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'The Black Phone' is Calling: Do You Answer It, or Take the Call From 'Elvis'?
jmunney Cinema, Movie Reviews Austin Butler, Baz Luhrmann, E. Roger Mitchell, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Ethan Hawke, Helen Thomson, James Ransone, Jeremy Davies, Madeleine McGraw, Mason Thames, Olivia DeJonge, Richard Roxburgh, Scott Derrickson, The Black Phone, Tom Hanks, Troy Rudeseal 1 Comment
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The Black Phone:
Starring: Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, E. Roger Mitchell, Troy Rudeseal, James Ransone
Director: Scott Derrickson
Rating: R for Brutal Home Lives and Bloody Escapes
Release Date: June 24, 2022 (Theaters)
Elvis:
Starring: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh, Olivia DeJonge
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Rating: PG-13 for Rock Star Excess and Rock Fan Excess
I recently saw The Black Phone and Elvis on consecutive days, so it's time for another two-for-one movie review! Do these two flicks have anything in common besides opening in theaters on the same day? Well, they're both kind of overwhelming in their own particular ways. If you're like me and enjoy any and every cinematic genre, you might be struggling to figure out which of these to prioritize this weekend, or maybe you're planning to make time for both of them. So I'll go ahead and let you know what I think while throwing in a bit of comparing/contrasting, and hopefully that'll give you a bit of a confidence boost.
'The Northman': Vikings, Revenge, Blood, and Guts at the Gates of Hel
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The Northman (CREDIT: Aidan Monaghan/Focus Features)
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Bjӧrk, Willem Dafoe, Oscar Novak
Director: Robert Eggers
Rating: R for Lots of Blood and a Fair Amount of Skin
Release Date: April 22, 2022 (Theaters)
If nothing else, Robert Eggers movies are experiences. Sometimes, in the case of The Witch, it's an experience I very much want to be a part of. Other times, in the case of The Lighthouse, it's like: hoo boy, this might be a little too much for me. His third feature, The Northman, lands somewhere in the middle. It's his longest but also perhaps his most straightforward. That might have something to do with the fact that the main character is a legendary Scandinavian figure who served as the direct inspiration for Hamlet. I encountered that factoid after watching the movie, but it makes sense in retrospect, as the story beats are plenty familiar. Despite the hallucinogenic flourishes, this is your classic tale of revenge and bloody familial entanglements.
It's Viking Times! 895 AD, specifically. Young Prince Amleth (Oscar Novak) doesn't have a care in the world, but then his uncle Fjölnir (Claes Bang) kills his father (Ethan Hawke) and takes Amleth's mother Gudrún (Nicole Kidman) as his own queen. If you've ever seen The Lion King, you know what's coming, as we leap ahead several years, with our hero (now played by Alexander Skarsgård) returning with a girlfriend in tow (Anya Taylor-Joy as the witchy Olga of the Birch Forest) and ready to take back what's his. Now, at this point, you may find yourself thinking, "Hey, didn't Skarsgård and Kidman play husband and wife a few years ago?" To which I must let you know, The Northman does not flinch at the ickiest of its implications.
Basically, if you've ever been watching a Shakespeare production and wished that it was even bloodier, and a whole lot muddier, and also featured plenty of psychedelic freakouts, then The Northman is here for you! And if you also wanted a deadly mashup of lacrosse, handball, and rugby thrown in for good measure, then you can rest easy. I don't want any beheadings in my own personal day-to-day, but I can approve of a few fictional decapitations serving as the cherries on top of a Robert Eggers sundae. It's a healthy way to get the violent urges out of our systems.
The Northman is Recommended If You Like: Revenge served as cold as historically possible
Grade: 3.5 out of 5 Fratricides/Avunculucides/Matricides/Nepoticides
Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 10/2/20
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Hubie Halloween (CREDIT: Scott Yamano/Netflix)
–Possessor (Select Theaters) – Body horror from Brandon Cronenberg.
–Hubie Halloween (October 7 on Netflix) – Adam Sandler in a Halloween movie. Now give him some candy!
–Saturday Night Live Season 46 Premiere (October 3 on NBC) – They're back in Studio 8H!
–black-ish Election Special (October 4 on ABC)
–The Good Lord Bird Series Premiere (October 4 on Showtime) – Ethan Hawke as John Brown and Daveed Diggs as Frederick Douglass.
–Soulmates Series Premiere (October 5 on AMC)
–Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones Premiere (October 7 on BBC America)
-William Shatner, The Blues
–With Gourley and Rust (October 2 on Patreon, October 9 on all other platforms) – Matt Gourley and Paul Rust talking horror movies.
Best Film Performances of the 2010s
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Back in April, I revealed my lists of the best podcasts, TV shows, TV episodes, albums, songs, and movies of the 2010s. I declared that that was it for my Best of the Decade curating for this particular ten-year cycle. But now I'm back with a few more, baby! I've been participating in a series of Best of the 2010s polls with some of my online friends, and I wanted to share my selections with you. We're including film performances, TV performances, directors, and musical artists, so get ready for all that.
First up is Film Performances. Any individual performance from any movie released between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2019 was eligible, whether it was live-action, voice-only, or whatever other forms on-screen acting take nowadays. For actors who played the same character in multiple movies, each movie was considered separately.
This Is a Movie Review: First Reformed
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CREDIT: A24
I give First Reformed 4 out of 5 Pepto-Bismols: https://uinterview.com/reviews/movies/first-reformed-movie-review-ethan-hawke-gives-a-career-best-performance-as-a-conflicted-reverend/
This Is a Movie Review: 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets' is Confident and Visionary in a Way All Films Should Aspire To
jmunney Cinema, Movie Reviews Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Dane DeHaan, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, John Goodman, Luc Besson, Rihanna, Sam Spruell, Valerian, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Leave a comment
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This review was originally posted on News Cult in July 2017.
Starring: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Herbie Hancock, Sam Spruell, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke
Director: Luc Besson
Rating: PG-13 for Lasers, Gunplay, and the Accompanying Alien Splatter
My quick pitch for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is "Star Wars but more European and colorful." Now, don't take that mean it is overly derivative. Most great modern stories are just variations on the classics, space fantasies especially so, Star Wars more than any other. Even if a movie finds inspiration from the tales of the Jedi, there is a genuinely strong chance it has a fair degree of originality. Valerian's source material predates Star Wars, as it is based on the long-running French comic series Valérian et Laureline, which was first published in 1967 and, in the vein of John Carter, was by all accounts an influence on George Lucas. I cannot speak to how closely the film hews to the original, but I can say without hesitation that the result is the delightfully unfiltered vision of Luc Besson.
