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★ ★ (out of five)
I managed to catch Spectre on its opening weekend up at San Francisco's Kabuki theatre. I went in having avoided reading reviews, but was as cautiously optimistic as I would be about any new Bond movie.
It had a strong opening with a pre-credits scene set in Mexico City containing some beautiful long shots and with a pretty healthy mix of expose and action. The set and costume design was impressive in scope too, having apparently required 1,500 extras, 10 giant skeletons, and 250,000 paper flowers to get right.
But things took a steep turn downhill from there. At the surface the movie seemed to have all the elements of a good Bond thriller – fast cars, exotic locations, action scenes, expensive suits, and even a secret desert lair for the bad guy (one of many homages to the original series of movies); but the whole thing failed to come together into a compelling whole. Spectre was entertaining to watch, but wasn't an attention grabber, and left me largely unenthused for the duration of its considerable 148-minute runtime.
The trajectory toward mediocrity of the Daniel Craig reboot franchise may be one of the most disappointing developments in recent movie history. While it got off to an explosive start with the remake of Casino Royale, maybe one of the best Bond films ever made, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall were both pretty lackluster, and now we have the most underwhelming sequel yet.
There is nothing so large as acting, dialog, or effects that prevent Spectre from being good, but rather a lot of smaller contributing factors. Here are a few that struck me:
Making Oberhauser as Bond's adopted brother was totally unnecessary. Although probably a step to make things more personal, it made the whole premise too unbelievable.
The Craig franchise's need for antagonist inflation, with each new villain required to be more evil and less empathetic than the last. Audiences would be fine to just see each movie stand on its own legs.
Oberhauser was a two-dimensional villain. For someone who were expected to believe is the baddest person on the planet, he lacks character, motivation, ability, and a worthwhile master plan.
Very active roles were written in for the supporting characters of Q, Tanner, M, and Moneypenny. Although likely trying to capitalize of viewer familiarity from previous films, their involvement in everything from initial investigation to the final action scene is unnecessary and defies belief.
Every phrase uttered about technology is ludicrous (with the possible exception of the explanation of the Nine Eyes surveillance system itself). Like many other modern movies, they should have just left computers out if it.
Scenes in Q-branch are way too cute, especially with the culmination of the theft of the DB10.
Despite the long runtime, no time was slotted in for the "play" that's spoken so loudly throughout the Bond series. The action is fun, but the lifestyle aspect of the movies is one of the things that makes Bond what it is.
Andrew Scott's casting as C. He doesn't fit into the movie, and there's a reasonable chance that his inclusion was purely pandering to the masses of Sherlock fans (for the uninitiated, a series where he plays Moriarty).
But at least the new Seamaster 300 was nice. It's not clear right now whether this will be the last movie that Craig stars in, but whether it is or not, I'll stay hopeful for the next one.
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The world is a veritable Dickens-fest at the moment, and there is zero point in fighting it.
Actually, I wouldn't, because I'm quite enjoying it, not least (smug) for the number of people around me who are happy to rhapsodise on the importance of Dickens whilst having never read a word of it: I know for a fact that there is a certain Head of Something Bookish in my city who only opened a free download of 'Great Expectations' just before Christmas, despite the fact that he'd already been planning all the bicentennial celebrations and related work in schools for the best part of a year, singing Dickens' praises all the way. Oh the shame.
Anyway, I bought Claire Tomalin's 'Charles Dickens: A Life', just before Christmas, out of sheer curiosity, desperate to read it and see what it was about. The thing is, there are a few people in my sphere who dislike this book immensely, regarding it as a libellous travesty, whilst there are those who think it is wonderful, and a deservedly honest account of a very complex man. All this, naturally, made me keen to read it myself and wade into the fray.
This new biography charts Dickens pre-cradle to post-grave, starting with his grandparents and ending with the death of his last child, so encompasses all of it: the childhood in the blacking factory, the determined rise to fame, the insanity of his workload, the leaving of his wife. It is surprising that he managed to find the time to write some of the best loved books in the English language, but manage it he did, and it is incredibly useful to envisage each book in the context of the wider circumstances of his life.
I really, really enjoyed this book. I felt it gave a great sense of the man, rather than just the idea or public face of him, and there are some wickedly telling anecdotes that shine a light through into the most obscure of moments, showing Dickens for what he really was.
I don't know about you, but reading this, having spent the previous 320 pages with him as this is rather near the end, I sat back and went 'yes, there he is.' Suddenly, it was clear what he'd been doing all those years, and what he was doing it for. It's the classic inner conflict of light and dark in a person, and he chose to let this war fight itself out on the page. How typical that the man with the greatest description of him would be himself - suddenly he's everywhere in his stories, way past 'David Copperfield' and the other most obvious examples.
Of course, his good/bad conflicts are not what we are here for, as if they only wrote biographies of nice people, my Gran would have been covered long ago, and that is sadly not the case. Yes, he is often a horrible, horrible man (at one point, Tomalin advises us to 'avert your eyes from a good deal of what happened', especially in the late 1850s), but he wrote some wonderful books and shook the society he lived in, documenting and immortalising it at the same time. This book leaves you in no doubt of his genius or his inimitable energy, ambition and drive.
And that is Tomalin's strength. She doesn't judge or justify his behaviour, and you feel her concern for all the people in this book, not least Catherine Hogarth or her children with Dickens, who get a pretty raw deal at times. I can imagine her shaking her head softly whilst writing certain bits, tutting a little at him, but never altering from the facts.
I would recommend this book to anyone, even those with only a passing interest in Dickens, as it is eminently readable, and illuminating in a way that is most impressive. The final paragraph of the book, in particular, is magnificent.
Format: Hardback, 416 pages, plus another 1/2 inch of references, letter and notes, and I bought it.
The hardback edition of Tomalin's biography is attractively produced, don't you think?-it's distinctive, pleasant-looking, well printed and I like the touch of the bound fabric bookmark attached to the book.
I agree with you about the way Tomalin writes about Dickens-that she '..doesn't judge or justify his behaviour..'. Very readble biography-yes.
It is - I love the colour illustrations that are used to decorate the inside of the cover, and bookmarks like that are always a nice touch.
I agree, a very readable biography. Have you read Simon Callow's Dickens biography per chance? I've reviewed that also on here more recently.
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Machine translated chapter 793 of Human Emperor light novel.
793 rd? However quick, Dayan has sneered: "Comes well! Has not thought really at this time you also dare to appear in my front!" Dayan was saying, in the eye murderous aura is intermittent, just likes the tide is ordinary. "hē hē, I appear here, come to see off to you!" Wang Chong shows a faint smile, immediately gets rid instantaneously. But is almost simultaneously, Dayan is also the personal appearance sticks out suddenly, throws toward Wang Chong: "Great Snow Mountain monster Dragon Jue!" "Big universe technique!" "Big Yin-Yang technique!" ...... Several call out one after another, in four look like in the Yin-Yang scheme to resound, one intermittent also wants the dazzling ray compared with Sun, explodes from, the astral wind is intermittent, sweeps away the four directions. A moment later, only listens to a sad and shrill pitiful yell, all belong to tranquilly. "Buzz!" Approximately after less than half tea, ray dodges, the Wang Chong body is throwing over fate war armor, from four looked like in the Yin-Yang scheme to walk. His look Zhan Zhan, vision is fine, whole person god fresh air foot, before is no comparison between them completely. What is more important, pure, a more vigorous aura erupts from him, Wang Chong of this flash just like being reborn general, the makings that the body reveals no longer with the aid of Saint Martial Realm that fate war armor achieves, but is inside and outside clear such as one, naturally, erupts by oneself on. "Saint Martial Realm, succeeded finally!" The Wang Chong vision flashes, looks about fine glow four to shoot, reveals a fearful demeanor, making one have the feeling that an awe and dreaded unrestrainedly. This is not a behavior desirably, but is cultivation base is the certain extent, reveals naturally. The big universe technique and big Yin-Yang technique coordinate, the unique skill coordination of these two moves of Great Yin-Yang World Fortune Art, Dayan causes heavy losses finally, Wang Chong has recruited this U-Tsang Empire legend combat general, Brigadier-General Empire, Asura War God, after Saint Martial Realm Inner Force of future Field Marshal king, finally broke through the shackles, has achieved beginning Saint Martial Realm the boundary of boundary.
A Wang Chong vertical warhorse, has leapt the city gate quickly, pursued. Outside the city, crosses walls of the silver-white steel and iron, Wang Chong takes a broad view to look from the warhorse, sees only the entire U-Tsang plateau the northern boundary, is off their feet, a confusion, several thousand Wushang cavalries are divided into the small front arrow lineup, pursues on the plateau perishes to pursue fleeing enemy troops, chases down in all directions. Everywhere one visit, the U-Tsang person almost collapses at the first encounter, nobody dares to stay radically, nobody dares to revolt, all person looks are fearful, is considering only escaping completely, does not have including the lineup. In this advantageous time, even in Liancheng all person aristocratic family masters flushed, follows on the heels chases down in all directions. On the earth, the field littered with corpses, everywhere is the corpse of U-Tsang cavalry, remnant Ge Duanji, overspreads the earth, that long, huge, the black background, above drew the white goshawk, the representative Songmang Buzhi war flag was succeeding in giving up two sections, slanting inserting on the plateau, the remnant flag danced in the breeze against the wind. "Clang!" Is looking around in all directions, suddenly, steel and iron thundering transmits from the under foot, Wang Chong has not responded, that circle is representing "Enemy of Ten-thousand Soldiers Aura" the cream Aura brilliance rises suddenly suddenly, the aperture rapidly expands, is similar to the ocean waves that washes and rinses is ordinary, rapid toward washes to go in all directions. "Congratulations to the Host, Enemy of Ten-thousand Soldiers Aura breaks through, achieves Fourth Layer!!" A familiar sound resounds from mind, hears this sound, Wang Chong is startled first, immediately has smiled, does not have what sound for a long time "Enemy of Ten-thousand Soldiers Aura" unexpectedly will break through at this time, this is really a pleasant surprise. After all, "Enemy of Ten-thousand Soldiers Aura" has achieved Third Layer, but jumps over toward behind, the condition even more harshly, can break through at this time to Fourth Layer, is an accidental harvest. "jià!" These thoughts graze from the mind, Wang Chong clamps the barrel, flushes away toward the front quickly, there, black white two forms speedily grazes to go in own direction. "Master!" "Village head!" Wang Chong cried out two, straight eyebrows slanting upwards and outwards has raised, happy intent of whole face, rapid moving forward to meet somebody. This war biggest hero was master Evil Emperor old man and Master Wushang, if were not they, only depending on own strength, wanted to defeat Songmang Buzhi, but also was really a little dangerous. "Master, Village head, how, did Songmang Buzhi pursue?" In the wall of not far place distance last silver-white color steel and iron, Wang Chong stands up from failure dismount, with Evil Emperor old man and Wushang old man gathers together.
793 rd However quick, Dayan has sneered Comes well Has not thought really at this time you also dare to appear in my front Dayan was saying, in the eye murderous aura is intermittent, just likes the tide is ordinary. hē hē, I appear here, come to see off to you Wang Chong shows a faint smile, immediately gets rid instantaneously. But is almost simultaneously, Dayan is also the personal appearance sticks out suddenly, throws toward Wang Chong Great Snow Mountain monster Dragon Jue Big universe technique Big YinYang technique . Several call out one after another, in four look like in the YinYang scheme to resound, one intermittent also wants the dazzling ray compared with Sun, explodes from, the astral wind is intermittent, sweeps away the four directions. A moment later, only listens to a sad and shrill pitiful yell, all belong to tranquilly. Buzz Approximately after less than half tea, ray dodges, the Wang Chong body is throwing over fate war armor, from four looked like in the YinYang scheme to walk. His look Zhan Zhan, vision is fine, whole person god fresh air foot, before is no comparison between them completely. What is more important, pure, a more vigorous aura erupts from him, Wang Chong of this flash just like being reborn general, the makings that the body reveals no longer with the aid of Saint Martial Realm that fate war armor achieves, but is inside and outside clear such as one, naturally, erupts by oneself on. Saint Martial Realm, succeeded finally The Wang Chong vision flashes, looks about fine glow four to shoot, reveals a fearful demeanor, making one have the feeling that an awe and dreaded unrestrainedly. This is not a behavior desirably, but is cultivation base is the certain extent, reveals naturally. The big universe technique and big YinYang technique coordinate, the unique skill coordination of these two moves of Great YinYang World Fortune Art, Dayan causes heavy losses finally, Wang Chong has recruited this UTsang Empire legend combat general, BrigadierGeneral Empire, Asura War God, after Saint Martial Realm Inner Force of future Field Marshal king, finally broke through the shackles, has achieved beginning Saint Martial Realm the boundary of boundary. Although is also only beginning Saint Martial Realm the boundary, has not reached the Saint Martial Realm peak the boundary, but regarding Wang Chong, all these is day and the essential distinction of place. So long as the boundary fixes in this Level, he can practice many previous generation secret skill , before can display many, receives fight skill and martial study that the boundary limit is unable to show. Like unlocking, Wang Chong this moment battle efficiency not simple increases one section, plans is so simple, but doubled and redoubled, turns time of increase. What is most important, this was equal to projecting on a main road, a Military Saint the main road of road to previous generation. From the present, he wants to restore to cultivation base of previous generation, perhaps does not require that long time. Congratulations to the Host, completes the selenium western threat task, rewards 400 Power of Destiny points Warning, the world history change, star Dayan died in battle, the plateau history moves toward the change, has the worldwide basis influence, will initiate in the future the uncertainty variable, will change during the data statistics. Because this worldwide basis change is initiates by host, therefore reward host 2000 Power of Destiny points . In this time, the Stone of Destiny sound suddenly resounds, but hears this sound, the Wang Chong footsteps stop, in the heart could not bear startled well one. Strange Wang Chong eyebrow first choice selecting, in heart accidental Unexpectedly left 2000 Power of Destiny points Strikes to kill Dayan to reward 400 Power of Destiny points, this Wang Chong is not accidental, because of the beginning, the duty that Stone of Destiny issues is so. On the contrary after is strikes to kill Dayan, two thousand Power of Destiny points that comes out, making Wang Chong accidental. Before Stone of Destiny, when issuing duty, but raises continually has not raised. What Stone of Destiny said changes the plateau history, has the worldwide basis influence, originally affects the destiny of other country, same can obtain the significant reward. This truly is the method of extra gain Power of Destiny reward. Moreover, the threat beforehand prompt of Western Moraine is Quest Failure deducts 2000 Power of Destiny points, the present reward is also 2000 points, does not know that what relations between both has If any, then in Stone of Destiny the duty of issue, were perhaps many a special Power of Destiny gain way. Wang Chong on supine looks at the sky, in the heart is muttering, looking pensive. However, is only the flash, Wang Chong deeply inspired, quick recovers. After the Stone of Destiny matter can also wait, studies, the urgent matter, is processing at present this war. Kills An intermittent Tao day war cry transmits from the ear, Wang Chong opens eyes, decides to look clearly, sees only in miniature The City of Steel, along with escaping of Songmang Buzhi, the morale piece of rout of entire UTsang army. Socalled three services commander in chief, the morale of troops is, when sees escaping of Songmang Buzhi, shock and impact that the entire several thousand people of UTsang armies receive can be imagined, that completely is ruinous. Empire Great General, what that represents is the strength of entire world most peak, in the heart of UTsang soldier, that will be will never escape. When Songmang Buzhi the super masters of two big Profound Martial Realm peak collaborates by Evil Emperor old man and Master Wushang, chases down, in all person hearts some ingrained, deeply believed thing also along with it avalanche. The avalanches of several thousand UTsang armies, completely are integrity, spontaneous, collapses at the first encounter, a comprehensive attack, suddenly turned has become a fugitive greatly. But the special geography terrain of triangular cut also played the might in this time, when Wang Chong in four looked like in YinYang fan soul Great Formation to cope with the Dayan time, all Wushang cavalries built up, pursued under the leadership of Li Siye perishes to pursue fleeing enemy troops, follows close on the height of UTsang person chases down to go. Although did not have link of in addition Wang Chong number intensity of gravity big war to hold, but that side UTsang, the fiercest white brave soldiers lost the Dayan in addition to hold similarly, lost big benzole, the links of many wars, added on the impacts of several thousand people on ones own side again, white brave soldiers a group of people without a leader, early did not have that fearful battle efficiency in hearsay. Interesting The Wang Chong vision dodges, had guessed greatly slightly correctly the cause and effect of matter, the lip curls upwards, shows a smiling face. A keenly blowing, horses hoof hoof clip clop, in bunch of mist and dust of flying upwards, Bai Tiwu long hissing, comes. Wang Chong stands up from failure, rapid stands up from failure to start, flushes away toward the city gate outside. But while toward of outside The City of Steel flushing, Wang Chong shows a faint smile, has emitted war Aura in within the body rapidly. Bang Bang Bang The steel and iron thunders, Aura one after another falls from his within the body, covers in Bai Tiwu the under foot, then likes the hurricane radiation to come together, the limitless, rapid expansion the entire city, expands to the entire army. The bang, shake the heavens moves place the cheers to transmit from The City of Steel. Marquis, was the marquis comes Marquis just was still coping with Dayan, the marquis came out, that Dayan died To the present is we counterattacks Do not make them run away . One cheers intermittently, is continuously ordinary like the cracks in the earth landslide. Although anything could not see, but can feel obviously that outside the city a huge essence expanded suddenly did not have the several fold, shot up to the sky. Third Layer Black Horse Aura, Enemy of Tenthousand Soldiers Aura and Enemy of Tenthousand Generals Aura., all Aura put together, my rising enemy disappears, the situation of UTsang person can be imagined, an intermittent pitiful yell sound, the neighing, the yawp of being frightened links up into a single stretch, even if separates, Wang Chong can also feel that anxious flavor. Wang Chong knows that this war, he won. jià A Wang Chong vertical warhorse, has leapt the city gate quickly, pursued. Outside the city, crosses walls of the silverwhite steel and iron, Wang Chong takes a broad view to look from the warhorse, sees only the entire UTsang plateau the northern boundary, is off their feet, a confusion, several thousand Wushang cavalries are divided into the small front arrow lineup, pursues on the plateau perishes to pursue fleeing enemy troops, chases down in all directions. Everywhere one visit, the UTsang person almost collapses at the first encounter, nobody dares to stay radically, nobody dares to revolt, all person looks are fearful, is considering only escaping completely, does not have including the lineup. In this advantageous time, even in Liancheng all person aristocratic family masters flushed, follows on the heels chases down in all directions. On the earth, the field littered with corpses, everywhere is the corpse of UTsang cavalry, remnant Ge Duanji, overspreads the earth, that long, huge, the black background, above drew the white goshawk, the representative Songmang Buzhi war flag was succeeding in giving up two sections, slanting inserting on the plateau, the remnant flag danced in the breeze against the wind. Clang Is looking around in all directions, suddenly, steel and iron thundering transmits from the under foot, Wang Chong has not responded, that circle is representing Enemy of Tenthousand Soldiers Aura the cream Aura brilliance rises suddenly suddenly, the aperture rapidly expands, is similar to the ocean waves that washes and rinses is ordinary, rapid toward washes to go in all directions. Congratulations to the Host, Enemy of Tenthousand Soldiers Aura breaks through, achieves Fourth Layer A familiar sound resounds from mind, hears this sound, Wang Chong is startled first, immediately has smiled, does not have what sound for a long time Enemy of Tenthousand Soldiers Aura unexpectedly will break through at this time, this is really a pleasant surprise. After all, Enemy of Tenthousand Soldiers Aura has achieved Third Layer, but jumps over toward behind, the condition even more harshly, can break through at this time to Fourth Layer, is an accidental harvest. jià These thoughts graze from the mind, Wang Chong clamps the barrel, flushes away toward the front quickly, there, black white two forms speedily grazes to go in own direction. Master Village head Wang Chong cried out two, straight eyebrows slanting upwards and outwards has raised, happy intent of whole face, rapid moving forward to meet somebody. This war biggest hero was master Evil Emperor old man and Master Wushang, if were not they, only depending on own strength, wanted to defeat Songmang Buzhi, but also was really a little dangerous. Master, Village head, how, did Songmang Buzhi pursue In the wall of not far place distance last silverwhite color steel and iron, Wang Chong stands up from failure dismount, with Evil Emperor old man and Wushang old man gathers together.


