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Avatar soars overseas on $136.8m and $1bn worldwide
By Jeremy Kay2010-01-04T02:33:00+00:00
Fox International's Avatar became only the fifth release in history to cross $1bn worldwide as it held on to the overseas crown thanks to an estimated $136.8m from 13,784 screens in 109 markets. It boosted the running total to $676.9m after three weeks.
Combined with the $352.1m North American tally the film stands at $1.29bn and ranks fourth in the all-time roster behind Fox and James Cameron's Titanic on $1.842bn, New Line's The Lord Of The Rings: TheReturnOf The Kingon $1.119bn, and Disney's Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest on $1.066bn. Warner Bros' The Dark Knight in fifth stands at $1.001bn. It opens in China on January 4.
Avatar will finish next weekend in second place, although it will require an extraordinary effort to overhaul Titanic. In the international pantheon it is the fourth biggest release in history behind Titanic on $1.242bn, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King on $752m, and Fox'sIce Age 3 on $690.8m.
Fox International reported $2.45bn in overseas grosses for 2009 to set a new industry record as previously reported here.
Avatar looks set to become the first film to gross more than $100m worldwide on IMAX screens and currently stands at an industry record $66.4m after 17 days. It added a further $12.4m worldwide this weekend, $4m of which came from international screens. "This movie is like a juggernaut that doesn't want to stop," IMAX Filmed Entertainment's chairman and president Greg Foster said, "and it's great to be a part of it."
Territory highlights – which include the all-time highest gross for a release in Russia – are as follows:
France– $22.4m from 1,118 for $85.6m (confirmed).
Second highest grossing US film ever behind Titanic
Germany– $11.2m from 1,143 for $56.1m (confirmed).
Spain– $9.9m for $46.9m (confirmed)
Fourth highest release; set to become second highest behind Titanic this week
UK– $9.3m following 49% drop for $53m
Australia– $8.81m following 10% climb for $44.3m.
Highest third weekend
Fox's second highest film behind Titanic
Fourth highest industry release behind Titanic, Shrek 3 and The Lord Of The Rings 3
Russia– $8.5m for $55m.
Highest industry release
South Korea – $5.4m for $44.7m.
Second highest Hollywood release behindTransformers 2
Japan has generated $36.2m
Mexico– $4.7m for $23.6m.
Fox's third highest release behind Ice Age 2 and Ice Age 3
Brazil– $4.5m for $21.3m.
Hong Kong – $2.6m for $10.4m
India– $2.2m for $14.5m
Taiwan– $1.97m for $14.1m.
Fox's second highest release behind Titanic
Industry's fifth highest release behind Titanic, Transformers 2, Cape No.7 and Jurassic Park.
Avatar scored Fox's highest launch for a non-family film in Argentina on $1.36m from 232 and launched on $302,872 in Uruguay from 14. Elsewhere it has amassed: $9.6m in Holland; $6.5m in Austria; $6.9m in Belgium; $8.6m in Denmark; $8.9m in Sweden; $7.4m in Switzerland; $5.8m in Thailand; $5.6m in Norway; and $5.5m in Singapore, where it is Fox's highest release and the industry's third highest behind Transformers 2 and Spider-Man 3.
In further results, Avatar grossed: $4.7m in Malaysia, where it ranks as the fifth highest release; $4.17m in Chile, where it is Fox and the industry's third highest release behind Ice Age 3 and Titanic; $4.663m in Colombia, where it is Fox and the industry's third highest release behind Ice Age 3 and The Passion OfThe Christ;$4.1m in Venezuela, where it is Fox's highest release; $4.48m in New Zealand; and $654,000 in Vietnam, where it is the highest Hollywood release of that country's young film-going history.
Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel earned $31.8m according to confirmed figures from 6,095 screens in 54 markets for $99.8m after two weekends and will cross $100m on Monday.
Second weekend highlights include: $3.9m in the UK from 489 sites for third place and a $20.6m running total; $3.3m in France from 545 screens for second place and $9.7m; $3m in Australia from 365 screens for third place and $11.1m; $2.9m in Spain from 357 for second place and $8.7m; $2.1m in Germany from 616 for third place and $7.9m; $2m in Mexico from 894 for third place and $6.m.
The family sequel opened in South Korea on $2m from screens to rank fourth. In more holdovers it added: $992,550 in Russia from 574 for $2.6m; $996,804 in Belgium from 93 for second place and a $3.2m running total; and $917,804 in Holland from 119 for second place and $4.8m. Fantastic Mr Fox launched in eighth place in Australia on $684,000.
Sherlock Holmes is closing in rapidly on $100m after it added $37.5m from 4,540 screens in 33 markets for $86.2m, according to confirmed figures from Warner Bros Pictures International
The action-adventure opened strongly in Mexico in second place behind Avatar, taking $3.3m. A string of second weekend climbs saw Sherlock Holmes stands at $19.3m in the UK, $17.6m in Italy, $11.4m in Australia, and $8.7m in South Korea.
Overall Warner Bros Pictures International releases for 2009 generated $1.87bn at the box office, led by HarryPotter And The Half-Blood Prince as previously reported on $623m. The biggest local language titles were Zweiohrkueken (Germany) on $39m, Coco Avant Chanel (France) on $33m, Summer Wars (Japan) on $17.3m, Chandni Chowk To China (India) on $13.5m, and Broken Embraces (Spain) on $13m.
Universal/UPI launched Black Lightning, the latest Russian production from Timur Bekmambetov, in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend on an estimated $9.7m from 800 venues.
It opened in Russia in second place behind Avatar on $8.9m including $1.5m in previews from 698 for Universal's fourth biggest launch behind The Mummy 3 on $13.3m, Wanted on $10.7m and Fast & Furious on $8.3m.
It's Complicated added $5m from 1,053 sites in 13 territories for an early $13.8m international running total. The film held strong in fifth place in France where $1.6m from 367 sites raised the tally after 12 days to $3.9m. Spain generated a further $1.5m from 318 for $4.3m after the same amount of time. There are 50 territories still to open over the next few months.
Couples Retreat added $1.5m from 600 venues in 32 territories for $52.9m and there are 11 territories still to release. 9 opened in Spain on $475,000 from 202 sites and Universal's total from releases in seven territories stands at $7.1m. There are still Germany and Italy to go on February 25 and April 16, respectively. PublicEnemies has taken $7m in Japan after 23 days and internationally stands at $116.2m.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International's releases grossed $1.7bn in 2009, marking the 15th consecutive year that it has crossed $1bn. The biggest overseas title for the company was Upon $418.6m in 2009 calendar year.
This weekend The Princess And The Frog added $9.5m from 2929 screens in 17 territories for a promising early $45m tally. The animation added $2.9m in Italy from 500 for $12.9m after three weekends and grossed $2.1m in Russia. It opened in Australia on $1m from 250 and added $531,000 from 625 in Mexico for $5.1m after one month.
A Christmas Carol added $3.5m from 2,952 screens in 42 territories for $181m, grossing $2.2m in Italy for $24.6m and $500,000 in its second weekend in Greece.
Old Dogs raised its tally by $3m from 1,264 in 20 territories for $25m, taking a further $1.6m in Australia from 294 for $4m. Upclimbed 22% in its fifth weekend in Japan as $3.1m from 618 screens raised the running total to $41.2m and the overall international tally to $422m.
Hot off its biggest ever year overseas that saw ticket sales generate $2.142bn, Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) enjoyed further good news as 2012 continued to play well. The disaster film will cross $600m within a week or so and added $4.9m from 3,265 screens in 72 markets for $595.2m.
Territory highlights include an extraordinary result in China, where $69.1m makes it the biggest release of all time. France generated $44.4m, Japan $38.9m, Germany $37.2m, Brazil $24.8m, Mexico $19.2m, and Australia $18.3m.
Did You Hear About The Morgans? added $3.6m from 575 in seven markets for an early $6m running total. The romantic comedy stands at $3.7m in Australia and $2.1m in the UK. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs added $2.8m from 910 in 21 for $83.6m, while Zombieland stands at $23.1m.
In its second weekend in Australia and New Zealand, PPI's The Lovely Bones grossed $1.7m from 243 locations for $3.1m. The film went on wide release in Australia from January 1, screening at 180 locations and grossing $1.4m, more than double its opening total. The two-week tally stands at $2.1m. In New Zealand the film held on to third place as $329,000 from 63 locations raised the running total to $971,000.
Cell 221 (Celda 221) continued its strong run in Spain, grossing $686,000 from 201 locations in its ninth weekend of release to stand at $13.7m.
Summit International's New Moon is approaching the $400m mark following a $3m weekend haul from 5,400 screens in 66 markets that raised the running total to $394.3m.
Avatar bounty is out of this world
As the unflagging Avatar looks set to overtake Titanic as the biggest international film of all time, Jeremy Kay looks at the Herculean effort it has taken to carry James Cameron's vision from drawing board to 15,000 screens
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US launch set for April 10 in New York.
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Vittorio the Vampire (1999) is a horror novel by American writer Anne Rice, the second in her New Tales of the Vampires series. It is the only vampire novel by Rice besides Pandora in which the lead character of her series The Vampire Chronicles, Lestat de Lioncourt, does not appear; although Vittorio references him briefly.