After I first watched the trailer for Valerian, my take on its prospects for success was that while it looked spectacularly unique, there was no way it could be a box office hit. It would be too lavish, too weird, too alien. But here's the thing: that's a bunch of baloney. If people who like movies want to be entertained, they need to go see Valerian. It is such a crowd-pleaser. Yes, it is a little more out-there than your average blockbuster, but it is not as impenetrable as something like Jupiter Ascending. The plot is straightforward and weighty enough to be neither confusing nor laughable, and if folks cannot appreciate the beautiful production design, fleet-on-its-feet action, and overall good vibes, then I don't know what's what.
The opening montage set to David Bowie's "Space Oddity" could be overly on the nose but is instead an ode to the human (or human/alien/all sentient beings) spirit. Over the course of decades on a satellite orbiting Earth, a trio of astronauts keeps welcoming a new trio of astronauts from all corners of the globe. After a century or so, the new entrants start to become extraterrestrial. Eventually, the station becomes so popular that it must break away from Earth's gravitational pull and become an intergalactic hub: Alpha, the titular city of a thousand planets. The international/interplanetary cooperation is inspiring. This is not quite a utopia, but the effort of all involved to make it as close to one as possible is palpable.
The central conflict is a classic of the genre: an entire planet has been wiped out, and its surviving residents seek a new home. A device exists with enough energy to create a facsimile version, but its power makes it life-threateningly dangerous, and it may very well be in the wrong hands, so government operatives Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are on the case. Often in this type of story, the destruction or conquest of another planet would be at stake, but the displaced here are a profoundly peaceful collective; in keeping with the utopian spirit, their goal fits this future's high ideals.
There is a love story between the two leads that could have easily felt shoehorned in, but instead it is part and parcel of getting Besson's message across. Despite a long list of past conquests, Valerian proposes to Laureline within the first ten minutes, desiring to prove that he is noble enough to turn their professional partnership into a life one. Their flirtation is playfully teasing, though their chemistry is never quite steaming. Still, their loyalty to each other ultimately demonstrates a high-minded connection of the variety that has united the peoples of Alpha.
In their travels to restore the balance of the universe, Valerian and Laureline come across a number of instantly lovable characters, both CGI and humans playing dress-up (or in some cases, both). There is an implied foundation of tolerance insofar as every interaction feels so lived-in and in how every outfit plus every style of skin (or whatever the alien equivalent of skin is) is matter-of-factly accepted. Clive Owen, Herbie Hancock, and Ethan Hawke each play some degree of against type, but the biggest delight is Rihanna as a shapeshifting alien dancer named Bubble who aids Valerian and Laureline in a crucial escape mission. For those who have been waiting for the Barbadian singer to have an iconic cinematic moment, your time has come. She is the best part of the film, with her malleable nature fully inhabiting the theme that you can be and do whatever you want as long as you are fighting for what is right.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is Recommended If You Like: Star Wars, The Fifth Element, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Art and Vocation of Filmmaking
Grade: 4 out of 5 Handshakes


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Germany: Vampires at Gas Stations
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In Germany, gas prices might be rather high, mainly because the state squeezes drivers like oranges. On top of that, the gas stations, meaning the giant corporations behind them, suck peoples' wallets dry like thirsty vampires. But there are ways to save at least some money.
It is a great idea to get your kicks on Route 66, for several reasons: Well, it winds from Chicago to L.A., which is 2000 miles all the way. So, if you ever plan to motor west, just take my way, it's the highway, that's the best. And there is another aspect which makes that idea great again: It's the fuel prices.
Gas Suckers in Europe
Yes, the Americans might be complaining about those all the time. Guys, do me a favor: Come to Europe, rent a gas sucker on four wheels and enter one of our elegant gas stations. You will not like the amounts they will deduct from your checking accounts. That's for sure.
Let's pick a U.S. state. Well, let's look at the District of Columbia. It is not a state, but who cares? The average price for mid-grade gasoline is 3.205 Dollars per gallon, and for Diesel 3.092 per gallon. When we convert gallons to liters, we get 0.85 Dollars for gasoline and 0.82 Dollars for a liter of Diesel.
Well, yeah. Exactly. Photo: Imanuel Marcus
Three hours ago, at an 'Aral' gas station in Berlin, one liter of mid-grade gasoline ('E10') was the equivalent of 1.44 Dollars and Diesel 1.34 Dollars. This means both are about 60 Cents (U.S.) more expensive. To make a comparison easier for Americans: A gallon of gasoline in Berlin would be 5.45 Dollars.
Hitting the Kickdown
Now, who has better gas prices? Oh yes, filling up that Camaro V8 and hitting the kickdown every few seconds until the gas tank is as dry as the Sahara desert would be a whole lot cheaper in the U.S.. But that does not help us much. Who would ship his car from Hamburg to New Jersey for 5,000 Dollars, just to fill it up?
In Germany, the fuel prices depend on the oil price, like in most other countries too. But there are more factors. One is the mineral oil tax the state takes out of our wallets. Let's stay with Dollars to make it easier. The tax is about 0.72 Dollars per liter for gasoline or 0.51 Dollars per liter for Diesel, meaning without that tax gasoline in Germany would be sold for U.S. prices. On top of it all, the mineral oil giants are squeezing drivers.
In order to save at least a little, you can follow these rules:
Never go to gas stations on the Autobahn. They are usually a lot more expensive than others. When on the Autobahn, wait for signs which say 'Autohof' and follow them. Those places are huge gas stations near the Autobahn, for truckers and passenger car drivers who want to save. Those 'Autohöfe' usually have a McDonald's or a KFC too.
Try to use gas station brands which are cheaper than others. One of them is 'Jet'. Others depend on the region or province you are in. In Berlin, gasoline and Diesel are cheaper in the eastern part of the city.
Play the price game, meaning do not fill up your tank at certain hours. Many gas stations suddenly increase their prices at 9 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 10 p.m.. The difference can be substantial.
Feeling Better About Prices
By the way: In some German provinces, gas prices are a lot higher than in others. The more expensive federal states are Saarland, Baden-Wurttemberg, Thuringia, Bavaria, Brandenburg and Rhineland-Palatinate.
