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Colin Eggleston
Long Weekend opens with the shot of a crab slowly creeping along a cliffside. Once it stops and we start absorbing what else is in the frame, we notice that the crab blends in so well with its surroundings that we wouldn't have even notice it being there had we not already seen it move. There's a lot we probably don't notice in everyday life: so busy in our own pursuits and wrapped up in our own thoughts, feelings, pleasures and problems that we pass by all kinds of animals and bugs and probably don't pay them much mind; granted we even notice them at all. While tending to her plants, Marcia (Briony Behets) takes a brief glance at her television set while a news story about birds behaving strangely and destroying property plays out. Marcia quickly flips that off. She has more important thing to do, like get her house in order. Once her husband Peter (John Hargreaves) gets home from work, the two plan on heading out for a few days to the beach. Not just a regular trip for the miserably unhappy, bickering couple, but a last ditch effort to see if the relationship is even worth salvaging. Perhaps getting back to nature - to a beautiful remote location - is just what they need. Either way, it's going to be a long weekend for both of them.
On the way toward their destination, Peter throws a cigarette outside the jeep window and starts a fire, then accidentally runs over a kangaroo, which doesn't seem to bother him or his wife. The rest of the drive isn't the least bit pleasant either, with the couple repeatedly snapping at each other and Peter's bitterness over an affair Marcia had still weighing on him. To make matters even more complicated, Marcia became pregnant with the other man's child and ended up having an abortion because of her husband's demands. After an hour drive into the brush, Peter can smell the ocean and figures they're close enough to pull over and get some sleep. The next morning, they set up camp, realize they're in a great spot near the ocean and try their best to have a relaxing time while suppressing their animosity toward one another. Marcia makes it quite clear she doesn't even really want to be there, but Peter encourages her to tough it out and give it a shot. It's not really the best time for their surroundings to start turning against them but, going by the laws of nature, the revolt is a much deserved one.
One aspect of this film that's frequently discussed are the two central characters and why the writer chose to make both of them so nasty they border on unbearable. The answer is likely because they embody the self-absorption and arrogance of man and his presumed superiority on this planet. The couple constantly and casually use and abuse their surroundings, with no regard for the animals and plants living there, and no appreciation for the pristine natural beauty of the location they've luckily stumbled across. Immediately out of the jeep, Peter starts chopping away at a tree with an axe. When asked why he's doing so, he can't provide an answer. What is it within us that makes us almost instinctually want to snap off tree limbs or pluck flowers, only to toss them onto the ground when we're done? Or squash bugs when they aren't even really bothering us? Why doesn't it affect us more when we strike down an animal with our car? This film seems to be making a point that a lot of the things we do to muck up the natural world make absolutely no sense, but we do them all the same. I've even seen some people use a biblical quote about how God gave us this Earth and its resources to do as we please with them to justify their behavior.
Peter and Marcia do what many other people do when they're out enjoying the great outdoors. When ants decide to stop by their dinner table, they spray insecticide everywhere. Marcia takes an eagle's egg from the nest just because she thinks it's pretty and later throws it against a tree because she's angry. Peter decides to get drunk, flings his beer bottles into the weeds and starts firing off his rifle at nothing in particular, killing a mother duck in the process. And simply because an unknown black mass in the ocean is making them feel uneasy, Peter shoots whatever it is dead. What floats onto the beach later is a bunyip, a mythical creature of Aboriginal folklore. Though it sometimes is depicted as being a monstrous being, here it is depicted as being a docile, gentle, sea cow / manatee-like animal which they say has been driven to the brink of extinction because of oil drilling. Just like Peter brushed off killing the kangaroo earlier in the film with a "So What?" type of attitude, he likewise doesn't seem to care too much that he's just killed an animal thought to have been extinct. Regardless of being dead, the bunyip keeps moving, slowly creeping its way toward Peter and Marcia's camp; representative of every animal species we've wiped out of existence by our ignorance or carelessness.
The couple receive ample warning to start being respectful of their surroundings, but they don't heed them and pay the price when the natural world around them starts striking back. An eagle and some other furry critter (a possum?) show up to attack Peter, and eventually bugs, spiders, snakes and other forest animals make their presence known. And it's not just animals that are creating problems, but also the vegetation. Mold seems to be quickly spreading over their food and eventually the tree Peter decided to start hacking away at, starts dropping limbs on him. Arrow markings on other trees to lead people to the spot also seem to be changing all on their own to confuse people into driving in circles. Remnants of past human visitors - a van on the beach, an abandoned campsite - are around to act as tombstones for others who clearly weren't very respectful of the area either.
There were many "animal attack" movies made in the 1970s and Long Weekend sits at the upper end of this subgenre. It's well-made, very nicely-photographed, utilizes beautiful outdoor locations and provides plenty of food for thought. Having to endure the risible - or perhaps uncomfortably believable (things can definitely get this nasty in love and relationships) - central characters for an hour-and-a-half proves to be something of a challenge, but you're rewarded for doing so. Pretty much ignored in its home country upon release, the film would do better elsewhere, bringing home awards from Avoriaz Fantastic, Paris and Sitges-Catalonian International film festivals.
Director Eggleston would be involved in many other Aussie genre films, but wouldn't top this one. He'd also write, produce and edit the terrible slasher flick STAGE FRIGHT aka Nightmares (1980), which also featured Behets (who was married to Eggleston at the time) and direct INNOCENT PREY (1983), the mediocre slasher-mystery CASSANDRA (1986), again with Behets, and the terrible vampire comedy THE WICKED (1987).
Labels: animal attack, Australia, beach, bird, snake, spider
Los violadores (1981)
... aka: Bikers and the Disco Kid, The
... aka: Desperado's op wielen
... aka: Mad Foxes
... aka: Stingray 2
... aka: Violators, The
"Paul Gray" (Paul Grau)
Few Euro-sleaze movies manage to cram in as much crap as Los violadores. It has pretty much everything a fan of this type of film could possibly hope for; terrible acting, laughable English-language dubbing, cringe-worth dialogue, a thoroughly ridiculous plot, loads of gore, loads of sex, a biker gang, shoot-outs, explosions, disco dancing, car chases, Nazis, full nudity, karate, fully nude karate, castration, a random flock of sheep, legless drunks, wardrobe that changes from shot to shot for no apparent reason, the rape of a virgin, clothing-optional beaches, several awful 80s hair rock songs (by "Krokus") and, of course, the all important whip-wielding dominatrix. It's missing cannibals and lesbian nuns, but nothing is perfect.
Middle-aged Hal ("Robert O'Neal" / José Gras), our questionable-at-best "hero," is out cruisin' round in his prized Stingray with his just-turned-18-year-old girlfriend Babsy ("Sally Sullivan" / Andrea Albani). Stopped at a traffic light, they're harassed by a group of bikers who spit in Hal's face, which leads to a street race, which leads to one of the bikers hitting a car, which leads to his motorcycle inexplicably blowing up. Hal and Babsy go to a nightclub, where he plies her with champagne and whiskey in hopes that he'll get the chance to break her in. Suddenly, we cut to three couples dressed in 1950s garb doing a choreographed dance to swing music that's clearly set in some place OTHER than the bar Hal and Babsy are at. Afterward, the drunk couple leave only to end up face to face with the biker gang. Hal is beaten unconscious and then the leader, an effeminate guy dressed in Nazi garb (!), sticks his hand between Babsy's legs and discovers she's a virgin. After rubbing his menstrual blood covered finger on her face, Babsy gets raped by one of the bikers, which disturbs her so much that she promptly disappears from the rest of the movie.
Wanting revenge for the incident, Hal phones up his friend Linus (played by the director), who runs a karate school. Linus brings along his entire class to an amphitheater where the bikers are having a memorial service for their fallen friend. After beating all of them up, Linus pulls out a knife, cuts off the leader's dick and then shoves it in his mouth! I guess that means war. In retaliation, the bikers head on over to the karate school heavily armed and proceed to kill all of the students off with grenades and machine guns. One of the bikers gets Linus to rat out where Hal lives before stabbing him. The gang then goes to Hal's apartment to kill him and shoot a security guard, but Hal manages to lose them during a street chase. Deciding he needs to split town for awhile and let things blow over, Hal heads out to the country to visit his elderly parents. On the way there he picks up female hitchhiker Lily (Laura Premica), who has just spent the day frolicking on a nude beach with some guy she just met. Hal manages to coerce her into accompanying him to his parent's home by telling her, "You'll love my mother... even though she's an invalid."
Hal and Lily arrive at the parent's mansion and quickly excuse themselves to the bedroom after a brief introduction. He says "You don't know how long I've waited for this moment" (I'd say about 2 hours max) before the two have a romp in what appears to be a urine-filled bathtub. Hawt! After some hunting, some chess and a quickie against a tree, the happy couple decide to go horseback riding. While they're out, the biker gang show up. How they managed to find the place (or even knew where Hal was) is a mystery, but they proceed to clean house by shoving the gardener's sheers down his throat, gunning down the older maid and the father with a machine gun, holding the younger maid down and gutting her and shooting ma between the eyes, causing her wheelchair to fly backward and flip over. When Hal returns to the house full of carnage, he vows to get revenge... and makes everyone watching at home laugh their ass off watching his sorry attempt at an emotional meltdown. He then kills off the bikers one-by-one (including blowing one with a grenade while he's sitting on the toilet), throwing out such lines as "Don't squeal like an old bitch!" and "I'd like to slice your prick!" along the way.
Partially because of actor Gras (who was also in Bruno Mattei's awful NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIES aka Hell of the Living Dead), this movie may have the least appealing "hero" I've ever seen in one of these things. The guy is so smug, arrogant and self-satisfied you just want to punch him in the face after each of his lines... but that just makes the big surprise ending all the more hilarious! The credits are filled with fake Anglicized names, but I recognized at least three actors (several of the bikers - including Euro trash regular Erik Falk as "Stileto") from the Swiss women-in-prison movie ISLAND WOMEN (1980), which was produced by the director of this one.
Los violadores was never legitimately released on VHS in America. If it had been, the film would surely be a cult classic by now. The DVD I viewed was distributed through Euroland Movies, whose copy (under the title Mad Foxes) is English-dubbed.
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Labels: biker, car crash, castration, dancing, gore, karate, nazi, nudity (lots), rape, revenge, Spain, Switzerland, whipping
Guardian of the Abyss (1980) (TV)
... aka: Hammer House of Horror: Guardian of the Abyss
[Please feel free to skip this opening paragraph if you've already read it, as I've copied and pasted this little explanation before every episode in the Hammer House of Horror series.] *Even though I usually don't cover TV shows here, I've decided to include all thirteen episodes from the short-lived British TV series "Hammer House of Horror" on this blog. There are two reasons for this: 1.) Each of the thirteen episodes runs 52 minutes and is in essence a feature (short films technically clock in at less than 45 minutes). 2.) More importantly, in the mid-1980s all but one of the episodes was released in the United States separately as a feature on VHS by the ThrillerVideo label, which were further padded with commentary from horror hostess Elvira. Since these were very well distributed titles, and in keeping with the video-store feel of the blog, I felt it important to keep these in the database and review them all individually. The one and only episode that was not released by ThrillerVideo was "The Mark of Satan," which I'll review here eventually anyway just for completion's sake. The entire series is now available on DVD through A&E.* So moving right along...
Because her horoscope tells her to, antiques dealer Laura Stephens (Barbara Ewing) purchases a trunk of miscellaneous items. Inside is a silver mirror with all kinds of strange emblems carved into it. Well, strange if you don't recognize a Satanic star when you see one. Simon (Paul Darrow) attempts to buy the mirror off of Laura for a meager sum then increases his offer by ten times his original amount when she refuses it. Sensing the mirror might be more valuable than Simon is letting on, Laura instead gives it to her friend, antique exporter Michael (Ray Lonnen) to have it appraised. Meanwhile at a secluded mansion, Satanic ceremonies are taking place. One girl forced to look into a similar silver mirror sees a vision of a devil that disturbs her so much she beats her head against the wall. Cult leader Charles Randolph (John Carson), a master at magic and hypnosis, then selects another of his followers, Allison LaSarde (Rosalyn Landor), to be the next to gaze into the mirror. Allison freaks out and runs off into the woods. She makes it to the road and runs right out in front of a car being driven by Michael.
Seeing an attractive lady in peril, Michael offers his services to the young woman. When they arrive back at his place, she refuses to tell him what had happened, but makes mention of something called the Corinson (don't quote me on that spelling) Society and lets Michael know that his mirror is actually a spying glass (similar to a crystal ball) that belonged to a famous astrologer, alchemist and magician. Michael leaves the room for a second and in that time Allison runs off and has taken the spying glass with her. Laura wants him to call the police, but Michael refuses and senses that Allison needs his help so he sets out to find the secret society. Doing some research into them, he learns that Corinson is actually the "guardian of the abyss" or "the devil's doorkeeper." Several notables (including Aleistar Crowley) were rumored to have tried to summon the demon but with no success. That's what the Satanic sect, which hides under the guise of a historical society, is trying to accomplish.
Guardian is a middling and rather forgettable entry in the series; no big surprise considering director Sharp (who passed away last December) didn't quite light the world on fire with his genre output. His KISS OF THE VAMPIRE (1962) and RASPUTIN: THE MAD MONK (1965) for Hammer, as well as non-studio work such as 1964's WITCHCRAFT, was merely adequate, nothing more. Like usual, it's well acted and the production values are fine, but there are some problems with the writing. I have a hard time believing that Michael, knowing what the spying glass will do if it gets into the wrong hands, would just leave it at Laura's shop and forget to tell her not to sell the damn thing! And the big "twist" right before the (predictable) finale pretty much just rips off THE WICKER MAN.
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(mon amour, ne me laisse pas partir, en anglais, ce qui peut aussi s'entendre par ne m'abandonne pas, ) est une chanson d'amour d'electronic dance music-French touch, des auteurs compositeurs Chris Willis, David Guetta, Joachim Garraud, et Jean Charles Carré. Elle est produite par David Guetta et Joacquim Garraud, enregistrée par ce dernier au Studio Square Prod à Paris. Second single de , et titre phare extrait du premier album Just a Little More Love du DJ français David Guetta, ce titre (un des plus célèbres tubes de sa carrière, où le chanteur américain Chris Willis est en featuring avec David Guetta) contribue au début de sa célébrité internationale, en atteignant en 2002 la quatrième place du Top 50, certifié Disque d'or par le Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique avec 376 000 exemplaires vendus en France. Le remix de 2006 Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away) avec The Egg aura encore plus de succès, numéro un au Royaume-Uni.

