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[4K Ultra HD Review] 'Beverly Hills Cop II' 35th Anniversary Edition; Now Available From Paramount
Beverly Hills Cop II (35th Anniversary) [4K Ultra HD]
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow
Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back where he doesn't belong, this time going "deep, deep, deep undercover" to stop a gang of international munitions smugglers. Also returning are Judge Reinhold and John Ashton as Murphy's crime-busting sidekicks, ready to unleash blazing gunfire alongside rapid-fire gags. Continue reading "[4K Ultra HD Review] 'Beverly Hills Cop II' 35th Anniversary Edition; Now Available From Paramount"
Kevin Lovell June 1, 2022 June 6, 2022 Leave a comment
'Beverly Hills Cop 2'; Arrives On 4K Ultra HD May 17, 2022 From Paramount
Paramount Home Entertainment has officially announced their upcoming 4K Ultra HD release of the sequel 'Beverly Hills Cop II' starring Eddie Murphy. The film will arrive home on 4K Ultra HD May 17, 2022 in celebration of its 35th Anniversary. The release will feature Dolby Vision/HDR-10, although no extras are noted in the news release. Continue on to check out the full announcement. Continue reading "'Beverly Hills Cop 2'; Arrives On 4K Ultra HD May 17, 2022 From Paramount"
Kevin Lovell March 30, 2022 March 30, 2022 Leave a comment
[Blu-Ray Review] 'Coming 2 America'; Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From Paramount
Coming 2 America [Blu-Ray]
Director: Craig Brewer
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler
Akeem and Semmi are back for a brand-new, hilarious adventure! In COMING 2 AMERICA, newly crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi (Arsenio Hall) traverse the globe from their great African nation of Zamunda to the borough of Queens, New York when Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States. In addition to Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall, the outrageously entertaining film features an incredible cast including James Earl Jones, John Amos, Louie Anderson, Shari Headley, Wesley Snipes, Tracy Morgan, and Leslie Jones. Continue reading "[Blu-Ray Review] 'Coming 2 America'; Now Available On Blu-ray & DVD From Paramount"
'Coming 2 America'; Arrives On Blu-ray & DVD March 8, 2022 From Paramount
Paramount Home Entertainment has officially announced their physical releases of the comedy sequel 'Coming 2 America' starring Eddie Murphy. The new film will be available to own on Blu-ray and DVD on March 8, 2022. Continue below to check out the full announcement for the release including bonus content information and more, plus artwork for both physical releases. Continue reading "'Coming 2 America'; Arrives On Blu-ray & DVD March 8, 2022 From Paramount"
Kevin Lovell February 8, 2022 February 10, 2022 Leave a comment
[Blu-Ray Review] 'Another 48 HRS' (1990) (Paramount Presents); Now Available From Paramount
Another 48 HRS (1990) (Paramount Presents) [Blu-Ray]
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James
Eight years after the first 48 hours of mayhem, Reggie (Murphy) is about to be released from the pen. But, after the bus transporting him flips over (17 times), Inspector Jack Cates (Nolte) enlists the ex-con for another seemingly impossible two-day task to nail an elusive drug lord with a price on Reggie's head. Continue reading "[Blu-Ray Review] 'Another 48 HRS' (1990) (Paramount Presents); Now Available From Paramount"
Kevin Lovell July 20, 2021 August 25, 2021 Leave a comment
[Blu-Ray Review] '48 HRS' (1982) (Paramount Presents); Now Available From Paramount
48 HRS (1982) (Paramount Presents) [Blu-Ray]
Cast: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole
Nick Nolte is unforgettable as Jack Cates, a rough-edged Inspector on the hunt for two vicious cop-killers. Unlikely ride-along con Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy), is given 48-hour leave from prison to help Cates on the case. The laughs fly almost as much as the punches, as both men pursue two very different goals in a short amount of time. Continue reading "[Blu-Ray Review] '48 HRS' (1982) (Paramount Presents); Now Available From Paramount"
'48 Hours' & 'Another 48 Hours'; Arriving On Blu-ray Newly Remastered July 6, 2021 As Part Of The Paramount Presents Line From Paramount
Paramount Home Entertainment has officially announced two new titles in their ongoing 'Paramount Presents' Blu-ray line. The Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte led action comedy classics '48 Hours' and 'Another 48 Hours' will both arrive (separately) newly remastered on Blu-ray July 6, 2021 as the nineteenth and twentieth titles in the 'Paramount Presents' line. Continue below to check out the full announcement for the releases. Continue reading "'48 Hours' & 'Another 48 Hours'; Arriving On Blu-ray Newly Remastered July 6, 2021 As Part Of The Paramount Presents Line From Paramount"
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Coming 2 America; The Royals Return In The New Trailer & Poster For The Sequel
Amazon Studios and Paramount have now unveiled the second Trailer and a new Poster for the upcoming sequel 'Coming 2 America' which stars Eddie Murphy and is set to premiere on Prime Video next month. Continue below to check out the new trailer and poster for the movie now. Continue reading "Coming 2 America; The Royals Return In The New Trailer & Poster For The Sequel"
[Blu-Ray Review] 'Trading Places' (1983) (Paramount Presents); Now Available From Paramount
Trading Places (1983) (Paramount Presents) [Blu-Ray]
Director: John Landis
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis
The very rich and extremely greedy Duke Brothers (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) wager a bet over whether "born-loser" Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) could become as successful as the priggish Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Akroyd) if circumstances were reversed. So begins one of the funniest, most outrageous comedies of the 80s, cementing Eddie Murphy's superstar status. Alongside the street-smarts of Ophelia (Jamie Lee Curtis), Winthorpe and Valentine are a trio ready for a riotous revenge that culminates on the commodities trading floor in New York City. Trading Places is presented here newly remastered from a 4K film transfer, under the supervision of director John Landis. Continue reading "[Blu-Ray Review] 'Trading Places' (1983) (Paramount Presents); Now Available From Paramount"
Kevin Lovell January 5, 2021 August 24, 2021 Leave a comment
'Coming 2 America'; The First Trailer & Poster For The Eddie Murphy Sequel Have Arrived!
Amazon and Paramount have now revealed the first official trailer and teaser poster for 'Coming 2 America', the Eddie Murphy starring sequel to his 80's classic which will be making its debut on Amazon's Prime Video in March. Continue below to check out the first trailer and poster for the long-awaited sequel now! Continue reading "'Coming 2 America'; The First Trailer & Poster For The Eddie Murphy Sequel Have Arrived!"
[Blu-Ray Review] 'The Golden Child' (1986) (Paramount Presents); Available December 1, 2020 From Paramount
The Golden Child (1986) (Paramount Presents) [Blu-Ray]
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Charlotte Lewis, Charles Dance
Newly remastered from a 4K film transfer, director Michael Ritchie's hit action-comedy comes to Blu-ray for the first time. Eddie Murphy is "the Chosen One," a social worker on a madcap mission to find "the Golden Child," a young boy possessing mystical powers. Joined by Kee Nang (Charlotte Lewis), they'll battle the countless henchmen of Sardo Numspa (Charles Dance), the mysterious and evil cult leader holding the boy captive. It's a dangerous quest, complete with obstacle courses and a mythical amulet, sharply combining Murphy's wit with eye-popping special effects for an unforgettable adventure. Continue reading "[Blu-Ray Review] 'The Golden Child' (1986) (Paramount Presents); Available December 1, 2020 From Paramount"
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[GIVEAWAY] Win 'Beverly Hills Cop: 3-Movie Collection' On Blu-ray; Now Available From Paramount
We're thrilled to be working with Paramount Home Entertainment in order to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a copy of the newly released 'Beverly Hills Cop: 3-Movie Collection' Blu-ray set. The 3-disc Blu-ray set features fully remastered versions of all 3 movies and is now available to purchase. Continue on below for the simple instructions on how you can enter to win a free copy of the release. Continue reading "[GIVEAWAY] Win 'Beverly Hills Cop: 3-Movie Collection' On Blu-ray; Now Available From Paramount"
Kevin Lovell January 14, 2020 January 21, 2020 22 Comments
Beverly Hills Cop: 3-Movie Collection; The Newly Remastered Collection Arrives On Digital 4K Ultra HD December 17 & On Blu-ray January 14, 2020 From Paramount
Paramount Home Media Distribution has officially announced and detailed a new, remastered 'Beverly Hills Cop: 3-Movie Collection' release featuring all three popular films starring Eddie Murphy in celebration of the original's 35th Anniversary. The 3-Movie Collection will make its debut on Digital 4K Ultra HD with HDR on December 17, 2019, and will be followed by a 3-disc Blu-ray release on January 14, 2020 that will also include some new extras. Continue on below to check out the announcement for the release with bonus content listings and more. Continue reading "Beverly Hills Cop: 3-Movie Collection; The Newly Remastered Collection Arrives On Digital 4K Ultra HD December 17 & On Blu-ray January 14, 2020 From Paramount"
Kevin Lovell October 28, 2019 October 30, 2019 Leave a comment


Marvin Humes was re-united with his JLS bandmate and good friend Aston Merrygold in the Vodafone Big Top 40 studio.
Oh yes! The day has finally arrived chart-fans. For all of your JLS fans, it's about to be your lucky day. Promoting his brand new funky tune 'Get Stupid', Aston dropped by to have a quick chat with Marvin & Kat and the result was everything we hoped it would be.
Not only do we get to hear all about Aston as a solo artist, we get to hear all about those JLS stories from back in the day. Trust us, you're going to want to hear these.
Speaking about what he's been up to since those days, Aston declared he's been 'locked in a studio, writing songs and trying to become a solo artist'. Well...we definitely think he's achieved that!