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NFC North Division Preview: Will Aaron Rodgers enjoy a fantasy bounce-back in 2020?
Yahoo Sports Fantasy Staff
8 August 2020, 12:25 pm ·11-min read
The Yahoo Fantasy analysts will preview all eight NFL divisions during the 2020 fantasy football draft season. Here, we'll tackle each team's most pressing fantasy question, and team win totals. Be sure to also check out each team's full preview linked up below. Next up, the NFC North.
Green Bay Packers: With the Packers deciding not to add any help for Aaron Rodgers are you avoiding him or is there value with him being drafted as QB11?
Matt: I would not call Rodgers an all-out avoid. There's enough of a damper on the future Hall of Fame quarterback right now that he no longer comes with the premium draft slot that he once did. Yahoo drafters are now letting him fall into the double-digit rounds. At that point, selecting him falls well within the late-round quarterback strategy. Didn't see that one coming. He falls to such a point where all the downside of his supporting cast and the potentially run-heavy offense is baked in. Rodgers may not be a priority target any more but he's certainly worth considering given his ADP.
Scott: Rodgers is a fade for me. The circus eventually leaves town for everyone, and this offense has just one favorable pass catcher. Matt LaFleur didn't do much of anything exciting with the 2018 Titans, and Green Bay is quietly trying to transition to a run-heavy offense. Rodgers has also scaled back his rushing in recent years. I'd prefer to go for a younger quarterback, or one more upside-friendly, in 2020.
Liz: Is a top-12 fantasy finish in Rodgers' range of possible outcomes? Of course. Does that mean you have to draft him? Not at all. The position is so rich with talent that plenty of later-round options exist. As storied a talent as Rodgers is, he's playing in a run-focused offense with a limited number of proven pass-catchers available to drag his production. Folks rostering him are doing so because of reputation and perceived value. And that's fine. However, I'd argue there are players with similar ADP and more upside — like Matt Stafford — who could boom in a bigger way.
OVER/UNDER on 9 Win Total from BetMGM
Scott: Let's first consider what this number represents; the books are expecting Green Bay to fall off four wins from a 13-3 season, mindful that the team's modest point differential in 2019 (plus-63) only earns them 9.7 wins on average. How you feel about the Packers O/U is tied to how you feel about the Vikings and Bears; given that I love Minnesota's depth and I see Nick Foles being a reasonable upgrade for Chicago, I will lean slightly UNDER on the Pack.
(Click here for our full, in-depth Green Bay Packers team preview)
Minnesota Vikings: Dalvin Cook was RB5 last season. Going in the top seven in most drafts, is that about right, is there still room for more, or is this ADP too high?
Dalton: Cook is both terrific and used as a true workhorse when on the field, but his health concerns are too great to spend a first-round fantasy pick. There's a list of past injuries, including a chronically dislocated shoulder. It's truly bizarre when Clyde Edwards-Helaire is considered a risky first-round fantasy pick while Cook is regularly going in the top-five, and we haven't even begun to discuss him possibly holding out. I'll be grabbing Mike Boone at the end of my fantasy drafts.
Matt: We know there's holdout risk with Dalvin Cook now. That creates a big cloud of uncertainty around what would have otherwise been a really appealing fantasy outlook. I don't think there's any value in speculating how he'll approach the holdout either. He could skip a season, several games, show up right before Week 1, how the hell am I supposed to know? He's a human being capable of changing his mind at any moment or simply follow his convictions to whatever end he sees. So take that risk into account when deciding to click his name in a fake football draft.
Scott: Between the holdout angle and the injury risk, I'd prefer not to spend the big draft capital for Cook. Granted, this is professional football, everyone has some injury risk, and the sure things run out quickly. But Cook is more reactive than proactive pick for me, not wanting to price in his breakout year and still worried about the medical and contract issues.
OVER/UNDER on 8.5 Win Total from BetMGM
Dalton: The Vikings were better than their 10-6 record suggested last year (plus-104 points), and I expect the Packers to take a major step back, so this division is there for Minnesota. Kirk Cousins has finished No. 4 and No. 3 in CPAE over the last two seasons, so the Vikings are legitimate Super Bowl threats. With continuity on the coaching staff, this is an easy OVER, so I can understand the heavy juice (-160).
(Click here for our full, in-depth Minnesota Vikings team preview)
Chicago Bears: David Montgomery never got going as a rookie. Is he a post-hype sleeper with no backfield competition or little more than a flex option?
Andy: To be perfectly honest, I hate having to commit to an answer on Montgomery when Devonta Freeman and various other vets are just hanging out there as unsigned free agents. It doesn't appear the Bears are going to pull the trigger on adding another back (because they haven't done it yet), but I can't say it would be shocking. Montgomery, after all, was remarkably inefficient last season in terms of both traditional (3.7 YPC) and advanced metrics. He wasn't great. He barely crept over 1,000 scrimmage yards by the end of the season, yet averaged just 4.0 yards per touch.
But still, I'm not gonna write off a 23-year-old entering his second season. There are plenty of examples of NFL rushers who struggled as rookies and broke out as sophs. (Yeah, sure, there are also plenty of examples of rushers who struggled as rookies and struggled as sophs and landed in the CFL. It happens.) At the moment, Montgomery has no serious competition on the depth chart. He's potentially looking at a monster workload. If we're drafting tonight, I'd view him as a viable No. 2 fantasy RB.
Liz: There's no denying Montgomery struggled with inefficiency in his rookie campaign, posting a true carry rate of 3.5 YPC (RB56) and a production premium of -23.2 (RB69). Yet his numbers absolutely improved as the year progressed. Over the first eight games of the season, Monty averaged 14 carries per game, but over the last eight weeks of 2019 that number went up to 16.25 attempts per contest. Additionally, he became more efficient with those attempts, improving his yards created average by 50 percent from Weeks 8-17. It's therefore reasonable to expect the second-year back to further his development as a rusher, especially given the lack of competition in this backfield and, consequently, the volume he'll receive.
Plus, he was the RB25 in fantasy last year and is being drafted as the RB26 this go-around. That's a solid value for a flex player with RB2 potential.
Dalton: He's coming off a miserable rookie season that saw him finish 48th out of 50 running backs in YPC after contact (even septuagenarian Frank Gore got more). In rushing DVOA, Montgomery graded 40th among 45 backs (and also poorly as a receiver) while finishing No. 109 in fantasy points per opportunity. It's pretty clear Montgomery's impressive broken tackle numbers in college were deceptive, as that metric matters less for (and can even benefit from) runners who lack explosion.
However, I still have Montgomery ranked as a top-25 fantasy RB, as volume remains king, and he truly appears to be the only game in town. Chicago needed to upgrade the position in the draft as much as any team in football but selected its ninth tight end instead. I want there to be a sleeper in this backfield considering Montgomery's underwhelming rookie season, but it's unquestionably the thinnest in the NFL. The backup appears to be undrafted Ryan Nall. The team used a third-rounder on Montgomery last season, and they enter 2020 fully expecting to make him their workhorse.
Dalton: With heavy juice on the under and as a believer in the Foles upgrade being greater than the public perceives, part of me wants to go contrarian here, but it just seems like this original line was off. In a division also featuring the Vikings, a Lions team I like more than most (Matthew Stafford was getting 8.6 YPA before going down last year) and a Packers squad that just went 13-3 and appeared in the NFC Championship Game, and with the Bears still making decisions like signing washed Jimmy Graham, I'm taking the UNDER.
(Click here for our full, in-depth Chicago Bears team preview)
Detroit Lions: Kenny Golladay led all receivers with 11 TDs in 2019, and he's now being taken as the seventh WR in drafts. Will touchdown regression ruin his potential fantasy ROI, or is his production safe thanks to Stafford's return?
Scott: I'm not going to sweat regression for Golladay, given that he's likely to get a full year tied to Stafford. Those 11 touchdowns came despite two months of absolutely grotesque quarterback play in Detroit. And even if Golladay slips to seven or eight scores, so what? It's the era of the wide usage tree (something the Lions, incidentally, do not have); a mere three players had double-digit touchdown catches in the NFL last year. Only injury can keep Golladay from set-and-forget status; he's a very reasonable target in the second or early third round.
Matt: Odds are he scores fewer touchdowns in 2020 but that doesn't mean he can't return on an ADP that falls within the top-10 wide receivers and the top-25 overall picks. Kenny Golladay came into his own as a true No. 1 receiver. He beat press coverage routinely and separated at all levels of the field. While Marvin Jones looks like a value at his ADP, for sure, that doesn't mean he has to wreck Golladay's ceiling. In fact, Golladay delivered 80.5 yards per game at 21.1 yards per catch with Jones on the field compared to 56 yards per contest without his teammate. Some of that is noisy because of Stafford's injury absence but having both of these guys on the field makes the offense more efficient.
Liz: I've been high on Golladay since his days as a Huskie. I even have an FF squad — Rosé all Golladay — named after the 26-year-old. There's no doubt that Golladay has emerged as one of the league's most exciting deep threats. In 2018 he posted a top-15 total target depth and top-nine contested catch rate, illustrating how he could best be used.
[2020 Draft Rankings: Overall | QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | DST | Kickers]
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Scott: Matt Patricia hasn't fixed the defense or won the locker room during his Detroit tenure, so I have to fade this team, no matter my admiration for Stafford and friends. Poor coaching is harder to overcome in the NFL than in any of the other major American sports. Punch the UNDER.
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SIFF 2016: 'Alone' (2015) Movie Review
When a photographer witnesses a horrendous crime on the rooftop of a nearby building, he attempts to take a picture of the event. The assailants see him, hunt him down, and bludgeon him do death with a hammer in his own low-rent studio. And that's just the jumping off point for South Korean director Park Hong-min's (A Fish) twisted, nightmarish thriller, Alone, which makes its North American debut at the Seattle International Film Festival.
After Su-min (newcomer Lee Ju-won) is apparently murdered by men in ski masks, he wakes up, naked, alone, and unharmed in the middle of his gritty Seoul shantytown. He wanders through the snaking, labyrinthine stairways, paths, and alleys; encounters a crying child armed with a knife and a weeping woman; and scurries through the crumbling slum until he gets home. Where hit attackers find him. And kill him. Again. And the situation repeats itself, shifting and morphing, each episode more surreal than the last.
Caught in an endless purgatory of violence, Park uses this fragmented structure to dole out bits and pieces of information about Su-min and his past, gradually letting the viewer in on the mystery. Alone opens on a collage of photos that replicates the view from Su-min's apartment, and this narrative approach provides a similar mosaic effect. Over time, these peeks and glimpses come together to form a larger picture of the protagonist's fractious mental state, which resembles and reflects his decaying surroundings.
Park's visual approach enhances the dreamy, maze-like internal logic. Long tracking and following shots pursue Su-min through the disorienting, claustrophobic streets and passageways. These lingering, sustained takes, elaborately choreographed through the tangled urban corridors, unfold like less ostentatious versions of what Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu does in Birdman and The Revenant. Though Park is clearly strong behind the camera, he never allows the stamp of ego never comes to the forefront.
The cinematography and staging are spectacular, ramping up the fuzzy ambiguous feel, but the filmmaker rarely calls attention to them. This includes one extended sequence where Su-min appears trapped in an M.C. Escher painting come to life, endlessly climbing one stairway-to-nowhere after another, reappearing on the other side of the frame, never reaching any destination or goal.
Throughout Alone, the camera remains at eye level, which places the viewer in the scene with an unsettling closeness. We're a fly on the wall—so near we're almost a participant—bearing witness to intimate events we have no business seeing. As the frame follows Su-min, so do we, and this perspective generates another intentionally disorienting sensation, dragging the audience into an uneasy state of complicity and compliance. Su-min descends into paranoia and mania, and though it feels like we may be able to reach out and stop it, all we can do is watch.
Set entirely in one slum, in a space of a few square blocks, Alone has a grandeur and scope that belies this limited, contained venue. A subtle, but poignant, examination of class, inequality, and impending gentrification flows below the surface, illustrated in every dingy, cramped structure; dark, desolate staircase; and Lee Joo-won's strong lead performance.
At times the extended shots dawdle a bit too long in moments that could otherwise have been tightened up in editing. But these are negligible missteps, and provide space to take in and ponder the heady, intrepid surrounding text. A daring narrative construction and a singular visual film, Alone stands as a unique psychological thriller, full of intricate themes, and in just two directorial efforts, Park Hong-min has established himself as a powerful filmmaker. [Grade: A-]
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Road traffic is a big problem in India, especially in chaotic Indian cities. Whenever you think of going somewhere, you must prepare yourself for getting stuck in congested city roads with bumper to bumper traffic. Scooters look more convenient to pass through the traffic jams and thus, most daily commuters prefer to buy a scooter than a car. There's no stress of managing the clutch or changing gear and you can reach anywhere in less time & less money.
Though the two-wheeler industry as a whole is struggling at the moment, gearless scooter segment is witnessing a tremendous growth and to bank on it, Japanese manufacturer Yamaha has launched three scooters in the past 18 months. The company has recently introduced Yamaha Alpha which is expected to give a tough fight to the already popular TVS Jupiter. The name signifies the largest planet in our galaxy but it is a compact scooter that offers everything you need. Both the scooters have good demand in Indian market and it would be tough for buyers to choose one. So, in this article, I am drawing a comparison between these two new scooters in entry level 110cc segment. Let's get started.
Since both these scooters are targeted at more mature or evolved buyers, the overall styling is intentionally kept sober. Yet, both look quite attractive.
With subtle lines and soft curves, the Yamaha Alpha which is the latest scooter to hit the 110cc segment has a more spunky & sharp design than its sibling Ray. Instead of the front fairing, the headlight is positioned on the handle-bar this time. The headlight looks quite different from that in the TVS Jupiter & Honda Activa but it looks very similar to that seen on the Suzuki Swish, which does not gel with the overall design. The swooping panels look pleasant.
While the tail-lamp is positioned much lower than usual, rear indicators are positioned much higher. As per Yamaha, these changes add to the sportiness and many people may even like such changes but many people argue that lower rear indicators would have been better for signaling and higher tail lamp would have given better visibility for vehicles approaching from behind. Companies must study the safety & utility factors well when designing a vehicle.
The muscular front mudguard on both the Jupiter and Yamaha Alpha look same as the design is inspired from the new Honda Activa. The mudguard & telescopic forks give the Alpha a bold macho-like look. To add more styling, a smart Yamaha 'tuning fork' badge and a pair of sharp tear-shaped turn indicators are provided. With the up swept exhaust, puffed out front fairing & sleek rear panels, I particularly liked the neat side profile of the Yamaha scooter. It is marginally shorter in length but taller than the TVS Jupiter.
The Jupiter has seen a great response in market and some credit for this goes to its pleasant clean & chiseled design. Its overall built quality is top notch and clearly outshines the Yamaha. Unlike the Alpha, the beautifully designed side indicators (which are borrowed from Wego) gel well with the overall design and with the oval side panels in particular.
When it comes to styling & design, TVS Jupiter is the clear winner.
The cycle parts on this TVS scooter are the best in the segment. It has got some fantastic features. What I liked the most is its smart headlight high-low-beam selector which doubles up as pass-switch. It has ECO and POWER modes which are segment first features. On the instrument cluster, you will find fuel reserve light & high beam indicator. There are dedicated turn indicators on each side. The switchgear, which is borrowed from Wego, comes with a red colored ignition switch and yellow horn, which make it look funky. The telescopic front forks seen on the Jupiter are similar to the Alpha but have a more vigorous gas-charged rear shock absorber. Also, while the TVS Jupiter features 5-spoke 12-inch alloy wheels, Alpha features only 10-inch ones.
If we talk of Alpha's over-sized analogue instrument cluster, only basic information such as speed, fuel-gauge and tell-tale lights is offered. Unlike the case in the TVS scooter, the basic layout of the instrument cluster is very basic. The scooter has an additional feature in the form of a rear tyre hugger. Overall, features are very less if compared with the Jupiter.
Both the scooters offer comfortable riding positions and wide seats. On TVS Jupiter, I noticed that the 800mm seat is too soft which is not appropriate for long rides but it has a perfect narrow front so that your feet can easily reach the ground. There is 21-inch under-seat storage, which is 4-litres more than that in the TVS. It is spacious enough for your feet and can even store an open-face helmet. The scooter has two hooks unlike Yamaha Alpha which has only one. Also, its EZ main stand feature reduces the load on the rider when putting the scooter on main stand.
The seat on the Yamaha scooter has the right balance of cushioning and is appropriate for long rides. Due to its taller stance, Alpha offers a more commanding riding position which gives better visibility on front. The flat board is also comfortably big.
Comparing both the scooters on comfort factor, the Jupiter clearly outsmarts the Yamaha Alpha.
The TVS Jupiter comes with a smooth and refined 110cc engine which is borrowed from the Wego. It delivers maximum power of 8PS and a peak torque of 8Nm, which is enough for basic city use. The Alpha on the other hand is powered with 113cc engine seen in the Ray. It delivers slightly low power of 7.1PS and a peak torque of 8.1Nm.
While the former is an electrifying, energetic Indian motor, the latter is a traditional Japanese SOHC motor. Both come with CVT (Continuous Variable Transmission) for smooth power delivery. Both the engines deliver almost the same on paper as well as in the real world but for daily use, the Yamaha Alpha feels more alert & agile. Also, it is 4kg lighter than the 108kg TVS, which reflects in its ride quality. The Alpha has a firmer suspension setup which feels a bit uncomfortable when passing over big bumps. Both the scooters use similar 130mm drum brakes up front and at back, which offer impressive feel and feedback. The companies claim 62kmpl of fuel efficiency but none of the scooters match up to it. When engine dynamics & overall ride quality are concerned, choosing one is actually very difficult.
The TVS Jupiter is priced at Rs 44204 which is way too cheaper than the new Yamaha Alpha which costs Rs 47735 (both ex-showroom Delhi). The higher price is not even justified as the cheaper Jupiter comes with better styling & design, more features, comfort and a smoother engine, making it the obvious pick in this comparison.