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Dans ce premier tube des années 2000, qui connait un succès populaire international fulgurant, David Guetta, éperdument amoureux de sa compagne, l'implore de ne pas l'abandonner à la suite de tout ce qu'ils ont vécu ensemble « Tu m'as fait danser et pleurer, Avancer et voler, Tu m'as noyé dans une rivière, Froide mais enfiévrée, Mon amour ne m'abandonne pas... ». Le titre est enregistré avec succès en de nombreuses versions remixées.

Profitant de l'important succès populaire de ce tube de son premier album Just a Little More Love (Juste un peu plus d'amour, vendu à près de 300 000 exemplaires dans le monde), David Guetta organise avec son épouse Cathy Guetta ses propres premières soirées concerts d'electronic dance music-French touch « Fuck Me I'm Famous » au Pacha d'Ibiza aux Baléares en Espagne, suivi avec succès d'une série de compilations et d'une tournée en Europe...

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Le clip officiel de la chanson met en scène une chorégraphie dans l'espace, le système solaire, puis l'Univers, de personnages sous forme d'esprits matérialités sous forme de sorte de poussières de lumière d'étoile.

Format et listes des pistes
CD-Maxi Virgin (EMI) 	25/02/2002
 Love, Don't Let Me Go (Main Mix) - 7:25
 Love, Don't Let Me Go (House Remix) - 5:28
 Love, Don't Let Me Go (1987 Rister Remix) - 6:46
 Love, Don't Let Me Go (Scream Mix) - 8:01
 Love, Don't Let Me Go (Edit Single) - 3:39
 Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away) (Bootleg) - 3:18

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Notes et références

Voir aussi
 David Guetta - Cathy Guetta - Discographie de David Guetta

Liens externes

Chanson d'amour
Composition de musique électronique
Single musical sorti en 2002
Chanson interprétée par David Guetta
Chanson interprétée par Chris Willis
Single certifié or en France
Chanson écrite par David Guetta