If you have ever designed online support documents that are used for quick online reinforcement learning, you know that not only do the documents need to contain the right information, but they must also be usable online.
What does it mean for an online support document to be usable online? Usability, in practice, answers a very basic design question—does it work? Can users find and use information quickly and easily?
When workers must find and use learning topics on the job, as in the case of the Learning Moments listed above, they may turn to online support documents. Have you ever thought about how you write and lay out these documents? Often, we retrofit former hardcopy documents for use online. The retrofit approach does not usually consider how learners use documents online.
• Know your audience: Who are they? Why do they use certain documents? Do they need information or direct instructions? Audience questions are basic for the eLearning designer, but also consider additional usability-focused questions such as: What constraints will users have when using the document? Are there time limitations or printing limitations? These additional questions can guide how to present information and in what order, so that learners can find it quickly when needed.
For example, if you know your learners have no way to print documents, you can organize your document's layout so that most-used information is listed first, and provide links to more details on certain topics.
Also, knowing how learners access information will help you to determine search tags for the document, so learners can find it quickly when searching the Internet or Intranet. Test your document's findability by typing your key tag words into the internal or external search engine. If your document doesn't come up, or if it's several search pages in, you know you need to adjust your tagging.
• Is the document easy to scan to find needed information or do learners have to scroll through much information to find it? Some quick testing with a colleague's help to find key elements on a page will tell you if you need to adjust your page's scanability. Also, include questions about usability and readability in any user testing you conduct for the documents.
• Mental Model – does the design of the document fit your learners' mental model? Donald Norman, in his classic book on usable design The Design of Everyday Things, explains (pg 38) that a mental model is our concept of the way an object works or an action happens resulting from our tendencies to form explanations of things.
If you have existing online documents, consider reviewing them with these principles in mind. If you are creating new documents, definitely consider usability throughout the design process.
Usability should be a focus of every project. And it's never too late to start!
Hi Donna! Lots of good points...and your suggestion about testing "findability" is an important step that I think is often missed. What's intuitive to a designer might not match the mental model of the users. Testing should validate that users can not only find the content, but can actually find it quickly and easily. This is where user tagging can be especially handy. Thanks for sharing the ideas!


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Itchy Fish
Dumbest Injuries in Sports History
by itchy fish
Phillies reliever Ryan Madson recently found himself on the Disabled List after he kicked a metal chair following a blown save. Injuries caused by dumb reasons are nothing new to the sports world. They're often embarrassing, and athletes have a hard time living them down. Here's a look at some of Madson's predecessors on the dumb injury list.
1. Bill Gramatica
As if NFL kickers weren't the butt of the joke enough already, Arizona kicker Bill Gramatica opened up a whole new era of jokes at the expense of kickers. In a December 2001 game against the New York Giants, Gramatica kicked a first-half field goal. Perhaps excited by a rare bright moment for the hapless Cardinals, Gramatica leaped up and down in excitement, promptly tearing his ACL. Gramatica never amounted to much as a kicker, and why he was celebrating a first-half field goal with such zest remains a mystery.
2. Kevin Mitchell
Mitchell played for several baseball teams, and had a fairly decent career, even winning the MVP one year. But Mitchell also had a couple of the more ridiculous injuries. One time he chipped a tooth after biting in to a hard donut, leading him to miss part of spring training. He also strained his abdomen after vomitting, which landed him on the Disabled List. That makes a double dip for Kevin Mitchell in the dumb injuries list.
3. Gus Frerotte
Frerotte had a lengthy career as a journeyman NFL quarterback. But in 1997, Frerotte had what might have been his best known moment when he rammed his head in to the cement wall at the back of the end zone. As a result Frerotte missed a key stretch in the game, which resulted in a 7-7 tie against the New York Giants.
4. Adam Eaton
Eaton was reviled as a bust free agent pitcher in Philadelphia. Long before that though he made a name for himself in San Diego. In 2001, the then Padres pitcher stabbed himself in the hand whlie opening a DVD, forcing him to miss some time. Somehow Eaton's career carried on in the majors for many more years.
5. Marty Cordova
Cordova, an outfielder who had a pretty forgettable career with a few MLB teams, lands on this list as a result of sunburn. But it wasn't regular sunburn. Cordova got sunburned as a result of visiting a tanning salon, leading him to miss a game for one of the dumbest reasons in the history of sports.
6. Joel Zumuya
This injury is doubly bad given its timing. The Detroit Tigers pitcher missed part of the 2006 ALCS because of a sore wrist and forearm that he obtained as a result of playing the popular video game Guitar Hero. Fortunately for Zumuya, the Tigers won despite him and he returned for the World Series, which Detroit lost.
7. Glenallen Hill
Another baseball player who's famous for the wrong reasons, Glenallen Hill missed a stretch of games from sustaining cuts and bruises. How did he get them? He had a dream that he was covered with spiders, which lead him to jump out of bed, break a glass table, and fall down a flight of strairs.
8. Lionel Simmons
Before Zumuya suffered a video game related injury, Sacramento Kings guard Simmons missed a few games as a rookie in 1991 because he was playing too much GameBoy. The popular handheld game lead Simmons to acquire tendonitis in his wrists.
9. Ryan Klesko
Klesko had a few average years in the major leagues. In 1999, while playing with the Atlanta Braves, Klesko surffered an injury that led him to miss a few games during the season. His injury was sustained while picking up his lunch tray, leading him to throw out his back.
10. Turk Edwards
This one happened ages ago. Edwards had a Hall of Fame career as an offensive lineman with the Redskins. But that stellar career ended early in 1940 when Edwards suffered a retirement-forcing injury during the coin toss. While walking back to the bench, his cleat got caught in the turf forcing an injury to his knee, and that was all she wrote on his career.
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Salalah Hotel
The project which includes a 200 key five star hotel, a 250 key four star hotel, a souk, 65 residential apartments, and a beach club is located 30 minutes south-west of Salalah. The site is primarily a plateau which slopes north-northwest towards the adjacent Aftaelqaat village. Hills envelop the plateau areas on three sides and a dramatic cliff forms the southern boundary to the site. The site contains an extensive wadi network which links the hills and plateau.
The overarching planning concept has been to maximise the magical views of the Indian Ocean from all aspects of the development. We have sought to create a language which is drawn from a marriage of contemporary architecture and Omani context and influence. Hence we have taken inspiration from the rich and varied history and culture of the Dhofar region at every opportunity.
Reaching out towards the ocean, the spaces are linked via open courtyards and reflecting pools, which will all contribute to giving the guests a magical first experience of the hotel and the Omani waters beyond.
Client: Oman International Dev't and Investment Co
Type: Upscale Hotel