If you want to feel better about gas prices in Germany, either drive an electric car, or no car at all, or look at other European countries where things are far worse. One of those is the United Kingdom, where a liter of gasoline or Diesel is about 1.30 Pounds Sterling. Converted to Dollars and Gallons that would be 6.05.
Yes, that's twice as much as in the U.S.. This explains why we Europeans seem crazy. We drive tiny bathtubs on four wheels because of those damned vampires at gas stations.
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After Derek Jeter's Stadium Finale, Star of Rival Red Sox Sums Things Up Perfectly
"That's him."
Those two words were uttered by Boston Red Sox designated hitter and long time Yankee killer David Ortiz. Ortiz was referring to the storybook ending to Derek Jeter's last ever game at Yankee Stadium. There were many other tributes to The Captain by players, fans and celebrities alike, but those two words by Big Papi were more powerful than anything else anyone said or wrote last night.
After all, Jeter did what he has done throughout his entire career: With a flair for the dramatic, he rose to the occasion, more than living up to the variation of his nickname- Captain Clutch:
Ortiz also summed up the atmosphere, which can clearly be observed in the above clip, by saying, "...that was like a playoff game right there...."
What a sendoff by the fans and, what a way to say goodbye by Derek Jeter.
Congrats, and thanks, Captain.
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Ilyasah Shabazz. Photo courtesy of Candlewick Press.
Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz presented a fictionalized account of her father's young-adulthood in 2015's X: A Novel (Candlewick, 14 years and up; written with Kekla Magoon). Her new book, Betty Before X (Farrar, 11–14 years), written with 2018 CSK Author Award winner Renée Watson, and with a younger audience in mind, explores the life of Shabazz's mother, Betty, from ages eleven to fourteen, in 1940s Detroit.
RW: Showing the formative years is a way to teach young people that oftentimes legends, activists, and celebrities whom we admire came from humble beginnings — had moments of doubt and hardships to overcome.
So much was changing for Betty both personally and in the world, all of which made for good material to build a plot and emotional arc around.
Renée Watson. Photo courtesy of the NAACP.
IS: The challenges those people confronted in their youth ultimately defined who they'd become as adults. It's not the falling down that will define you, but what you determine to do in order to stand back up.
2. Ilyasah, did you learn anything new about your mother that you didn't know before you wrote the book?
IS: I was very close to my mother. I didn't think there was much I didn't know about her and vice versa. I did learn from Aunt Suesetta that my mother played the drums in high school and that she regularly performed in the marching band. I was fascinated by that. I knew my mother was compassionate, very intelligent, very hardworking, and that she was a social butterfly. I also knew she liked music and dancing. However, while writing this book I thought more about what she must've experienced as a result of racism and sexism in the 1940s. While she didn't openly talk about her feelings surrounding her biological mother, Ollie Mae, giving her away to Helen Malloy, her mother who raised her, it was evident in my mother's adulthood that she was affected by it. She continued her relationship with both mothers. She founded YMED (the Young Mothers Educational Development program) and the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Day Care Center so that if an unwed teen found herself pregnant, her education wouldn't be interrupted like it was for Ollie Mae. My mother believed that education was a necessity for everyone.
3. What was the collaboration like between the two of you?
RW: Working with Ilyasah to tell the story of her mother was an honor. This is the first novel I've co-authored and I very much enjoyed having someone to brainstorm with. Our process started off with a lot of interviewing and research. For the first few months, I didn't do any writing. I just soaked in everything I could learn about Betty, Detroit, and The Housewives League. Once the writing began, I'd send two to three chapters at a time to Ilyasah and she'd add in paragraphs, make notes. We both had a commitment to making sure Betty's story wasn't portrayed as heartache only, so we included scenes of Betty having fun with her friends, listening to music, and enjoying her childhood even if the backdrop was a city experiencing racism and turmoil.
IS: It was a wonderful experience working with Renée. I am extremely grateful, and could not have asked for a better novelist than her!
4. Why did now feel like the right time to tell this story for this audience?
RW: This country has had a long, hard fight in its quest for justice and equity regarding race and gender. Activism is frequently taught within the framework of marching and protesting, and we wanted to broaden that view to show young people the many ways they can use their voices to do something good in the world. We hope they make connections from the past to the present.
We also know that these early years of adolescence can be a time when young people are questioning everything: Am I good enough? Is my family "normal"? Why don't I look like the people in the magazines? How can I fit in with my friends? Where do I belong? Betty is asking all of these questions. She is trying to make sense of the contradictions around her, trying to figure out what she truly believes. We wanted the story to not only be about the historical happenings of her life, but the emotional journey as well.
IS: And by telling young Betty's story, we have the opportunity to educate our readers about history, legacy, compassion, activism, and one's individual power. We wanted readers to both stumble and walk tall with Betty and discover their similarities; that as human beings, we are more alike than not.
5. What were some similarities and differences between working on this book and on X: A Novel?
IS: One similarity is the unfortunate social climate of hatred and terror against African Americans and people of color — and people of different sexual orientations and different religions. If our society was cultivated by the free labor of the enslavement of African people, then their African American descendants earned the right to be respected as human beings. However, Malcolm and Betty's youths came during the height of the Jim Crow era, and they were challenged with harsh racism and terrorized by bigotry in their daily lives. They were forced to live within a socioeconomic system governed much like apartheid, which included inequitable housing, education, employment, healthcare, and many other opportunities denied because of their "race." And the laws of our society supported the notion that "Black" life was inferior.
While both of my parents were compassionate and were activists as children, the difference between them was that Malcolm's father was lynched. His mother was taken away. His brothers and sisters were divided. Often when young people are in pain and think they have no one to talk to, they take a path of self-destruction. Betty was very fortunate to have adults to guide her through those challenging times of high school and college. That said, both were very fortunate to find love in themselves and then in each other. Both Betty and Malcolm discovered purpose in their union and in their legacy as advocates of equal rights for all human beings.
Elissa Gershowitz is executive editor of The Horn Book, Inc. Martha V. Parravano is book review editor of The Horn Book Magazine.


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Civil servants US$75 allowance payout resumes
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief
CIVIL servants and pensioners will be smiling all the way to the bank after Government extended their US$75 Covid-19 allowances indefinitely.
The Covid-19 allowances had become a huge chunk of the civil servants' salaries and their removal would have resulted in them feeling a huge difference come payday.
The development comes as Government is considering making the Covid-19 allowances a permanent feature on salaries to cushion its workers against the effects of the pandemic which is negatively affecting the economy.
