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Scored To Death: The Podcast
Scored to Death
Scored to Death: The Podcast is the official companion podcast to the books, Scored to Death: Conversations with Some of Horror's Greatest Composers & Scored to Death 2: More Conversations with Some of Horror's Greatest Composers, and is an ongoing exploration into the world of horror film music and the people who create it -- Featuring new and exclusive in-depth interviews with the genre's greatest composers as well as informative audio documentaries and more. Twitter & Instagram: @scoredtodeath
Composer Panel from the Salem Horror Fest 2020
Originally recorded as a virtual panel for 2020's Salem Horror Fest, this very special episode finds Scored to Death author & host, J. Blake Fichera, discussing the craft of making music for horror films, with an all-star lineup of amazing film music talent—including composers Richard Band, Joseph Bishara, Holly Amber Church, Charlie Clouser, and Harry Manfredini. This dream-team of composers were responsible for the music for such horror classics as Saw, Re-Animator, Friday the 13th, Insidious, The Conjuring, Annabelle, House, From Beyond, Castle Freak, The House on Sorority Row, Dead Silence, Puppet Master, Dark Light, Open 24 Hours, and much much more,
Jim Lang Interview
On this episode, composer Jim Lang sits in for a detailed interview and discusses his life in music, and his collaborative relationship with director/composer John Carpenter on the scores for Body Bags (1993), and In the Mouth of madness (1994).
Ted Nugent Interview
This week the Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent, sits down for an in-depth discussion about his creative process and his experience working with film-music-great Bill Conti, on John McTiernan's 1986 horror debut Nomads.
Bill Conti Interview
This week the great Bill Conti sits in for a detailed interview and discusses his life in music and his amazing scores for Rocky, The Karate Kid, Nomads, The Thomas Crown Affair, Masters of the Universe and much much more!
John Massari Interview
Killer Knowns From Outer Space composer, John Massari sits in for part 1 of this fascinating and educational installment of Scored to Death: The Podcast. He reveals personal insights into his craft, as well as trade-secrets, and lessons learned from his esteemed mentors--the great Jerry Fielding and David Rose. He also relays a story about how advice from his mother led to a job working with one of the 20th century's greatest literary minds, on The Ray Bradbury Theater. For Part 2 of this interview, check out the book SCORED TO DEATH 2: MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF HORROR'S GREATEST COMPOSERS
Barry De Vorzon Interview - Part 2
This week is part 2 of an in-depth conversation with a talented songwriter, music producer & composer, whose amazing career dates back to the 1950s. In this episode, the great Barry De Vorzon discusses his work on such cult classics as The Warriors, Night of the Creeps, The Exorcist III and much much more!
In this episode, the great Barry De Vorzon discusses his early careers in the music, film and TV industries and reveals fascinating stories behind some of TV's greatest themes [including the theme for SWAT and "Nadia's Theme" from The Young and the Restless]; his work with James Brown and Larry Cohen on the soundtrack for Black Caesar, and what it was like working with first time filmmakers John Milius and Walter Hill
Alan Howarth Halloween Special - Part 2
Alan Howarth returns for part 2 of our 40th Anniversary celebration of the Halloween film series. Alan and Blake continue their conversation about Alan and John Carpenter's collaborative relationship, with a discussion about the score for Big Trouble in Little China and the Coupe de Ville's recording sessions. Then Alan dives deep into the creation of his scores for Halloween 4: The Return of Michale Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
It is October! And this week Blake is celebrating the 40th Anniversary of John Carpenter's monumental film Halloween with an in-depth discussion with former Carpenter collaborator Alan Howarth about his contributions to the iconic Halloween film franchise. In part 1, Alan and Blake dive deep into the scores for Halloween II and Halloween III: Season of the Witch...and much much more!
Christopher L. Stone Interview - Part 2
This week Blake continues his conversation with the fascinating composer, electronic orchestrator and synth innovator Christopher L. Stone. They talk more about the Phantasm series and the differences between visceral and methodical composers. They also chat about Chris' work on Disney's TaleSpin, his work with John Landis, composing for horror and much much more!!!
This week Blake talks with composer, electronic orchestrator and synth innovator Christopher L. Stone. They discuss Chris' collaborations with fellow composers Richard Band & Fred Myrow, on such beloved cult film scores as TerrorVision, From Beyond, Prison and the Phantasm series. They also chat about his electronic sound contributions to the films Big Wednesday and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as well as the original Battlestar Galactica and Knightrider television series.
Rob [a.k.a. Robin Coudert] Interview
This week's episode is part 1 of a detailed discussion with the French composer who professionally goes by the name Rob. He burst on to the horror film music scene, with a fantastic early example of retro-synthwave scoring, the 2012 Franck Khalfoun & Alexandre Aja remake of Maniac and he has since scored Horns, Planetarium, Amityville: The Awakening, Revenge and Alexandre Aja's Virtual Reality horror experience Campfire Creepers. For Part 2 of this interview, check out the book SCORED TO DEATH 2: MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF HORROR'S GREATEST COMPOSERS
John Harrison Interview
This week, Blake's detailed interview with writer/director/composer John Harrison continues, as the two explore Harrison's career as a screenwriter and director. He provides valuable tips for all filmmakers and writer, reveals useful lessons learned from his years with George A. Romero and much much more. Film Scores Discussed: Book of Blood (2009) Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003) Tales from the Crypt: The Movie (1990) For Part 1 of this interview, check out the book SCORED TO DEATH 2: MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF HORROR'S GREATEST COMPOSERS
Craig Safan Interview
This week Blake chats with composer Craig Safan--a man that has scored some of the films he holds near & dear to his heart--about his musical background, being mentored by Elmer Bernstein, his process, Bernard Herrmann, working with director Michael Mann & much much more. Film Scores Discussed: Fade to Black (1980) The Last Starfighter (1984) Cheers (1982-1993) Stand and Deliver (1988) Thief (1981). For Part 2 of this interview, check out the book SCORED TO DEATH 2: MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF HORROR'S GREATEST COMPOSERS
Wojciech Golczewski Interview - Part 2
In this episode, Blake concludes his in-depth chat with composer Wojciech Golczewski. The two discuss Wojciech's film scoring career, his writing process, his non-soundtrack albums, the fear of unintentional plagiarism and much more. Film Scores & Albums Discussed: Dark Souls (2011) Beyond the Gates (2016) Tonight She Comes (2017) Reality Check (2016) The Signal (2017)
In this episode, Blake chats at length with composer Wojciech Golczewski about his musical beginnings in Europe's 'Demoscene,' his method of finding film work early in his career, collaborating with directors and much more. Film Scores Discussed: Late Phases (2014) We Are Still Here (2015) Mohawk (2017)
Joseph LoDuca Interview
In this episode, the in-depth interview with composer Joseph LoDuca continues, with a deeper dive into his film scoring career, as well as discussions about Ash vs. Evil Dead, the differences and similarities between scoring horror and comedy, film scoring and jazz and much much more! Film Scores Discussed: Ash vs. Evil Dead (2015) Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) Burying the Ex (2014) Curse of Chucky (2013) Cult of Chucky (2017) Patagonia (2010) For Part 1 of this interview, check out the book SCORED TO DEATH 2: MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF HORROR'S GREATEST COMPOSERS
Cody Carpenter Interview
In this episode, Blake chats with composer, songwriter & musician Cody Carpenter about his new album Interdependence, his love for composer Vince DiCola, what it's like creating music & touring with his iconic father--John Carpenter--and much, much more. Film Scores & Albums Discussed: Cigarette Burns (2005) Pro-Life (2006) Vampires (1998) Christine (1983) Lost Themes (2015) Lost Themes II (2016) Alternate Universe (2017) Cody Carpenter's Interdependence (2018)
Richard Band Interview
For this debut episode, Blake chats with composer Richard Band about his musical background, artistic process & work. Film Scores Discussed: Laserblast (1978) Troll (1986) Prison (1988) The House on Sorority Row (1983) Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn 3D (1983) Ghostwarrior (1986) For Part 2 of this interview, check out the book SCORED TO DEATH 2: MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF HORROR'S GREATEST COMPOSERS