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WALTHAM, Mass. – A two-run fourth inning proved to be the difference as the Stonehill College Skyhawks edged Bentley University, 2-1, in Northeast-10 Conference Northeast Division softball Thursday afternoon at Bentley.
Bentley scored the game's first run in the second inning. Junior second baseman Julia Slavin (Rocky Hill, Conn./Rocky Hill HS) singled to center with one out and moved into scoring position on a two-out single by junior right fielder Sami Palazzolo (East Williston, N.Y./Wheatley School). Sophomore catcher Lindsey Allen (Worcester/Worcester Technical HS) delivered the team's third hit of the inning, a single to left that scored Slavin.
In the fourth, Stonehill senior second baseman Sophie Perez (Bridgewater) reached on an error and moved to third on a single to center by sophomore designated player Genna Hartman (East Granby, Conn.). The ball was mishandled, allowing Hartman to move to second.
Sophomore center fielder Gianna Azzato (East Meadow, N.Y.) hit into a fielder's choice, but Perez beat the throw home to score the tying run. Azzato stole second and when the ensuing throw was not handled, Hartman scored what proved to be the deciding run.
Bentley had numerous opportunities, stranding eight including four in scoring position. The Falcons had the bases loaded with no outs in the third and runners on the corners, also with no outs, in the fifth, in addition to leaving two on in the second.
Bentley's seven hits included two apiece from Allen and junior center fielder Juliana Romeo (Greenfield, R.I./Smithfield HS). Stonehill's nine hits included three from Genna Hartman and two more from junior catcher Julia Hartman (Salisbury).
Junior Katherine Rayner (Milton, Vt.) pitched a complete game for Stonehill, with two walks and six strikeouts. Bentley received three scoreless innings of relief from sophomore lefty Kayleigh Fitzpatrick (East Hampstead, N.H./Timberland Reg. HS).
Bentley dropped to 10-19 overall and 2-6 in NE10 Northeast games after playing its 11th one-run game of the season. Stonehill, 8-18 overall with all eight wins earned by Rayner, improved to 3-6 in division games.
Bentley will play a three-game series at Franklin Pierce this weekend, beginning with a doubleheader at noon Saturday.