Plot summary
In the twentieth century, from his castle in the northern part of Tuscany, Vittorio writes the tragic tale of his life.

In 1450, Vittorio di Raniari is a sixteen-year-old Italian nobleman, when his family is murdered by a powerful and ancient coven of vampires. The image of his siblings' severed heads with eyes staring fixedly at him strikes him permanently. Vittorio, however, escapes such a dreadful ending because of a vampire's intervention.

After taking care of his family's burial, Vittorio gathers what riches he can and prepares himself for adventure as he flees towards Florence, away from the perilous crowd of vampires, under the sun's protecting wing.

By nightfall, Vittorio arrives at the most strange of villages, for there are no beggars at the street, no elderly, no sick or dying. Yet his mournful spirit prevents him from taking notice of it. He soon realizes that someone is stalking him, and, worried enough, he seeks shelter at an inn.

Ursula, the vampire who prevented the other members of her coven from killing Vittorio, lurks behind his room's window. She continues to seduce him, all while draining blood from him, and giving him some of her own.

Vittorio is led by Ursula to the coven's lair, as she attempts to make him part of their gatherings. It is an ancient castle, where he discovers its many gardens filled with old people and sick children; he suddenly realizes that some of these people he had met at the village. Vittorio then witnesses an important feast that is carried on as a ritual by the leader of the vampires' group. In it, some people who were selected from the gardens are sacrificed to satisfy their thirst for blood.

After refusing the dark gift, the vampires do not kill him (thanks to Ursula), but rather leave him in a village.  As he is walking, he sees two Angels arguing in a doorway, Ramiel and Setheus. The angels are just as surprised as he that Vittorio can see them (he later learns that they are the guiding angels of his idol, Fra Filippo Lippi). With their help, the help of his own angels, and a very powerful armor-wearing angel, Mastema, Vittorio plots his revenge against the vampires, who are invading the lands and killing innocents (incidentally, Vittorio's own guiding angels do not play much of a part; whilst they are often present, they are insubstantial and shadowy, and we do not know their names).

The attack takes place in the day and involves decapitating the vampires as they sleep. The heads are then thrown into the sunlight where they wither and die. When it comes time to behead Ursula, Vittorio finds that he cannot do this even as the angels urge him on. Instead, he frees Ursula in the hopes of saving her soul. Within minutes, Vittorio is tricked into becoming a vampire and a yearning for blood conquers everything he knows.

In the closing pages we find Ursula and Vittorio performing as an age old Bonnie and Clyde, killing and drinking until they had their fill. These two lovers stay with each other for many years to come.

Vittorio is unique in two ways: he can see angels and departing human souls. At the end of the book, he is left with the "gift" to see human souls, which appear from every person as an intense shining light. Mastema tells him that he will never be able to rid himself of this, and that every time he takes a human life he will bear witness to the extinguishing of the soul.

The Vampire Chronicles novels
Novels by Anne Rice
Alfred A. Knopf books
1999 American novels

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Cláudio Cristóvão Pinho (ur. 18 lipca 1922, zm. 2 maja 2000) – piłkarz brazylijski znany jako Cláudio lub Cláudio Pinho, napastnik.

Urodzony w Santos Cláudio karierę piłkarską rozpoczął w 1940 roku w klubie Santos FC. Jako gracz Santosu wziął udział w turnieju Copa América 1942, gdzie Brazylia zajęła trzecie miejsce. Cláudio zagrał w trzech meczach – z Chile (zdobył bramkę, potem zastąpił go Amorim), Argentyną i Ekwadorem.

W 1942 na krótko przeszedł do klubu SE Palmeiras, z którym zdobył tytuł mistrza stanu São Paulo (Campeonato Paulista). W 1943 roku znów był graczem Santosu, a w 1945 roku został piłkarzem klubu SC Corinthians Paulista.

Cláudio wziął udział w turnieju Copa Rio Branco 1947, wygranym przez Brazylię.

Jako gracz klubu Corinthians wziął udział w turnieju Copa América 1949, gdzie Brazylia zdobyła tytuł mistrza Ameryki Południowej. Cláudio zagrał w dwóch meczach – z Boliwią (zdobył 2 bramki) i Chile (zdobył 1 bramkę).

Razem z klubem Corinthians dwa razy z rzędu zdobył mistrzostwo stanu São Paulo – w 1951 i 1952 roku.

Nadal jako piłkarz klubu Corinthians wziął udział w turnieju Copa América 1953, gdzie Brazylia została wicemistrzem Ameryki Południowej. Cláudio zagrał w trzech meczach – z Ekwadorem (zdobył bramkę), Paragwajem (zmienił na boisku Julinho) i w decydującym o mistrzowskim tytule barażu z Paragwajem.

Następnie razem z Corinthiansem zdobył w 1954 roku swój czwarty tytuł mistrza stanu São Paulo.

W klubie Corinthians Cláudio grał do początku 1957 roku, po czym został graczem zespołu São Paulo FC.

Jako gracz klubu São Paulo wziął udział w turnieju Copa América 1957, gdzie Brazylia została wicemistrzem Ameryki Południowej. Cláudio zagrał tylko w meczu z Kolumbią, w którym zastąpił na boisku Joela.

W 1960 roku, jako gracz São Paulo FC, zakończył karierę piłkarską.

Bibliografia
 Tomasz Wołek, Encyklopedia piłkarska FUJI: Copa America. Historia mistrzostw Ameryki Południowej 1910-1995, Wydawnictwo GiA, Katowice 1995, , str. 90-91, 98-99, 120.

Linki zewnętrzne
 Cláudio Pinho - biografia (en.sambafoot.com)
 Profil

Piłkarze Santosu FC
Piłkarze São Paulo FC
Piłkarze SC Corinthians Paulista
Piłkarze SE Palmeiras
Reprezentanci Brazylii w piłce nożnej
Trenerzy piłkarzy SC Corinthians Paulista
Uczestnicy Copa América 1942
Uczestnicy Copa América 1949
Uczestnicy Copa América 1953
Uczestnicy Copa América 1957
Urodzeni w 1922
Zmarli w 2000
Zdobywcy Copa América
Ludzie urodzeni w Santosie


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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The drug crisis means West Virginia is in desperate need of foster families. The state Department of Health and Human Resources says the number of children taken into state custody has risen by nearly 50 percent in the last three years - almost all because one or both parents are addicted to drugs.
Crystal Smith and her husband are foster parents in Ravenswood. She said over the last decade, they've taken in 30 children. She described being a foster parent as an emotional rollercoaster.
"Your heart breaks, but you have to do it," Smith said. "Those kids - in that moment, when their world is completely ripped apart - they need somebody to be strong for them. They need to feel safe, they need to feel love, they need to feel like they're worth something."
According to DHHR, the state now leads the nation in the rate of children removed from their homes. The department said there is a "drastic shortage" of foster families. Placements are arranged through agencies like Mission West Virginia.
Smith said she and her husband didn't set out to foster so many children, but they adopted the motto "there's always room for one more." She said in one case, they took in a child from a mother who had other children.
"Every time she had a child, we took that child in, so the kids could be raised as a sibling group," she said. "And if I can help out just one more, or our family can help one more child, then we're doing what we're supposed to be doing."
Smith said they've adopted five of the foster kids. And they've made a lot of changes in their lives - like buying a 12-passenger van. She said at Christmas, the living room "looks like 'Toys 'R' Us exploded."
She also said a lot of people have assumed foster children are bound to cause trouble. But in her experience, that isn't true.
"Probably 98 percent of them are not in foster care for something that they've done," she said. "They're in a situation that they did not ask for, because of bad choices that their parents have made."
Around 90 percent of the children the Smiths have fostered were separated from their birth families as the result of substance abuse. Child welfare statistics for children in the foster care system in the state is available here.