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Strip micrograft or FUT is a minimally invasive technique that involves extraction of a strip of scalp from the occipital region. Micrografts with 1 to 4 hair follicles are obtained and these are implanted in the recipient site.
The strip hair graft technique is performed in three stages:
Graft extraction from the donor site.
Graft preparation.
Graft implant in the recipient site.
1. Graft extraction from the donor sit
In most cases, the patient is advised to take a muscle relaxant or anxiolytic to reduced discomfort during the 4 to 6 hours of surgery.
If the patient is concerned with pain and anxious, a mild sedative can be administered, monitored by an anaesthetist. In this case, the technique must be performed in an IML operating theatre, equipped with the monitoring systems required for sedo-analgesia.
Defining strip length and widt
The donor site is the occipital region, although in some cases the temporal region can be used.
The occipital region is the area with most hair and less tendency to suffer from androgenic alopecia.
The donor site is typically 5 cm wide and approximately 25 cm long in the area between the ears. The strip should not be extracted in a high area, since it could be affected over time by progressive hair loss on the crown.
The size of the strip depends on the follicular unit density on the patient's scalp in this area.
The strip should contain the square centimetres needed to obtain the number of grafts agreed on with the patient for the transplant.
The strip width should not be more than 1 cm so the suture can be performed with no tension on the donor site, which ensures a good quality scar. Therefore, strip size is adapted, making it longer or shorter, according to the number of grafts required.
Local anaesthesia
Once the length and width of the strip is decided, local anaesthetic is administered. A 1% lidocaine solution is infiltrated with adrenalin 1:1,000,000 diluted in 20 or 30 ml saline solution. This provides a good level of anaesthesia, vasoconstriction and turgidity in the infiltrated area, which will enable the strip extraction manoeuvre.
Strip extractio
The strip is extracted using a fine-blade scalpel. The scalpel is placed in the direction of hair growth on the occipital region for several reasons:
Reduce hair follicle transection
Find more viable hair follicles
Reduce visibility of the suture, where it preserves the residual follicles on either side of the incision. In this sense, the trichophytic closure assures that the scar has emerging hair that it is as invisible as possible.
The closure on the donor site is performed with a direct suture, with loose stitches or staples, assuring that the edges of the trichophytic incision match and they are close together to prevent the scar from broadening.
Follicular units are kept moist until the implantation takes place
2. Graft preparation
The extracted strip is fragmented in follicular units with 1, 2 or 3 hairs, so they can be grafted onto the recipient site.
This painstaking task is performed using magnifying glasses, which improve precision when cutting and fragmenting the strip.
The strip is divided into narrower, lengthwise strips and then each of these are fragmented transversally into follicular units. Given that the resulting follicular units have 1 to 3 hairs, they are grouped according to the number of hairs they contain, placing them on gauze or Petri dishes.
Follicular units are kept moist in a trough with saline solution to assure vitality and viability when grafting.
Selection of the follicular units by the number of hairs they contain will aid the surgeon later. It is preferable to graft the follicular units with just one hair following the new hairline for a natural result. Grafts with more follicles are placed further back.
3. Graft implant in the recipient site
The incisions where each micrograft will be placed are first made. The following aspects must be taken into consideration:
Definition of the hair graft implantation line
The implantation line must be at least 8 cm from the glabella (between the brows). It should be an irregular contour and follow temporal hairline. These conditions are essential for a natural result.
Recipient site anaesthesi
The same type of solution as for the donor site is infiltrated, with ring block infiltration around the whole recipient site to improve anaesthesia.
Tumescent infiltration of the recipient site causes the tissues to distend and temporarily increase the skin surface. This enables placement of the grafts closer to each other.
The tumescent anaesthetic should not be too intense. If there is too much tension in the area the so-called "popping" effect occurs, where grafts are extruded by the excessive pressure.
Making the incisions for graft placemen
Incisions are made with 20 G or 22 G needles for single hair grafts and 18 G for thicker grafts with 2 or 3 hairs.
The narrower incisions are made in the hairline where the single hair grafts are placed. The larger incisions are made towards the back where the 2 or 3 hair grafts are placed.
Incisions are made at an average depth of 5 mm to ensure correct graft reception, avoiding the risk of too deep an implantation which could cause folliculitis.
The distance between the incisions will determine the resulting grafted hair density. For a result to be natural, density should be 20 to 40 follicular units per square centimetre.
Orifice orientation is another essential factor for a natural result, this will later determine the growth direction of the grafts. Therefore, these incisions must follow the angle in which hair grows on its own.
Hair grows forward in the front, so the incisions are made at a 30º angle towards the front. As incisions are made further back, the orientation is gradually corrected until it reaches an angle of approximately 60º in the back.
Graft placemen
The grafts are handled with fine-grade forceps, avoiding the lower part of the follicles and picking them up by the subcutaneous cell tissue that surrounds them.
They are clamped gently to prevent trauma or deformation and then implanted applying minimal pressure. This part of the surgery is highly dependent on technique and the surgeon's dexterity is of utmost importance.
Work is performed under magnifying glasses. This stage typically lasts 2 or 2.5 hours.
Would you like to know if the FUT technique is suitable for you? Request a free informative consultation now with one of our expert surgeons from our Hair Transplant Unit.


HOUSTON (January 3, 2017) – Stewart announced today the appointments of Clifford Allen Bradley and Frederick H. Eppinger to the company's board of directors. Until his retirement in 2016, Bradley served as chairman of Amerisafe, Inc., where he previously served as its CEO from 2003 through 2015. Eppinger most recently served as president, CEO and director for The Hanover Insurance Group until his retirement in 2016.
Bradley assumes the Stewart board position after more than two decades in executive positions at Amerisafe, a leading specialty provider of workers' compensation insurance. He was responsible for managing Amerisafe's underwriting operations beginning in 2000. He also served as general counsel from 1996 to 2000 and as chairman of Amerisafe's board of directors from 2005 to 2016.
Eppinger comes to the Stewart board with more than 35 years of experience in finance and strategic marketing in the insurance industry. Eppinger's experience includes serving as partner for the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company from 1985 to 2000. Most recently, Eppinger led Hanover's significant financial turnaround and unprecedented growth, more than doubling the company in size, from 2003 to 2016. Hanover provides a wide range of property and casualty services and is currently ranked in the top 25 property casualty insurers in the United States.
Bradley received his bachelor's degree from Southeastern Louisiana University and earned his law degree from Louisiana State University.
Eppinger graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and earned his MBA at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.