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"Traviata"
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
based on the book of Alexander Dumas (the son)
"Lady with Camellias"
Violetta Valery, a courtesan
Flora Bervoix, Violetta's friend
Annina, Violetta's maid
Alfredo Germont, a young bourgeois from a provincial family
Giorgio Germont, Alfredo's father
Gastone, Viscount de Letorieres
Barone Douphol, Violetta's lover, a rival of Alfredo
Marchese d'Obigny
Dottore Grenvil
The events take place in Paris and its vicinity, in the 1850s
Symphony orchestra, choir, ballet of the Abay Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
Director - LAYLIM IMANGAZINA, Honored Figure of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Artist - VYACHESLAV OKUNEV, People's Artist of Russia, Laureate of State Prizes of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan
Chief Choirmaster - ALIYA TEMIRBEKOVA
Chief choreographer - GULZHAN TUTKIBAEVA, People's Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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A lavish party at the salon of Violetta Valery's, a courtesan. Among the guests is Alfredo Germont. He has loved Violetta with a pure and rapturous love since the first time he had laid eyes on her. The guests ask Alfredo to sing a song – a hymn to love and mirth. He passionately tries to persuade Violetta to change her way of living and to trust in his feelings. But Violetta dismisses Alfredo's passionate declarations with jokes. She gives him a flower – a promise of a future date with him.
The guests leave. Violetta is alone. She excitedly mulls over Alfredo's words. For the first time in her life, Violetta is confronted with genuine feelings. Her heart starts to fill with love.
Violetta and Alfredo have left Paris. The have found happiness in the peaceful countryside. Alfredo's serenity is broken by the arrival of the maid, Annina, who accidentally lets out that Violetta has been secretly selling off her possessions. Amazed at the sacrifices of his beloved, he leaves for Paris to take care of the money matters.
Violetta is distractedly going through her letters. Her old friend Flora has sent an invitation for a masked ball. Violetta puts it aside with indifference.
Alfredo's father, Giorgio Germont, appears. He accuses Violetta of leading her son to his demise and ruining their family's reputation.
Violetta is in despair. Her love for Alfredo is her only joy in life. And she hasn't got long to live. She is seriously ill. But relenting to Germont' urgent pleas, Violetta decides to sacrifice her happiness. She writes a farewell letter to her beloved.
The letter plunges Alfredo into despair.
Germont enters. He invites his son back to his home in Provence. Suddenly, Alfredo notices the note from Flora on the table. He has no doubt now, that Violetta has left him forever. Drunk with jealousy, he hurries to Paris to avenge his betrayal.
Flora's masked ball. The party is in full swing. Alfredo is at a card table with other gamblers. Violetta enters with Barone Douphol. Flora greets them ecstatically, but Violetta is a stranger to the colourful bustle. She is suffering her separation from her beloved.
Alfredo is seeking a quarrel with the Barone. Worried for Alfredo's life, Violetta tries to prevent the duel. But humiliated by her betrayal, Alfredo convenes the guests and publicly insults Violetta, throwing the money at her face – a payment for her love.
Broken by her sorrows and her illness, Violetta is slowly fading away. Dottore Grenvil tries to give her hope, but Violetta knows that the end is near. She tells her maid to give her money away to the poor, and when left alone, reads Germont's letter, announcing his son's forthcoming return. Alfredo knows everything. His father has told him of his conversation with Violetta.
The lively cheering of a carnival can be heard from the street. An excited Annina rushes in. She informs of Alfredo's return.
The lovers are happy beyond measure. They are dreaming of leaving Paris and starting a new life. Nothing can stand between them now. But Violetta has no longer the strength to live. Germont enters and remorsefully realises that his consent to his son's marriage has come too late, Violetta cannot be saved. In her last fit of passion Violetta throws herself on Alfredo's neck, and dies in his embrace.
The plot of the opera "La Traviata" was taken from the novel by Alexandre Dumas (the son) "of A Lady with Camellias". The possibility of creating an opera on this literary work appeared at Giuseppe Verdi almost immediately after the publication of the novel in 1848. Verdi was at her premiere and finally established himself in his decision to write an opera. He found a theme close to himself at Dumas - the tragedy of the destiny of a woman's ruined bourgeois society.
The theme of the opera caused a heated debate: the modern plot, costumes, hairstyles were very unusual for the public of the XIX century. But the most unexpected was that for the first time on the opera stage as the main character, portrayed with undisguised sympathy, the "fallen woman" came out (a circumstance specially emphasized by Verdi in the name of the opera, because the Italian word "grass" is translated exactly that way). Perhaps this novelty was the main reason for the scandalous failure of the premiere.
According to the genre of "La Traviata" - one of the first examples of lyrical and psychological opera. The routine and intimacy of the plot led Verdi to abandon the heroic monumentality, theatrical entertainment, and spectacularity that distinguished his first opera works. This is the composer's most "silent" chamber opera.
The performance was first shown on March 6, 1853 at the La Fenice Theater in Venice.The opera La Traviata appeared in the repertoire of the theater almost from the very beginning of its opening, but now the public is presented with an updated version, which was created in Abay KSABAT in 2016.
"La Traviata" is an opera of a great style, "said Vyacheslav Okunev, production designer at the premiere, already invited to the eighth performance at the Abay KSABAT, - that's why everything in her - and the costumes, and the scenery, and the interior - is done in detail and as accurately as possible. We wanted to see this performance, the audience loved the opera with all my heart and tasted all its charm, because opera is a genre that can stop time, slow down its progress. In the opera, a person has a rest and gets an almost museum-like sensation: time stops for the evening, a huge orchestra plays especially for you, luxurious scenery changes and singers with brilliant vocal abilities change, and this is a very expensive sensation. "