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Podcast: Business Financing 101 for Independent Financial Advisors and RIAs
Scott Wetzel, CEO of SkyView Partners continues his conversation with Mike Langford. In this episode, Scott explains the importance of access to traditional commercial loans for today's independent financial advisors and RIA firms. These loans allow advisors greater flexibility and buying power for M&A transactions and they open up a whole range of new options for growing and transitioning a business that were previously enjoyed by very few advisors.
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Welcome to the Advisor Financing Forum, a weekly podcast presented by SkyView Partners. My name is Mike Langford, and as promised, Scott Wetzel, the CEO of SkyView, is with me again for a little business financing 101 session for independent financial advisors and RIAs. As Scott explained in last episode, commercial lending for financial advisory businesses is a relatively new phenomenon, and the team at SkyView Partners, along with their network of community banks, are charting new territory with their focus on serving the wealth management industry. In this episode, Scott and I dive in a little deeper on the ins and outs of the most common use cases for the commercial loans available through SkyView. We also take a little time to explain the differences between these commercial loans and SBA loans and seller financing for M&A transactions, and of course, Scott offers some guidance on how you can prepare to apply for funding through SkyView.
Before we get started, the protests that I mentioned in the previous episode were still going on during the recording of this episode. You can hear the faint sound of sirens in the background at one point. It's an important reminder that there are some challenges facing our industry at the moment and there'll be others to come in the future for sure, but just as you are there for your clients regardless of what the world throws at them, so too is the team at SkyView Partners for you and your business. If you have questions for Scott or the team, or if you have some suggestions for topics or questions for the show, please feel free to reach out to podcasts@skyview.com or find us on your favorite social media platform. I'd be glad to hear from you. Please make sure you like and subscribe to the podcast. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher. That way you can make sure you never miss an episode. Okay. Without further ado, let's jump into financing 101 with Scott Wetzel.
Hey, Scott. Welcome back, sir. It's great to have you again. Last episode you and I introduce the world to SkyView and it was a really vibrant conversation. We covered a lot of ground from the founding of the firm and to how the firm is structured and delivering lending solutions to advisors, but in this episode, I thought we might want to go a step removed even from SkyView in general and talk more about financing 101. Now many advisors, at least in my experience, are unaware that they actually can borrow money through a commercial lending process for their advisory business. So maybe we start there. What's the history for this wealth management space and conventional financing? How did we get here and what was there before?
Well we've got very limited history of banks and conventional lenders extending credit to independent and registered investment advisors because of what we've run into quite frequently over the last three years as we've presented more bank board of directors than I care to count and been thrown out of 90 plus percent of them, even though I think we've really substantiated what we're doing ... and that percentage is going down. That's good news, but banks weren't interested in funding these practices because bankers to this day still prefer businesses that have tangible assets, and as we've explained to the banking community, that the wealth management practices have a tremendous amount of value and there's a significant number of buyers for every seller, and we felt very comfortable with the asset itself. It's not tangible, and at the end of the day, we'd walk into a meeting and our gauge of how things went is they were looking for silos or tractors, and if we can convince [inaudible 00:04:02] to just build a silo and have a tractor, we would have had financing a long time ago, because then banks have something to repossess, right? They like that tangible collateral, and clearly with a wealth management practice has tremendous enterprise value, but no need for fixed assets, which is a great thing.
Yeah, it is interesting to think about that, that when you look at an advisory business, almost all of them now are fee-based and they have such a high amount of recurring revenue with very low volatility in that recurring revenue, unless they're doing something dramatically wrong. If they've been running that business for 10, 20 years, you can see the stability in that business. So to me, it would be an attractive business to lend to.
Well, for everyone within the wealth management industry, it makes a ton of sense, because we all understand the changes that have occurred in the department of labor, as an uncomfortable of a time period as that was, and really and forcing the hand of many advisors to do a more fee-based occurring revenue stream, it did provide for a recurring revenue that is easier to underwrite and actually able to underwrite, versus the transactional nature of the advisors, let's say in the '80s, that ... I think many bankers felt like most advisors were still doing their business like someone on the Wolf of Wall Street or something, either fabulous or horrible, depending on fear or greed in the marketplace, but weren't aware of the changes that have occurred in the industry. So prior to 2013, the only funding mechanism was a seller finance note, and you think about seller financing, it's really analogous to going up to someone's house that's for sale saying, "Yes, I'm very interested in purchasing your home, and you're going to take a contract for deed and I'll pay you back over time."
And of course we wouldn't be surprised if that seller had no interest in selling us their home. That's just not a great proposition, but historically independent advisors just hadn't sold because they had to hold the note for the transaction and hold all the risk. In 2013, Live Oak bank was the first bank in the country to start an SBA program funding advisory practices and established enterprise value from an underwriting standpoint, and because of that and their success with that SBA portfolio and the seasoning of the loans in that SBA portfolio, today we've seen the more recent evolution and that's the banks offering conventional commercial credit. So in essence, providing or extending credit without the security of the SBA guarantee that is provided with an SBA [inaudible 00:06:46], and for the borrower and seller, it just provides a lot more flexibility and better pricing across the board. The best worst analogy I can provide is like providing to your investors a fixed annuity in the SBA or managed money in conventional. If you can qualify for conventional or managed money, you certainly want that approach. The SBA is for a very specific borrower that the wealth management community is certainly not in today.
Pardon my ignorance, I guess what is the major difference between an SBA loan and a conventional loan?
The primary differences I'd say is rigid eligibility requirements for an SBA obligation. Most notably, that the seller of a business needs to depart that business within 12 months, no questions asked, has to be completely out of the picture, which with conventional financing ... and they have to sell a hundred percent. With conventional, our advisors can sell 25%, 50%, a hundred percent, whatever number they would like, and they can stay on for whatever period they would like. So it really allows the more tenured advisors with that flexibility in the retirement that they deserve so it's not either it's a check today and you're gone tomorrow or seller finance, but instead it's, "Hey, you tell us how you would like to retire and you tell us on what blind path and when you'd like to receive [inaudible 00:08:22]," and we can match that up with the underwriting and the appropriate bank to fund the desires of that tenured advisor.
You just mentioned in that description partial sales, which is really interesting to me, given that I had not thought much about that as it relates to advisory businesses. I never thought that an advisor may want to sell 20% of his business or an RAA firm may want to sell 30% of their business. Talk to me a little bit about that partial sale process and how common it is, I guess, in the industry now and maybe going forward.
So in 2018, our first full calendar year, we had only about 18% of our transactions were partial sales, and there's been a lot of education that out in the marketplace that it had to be a complete sale, which is not the case with conventional, and 2019, that went to 65% partial sales, because we find many advisors have built this practice and built the legacy that they would like to continue to work part time, half time, full time after they've received the liquidity event, and a transaction I can think of that really was pleasing to the junior advisors and senior advisors and the bank, those advisors selling 49% of his practice for $3.4 million to his two junior advisors in the office, the advisor at 60 years young wanting to continue working and that was a 2018 transaction.
I actually just spoke with him recently and he said he's working harder than ever and feels like he certainly has his junior partners working harder than ever as well towards the same goal, and he's got fresh liquidity to do so. And really, junior advisors ... what I've seen for the last 20 plus years with junior advisors, unless you are the son, daughter, or son-in-law or daughter-in-law of that senior advisor, you never really knew, you never really had that contract that the senior advisor was going to sell to you at the end of the day, and we've all seen examples of where they didn't and they went a different direction when the retirement came. The partial sale allows that junior advisor to at least have a piece of the equity, of the practice, and really being a first position to acquire that remainder of the practice when the senior advisor does decide on a complete sale at plan of retirement.
I think the other little benefit there, and you kind of hinted at it, was that senior advisor gets to take a good chunk of money off the table, enjoy it while he or she is still young and in an active with the business. So they get to take that liquidity and do what they will with it, and then as you mentioned, the junior advisors get to continue to grow with the business, knowing that they've locked in their stake and they have the opportunity maybe in the future to acquire the remainder of the business.
Well, and it's something that we've done a lot of education on. It's really simple. It's eat your own cooking, because what a financial advisor has been advising their clients since they began their career, well, it's diversify away from concentrated positions, especially company stock.
Whereas financial advisors, until very recently, did not have the ability to diversify their net worth away from company stock, and we find that most independent registered advisors have 80 plus percent of their net worth tied up in their practice and it's a very liquid option, where with conventional financing now it finally provides a liquidity mechanism for them to diversify their net worth in a similar fashion that they've been advising their retail clients for the past 20 plus years.
So smart. It's so smart. I mean that's a challenge for many private business owners, that they have this big asset, all their wealth is tied up in that private business, and at some point in time, in order to experience that wealth, and frankly protect it, you are going to want to take some money out in the form of liquidity and diversify. Let's talk about some other reasons why people may ... or use of funds, if you want to call it, that people may have for working with SkyView. So what are the other reasons for seeking capital?
Our primary transactions, our M&A transactions for advisors, we also do a fair amount of refinance or debt restructuring work. Core advisors that have existing seller notes that are not at favorable terms, rates, or conditions, we can refinance those, or notes with their broker dealer that are oftentimes not as competitive as our bank partners can provide, or they have existing SBA loans outstanding, and we have refinanced a substantial amount of SBA loans since firm inception. I believe it's a 60 plus million dollars in SBA loans, where advisors seek a better rate and a better term, better conditions.
Going back to the M&A activity, what are some of the advantages of using bank financing for that process, for, I guess, both the buyer and the seller?
So for the seller, it's the obvious that liquidity flow, and really releasing that risk of holding a seller note, and really the risk is on the buyer to complete the transaction and move the clients over. Oftentimes we are structuring transactions with an escrow account, 20 to 33%, let's say, that 70% of the purchase price is paid upfront to the seller, but then another 30% held back to hit some additional hurdles post-transaction that keeps buyer and seller on the same page post-transaction to ensure that those assets and those clients are moved out, and then for the buyer, I would just caution that going out and trying to acquire practices utilizing the sellers of balance sheet to finance it is ill-advised. You're not going to buy anything, because sellers clearly historically have not had an interest in that structure and have only done so 2% of the time.
So at the end of the day, you're just not going to be successful in an M&A acquisition strategy, trying to go out and pitching seller notes for the sellers to take all the risks. As the buyer, you are acquiring a practice. You're required to take some risk in doing so, and the bank would argue they're doing it right alongside you in a very calculated and methodical manner as you approach sellers, but it allows you to get the deal done, and then also most seller financing is only over a four to five year time horizon, where we amortize all loans over a 10 year period. So our buyers have appreciated the fact that when they're using seller financing, they're oftentimes in the red the first couple of years and they're doing a bunch of extra work, and granted the pain is over in four years, but extending it over 10 allows them to be in the black in the first month or a year when they're doing all this incremental work and they're actually appreciating some incremental net income at the end of the day.
Yeah, and that makes a lot of sense. You get to roll into the process and say, "All right, I'm ready to buy. I have bank financing lined up. We don't have to negotiate the terms of the earn-out as aggressively as you normally would," and the seller, as you mentioned, if they're looking to sell, they're looking to get out, they're looking for an exit. They don't want to have to feel like they have to hang on and be overly involved in the business, kind of watching you over your shoulder to make sure they get paid for years to come, I would imagine.
Well, and that can be a source of some contention amongst buyer and seller over the course of years, that you do have the seller that wants to ensure that they get that note paid, and maybe placing a heavier hand on the practice than necessary for the seller note, and we've seen those relationships not work out as favorably as when we can really structure with bank financing and have that partial buyer sale, where really the seller is not at risk for the note or repayment of the loan.
Talk to me a little ... you mentioned a 10 year term. What are some of the other common deal structure components that you're seeing right now?
So we have a uniform seven year term and tenure amortization schedule, and we made that uniform for a couple of reasons. Number one, our bank partners, as we went out to the banking community, were not interested in extending beyond a five year time horizon, and the advisory community, you can get a 10 year amortization schedule. I promise I'm not being arrested today. We have a peaceful protest out front, and it's not protesting advisor financing, but we really found a happy medium with banks and with the advisory community, and that's on a seven year term and ten year am.
Makes sense, makes sense. So in wrapping things up here, Scott, I assume many advisors are hearing this and saying, "Yeah, I want to explore financing for a partial sale, for an M&A, restructuring debt, maybe take some cash off the table for myself." What's the process for preparing for bank financing through SkyView?
We first and foremost always recommend that our advisors, even if they don't have an M&A transaction that is imminent or in the near future, that they reach out to our banking consulting team for our team to help understand better their M&A goals and initiatives, and make an introduction to one of our banks long in advance of a prospective transaction. Bankers are like anybody else, they like doing business with people they know and like, and our advisors are ... in fact, the advisors are usually pretty likable folks. So we found that making that introduction early on so the bank understands your business and what you do and gets a little bit better familiarity with your firm has been very conducive to making the underwriting and funding and financing process more efficient when it comes time to actually fund a transaction.
It seems so obvious, have a relationship with a bank and a lender prior to needing money. That's just kind of really obvious. Well Scott, this has been really informative. I expect that many advisors and teams at wealth management firms that are considering capital for their M&A activity or for, as you mentioned, partial sales, or maybe even taking some liquidity out really appreciated this and will be in touch. So thank you, sir.
I appreciate your time.
Thank you for joining Scott and me for this episode of the Advisor Financing Forum. It's our goal to continuously provide you in the greater community of independent financial advisors and RAAs with the information necessary for you to achieve your business goals. If you'd like to explore financing options for your business, please reach out to SkyView Partners by visiting the website at skyview.com. Click that get pre-approved button, or you can call (866) 567-6282 or shoot off an email to info@skyview.com and someone will get right back to you. Tune in for our next episode, as I'll be joined by Katie Bruner, managing partner at SkyView, for a lesson in how to prepare to buy another financial advisory business. It's going to be a great one. You're going to love it. Until next time, please stay safe and be nice to each other.

