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Finding Fanny Review
2014 12 Sep 2014
Homi Adajania
Homi Adajania Kersi Khambatta
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Family Go Factor 2.0/5.0
Refreshing and brave with a simple storyline, Finding Fanny is an enjoyable ride that will leave you wanting for more. If masala movies aren't your thing, you should not miss this one.
Five Goans set off on a road trip in search of an old postman's (Naseeruddin Shah) childhood love, Stefanie "Fanny" Fernandes (Anjali Patil), though nobody knows whether she's alive or dead or just a figment of someone's imagination. However, the friends get lost, and the journey, originally intended to take 20 minutes, instead takes one and a half days.Wikipedia
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Finding Fanny Reviews
Set in a world that feels entirely authentic, Finding Fanny is a charming film that starts off slowly but draws you into its drama. At a crisp 105 minutes, it's a perfectly satisfying watch unlike so many disposable comedies today.
...the film is patchily quirky. An undelivered love letter comes back to the sender, more than four decades after the fact, and it sets into motion this little tale, which leaves you both smiling, when the whimsy is just right, and impatient, when it turns flatly prosaic.
Finding Fanny is wickedly fantastic... made in a land of Hindi genre movies and starring one of Bollywood's glitziest girls, Finding Fanny is bold enough already. It gives us much, much to smile pleasantly at, to guffaw at, and one moment that will make the theatre gasp -- before it brings the house down.
Sweta Kaushal
If Bollywood entertainment masala or love story is what you seek, Finding Fanny is certainly not your pick. If you are up for a slow, light-hearted take on life, love and their philosophies, book your tickets NOW. Finding Fanny is a not-to-be-missed take on life and love...
...reasserts the power of simple story telling, making it one of the most refreshing and delightful films of recent times.
Finding Fanny is a fine blend of soulful musings and nuanced filmmaking. And I welcome this clutter breaking space, the First Lady of Pocolim and the Casanova of Konkon with all my heart.
Srijana Mitra Das
Finding Fanny is funny, dark, yet bright, a shimmering ride through a Goa far from the tight-rooted Trikal, the touristy Dil Chahta Hai. Its drama keeps surprising - but also meanders, including around an overacting Russian and an unnecessarily macabre cat. It evokes an Almodovar-Anderson-Marquez-in-Goa feel, but occasionally, its cleverness grows obvious while little details - catch the changing colours of Ferdie's petrol can - are overlooked.
"Finding Fanny", for all its flaws, is a rarity in Bollywood. A not-too-long English film with characters you would not find easily. If only Adajania had the courage to go all the way and tell the full story of these five characters, it would have been a great film.
It's five mad people traveling together. In Goa. Do you still need more reasons to watch this film?
Rohit Khilnani
Finding Fanny is for a very niche audience...To pull this off and make it entertaining is not easy, but it's clear he is an extremely talented filmmaker. If you are up for watching something different then go and watch Finding Fanny, you won't be disappointed.
Mohar Basu
Finding Fanny isn't much about quirk as much as it is about discoveries and revelations. Despite the ending being on the disappointing side and the threadbare plot, it is the magnificent Performances that creates a certain kinship with its audiences. It doesn't play on the stereotype and is neither some path breaking film but I came out with a good experiences, a few well intended laughs and some wonderful Performances. Don't miss this. If you have the patience to unravel a treasure, Finding Fanny has one in hold for you.
Vinayak Chakravorty
Watch Finding Fanny in its English version rather than the Hindi one. The punchlines would seem sharper. It would also let you understand why the naughty pun about the film's title is not a cheap trick. Although never openly explained, the English version leaves behind a merry wink over that bit.
Koel Purie
I came out feeling unsatiated. I wanted to sink my teeth into the complex and tragic lives of these oddballs, I wasn't given that chance, there just wasn't enough meat.
If you're tired of the nonsensical fare doled out by Bollywood week after week and have a palate for Unusual-Entertainment, then FINDING FANNY will fill your heart with joy.
The film is sprinkled with humor and some clever lines which keep it going but the screenplay hits a few roadblocks particularly in the latter half when it becomes a road movie. There is not much of an attempt there to push the envelope and you can't read too much in the characters or their motives.