It's November 1st, 1960 and Jake drives through dark of night and hard of rain. Fresh from a murder to save a family of the past and a man in the future, he has to reveal his secrets to Bill Turcotte at gunpoint. Bill's balance of suspicion and paranoia, and pleading anguished hope, balances well against Jake's almost blithe resignation of such a strange situation.
It's odd seeing that first shot of the infamous Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, the building from which Lee Harvey Oswald possibly took his lethal shot at JFK. As Jake and Bill stand in the deserted road, this now is when past, present, future and potential futures seem to collide with each other.
A surprising encounter puts them on the path of Jack Ruby, the man destined to shoot Lee Harvey Oswald two days after JFK dies. This seems to be in contrast with the theme that 'time pushes back', relying too much on coincidence, and yet it still sort of works. The first sighting of Oswald though, that's all planned, if a little brief; Brief, but escalating.
After establishing the situation of 1960, the narrative jumps forward to 1962. Jake is well-established as a teacher, which is where he is enchanted by Miss Sadie Dunhill, a librarian at his school. As she was one of the first people he bumped into in 1960, again we fall back into apparent coincidence, of a smoothing of the ways, with regards to the inertia of time. This though is only a small wrinkle in an otherwise well-executed episode. The misogyny and racism of the 1960s is dealt with deftly after being downplayed for a little while. Jake, a man out of time, certainly can't do this without repercussions.
The narrative maintains a good pace, the cinematography continues to be top-notch and the acting show excellent production values beyond what one might expect on TV. The nature of the episodes do mean that concepts seem to be being applied somewhat patchwork, but the general thrust continues to be sound.