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Vicksburg-Warren schools to fall short in funding
School district anticipates $1.7M maintenance fund shortfall
Updated: 7:27 AM CST Nov 25, 2013
The Vicksburg Warren School District expects to have a $1.7 million shortfall in its maintenance fund at the end of the 2013-14 school year.State law requires districts' maintenance funds end the year with the equivalent of 7 percent of the district's total operating budget. Seven percent of the district's $55 million budget would be about $3.67 million.The Vicksburg Post reported that district finance director Dale McClung told the board that the maintenance fund -- its main operations account -- would end the school year with a balance of about $1.39 million.Districts whose maintenance fund drops below the 7 percent are required to submit a report to the Mississippi Department of Education detailing how the school board will reign in spending.
VICKSBURG, Miss. —
The Vicksburg Warren School District expects to have a $1.7 million shortfall in its maintenance fund at the end of the 2013-14 school year.
State law requires districts' maintenance funds end the year with the equivalent of 7 percent of the district's total operating budget. Seven percent of the district's $55 million budget would be about $3.67 million.
The Vicksburg Post reported that district finance director Dale McClung told the board that the maintenance fund -- its main operations account -- would end the school year with a balance of about $1.39 million.
Districts whose maintenance fund drops below the 7 percent are required to submit a report to the Mississippi Department of Education detailing how the school board will reign in spending.