Go watch the film for its wealth of quirky characters dealing with everyday crisis and emerging richer in the process. It will surely put a smile to your face, if nothing else…
Audience Reviews for Finding Fanny
A road trip. Goan rhaspody. Cool winds. Five people with their own turbulent souls going to solve the turbulence of one. These things form the backdrop of the most fresh love story this year, Finding Fanny. The first soul-food thing about the film is that it works both as a rom-com and a romance. It has Arjun Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Dimple Kapadia, Rajat Kapur and Naseeruddin Shah's effective performances. These people out on a road trip face so many ridiculous dysfunctions, but one thing is serious- they are out on a journey to rediscover the meaning of love. The another reason why it finds itself in the top five is that it is made entirely in Konkani and English, but it still works for the Hindi audience in a quite better way. I'm going with 4 stars for 'Finding Fanny'. It's an intricate visual with breezy winds.
Consider this: Five half-baked characters with nomadic idiosyncrasies set out on a journey to find a sixth character. This, in the writers' words, should be "a sexy widow (Deepika Padukone) persuades her pre-nuptial boyfriend (Arjun Kapoor) to take her friend/uncle/father figure/taciturn idiot personage (Shah; looks unhappy throughout the film maybe because his recently released memoir's sales doesn't look good) to find his long-lost (read ill-communicative chapter) love Fanny (short for Stephannie Fernandez), accompanied by an absent- minded abstract painter (Pankaj Kapur) who is head over heels in admiration with the final visible character (Kapadia). In the journey of life and love where orgies are considered taboo, and since the math won't be right for five people to get into a relationship and satisfy the nature's preconceived equation, one wanders off and the remaining four get together."
If you could totally understand the above written synopsis in a single read, then you would definitely understand the film, for it is a Goan drama based on rambunctious ridicules, scruples, and clichés under the disguise of romance and all the things that come with it (sans sex). The actors play out like they never rehearsed. Homi Adajania (of Being Cyrus fame, and now Finding Fanny infamy) flashes his over- confidence all over the place. First, by not directing the thespian actors Kapur & Shah to their thresholds, and second, asking Kapoor & Padukone to portray pretentious crowd-pleasers in analytical love.
The film starts off without a bang and that is fine, but when the story unfolds and ends like a firecracker soaked in water, you start to get the feels that the film makes no point whatsoever. It promises love, but delivers boredom, it promises romance, but delivers aged cleavage show, it promises a happy journey, but delivers a dead cat. Literally speaking, the title is misguiding and if you do not get agitated with the climax, you ought to get yourself medically checked. I tried to pull few strings so as to try to reap some sense out of the 100 minute-drama, but I failed.
Still, I cannot write bad things about the cinematography & the art department for they bring out a stunning visual experience. Dialogs are poorly written and I can't even dream of thinking of watching this melodrama unfolding in Hindi. It tries to convey a message, but in this technological age, I'll say it is filled with noise. White, unwanted, destructive noise.
BOTTOM LINE: "Oh, thy invisible force, give me strength to forget this journey." "Don't worry, my son, why don't you watch Bipasha Basu's comeback film Creature 3D?" "Goodbye oh Lord and my dear folks, I prefer my grave instead."
Nagma
Senior Reviewer
Homi Adajania seems to have tried his hand at bringing some flavour of Woody Allen into his film, Finding Fanny... but alas it seems to be nowhere close!
The first basic element missing is a natural depiction of a typical Goan life. None of the characters seem to have put in the native accent or even tried speaking the Konkani language. Just wearing a western attire is not enough!
Deepika and Arjun have showcased normal performance.
Dimple Kapadia and Pankaj Kapoor's characters are a little over the top and it is a pity that it is a complete waste of talent.
Highest marks to Naseeruddin Shah who seems to be in much better control of his character and also he has earlier delivered an excellent performance as a Goan priest in the Shahrukh Starrer movie in the 90s, Kabhi haan Kabhi Naa which is unforgettable.
Overall the storyline is quite weak and predictable.