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De Beauvoir Estate makes "strangely beautiful" backdrop to Alec Newman's film Greyhawk
By Emma Bartholomew
Published: 5:17 PM June 18, 2014 Updated: 10:35 AM October 14, 2020
Alec Newman plays Mal in Greyhawk. - Credit: Archant
A film shot entirely on location on the De Beauvoir Estate has been hailed by national charity Blind Veterans UK for its "impressive and worryingly accurate" portrayal of life as a vision-impaired ex-soldier.
Greyhawk, which stars Waterloo Road actor Alec Newman, tells the story of Mal, a blinded former soldier who is forced to explore the estate off Downham Road to search for his beloved missing dog.
Before filming began, the 39-year-old Scot, who now lives in Finsbury Park, spent two "unforgettable" days at Blind Veterans UK's centre in Llandudno, North Wales, where he shadowed Billy Baxter, a former British Army staff sergeant who became blind due to a virus he caught whilst exhuming bodies in Bosnia.
Alec said: "They bundled me in a car at the station and blindfolded me. It was almost like I was being kidnapped. I hadn't really considered the concept of sight-loss too much, which was one of the reasons why the script for Greyhawk had such an impact on me, and the time I spent with the ex-servicemen really drove home to me how difficult life becomes when you lose your sight.
"There is no real middle ground, particularly if you become totally blind – it really is as drastic as putting on a blindfold and trying to live your life without your eyes."
Alec was able to watch and imitate how Billy coped with navigating unfamiliar indoor and outdoor spaces, learning how to use a cane for the first time and how to use gadgets designed to help blind people prepare meals.
The experience was invaluable to him in helping him figure out how a blind person's brain functions.
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"Matt Pitt and Guy Pitt [the director and producer] were aware it might be controversial to use a seeing actor in a blind part in the times we live in. Because of that I knew I had to do a more than convincing job at playing blind," said Alec.
"Rather than talking about it I experienced it. It's difficult to describe the way your brain responds to not being able to see.
"People say your hearing improves. That's not true but because your brain registers you can't see anything it will tune into your hearing more.
"I hope people don't just think, 'He's doing quite a good job at being blind,' I think when you watch it you forget about his blindness, the character has to exist as a man."
Alec said he found Billy to be one of the "most joyful and happy men" he had ever met.
"Obviously he had an initial period of great depression that his life had been turned upside down when he became blind, he's been through the most horrific situations in war," he said. "But when he came out the other side, he's working with blind men and women now, and he's just become the town crier in Llandudno. He's very joyful and grateful for all the other senses he has."
Alec said he found the De Beauvoir Estate, where they spent three weeks filming in February, made a great backdrop to the film which he found a "great joy" to work on, casting off the "relative shackles" of TV work.
"The estate is strangely beautiful, lots of straight lines and rows of flats," he said.
"We ended up posting up a few leaflets through real doors so apologies to anyone who received a leaflet for a missing dog."
n The film will be screened in the Rio Cinema, Kingsland High Street, Dalston, on Sunday, June 22, at 3.30pm.


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Congratulations to our Conservative Councillor for Watton-at-Stone, Michael Freeman
Sunday, 6 December, 2015
Among the winners at the annual Community DriveSafe meeting at police HQ in Welwyn Garden City was Michael Freeman from Watton-at-Stone, who won the Lead Volunteer of the Year award,
Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Ships
Members of the NEHCA Patrons' Club were treated to an excellent evening on board HQS Wellington near Westminster on Monday evening. Guest of Honour was the Secretary of State for Transport, The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP.
Report from Conservative Party Conference
As a veteran of Conservative Conferences, this was one of the most encouraging I have been to since the 1980s.
Could You be Part of a Winning Team?
Are there things about your community you would like to improve?
Message from Sir Oliver Heald QC MP
I would like to thank all electors of North East Hertfordshire for re-electing me as their MP with an increased majority.
Campaigners out in Weston
Campaigners out in Weston collecting questionnaires at the weekend
English Votes for English Laws
It is not right that Scottish MPs could have the final say on laws and parts of budgets that only apply to English voters.
Let's stay on the road to a stronger economy
Wednesday, 7 January, 2015
When we came into office in 2010, Britain was on the brink of bankruptcy.
WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL AT NORTH EAST HERTFORDSHIRE CONSERVATIVES
The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers speaks in North East Herts
Northern Ireland Secretary, The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP, was guest of honour at our Autumn Dinner last week.


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Home / ACTION, MULTIPLAYER, SHOOTING / TOTALLY ACCURATE BATTLEGROUNDS
ACTION MULTIPLAYER SHOOTING gameplaymania 29 Jun , 2018 0
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds ® is an action game that parodies the Battle Royale games
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds is an original action and shooting game that parodies the boom of the games Battle Royale, from the game Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (also known as TABS) and that was so successful in 2016 and 2017.
Throw yourself, from trucks flying, on a deserted island where there is only one objective: eliminate the enemy and survive. To do this, you pass by the most stupid, while you find the best weapons and kill all the others to stand as the champion of the round... come on!
The realistic movements based on the physical results very addictive. Totally Accurate Battlegrounds has been developed by the independent Swedish studio Landfall Games AB, makers of TABS, and TABZ, among other hits.
The well known English YouTuber, specializing in the theme of the gaming, Jacksepticeye (with more than 20 million subscribers), has uploaded an entertaining gameplay of Totally Accurate Battlegrounds which you can watch below:
How to download Totally Accurate Battlegrounds (NOTE: free only for the first 100 hours since its release!!!)
The game has been released on the popular videogames portal Steam. If you want to play for free Totally Accurate Battlegrounds continues with these simple steps, but hurry up because it is completely free of charge only during the first 100 hours of its release date (5/06/2018):
Wait for it to load the official website of the game on Steam.
Click "Install the game". Previously you'll have to install Steam in your PC.
Download the official game.
Follow the instructions on the screen and... game on!
(alternate Download here): https://store.steampowered.com/app/823130/Totally_Accurate_Battlegrounds/
Technical Requirements for playing at Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7 3,4 GHz
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (with VRAM of 4 GB and a Shared Model 5.0)
DirectX: 9.0 c
Free Space: 40 GB available on disk.
Connection to broadband internet.
If you liked the game, maybe you are interested in other Action Games similar as: Valorant, Totally Reliable Delivery Service, Totally Accurate Battle Simlator (TABS), Secret Neighbor, Mordhau (Beta), Dauntless, Fortnite Battle Royale or Havocado.
Tags: battle royale, FPS, indie, jacksepticeye, mobile, pc, survival


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Манастир Горица припада епархији Горњокарловачкој СПЦ, налази се у месту Доњи Будачки на Кордуну. Недалеко од манастира налази се стари град Горица. Посвећен је Пресветој Богородици Тројеручици, а манастирски храм Светим апостолима Петру и Павлу.