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God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins
9th episode of the third season of Bob's Burgers
"Bob Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins"
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Anthony Chun
Kit Boss
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"Bob Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins" is the ninth episode of the third season of the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers and the overall 31st episode, and is written by Kit Boss and directed by Anthony Chun. It aired on Fox in the United States on December 16, 2012.
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When Bob inherits a storage unit around Christmas, the family hope that they will contain riches, but instead they find a squatter named Chet who claims he was previously a display mannequin. The family take him in, only to discover that he has a talent for creating seasonal window displays out of mannequins, in which he also poses. The displays Chet put up in preparation for Christmas prove very popular with people stopping to look at the display and helps increase business for the restaurant. As Christmas approaches Chet becomes increasingly unstable, eventually claiming that he is in love with another mannequin Nadine from whom he has become separated, after the store he used to reside in went out of business due to a mall that reduced business.
Chet then further claims that he met Nadine when the store, Lombard's Department Store, was at its peak in business, and his relationship with Nadine became more "casual" and that one day Nadine had an accident that ended with her right hand being destroyed and Nadine coming back with two left hands instead of a replacement right hand. Chet then claims that when Lombard's Department Store eventually went out of business because of the mall, OMG Mall, he was separated from Nadine soon after and that the pain of being separated from her "turned him into a human." Tina proclaims that Chet's story is "the greatest love story ever told" and convinces Chet they could help him find Nadine even if they have to look far and wide to find her.
Bob doesn't approve of the kids looking for her and says Chet was never a mannequin and that Nadine is probably in a dump somewhere, upsetting him. Upset with her husband, Linda storms to her bedroom and demands a snack. In his misery, Chet creates a macabre and terrifying display, and the desperate family track Nadine down to a sex store, much to the dismay and disapproval of Bob, who reluctantly joins the kids in going to the sex store and get Nadine back. Liberating the mannequin, they reunite her with Chet and convince him to create a more appropriate display in time for Christmas. The display gets a brief moment of success but is interrupted by the sudden arrival of the sex shop owner demanding they give Nadine back and wrecks the display in the process of trying take Nadine back. The kids then pay the owner $263 to buy the mannequin back so Chet can keep Nadine. Eventually the crowd becomes fed up with the wrecked display, and everyone leaves.
The family then decides to let Chet stay until January. On Christmas morning the family then enjoys Christmas morning with Gene getting a door exit sign, Tina getting a shoe-sizer and Louise a security tag remover. Bob then asks what Chet plans on doing after they kick him out when January arrives, and Chet reveals that he plans on staying at his apartment in Manhattan and that he plans on seeing how a renovated loft turns out, revealing that he wasn't homeless at all, much to Bob's shock and anger.
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Rowan Kaiser of The A.V. Club gave the episode a A–, saying "The entire episode hits that sweet spot between sweet and weird. Even the moment where Chet goes a little crazy and makes a horrifying window display is oddly endearing, thanks to the ketchup bottle squirting 'blood.' That's clever, weird, but also impressive. That's Bob's Burgers, and I'm happy that the show is getting a chance to apply its impressive clever weirdness to the holidays."[1] Ross Bonaime of Paste gave the episode 8.5 out of 10, saying "God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins" is essentially everything you could want from a holiday episode of Bob's Burgers. Chet's story of finding mannequin love with Nadine is so ridiculous, yet everyone in the family except Bob finds it to be beautiful. Tina even proclaims it to be the greatest love story ever told. That may not be accurate, but it's definitely the weirdest love story you're going to find in a holiday TV special."[2]
The episode received a 1.5 rating and was watched by a total of 3.09 million people. This made it the fourth most watched show of Fox's Animation Domination block that night, beating The Cleveland Show but losing to The Simpsons with 3.77 million.[3] The likely reason that this episode was the least-watched upon premiere of any of the episodes of 'Bob's Burgers' to date is due to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that had occurred on December 14, 2012, two days prior to the episodes' airing on December 16, 2012.
^ Kaiser, Rowan (January 7, 2013). "God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
^ Bonaime, Ross (2012-12-17). "Bob's Burgers Review: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins" (Episode 3.09) :: TV :: Reviews :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
^ Kondolojy, Amanda (December 18, 2012). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Bob's Burgers' and 'Bachelorette' Special Adjusted Up, 'The Simpsons' Adjusted Down + Unscrambled Football". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
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Movie Review: "Juliet, Naked" (2018)
Movie: "Juliet, Naked"
Director: Jesse Peretz
A woman becomes online pen pals with her longtime boyfriend's idol, musician Tucker Crowe, after giving his demo album a bad review on her boyfriend's Tucker Crowe fan forum.
"It has become clear that all along, he has been in love with another man." (Image Source)
"Juliet, Naked" is directed by Jesse Peretz, who has also directed the film "Our Idiot Brother." He is probably better known for directing episodes of acclaimed television shows such as "Nurse Jackie," "Girls," and "GLOW." The screenplay is adapted from a novel by Nick Hornby, who has had numerous works adapted into films like "High Fidelity," "About a Boy," and "Brooklyn." Despite what the title may lead you to believe, no character in this film is named Juliet, and nobody ever gets naked. This story revolves around a woman named Annie (Rose Byrne). Her longtime boyfriend Drew (Chris O'Dowd) is obsessed with an indie rocker named Tucker Crowe, who released one album many decades ago only to disappear from the music world without a trace. Drew is such a big fan that he even runs a Tucker Crowe fan site. He has recently received an unreleased demo recording of Crowe's album "Juliet" titled "Juliet, Naked." He loves the album, but when Annie gives the recording a negative review on Drew's fan site, she is contacted by the actual Tucker Crowe who shockingly agrees with her view of the album. From that point on, the two of them spark up a friendship that develops over e-mail until they eventually meet in person.
"I need to listen to this on my own. It stinks of betrayal in here." (Image Source)
Like many Nick Hornby adaptations, "Juliet, Naked" is a sweet and charming comedic romance. The comedy mostly comes from the wit of its dialogue as well as the delivery of that conversation from the film's capable, charismatic cast. Despite not being a professional comedian, Rose Byrne has always been an incredible comedic talent. She has appeared in several funny movies throughout her career, and she has superb comedic timing and very sharp delivery. Chris O'Dowd is also extremely humorous as an overly-obsessive Tucker Crowe fan who learns that sometimes, it is better to live in a fantasy world and imagine what things might be like to meet your idol rather than realizing how things actually are and being disappointed. This movie also has an excellent exploration of obsessive and possessive fandoms. It shows how toxic they can be, even when some fans come face-to-face with the person they adore and idolize. Drew loves Tucker Crowe to the point where it starts to define his friendships, his relationships, and who he is as a person, so it is devastating when his hero doesn't live up to his exceedingly high expectations. Finally, Ethan Hawke is wonderful in this, as he is in most of his indie films. He does a marvelous job portraying a washed-up rocker trying to set his life straight even though he can't escape the sins of his past. Hawke sings quite a few of the songs on the soundtrack, and he does a stellar job with them.
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"Juliet, Naked" is a real treat. We wound up enjoying this film a lot. We laughed and smiled consistently throughout its runtime, and our audience seemed to love it, too. We relate to all of the characters in different ways despite that they are flawed people. This is definitely a lovely little indie you should seek out and experience if it is playing in a theater near you. It is well worth the price of admission!
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is a 2015 Japanese role-playing video game developed by Gust for the PlayStation 3 (only in Japan), PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita (digital-only) and Microsoft Windows. It is the 17th main game in the Atelier series and the first game of the Mysterious storyline, as well as the debut of Koei Tecmo taking over publishing rights for Western regions in place of NIS America. The enhanced version of the game titled  was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and the Nintendo Switch on April 22, 2021.