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THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING Safety
All thunderstorms are dangerous. Every thunderstorm produces lightning. While lightning fatalities have decreased over the past 30 years, lightning continues to be one of the top three storm-related killers in the United States. In 2010 there were 29 fatalities and 182 injuries from lightning. Although most lightning victims survive, people struck by lightning often report a variety of long-term, debilitating symptoms.
Other associated dangers of thunderstorms include tornadoes, strong winds, hail and flash flooding. Flash flooding is responsible for more fatalities – more than 140 annually – than any other thunderstorm-associated hazard. Dry thunderstorms that do not produce rain that reaches the ground are most prevalent in the western United States. Falling raindrops evaporate, but lightning can still reach the ground and can start wildfires.
THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING.
A thunderstorm is defined as a storm that contains lightning and thunder which is caused by unstable atmospheric conditions. When the upper air which is cold sinks and the warm moist air rises, storm clouds or 'thunderheads' develop resulting in thunderstorms. This can occur singularly, in clusters or in lines. Severe thunderstorms can bring in heavy rains which can cause flash floods, strong winds, lightening, hail and tornadoes.
The National Weather Service defines a thunderstorm as severe if it contains hail that is three quarter of an inch or the wind gusts are at 58 mph or higher. These storms are constantly monitored by the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. A warning is issued by this center to the areas where the severe thunderstorm or a tornado is predicted.
The type of cloud which is usually responsible for thunderstorms is 'cumulonimbus' (a Latin word which translates to 'rain heaps'). These types of clouds can span the entire troposphere and can be more than 12 miles high. During extreme storms, the updrafts can reach as high as 100 mph while the downdrafts can be even higher. Aircrafts totally avoid these types of clouds as the turbulence found inside them are usually on the extreme side.
It has been estimated that are nearly 16 million thunderstorms annually all over the globe. In the United States, Florida ranks first with a 100 thunderstorms days annually. Across the globe, Kampala, Uganda holds the record of about 240 thunderstorm days annually.
Types of Thunderstorms.
Once upon a time the thunderstorms were classified simply as light and severe. However, with an increase in understanding and better equipment, thunderstorms are now classified into the following four categories based on the physical characteristics of the storm:
Single Cell Thunderstorms: have a lifespan of about 30 minutes and are not severe. The storms of this kind are rare and as these occur randomly, they are very difficult to forecast.
Multi-cell Cluster Storm: are the most common type of thunderstorms and occur in a group. Storms of this kind can persist for a few hours and can produce moderate sized hail and weak tornadoes.
Multi-cell Line Storm: consists of a long line of thunderstorms that can produce hail the size of golf balls and weak tornadoes. Storms of these kinds can easily be predicted with the help of radar.
Super-cell Storms: although rare are highly organized thunderstorms. Storms of this kind pose a high threat to life and property as these can produce strong to violent tornadoes.
Thunderstorm Facts.
Here are some interesting thunderstorm facts:
There are about 1800 thunderstorms occurring at any moment across the world.
All thunderstorms produce lightening which often strikes outside of the area where it is raining and is known to fall more than 10 miles away from the rainfall area.
A severe thunderstorm can produces winds that can cause as much damage as a weak tornado and these winds can be life threatening.
Further, thunderstorms of this degree can produce hail that can be three-fourth of an inch in diameter that fall at a speed more than 100 mph. Hailstones of this size cause more than $1 billion damage of properties and crops annually.
We all know that light travels faster that sound and this is the reason as to why we can see the lightening before we hear the thunder. To calculate the distance that you are away from the thunder, count the seconds that has passed between a lightning and the next sound of thunder and divide the duration by five. The result will give you the distance in miles.
Thunderstorm Dangers.
Some thunderstorms can be seen approaching, while others hit without warning. It is important to learn and recognize the danger signs and to plan ahead. In the United States, lightning kills 300 people and injures 80 on average, each year. All thunderstorms produce lightning and all have the potential for danger. Those dangers can include tornadoes, strong winds, hail, wildfires and flash flooding, which is responsible for more fatalities than any other thunderstorm-related hazard.
The typical thunderstorm is 15 miles in diameter and lasts an average of 30 minutes. Nearly 1,800 thunderstorms are occurring at any moment around the world. That's 16 million a year!
Despite their small size, all thunderstorms are dangerous. Every thunderstorm produces lightning, which kills more people each year than tornadoes. Heavy rain from thunderstorms can lead to flash flooding. Strong winds, hail, and tornadoes are also dangers associated with some thunderstorms.
Lightning's risk to individuals and property is increased because of its unpredictability, which emphasizes the importance of preparedness. It often strikes outside of heavy rain and may occur as far as 10 miles away from any rainfall. Most lightning deaths and injuries occur when people are caught outdoors in the summer months during the afternoon and evening.
Lightning.
Average 93 deaths and 300 injuries each year
Causes several hundred million dollars in damage to property and forests annually.
Straight-line winds.
Winds can exceed 100 mph!.
One type straight-line wind, the downburst, can cause damage equivalent to a strong tornado.
Large Hail.
Causes nearly $1 billion in damage to property and crops annually
Costliest United States hailstorm: Denver Colorado, July 11 1990. Total damage was $625 million
Flash Floods/floods.
The number ONE thunderstorm killer nearly 140 fatalities each year
Most flash flood deaths occur at night and when people become trapped in automobiles
Thunderstorms need three things:
Moisture—to form clouds and rain.
Unstable Air—relatively warm air that can rise rapidly.
Lift—fronts, sea breezes and mountains are capable of lifting air to help form thunderstorms.
Thunderstorms are most likely to occur in the spring and summer months and during the afternoon and evening hours, but they can occur year-round and at all hours of the day or night. Thunder and lightning can sometimes even come with a snowstorm!
Thunderstorm Watch and Warnings.
A severe thunderstorm watch is issued by the National Weather Service when the weather conditions are such that a severe thunderstorm is likely to develop. (A severe thunderstorm has winds at least 58 miles per hour or hail at least three-fourths of an inch in diameter.)
A severe thunderstorm warning is issued when a severe thunderstorm has been sighted or indicated by weather radar. A warning is more severe than a watch.
Thunderstorms may occur singly, in clusters, or in lines.
Some of the most severe occur when a single thunderstorm affects one location for an extended time.
Thunderstorms typically produce heavy rain for a brief period, anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour.
Warm, humid conditions are highly favorable for thunderstorm development.
About 10 percent of thunderstorms are classified as severe—one that produces hail at least three-quarters of an inch in diameter, has winds of 58 miles per hour or higher, or produces a tornado.
Who's Most at Risk from Thunderstorms?
From lightning:
People who are outdoors, especially under or near tall trees
People who are in or on water
People who are on or near hilltops
From Flooding:
People who are in automobiles when flash flooding occurs near them
From Tornadoes:
People who are in mobile homes and automobiles
Remember the 30/30 Lightning Safety Rule: Go indoors if, after seeing lightning, you cannot count to 30 before hearing thunder. Stay indoors for 30 minutes after hearing the last clap of thunder.
LIGHTNING:
1) Seek refuge in a building, inside a car is safe; unless it is a convertible car.
2) Inside a building don't use your phone unless for emergency.
3) If outside and you can't find a shelter here is what to do: Avoid to stick out like a sore thumb by being the tallest point of your surrounding environment. Ex; being on top of a mountain or in a flat field or in a small boat. If you are in a big boat stay inside. In a field lay down on your stomach. Don't go near any motorcycle, golf cart and drop your golf club.
4) Stay away from fences or any metallic tubes or cables or lone tree in an open field, this tree will attract lightning. In an open field don't seek shelter in an isolated shack. In a forest seek shelter in lower ground under heavy brush. In the country seek shelter in a *ravine or valley and beware of heavy rain which will flood gullies. In the middle of field if you suddenly feel your hair rising sure sign that a lighting will strike, throw yourself on your knees, your hands on your knees, don't lay flat on the ground.
5) Victims of lightning bolts will suffer a terrible electrical shock that can give them burns but not ALWAYS. They are not however carrying electricity thus can be safely attended. It is even possible to reanimate someone that you may think was killed by the lightning. If there was a group of persons that was hit, then bring help first to those who seem dead.
6) According to the Red Cross when a victim does not breath you MUST give her the artificial respiration mouth to mouth at the rhythm of one blow per 5 seconds and 3 seconds for kids* till a doctor comes along. THIS MUST BE DONE IMMEDIATELY.
7) Victims who are only stunned by the shock `still have to be attended they can suffer from burns at the fingers, toes near their belt or under their jewelries.
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An 'Anti-classical' introduction to Bernard Herrmann's musical world of 'The Twilight Zone'
19'40" is an Italian 'anti-classical' 'recording series' which brings to their listeners a personal collection of music for people with similar passions. Created by composers Sebastiano De Gennaro, Enrico Gabrielle and Francesco Fusaro in collaboration with Tina Lamorgese, 19'40" produces in-house albums and release them on a 4-monthly basis to their subscribers. A 'recording series' rather than a record label, 19'40" transposes the spirit of Decca's instalment vinyl project 'Masterpieces of Classical Music' (1976) for a modern age. 19'40″s term 'anti-classical' is a philosophy to provide an alternative to the already popular and well-established works of classical composers. Describing their approach as 'playful seriousness', they aim to champion the future masterpieces amongst their community of subscribers.
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Recorded live at the ContempoRarities Festival in Milan, At The Gates Of The Twilight Zone vividly capture the thematic and atmospheric scores of Bernard Herrmann's work for Rod Sterling's 'The Twilight Zone'. Arranged by composer Enrico Gabrielli, Bernard Herrmann's iconic scores for a live orchestra have been faithfully recreated, portraying his genius through similar instrumentation and orchestration. In particular, At The Gates Of The Twilight Zone focuses on the scores from two vintage episodes, 'Little Girl Lost (1962)' and 'Living Doll (1963)', as well as a selection of Herrmann's thematic stock music from the 'Outer Space Suite', which was created for the TV show.
Described as the 'first great script' of the Twilight Zone, 'Little Girl Lost (1962)' centres around a young girl called Tina who accidentally passes through a portal to another dimension. Her parents Chris and Ruth utilise the help of their physicist friend Bill as they attempt to locate
The episode 'Living Doll (1963)' revolves around a dysfunctional family whose problems are exacerbated by a sentient and evil Talking Tina doll. This leads to the death of the father, Enrich, as Talking Tina inflicts her fatal revenge.
Composer Bernard Herrmann is an Academy Award-winning composer most notably known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock as well as Orson Welles. His work features on such films as Psycho, North by Northwest, Citizen Kane, Vertigo, Anna and the King of Siam, The Day the Earth Stood Still and many more.
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Theater Review: Everyday Rapture
Location: American Airlines Theatre, 227 West 42 Street, NY, NY
Website: Official Roundabout Theatre site
Starring: Sherie Rene Scott, Lindsay Mendez, Betsy Wolfe, Eamon Foley
My Review: Everyday Rapture is a one-woman show that just happens to feature three other people. Creator and star Sherie Rene Scott dominates the stage for 90 minutes, eagerly and breathlessly sharing the story of her personal journey from a sheltered Mennonite upbringing in rural Kansas to pursuing her dream of Broadway fame(ish). Well, she shares some of that journey, and just glosses over the rest. Too bad "the rest" would have been more interesting to hear about.