Прошлост
Подигнут крајем 17. вијека, након Велике сеобе Срба 1690. године у Будимске земље, под вођством Патријарха Арсенија III Црнојевића. Досељени Срби у овим крајевима формирали су Војну крајину која је имала задатак да брани Аустријско царство од упада Османске војске и турских пљачкаша.

Други свјетски рат и послијератно вријеме
Током Другом свјетског рата манастир је, заједно са већином храмова Епархије Горњокарловачке, опљачкан, запаљен и порушен. Свештенство, монаштво и верни народ прогањани су и убијани на најсвирепији начин. Епископија горњокарловачка препуна је српских јама, стратишта и губилишта из тог времена. Недалеко од манастира у Доњем Будачком налази се масовна гробница у месту Иванић Јарак са 380 православних Срба које су тада убили Хрвати усташе.

По завршетку рата, комунистичке власти су прогониле свештенство, хапсиле их, црквена имовина је масовно одузимана, а забрањивана је била и обнова порушених храмова. Но и поред свих тих потешкоћа, залагањем владике Симеона горњокарловачког и свештеника Душана Пушкара, храм Светих апостола Петра и Павла је обновљен, освећен и стављен у богослужбену употребу 1963. године.

Протјеривање крајем 20. вијека
Током рата у бившој СФРЈ и распада СФРЈ 1995. године хрватска војска је протерала православно свештенство и народ са овог подручја. Том приликом, као и већина православних светиња, манастир Горица је поново уништен - манастирски храм и манастирски конак су опљачкани и уништени.

Садашњост
Манастир је поново обновљен тек 2007. године.

Извори

Спољашње везе
 Блог манастира Горица
 Светобогородичин манастир Горица
 Историја манастира Горица
 Распоред Богослужења за Васкрс 2019

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Adding the CDK 4/6 inhibitor Ibrance (palbociclib) to Femara (letrozole) reduced the risk of disease progression by 42 percent compared with Femara alone in patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer, according to results from the phase 3 PALOMA-2 trial presented during the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), a gathering of 30,000 oncology professionals in Chicago.
The median progression-free survival (PFS) was improved by greater than 10 months with the addition of Ibrance. The combination of Ibrance and Femara was granted an accelerated approval in February 2015, based on the phase 2 PALOMA-1 study. These results from PALOMA-2 provide confirmation of the combination's benefits in the frontline setting.
"These data represent the longest frontline improvement in median PFS seen to date in women with advanced ER-positive breast cancer," senior study author Dennis Slamon, chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the UCLA Department of Medicine, said when presenting the findings at ASCO.
The double-blind, placebo-controlled PALOMA-2 trial randomized 666 patients in a 2 to 1 ratio to Ibrance plus Femara or Femara alone. Ibrance was administered daily for three weeks in a 28-day cycle. Continuous Femara was administered. Patients were enrolled between February 2013 and July 2014 in 186 locations across 17 countries. The data cutoff was February 26, 2016. The median follow-up was 23 months for the Ibrance combination arm and 22.3 months for the Femara alone group.
Patient characteristics were well balanced between the study arms. The majority of patients were white, had an ECOG performance status of zero or one, and were less than 65 years old. The ECOG performance measures a patient's level of functioning such as the ability to care for themselves, daily activity and physical ability. The median patient age in the Ibrance and control arms was 62 and 61 years, respectively. About half of the patients in each arm had visceral metastases. Fifty-six percent of patients receiving Ibrance and 57 percent of patients in the Femara-alone group had prior first step treatment such as chemotherapy and/or adjuvant hormonal therapy.
The primary endpoint for the trial was investigator-assessed PFS, with secondary outcome measures including response, overall survival, safety, biomarkers and patient-reported outcomes. The investigator-assessed median PFS with the Ibrance combination was 24.8 months versus 14.5 months with Femara alone.
The median PFS by blinded independent central review was 30.5 months versus 19.3 months, respectively. The objective response rate was 42 percent with the combination versus 35 percent in the control group. The PFS benefit with Ibrance was sustained across subgroups.
"All subgroups benefited, regardless of age, ethnicity, site of disease, prior hormonal therapy, disease-free interval, performance status, visceral metastases status, prior chemotherapy or prior hormonal therapy," said Slamon.
In the combination arm, the median treatment duration with Ibrance and Femara was 19.9 and 20.3 months, respectively. In the control arm, the median duration of therapy with Femara was 13.8 months. Seventy percent and 53 percent of patients receiving the combination had dose interruptions with Ibrance and Femara, respectively. Forty-five percent of patients in the control arm had a dose interruption of Femara.
Ninety-nine percent of patients in the Ibrance arm experienced a hematologic side effect of any grade, including neutropenia, leukopenia, anemia and thrombocytopenia.
Overall, 62 percent and 14 percent of patients in the Ibrance arm experienced a grade 3 and grade 4 hematologic side effect, respectively. Ninety-five percent of patients in the Femara-alone arm experienced a hematologic side effect of any grade, including neutropenia, leukopenia, anemia and thrombocytopenia.
Overall, 22 percent and 2 percent of patients in the Ibrance arm experienced a grade 3 and grade 4 hematologic side effect, respectively. In the combination arm, the most common nonhematologic all-grade side effects included fatigue, nausea, joint pain, alopecia, diarrhea, cough, back pain, headache and hot flush.
Sixty-two percent of patients in the Ibrance arm had a grade 3 nonhematologic side effect, with the most frequent being fatigue and lack of energy. Grade 4 nonhematologic side effects occurred in 14 percent of patients in the Ibrance arm.
Among patients receiving Femara alone, the most common nonhematologic all-grade side effects were joint pain, hot flush, fatigue, nausea, headache and back pain. Twenty-two percent of patients in the control arm had a grade 3 nonhematologic side effect, with the most common being nausea and headache. Grade 4 nonhematologic side effects occurred in 2 percent of the Femara-alone arm. Serious side effects occurred in 19.6 percent of the Ibrance arm compared with 12.6 percent of the control arm. The most common serious side effects with the Ibrance combination versus Femara alone were neutropenia and pulmonary embolism.
Treatment-related discontinuations occurred in 9.7 percent of the Ibrance arm compared with 5.9 percent of the placebo arm. Deaths related to side effetcs occurred in 2.3 percent and 1.8 percent of the two arms, respectively. In the control arm, there was one on-study death due to pulmonary embolism/respiratory failure that the investigator considered treatment-related.
In the prior phase 2 PALOMA-1 study, 165 postmenopausal patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer were randomized in a 1 to 1 ratio in two parts: Part one contained 66 patients and Part two had 99 patients. Continuous daily Femara was administered with or without Ibrance daily for three weeks followed by one week of rest until progression.
The median PFS with Ibrance was 20.2 versus 10.2 months for Femara alone. The combination resulted in a response rate of 55.4 percent compared with 39.4 percent for the monotherapy. In Part one of the study, the median PFS was 26.1 months with Ibrance versus 5.7 months for Femara alone. In the larger Part two, the median PFS was 18.1 versus 11.1 months, for Ibrance combination and Femara, respectively.
In addition to the accelerated frontline approval, Ibrance is also indicated for use in combination with Faslodex (fulvestrant) for pretreated patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. This approval was based on phase 3 findings from the phase 3 PALOMA-3 study, which showed a doubling in PFS with the combination versus Faslodex alone.
The double-blind PALOMA-3 study randomized 521 patients with metastatic breast cancer whose disease progressed on or following endocrine treatment in a 2 to 1 ratio to Faslodex plus either Ibrance or placebo.
Faslodex was administered on days one and 15 of cycle one, and then on day one of each cycle thereafter, and patients received oral Ibrance continuously for the first three weeks of each cycle, followed by one week off. Treatment cycles were 28 days for both arms.
Zoladex (goserelin) was also administered to pre- and perimenopausal patients. Median PFS was 9.5 months with the Ibrance combination versus 4.6 months in the placebo arm. The PFS benefit was observed regardless of menopause status and remained consistent across all prespecified patient subgroups.
OS were not yet mature at the time of the analysis. Slamon said it has been "gratifying" to find that the PALOMA-2 data have now upheld a consistent clinical benefit with Ibrance across all three of the PALOMA studies.