At the end of the film, I bet you will not find your "Fanny"!
November 30, 14
Prakash Khetpal
Homi Adjania is the director whose 'class of art' people wait to see. Finding Fanny is one such helluva ride which would keep a smile on your face throughout giving you few snippets of philosophy that will make you ponder upon. Without boasting much - they somewhere knock your door to broaden your horizon of thoughts. At times you have to make an extra effort to love someone.
So here you go; put an extra effort to love this ride for which your expectations may be high – Fanny who doesn't exist yet wins over your heart with the class acts coming from Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur & Dimple Kapadia.
It's a journey which begins in the search of Fanny - It's the age old story of those snail mails when emails were not in the era. There was one such letter sent to the love which comes back to Ferdi(Naseeruddin Shah) which breaks his heart and makes him wander to many "what-if's" which they go out to look for. Deepika Padukone here decides with the snippet of philosophy that your life is meant to help others first - with this thought they move on to the ride in search of Fanny. On this ride you have the class Pankaj Kapur aka Pedro who is mad behind the thunder thighs; mad about Dimple or rather say horny about Dimple - yes the movie does touches some parts of the black comedy which doesn't really seem to be filthy. It's more of getting into the skin of the characters bringing the originality. That's what Homi is known for.
And yes you have the driver(Arjun Kapoor) with the broken heart & probably someone who would have done little better - with some good pun on the word BETTER in the movie that is something for you to FIND out watching Finding Fanny.
Somewhere in this journey; hearts meet; there is a realization; there is a confession; there is a denial; the chemistry between Arjun & Deepika may miss the steam but the growing bond amongst the Dimple & Naseeruddin Shah is something to vouch for. What puts all this together is the brilliant Cinematography by Anil Mehta & growing background music score does it all – these crafts play an important role to craft a Not so Existing Fanny of a marque.
Although the movie may not have a wider audience considering the genre this one is made for. Yet if you have a flair to try something different – this one definitely has the potential to keep you engage & entertained with its sheer state of craft. And yes it's Deepika who roared from Homi Adjania's Cocktail yet again seems to be as fresh as lily post the super success of her Leela Avatar. From Ghagras to mini's now – it's great watching her line of art. Deepika's lucky mascot Ranveer Singh has a no dialogue minuscule role - yet his energy is contagious; his funkiness brings a smile on your face watching him.
So what steals the show in #findingFanny is not fanny it's Ferdi (Naserruddin Shah) – This is the man you will find adding up yet another feather on his hat with his amazing persona which is class apart from the era he belongs to.
PK Verdict:Silver+ 3.5*s
by Sachin-Jigar & Mathias Duplessy
Fanny Re
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Mahi Ve
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To Infinity – Guardians of the Galaxy
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When Guardians of the Galaxy came out to massive critical and box office success, it showed the world that Marvel apparently could do no wrong. An incredibly obscure property, Guardians is a story about a group of miscreants coming together to become something more, and be a part of something bigger than themselves. This group includes an 80s pop culture referencing man-child, a green skinned assassin, a psychopathic fighter who's dubbed "The Destroyer", a weapon loving, talking raccoon, and a giant walking tree that can only say what his name is. Marvel put director James Gunn at the helm, who was known for writing the live-action Scooby Doo film and its sequel, a horror film called Slither, and the Lollipop Chainsaw video game. Guardians of the Galaxy is the most bizarre, colorful, hilarious franchise to come from Marvel Studios, and it's something that shouldn't have worked, considering how out there the idea and characters are. James Gunn basically created a new genre.
Peter Quill is a man who's refused to grow
up. Kidnapped from Earth as a child in the 80s, Quill's emotional maturity was permanently stunted. He refuses to take his dying mother's hand in her final moments, unable to accept her passing and let go. He's never been able to grow beyond this moment in his life, and years later still lives life on his own, with no regard or compassion for others. Quill cannot bring himself to get attached to anyone out of fear of losing them as he lost his mother, and not taking her hand remains his biggest regret. This is the film that launched Chris Pratt's current career, going from playing lovable, dimwitted dolts straight to leading-man action hero, and it's impressive how easily he slipped into it.