Part memoir, part cabaret act, and all Scott, Rapture attempts to convey the various inner and outer turmoil that occurs when pursuing a lifestyle that goes against everything that's been ingrained in you. Scott uses a variety of theatrical devices to tell her tale, including monologues (comedic and dramatic), songs (originals and covers), and multi-media presentations (Jesus slideshow). Some work better than others, but the problem with the show isn't her presentation, it's what she chooses to present.
Rather than sharing a full story arc, Scott tells a handful of very specific tales that happened along the way. But by leaving out other key elements, the contexts of these tales tend to get lost, and therefore lack the emotional punch they should have. Particularly disappointing is how she barely shares anything about the Mennonite religion (other than referring to it as "Amish-lite") or what growing up in that culture is like. Presumably, the only people who know a lot about the Mennonites are actual Mennonites, and seeing how they're scarce in New York City, the bulk of the audience would benefit from a brief lesson in Mennonite 101. Not knowing why the religion frowns upon those working in the performing arts makes it difficult to completely sympathize with the choice she had to make.
Scott also barely mentions her family, other than a story involving her favorite cousin who was shunned for being a homosexual. But there's little mention of her parents or other close relatives, or how they reacted when she decided to come to NYC to make it as an actress. In fact, her entire trip to NYC is overlooked. One moment she's a teenager planning how to make the big move after visiting the city during her rumspringa (which apparently the Mennonites practice), then in the next moment she's a Broadway "semi-star" (her phrase) with an admirer posting fan videos about her on YouTube. So, how did you make the move to New York, Sherie? How did your family react? What were some of your early jobs? How did you struggle with your Mennonite upbringing in Manhattan? None of these questions are answered, or even touched upon, and any one of them would have been more interesting than the mawkish tale about her fabulous present-day life she ends the show with.
While a flawed show overall, there are moments in Rapture that truly shine, like the aforementioned tale of Scott's beloved cousin and her youthful confusion over his condemned lifestyle. Her musical tributes to Jesus, Judy Garland, and Mr. Rogers are both hilarious and heartfelt, and the sketch with her young YouTube fan is fun, though runs a bit long. Her two backup singers—the "Mennonettes"—are a welcome sight whenever they appear, because not only are they talented performers, they also take some of the focus off of Scott for a bit (90 straight minutes of her bubbly babbling would be a lot to take, even for the most devoted fan).
The main reason I wanted to see Rapture is because I actually am a fan of Sherie Rene Scott. I saw her fabulous turn in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, have listened to her on the Aida soundtrack, heard she was the best part of the dismal The Little Mermaid, and even saw her years ago in a short-lived Off-Broadway musical comedy adaptation of Debbie Does Dallas (don't ask). She has a great voice and impeccable comedic timing, so I was eager to learn about her crazy trip to where she is now. But not only was a disappointed in the gaping holes in her narrative, but in her herself. For the entire performance she was overly bouncy and twitchy, often feigning being scatterbrained and losing her place, as if to cry out, "Look at how charmingly befuddled I am!" I give her credit for maintaining the shtick for the entire show, but that doesn't make it any less irritating. The only actor I've ever seen successfully pull off charming befuddlement is Hugh Grant…15 years ago. There's something sort of desperate about a 40-year-old actor who feels the need to behave like a hyper teenager to endear herself to the audience.
Bottom Line: Everyday Rapture laid roots in an Off-Broadway production last year, but as a last minute replacement in Roundabout Theatre's current season (taking the place of Lips Together, Teeth Apart), it's proved to not be quite ready for a Broadway stage. Scott is obviously thrilled to be there, sharing a passion project that she's poured so much of herself into, but her enthusiasm for the material never really transfers to the audience. It could be a case of a show that just needs some more reworking, or it could be that—much like therapy—memoirs are rarely as interesting to others as they are to the subject herself.
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Rostislav Vaněk (CZ)
Graphic Design | Type Design
Rostislav Vaněk received an award for his contribution to Czech graphic design from the Organisation Committee of the Brno Biennial in 2010. This year's Biennial exhibition marks the 50 years of the artist's work with selected highlights.
Upon requests from the organisers of this year's Brno Biennial, Rostislav Vaněk will point out in his lecture some of the designs selected from his graphic oeuvre spanning 50 years. In relation to the main subject of this year's Biennial, i.e. work by graphic design students, Vaněk will present some of his school pieces from the 1960s. He will also showcase examples of his further activities, such as designs for the information and orientation system of the Prague metro, as well as his work on the visual style of the Czech Airlines. The lecture will follow the pattern of the artist's exhibition, part of the accompanying programme of this year's Biennial.
Rostislav Vaněk (1945) studied at the Graphic School Prague (1960–1964) and at the Studio of Illustration and Graphics with Prof. Karel Svolinský AAAD in Prague (1964–1970). Between 1971–1976 lecturer in the Studio of Applied Graphics and Poster with Prof. Eugen Weidlich, AAAD in Prague, 1976–1985 head of the art editorial office of Československý spisovatel Publishers in Prague, and since 1985 he has worked as freelance graphic designer in his own studio. In 2001 he has been appointed Professor in the Studio of Graphic Design and Visual Communication, the AAAD in Prague, and has been working there till now. Founding member of Typo& (1974), co-founder and chair of the TypoDesignClub Prague (1995). He designed more than 20 Czechoslovak postage stamps, half of which won an award in the competition for the Most Beautiful Stamp of the Year. Significant realizations: Prague Metro orientation system, visual identity of hotels Forum, Palace, Atrium in Prague, Dvořák Hotel in Karlovy Vary. He designed the logo and manual for the Czech Airlines, including graphic design of all aircrafts and land vehicles (collaboration with R. Leszczynski), visual identity for the Czechoslovak Commercial Bank, the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group in Prague 2000, visual style for the International Conference Identity – Integrity, Icograda, Brno Biennial 2002. He created book design for more than 1,000 book titles. His work obtained many awards for graphic design and visual communication, e.g. Special Prize of the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig IBA Leipzig 1977, Exhibition Graphics Award Praga, The World Stamp Exhibition 1978, Certificate of Honour 10th Brno Biennial 1982, bronze medal Praga, The World Stamp Exhibition 1988, Certificate of Honour IBA Leipzig 1989, Achievement Award Icograda, Identity – Integrity Icograda Conference Brno Biennial 2002, Excellent Design Award, Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Design Centre of the Czech Republic 2003, Organising Committee Award for a contribution to graphic design, Brno Biennial 2010.
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The Biennial will open on 20 June 2014 with three days of lectures and presentations by world-famous designers and design theoreticians.
This symposium will provide an opportunity to become acquainted with some of the leading figures in international graphic design, their work, and their opinions. There will also be space for personal discussion and critical debate. The official languages are Czech and English.
Moderated by James Langdon (designer, GB)James Langdon is an independent designer. He is one of six directors of the artist-run gallery Eastside Projects in Birmingham, UK; and founder of the itinerant School for Design Fiction. In 2012 he received the Inform International Award for Conceptual Design, presented by Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany. He has worked as a designer for numerous artists, and for institutions including Book Works, London; Sternberg Press, Berlin; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; and OCA, Oslo. Curatorial initiatives include 'Arefin & Arefin: The Graphic Design of Tony Arefin', Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (2012); 'Construction School', Kunstverein, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2012); Norman Potter's 'In:quest of Icarus', Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2012); and 'Book Show', Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK (2010). He has lectured internationally at institutions including Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden; Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK; Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem, Netherlands; HFG Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; and Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands.
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introduction by the curators of the 26th Brno Biennial 2014
Radana Lencová (CZ)
Comenia Script – a script not only for children
Barbara Steiner (AT)
Intricate Relationships
Åbäke (GB)
Seriously Forks X, a talk about talks
Sat 21.6.2014
Nina Paim (BR) with Emilia Bergmark (SE) and Corinne Gisel (CH)
Kurt Finsten (DK)
A Utopian Idea
Sulki & Min Choi (KR)
Off-White Talk on the Brno Biennial and Education
Mevis & Van Deursen (NL) with Moritz Küng (CH)
Sun 22.6.2014
Tom Vandeputte (NL)
Beyond the Institution
Koenraad Dedobbeleer (BE)
Exhibit A: An Associative Travel Through Learning from a Formatted Space
Fraser Muggeridge (GB)
Typography with Words
Vladimír Kokolia (CZ)
Design = Crime
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Sheriff's ATV Search and Rescue Volunteer Team of Cass County operates under the direction of Sheriff Bryan Welk. The Woodtick Wheelers ATV Club partnered in 2015 with the Sheriff's Office to organize the SAR ATV Team and initiate a series of training sessions and mock rescues.
SAR is a nonprofit consisting of two dozen members of the Woodtick Wheelers ATV Club and the Over The Hills Gang ATV Club who volunteer their time, machines, equipment, and expertise in assisting the Sheriff's Office in providing crowd monitoring and security for county events (such as fairs, local community events and concerts), searching for missing persons, and assisting in other investigations. These individuals train together on a regular basis to ensure their services are effective.
The goal of the ATV SAR Team is to provide meaningful activity dedicated to community welfare and safety by increasing greater presence of the sheriff's office.
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Iraqis protest over Baghdad heatwave power cuts
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Hundreds of Iraqi protesters have taken to the streets of Baghdad to protest against power shortages as the country experiences a heatwave.
They blamed government corruption for a lack of investment in infrastructure.
On Thursday, the government declared a four-day public holiday after temperatures broke 50C (122F), with appeals for people to save power.
Blackouts are common during the summer as Iraq's electricity grid struggles to deal with the extreme temperatures.
Analysts say that the country's grid was severely damaged by US bombing during the 2003 invasion. The infrastructure has also been repeatedly targeted by insurgents.
In some areas of the country it is common to have only a few hours of electricity each day.
The government has admitted that at peak times during the summer it will only be able to provide half the country's required power.
On Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered electricity to be cut at state institutions and the homes of all government officials.
However, the protestors on the streets of Baghdad remain angry.
"We are demonstrating against a failed government, a government that has disappointed the hopes of the people," protestor Nahida Ahmad told AFP.
Earlier this month a man was killed at a protest about shortages near the southern city of Basra.
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Loaded with succulent pork, Gaetano Trovato creates a pasta that is perfect for autumnal suppers as the weather cools. With fresh notes of asparagus and leek, this tortelli dish is capped off with a burst of flavour from a sprinkling of licorice powder. Chef Trovato uses cinta senese pork, a breed native to Siena, Tuscany. If not available, use a locally sourced breed of pig.