Touching on yesterday's post regarding the subject of wisdom I am glad I had been wise to follow an exercise regime when I was younger. It has been beneficial to me in keeping me fit and active over the years. Of course having an occupation which was manually orientated helped a lot too. Even so I still get tired after exercising if I push myself too hard. If I didn't get tired at all it would mean I am not benefiting from the exercise as I should. At my age I am limited to how much exercise my body can sustain but being used to exercising I know I can do more than I could otherwise do. I love going for walks and for many years loved and enjoyed running. Some people my age still go running, I know, I see them when out walking. I have to say though that the running is more often than not like a trot. Still they are out actively enjoying themselves. I hadn't been for a longish walk for some time so on Saturday (2nd) I made it my business to arise early and go for a longer walk than I normally take. I decided to walk down the coast to the district where I lived before I moved to my present location. I estimate the distance to be around six to six and a half miles or twelve to thirteen miles for the round trip. So with bag containing my water bottle and a couple of other items should they be needed across my shoulder I set off. My destination was the pine woods (shown above) north of my old house and I walked the coast road to get there. My return journey would take me along the beach and then through the sand dunes nearer home. As I walked northward along the beach there was but one figure in the distance ahead of me, a lady walking her dog. She was walking toward me when her dog dashed off toward the sea a couple of hundred metres away. The beaches along this part of the coast are very wide when the tide is out. The dog seemed to disappear but had in fact walked into a dip in the otherwise flat sand. The lady shouted to me that he always does this and soon enough he was back with her. We stopped and chatted for a few minutes and I discovered she lived locally. She asked where I lived so I told her adding that I too lived where she now does. She asked exactly where so I told her the name of the road then she asked which number so again I told her. 'That's my house' she said, 'I live there now'. What a co-incidence that we should meet out on a walk. She described the house as it is now and I described what it was like when we lived there and what work we had done in it. It appeared that the people to whom we sold the house in 1988 sold it on a couple of years later to this lady's sister who then sold it on to her in 1994. She mentioned that I would know 'Sylvia' her neighbour and ours when we lived there to which I replied that I did but doubted she would remember me since much water has passed under the bridge since then. We parted company and I continued homeward. It is a fact that the effects of exercising or doing strenuous work don't come upon us until long after we have ceased what we were doing. It was a short five minutes after I had arrived home that I felt worn out even so but I was soon back to normal later.


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Brantes (; ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

See also
Communes of the Vaucluse department
Baronnies

References

Communes of Vaucluse

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while i was eating on movie, it came up my minda creative idea. i have to put the idea here.did you know the word? of course no, because i put space over there.
Pop=it is genre of music, full with energy and enthusiaism. of course you can dance.
Corn= it is as you know a grain that we eat it.
so when i put the corn inside the pan, the corn will start dancing pop.
so, the corn now is dancing on the melody of oil and fire. i hope you got that deep meaning and a bit of sense of humor . Finally, we will get the great dancer "popcorn".
keep enjoying your movies at eating the king of pop "popcorn".
So, popcorn means the dancer?
Anyway,thanks and nice to see you here.
Thanks Jamal :-) It's pretty funny and useful.
Thank you Lama for passing by!!!
its really interesting and funny ,you make me desire to read more and more of your words.


The Berenstain Bears The Very First Christmas takes a very detailed and complex story and brings it down to a children's level without losing the important pieces. My daughter enjoyed The Very First Christmas and she understood what was going on. This is a very kid friendly book and helps young readers understand the importance of Christmas.
Throughout the story I felt it was kept at a high level. Like for example, an angel appeared to Mary. They kept the angel part but took out the name of the angel. And that works. It refers to Joseph having a bad dream that King Herod is upset with Mary and Jesus so Joseph takes them to Egypt till he passes. I like how they keep it at that level. There's no need to go into details with young children.
The illustrations as beautiful. As always, each page is full of color and draws you in. Even if you cannot read yet they will love just sitting there and looking at the pictures. My 5 year old is just starting to read and she loves looking at the pictures and picking out the words she recognizes.
One of my favorite features of Berenstain Bears books is the questions on the back inside cover. There are questions I can ask my daughter to see if she is comprehending the book and understanding what she was just read. There are even a few take action points. For example in this book one of the actions is to make Christmas cards for your neighbors or people in nursing homes so that they know they are not forgotten and to help them remember the spirit of Christmas. I like how the actions get your child to think of others and how they can help make someone else feel loved during the holidays.
You can pick up your own copy of The Berenstain Bears The Very First Christmas on Amazon.


Import alliance is having the fall meet at beech bend park/ raceway in bowling green on October 19th-21st and I was wondering if there would be any interest in getting a group of cars together whether it be supras or old toyotas to get together and go to the show.
But first, need to figure out my cooling issue before I make a trip like that.
Well, if you Indiana guys want to get a group together to come down here and we can mob to import alliance I'd definitely be interested!


When one of your older siblings move away for college or god forbid, when one of your family members pass away, the house becomes a lot more spacious. It would be a shame just to let your vacant space rot away. You can always shake it up with simple projects like turning an old bedroom into a gym. Or if you want to tackle bigger projects, ones that have legal requirements and standards, you can build carports (they need building permits in places like Brisbane).
The ultimate Netflix and chill moment is within your arm's reach. If you happen to have a spacious vacant room, it won't take much effort and resources (unless you're going to soundproof the room). The essential materials you will need are the movie screen and the seats.
This is the part where you get to be a little creative. Movie screens can be anything from a projector screen that will cover your entire wall or merely painting your wall a muted grey. As long as there's a projector, you're all set.
For the seats, you can choose to go either casual and chill with bean bags laid on a fuzzy carpet or classy and sleek with huge, black, leather chairs.
Getting rid of all the unnecessary stuff from your storage will leave you with so much space that you can fit two cars in them – and maybe you should.If your house happens not to have a garage, fear no more because you can build your own.
However, it is important to practice caution with this project as it may require advanced skills, such as installing the garage door or automating it. There may also be legal standards or requirements, so just make sure that everything is smoothed out before you choose to start. Carports and garages are not used just because you're overprotective of your automobile. Keeping your vehicle indoors is helps prolong its longevity.
This seems to be the most obvious project so far, but it could still be tedious nonetheless! Revamping a bedroom that someone left is a must if you want to turn it into a guest room. Keeping it the same as it was before can be quite awkward for the previous occupant (i.e., a sibling away for college or temporarily relocated for work).
Guest rooms will require new sheets, ones that don't have memories attached to them. It will also need a good clean up to get rid of all the personal wallpapers and ornaments.
If you're a workaholic, this might become one of your dream projects. Creating a home office can be quite enjoyable because you get to choose exactly how it will look like. Therefore, since you're happy with the space that you've created, it makes you more motivated and productive. A few pieces needed for this are a desk, a chair, a shelf, a rug, and the rest will depend on one's taste.
There is so much potential to one vacant room. You can unravel that with a creative mind and a little hard work.