Government has said that it is committed to continuously improving the working conditions of civil servants.
Since June last year, Government has been paying its workers US$75 allowances, and pensioners US$30 to cushion them against economic challenges aggravated by Covid-19.
The Covid-19 allowance was supposed to be last paid in December last year.
Employees under the Health Services Board (HSB) are also getting an additional $3 700 risk allowance while teachers are getting an additional 10 percent risk allowance.
Already, the HSB has communicated with its constituency on the extension of the US$75 allowance.
Reads part of the communication directed to the president of the Zimbabwe Nurses Association Mr Enock Dongo from HSB executive director Ms Ruth Kaseke: "Please be advised that Treasury has extended the payment of Covid-19 allowance equivalent to US$75 until further review which will be guided by the status of the pandemic and financial affordability."
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Professor Paul Mavima yesterday confirmed the extension of the Covid-19 allowance for civil servants until further notice.
He said the Government was alive to the needs of its employees and will always be conscious of them when resources permit.
"We said right at the beginning that as an employer we felt the need to pay our employees such an allowance to cushion them against the hardships brought about by Covid-19. Such an amount that we have been giving them as an employer has become a very considerable chunk on their salaries and they were benefiting a lot. That is why the Government has decided to extend this allowance from this month henceforth," said Prof Mavima.
Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Mr Enock Dongo said the Government is spot on in extending the allowances for civil servants and pensioners.
"This time the Government is spot on in extending the allowances. We thought they would end in December and this is a welcome development for us as civil servants. We are also getting a $3 700 extra risk allowance and we are asking the Government to review it as we are facing another wave of Covid-19 which is worse that the first wave," he said.
Mr Dongo said health workers deserve the Covid-19 allowance as they are the frontline workers in the fight against the pandemic.
"We are worried about our safety and health and we are appealing to our employer for adequate PPEs.
We strongly feel that no health worker should die due to lack and proper and adequate personal protective equipment," he said.
Zimbabwe Teachers' Union (Zimta) chief-executive officer Dr Sifiso Ndlovu also commended Government for sticking to its promises.
"Government has been sincere and keeping its promises and this is a welcome development. We are grateful for the Covid-19 allowances and the 10 percent risk allowance.
"We agreed with the Government last year as we waited for the new salary negotiations which should commence this month," he said.
Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Unions (ZCPSTU) vice secretary general Mr Gibson Mushangu commended Government for keeping its promises on the allowances as they prepare to start new salary negotiations this month.
"Remember it was supposed to end around October last year and it was moved to the end of 2020 and now it has been extended again. It's something we negotiated for last year and it's going on as the Government is keeping its promise," he said.
He appealed to Government to increase the allowance to around US$150 considering the increase in the cost of living.
Mr Mushangu said soon they will be engaging Government as National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) for the review of civil servants' salaries.
"We still dream of being paid according to the value of salaries in October 2018," he said.
In November, civil servants accepted a 41 percent salary increase by the Government, including allowances.
The development saw the least- paid civil servant earning about $14 500 while the lowest-paid teacher will earn a little over $18 000.
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has repeatedly assured the nation that measures put in place to insulate the local currency against erosion, are sustainable with the auction system working very well to create a stable base, so inflation recedes as a serious problem.
But he has also stressed that while he wants to see civil servants properly rewarded, he needs to maintain the fiscal discipline that has created the basis for the new stability and the launchpad for sustained and viable economic growth.
COVID vaccines in Africa to be allocated by population
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The Princess Bride Threatens Air Travel
The Princess Bride is one of our all-time favorite movies. So we had to laugh when the film inadvertently created a stir on a recent Qantas flight from Australia to New Zealand. Don't tell Rain Man, but Qantas may not be the safest airline to fly on anymore, now that they left people with threatening t-shirts on board.
Apparently last weekend Wynand Mullins boarded a Qantas flight innocently enough. But the crew began getting complaints that the man's attire was freaking people out. A flight attendant approached Wynand and asked him to change his shirt to console the anxious fliers. When he replied that he didn't have an extra in his carry on, he wondered if they might give him a pilot's coat. But instead the subject was dropped.
So what was he wearing that caused all the commotion? A t-shirt that read "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." Apparently Wynand's fellow passengers had not seen "The Princess Bride" in which Mandy Patinkin's character has been on a lifelong quest for the revenge of his father's death. Instead they thought he was going to kill them all.
Mullins told Stuff magazine, "I thought it was all a bit silly. The person next to me was laughing, because they knew the movie." What is the world coming to?
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A gestational carrier, sometimes called a surrogate, is literally just that: a woman who carries a baby to term for another person. There is no genetic link between a gestational carrier and the child she is carrying.
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In a surrogacy arrangement, pregnancy is achieved through IVF, a process that requires that the cycles of either the patient or an egg donor and the recipient (gestational carrier) are synchronized. During the IVF procedure, the intended parents' own sperm and egg (or, in some cases, donated sperm and/or egg) are combined to produce one or more embryos. These embryos are then grown in the laboratory for 3-6 days and are then transferred into the uterus of the gestational carrier. If pregnancy occurs, she carries and delivers the child for the intended parents.
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A Little Sex (1982)
A Little Sex
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Release: April 2, 1982
Director: Bruce Paltrow
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Cast: Tim Matheson, Kate Capshaw, Edward Herrmann, John Glover, Joan Copeland, Susanna Dalton
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Tomorrow night, Bernard Hopkins will add another chapter to his extraordinary career and put another line in the record books; the Guinness book that is. Considering that Hopkins is 48-years-old, his participating in a championship match, no matter the opponent, is a record-setting milestone. Win or lose, the fact he continues to compete is remarkable. But take away the age factor, and this is a contest few in boxing, and no one outside of the sport, cares about. Who is Karo Murat anyway?
Bernard Hopkins has nothing left to prove as a boxer. The fact he thinks he does has to be one of the stranger and more poignant spectacles in all of professional sports. There's something sad about a competitor who is never satisfied with his accomplishments, who cannot come to terms with the fact that all stories must, at some point, end. Fer cryin' out loud, the guy is almost 50 years old.
Chances for a satisfying ending have come and gone. The perfect moment would have been back in 2007. His long reign as middleweight champion concluded by two tedious waltzes with Jermain Taylor, Hopkins impressed everyone and erased the bitter taste of defeat with a surprisingly one-sided win over light-heavyweight champ Antonio Tarver. A solid 3-to-1 underdog, Bernard schooled the younger man in almost every facet of the game to both win another title and further establish himself as a modern day great.