Policy is a set of guidelines, which includes ethics, economics and law, among others, agreed upon by the public through the political process. Canada has a liberal democracy, which determines the political process: thus policy is determined by elected politicians. Policies are converted, often poorly, into government programs by civil servants. Most government programs are a direct result of government legislation, which are implemented through the various economic instruments available to governments such as taxes, subsidies and regulations. The impact of government policy is the influence that government programs have on individuals or firms in the nation.
Within the Canadian Constitution both levels of government have responsibility for agricultural policy. Generally speaking the responsibilities are assigned in the Constitution so that provinces are responsible for activities that are confined within the province, with the federal government responsible for national and international issues. At times the responsibilities, such as parts of the farm income safety net, overlap. In this case there is a joint responsibility, and the two governments must work together to develop and deliver the agriculture program. One example of this joint responsibility is the crop insurance program.
To comprehend policy one must first understand what motivates government in creating policies. For example, Why did the Saskatchewan government create legislation to limit the ownership of farmland? Why does the government charge less than the market rate for government-owned land leases? Traditionally, one thinks of the government creating policies for the public good, which are then converted into programs that benefit the public. This fails to explain the many programs which transfer financial benefits to a few, at the expense of the general taxpayer. A superior explanation is that governments create the policies and programs in order to respond to both the public need for intervention and the lobbying influence of special interest groups in society.
Provincial agricultural policy originates with the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization. Examples of agriculture policy include land ownership policy, subsidization of farm income, and technology use policy. The policies may come forward to the government from the general public or from the agricultural industry. When the government develops agricultural programs, it does so in order to support policy objectives which have been agreed to through the political process. One of the major provincial policies is the protection, use, and ownership of farmland.
Two of the most far-reaching farmland policy changes were introduced in the early 1970s. In the first, the New Democratic Party (NDP) government introduced the "Land Bank" as a means to aid the intergenerational transfer of farmland. This policy did aid the intergenerational transfer but had the side effect of a large amount of land being accumulated by the government. When the Progressive Conservative Party came into power in 1982, it abandoned the Land Bank, to which farmers had objected. The second change took place when the Farmland Security Act (FSA) was introduced in 1974 by the NDP, placing limits on who could own Saskatchewan farmland. The FSA restricted non-Saskatchewan residents to owning up to 160 acres, a figure which was later increased to 320 acres; non-Saskatchewan corporations were restricted to 10 acres. This restriction was relaxed in 2003 by a different NDP government, owing to political pressure from farmers.
An early example of a joint farm income program is Canada-Saskatchewan Crop Insurance, which subsidizes the premiums and the administration cost of crop insurance. This was followed by a large number of farm programs aimed at raising farm incomes through direct subsidization of commodity prices, production margins, and farm income programs. Initially, from 1958 to 1989, the cost of the farm income programs was borne by the federal government, with small farmer premiums after 1974. The province started to subsidize crop revenues in 1989 with the introduction of the Net Income Stabilization Account (NISA) and the Gross Revenue Insurance Program (GRIP). With the introduction of these two programs the province was into the business of directly supporting crop farm incomes for the first time.
The province has provided both grain and livestock producers with various forms of price and revenue support. In the 1970s the Saskatchewan government introduced the Beef Stabilization Program. This program had the objective of stabilizing the revenue from cow-calf and fat cattle production. In the 1970s a hog stabilization program was introduced, which provided price support to hog producers. In the 1980s these programs were rolled into national programs known collectively as the National Tripartite Stabilization Program (NTSP). The NTSP programs were funded by federal, provincial and producer contributions. They were discontinued in the early 1990s due to countervailing actions by the United States government.
The creation of farm policy and the development of supporting programs are an ongoing process. In the future the most important question will concern the role that government sees for itself in supporting farm income through subsidization.
Schmitz, A., H. Furtan and K. Baylis. 2002. Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.


JeeQ Data is the first cloud-based online service that enables users to track product sales from major online retailers like Amazon.com, Walmart.com, BestBuy.com, Homedepot.com, Macys.com etc. With patented(pending) technology and process method, our goal is to help consumers, investors, manufacturers, wholesalers, suppliers, retailers, and sales and marketing researchers obtain and analyze sales data about their products, their competitor's products, and selected business categories with up-to-date data and at a low cost.
JeeQ Data LLC was founded by former Microsoft and Amazon.com employees. We bring many years' experience in internet search, online shopping, data analysis, and online business development. In addition, we have extensive experience in the specialty areas of product authentication, categorization, and product relevance ranking analysis. At JeeQ Data we strive to provide a dependable world-class data service that enables our customers to make proper sales, marketing, manufacturing or investment decisions and assists them in optimally positioning their products or other shopping/investment activities.
Allow user-defined product categories to enable tracking custom product and sales information.
Track sales rank and price information for individual products on Amazon.com and BestBuy.com, and provide comparative data among user selected products.
Provide fresh data every day. Usually in the early AM hours.
For more information about our services, please refer to Service page or Help/FAQ page.


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title: Create a Bootstrap Button
challengeType: 0
forumTopicId: 16811
localeTitle: Создать кнопку загрузки
---

## Description

У Bootstrap есть свои стили для элементов button , которые выглядят намного лучше, чем простые HTML-версии. Создайте новый элемент button под фотографией большого котенка. Дайте ему btn и btn-default , а также текст «Like».

## Instructions

## Tests

```yml
tests:
  - text: Create a new <code>button</code> element with the text "Like".
    testString: assert(new RegExp("like","gi").test($("button").text()) && ($("img.img-responsive + button.btn").length > 0));
  - text: 'Your new button should have two classes: <code>btn</code> and <code>btn-default</code>.'
    testString: assert($("button").hasClass("btn") && $("button").hasClass("btn-default"));
  - text: Make sure all your <code>button</code> elements have a closing tag.
    testString: assert(code.match(/<\/button>/g) && code.match(/<button/g) && code.match(/<\/button>/g).length === code.match(/<button/g).length);

```

## Challenge Seed

```html
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lobster" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<style>
  .red-text {
    color: red;
  }

  h2 {
    font-family: Lobster, Monospace;
  }

  p {
    font-size: 16px;
    font-family: Monospace;
  }

  .thick-green-border {
    border-color: green;
    border-width: 10px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-radius: 50%;
  }

  .smaller-image {
    width: 100px;
  }
</style>

<div class="container-fluid">
  <h2 class="red-text text-center">CatPhotoApp</h2>

  <p>Click here for <a href="#">cat photos</a>.</p>

  <a href="#"><img class="smaller-image thick-green-border" src="https://bit.ly/fcc-relaxing-cat" alt="A cute orange cat lying on its back."></a>

  <img src="https://bit.ly/fcc-running-cats" class="img-responsive" alt="Three kittens running towards the camera.">

  <p>Things cats love:</p>
  <ul>
    <li>cat nip</li>
    <li>laser pointers</li>
    <li>lasagna</li>
  </ul>
  <p>Top 3 things cats hate:</p>
  <ol>
    <li>flea treatment</li>
    <li>thunder</li>
    <li>other cats</li>
  </ol>
  <form action="/submit-cat-photo">
    <label><input type="radio" name="indoor-outdoor"> Indoor</label>
    <label><input type="radio" name="indoor-outdoor"> Outdoor</label>
    <label><input type="checkbox" name="personality"> Loving</label>
    <label><input type="checkbox" name="personality"> Lazy</label>
    <label><input type="checkbox" name="personality"> Crazy</label>
    <input type="text" placeholder="cat photo URL" required>
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
  </form>
</div>