Yash Chopra returns to directing for the first time in a number of years (1997's Dil to Pagal Hai being his previous effort) and he brings along many of his trademarks – high production values, a glossy colorful palette, lush musical numbers, loving mothers and an old fashioned high toned love story that does its best to ring out the tears. Indian cinema has been going through some dramatic changes over the past few years as filmmakers have attempted to overcome box office doldrums by adding more sexual content (Jism), exploring taboo subjects (lesbianism in Girlfriends), becoming more technically polished and reducing the traditional Bollywood aspects of films such as musical numbers and over sentimentality (Varma's recent films). In other words – Indian films are taking on what is perceived as Western attributes – whether for good or ill is everyone's decision to make. Not Yash Chopra though. He is in a bit of a time warp. Now at about 100 years old (ok – only 72) and having made these types of films for over forty years, Yash isn't about to change what got him here and in Veer-Zaara he delivers it in spades. It is like submerging yourself in a honey pot – sticky but sweet.
The film stars perhaps the three biggest actors in Bollywood right now – there practically isn't a big release anymore that doesn't feature one or more of them – Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee – and all of them are like fresh orange marmalade – they practically sparkle they look so good. Shahrukh recently said that he can make these types of films in his sleep now and that is easy to believe – not that he looks to be sleepwalking through his role, but he has all this down to a science by now – the easy going charm, the love struck gaze, the misty eyes, the quivering lip – he has done it so many times that I am sure it's like a database in his head and he only has to reach for the right file to access. But it works – it is nearly impossible not to fall under his spell. Shahrukh is simply the most personable actor in the world today and though you feel you are being partly conned you happily go along for the ride. Preity is adorable – the flower bud lips, the famous dimples, the eyes that dance from glee to tragedy in an instant – she is like a rich wrapped chocolate that you just want to pop into your mouth and savior. She is wonderful here – as warm and welcoming as French toast under a thick layer of oozy syrup. Rani has perhaps the hardest role in the film as she has to play it completely straight with not a hint of glamour and not even a song to hang her hat on, but she is able to convincingly project an aura of integrity, idealism and compassion that her character needs. Even so not seeing Rani in at least one miniskirt during a three-hour movie should be considered a national disgrace!
The film is structured in a compelling manner – it alternates between the present time and flashbacks to two decades before and so essentially creates two dramatic threads – one a typical Bollywood love story and the other a search for justice and identity. These two stories effectively manage to feed off one another and create large doses of pathos in doing so. Veer (Shahrukh) is serving time in a Pakistani jail – looking gaunt, disheveled and broken – not too surprising after twenty-two years behind bars. His prison number is 786 (apparently a very significant number in Islam because when written out in Arabic it looks like the word for God) and no one has spoken his name in all these years nor has he spoken a word. Pakistan is reviewing many of the older cases to see if justice was served and a new lawyer (Rani) has been assigned to his case. She is able to break through his long held silence by simply showing him some humanity and respect – and being Rani probably didn't hurt – who could stay silent under the gaze of Rani. He begins to tell her his story and what brought him to this state.
He was in the Indian air force working on a helicopter rescue squad when one day he had to pick up a young woman whose bus had crashed on the roadside leaving her stranded down below – the actual logistics of this make little sense – but never mind about that. As they are hauling her up and he is immersing himself into her big brown eyes, she drops her bag and insists on recovering it, which sets Veer off on an angry rather nonsensical tirade. Later Zaara (Preity) explains that the bag contains the ashes of her dear beloved nanny (Zohra Sehgal) whose last wish was to have them released in a holy Sikh river. Geez – talk about making someone feel guilty – even Shahrukh can't respond to this except with a sheepish look, but the next day he decides to help this Pakistani girl in her mission and to go with her and her beautiful dimples. Until this point the film had felt rather contrived and somewhat ordinary, but beginning with their journey together across the idealized utopian Indian countryside the film begins to take on an emotional resonance that is quite magical. After finally reaching their destination, Veer asks her for one more day of her life to show her his India and takes her home to his small village where they meet up with his aunt and uncle (played by Hema Malini and Amitabh Bachchan with enormous affability).
In there short time together it becomes clear to everyone that Shahrukh has fallen madly in love and it is not difficult to understand why – Preity is simply perfect – but she has forgotten to tell him one small thing – she is engaged to another man. This is Bollywood after all and love never comes easy. The film swings back and forth between past and present as the story unhurriedly unravels and grabs onto our emotions along the way. As these types of films tend to do, it is quite manipulative in its efforts to grab these emotions – utilizing basic Bollywood ingredients such as the now common high pitched singing in the background to highlight tragic moments – tears when needed – odes to motherhood and country – close-ups of Preity that could rip out any man's heart – being caught in down pours of rain – a forbidden love that has to be overcome. Chopra uses whatever is needed to push our emotional buttons - even cheating rather badly in one instance - and most of it works though by the end I felt somehow distanced by such overt manipulation and refused to buckle completely. These were perfect people without a flaw - at one point Rani even wonders if Veer and Zaara were Gods disguised as people - not exactly the stuff of reality or complexity. Still for many of us this is exactly what we want from a Bollywood film – guilt free vicarious catharsis and beautiful people suffering.
Above the main themes of love, honor and sacrifice, Chopra adds one that seems most near to his heart in these times and is perhaps the true point of this film. When so many Bollywood films over the past few years have dipped their pen in hatred and discrimination towards Pakistan and by association Islam – particularly repugnant and contemptible considering how many Muslims are in the business – Chopra sends out a message of religious and cultural tolerance that is most welcome. In his world people of different faith whether Muslim, Hindi or Sikh respect each other's culture and accept one another. In a poem that Shahrukh writes, he speaks movingly of the commonality of people whether in India or Pakistan – how can we be so divided when we are all the same. Perhaps still idealized, but a message that needs to be heard even if only in a movie.
The film is assisted mightily by a very strong supporting cast not yet mentioned – Kiron Kher as Zaara's mother, Manoj Bajpai as the fiancé (the villain of the piece but a very sympathetic one), Divya Dutta as Zaara'a maid and confidant, Anupam Kher as the opposing lawyer and Boman Irani as Zaara's father. Another aspect of the film that I appreciated is the display of love and affection between Amitabh and Hema – unusual in any film industry to show people passed middle age still so in love. Their playful song to one another was the highlight of the film for me. Only a few things struck me negatively in the film – but I can't really go into them without giving away spoilers and in the end they really don't matter all that much. There is no room for cynicism here.
The music has an old fashioned feel to it as well – no synthesizer pop songs – but basic traditional Bollywood film music. This isn't too surprising when one realizes that the composer Madan Mohan died in 1975 at the age of 51. Considered a top composer of his time, his debut as a composer was Aankhen in 1956 and he went on to compose numerous songs for the next twenty years – often utilizing the voice of Lata Mangeshkar who also sings in nearly every song here. Yash looked through many of his unpublished tunes and picked these out to use in his film and brought on Javed Akhtar to write lyrics to them. The music on its own (I picked up the CD weeks ago) stands up but doesn't really reverberate – but when seen in the film it manages to engage one much more – it is nearly mood music pulling you into the film and into the emotions of the characters whether joy or despair.


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Montsoué ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Landes in der Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (vor 2016: Aquitanien). Die Gemeinde gehört zum Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan und zum Kanton Chalosse Tursan.

Die Einwohner werden Souémontains und Souémontaines genannt.

Geographie
Montsoué liegt ca. 20 km südlich von Mont-de-Marsan im Landstrich Tursan der historischen Provinz Gascogne am südlichen Rand des Départements.

Umgeben wird Montsoué von den Nachbargemeinden:

Montsoué liegt im Einzugsgebiet des Flusses Adour.

Der Bahus, ein Nebenfluss des Adour, markiert die nordwestliche Grenze zu den Nachbargemeinden Montgaillard und Fargues. Der Ruisseau de Pichegarie, auch Ruisseau de la Màa genannt, ist ein Zufluss des Gabas und entspringt auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde.

Die Gemeinde bestätigte 2017 die Auszeichnung "Zwei Blumen", die vom Conseil national des villes et villages fleuris (CNVVF) im Rahmen des jährlichen Wettbewerbs der blumengeschmückten Städte und Ortschaften verliehen wird.

Geschichte
Die Gemeinde entstand am 4. März 1875 durch die Abtrennung der Ortsteile Boulin und Bahus Jusanx von der Nachbargemeinde Montgaillard. Am 19. November 1904 kam der Ortsteil Lanneplan von der Nachbargemeinde Saint-Sever hinzu.

Werkstätten zur Herstellung von Werksteinen erstreckten sich vom heutigen Eyres-Moncube bis nach Montgaillard und belegen die Besiedelung des Landstrichs in der Urgeschichte. Spuren mehreren Epochen, insbesondere aus dem Magdalénien, wurden auf dem Gebiet von Montsoué gefunden und werden heute im Museum in Mont-de-Marsan ausgestellt. Im Mittelalter gehörte Montsoué zur mächtigen Seigneurie von Montgaillard, die sich bis Larrivière und Fargues erstreckte. Das Dorf blieb von den Hugenottenkriegen nicht verschont, in deren Rahmen die Kirche von Boulin im Jahre 1569 von protestantischen Truppen geplündert wurde.

Einwohnerentwicklung
Mit der Gründung der Gemeinde erreichte ihre Größe gleichzeitig einen ersten Höchststand von rund 750. In der Folgezeit sank die Zahl der Einwohner bis zur Eingliederung des Ortsteils Lanneplan, bei der der gleiche Höchststand noch einmal erreicht wurde. Von da an sank die Größe der Gemeinde bei kurzen Erholungsphasen erneut bis zu den 1980er Jahren auf rund 460 Einwohner, bevor eine moderate Wachstumsphase einsetzte, die bis heute andauert.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

Pfarrkirche Saint-Laurent im Ortsteil Boulin

Die neuromanische Kirche besitzt mehrere Kirchenschiffe, die auf eine halbrunde Apsis zulaufen. Diese ist mit einer Apsiskalotte gewölbt und wird von einer Apsidiole flankiert. Der rundbogenförmige Eingang der Kirche wird von einem viereckigen Glockenturm überragt, dessen Helm mit Schiefer gedeckt ist.

Pfarrkirche im Ortsteil Bahus-Juzanx

Die Ursprünge der romanischen Kirche geht bis in das 10. Jahrhundert zurück. Die unterschiedlichen Mauerwerksverbände der Apsis (Werkstein) und des westlichen Teils des Gebäudes (Bruchstein) lassen auf verschiedene Bauphasen schließen. Im 20. Jahrhundert wurde die Kirche umfänglich umgearbeitet. Die Apsis ist mit einer Apsiskalotte gewölbt und wird von einer kleinen Sakristei flankiert. Die westliche Gebäudeseite wird von einem Turm mit rundbogenförmigen Öffnungen dominiert, der von einem Glockenturm aus Metall bekrönt ist. Die Kirche birgt im Inneren u. a. ein Altarretabel aus dem 18. Jahrhundert mit einem Tabernakel und Statuen der Heiligen Maria Magdalena, Antonius und Hieronymus, dieser mit einem Kelch und einem Stein. Außerdem befindet sich ein bemerkenswerter Seitenaltar mit seinem Retabel aus dem ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert in der Kirche, der der Jungfrau Maria geweiht ist. Mosaiken aus gallorömischer Zeit, die rund um die Kirche gefunden worden waren, werden im Kircheninneren aufbewahrt.