At the time, Hopkins had in fact indicated this would likely be his final ring appearance and after his surprising win the applause from both the public and the media was loud and long. An exit at this particular moment would have been classy, dignified and aesthetically satisfying. But it didn't happen. Instead what did happen was an inconclusive and forgettable affair with Ronald "Winky" Wright, definitely not a bout or performance from which one wants to ride off into the sunset.
The next perfect time to call it a career was the following year when Hopkins took another youngster to boxing school, dominating highly regarded Kelly Pavlik and making most forget all about Bernard's loss to Joe Calzaghe six months before. Some had predicted that youth would finally triumph over age as Pavlik had looked impressive in his wins over the same Jermain Taylor who had taken Hopkins' middleweight crown, but the bout was barely competitive. Once again, Bernard's ring smarts and experience proved too much for a more powerful but less skilled fighter and "The Executioner" had added another significant scalp to his Hall of Fame worthy collection.
Had Hopkins at that point chosen to move on, pick up a microphone and take his seat next to Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley, boxing would have been spared the ugly spectacle of his foul-filled rematch with a washed-up Roy Jones Jr., as well as the ugly spectacle of Roy Jones Jr. picking up a microphone and taking his seat next to Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley. Alas, Bernard decided to fight on. Which led to the next perfect time to call it a career.
Jean Pascal was viewed as a talented and quite legitimate light-heavyweight champion and more than a few foresaw an ugly end to Hopkins' career against an opponent bigger, faster and stronger, but the ageless wonder put on an inspired and inspiring performance, rising from two knockdowns to sweep the late rounds and salvage a draw on Pascal's home turf. Despite the knockdowns, most observers thought Hopkins had been robbed of an historic win, so an immediate rematch was set, again in Quebec. Those who thought Pascal might learn from the mistakes of the first bout were themselves mistaken as the old champ completely psyched-out Pascal before taking a clear-cut victory, becoming the oldest boxer to ever win a world title.
At this point many thought that finally, here was the perfect time for Hopkins to blow kisses to the bleachers and, festooned with title belts, walk away, satisfied in all he had accomplished. But, no.
Instead we got the ugly spectacles which were his matches with Chad Dawson, pointless, foul-filled affairs which did neither man, nor the sport, much good. In the first bout, Hopkins was thrown to the canvas after tackling Dawson in the second round and suffered a separated shoulder, the non-fight eventually ruled a no-contest. In the rematch, Dawson out-worked the older man, who resorted to frequent head-butts, to take a legitimate points win. But there was Hopkins after the fight, a match which drew fewer than eight thousand spectators, petulant, complaining about being robbed and, naturally, refusing to retire.
No doubt some people got genuinely excited when Hopkins won yet another world title by outpointing Tavoris Cloud this past March, though who those people would be exactly, I'm not sure. Cloud, who fought as if he were impersonating a cooperative sparring partner, hasn't looked good in years, but it didn't matter. The focus was on Hopkins making history again and continuing to compete on the championship level. But it was difficult to ignore the general sense that the story had gone on too long, the narrative becoming tiresome. What was left to say that hadn't already been said umpteen times? Besides, the fight itself was as routine as a gym workout and about as stirring. Hopkins won another championship. Yes, it's remarkable. So. What's next?
What's next can only be deflating. The opportunity for something satisfying has passed, several times. Hopkins, who still rails about how everyone hates him and wants to squeeze him out of the fight game, now says he wants to unify the light-heavyweight titles before finally walking away. The possibility of all of the different players involved — sanctioning bodies, networks and promoters — coming together to make such a series of matches feasible is slim to none. But beyond that, Bernard Hopkins is almost 50 years old. And call me crazy, but the last thing I want to see is a 50-year-old man in the ring with a truly dangerous customer like Sergey Kovalev. Or Adonis Stevenson.
Could Hopkins neutralize their power and make them look bad, as he did against Tarver, Pavlik, Pascal and Cloud? Maybe. But he might also get hurt. This is boxing, after all, the most dangerous of sports. All it takes is one punch. And for what? Truth is, Bernard could get hurt tomorrow night. And if he did, everyone would be asking that same question: for what? The man has done it all. At what point is he pushing his luck?
Bernard Hopkins is a multi-millionaire. His life story is the stuff of novels and movies. He emerged from prison, doggedly pursued his ambitions, and fully redeemed himself. He ruled the middleweights for almost a full decade, won six world titles, defeated a slew of champions including Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad. His place in boxing history is more than secure. It's long past time for this esteemed champion to finally put down the punching mitts and pick up a microphone. Or a promoter's license. Or a pen to write his autobiography. Or better yet, maybe a bag of cheetos and a cold brew as he, at long last, kicks back and — basking in the sun, content and at peace with himself — enjoys a well-earned retirement. It would be fitting; it would be dignified; it would be sensible.
Sadly, if he keeps fighting, the final outcome could be anything but.


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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' supporters celebrated his win at the New Hampshire primary Tuesday by borrowing from the Donald Trump playbook. Sanders said he got the win thanks to "Yuge!" voter turnout, "and I mean yuge!," he said. In celebration of the big victory, Sanders supporters yelled "Yuge" in return, and it was an adorable moment.
The Sanders campaign, as the candidate himself acknowledged in tonight's victory speech, has been fueled by energy from young voters, who overwhelmingly support him over opponent and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The Sanders campaign was counting on inspiring new voters to head out to the polls and to attract Independents, who in New Hampshire are eligible to vote in either the Republican or Democratic primaries. It seems the voters showed up to support Sanders when media outlets started to report long lines and record crowds at many polling places across the Granite State.
ABC News reported a big turnout among liberal voters, and said, based on exit polls, 69 percent of Democratic voters identified as liberal and threw their support behind Sanders over Clinton by a margin of 59 percent to 40 percent. Sanders also attracted Independents, who voted for Sanders with an overwhelming 72 percent compared to 27 percent who voted for Clinton.