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Action Man: Ombudsman gives report on six months of complaints
Armenia's current Ombudsman is a problem fixer.
That's the message of a press conference held today by Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan, who, last February became the second to hold the post, following Larisa Alaverdyan.
In the first six months of Harutyunyan's appointment, 854 written complaints have resulted in 121 "positive" resolutions; 51 are pending. (See http://www.ombuds.am/main/am/9/27/401/)
Harutyunyan compared his statistics to his publicly-popular (and government despised) predecessor, claiming that in two years she received 2,600 complaints and "positively" solved only 58.
The Ombudsman said his style of problem-solving differs from Alaverdyan's in that he favors "cooperation" over "enforcement". He also pointed out, though, that Alaverdyan is not to blame, but rather that he operates by a different strategy.
In total, Harutyunyan has received 1,794 complaints (940 are oral).
Complaints have mostly been leveled against courts (106), Yerevan municipality (95), police (71) and various ministries, including Justice, Labor and Social Affairs, and Defense.
Yerevan residents accounted for 526 of the complaints, with the rest coming from Lori, Shirak, Geharkunik and other regions.
Harutyunyan took the occasion to also comment on the 4-year sentence handed down on local newspaper editor Arman Babajanyan, charged with falsifying his military status.
"There are speculations that such a severe sentence was conditioned by his pro- opposition attitude," said Harutunyan. "I think such speculation might be grounded, as I don't think his wrongdoing deserved 4 years in prison."
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Governors reopening their states are endangering American lives (opinion)
And while America's health care workers have gone to extraordinary lengths to help infected people across the country, any claim we ever had to enjoying the best system in the world has been revealed as questionable at best — many of our hospitals are nearly maxed out, we barely have tested 1% of our population and President Donald Trump appears more interested in bragging about his approval ratings and television ratings than leveraging the full power of the federal government to save lives.
Any promise of putting "America First" has turned into a laughable punchline — we are first, yes, in coronavirus infections and deaths. We're No. 1!
And while the man in the White House deserves much of the blame for our national failure for doing the bare minimum to address this pandemic, if coronavirus has revealed anything, it's that proud ignorance and do-nothing dangerousness is largely a Republican problem. And now these traits are costing American lives.
Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Florida — all states with Republican governors — have announced plans to roll back social distancing measures over the next few weeks. According to public health experts and institutions, including the WHO and CDC, social distancing is already the absolute baseline when it comes to facing down a deadly and highly contagious disease. We really need the mass manufacture of tests and the attendant supplies necessary to test, not to mention adequate tracking and treatment. Plus, of course, actual widespread testing.
The United States has tested about 4 million people over several months. A new Harvard report says we need to be testing more like 5 million every day. But because our federal government is failing so miserably in that effort, the rest of us are left to do what we can to at least try not to get this thing in the first place. That means staying away from other people. And it means hoping our states, cities and municipalities will step up and fill the leadership vacuum left by the White House. Because this is less a problem of people than leadership: Overwhelming majorities of Americans under lockdown orders are complying with them. Overwhelming majorities of Americans support the restrictions. But we know that many people will, understandably, trust what our leaders tell us — and too many of our conservative leaders are not earning that trust.
These Republican governors don't even want to do the bare minimum of telling people to stay home, despite the nearly unanimous advice of public health authorities and experts. (I say "nearly unanimous" here simply as a hedge; I actually couldn't find a single reputable public health authority or expert who recommends ending social distancing).
"If you jump the gun and go into a situation where you have a big spike, you're going to set yourself back," Dr. Anthony Fauci told ABC's George Stephanopolous. So as painful as it is to go by the careful guidelines of gradually phasing into a reopening, it's going to backfire."
What's behind these governors' incredibly rash decisions? Well, this is what happens when much of your party unites against scientific consensus and expertise, and when you think careful and studied conclusions are for liberal eggheads.
Trump didn't invent any of this. A Republican Party that sowed distrust in science because the reality of climate change was financially inconvenient for fossil fuel companies, and determined that conservative, patriarchal Christian morality should take precedence over public health in how we teach our kids about sex and the human body, is exactly what brought us Trump in the first place.
It's not that Republican leaders are universally ignorant. It's that many Republicans have learned that undermining the scientific consensus and fueling distrust of experts — and even education itself — helps to keep them in power. Idiocy isn't an unintended consequence; it's the whole plan.
Of course, there are exceptions. Republican Govs. Larry Hogan of Maryland and Mike DeWine of Ohio have been forthright in following the scientists and putting the public's health and safety first. And some Democrats have missed the mark. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been sharply (and rightly) criticized for failing to address the threat swiftly and thoroughly enough. But many of the governors who have tried to protect the people of their state have paid a price. Trump began one of his press briefings by going after Hogan, saying "he didn't really understand what was going on."
Viruses, unfortunately, respect neither politics nor borders. A whole lot of Georgians backed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams for governor (and a whole lot of them were systematically excluded from voting for her) in a hugely controversial 2018 race.
Democrat Andrew Gillum faced similar underhanded (and racist) tactics when he ran (and lost) his race for governor of Florida that year.
The people of Florida and Georgia who wanted better than they got are going to suffer along with everyone else. And, frankly, given the devastating impact the virus is having on black communities, many of the same voters who backed rational, science-affirming candidates will be the ones who will suffer the most from their states' feckless leadership.
But the ripple effects of a bad decision from the Georgia governor will not be confined to Georgia (or Florida, or Tennessee, or South Carolina, or any other state that re-opens too soon). Viruses don't stop at state lines. They don't respect physical boundaries. If a person in Florida has the virus and goes to a rally across the border in Georgia, the virus isn't going to stay home.
Even Trump sycophant South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham knows this. "I worry that our friends and neighbors in Georgia are going too fast too soon," Graham tweeted on Tuesday, noting that "(w)hat happens in Georgia will impact us in South Carolina." Indeed, it will, which is why we need clear federal guidelines based on scientific evidence and aimed at facilitating good public health, not hodge-podge and politicized suggestions based on individual governors' whims.
But Graham, predictably, didn't go that far. "We respect Georgia's right to determine its own fate, but we are all in this together," he tweeted, somewhat nonsensically. Good for Graham for pushing back on his neighbor. But if we're all in this together, then Georgia's decisions aren't just determining its own fate — it's determining all of our fates.
Especially in times of crisis, civilians need intelligent, thoughtful leadership. We need leaders who understand they are not experts on everything under the sun, and that leading with a narrow and reactionary ideology is no way to govern. We need leaders who will take pains to understand the scientific consensus, make difficult choices when necessary and lead with the truth.
Unfortunately, the US doesn't have that at a federal level — and several red states don't have it at a state level, either. And we're all paying the price for this long-time GOP malfeasance.
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PBC on Fox Results: Dirrell Holds off Douglin
By: Eric Lunger
It was a home-coming for Anthony Dirrell tonight as the Flint, Michigan, native fought in front of his home crowd against veteran Denis Douglin, on a special Friday night edition of PBC's Toe-to-Toe on Fox Sports. Dirrell (30-1, 24 KOs), a former WBC world champion at the 168-pound limit, was looking to get back on track for a title shot next year, while Douglin (20-5, 13 KOs), a 29-year old southpaw from Marlboro, NJ, was hoping to upset the home-town apple cart and grab that potential title shot.
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From the opening bell, Dirrell was calm and poised — efficient in his movement, and looking for his spots. And indeed, Dirrell found one late in the first round, catching Douglin with a straight right, wobbling him, and almost finishing the fight before the bell. Douglin rallied in the second, scoring to the body and showing the former world champion little respect, holding and fighting a bit ugly. Despite more holding and rough tactics in the fourth, the end of the round saw a flurry of action as Dirrell scored with a variety of heavy punches.
In the sixth round, however, Dirrell suffered a cut in the corner of his left eye, hampering his vision. Ruled an accidental head butt by the referee, the fight was stopped and it went to the cards. Not surprisingly, the judges scored the five completed rounds unanimously for Anthony Dirrell (49-46, 48-47, 48-47).
In the co-main event, undefeated prospect Jamontay "the Quiet Assassin" Clark (12-0, 7 KOs) took on Domonique Dolton (19-1, 10 KOs) in an eight-round super welterweight bout. Clark, a 23-year old from Cincinnati, Ohio, is tall and rangy at six-foot-two, and he possesses a long, stinging jab. Dolton tried to get inside Clark's jab but with little success. Although a tactical and defensive bout, the high skill level of both fighters made it a compelling contest. Dalton was effective when he could get "in the phone booth," and Clark was clearly better when he was fighting from range.
An accidental clash of heads in the fourth opened a cut over Clark's right eyebrow, with Dolton seeking to exploit the injury. The following rounds were competitive and difficult to score, though Clark did the better work from behind his long jab. The Cincinnati fighter showed impressive composure despite the cut, boxing and keeping a very determined Dolton at bay. Clark edged out the majority decision (76-76, 78-74, 77-75).
Earlier in the evening, Houston-based Ryan "Cowboy" Karl (14-1, 9 KOs) took on Kareem Martin (9-1-1, 3 KOs) of Washington, DC, in an eight-round welterweight contest. Karl, who has fought on PBC several times before, is a come-forward action fighter, often to the detriment of his defense. Tonight was no exception.
In a fight characterized by much offense and little defense, both men stayed on the gas pedal for the first three rounds.
The pace slowed in the fourth, but the fireworks resumed in the fifth, with both fighters swinging away for the knockout. At times, Martin protected himself with a high guard, almost as though he was inviting Karl to punch himself out. But Karl's conditioning, not to mention his chin, held up. The Texan took control of the fight in the later rounds, fighting behind a remarkably effective jab.
Despite a wild eighth round, in which Martin was wobbled, the fight went to the judges who scored the bout unanimously for Karl (78-74, 78-74, 77-75).