A sequel, Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows on February 25, 2022.

Gameplay

The game features a completely reformed worldview from earlier titles within the series, in addition to a new alchemy-centric system. Sophie is able to obtain ideas for recipes from activities such as harvesting, exploring, battling, or from events, and these ideas are used as a basis of improving her knowledge of alchemy. When she performs alchemy, the player is presented with various predetermined shapes representing the ingredients used, and arranges each shape on a puzzle board that represents the cauldron. This process involves visual trial-and-error, and if the shapes are arranged perfectly, the player receives a bonus. The materials selected affect the quality of the item synthesised. This system is intended to offer a high degree of freedom based on the player's own playstyle.

Once the player gathers the required ingredients, the alchemy process involves a five-step process which consists of selecting a cauldron, applying ingredients, arranging shapes to receive bonuses, reviewing the bonuses acquired, and finally selecting which bonuses the player intends to keep. After crafting, the player is able to progress the story, in addition to equipping up to four categories of items using the "Dollmake" feature.

The "Dollmake" feature allows the player to freely customise Plachta using costume items crafted by the player via alchemy. As the number of items crafted via alchemy increases, the possible customisation options widen. The game's new weather system affects how the game world changes based on the current time and weather; for example, items receive shop discounts and specific types of enemies appear at certain times and under certain conditions.

Plot

The game is set in the small town of Kirchen Bell, a location with a warm atmosphere and occasional rainfall, during the dawning era of alchemy prior to it becoming a widespread art. Within the outskirts lies an atelier studio run solely by a girl named Sophie, who has a mysterious power that allows her to combine items together to form entirely different items. Without a mentor or reference guide to teach her, her alchemy attempts repeatedly fail time and time again. One day, however, she comes across a mysterious book that moves and talks by its own free will. Sophie's goal is to restore the book's memories and its former human form.