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Why It's Chelsea & Man City Who Bottled The League, Not Arsenal
Arsene Wenger has been slaughtered by all sections of the media and the majority of his own fan base but it's City and Chelsea who've really thrown it all away...
Jack Bradshaw
Why It's Chelsea & Man City Who Bottled The League, Not Arsenal
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Chelsea would be seven points clear at the top of the table and all but sure of the Premier League title had they beaten Aston Villa, Crystal Palace & Sunderland in the past month.
At the crucial time of the season, Chelsea and Manchester City's much revered home form let them down, with bottom of the table Sunderland ending Jose Mourinho's 77 game unbeaten home record, after taking a point at the Etihad on Wednesday.
In both games, City and Chelsea threw away leads, but were unable to respond to setbacks; Chelsea managing only one goal against the afore mentioned bottom half sides.
As the two richest clubs in the league, Man City & Chelsea had by far the highest net transfer spend last summer (£74m &59m respectively), while it was also revealed this week that City pay the highest average wage in the entire world of sport, with Chelsea ninth.
The two clubs were always regarded as the clear favourites for the Premier League, and can undoubtedly call upon the deepest and most coveted squads of players – Chelsea were even able to sell their two-time player of the year, Juan Mata, to defending champions Manchester United, while City's Stevan Jovetic has barely featured in the league after his £25m transfer last July.
But it looks increasingly likely that Chelsea could end the season trophyless, unless they can repeat their European success from two years ago, while City have only won the Captial One Cup. Surely this does not equate to value for money for the country's biggest spenders?
Arsenal have been widely criticised for capitulating in a series of big games this season, and ultimately falling out of the title race into another scrap for fourth place; this time with Everton.
But with only the two financial giants and a reinvigorated Liverpool who don't haven't had the added distraction of European competition throughout the season ahead of them, surely fourth is true to Arsenal's level.
On face value, this also doesn't consider that they led the league for long periods, qualified from an exceedingly tough Champions League group, have reached the FA Cup final and are only one game away from ending their nine year run without a trophy; while also set to significantly improve on last year's final points tally and quite possibly finish within three points of both City and Chelsea.
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Why Arsenal Must Stop Persevering With Passenger Podolski
Arsene Wenger has been slaughtered by all sections of the media and the majority of his own fan base for not signing a striker in January, with Olivier Giroud exhausted from leading the line in over 40 matches and counting thus far. Chelsea's lack of goals from misfiring Samuel Eto'o & Fernando Torres is well documented, also; while Mourinho has recently been publicaly very critical of his under-performing front-men. But with practically unlimited funds, why was the Portugese not able to add a striker in January? It was clearest their area of most pressing concern, and yet he has almost entirely escaped the public crucifixion Wenger has had to ordeal.
Both City and Chelsea have struggled with the loss of key players in recent weeks. Yaya Toure and Eden Hazard would be glaring omissions in any team in the world, and have both quite rightly been nominated for PFA Player of the Year.
But in a system where one point is awarded for every week that one player misses through injury, Manchester City have tallied only 130; while Chelsea have suffered just 95 weeks of injury, the second lowest in the league. Arsenal, on the other hand, have been without players for a combined 263 weeks of the season; by far the highest in the league.
And while serious questions have to be raised over the cause of such repeated injuries - with Arsenal themselves, unlikely to be blameless – it is an enormous factor in the Gunner's abject slide down the table.
Star performer Aaron Ramsey has just recently returned from a four month lay-out, while Theo Walcott's season was curtailed on the first Saturday of January.
For a period of over a month, Arsenal were without both Ramsey & Walcott, as well as Mesut Ozil, Jack Wilshere & Laurent Koscielny. With the possible exception of Santi Cazorla & Bacary Sagna, these are Arsenal's five best players. To be missing key players to such an extent at a vital time of the season, is always going to have a negative effect on performances.
While I am not naïve enough to believe that Arsenal could have sustained their title challenge should said players have remained fit throughout the year, I do think their criticism has been largely unjust. Arsenal simply do not have the same quality as Manchester City & Chelsea at their disposal, and it is the latter two who should be looking at themselves when football fans nationwide face the indignity of conversing with unbearably delighted Scousers for the year ahead.
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Tourism of Destruction, Tourism of Construction: Two Trips to the Holy Land
by mgopin on June 25, 2012 · 2 comments
This is reprinted from my latest Huffington Post article:
Tourism is a business involving a billion people a year meeting several other billion people whose lives they profoundly affect economically and socially. The question for the future is whether that effect is going to be negative or positive, peaceful or destructive.
I want to argue that it is all up to us travelers.
Recently, in the major Israeli paper Yediot Ahronot, there appeared a picture of a beautiful little girl holding and aiming a machine gun almost her own size, being coached by a smiling soldier in fatigues in a West Bank settlement in the Occupied Territories. The caption mentioned how many foreigners come on tours and are given this kind of exposure.
This is a very different kind of tourism and educational seminar experience than the kind I and my colleagues have been running for years in Israel …
Syria's Christian Conundrum
by mgopin on June 8, 2012 · 6 comments
by Hind Kabawat, CRDC Senior Research Analyst and Expert on Conflict Resolution
This article was originally published by CNN here.
One of the most perplexing aspects of the Syrian revolution is the deep ambivalence felt by so many of the country's Christians when faced with the prospect of freedom after four decades of authoritarian dictatorship. Some Christians have enthusiastically embraced the prospect of democratic change and a more open civil society, but many have not.
As a Christian, this provokes a great deal of sadness in me and others who are committed to transforming Syria into an open, democratic, inclusive, secular and religiously tolerant society. But the problem is that many, if not most, Christians in Syria do not believe that this will be the outcome of changing the regime.
On the contrary, they believe the present regime — corrupt and repressive as it has been — is the …
Losses, Liberia, and the Era of Human Rights
I think today a great deal about the conviction of Charles Taylor, the first head of state to be convicted by the Hague.
Mr. Taylor was the first head of state convicted by an international court since the Nuremberg trials after World War II.
Prosecutors had sought an even longer sentence of 80 years. If carried out, the term decided on Wednesday would likely mean the 64-year-old Mr. Taylor will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Asked to stand as the sentence was read, he looked at the floor.
At a news conference after the hearing, Salamba Silla, who works with victims groups in Sierra Leone pleaded for more help for former child soldiers, orphans and other victims of the country's war. "You can see hundreds of them begging on the streets of Freetown," she said. "Many who suffered horrendously need help to return to the provinces,


Two coats of matte polish.
The matte gray that's part of the "Khaki Satin" is simply gorgeous. The formula is superbly smooth and opaque and it dried in a flash. I found this even easier to work with compared to the matte dark blue of the "Pinstripe" (a previously reviewed shade from the Shiny Matte line). The matte gray on its own reminds me of a dried clay mask, it's not a look for everyone but I quite like it!
Moving on to the "Shiny" component of the polish. The satin portion of "Khaki Satin" is a shimmery purple, the finish of this is dramatically different than the shiny polish of "Pinstripe", which had a gorgeous foil metallic finish that contrasted the matte base very well. This shimmery purple didn't stand out as much as I would like against the asphalt gray. I tried stamping on the color as I did with Pinstripe but the polish just wouldn't cooperate. So in the end I opted for some simple dotting near the tip of my nails.
Overall, I am not overly impressed by this particular shade from the line. I took a look at the whole collection and it seems some of the shiny polishes are very nice metallic foils while others have a more shimmery quality like this purple of "Khaki Satin". So if you are planning to pick up a few of these, I recommend choosing those with a metallic shiny polish because they would give a more stunning contrast to the matte polish and would also allow you to do some intricate stamping.
What do you think of this one? Do you like the shimmery and matte contrast? Let me know in the comments below!


Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode thrown in.
This time, Christopher Nolan's Inception.
Dom Cobb is one of the best extractors in the world, an artist who sneaks into people's dreams and steals their secrets. However, after one botched job, Cobb is approached by a mysterious industrialist with an ambitious proposal: inception. If Cobb can plant an idea in his chief rival's head, Cobb can finally go home to his long lost family.
At time of recording, it was ranked the 14th best movie of all-time on the Internet Movie Database.