```

## Solution

```html
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lobster" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<style>
  .red-text {
    color: red;
  }

  h2 {
    font-family: Lobster, Monospace;
  }

  p {
    font-size: 16px;
    font-family: Monospace;
  }

  .thick-green-border {
    border-color: green;
    border-width: 10px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-radius: 50%;
  }

  .smaller-image {
    width: 100px;
  }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container-fluid">
  <h2 class="red-text text-center">CatPhotoApp</h2>

  <p>Click here for <a href="#">cat photos</a>.</p>

  <a href="#"><img class="smaller-image thick-green-border" src="https://bit.ly/fcc-relaxing-cat" alt="A cute orange cat lying on its back."></a>

  <img src="https://bit.ly/fcc-running-cats" class="img-responsive" alt="Three kittens running towards the camera.">

   <!-- ADD Bootstrap Styled Button -->
  <button class="btn btn-default">Like</button>

  <p>Things cats love:</p>
  <ul>
    <li>cat nip</li>
    <li>laser pointers</li>
    <li>lasagna</li>
  </ul>
  <p>Top 3 things cats hate:</p>
  <ol>
    <li>flea treatment</li>
    <li>thunder</li>
    <li>other cats</li>
  </ol>
  <form action="/submit-cat-photo">
    <label><input type="radio" name="indoor-outdoor"> Indoor</label>
    <label><input type="radio" name="indoor-outdoor"> Outdoor</label>
    <label><input type="checkbox" name="personality"> Loving</label>
    <label><input type="checkbox" name="personality"> Lazy</label>
    <label><input type="checkbox" name="personality"> Crazy</label>
    <input type="text" placeholder="cat photo URL" required>
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
  </form>
</div>
</html>
```


Taking a few minutes to answer the "yes" or "no" questions in this check-up can be a great way to kick-off a conversation with your insurance professional about making sure your coverage levels are right for your business today. You might find that you need to increase or add to some of the coverage you carry –in some cases, you may even pinpoint some savings. Click here to launch the Check-up tool, and be sure to give us a call if you have any questions.


By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. In this, his first novel, William Golding gave the traditional adventure story an ironic, devastating twist.
The boys' delicate sense of order fades, and their childish fears are transformed into something deeper and more primitive.
Their games take on a horrible significance, and before long the well-behaved party of schoolboys has turned into a tribe of faceless, murderous savages. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is now recognized as a classic, one of the most celebrated of all modern novels.


Our friend Cindy Dudas is running a Sandy Treasures Art Auction to benefit Waves For Water! They are accepting artwork until March 15 and the only guideline is that your piece(s) include a shore theme. You can read more about it on their Waves For Water Fundraiser Page and/or check out the Registration Form.
Thank you SO much for sharing. Up until now, my friends Jess & Kate and I have been running the Hurricane Sandy Support Page- South Jersey on Facebook to help connect people who need help with those who could give it… but we felt the need to do more. It is because of you that we are running this fundraiser. You guys at Jetty are such an inspiration. When we saw that you were working with Waves for Water, we knew immediately that they were the right operation to help fund. Thank you for doing all that you do to help get things back to normal around here.
We have a lot of beautiful artwork coming in from all different genres of the craft. We will start auctioning on April 1st, so be ready to bid on some GREAT stuff for an even GREATER cause!


A new food-focused event from the lovely ladies at Urban Craft Uprising. Meet local chefs, shop artisan producers and put together the perfect Northwest foodie gift basket for the holidays.
At Bell Harbor on the Seattle waterfront, one day only!


Jing Liao is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) since Sep 2018. Prior to that, she was a Researcher at Visual Computing Group, Microsoft Research Asia from 2015 to 2018. She received the B.Eng. degree from HuaZhong University of Science and Technology and dual Ph.D. degrees from Zhejiang University and Hong Kong UST. Her primary research interests fall in the fields of Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Image/Video Processing, Digital Art and Computational Photography.


I consider myself a very lucky person and I pinch myself everyday that this is my life because I get to meet some pretty awesome people and Tricia and Adam are two of them. Their wedding day has to be one of my favourite. They started their day with a first look Tricia revealing herself in her beautiful wedding gown to Adam in a field at his lovely family home in Hastings, Ontario. Adam's reaction to seeing Tricia was priceless and completely evident of his adoration and love for her. Their ceremony was held on the Barry's front yard under an old tree that acted as their alter. Guests sat on bails of hay and watched the couple as they spoke of their love and affection for one another. The reception was held in the Barry barn one that only a few months before was not ready to hold such an occasion, but with all the help from family and friends became a place for their dinner and dance. Speeches from family and loved ones were beautiful and love-filled there wasn't one guest without a smile on their face. Under the sunset and many many sparkles held by their guests Tricia and Adam shared their first dance kick starting their epic dance. The Barry farm not only became a stunning back drop for photos of the bridal party, the couples portraits and their gorgeous wedding, but is one of the most important places to Tricia and Adam as it is where they love to spend all their free time together and now it will forever be a place where they created wonderful memories together and a place to create many many more. Such an amazing day! Thank you Thank you for having me be a part of it!
Thank you so much to Jen from Jennifer Rudy Photography for second photographing Tricia and Adam's Wedding Day!


Combine frozen broccoli and cauliflower.
Place frozen vegetables in solid steamtable pans.
Steam for 2 - 4 minutes.
Add frozen vegetables and cook for 12 - 15 minutes.
In mixing bowl, combine cheese sauce and hot water to achieve a pouring consistency.
Pour approximately 1 quart of cheese sauce over each pan of cooked vegetables.
Serve immediately or cover with plastic wrap and place in warmer until ready for service.
Portion with a 4 ounce spoodle or #8 scoop per serving. Each portion provides 1/4 cup serving of dark green vegetables and 1/4 cup serving of other vegetable.
Use commodity products when available.
Batch cook: Prepare only what can be served in a 30 minute period to maintain maximum quality.
"Culinary Techniques for Healthy School Meals: Preparing Vegetables" provides excellent seasoning and serving ideas for vegetables.


Easton Stealth CX Stick now available for pre-order!
The Easton Stealth series has been revitalized and soon hockey players will be able to get their hands on the new Easton Stealth CX stick.
The Easton Stealth CX stick, being released on June 19th, marks the first Stealth product release in a few years. Easton had previously dropped the Stealth name, and Synergy as well, in favor of the Velocity and Mako lines, respectively.
Easton is no stranger to producing high performing sticks. However, the catch is that Easton sticks also seem to be some of the least durable on the market.
With a new Stealth stick coming back, perhaps Easton has finally found the key to improving durability on their composite sticks. Let's dive in and see what this stick has to offer.
Starting in the blade, the Easton Stealth CX stick will offer the new Exo-Rim blade design. It consists of a more rigid outer frame which will connect to a stiff center beam. The two working together will help to provide pin-point accuracy when shooting. The outer frame will also help to improve durability by preventing chips and cracks from happening. This has been a common problem in the past with Easton sticks, so hopefully this new blade will resolve that problem. The Easton Stealth CX stick will also feature Easton's HyperToe technology, providing a stiffer toe in order to enhance accuracy and shot speed.
Easton has also upgraded the shaft on the new Stealth CX stick. IT will feature an XTX Resin Matrix as well as an EC100 carbon combine to help offer incredible balance, durability, responsiveness, and pop. Their new HyperLite design also improves consistency while minimizing overall weight of the stick.
It looks like Easton is so confident in their new technology, that they are willing to offer a limited time improved warranty. If you buy the new Easton Stealth CX stick now through July 19th, 2015, from our friends at Ice and Inline Warehouse, you will receive an extended 60 day warranty on your new stick! That's a pretty great deal!
If you're looking to pick up a new Stealth CX stick, you can grab one now from Ice and Inline Warehouse for $269.99!
yes, it does feature an elliptical profile. You can see max domi using the stick at the world juniors.
Apparently this stick was designed for Kessel. If this sticks specs are that it's a TRUE one piece stick where the hose is reinforced compared to most other OPS. This should be a very interesting stick.
I like the looks of it. I hope this lives up to the HOPE! Bring back the Kevlar wrap and quality materials that made Easton what it was in the earlier years. I only ask that you bring back some of the older curves as well. E1, E6, E13.
just picked this stick up and it works great and feels flawless. right out of the gate it feels much sturdier than other Easton's I've used in the past so I hope this one lasts. also gold is in the standard CX as well as blue red and silver.
Says that there will be an ST model. Any idea what the diff. will be?
Has Easton fixed their durability issues with this stick? I had an Easton S15 and loves it and it lasted me four years then I went and bought a V9E and the blade was chipped halfway through after two uses. After reading reviews, a bunch of others had the exact same problem. I'm hoping Easton fixes this as it has apparently been a problem on the Stealth RS and the Mako sticks also. I've left Easton and gone to Warrior but if Easton can fix this then I might consider switching back.
I love eastons ive had every top of the line one they make. This stick should be fast and light. It looks sick and cant wait for it to come out.
I know that the Easton V9, not the V9E, was a very durably stick. I used it for a full year where I played 5 times a week. I actually needed to get a new stick because it got short on me before it broke and I play High School.
I was also wondering about the stick blade patterns if they would change, keep them or add to the different ones because I am a fan of the new e36.
I hope it has a low kick point for that quick release and they bring back the E3 blade with the dual-lie. I had it on my EQ50 and fell in love with it.
This will have a very low kickpoint and yes both the E3 and E36 will be available to this stick. From what I have learned this is going to be a sick stick. I too only hope the blade durability is better.
Does anyone know where these are made?