Foyle Opera Company delighted audiences at the Millennium Forum this weekend with two performances of their latest production, Georges Bizet's Carmen.
In order to understand this piece the audience must first understand the world not only in which the opera is set but also the social norms of 1875 when it was written. Set in Seville in the nineteenth century, Carmen is a tale of love, war, jealousy and passion. At the time Bizet was writing Carmen much of Europe was battling to maintain it's colonies and Spain was no different. On top of this, many of the audience's who attended operas such as Carmen were reasonably comfortably off and were not comfortable seeing the poverty which Bizet depicts in his opera, not to mention the sight of women smoking in public.
It is this setting in which we meet Micaëla in the main square in Seville searching for Don José, a soldier in the army. She is told that he will be arriving soon, not long after the bell of the cigarette factory tolls and the men of the city gather to greet the emerging factory girls, including the seductive gypsy woman Carmen. In time a love triangle (but in reality more of a love "square" develops as Don José, Michaëla, Carmen and Escamillo vie for each others affections, with tragic consequences.
This production from Foyle Opera Company, a mixture of seasoned professionals and keen amateurs was refreshing. While at times it could lapse into a little rough around the edges amateur performance, at other times it sparkled. Given the community based nature of Foyle Opera Company, where both professional and amateur are involved, it would be unfair to single out any one performance other than to say that the roles were well cast and those with greater experience made the biggest impression while some of those with less experience showed great promise.
Holding is set in Duneen where we find P J Collins, a hapless, overweight Garda who has never had much ambition and who people have never expected much from until a body is unearthed on a building site. It turns out that the body isn't the only thing from the past that has been dug up as this one single event has a domino effect and uncovers the secrets of many of the villages residents.
For a debut novel, Norton's characterisation is vivid and imaginative. Given his upbringing he has managed to capture the essence of small town rural Co. Cork masterfully and created characters which spring to life off the page and which we are all familiar with, be it the local Garda in the sleepy village with nothing much to do, of the alcoholic whose a shadow of their former self, of the housekeeper who makes a house a home with her cooking and fuss and gossip.