Christie's "Important Watches" auction will take place at month's end in Hong Kong. A enormous offering of over 500 lots, the sale includes several notable timepieces, new and old, as well as establishment and independent.
A impressive line-up of timepieces has been put together for the upcoming Christie's "Important Watches" sale on 27 November in Hong Kong. The range is diverse, with plenty of the usual suspects. But a couple of timepieces stand out, including the Patek Philippe refs. 3970 and 5050 with Breguet numerals. Also notable is a pair of pocket watches from Thomas Engels, a little known independent watchmaker. Here are a couple of highlights from the sale, starting with something special for the ladies.
A limited edition version of Cartier's instantly recognisable Crash timepiece. Few ladies' timepieces have achieved iconic status, but the Crash is certainly one of them. This particular version is in the white and set with diamonds. Unlike most Crash watches seen recently at auction, which are special orders, this is a limited edition of 50 pieces and numbered 06/50. The edition was made to mark the 2006 reopening of the Cartier boutique at 13 Rue de la Paix in Paris. And then we have a few special Patek Philippe timepieces, out of the dozens and dozens which dominate the sale. And several of them sport Breguet numerals, which are often a good thing.
The Patek Philippe ref. 5004A, a perpetual calendar split seconds chronograph in steel. The last 50 of the Lemania-based CHR 27-70 Q movements were put in steel cases, with the same 37 mm diameter as the precious metal versions. The watches were allocated to important clients of Patek Philippe, with delivery of the model still ongoing. Aside from the steel case, this is distinguished by the baton indices similar to those on the ref. 3970, whereas the typical ref. 5004 has Arabic numerals. As an indication how dear this watch will be, the estimate is nearly double that of the platinum ref. 5004P in the same sale.
Created as a set of four towards at end of the production run of the ref. 3970, these watches are have Breguet numerals and hands, giving them a strikingly different – and far more attractive – look than the typical ref. 3970. The platinum and yellow gold versions are especially beautiful. This quartet is presented in a wooden box for four timepieces, which is a separate lot in the auction. There is no information on how many sets were produced, but several sets exist.
More Breguet numeral goodness from Patek Philippe. Sold in 2010, this was part of a series of ref. 5050 watches fitted with Breguet numerals and hands made for special clients of Patek Philippe. These were made long after the ref. 5050 was discontinued in 2002. More than one dial colour was available, with another version being yellow gold with a black dial.
One of the most beautiful Richard Mille timepieces ever made, the RM012 movement has tubes in place of bridges, giving it an airy, architectural form. Made in a limited edition of 30 pieces, it was unbelievably (and unreasonably) expensive when new. And we conclude with some strong value propositions from independent watchmakers.
Arguably the most recognisable timepiece from what was once a leading independent watchmaker. Designed by Daniel Roth himself while he was still with the company in the late nineties, the Papillon is a jump hours with wandering minutes, which is actually a variation of the same Maltese cross mechanism used in the AP Starwheel and Urwerk 103. It is a modest but elegant display inside the double ellipse case that was Daniel Roth's trademark.
Another form watch from another independent of the same period. A signature timepiece from the early (and glorious) days of Roger Dubuis in the distinctive Sympathie case. Using a Lemania 2310 base with a bi-retrograde perpetual calendar module designed by Mr Dubuis, the Sympathie is a beautiful timepiece, and importantly offers significant value for money. But the perpetual calendar mechanism, primarily because of the retrograde displays, is delicate and expensive to repair.


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Nigeria to rid its waterways of piracy, other maritime crimes – Minister
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to rid the…
CVFF NIMASA meets with Zenith, 4 others banks, as Jamoh charges Banks to complement govt.'s effort
The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA today met with members of the Executive Management of Jaiz Bank,…
Buhari in Lagos to commission Lekki deep sea port
President Muhammadu Buhari is in Lagos to commission the about $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Seaport. Buhari arrived at the Murtala Muhammad Airport,…
Standardised digital communication key to effective Port, Flag administration—Jamoh
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The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR, says international collaboration to attain standardised…
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The Chairman Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Senator Danjuma Goje has commended Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR, for his sterling performance as the…
FEC approves 3 PPP projects for NIMASA, targets $1.1bn revenue – ICRC
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved three Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects to be executed in the Nigerian Maritime Administration and…
NLNG employs 46 NSDP beneficiaries–NIMASA
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA has sent forth 235 Nigerians to India and Greece as batch B of the 435…
NIMASA appoints Union, Zenith, Polaris, UBA, Jaiz Banks as Primary lending institutions for Vessel acquisition
Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety NIMASA has said that the sum of ₦16 billion and $350million are available for disbursement under the…
NIMASA wins taxation Institute award, Jamoh bags 2022 outstanding Service to taxation recognition
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has received commendation for its corporate citizenship performance by the Chartered Institute of Taxation…
Kitach Lim commissions new NIMASA Headquarters
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The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim today commissioned the ultra-modern headquarters of the Nigerian Maritime Administration…
Global economy needs Nigeria – IMO
The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation, His Excellency Kitack Lim has declared Nigeria as a very important country not only…
Cost of ship berthing in Nigeria cut from $150k per vessel to $20k
The Convention on Business integrity has said that the cost of ship berthing in Nigeria has dropped from $150,000 to $20,000 per…
Oil marketers urge NIMASA, NPA to obey FG directive by accepting Naira as means of transactions in ports
The Nigerian Oil Marketers Association has urged the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to…
NIMASA proposes N160bn for 2023 fiscal year to Senate
Director-General Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh has presented to Senate that the agency was proposing N160 billion…
Gender inclusiveness: WMU commends NIMASA
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been commended for its policies of gender equality which have manifested in both…


Larkin's was founded in 1986 using a 10 barrel brewplant, and former Kentish Ales brewery at Rusthall. They moved to their current location on the family farm in 1990 in Chiddingstone some 3 miles away.
Larkin's Traditional Alcohol 3.4% vol.
Tawny in colour full tasting hoppy ale with plenty of character for its strength.
The name of Harvey has long been associated with the supply of beers, wines and spirits in Sussex. Records of 1794 recall the delivery of Old Red Port, Sherry and Claret within a twenty mile radius of the medieval town of Lewes. However, it was under the management of John Harvey (1784-1862) that the Bridge Wharf Brewery was established on its present site by the River Ouse, overlooking Cliffe Bridge, Lewes.
Sussex Best Bitter Alcohol 4.0% vol.
Winner of the First Prize Gold Medal at the International Brewers' Exhibition in 1980, this beer is brewed to an original gravity of 1036 - 1040 from a recipe which has evolved over many years. It is a full, well-hopped bitter with a reputation that exceeds the borders of its native and adjoining counties.