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Sophie Neuenmuller
The protagonist of the game, who is an alchemist that runs her own atelier studio. Although she is popular and bright, she is also sloppy and is terrible at housework.

Plachta
A silver-haired girl with amnesia, who is originally an old book from the atelier's bookshelf. Plachta teaches Sophie alchemy, and as more recipes are written within her, she regains her memories. The player can customise her appearance via synthesised costumes using the game's "Dollmake" feature.

Oskar Behlmer
A greengrocer's son who has a passion for plants. Although he is lazy and physically unfit, he has an optimistic personality and the unusual ability to hear the voices of plants. He is also knowledgeable about grass and flowers.

Monika Ellmenreich
A talented woman born to a well-respected family who excels at swordsmanship and her studies. As Sophie's childhood friend, she often looks after her and scolds her. She has a serious personality and  prioritises politeness, though she enjoys singing.

Corneria
An alchemist girl who works as a volume seller, and has the special ability of being able to replicate things, at the expense of shrinking her own body size.

Harold Siemens
A clocksmith who prefers making guns over repairing watches. He has a sarcastic personality.

Horst Basler
An old man in charge of the Kirhen Bell café, which operates as a bar in the evening. He is responsible for brokering requests, and shares information with Sophie.

Leon
A tailor who fights with a spear and uses jamming items.

Julio Sebald Leidenschaft
A young knight from the country of Adarett studying alchemy.

Fritz Weissberg
A former mercenary who now performs puppet shows during his travels as a doll-maker. He uses dual swords in combat.

A young boy with an interest in alchemy who can see into the true nature of things.

Atomina
A young girl who is often silent. She accompanies Meklet.

Tess Heitzmann
The simple-minded and troublesome showgirl for the Kirchen Bell café.

Logix "Logy" Fiscario
A blacksmith who provides assistance to Sophie by crafting equipment for the party, he is based on a character of the same name from the Dusk series.

Development
The game was first announced to the public through pre-publication previews of Weekly Famitsu and within the 593rd volume of Dengeki PlayStation, and is directed by series director Yoshito Okamura. Prior to the game's official reveal, trademarks for the names "ソフィーのアトリエ" and "不思議な本の錬金術士" had been filed by Koei Tecmo on May 20, 2015. The character designs are illustrated by Yuugen, an illustrator from Chiba Prefecture who has prior worked on Bravely Default, alongside Noco from Saitama Prefecture who has previously illustrated for KanColle: Kagerou, Setting Sail!.

Yoshito Okamura states that the choice of experimenting with two illustrators aims at creating a mysterious image for the game's setting and allows people with different artistic directions to design different characters which provides greater significance to the character designs. This is the first game in the series to use multiple artists. Musicians involved in production for the game's opening, ending and insert songs include Rurutia, Ami, Haruka Shimotsuki, Tsukiko, Okazaki Anna, and TynwaldMusic. The game, along with the other initial Social Gust game, Nights of Azure, experienced delays in release, with Atelier Sophie's delay being graphics quality enhancement.

Reception

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book received "generally favorable" reviews for the PlayStation 4 version according to review aggregator Metacritic; the Windows version received "mixed or average" reviews.

The game received a Famitsu review score of 33/40 across all platforms. The game sold a total of 68,106 physical retail copies across all three console platforms within the first week of release in Japan. Koei Tecmo stated the game to have sold 170,000 units in Japan/Asia alone in their late 2016 report. The game had shipped 400,000 copies by 2021.

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JULY 5, 2019, BOSTON – Cornhole is a big hit at The Lawn On D. Evan Richman Photography
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PUBLISHED: June 28, 2019 at 12:42 am | UPDATED: June 28, 2019 at 11:56 am
Nothing spells summer in Boston like two of the city's favorite pastimes, rock 'n' roll and the Red Sox. Both will be on tap at The Lawn On D this weekend, as South Boston's favorite family party spot pulls out all the stops to get your holiday week underway early.
The weekend began Thursday with a SoundStages event hosted by Rock 92.9 (WBOS), the local station devoted to "the next generation of classic rock." This is the first in a series of SoundStages on the Lawn through the summer.
One of Friday's main attractions is always the Lawn's ever-popular, summer-long cornhole tournament, and rest assured that the bag-toss game has become the stuff of serious competition. Though you can enter any week you like, there are die-hard cornholers who compete all summer long, and the competition can get fierce. So don't miss out, polish your upswing and your throwing accuracy and compete for the prizes, including "Lawn Bucks" that can be redeemed for food and drinks. Be there at 6:30 p.m. to sign up.
The game even gets a live soundtrack when the band Swipe Right begins rocking at 6 p.m. They're a high-energy, four-man Boston band that seems capable of covering just about anything — Goo Goo Dolls to Post Malone, AC/DC to Backstreet Boys — so shout out any song you like and they'll probably know it.
Saturday will be a special day for Sox fans, as the Lawn becomes the next best thing to Fenway Park — and of course, cheaper too. The Sox will be playing the Yankees in London, and there will be a 16-by-9-foot LED screen set up to give you a closer view of the game than you'd probably get at London Stadium. Not only that, but the official Red Sox Showcase will be visiting, bringing a virtual Fenway experience to the Lawn. They've got a replica Green Monster, clubhouse and dugout, plus a batting cage, pitching stations and giant jenga game. So don't be shy, spend the day immersing yourself in Sox fandom.
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Music continues after the game with the Royal Furs from 5-7 pm and Felix Brown from 8-11 pm. Felix Brown Band, whose music falls on the funky blues side of the spectrum, have been doing regular gigs at the Blues Cafe in Newport, and were voted best cover band in that city for five years running. Wrap up your weekend with the Lawn's Sunday Funday — you can enjoy the games and swings in a casual family atmosphere, and your July 4th week will be off to a fine start.
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Coudray ist der Name mehrerer Gemeinden in Frankreich:

 Coudray (Eure) im Département Eure
 Coudray (Loiret), ehemalige Gemeinde im Département Loiret
 Coudray (Mayenne) im Département Mayenne
 Le Coudray im Département Eure-et-Loir

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 Coudray-au-Perche im Département Eure-et-Loir
 Le Coudray-Macouard im Département Maine-et-Loire
 Le Coudray-Montceaux im Département Essonne
 Coudray-Rabut im Département Calvados
 Le Coudray-Saint-Germer im Département Oise
 Le Coudray-sur-Thelle im Département Oise

Coudray ist der Familienname folgender Personen:
 Angélique du Coudray († 1794), französische Hebamme, Verfasserin eines Hebammenbuches
 Anne-Claire Coudray (* 1977), französische Fernsehjournalistin und -Fernsehmoderatorin
 Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray (1775–1845), deutscher Architekt des Klassizismus
 François Coudray (1678–1727), französischer Bildhauer
 Frédéric de Falloux du Coudray (1815–1884), französischer Kardinal der Römischen Kirche
 Guillaume Alexandre Tronson du Coudray (1750–1798), französischer Advokat
 Henri Coudray (* 1942), französischer Priester, Apostolischer Vikar von Mongo
 Henri d'Escoubleau du Coudray-Montpensier († 1688), französischer Adliger und Militär
 Pierre Coudray (1713–1770), französischer Bildhauer

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[Weekly Inspiration] Elevating Student Voice Through Senior Talks
Every educator strives to make their classroom a place where students feel most comfortable. Educators are always looking for more ways to get to know and connect with their students to hear their stories. After all, each student goes through their own struggles in order to get where they are today. Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester, Massachusetts, hosts Senior Talks to give their graduating seniors a chance to hear their stories.
Each graduating senior must prepare a talk to give in front of the entire school, creating a sense of community. Senior Talks are a great way for students to share their stories and receive support and encouragement from their school community. The talks are also a great way for younger students to have a shining example of older students who have worked through tough times in their lives and have made it to graduation. Head of School Thabiti Brown said "We want our students to be able to explain the ways in which their journey has helped them be comfortable in who they are, confident about who they are, so that when the world comes for them, they are ready to also come to the world."
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