Weitere Sakralbauten
 Kapelle Pouy de Montsoué, errichtet im 19. Jahrhundert und der Jungfrau Maria geweiht
 Kapelle von Pesquit
 Kapelle von Jeanbalé

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur
Die Landwirtschaft ist der wichtigste Wirtschaftsfaktor der Gemeinde.

Montsoué liegt in der Zone AOC des Weinbaugebiets Tursan.

Bildung
Die Gemeinde verfügt über eine öffentliche Vor- und Grundschule mit 44 Schülerinnen und Schülern im Schuljahr 2018/2019.

Verkehr
Montsoué wird durchquert von den Routes départementales 25 und 52.

Persönlichkeiten
Victor Lefranc, geboren am 3. Februar 1809 in Garlin, gestorben am 12. September 1883 in Montsoué, war französischer Anwalt und Politiker. Er zählte zu den politischen Gegnern von Louis-Philippe I. und Napoleon III. und erlangte die Höhepunkte seiner Karriere erst in der Dritten Französischen Republik mit der Bekleidung zweier Ministerämter.

Weblinks

 Montsoué auf der Website des Gemeindeverbands (französisch)
 Website der Association Qualité Landes mit Informationen über Tursanwein (französisch)

Einzelnachweise

Ort in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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here she is with even more personality and her dreads coming in.
i then shaded her dreads and added some more details. she is now waiting for fixative to dry before attempting more detail work as i'm afraid to move forward without that added protection. if i do something i'm not in love with it can more easily be wiped away now.
in the meantime i'm practicing. sketching some ideas that i have. a friend suggested i work on mermaids which is a great leap for me but one i'm thrilled to make. i also searched for some feathers to learn the shape and nature of them. and hands. hands are an important skill. (they also are a very strange looking shape if you are studying them).
these hands i found on google, seperately, and i just sketched them any old way, not thinking about how they looked on the paper. i was intending to draw more hands in different sizes, filling the paper up with different hand gestures. however, when i finished the second hand i noticed there was magic brewing in the sketchbook, and another canvas idea is born!
i'm questioning where i am going in my artwork. where does my style lie? i seem to waver between wanting to be more realistic and then wanting to be more abstract. i enjoy the energy of the female figure, the goddess. i just want to bring light to others as well as my own home. but where do i go from here? i'm afraid of the realistic figure. am i good enough? i don't want to compare because that takes away my own joy. i think it's fun to bounce between going for a more realistic figure- not going for hyper-realism, because i know my limits- and the more fantasy/abstract/from the heart style. i suppose it's fine for me to bounce like that, no rules in my house for my own artwork and what brings me joy. it's just that i wonder if i will ever get to the point where someone will look at a painting and go "well, that right there is a jenny gabrenas painting if i ever saw one!" there are some artists that you just know a painting is theirs or else someone is studying under them. oh well, its my A.D.D, i can't concentrate on one style, i must bounce! call me tigger.


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Marin Preda, né le  à Siliștea Gumești (județ de Teleorman) et mort le  à la maison des écrivains de Mogoșoaia (județ d'Ilfov), est un écrivain et éditeur roumain.

Biographie

Enfance et jeunesse
Marin Preda est le fils de Joița Preda et Tudor Călărașu. Ses parents avaient cinq autres enfants (trois pour le père, deux pour la mère), en plus de son frère Alexandru. De 1930 à 1934, il suivit les cours de l'école élémentaire de Siliștea, et une fois ses premières études achevées, étant trop pauvre, il fut obligé de rester au village, malgré son grand désir de s'instruire, à cause de ses parents qui n'avaient pas les moyens de payer les frais de scolarité. Comme tout enfant de paysans, il participait aux travaux champêtres, ayant l'occasion d'observer et de retenir le rituel de la vie paysanne, d'écouter leurs langues vivantes et savoureuses. La mémoire affective de l'enfant aida plus tard l'écrivain dans ses descriptions inimitables de par leur authenticité de l'univers paysan.

Ces années furent aussi celles de la découverte de sa première grande passion, la lecture. C'est alors qu'il eut la révélation qu'il n'était pas destiné à une vie de simple laboureur.

En 1937, sa candidature à l'école normale de Câmpulung fut rejetée à cause de sa myopie et il s'inscrivit aux cours de l'école normalienne d'Abrud, une ville de Transylvanie, qu'il suivit jusqu'en 1940 quand la Roumanie perdit la moitié de cette province. Le jeune normalien se retrouva obligé de revenir à Bucarest en 1941, quand il mit fin à ses études après avoir passé son brevet supérieur.

Les débuts littéraires
Entre 1942 et 1948, il remplit divers emplois : correcteur d'épreuves du quotidien Le Temps – en 1942 le magazine littéraire du même quotidien, Popasuri [Loisirs], rédigé par Miron Radu Paraschivescu, lui offrit la possibilité de débuter par le récit Pîrlitu [Le pauvre diable] – puis secrétaire de rédaction d'Evenimentul Zilei [L'événement quotidien] dont le directeur, Ion Vinea, l'avait engagé à la recommandation d'Eugen Lovinescu, au cénacle duquel le jeune prosateur avait lu deux nouvelles, De capul ei [À sa guise] et Calul [Le cheval], ensuite correcteur du quotidien România Liberă [Roumanie indépendante] et employé de la Société des Écrivains Roumains, devenue en 1949 l'Union des écrivains de Roumanie.

L'année 1948 fut marquée par son début avec un volume de nouvelles, Întîlnirea din pămînturi [La rencontre à l'étoile des terres].

Le volume de début fut suivi par les nouvelles Ana Roșculeț, marquée surtout par le schématisme et le dogmatisme imposés par le réalisme socialiste, et Desfășurarea [Le Déploiement] en 1952 chez le même éditeur. Les deux nouvelles sont des narrations réalistes présentant l'image du village roumain pendant l'époque de la collectivisation.

Premiers chefs-d'œuvre

À partir de 1952, Marin Preda travailla dans la rédaction de la revue de Viața Românească [La Vie Roumaine].

En 1954, il se maria avec l'actrice et prosatrice Aurora Cornu. L'année suivante, il publia le premier volume de son chef-d'œuvre, Moromeții [Les Moromete], qui l'impose comme un grand prosateur, profond et original, doué d'une vision inédite de l'univers de la vie paysanne. Après la parution du roman, Marin Preda accorda un grand nombre d'interviews, écrivit des articles de théorie littéraire, prit part aux débats concernant l'actualité culturelle et continua sa série de nouvelles par Ferestre întunecate [Fenêtres obscures], 1956, et Îndrăzneala [La Hardiesse] en 1959. En 1958, il divorça d'Aurora Cornu et se maria avec Eta Vexler, qui collabora à la traduction en roumain de La Peste et dont il se sépara en 1966. En 1962, il publia le roman Risipitorii [Les Prodigues], puis en 1963 la nouvelle Friguri [La Fièvre] inspirée d'un voyage au Vietnam. En 1965, il publia en collaboration la traduction du roman La Peste d'Albert Camus qui dévoila ses affinités structurales et philosophiques avec l'écrivain français. Il a également voyagé en France, connu Eugène Ionesco et Elvire Popesco.

Il se maria avec Elena Mitev en 1968 et écrivit sa pièce Martin Bormann, qui fut jouée au Théâtre national de Bucarest. La même année parut son roman L'Intrus et il fut élu vice-président à titre honorifique de l'union des écrivains de la république socialiste de Roumanie.

À compter de 1970 et jusqu'à sa mort, il remplit la fonction de directeur des éditions Cartea Românească. La même année, sollicité par le poète Adrian Păunescu , Marin Preda collabora à l'hebdomadaire Luceafărul sous la rubrique Chaque semaine Marin Preda répond à une question. Ses réponses furent rassemblées dans le livre Imposibila întoarcere [L'impossible retour]. Toujours en 1970 est né son premier fils, Niculae, en 1971, le deuxième, Alexandru. Il déclara à Nicolae Ceaușescu la même année : « Si vous introduisez le réalisme socialiste, je me suicide ! ».