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There is nothing more infuriating than the white screen of death with the word 'error' written int he top left hand corner and nothing else. After all in 2018, it is not beyond the wit of man to actually display a message that explains what the error is so at least you can start looking in the right dorection for a solution.
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Blade (1998) Review
I have seen "Blade" before, I didn't think much of it. I thought it was silly and indulged itself too often in dumb and over the top action sequences. Upon my second viewing of "Blade" I found myself liking it a lot more. This time I thought it was silly and indulged itself in dumb and over the top action sequences. It'll split people that way, and maybe I have just loosened up since my initial viewing. Either way, "Blade" is a fun time even if it doesn't exactly take the mind along for the ride.
Vampires. Blade (Wesley Snipes) is a half-vampire half-human that is referred to as a "Daywalker". He possesses nearly all of the benefits of being a vampire along with being able to survive in daylight (in this movie vampires explode rather gloriously if exposed to sunlight). The downside is he still thirsts for blood, and as Blade hates vampires with a passion, this simply won't do. He has been quelling his thirst for blood with the help of his old friend Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) but he is beginning to reject the serum.
Blade meets Karen (N'Bushe Wright) who serves as his sidekick who also potentially has a cure for Blade's thirst. Meanwhile, Blade has to deal with a group of vampires led by Deacon (Stepehen Dorff) who are going against the secretive vampire council and intend to resurrect the mysterious "La Magra". An ancient vampire God that can only be brought back through a ceremony that requires Blade's unique blood, which he is most certainly unwilling to give.
Right off the bat, Wesley Snipe's Blade introduces himself to us in the most direct way possible. He enters a club that is literally showering in blood, and slaughters them all. The action scene is well choreographed and serves to suggest the type of film you will be watching. The scene itself is made more impressive by the spraying of blood and the CGI effect of vampires literally burning away, turning it into a visually visceral feast. Director Stephen Norrington knows what he is doing when it comes to elevating action beyond "punch, punch, punch, smack"
In all honesty there isn't really much to "Blade" beyond that. Blade himself is only somewhat interesting as the anti-hero of sorts that seems to only be motivated to kill vampires for the sake of killing vampires, saving people is just a perk of the job. He nearly leaves Karen when he first meets her recoiling on the ground from a vampire bite. He only helps her because he gets reminded of his mother being turned into one of the creatures, so even though he could help… he wasn't going to. This is the only truly interesting dynamic about Blade and it isn't played out all that much, mostly he feeds off of his own "badass" factor and this is perfectly sufficient for the film.
Vampires are portrayed almost realistically, or at least the film wants us to think that. The point is made that you can't kill vampires with wooden stakes because it "isn't like the movies" (perhaps an interesting piece of meta-fiction there, though I refuse to give "Blade" the benefit of the doubt) and many big words are used to describe vampirism itself. Ever wondered why vampires need human blood? If I recall, it's because they can't produce their own haemoglobin in their red blood cells. I like the idea of making these monsters relevant to scientific explanation – as bizarre as it is.
The so called "science" doesn't quite meld with the tone of the film though. Over the top action scenes are wonderful but ultimately ridiculous. One scene that bugged me was when Blade has the option of shooting Deacon but he has a little girl hostage. It's a typical will-he-won't-he situation but it works because as I've said Blade cares more about killing vampires than saving humans. When the child is thrown 20 meters through the air by a vampire that can dodge bullets through a glass stand into the road to only just be saved by Blade, not a single scratch on the girl sort of cheapens the whole situation.
"Blade" doesn't bog itself down in side plots and the relationship between Blade and (that lady gal) isn't really explored. The final segment of the film is thrilling though, even though the final boss of sorts isn't quite as impressive as I expected. I won't say whether they successfully resurrect La Magra or not, but visually the enemy is disappointing for reasons I won't spoil. The actual fight itself? Just adrenaline fuelled entertainment, and that's what Blade is from head to toe.
Tagged Action, Blade, Blood God, Comics, Council, David S. Goyer, Daywalker, Deacon Frost, Karen, Kris Kristofferson, La Magra, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Movie, Movie Review, Moviemoore, Movies, N'Bushe Wright, Over The Top, Stan Lee, Stephen Dorff, Stephen Norrington, Vampires, Wesley Snipes, Whistler


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many years back at the NYC Museum of Natural History I saw a mock up of this boat combined with video screens to demonstrate how dificult it was for them to use a sextant in the conditions Shackleton and his men found themselves. The boat was stationary and there were giant screens depicting a rolling sea. I would not have wanted to find myself in that situation.


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Q: Can literals in Python be overridden? Couldn't find a way to phrase the title better, feel free to correct.
I'm pretty new to Python, currently experimenting with the language.. I've noticed that all built-ins types cannot be extended with other members.. I'd like for example to add an each method to the list type, but that would be impossible. I realize that it's designed that way for efficiency reasons, and that most of the built-ins types are implemented in C.
Well, one why I found to override this behavior is be defining a new class, which extends list but otherwise does nothing. Then I can assign the variable list to that new class, and each time I would like to instantiate a new list, I'd use the list constructor, like it would have been used to create the original list type.
class MyList(list):
    def each(self, func):
       for item in self:
           func(item)
list = MyList

my_list = list((1,2,3,4))
my_list.each(lambda x: print(x))

Output:
1
2
3
4

The idea can be generalize of course by defining a method that gets a built it type and returns a class that extends that type. Further more, the original list variable can be saved in another variable to keep an access to it.
Only problem I'm facing right now, is that when you instantiate a list by its literal form, (i.e. [1,2,3,4]), it will still use the original list constructor (or does it?). Is there a way to override this behavior? If the answer is no, do you know of some other way of enabling the user to extend the built-ins types? (just like javascript allows extending built-ins prototypes).
I find this limitation of built-ins (being unable to add members to them) one of Python's drawbacks, making it inconsistent with other user-defined types... Overall I really love the language, and I really don't understand why this limitation is REALLY necessary.

A: This is a conscientious choice from Python.
Firstly, with regards to patching inbuilt type, this is primarily a design decision and only secondarily an optimization. I have learnt from much lurking on the Python Mailing List that monkey patching on builtin types, although enjoyable for small scripts, serves no good purpose in anything larger.
Libraries, for one, make certain assumptions about types. If it were encouraged to extend default types, many libraries would end up fighting each other. It would also discourage making new types – a deque is a deque, an ordered set is an ordered set, a dictionary is a dictionary and that should be that.
Literal syntax is a particularly important point. If you cannot guarantee that [1, 2, 3] is a list, what can you guarantee? If people could change those behaviours it would have such global impacts as to destroy the stability of a lot of code. There is a reason goto and global variables are discouraged.

There is one particular hack that I am fond of, though. When you see r"hello", this seems to be an extended literal form.
So why not r[1, 2, 3]?
class ListPrefixer:
    def __init__(self, typ):
        self.typ = typ

    def __getitem__(self, args):
        return self.typ(args)

class MyList(list):
    def each(self, func):
        return MyList(func(x) for x in self)

e = ListPrefixer(MyList)

e[1, 2, 3, 4].each(lambda x: x**2)
#>>> [1, 4, 9, 16]

Finally, if you really want to do deep AST hacks, check out MacroPy.

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Paris Hodges-Stiles Middle School
Paris Hodges is the Athletic Coordinator at Stiles Middle School. He is entering his 16th year teaching and coaching. Prior to Stiles, he spent years teaching and coaching at Four Points Middle School, Port Allen High School in Baton Rouge LA, Farley Middle School, Hutto High School, and Rockdale Middle School. Coach Hodges graduated from Louisiana State University where he played football for the Tigers and later obtained a Masters in Educational Leadership from UT Arlington. Coach Hodges and his wife Angela have a daughter named Ava Grace.
Wayne Carpenter-Stiles Middle School
Coach Carpenter is a teacher and coach at Stiles Middle School. Previously he coached football, basketball, and track at Westview Middle School in Pflugerville ISD. Coach Carpenter has a Bachelor's of Science from Arkansas State University. He and his wife Kristi have two daughters, Malorie and Kylie.
Curtis Perkins-Stiles Middle School
Coach Perkins is a science teacher and coach at Stiles Middle School. He has coached football, basketball, track, soccer and tennis in the past, mostly with Leander ISD. Coach Perkins has a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Masters Degree in Educational Administration from Texas State University. He and his wife Kelly have 5 children: Dallas, Lane, Cody, Cooper, and Madison.
Craig West–Henry Middle School
Craig West is back at Henry Middle School as the Boys' Coordinator. He comes to Henry Middle School from Thrall High School where he was the Offensive Coordinator. Prior to Thrall, he was the Coordinator at Henry Middle School for 11 years and a High School coach at Leander High School. Coach West is in his 26th season as a coach and holds a degree from Tarleton State University in Kinesiology with a minor in History. He and his wife, Kacia have 3 sons Braeden, Rylan, and Leyton.
Daniel McKeown-Henry Middle School
Coach Daniel McKeown is the 6th through 8th grade physical education teacher and coach of 7th grade football, 7th grade and 8th grade track and field for Henry Middle School. A graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, he is married to his wife Maureen. Coach McKeown has a son, Chad, and daughter and son-in-law Holly and Nate Jackson and grandsons Lucas and Levi Jackson.
Lonnie Taylor-Henry Middle School
Lonnie Taylor is in his 16th year as teacher and coach at Henry Middle School. He has 24 years of coaching and teaching experience. Previously, he was the head basketball and track coach at Dobie Middle School in AISD. He was born in the piney woods of East Texas in Longview. Coach Taylor holds a BS from Eastern New Mexico University in Kinesiology and Healthy Education. He has twin boys, Quinton and Brandon, a daughter Jasmyn, and is married to Keelie Taylor.
Aaron Alvarado-Henry Middle School
Coach Alvarado is starting his 4th year at HMS and will be coaching 7th grade football and is in his 16th year of coaching. Coach Alvarado graduated from Texas A&M University.


