing.
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Transformers New Zealand Forums - View topic - I sense something; a presence I have not felt since . . .
It's been a while, and i'm still many thousand kilometers away. But I thought i'd check in on my old TF family and see how everyone is. I trust you are all well? I'm not really in the loop Transformers wise at all anymore but I see the upcoming toys look pretty fun, I hope 2019 is a great year for all you collectors!
Re: I sense something; a presence I have not felt since . .
I'm very well. Life in London is certainly a change of pace compared to Auckland/New Zealand but it's an absolute blast. Can be a very big, and sometimes lonely city but made a bunch of friends here which makes it easier and more fun.
I live close to a giant Westfield and there is only two stores which you could possibly buy toys in and the selection is poor + overpriced. I took a look recently and could mostly just see TLK toys lingering and a few POTP figures.
I'll be back in NZ in March for a couple of weeks visiting friends and family, after that who knows when i'll return.
Basically the UK is a great place to wean off Transformers, I can attest to that.
There's the odd bargain you get here and there store wise in the UK but you're better off with the specialist online stores in the EU to avoid the VAT and custom duties.
Subria wrote: Basically the UK is a great place to wean off Transformers, I can attest to that.
I'd forgotten I was not the only TFNZ member now over in the UK. Where are you based these days?
I've kept an eye on Kapow Toys but really without following any current TF fiction my desire for anything has diminished to the point of barely keeping and eye out for any deals or specials. No storage/display areas where I live that the few MP's I bought over with me are sitting in a travel bag under my bed.
It's weird how many of the old guard seem to be showing back up here. Good weird, not bad weird.
I've slowed down in collecting lost my job mid 2017, off work for 15 months and finally got one October last year.