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As a little kid I used to buy 2 different game magazines every single month. One of those was Dutch magazine 'Hoogspel', which I discovered at the age of 11. A year later, I started reading 'ST Format', which was quite a challenge as English wasn't my native tongue. Why am I telling you this? Well, with the release of Epic, most magazines (especially the big UK ones) praised Digital Image Design for their technical marvel of a game, receiving mostly scores of 90% or more. However, this was not the case in my favorite Dutch magazine. The guys from 'Hoogspel' always had their own principles, only reviewing games that were actually available to the public, no previews or beta's, and they really had a strong opinion (which eventually lead to their downfall 10 years after the magazine was born). I loved them for it. I will never forget their view on Epic, saying it was a beautiful game, but pretty empty gameplay wise. As a 12 year old, I never understood this view. Why was my favorite game magazine the only one on the planet that didn't like this breathtaking space opera?
Space shooters are nothing new for me. I started with games like Star Raiders (which I loved) and Star Glider (I never had a clue what was going on but still loved it). Than I played Epic. And in the 90's I was absolutely hooked on Lawrence Holland's X-Wing and Tie Fighter games on my dad's PC. In 1995, I also completed the fantastic Zero-5 on my precious STe. What a gem!
Epic took 3 years to complete, it was seriously hyped. I wasn't aware of this, taking my first steps in gaming journalism at the time (reading magazines). Now that I have gathered some serious experience points as a space pilot, how does this game compare to other games in the genre. Well time to revisit this game and give it proper look as an adult *huhum*. A while ago I got a hold of a complete boxed original copy, with manual, map and 3D glasses. So there is no stopping me now… (and oh boy, was I in for a treat!)
As a fan of classic computer games, you can only get excited when you boot the game and are immediately presented with a very special version of the OCEAN logo (not your typical blue and white design). This is a DID game after all. DID only released 2 other games on the ST (F29 Retaliator and Robocop 3), but they always had something special to me. Epic starts with a very elaborate cinematic, almost like watching the first bits of a Star Wars movie. Animation is quite good, there is the usual slow down, but everything looks very polished and stays playable. I'm a big fan of their first game, F29 Retaliator, and it is clear (especially when playing a mission on a planet) that Epic runs on a newer version of the same engine. The different camera angles and cockpit views are all very detailed and a joy to behold (not that you will use them, but still).
Again, the DID team has choosen digital music and soundeffects over the typical YM chiptunes. As the story unfolds during the intro, a short sample of an orchestration is played, which sounds kinda haunting. We are also treated with some very clean sampled speech now and then ("CLEAR FLIGHTDECK"). During gameplay, there is not much going on apart from the usual dull sound effect when shooting the laser cannon. This is actually a bit of a let down.
So first of all, let me give you guys a little warning as this review is based on only 2 levels of gameplay. Why only 2 levels? That is indeed the question...
The game comes with a very thick manual, almost like a little novel. The complete back story is explained, mission briefings can be found in the manual as well (why they didn't add these in the actual game is beyond me), all the spacecraft you encounter are explained in full detail...And more stuff like that which you don't really need…
Epic is the first game that makes me feel genuinely stupid, as I just don't have a clue what I need to do. I now have the original manual and still...nothing. This is problematic. For example, the first mission in space, you have to lead the way through a mine field, blow up enemy craft you encounter and finally destroy the primary target. The problem is … Where is the primary target? When you press the help button, the onboard computer gives you the coordinates (I guess), but when you follow them, nothing happens…for me at least.
To make matters worse, the programmers decided it would be a good idea to put in a time limit in every mission. Seriously? I mean, I understand why they did it. The missions are probably to short and when you finally figure out what to do you could end the game in 30 minutes. But this really is a frustrating way of making a game last longer for the player.
When I finally made it past mission one (and God knows how I pulled that off), I was amazed that in mission 2 the game turned almost in some kind of flight simulator. Just … EPIC! Yes, we have missions on different planets and this is really cool. But the same problem is still apparant. Where are the targets? What should I do? Reading the manual doesn't help a single bit.
I wish I could write more about the other few features the game has to offer, like the different types of homing misiles, the onboard camera or the fact that you have a tractor beam to grab fuel pods (this is even possible in mission 1 according to the manual, but how and where?), but I just haven't been able to use much of it. And yes, your ship also has a limited supply of fuel - which is yet again a time constraint.
Oh, and another thing that really bothered me (and maybe I'm just getting old), you need the ALT key to accelerate. But can you imagine using a joystick in one hand and the ALT key in the other? Almost uncontrollable, unless you have a sticky joystick. Playing with the mouse might be a good solution, and even though the controls are very responsive, it just feels weird. (and good luck with that Atari ST tank in you hand!).
I have played EPIC on the Amiga, and I have played it on the ST. I don't see much of a difference, but I have 'wasted' quite a bit of time with this game and to be honest, it is a frustrating mess to me. Weird that I didn't feel that way when I was younger, I was just amazed by the looks (but they do deceive!). I understand the view of my precious Hoogspel authors very well now. To me, Epic really is a missed opportunity. And believe me, I really want this game to be good. Maybe I was completely blinded by nostalgia. On a technically level, it is kinda amazing, especially considering it runs on a vanilla ST. The engine is good, the game mechanics are right, it is just not fun at all and I feel completely let down. I mean, a simple game of Star Raiders is way more satisfying. This would have been Ocean's Wing Commander beater. Seriously? I don't think so…And you know what the really funny thing is? I SO wanna experience more of this game, who knows which planets there are to visit? I could just use the cheat code which was added in the manual, but how boring is that?
(If you are reading this, you may always leave a comment to let me know what I'm doing wrong here, maybe you can turn me into an Epic fan after all …)
Graphics: 8
Sound: 6
Overall: 6
During the intro animations, we already get a taste of all the vector mayhem.
The mood is set by a haunting sample by 'Maniacs of Noise'. It works really well actually.
Up until here, the game is just fantastic. What an introduction, especially back when it was released!
The logo is just ... Epic
Epic has everything to be a great game. Fantastic graphics, a great game engine ... If only you knew what you had to do ...
Ah, a nice, satisfying big bang!
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Thanks for the review! Kind of sums up the experience I had at the time...
I remember the excitement about this game, finally able to get a hold of a copy at school (yep, sorry, I didn't pay for it!). If I recall correctly, it required an STe and didn't work on STf. I only had 1040 STf, but my best friend had an STe!
We were just crazy during the school day with the EPIC floppies in our backpack, just wanting for the school day to end so that we could go to his place and try the game! Finally the day ended, we jumped off the school bus and ran to his bedroom to play this unbelievable game!
What an intro, we're almost in a Star Wars movie, incredible! But then ...the game itself... What a let down indeed. I don't think we even ever got past the first level, as you said, it was completely confusing and unclear how to actually win the level and make progress.