Our good friend Adam Craig has a new single out for himself this time. In the last couple of years Adam has been writing for others with Church Pews and Bar Stools on Jason Aldean's album and a new Close Your Eyes is Parmalee's new single.
Well this time Adam held one back for himself with the release of A Little Bit More Of You and we have it for you… Go to Adams Artist page and check it out for yourself.


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4.7.2015 TV Appearances
Tinashe Performs 'All Hands on Deck' on 'Conan'
After debuting the dance-heavy video earlier in the day, Tinashe paid a visit to "Conan" on Monday night to perform her new Aquarius single "All Hands on Deck." Wearing a midriff-baring white top and black skirt, the R&B chanteuse worked up a sweat as she nailed some choreographed moves with her troupe of female dancers.
Watch Tinashe blow your mind just like that.
Earlier in the day, the L.A. native returned to Dodger Stadium to perform the national anthem on Opening Day.
Frank Ocean Readies New Album 'Boys Don't Cry' for July
Frank Ocean has broken his silence and announced a new album. The R&B crooner shared a photo on his …
New Music: Jason Derulo – 'Get Ugly'
While his single "Want to Want Me" enters the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, Jason Derulo is gearing …


Discussion in '94-95 5.0 - Specific' started by 95whitevenom, Jan 17, 2006.
I'm looking to change out my stock headers to long tube headers.
I already know what i'll be getting. I just want know know some differences it makes when changing over to them.
Any info would be very appreciative.
correct me im wrong but you will see more top end power it will sound wicked. ground clearence WILL be a problem if your find your self allready bottoming out or even close, think if it this way if you bottom out your LTs are going to hit first because they stick down further then the rest of your exaust, it can damage them and cause a leak. LTs are sweet but if you like your car LOW then they might not be for you.
All I have to do is buy my headers I have the rest of the exhaust already.
Rio man your car must sound so insane, how loud are those mufflers vs flowmaster 40 series?
You'll pick up more lowend & mid-range with lt's top end shortys vs lt's it's marginal.


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Ready to pry yourself away from sunbathing and make some more amazing memories? We have a great list of local activities and fun things for you to do while you're staying with us. Just have fun and enjoy your time here.
At our beach, we provide all the fun-in-the-sun activities you could ever want. We take pride in providing ways to not only unwind, but to also have a good time. Check out all that we have to offer.
Take part in our beach competitions and you could win a free Rum Runner as well as other potential prizes! For all the children playing, a free ICEE or ice cream is up for grabs.
So get on your feet and get to playing!
We host a variety of local musicians from all over the Southwest Florida area for our guests to sing and dance along to. There's something for everyone! Just check out who's performing today.
Our friends at Wind and Water Sports are the premier beach attraction with Parasailing, Jet-skis, Banana Boat rides and Dolphin tours. Enjoy all that Fort Myers Beach has to offer.
Have the urge to get out and dance the night away. Club Ohana is the Lani Kai's on-site night club; staying open into the early hours of the morning. Come down this evening and show us your moves!
Take part in our beach competitions and you could win a free Rum Runner, as well as other potential prizes! For all the children playing, a free ICEE or ice cream is up for grabs.
Our friends at Wind & Water Sports offer the premier beach-side water attractions, with parasailing, Jet-ski rentals, "Banana Boat" rides and dolphin tours. Enjoy all that Fort Myers Beach has to offer over the Gulf of Mexico.
Have the urge to get out and dance the night away? Club Ohana is the Lani Kai's on-site night club – and the only nightclub on Fort Myers Beach. Open into the early hours of the morning, there's never a cover charge to get in and live that high-energy nightlife. Come down this evening and show us your moves!
As our guests, we hope you can have a chance to explore the beautiful environment of Southwest Florida. That's why we created an interactive map that lists some great places to visit while you're here.
As our guests, we hope you can have a chance to explore the beautiful environment of Southwest Florida. That's why we created a list of recommended places to should visit while you're here.
Restored house museum atop an ancient Calusa Indian shell mound, with artifacts & cultural programs.
Historical museum and 21 acre botanical garden on the adjacent sites of the winter homes of Thomas Alva Edison and Henry Ford beside the Caloosahatchee River in southwestern Florida.
Exhibit include dinosaurs and fossils, Calusa culture, live native and non-native small animals, aquariums and touch tanks, and interactive displays.
The Naples Zoo was opened in September 1969 in Naples, Florida, in what was once the gardens for botanist Dr. Henry Nehrling's collection of plants.
The Baker Museum is part of the Artis—Naples campus located at 5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard, Naples, Florida. It houses a diverse collection of art in a three-story, 30,000-square-foot facility.
The garden consists of 170 acres of cultivated gardens and preservation land, representing seven distinct natural habitats and ecosystems, and featuring over 1000 species.
Everglades Area Tours is a family owned business that has been providing intimate, Guided Boating, Kayaking and Walking Eco Tours since the late 1990's. All guides are full-time, formally trained Florida Master Naturalists and are THE most experienced in the area.
Restored house museum atop an ancient Calusa Indian shell mound, with artifacts and cultural programs to explore.
This historical museum and 21-acre botanical garden are the winter homes of Thomas Alva Edison and Henry Ford, resting alongside the Caloosahatchee River in Southwest Florida.
Exhibits include dinosaurs and fossils, Calusa Indian culture, live native and non-native small animals, aquariums and touch tanks, and interactive displays.
This 105-acre site has a museum, three nature trails, a Planetarium, butterfly and bird aviaries, a gift shop, a woodland pavilion and meeting and picnic areas. A perfect getaway into nature for the day.
The Baker Museum is part of the Artis—Naples campus. It houses a diverse collection of art in a three-story, 30,000-square-foot facility.
The garden consists of 170 acres of cultivated gardens and preservation land, representing seven distinct natural habitats and ecosystems, and featuring more than 1,000 species of botanical gems.
Everglades Area Tours is a family-owned business that has been providing intimate, guided boating, kayaking and walking eco tours since the late 1990s. All guides are full-time, formally trained Florida Master Naturalists and are the most experienced in the area.