Fabric from Talkeetna, Alaska brought to you by traveler Erica Stacy.
"Native art in Alaska often features animals—bear, whale, fish, eagles, ravens—who are and were central to the livelihood of the indigenous people. These images are often carved into wood, seal tusks, moose antlers, and other items. They are also drawn or painted on hides, that are used to make musical instruments, clothing, blankets, etc.
Very large carvings featuring such images exist in various locations around Alaska. Some are totem poles that illustrate important family or cultural stories. Totem poles often served as an illustration of the crest of a particular group or family, identifying the lineage of individual members, as well as the history or story of the group. Typically, the pole's meaning can only be understood if one knows the purpose or occasion for which it was created as well as the stories associated with it. These were passed down orally from generation to generation. Many totem poles are crafted from cedar, which is rot-resistant. Totem poles originated in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast Alaska, specifically associated with the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples.. Historically, the poles were not fully painted.
Erica Stacy: When Stacy was in the fourth grade, her elementary school teacher assigned a research project to the class. Each student was expected to learn about one state and she was assigned Alaska. That elementary school assignment sparked a dream to one day visit the state, known for its extremes in weather, geography, and wildlife. Fast forward forty years. A church mission team of 19 youth, young adults, and adult chaperones went to Willow, Alaska. They stayed in local homes, painted a church, built a shed for a firewood ministry, and immersed themselves in Alaskan culture. The trip was a dream come true and it was 'Al' she could 'aska' for!