Missed opportunity indeed. It's mostly a cool tech demo, where it could have been the killer app. the STe desperately needed...
April 4, 2020 by Morcar
Graphically, it's also nice on the eyes with well-defined graphics and animation. You really get the feeling that the developers put some thought and love into the game. Remember what I said about the large levels? Well these are wonderful and are very different to each other, they also scroll fairly smooth in all four directions.
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March 28, 2020 by Morcar
When you boot up the game you're presented with a fantastic loading picture of your ship. It's detailed with bold colours and it tells you This is 16-bit, bitch. Then you get the wonderful rendition of the Cybernoid theme that's on all the 8-bit versions. It's not exact but the changes still make it noticeable to anyone who knows it.
January 13, 2019 by ST Graveyard
Now all of this might sound a bit much, but that really is not the biggest problem with Live and Let Die. In Buggy Boy you had checkpoints to reach in time. In this game, they have taken it all a step further...or maybe better, a whole leap further. You see, you run out of fuel when moving forward. And you run out of it fast, way fast. To solve this problem, fuel pods are scattered all over the waterway. Grab them, and you win yourself some time. Miss them and run out of fuel and guess what ... YOU EXPLODE!
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It is no secret that Anthony Davis is the biggest fish in the 2020 NBA Free Agency market this offseason. While it seemed as if some teams would be in play for his signature, the Los Angeles Lakers' 2020 Championship seems to have guaranteed that The Brow will be staying in La La Land for the foreseeable future. With his first NBA Championship, Anthony Davis seems primed to establish a new dynasty as Robin to LeBron James' Batman.
Davis was brilliant for the Lakers in the 2020 NBA Playoffs. He averaged 27.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.4 blocks, and 1.2 steals per game on 57.2% shooting from the field. With James taking the wheel in the Finals, Davis' defensive prowess came to the forefront. Davis averaged 25.0 points, 10.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.0 blocks, and 1.2 steals in the NBA Finals. While teammate LeBron James took all 11 Finals MVP votes, Davis was far and away from the only other possible consideration.
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The firing of Doc Rivers came as a surprise to many, but few could argue that Rivers did his job with the LA Clippers bowing out of the title race in the Western Conference second round. Expected to win the NBA title, Rivers' firing came with shock but little opposition amongst Clippers fans. In his place will be Tyronn Lue, Clippers assistant and former head coach of the 2015 NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers.
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After a disappointing end to the Rockets' season, the firing of head coach Mike D'Antoni and the release of Daryl Morey signals a culture reset in Houston. While the Rockets thrived under "Morey Ball" – a basketball game plan that valued advanced analytics over traditional basketball game plans – they were never able to win the elusive Larry O'Brien trophy under Morey's reign.
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While the salary cap is still in question for this coming season, and thus the 2021 offseason, the Miami Heat are in excellent position to attract a star at the level of Antetokounmpo. Miami have $63.8 million in committed salary across five players for the 2021-2022 season, giving them plenty of room to add another max contract.
The Bucks bowed out of the NBA Playoffs earlier than expected and to none other than the Heat. Joining the team that sent his home would be a Durant-esque turn for a player who has been vocally committed to the Bucks in the past. It's also noted that the 2019 NBA Champion Toronto Raptors covet the Greek-Nigerian superstar, a perfect organizational fit in the NBA's most progressive and internationally-oriented cities. The Heat's Pat Riley will have his work cut out for him, but attracting the stars of the game is exactly his forte.
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Holy Terror: Stories by Cherie Priest
by Cherie Priest
Pub Date 31 Jan 2022 | Archive Date 01 Feb 2022
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Since Cherie Priest burst onto the speculative fiction scene, she's built a huge following through novels that have earned her accolades and the titles "The Queen of Horror" and "The High Priestess of Steampunk" at various times. A nominee for the Nebula, Hugo, and Goodreads Choice Awards and a winner of the Locus Award, Priest is also a master of the short form.
In her first collection of short fiction, Holy Terror: Stories by Cherie Priest, readers will be taken on haunting journeys that showcase Priest's unparalleled range. In an early story, "The October Devotion," William Miller's predicted mid-19th century apocalypse ends up with a girl discovering what might or might not be Lovecraftian salvation in the forest. A soldier brings a dragon home from World War II to east Tennessee in "The Immigrant." Two stories here take place in Priest's beloved Clockwork Century universe: "Reluctance," in which a teen veteran with a war injury lands his dirigible in a town that seems empty, only to end up in a race against time and zombies, and the novella "Clementine," following the adventures of Maria Isabella Boyd and Captain Croggon Beauregard Hainey. Another novella, The Wreck of the Mary Byrd, weaves the story of a disappearing boat in 1870 in the words of the captain and some of the passengers…as well as an unforgettable villain. And there's so much more.
Holy Terror also features an introduction from New York Times' bestselling author Kevin Hearne, extensive notes on each story from Priest, and an exclusive new novelette, "Talking in Circles" that is sure to become a fan favorite. Get ready to hide under the covers, crack this volume open, and take a delicious trip to the dark side.