Are you familiar with Brian McLaren's book A New Kind of Christian? He presents postmodern beliefs as a positive alternative to evangelicalism, and says we need to be post-evangelicals. He seems to be saying there isn't objective truth.
My concerns would probably follow most closely those expressed by Mark Dever in the third article above, though I also agree that McLaren raises important points that evangelicals certainly need to address.
A friend in our church came to me a few months ago about his nonchristian theologically liberal sister, a Princeton grad. He proposed to her they each pick a book and ask the other to read it, then discuss both books. She picked A New Kind of Christian. A revealing choice. While McLaren takes the Bible more seriously than she does, as a fairly extreme theological liberal she nonetheless respects his departure from "modernism" (which essentially means evangelicalism, an ironic turn of the phrase since fundamentalists, the parents of evangelicals, fought "modernism," which meant theological liberalism).
Of course, evangelicalism as a sub-culture is riddled with any number of failings, and tends to be geared toward a certain audience that can unintentionally exclude postmoderns. These criticisms we should welcome and take seriously and make changes where appropriate. But we dare not throw out the baby of Christian truth with the bathwater of evangelical failings. What's at stake in this issue is not merely different ideas on how we relate to culture or live out and share the Faith—what is at stake is the Faith itself, historic Christianity.
My son-in-law Dan Franklin was previously our church's college pastor and my daughter Karina was a church staffer whose job was working with and discipling college girls. Dan would ask students "Where do you want to meet?" and the answer was typically, "Starbucks." He hates coffee, but hey, it's the culture, and that's fine. Become all things to all men. When we had dinner one night he smiled and said, "Tomorrow I have three appointments at Starbucks."
Some postmodern congregations use a lot of liturgy and in some ways they appear more traditional-not post-evangelical as much as pre-evangelical. Some are solid on truth—they're not changing the painting, but simply changing evangelicalism's frame and borders, many of which are as culturally-driven as the new distinctives of postmodern churches.
But when it comes to the issue of objective truth, this is where McLaren and others like him seem to me to be stepping over the line. Truth is an issue of seismic proportions, and if we have eyes to see it is everywhere around us. Often we don't see it, though, because we can have nice fellowshippy conversations in which we assume that those we've talked with meant the same thing we did when they used certain words. But in fact they didn't.
For instance, teenager comes home from school. Christian parent asks, "What did you learn today?"
After an obligatory mumble, she says, "In social science we talked about the importance of being tolerant."
"That's nice," parent says. Daughter talks, you nod, because you know Jesus loved people and extended them grace and we should too. A few minutes later the conversation is over, and you walk away having affirmed what she learned in class, without understanding the context and meanings of her culture—and the fact that what you actually affirmed was anti-Christian.
Why? Because the word "tolerant" means two radically different things to you and to her. To you it means being kind and loving to people who think and act in ways you know to be wrong, according to Scripture. To the students and their teacher—and by assimilation even to your Christian teenager unless she is exceptionally well-grounded in Scripture—tolerant means believing that all ways of thinking and acting are equally valid, and NOT wrong.
Hence, by definition if you believe homosexuality is wrong you ARE intolerant, no matter how lovingly you may relate to and reach out to and pray for and bring meals to the person you know dying of AIDS. By believing Jesus is the only way for people to enter heaven, you are by definition intolerant. By embracing tolerance, in the sense it is most widely used in this culture, our young people (whether or not they state it and regardless of what their church believes) are rejecting the idea that Jesus is the only way.
There are significantly different meanings out there for the old words truth, tolerance, love, grace, redemption, salvation and even "Christ." This is the challenge of different worldviews or belief systems. They do not simply invent new words, which would be far better for purposes of clarity—they use the same old words and attach to them new meanings, often meanings contradictory to the original. This makes it appear that communication or agreement has taken place when it hasn't. As long as they use the same vocabulary, it makes it appear that two people are both historic orthodox Christians when they're not.
When you say you believe in the resurrection you may mean it as it has always been meant as a doctrine of historic Christianity, or you may mean what one famous minister meant by the resurrection: "Though the remains of Jesus are in an unmarked Palestinian grave, his deathless spirit goes marching on."
For example, Marcus Borg of the Jesus Seminar said, "As a child, I took it for granted that Easter meant that Jesus literally rose from the dead. I now see Easter very differently. For me, it is irrelevant whether or not the tomb was empty. Whether Easter involved something remarkable happening to the physical body of Jesus is irrelevant."
Church father Justin Martyr wrote, "If you meet the people who describe themselves as Christians... but affirm that there is no resurrection of the dead... do not recognize them as Christians."
Borg doesn't only commit heresy—he commits one of the most significant heresies possible. He fails to grasp that the physical resurrection of Christ is the cornerstone of redemption, both man's and the earth's. Indeed, without the resurrection and what it means, there is no Christianity left for Borg to be a spokesman for.
Marcus Borg is not young, but he is post-modern and people like him are trying to take Christianity down paths that will make it no longer Christian. But does he believe in the resurrection? Sure. (He's a Christian, after all, right?) He just redefines resurrection in a way that denies the resurrection.
The notion that there is no such thing as objective truth is a natural extension of both our culture's self-preoccupation and mental laziness. It is self-flattery to imagine truth is merely what I decide, think and make of life (and therefore truth has changed as often as I've changed my mind). It is also laziness. Once people sought truth by going outside themselves to the philosophers and historic religions. Now they sit and watch TV and simply absorb worldviews without consciously evaluating and choosing them based on merit.
Everyone has a worldview, but few anymore really seek to find the right one. The myth that there is no right one, that all are equally valid, becomes moral justification for believing whatever I wish, and keeps us from seeking further. One need not go to the trouble of searching for truth if no objective Truth exists. Because if truth is merely whatever I think, at the end of the day—or the end of my life—I will have truth even though I've never expended any effort to find it. And, let's face it, we can be as lazy as nonchristians when it comes to studying and exploring the central doctrines of Christianity (and therefore we can be as gullible, failing to recognize heresy and passing it off as merely a different way of saying—or a fresh way of perceiving—the same old truths).
The bane of fundamentalism is truth without grace. The bane of much post-modern evangelicalism (or post-evangelicalism, if you prefer) is grace without truth. This is tolerance, something much cheaper than grace, and which—unlike grace—doesn't require Christ to empower it.
So tolerance is the world's self-righteous substitute for grace. True grace recognizes truth and sin and deals with it in the most radical and painful way (Christ's redemption). Tolerance recognizes neither truth nor sin, and says "Everything's fine," negating or trivializing incarnation and redemption and the need for regeneration. Christ came precisely because people ARE NOT FINE without him.
Francis Schaeffer profoundly affected me and countless other young seeking minds in the 70s. We need to hear voices like his today. And we need to listen carefully as we talk with each other, and especially with the young not only in our culture, but IN OUR HOMES AND CHURCHES. We need to not simply hear the words they say but ask them "What do you mean"? And then we need to say words back to them, words steeped in Scripture, and explain to them what we mean-which is hopefully what God means-by those revealed words.
It is a mistake to assume a postmodern (or anyone) is just using different words to express old truths. Many always resort to saying, it's "just semantics," that is, "You and I mean the same thing though we're using different words."
What's more common is exactly the opposite—today we are meaning radically different things even though we're using the same words.


In the English-speaking world, the word 'tarot' is most commonly associated with the occult and divination. It is one of the oldest forms of fortune telling, although its origins are somewhat obscure. Now, tarot reader is making a comeback as millennials are increasingly turning to tarot in a bid to help them navigate through the pressures of social media and technology.
Tarot is known by various other similar names, including Tarock, Tarokk, Taroky, Taroc, Tarok, Tarocchi. The origins of this word are unknown, though one speculation is that it derives from the Arabic word taraha, which means "he rejected, put aside".
This Arabic connection is seen in the opinion that tarot cards were used originally as playing cards by the Mamluks (who are most notable as a dynasty of Muslim rulers in Egypt during the Middle Ages), which then spread to Western Europe. Some have even claimed that the tarot was invented even further afield, that is to say, in China, and that the Mamluks adopted these cards from them.
According to another common account, the tarot deck was created in northern Italy during the 15th century AD. For example, it has been reported that a request for several decks of 'triumph' cards (said to be different from regular 'playing' cards due to their trumps) can be found in a letter sent in 1440 by the Duke of Milan.
From Italy, tarot spread to various other European countries, including Denmark, Hungary, France, Germany and Austria, where games involving these cards are still being played even today. As tarot spread across Europe, many regional variations emerged. Some decks, for instance, had 62 cards, whilst others had 78 cards. There were also decks which had as many as 97 or 98 cards. Additionally, the artwork of these tarot decks differed from region to region.
Nevertheless, there are several common elements that can be found in the majority of tarot decks. Firstly, like the standard 52-card deck which most people today are familiar with, each tarot deck would have four regular suits. Two of the most common suits are the French suit and the Italian suit. The former contains diamonds, hearts, spades and clubs, whilst the latter contains coins, cups, swords and batons.
As for the Italian suit, the images on its trump cards are said to differ from deck to deck. Nevertheless, they include such familiar figures as the Pope, the Magician, the Emperor, the Lovers, and Death. For those who use tarot cards for divination, these are usually regarded as having symbolic meaning.
It has also been suggested that rather than being designed with mysticism in mind, the figures on these trump cards were meant to reflect "important aspects of the real world that the players lived in". Moreover, as this was the Christian world of the Middle Ages, the cards are said to contain "prominent Christian symbolism".
The third common element is another special card called the 'fool' or 'excuse'. In the French suit, this figure is often depicted as some kind of entertainer, for instance, a harlequin or a musician. Whilst the image resembles the 'joker' in the standard 52-card deck, they are not historically connected.
The beginnings of the use of Tarot as a means of divination is said to have begun in 1781, and is attributed to a Frenchman by the name of Antoine Court de Gébelin. One of the beliefs that Court de Gébelin had was that the images on tarot cards (specifically the ones on the Italian suit) have their origins in ancient Egypt, and that mystical knowledge was encoded in them. Since then, the idea that tarot could be used for divination continued to be developed through the centuries.
Not content with the notion that tarot cards were used originally as playing cards, endless speculations regarding their alleged mystical origins have been made. Amongst others, tarot cards are said by some to have originally been a "creation of 13th century alchemists" which contained "hidden alchemical imagery", "Indian holy texts", "Hebrew lore", "allegories of Sufi masters", and the "surviving lore of the Order of Knights Templar".
Within tarot cards, especially when used for divination, apart from the four suits, the cards are divided into Major Arcana and Minor Arcana. That being said, the usual knave, queen and king, were also representations of real figures within history, though it remains debatable who was who. Legend goes that the four Queens are also the four Marys - for example that the Queen of Hearts could have referred to Marie Antoinette and the Queen of Clubs to Mary Queen of Scots. More could have been said taking account of this angle.


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MARCHING TO FREEDOM: The Steps of a Champion - Society for Family Health Nigeria
MARCHING TO FREEDOM: The Steps of a Champion
At the Entry phase prior to the Peer Education Training for brothel-based FSWs in Port-Harcourt, seven people requested for and accessed HIV Counseling and Testing to find out their HIV status. Among the girls who were tested was Nkechi. Nkechi was born in June 1971 and lives in the 'Eagle Cement' area of Port Harcourt in Southern Nigeria. It is an area that caters mainly to company workers and other expatriate persons working or visiting; the area has been popular for sex work for about 20 years. She claims that she went into sex work in order to finance her fiancé through school amongst other reasons. She says that her specialty was "having sex with expatriates" who come into the country for business.
According to Nkechi, the type of information about HIV that was prevalent at the time that she first heard about the virus made her "conclude wrongly about it." For many years she had lived in apprehension that she was living with HIV without going for testing to confirm her status; she had concluded that, because of her profession, she must have been infected. This led Nkechi into excessive consumption of alcohol, smoking, drug abuse and other kinds of risky behaviour bearing the thought that she was going to die soon. After confirming her status during a SHiPS for MARPs-organised community outreach she just "couldn't believe it!" – that she was not HIV positive. This experience made her to see life from a more positive light and she began the change process of living healthier.
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