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Monogatari and the Absence of Actuality
Posted on January 27, 2018 March 7, 2018 by aci_J
It was the summer of 2017, the summer before I moved to Japan to begin my year abroad.
After years of waiting and procrastination, I'd finally begun to watch the Monogatari series. I was sure that it'd love it. After all, I'd finished Medaka Box not too long before, which had quickly become one of my favourite manga, if not one of my favourite series of all time.
Somewhat predictably, I fell in love with it. It only took me two days to finish all of Bakemonogatari, and then I moved through the other series at a similar brisk pace. As someone who struggles to marathon things since I find it difficult to focus my attention on one particular thing at a time, given that there are so many things I want to experience, this was very out of the ordinary. And that could only mean one thing. I really, really liked Monogatari.
Owarimonogatari (Ge) – Hitagi Rendezvous
Thus, once I moved to Japan I was in the middle of a state of Monogatari fever. Everything revolved around the series. I thought about the story, the characters, the themes, and tried to relate them to my new life in a strange new country. Mostly, I succeeded. I was able to see the relevance of the stories of Hanekawa, of Araragi, and of Hachikuji, among others, in my own life. But the one thing I couldn't relate to my own new surroundings was the surroundings of the show itself.
Despite moving to the country in which the series is supposedly set, I couldn't put my finger on exactly what part of Japan Monogatari's nameless metropolis was supposed to resemble. It definitely wasn't Fuchu. Almost definitely not Shibuya, Shinjuku, or Harajuku. Even after making the trip all the way out to Chiba, I still wasn't able to see the resemblance.
But that got me thinking. Isn't that on purpose? Why would Shaft and Shinbou, a studio and director I both respect greatly, make this design choice? What meaning could it possibly have?
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika's psychological labyrinth
I began my journey by looking back to the past. Or, more specifically, back to past Shaft shows I had watched. Granted, this wasn't many at the time – Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, which I dropped an episode in back in 2012; Koufuku Graffiti, which I actually managed to make the whole way through; and Madoka Magica, which I also dropped about 4 episodes in a long time ago, and had no desire to give another go given my long-standing gripes with Gen Urobuchi's writing.
Even so, I had seen enough of Madoka to get an idea of the design choices that Shinbou had made during his time on the show. His modern landscapes were similar to the landscapes he had chosen to accompany Bakemonogatari 2 years before – flat, never-ending and uniform. Yet, this was in direct contrast to the type of landscape he employed in the mahou shoujo world – twisting, horrific ones which curled and distorted to create a literal labyrinth of mental anguish that the characters found themselves in. Clearly, this was a conscious design choice to highlight not only the difference in locality, but also to serve the show's general purpose of subversion of mahou shoujo tropes through contrast.
If we compare Monogatari to Madoka, we can see that Shinbou utilized a lot of the same ideas. Monogatari's nameless metropolis bears a striking resemblance to Madoka's locale, with it's modernist architecture; repeating patterns of bicycles, buildings and fences; and lack of green spaces. However, Shinbou did not simply utilize the same idea out of laziness or complacency – the locale of Monogatari serves a very specific purpose, setting it apart from Madoka.
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magic's metropolis
Isin's main thesis in Monogatari is to deconstruct the idea of a harem protagonist, just like he set out to deconstruct the shounen protagonist in Medaka Box. Araragi's deliberate characterization as a self-centered, perverted everyman ultimately leads us to question what exactly attracts all of his harem to him from the outset – immediately putting the character and archetype of Araragi under the looking glass.
To reflect this egotism, Shinbou imbues the stark metropolis with Araragi's own excitable temperament to transform it into something engaging and exciting. He races through the city on his bike, flying past skyscrapers and houses with an energy unbefitting of the uniform, monotone locale. We confront antagonists on the top of skyscrapers, with the wind howling. It is in an abandoned, crumbling cram school that he meets with Meme. As viewers, we understand that the metropolitan locale is not that exciting – especially Japanese viewers, the majority of which experience such a locale every day. Yet, Araragi's willpower and confidence as a protagonist elevate the locale to a level beyond which it should normally reach.
Even so, this willpower and confidence is not something that the series idolizes or commends. Rather, the series' thesis is to show the true nature of such a typical harem protagonist. Viewing this metropolis as his playground, Araragi's willpower is imbued with a sense of savagery and chauvinism. His bedroom contains a rope swing and banana shaped cushion – imbuing that locale too with the feeling of an animal's cage. Furthermore, many of his encounters occur in the park where he played as a child, from the start of his relationship with Senjougahara in Bakemonogatari to his final briefing from Gaen before he goes to face himself in Owarimonogatari. Through these design choices, we as viewers begin to see Araragi's willpower and energy as something less positive and as something more negative, thus allowing us to connect with Isin's initial theses.
Hanamonogatari – Zoo-like objects in Araragi's room (right)
But the series' critique does not stop just at Araragi himself. Frequently, it's critique addresses the audience, and puts our own actions into question.
This begins with the zoo aesthetic of Araragi's room. As mentioned, it provides an animalistic and savage tone to Araragi's hyper-sexual, hyper-masculine behavior. Immediately, this puts Araragi's behaviour in a questionable, rather than a natural light. We begin to ask if Araragi's behaviour is justified, and most likely come to the conclusion of no – making his sexual behaviour towards Hachikuji and Ononoki; his seemingly-too-blatant ignorance of Nadeko's infatuation with him; his objectification of Hanekawa; and his constant undermining of his relationship with Senjougahara because of all this increasingly hard to swallow.
As the viewer, we are forced to reconcile Araragi's action with our own enjoyment of the series. Is it acceptable for us to be invested in such a irreprehensible character? Are we allowed to care about his development? Most importantly, are we a guilty party in witnessing all of this happen? These questions come to a head in the second season, where the girls ultimately realize Araragi's flaws and go off in their own direction, leaving Araragi alone for his final confronation with himself in Owarimonogatari. This central question and critique is underscored by the aesthetic and Shinbou's design choices in the locale, making it absolutely essential in the formation of the series as a modern classic.
Owarimonogatari (Ge) – Mayoi Hell
A further conflict is generated in the clash between locale and story. Despite the modern setting, the story revolves around the legends and folklore of old. Rather than this simply being a way to make the story more relatable, this aesthetic ties directly into more of Isin's theses.
The metropolis and the folklore playing out within it, through the stories of Senjougahara's Crab, Hanekawa's Cat or Hachikuji's Snail, are aesthetically counterpoised yet conducive because of that very fact. On a superficial level, the dialectical relationship between these two elements of the story draws attention to the majesty of the folklore when compared to the uniform nature of the metropolis. The sight of Hanekawa's Tiger emerging from a field in Monogatari Second Season instead of on the freeway would not be as visually striking, neither would the fateful meeting between Araragi and Kiss-shot if it had not been set in that bright, almost sterile subway station.
Monogatari Series: Second Season – Hanekawa meets Kako
Furthermore, Isin's critique of the metropolis emerges through his usage of folklore, specifically Japanese folklore, more concretely than if he had chosen western fairy tales, for instance. Folklore occupies a special place in culture, partly because of it's universal nature but also because of it's elevation to a sacred status, in that folklore stories are almost always taught to children from a young age, alongside religious ideals. By choosing such an elevated source from which to pull his antagonists from, Isin increases the universality of his message but also makes his critique more pertinent, because of their elevated status within culture. After all, if humanity has lost sight of the imagination of even folklore within the concrete jungle, then perhaps imagination truly has been lost.
The uniform nature of Shinbou's metropolis further highlights the destruction of the imagination within the metropolis. Araragi begins the series depressed, cynical and dismissive; yet has grown immensely by the time the series "ends" with Owarimonogatari, cognitive of his own flaws as well as his own destructive behavior towards others. This is mainly due to his exposure to folklore, which acts as a metaphor for imagination and wonder. All of this is set to the background of skyscrapers, houses and other concrete behemoths, looming over our characters who are becoming cognisant of the world beyond their concrete cage. At any point, they threaten to snap their jaws shut and end our characters' journeys, as the fates of Nadeko and Hachikuji demonstrate.
Owarimonogatari (Ge) – A better Araragi
Isin also draws on another body of work to underpin his narrative, that of the works of Freud and Nietzsche pertaining to the subconscious. They believed that the conscious mind operated within the sea of the subconsciousness, with changes in that ocean being reflected with changes in the conscious mind and vice versa. Characters such as Hanekawa present the power of the subconscious, since her encounter with the Sawarineko and Kako are fuelled by her own repression of her subconscious needs. Furthermore, Araragi's final confrontation with himself in Owarimonogatari also happens as a result of his own suppression of his subconscious.
Shinbou reinforces and amplifies this through his choice in locale. The concrete metropolis takes the place of the body, as it houses the characters and the stories which take place within it. The oddities, therefore, represent the subconscious mind and the unknown elements which affect the conscious mind. Moreover, the contrast in visual design between the oddities and the metropolis highlight the conflict between the conscious and subconscious mind. The body or conscious mind is presented as a city, or moreover as a landscape we are familiar with, because we are familiar with the workings of the conscious mind in turn, and also because of the solid nature that the uniform impression of Monogatari's metropolis gives off, relating to the solid nature of the human body. In contrast, the subconscious mind is represented through the oddities with bold, bright colour palettes as well as inventive character designs, acting as individual agents within the larger body politic.
Owarimonogatari (Ge) – Freudian spectre enclosed by the metropolis
To raise one last point, it is important to recognise the conscious choice on both Isin and Shinbou's part to leave the actual setting of the story ambiguous and nameless. This is a point I was only able to recognise by moving to Japan, since as I mentioned, I was actively searching for the Monogatari metropolis, both for curiosity's sake and in the hope I could write an interesting post about it. I found glimpses of it in Chiba and Tachikawa, but in the end it was a fruitless endeavour, since a key part of Monogatari's meaning comes from it's nameless metropolis.
By naming it's setting as Tokyo, or a city within it such as Saitama or Chiba, Isin would immediately reduce the series' universality. Not only would audiences outside of Tokyo be alienated from the locale, but internationally the series would become harder to relate to, since if Isin had chosen to specify the locale, then he would have had to also specify certain parts of the world to reinforce the locale – such as the public transport, types of shops and dialect. Obviously the setting is Japan, but it is ambigious enough for international viewers to project their own locale onto it.
Moreover, precisely because of it's ambiguous nature Monogatari's metropolis becomes a trope within itself, existing simply because it does, without much actual substance, never developed or specified. This ties into Isin's criticism of harem tropes and archetypes, which he subverts and ultimately rejects in exploring the many characters of Monogatari, since the metropolis is as vacant as many of the medium's current archetypes. But more concretely, this means that the metropolis can become a character within in the story, free of any prior conceptions that a viewer may form if they knew it was Tokyo or Tachikawa. Shinbou further elevates this by transforming the metropolis into a character, thus allowing it to reinforce and interact with many of Isin's theses in the ways previously explored.
But Monogatari being a Shaft work, there is, as always, an element of self-criticism and satire. Monogatari, along with Madoka, cemented the studio's meme status within the anime community, with the famous Shaft neck tilt becoming a famous example of this. From this comes the over-the-top cinematography and framing that Shaft and Monogatari has become famous for. No doubt this started as an earnest stylistic choice on Shinbou's part, but as time went on, it would be strange to think that even Shinbou himself would not be affected by this reputation. Thus, Monogatari's presentation becomes self-aware and over-the-top to the point of self-criticism over time. Particularly vivid in my mind is Owarimonogatari's pre-final boss fight pep talk from Gaen, which was punctuated with so much over-the-top shot composition and character animation that it was difficult for me not to come to the opinion that both Shaft and Shinbou had become aware of their own flaws and meme status.
I can only hope that this cognitive attitude allows both studio and director to grow in the future, and continue to produce for us brilliant pieces of media that will almost definitely stand the test of time. As for Monogatari, it must be recognised that Shinbou's directorial choices as to how to represent the world of the series are directly related to the excellence of the show, since they help communicate Isin's theses in the ways explained.
Owarimonogatari (Ge) – Ougi Dark
Thus, although I wasn't able to find the Monogatari city in my own surroundings, this wasn't such a big deal. It was because of this that I was able to understand the meaning of Monogatari's metropolis, and how it had subtly helped to portray the theses of the series. It's not like I'm not disappointed I'll never be able to take cosplay photos in the authentic Monogatari locale while I'm here, but I'd take narrative weight above that any day.
I'm back after a month – did you miss me? I'll be posting pretty regularly from here on out, so look forward to that. I also made a new Twitter. Plus, if you're wondering why I used so many Owarimonogatari (Ge) images in this post, it's because they were the only ones I had on this laptop I brought with me to Japan. All other images were taken from when I livetweeted them, or from this kickass album of Madoka backgrounds.
Posted in 2018, Anime, MonogatariTagged Anime, Monogatari, nisio isin, shaft
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