Succès, derniers chefs-d'œuvre et décès

En 1972 fut publié Marele Singuratic (Le Grand Solitaire), puis en 1975 Delirul [Le délire], que le magazine Newsweek qualifia de plus grand succès de l'année en Europe de l'Est. En 1974, il devint membre de l'Académie roumaine. En 1975, il publia ses mémoires réunies dans le livre Viața ca o pradă [La vie telle une proie]. En 1970, il traduit en roumain, en collaboration avec Nicolae Gane le roman de Fiodor Dostoïevski, Les Démons.

En guise de testament spirituel, Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni [Le Plus Aimé des Terriens] (1980), relate les tribulations d'un intellectuel pendant la période stalinienne. C'est en 1993 que Șerban Marinescu en fit une adaptation cinématographique en confiant à Ștefan Iordache le rôle de Victor Petrini. Les circonstances de la mort de Marin Preda, le  ont donné lieu à bien des controverses : on a par exemple soupçonné un crime politique. Officiellement, le décès reste néanmoins lié au surmenage et à l'alcool.
Il fut enterré au Cimetière Bellu.

Postérité
Selon Andreia Roman, Marin Preda n'a fait de concessions au réalisme socialiste que dans son volume de nouvelles Desfășurarea (1952), et, notamment dans Moromeții [Les Moromete], il a gardé intact son style réaliste sans idéologie, qui a brillamment rendu les mentalités rurales tout en créant des personnages complexes. Mircea Goga indique que Marin Preda est l'un des plus grands prosateurs roumains de l'après-guerre et relève que ses livres sont parfois teintés de mystère, voire de surnaturel.

Liste des œuvres

 Întâlnirea din pământuri [La rencontre à l'étoile des terres], roman, 1948
 Ana Roșculeț, 1949
 Desfășurarea [Le Déploiement], 1952
 Moromeții, roman, volume I, 1955
 Ferestre întunecate, 1956
 Îndrăzneala [L'audace], 1959
 Risipitorii, roman, 1963
 Moromeții, roman, volume II, 1967
 Intrusul (L'Intrus), roman, 1968
 Imposibila întoarcere [L'impossible retour], roman, 1972
 Marele singuratic (Le Grand Solitaire), roman, 1972
 Delirul [Le délire], roman, 1975
 Viața ca o pradă [La vie telle une proie], essai, 1977
 Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni [Le Plus Aimé des Terriens], roman, 1980

Traductions en français

 Dans un village : nouvelle (Desfășurarea) ; traduit du roumain par Ana Vifor, 1955
 L'horizon bleu de la mort ; traduit en français par Micaela Slăvescu, Bucarest, 1982
 Le Grand solitaire (Marele singuratic) ; traduit du roumain par Claude B. Levenson, Paris, 1975
 L'intrus (Intrusul) ; traduction par Maria Ivănescu ; préface par Cezar Ivănescu, Bucarest, 1982
 Les Moromete (Moromeţii) ; traduit du roumain par Maria Ivănescu ; préface par Mihai Ungheanu, Bucarest, 1986

Notes et références

Liens externes

Éditeur roumain
Écrivain roumain du XXe siècle
Membre de l'Académie roumaine
Naissance en août 1922
Naissance dans le județ de Teleorman
Naissance dans le royaume de Roumanie
Décès en mai 1980
Décès dans le județ d'Ilfov
Décès à 57 ans
Personnalité inhumée dans le cimetière Bellu