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Building Bridges to Communities of Color: A Toolkit for Engaging Donors of Color. Coalition for New Philanthropy.
Employee Affinity Groups in Financial Firms. Donor Research Project, 2006.
The Demographic WorkBook examines selected variables in 21 counties in the New York metropolitan region for African Americans, Asian American and Latinos. The variables include population size, ancestry, educational attainment, home ownership, and income. Each variable is broken down at the county and then zip code levels. Comparisons are made between the 1990 and 2000 profiles. The overall objective is to provide a portrait of each of the three ethnic groups by county and to show zip code-level concentrations of population and indices of income and assets.


This 80' Lazzara might be one of the more compelling bargains extant for a yacht. Sporting a recent and extensive refit, Sweetwater is ready for a new owner, and priced at $1.9 million.
Sweetwater was launched in 2004. She was designed as a performance yacht, and can sustain a cruising speed of 25 knots; her top speed is a blazing 30. Her engines are a pair of 1550 HP Cat Marine C30 diesels, and she is equipped with Trac stabilizers.
Her interiors are classically inspiring nautical, with gloss hardwood and a neutral palette allowing for a tranquil but luxurious living style. Custom cherry wood floors and deco-style veneers bring a welcome but not overwhelming complexity to the shared living areas.
Sweetwater's accommodations extend to three staterooms, all en-suite, as well as a captain's cabin and crew cabins. She features a full-beam salon, a dining room that will seat six, a galley with custom wood cabinets, and a dinette with a Taj Mahal quartz table.
The engines are warrantied by Caterpillar until 2020; Fabrica stateroom carpet, and new headliners, wall panels, head floors, granite, TVs, and furniture have been installed.
Sweetwater's recreational outfit includes two storage pods for watercraft and gear, and a large flybridge with bar, spa and entertainment suite.


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Jobma launches the 30 second resume creation feature, a recent innovation in job searching methodology. Using this feature the current jobseekers can upload their 30 second resume as a means to promote themselves to the job hiring companies. This gives them an edge over the other jobseekers to make their profile stand out and land on their dream job. Jobma gives the flexibility to the jobseekers to upload video resume as 30 second resume along with the textual resume. The general trend of posting the resumes in textual format will now be complemented with video resumes. Jobma also provides benefits to the employers, who post their jobs in Jobma. Now, they can post the video jobs that best describe about their job requirements. Moreover, the employers can create their company's video that describe about their company. This innovative technique is currently the most rewarding feature that has been successfully implemented in Jobma. The 30 second resume sets you as a job seeker or an employer to be in the spotlight of the other. The jobseekers get a better opportunity for their dream job, and the employers get a better candidate for their great job.
The job seekers video resume provides an added advantage of presenting their soft skills as well as hard skills in a systematic way. The job seekers are recommended to view the demonstration of CNN 30 Second Resume as a guide to create the best possible video resume. The recording of the resume should be done through proper rehearsal and following the basic steps of creation of the resume. These video resumes are viewed by the employers, who have a wider perspective to know the job seekers profile accurately. The employers now have an opportunity to know the communication skills, presentation skills, and behavioral skills of the applied candidate prior to the interview. On the other hand, the company's video and the job resume gives an opportunity to the job seekers to know the position and strength of the company and whether they are fit for the position that they are applying for. So, the employers should record the job resume in a way that best describe their job requirements, while the jobseekers should record the resume pitch that best describe their skill sets. Register to Jobma, record and upload your 30 second resume and be different.


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The panel contained a GE Fanuc PLC, Rugged Ethernet (Copper/Fibre) switches, Fibre Patch Panels, power supplies and etc.
The panel was delivered within a tight timeline to avoid any disruptions to the project.


Margaret does not wait to hear what Angela might say. She rises at once, and grabbing her stick, and walks quickly in the direction of the gate. Angela and Jane both call after her, but she does not wait, and miraculously, she does not stumble, either.
She has never walked through the village alone since she became blind, and does not dare do so now – there are too many obstacles, and she has not yet learned to separate out the sounds of so many people, and work out how far away they are. She finds the bench out the front of Angela's father's shop and waits, trying to keep her face calm. Jane will catch up with her soon enough, and she will have to hide what she is thinking, what she is feeling.
She must play the part of the generous friend, the perfect wedding guest. The saintly, tragic cripple, sweetly resigned to the loss of her lover, and happy in her friends' joy.
Margaret tries on an angelic smile. Most angels don't grind their teeth, but that's alright. She has two days in which to practice.
Nobody will see her coming.
You don't actually have to kill anyone, you know. You could just walk away.
I suppose you have a point. But don't expect me to dance at their wedding.


There are times in life where the unexpected, unthinkable or even the unbearable happens. Then there are times in life when these three forces come together to create the perfect storm. Divorce is one such storm.
Towards the end of my marriage, I could sense impending divorce. But even when you can smell a storm in the air and you put up barriers to protect yourself, the storm of divorce always hits harder than predicted. The aftermath leaves a path of destruction and impact was ill anticipated. It is at this time that you have reached a pivotal moment in your life. You've hit your sink-or-swim moment. Are you going to allow this frightful storm to sink you or are you going to get through it? Are you going to swim?
How empowering that we have this big life defining choice and while we're faced with this choice, sinking for me was never really an option. I had two young children (ages 7 and 9) who were also hurting and they were looking to me for answers, assurance and stability. I needed to figure out how to swim.
The waters are rough, cold and most definitely choppy, but we've got to navigate through them. We have to take steps to swim. To survive and to come out of this somehow… but how? It's difficult to look too far ahead, past our storm because our visibility is zero. We have no idea how things will settle, and quite honestly, we wonder if things will ever settle at all. They will. They always do.
In the months following my separation, I set aside 20 minutes every morning to just be sad. Once the kids had left for school, I would make myself a cup of coffee and I would sit in my living room, staring out the window and just be sad. I would sometimes cry, I would sometimes be scared, I would sometimes just sit. I would use this time to mourn. I mourned the loss of my marriage and my partner. I mourned the loss of my old life. I mourned the days of having my children with me all the time and the predictability of my life. I set the timer and when my 20 minutes was up, I would get up, and on with my day. Some days I wanted more time, some days I wanted less, but I always took my 20 minutes. That was my time and I still like to take it. I use that time to sort through whatever feelings are going on inside me that day. Your mourning may not look like mine, but it's important that you grieve.
Open up your mind to new things….try new foods or a new restaurant, sign up for a workout or yoga class that perhaps you've been wanting to try. Maybe a new hair cut? These changes don't have to be drastic or costly. You're starting a new life and you're getting to know a new you. Why not explore who you are and expand your horizons a bit?
This was one of the best things that I did in the weeks following my separation. I stayed in our home and there were far too many reminders of my old life. While I couldn't afford to re-decorate completely, I chose to change my bedroom…(it helped that my husband took the bedroom furniture!). Even if you're working with old furniture, you can freshen up your room and put your stamp on it in a cost effective way. A fresh coat of paint is a great start! Do it yourself or have a friend help you. It's very liberating to choose your own color, and it's very gratifying to do it yourself. It also will give you something positive to focus on when your kids are with your ex for a weekend or a few days. New linens are a must! Start fresh and make this room your personal space!
While change is terrifying for many and debilitating for some of us, we really must look the storm head on and just swim through it, grabbing whatever we can to help us along the way. The waters will calm and when they do, take a moment to savor the smell of all possibilities that lie ahead.


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