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"Holy Terror Stories" by Cherie Priest is a collection of short fiction which includes two novellas, one newly penned novelette and an assortment of dark tales. Each story, as introduced by Priest, explains her melding of ideas. My favorite, "The Wreck of the Mary Byrd", was inspired by a footnote regarding a riverboat travelling along the Tennessee River. "The Mary Byrd was a ship of misfits" in the year 1870. The principal characters narrate their story. The gambler, once a hard working man, would stare at the river or play cards aboard the vessel, a man used to playing big-stakes games. Laura, a former slave, came North after the Civil War, found the cold weather inhospitable, and now helped run the kitchen on the Mary Byrd. With a revolver under her shirt, a little red-haired Irish nun seemed smart, spunky, and full of questions but at the ready to rumble. The ship captain was a man of many aliases. Why? It happened in India. He was pounced upon by a beast. "Survival was a wonder better left a continent or two away." A little hunger...a boat trapped in a raging storm...observe the almost full moon. Paris during World War II. Stray bricks had fallen from a wall. "I caught a glimpse of him...pleading...venez m'aider...it was a little French dragon...I shipped him back home...named him Pierre. He was small, quiet, and four-legged plus a pair of wings...just like one of us...hurt by the Nazis. I couldn't leave him with his broken wing." Pierre was "The Immigrant" in the sparsely populated Appalachian foothills. Storytellers told legends, "sightings" of a rational, educated creature, clearly not a person. It was "The Catastrophe Box". An Englishwoman who died one hundred years ago, left explicit instructions for a wooden box, bound with weathered silk strips sealed with wax. The box must only be opened in times of national crisis and in the presence of twenty-four bishops. "Why did [Sonia] clutch [the box] in such a fierce, dreadful manner...as if she could neither bear to look nor look away?" For safety, she concealed the box in the attic in a locked and bolted trunk. Captain Croggon Beauregard Hainey was moving contraband cargo and passengers on "a borrowed, nameless dirigible...his true ship...a rightly pilfered and customized ship, the one he'd stolen fair and square eight years before was nowhere to be seen." The "Free Crow" had been stolen by red-headed thief, Felton Brink who renamed the dirigible "Clementine". Why was it barely flying, barely maintaining a good cruising altitude? Hainey was determined to recapture his beloved ship. Enter Pinkerton newbie, Maria Isabella Boyd. Her assignment- make sure the Clementine's cargo reaches its destination. The ghost of Mother Jones gives a pep talk in "Mother Jones and the Nasty Eclipse". "There's always an eclipse...a moment when it goes all dark...and you think maybe the sun will never come back again...They called me a foreigner...stay home and knit...close my mouth...no one would speak for all the girls...I shouted them from the highest peaks...but no one heard me until I came back to earth...I thought if everybody knew, then someone somewhere would have to do something...I stood at a podium...I did not stay home and bake cookies...". Cherie Priest's "Holy Terror" contains a wide array of apocalyptic, steampunk, and zombie tales as well as stories of alienation and madness. Not having read Priest's writing before, I did not know what to expect. What a delightful surprise! Highly recommended! Thank you Subterranean Press and Net Galley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Alexander G, Reviewer
While I prefer reading novels, as they give the author enough space to run with an idea or explore characters, sometimes I read short stories, too. In this collection Priest proves, that you don't need 300+ pages to tell a compelling story. Good stuff from a true master. And the notes are fun to read, as they let you get into the head of the author.
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Bryant & May: London Bridge Is Falling Down
The Illusion of Simple
Siren Queen
Oscar Diggs, The Wizard of Oz
Wild Salvation
Joan Is Okay
Just Thieves
The Wind Whistling in the Cranes: A Novel
Beyond the Lavender Fields
Alias Anna
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Sense is like courtesy it is no longer common!
I dealt with an old question recently that I felt was pertinent and worthy of repeating.
The question arose in Brooklyn, NY when an underwriter demanded that the appraiser include the basement area as part of the gross building area when comparing the subject to the comparable sales.
After all they reasoned, Fannie Mae guidelines, i.e. Property and Appraisal Guidelines, XI 405.07 state, "Gross building area, which is the total finished area (including any interior common areas, such as stairways and hallways) of the improvements based on exterior measurements, is the most common comparison for two-to four-family properties. The gross building area must be consistently developed for the subject property and all comparables that the appraiser uses. It should include all finished above- and below-grade living areas, counting all interior common areas (such as stairways, hallways, storage rooms, etc.), but not counting exterior common areas (such as open stairways).
The basic problem, as I see it, is that there are way too many people trying to decide how to apply the guidelines that really are very straight forward. Fannie Mae set forth guidelines because there are no hard and fast rules that would uniformly apply across all states in the Union. The guidelines attempt to address what is considered to be the norm for the country; however, attempting to find a norm for 50 states is the height of hubris in a of itself. Still it is better to have guidelines in place rather than have none at all, but not at the expense of replacing common sense. In fact if you were to actually have the benefit of interviewing a Fannie Mae review appraiser you would find that they are very down to earth and understand that their guidelines are not hard and fast. They provide a framework of acceptability but with the proper analysis and explanation Fannie is very open to appraisals that must report outside of their guidelines. On the other hand, many underwriters (especially the relatively new batch which have recently hatched out of the most recent debacle of the ongoing mortgage lending saga) simply do not understand that appraisers are given the flexibility to present an appraisal that is reflective of the subject property and its market area which may, or equally may not, conform to Fannie Mae guidelines.
My point is simple, and fairly consistent (I believe), common sense needs to take the place of algorithms and automated valuation models. In the case of Gross Building Area versus Gross Living Area; it is imperative that lenders allow their local market experts report the market reaction to the properties that are being submitted as collateral; and not attempting to dictate a set of general guidelines that were designed to enable an appraiser to report their findings in a consistent manner.
The root of this problem, of course, is one of responsibility and enforcement. Our long honored legislators decided long ago that the lender had the ultimate responsibility to select, review and audit the real estate appraiser that was submitting the assignments to the bank. The problem is that this has never been a good idea. Then we wrap this notion is the most current legislation that dictates that the lender is able to use appraisal management companies to direct appraisers, but appraisers no longer have the ability to reach out to their actual client (the lender). This simply places the appraiser in the worst possible position. Now they must try to develop a business without any personal contact with the client and must attempt and defend their reports without any chance of actually communicating their findings except in writing.
The report is now cloaked in the use of UAD which is a format and series of codes designed to dehumanize the process of analysis and decision-making all for the purposes of making money. Personally I am all for making money, but not a the cost of disabling appraisers from promoting and growing business relationships.
There really needs to be a modification of thinking that Lenders are responsible for the appraisers conduct or performance. The thinking that a management company can solve this is naïve, because a management company has no authority or power. They themselves try to wield a "sword of authority" by controlling work flow; however, this is a quasi-legal practice and very soon you will find appraisers begin to figure out that their rights are actually be diminished by economic sanction. This type of pressure was supposed to be eliminated by the Frank Dodd Act but instead it has simply been exacerbated.
It is time that appraisal organizations actual engage in re-engineering the foundational concepts of direction and control when it deals with mortgage lending. Appraisers never should have been controlled by lenders; in fact lenders should have to deal with an appraisal report once. If the report has passed the clearing house (so to speak) then the report should be accepted once and for all and move on. Of course this is naïve because loan officers will never go quietly without a fight, this is how they generate their 6-figure income, while appraiser deal with ever diminished fees and are asked to provide evidentiary support for each word provided within an opinion of value (aka an appraisal).
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My knitting has been of the one step forward, two steps back variety over the past couple of months. This is mildly frustrating, but I'm choosing to let go of that and concentrate on it all as a learning opportunity. Yes, well, let's just ignore the fact that I already know what it's teaching me.
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