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Are you thinking about bringing one of these darling scenthound pups into your home? Here are a few things to expect when adopting a Beagle puppy.
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The Beagle is an ancient breed. They've been around for over 1,000 years as fox hunting companions to humans. Some even say the beginning of the Beagle breed goes back to 5th century Greece!
Because of this long tradition of scent-tracking and hunting, your Beagle puppy will be incredibly curious with their surroundings. Nothing is off limits to a Beagle's curiosity, including something on the other side of your fence.
Beagles are known for literally digging around to find whatever it is that is driving their noses nuts. Play some scent-based games to keep them occupied and not digging around in your dirty laundry.
2. Grown Beagles Used To Be Smaller Than Your Beagle Puppy
Your Beagle puppy will be nothing short of adorable. With their floppy ears, beautiful coloring, and excitable white-tipped tail, your pup will eventually grow to a healthy 20 to 25 pounds.
When the breed was first around, grown Beagles were so small they could literally fit in your pocket, measuring in at a height of eight to nine inches. Over time, these pocket Beagles were bred with larger hunting dogs, making the adorable — and much more durable — Beagle we know today.
3. 'Beagle' Roughly Translates To 'Loudmouth'
The word "Beagle" may come from the Middle French word "beegueule," which means "gaping throat, noisy person, whiner." That's an accurate name to give these mouthy pups.
Your Beagle puppy may whine, howl, and yip any chance they get. While this is adorable when they are eight to ten weeks old, it's a habit that will stick unless you proactively train them.
4. Your Puppy Could Join The Ranks Of Many Famous Beagles
There are plenty of world-famous Beagles out there, and your puppy could be the next star to join them! Well, at least if you follow Barry Manilow's lead.
The singer famously adopted a Beagle that he named Bagel back in the '70s. He loved that Beagle so much that he put him on the back cover of his 1975 album Tryin' To Get The Feeling.
You may not be a famous '70s soft rock star with a Vegas show, but you can start your Beagle puppy their own Instagram and make them a star. Your pooch would join the ranks of other famous Beagles, such as Snoopy, President Johnson's Beagles, Garfield's sidekick Odie, and Gromit of Wallace and Gromit.
5. Your Beagle Puppy Will Keep You In Shape
Beagles are highly active, curious pups. Even in their early age, they're ready to take on the world all on their own.
Your pup will probably want to hike the most arduous paths, jump off the muddiest piers into the lake, and play whenever they have the chance.
Because of their need for a lot of exercise, many Beagle pups can get a little pudgy if they are left to sit at home all day. Not only that, but Beagles can become destructive if left home alone too long — they get bored! If you're debating whether or not to bring a Beagle puppy into your life, consider how active your lifestyle is.
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Two-time NHRA Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan enhanced his love for Texas Sunday by scoring the first NHRA win by a 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Hellcat Funny Car. Hagan's triumph in the 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals was the 32nd of his career and third at the Texas Motorplex located outside of Dallas. It rekindled his chances for the 2019 Funny Car points championship.
Matt Hagan piloting his Western Technical College Mopar CAP Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Funny Car. (Mopar).
Hagan knocked out three Countdown to the Championship playoff contenders behind the wheel of the Western Technical College Mopar CAP Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Funny Car of Don Schumacher Racing (DSR). The win marked the ninth time in 22 races this season where a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car came out victorious. With his first win in the Countdown, Hagan jumps from seventh to fourth in the championship standings with two races remaining.
"We were carrying the Western Tech and Mopar CAP colors on this Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Funny Car this weekend," said Hagan. "We had a message for a lot of students on Friday morning. Any time we can reach young kids it is a great thing. I have a few guys on my car that went through Western Tech, so to see the program come full circle is really awesome. I did my job today and my guys did their jobs today and that's what happens when you put a good group of people together."
Matt Hagan wins the 2019 AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals. (Mopar).
Hagan was one of seven HEMI®-powered Dodge//SRT Mopar drivers that qualified for the 16-car Funny Car field. Jack Beckman reached the second round and remains second in the standings, while Ron Capps, who lost to Beckman in the opening round, holds the sixth position.
The route to Hagan's fifth final of 2019 was loaded with stout competition. He started his day from the sixth position on the ladder and earned an opening-round triumph over Blake Alexander with a pass of 3.903 seconds, Hagan matched that time exactly in the second round when he put reigning world champion J.R. Todd on the trailer for the weekend. Crew Chief Dickie Venables continued his masterpiece, helping Hagan run his best pass of the day, 3.900 seconds at 329.83 mph, in the semifinal to take down Robert Hight, who went red at the starting line.
In a rematch of the 2012 Texas final, Bob Tasca III proved to be no match for Hagan in their 25th career race and third time in a final. Hagan grabbed the starting-line advantage and pulled away during the run to secure the victory.
"Fast Jack" Beckman piloting his Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat. (Mopar).
Beckman returned to the Texas Motorplex looking to close the gap on Countdown leader Robert Hight. After coming up short last Monday in the NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals final versus Hight, Beckman qualified an uncharacteristic 12th in the field. The result was a first-round battle with fellow Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car pilot and DSR teammate Capps. The tandem entered the weekend both inside the top four in the championship standings and was fully aware of the importance of going rounds Sunday. Beckman grabbed the starting line advantage in the DSR Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car and pulled away to score his third win over Capps in 2019 with his run of 3.896 seconds, the second quickest of the round.
Up next, Beckman faced Tasca, who posted the best run of the first round. In their first four 2019 matchups, Tasca won the first two while Beckman turned on the win light in the most recent two at Seattle and Indy. Tasca took the early advantage and maintained it throughout to defeat Beckman with a run of 3.742 seconds compared to Beckman's pass of 3.964. He remains second in the Countdown standings.
Tommy Johnson Jr. piloting Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger SRT HELLCAT Funny Car. (Mopar).
Tommy Johnson, Jr. entered the second half of the Countdown looking to regain his regular-season form that included two wins, four final-round appearances and 29 round wins in the first 18 races. With just one round win in the first three Countdown races, Johnson was looking for a breakout performance behind the wheel of the Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car of DSR at the Texas Motorplex. He picked up his second-round win of the Countdown to start the day by defeating fellow Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car racer Paul Lee, posting a run of 3.932 seconds.
The win advanced Johnson to round two where he faced John Force. Despite running his best pass of the weekend, 3.919 seconds, he lost to Force on a holeshot.
Capps used a strong Friday night qualifying pass to earn the Dodge//SRT Mopar driver his seventh consecutive top-half qualifying position. With the fifth position, he had an opportunity to take out a Countdown contender in the first round. Capps made a good run of 3.955 seconds but it wasn't enough to defeat his fellow Dodge driver and DSR teammate Beckman. With the early loss, Capps fell from fourth to sixth in the standings heading into the Dodge NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil in Las Vegas.
Leah Pritchett piloting her Pennzoil/Mopar Top Fuel Dragster. (Mopar).
In Top Fuel, Leah Pritchett qualified No. 2 for the third time in four Countdown events. She rolled the Pennzoil Dodge Top Fuel Dragster of DSR through the left lane water box midway through the first round and raced No. 15 qualifier Kebin Kinsley. Kinsley held the early advantage but Pritchett drove around him to score her fourth consecutive first-round victory with a lap of 3.724 seconds at 324.12 mph. In the quarterfinals, Pritchett grabbed the early advantage over Austin Prock but late in the run the DSR machine was losing cylinders, allowing Prock to pull away for the win. Pritchett ranks fifth in the championship standings.
2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Championship: After 22 of 24 Rounds
(Season Wins in Parentheses)
NHRA Funny Car Points Standings:
1. Robert Hight (6) –2,437
2. Jack Beckman, Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat (1) – 2,367
3. John Force (2) – 2,363
4. Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody (3) – 2,325
5. Bob Tasca III (2) – 2,315
6. Ron Capps, Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat (3) – 2,302
7. J.R. Todd (1) – 2,274
8. Tommy Johnson, Jr. Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat (2) – 2,243
9. Shawn Langdon (2) – 2,239
10. Tim Wilkerson – 2,188
NHRA Top Fuel Points Standings:
1. Steve Torrence (9) – 2,394
2. Doug Kalitta (2) – 2,361
3. Brittany Force (1) – 2,348
4. Billy Torrence (1) –2,323
5. Leah Pritchett, Pennzoil Mopar (1) – 2,290
6. Austin Prock (1) – 2,278
7. Mike Salinas (2) – 2,266
8. Antron Brown – 2,247
9. Richie Crampton (2) – 2,228
10. Clay Millican – 2,210
The Countdown to the Championship will resume in two weeks with the 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals powered by Pennzoil in Las Vegas. Capps is a four-time winner of the fall event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and will look to make it five on November 1st through the 3rd.
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Preferred Compounding's new facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, will add 57,00 square feet to its operations.
BARBERTON, Ohio—Preferred Compounding Corp. is continuing to expand its growing operation, this time with a new facility adjacent to its existing plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Its wholly owned subsidiary, Preferred Compounding de Mexico, plans to add another compounding facility in San Luis Potosi to increase its production and warehouse space by more than 70 percent.
It signed a 10-year lease—effective Jan. 1, 2017—on a 57,000 sq.-ft. building next to its present 80,000-sq.-ft. mixing facility in the city, a spokesman said.
The addition will increase the company's combined space at its two Mexican sites to 137,000 square feet.
"We continue to grow and will need more space to stay ahead of demand," said Scott Lieberman, president of Preferred Compounding de Mexico and executive vice president of Barberton-headquartered Preferred.
He said that when the building in San Luis Potosi became available, the company moved quickly to secure the space. "Location doesn't get any better than this," he said.
"We're growing faster than the market," Lieberman said, "but keeping our focus on the fundamentals of quality and delivery. What customers and prospects are telling us is that they appreciate our value-add focus on customer service and the business relationship."
He noted that when the firm performs, its customers can achieve their objectives.
Management at Preferred still is working on plans to determine how each building will be used in the future, according to the spokesman.
Preferred Compounding de Mexico provides custom compounds and services primarily to the Mexican operations of U.S., Asian and European parts manufacturers.
Additional services the company offers include flexible supply and materials agreements, compound development, improvement and testing resources, and the firm's MixLoc Quality Program, which includes 24/7 online access to quality data and more, it said.
The firm's existing plant in San Luis Potosi, which mixes black compounds and employs 115, is ISO 9001:2008 certified and was purchased by Preferred in 2012 from a Spanish company.
Preferred expects to continue to increase employment at the site through 2017, the spokesman said.
It added a Farrel F-270 black mixer in early 2013 at the factory and in 2015 expanded the plant by 15,000 square feet and brought a second Farrel F270 black mixer on line. The mixers and controls are identical to ones in use at Preferred's facilities in Tennessee and Georgia.
It also has two plants in Barberton—one is used for black rubber compounding while the second one handles color compounding.
In early October, the company said it planned to move its headquarters staff to a new building in Copley, Ohio, and free up additional space at the Barberton complex for production. The move likely will take place in early 2017.
In 2015, the firm added an ISO/IEC 17025;2005 research and development laboratory at its Barberton complex. Once it was paired with existing production testing facilities at the plants, coupled with the overall growth of the company, the need for additional space became more apparent, a Preferred official said.
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Jack Brabham was a second generation Aussie who's grandfather came from the Cockney area of East London. His father who owned a grocery store just outside of Sydney was a keen motorist who taught Brabham how to drive a car at the age of 12. At 15 Brabham left school and got a job in a local garage while spending his evenings studying engineering at Kogarah Tech. At 18 he joined the Royal Australian Air Force in Adelaide, where he wanted to learn to fly but was instead trained as a flight mechanic.
In 1946 after two years duty in the Air Force Brabham opened a small repair business in Sydney with the help of an uncle. He soon made the acquaintance of an ex-patriot American by the name of Johnny Schonberg who raced midget cars. Brabham prepared a new car for the American but after his wife induced him to quit racing it was left to Brabham to try his hand. After some sketchy instructions he made his debut at Paramatta Park Speedway. In his first season he won the New South Wales Championship. During this time he would form a relationship with Ron Tauranac that would continue later into Formula One and Europe.
In 1955 he made his way to Europe and had his Grand prix debut at Aintree. After an abortive stint driving a private Maserati 250F he joined the Cooper team. When Brabham showed up at the Cooper Car Company to take up their offer of a car, legend has it that he was shown a pile of tubes in a rack and told to start building. 1959 saw the Cooper with a proper 2 1/2 liter Coventry Climax engine with which Brabham won the World Championship beating Stirling Moss. In 1960 he repeated this feat with a new lowline model, which included a streak of five straight victories.
Finding his influence proscribed at Cooper he decided to strike out on his own in partnership with Ron Tauranac and Motor Racing Developments. Initially this partnership produced cars for several of the lower categories including Formula 2 where they achieved considerable success. They moved into a premises in Surbiton which is situated south west of central London that was owned by the Australian automotive parts company Repco.
Brabham at the Brickyard
In 1961 Brabham made history at the Indianapolis 500 when he entered a modified Formula One Cooper with a 2.7 litre Climax engine. His small rear-engined car looked almost effete when compared to the Offenhauser powered front-engined roadsters driven by all the other entrants. While the roadsters were much faster on the long front and back straights, the little Cooper's superior handling through the turns kept Brabham in the hunt. Running as high as third before finishing ninth and to the surprise of all the other racers, he did so completing the entire 200 laps. Within a matter of years all of the cars that raced at Indianapolis would be rear-engine.
Almost everything will seem very much as usual next Tuesday when some 250,000 persons assemble at Indianapolis for the annual 500-mile auto race, but one thing will make the occasion very different: the presence of the small, green British bullet shown below. Lurking five rows down in pole position as the 33 cars line up for this 45th running of America's greatest race, this Cooper-Climax adaptation of a Grand Prix racer will pose a hard, new question, which all the color and clamor of Indy on Memorial day will not be able to smother: Is the time-honored Indianapolis roadster still master of the Brickyard, or is it merely an expensive fossil soon to be pulverized by intruders from overseas?
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The new 1 1/2 liter engine limit in Formula One found the British teams scrambling for motive power. While the small engined cars seemed tailor made for Jimmy Clark and Lotus, Brabham's aggressive style seemed unsuited and he would not win a race during the 1500 cc era. It was left to American Dan Gurney to take the team's maiden victory at Rouen. For 1966 a new 3 liter formula came into existence. Brabham found an engine in his own backyard with the Australian Repco Company. The Repco-Brabham would provide Brabham a car with which he won the French, British, Dutch and German Grands Prix and that years World Championship. The next year would follow with another championship for the team, this time the title went to his teammate Denis Hulme.
1968 belonged to Lotus and Ford-Cosworth despite the tragic death of Jimmy Clark. For 1969 Brabham also had a Ford-Cosworth engine deal but a broken ankle during a test crash ruined his title chances. He returned to racing before the end of the year, but promised his wife that he would retire after the season finished and sold his share of the team to Tauranac.
In 1970 he had hoped to retire but finding all the top drivers unavailable he decided to continue driving for one more year. Rather than going through the motions he won the season opener at the South African Grand Prix and led the always difficult Monaco Grand Prix until the final corner of the last lap while under pressure of the onrushing Jochen Rindt. The Mexican Grand Prix would be his last race but even at 44 the fires still burned bright.
After retiring from driving he sold his interest in the team to his partner Ron Tauranac and returned to his native Australia. Later in his life Brabham would regret making such a clean break from Formula One. Besides maintaining his garage business he still makes appearances at the various vintage races that seem to be springing up everywhere.


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Food review: Curries rule supreme at The Vine
By Andy RichardsonSandwell restaurant reviewsPublished: Aug 16, 2020
Andy Richardson visits a restaurant that serves up pleasing mix of Indian, Chinese and pub grub as well as an efficient ordering service.
Chicken Biryani, Chicken Tikka Massala, Chicken Balti, Chicken Dopiaza. From The grill Chicken Tikka, Methi Tikka and Sheesh Kebab
It used to be a pub. The Vine would have been like so many backstreet Black Country boozers back in the day.
It is tucked away in a heavily industrialised area where a motorway junction, factories and terraced housing collide, mixing commerce and community. Workers would have gathered to drink away their troubles.
Covid-secure bar
The death of the pub, however, led to a change and The Vine has long been a popular, casual restaurant in this bustling part of West Brom.
Not far from the town's Premiership Football Stadium, it's a hub for good times, mid-week sustenance and a place of celebration after Chris Brunt has scored the winning goal against a team of also-rans.
Run as a family business since 1978, it has weathered all manner of storms; the desolation of Thatcher's 1980s, the hard times brought about by the financial crash and a decade of austerity. And then came Covid-19.
Covid-secure
The Vine, however, is resilient.
Like so many well-run businesses that embed themselves in a community, it has that most important of ingredients on its daily menu: trust.
Locals know they're not going to get ripped off, that standards are high, staff are friendly and they can relax and switch off as though they were at home.
It keeps up appearances, too. The Vine is nicely furnished, a mix of modernity and tradition.
Covid secure dining at The Vine
A neat website and fresh branding give it a contemporary edge but inside there are plenty of nooks and crannies in which to hide.
Once upon a backstreet boozer, drinkers would have gathered there for mild and scratchings. Not it's sheesh kebab and rice.
The Vine is smart enough to avoid slavishly attaching itself to a particular type of food.
Lunch time mixed platter
Though it markets itself as an Indian grill and curry pub, the menu is the acme of diversity. There are few things as stolid and English as fish and chips or jacket potatoes.
Both feature in a tucked-away corner labelled Pub Grub.
Then there's a Chinese menu, though The Vine calls it fusion. Assorted stir fry dishes, honey-chilli numbers and variations on a sweet and sour theme are given an Indian twist as the venue positions itself as an everyman, catering to all people and all tastes.
Chicken Methi Curry with Boiled Rice
Curry, however is the dominant theme and a nicely designed, no frills menu provides a list of classics, from saag, korma, dopiaza and bhuna, to madras, jalfrezi, balti and rogan josh.
You pick a sauce, decided on a protein – chicken, paneer, goat, lamb or prawn – and Robert is your mother's brother.
The onset of Covid-19 has changed the way restaurants operate – and diners dine. So while eating at home might once have been a last resort, in the summer of 2020, it's been normalised.
Chicken Madras and Bullet Naan Bread (spicy)
The smartest operators have adapted to that paradigm shift by making it easy for people to click and collect, providing efficient, utilitarian web pages that allow you to browse, click and buy with consummate ease.
The Vine scores top marks for the way it engages with people online. Ordering a takeaway is easier than picking up a box of chicken from Nando's.
A neat time-keeper tells you how long you'll have to wait – in my case, 18 minutes – so you can judge your journey and literally arrive as the food comes from the kitchen.
Hydrabadi Biryani
There is one slight problem, of course, and it's this.
If you place an order and the kitchen gets it wrong, as happened when I bought a midweek blow-out, it's hard to make amends later on.
So when I endeavoured to sample The Vine's much-trumpeted BBQ Grill by buying a chicken tikka, I ended up with a half-full plastic tub of tikka sauce – and no chicken.
Mixed Wrap – Chicken Tikka and Sheesh Kebab
Gremlins, I'm sure, were to blame. The sauce, incidentally, was fine, though the flame-grilled pieces of tikka has become an itch that remains unscratched.
Covid-19 is neatly tucked away in The Vine experience.
While there are plastic screens, address cards for customers to fill out and plenty of hand sanitisers, visiting this particular corner of West Bromwich doesn't feel like a visit to A&E.
Kashmiri Tikka
The precautions necessary to maintain social distancing and prevent the spread of the disease are all in place without ever being overwhelming or interfering with the enjoyment of the restaurant.
The food was decent-to-good – with the exception of the missing chunks of chicken tikka.
A claypot chicken was the highlight. A spicy, slow-cooked dish was a flavour bomb primed to explode. Subtle and with pleasant heat – like a warm day at the beach, rather than a day to get sun burned – it comprised gently cooked pieces of moist and tender chicken with a fabulous coriander chutney.
Chicken Rogan Josh with Pilau Rice
Aromatic and light, it was served with fluffy basmati rice and was a stand-out dish. A peshwari naan was fine, filled with sweetness and fluffy like a pillow, it acted as a scoop for the claypot dish.
A king prawn biryani was equally fabulous. Generously filled with prawns, the rice was lightly spiced and seasoned while the curry was a treat.
We finished with a taste of The Vine's fusion menu: chicken Manchurian.
Sheesh Kebab & Chips
By any other name, it was sweet and sour chicken balls with a slightly hot finish; the much-vaunted Indian twist. They were delicious, crisp on the outer and with bags full of flavour, they made for a pleasant ending to dinner.
Service was good – and very, very quick. I'd used their booking system to arrive dead on time and the food had literally just arrived from the kitchen to the counter.
Having sanitised hands, filled out an address form and already made pre-payment, there was nothing left to do but acknowledge the smiles of the front of house staff and take it home.
The Vine impressed on pretty much all counts.
Competitively-priced, generously-proportioned food that's easy to order from a warm and helpful team help to explain why it's been a fixture for so many years.
The Baggies are back in the Premiership next year and business should be booming. Boing Boing.
Chicken wings, £4.25
Spare ribs, £5.75
Methi tikka, £4.95
Claypot chicken curry, £7.95
Goat curry, £8.50
Lamb dhansak, £8.50
Boiled rice, £2
Cheese naan, £2.95
Chips, £2.50
152 Roebuck Street, West Bromwich, B70 6RD
www.thevine.co.uk
By Andy Richardson
Feature Writer@andyrichardson1
Feature writer and food critic Andy Richardson interviews celebrities, writes columns and hangs out with chefs for stories that appear across all group titles.


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