Gamora is the daughter of Thanos, the MCU's main baddie, and we're told the mad titan isn't exactly the best father. She and her sister Nebula have been tortured and forced to fight and kill for as long as they can remember. Drax is a warrior who was forced to watch his wife and daughter murdered in front of him, and who will do anything to get revenge. Rocket is the result of genetic experiments, and is the only one of his kind. He has no family or friends apart from Groot, who's gentle giant persona is the only thing keeping Rocket in check. He is incredibly offended whenever someone talks down to him or assumes that he's of a lesser species, which is almost everyone.
All of these characters are broken, damaged people, and that is the root of this film. These hurt individuals come to find comfort and safety amongst each other, and all of them act as support for one another. For them, this is the only group of people that they can even remotely relate to and get along with, and even then they remain loud, boisterous, and hostile, continuously yelling and badgering each other. All of them are selfish and self-serving, only looking out for themselves. It's only fitting that the first time they work together is so they can break out of prison. Drax and Rocket constantly toss disrespect at each other to deflect from their pain and sadness, and Peter and Gamora, both robbed of their childhoods and innocence, find romance in each other but lack the emotional stability and social skills to act upon it.
Peter and Gamora's relationship is a unique one. Peter, ever the womanizer, has no problem making it clear to Gamora that he's physically attracted to her through his "pelvic sorcery", as she calls it. What he struggles with are his actual strong feelings for her, his care for her, and his emotional connection to her. When she fails to be the straightforward one about these feelings between them, he becomes frustrated and lashes out. Gamora, forever an untrusting survivor, tries to fight her feelings for Peter, unable to understand them. She constantly goes back and forth between longing flirtation and threatening to kill him. The two may not seem like it, but they are meant for each other. Gamora loves to hear Peter's stories about his life on Earth as a child and all of the different shows and movies he loves, and Peter loves to have someone to tell them to. These two hold each other up and heal each other's wounds as they spend time together. Both victims of emotional trauma, they see in each other a chance at happiness, an opportunity for something they thought was unobtainable to them. Peter's sacrifice to save Gamora in the middle of the film, as he gives her his helmet so she can breathe in space, is a defining moment for his character. He finally found someone he truly cares for, and is willing to give up his own life at a chance for her to live.
They're all brought together by something much larger than any of them, Ronan the Accuser has an Infinity Stone and is waging a holy war against the planet of Xandar, intent on committing mass genocide. The Guardians, similar to The Avengers, have to put their differences aside and band together to make a difference. "Why would you want to save the galaxy?" "Because I'm one of the idiots who lives in it!"
This message of unity against all odds and the joining of broken people from all different walks of life plays throughout the film. Quill's adoptive father, Yondu, and his rogue gang of Ravagers join the fight as well. Normally only looking out for themselves and not afraid to get their hands dirty (they're more or less space pirates), Yondu is a classic antihero with a rough exterior but a soft interior, bring his men to Xander to protect Peter and stop Ronan. Xandar's fleet comes together, their ships linking up to form a giant barrier against Ronan. The villain is defeated not by pure physical confrontation, but by our heroes literally joining hands and standing firm. As Gamora shouts at Peter to take her hand, he sees the image of his mother asking the same. None of this is very subtle, but Guardians of the Galaxy isn't exactly known for its subtlety.
It's impressive how James Gunn is able to juggle every character and ensure that each are given enough time and moments, and this is without the benefit of having solo films beforehand, like The Avengers did. The need to introduce everyone and their backstories, as well as explain the galaxy this all takes place in, unavoidably results in the dialogue being a little exposition-heavy, but never to the point of it being too much. Ronan unfortunately joins the lower tier of Marvel villains, lacking anything particularly interesting regarding his character and having no personal relationship with any of the Guardians. However, Lee Pace's grandiose performance does give the villain some real gravitas at the least.
If there's any evidence of studio meddling in this film like the rest of Marvel's Phase 2, it's in the presence of Thanos. Thanos sends Ronan to get The Orb for him, an artifact containing the Power Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones Thanos has been trying to collect. Ronan does so but refuses to hand it over, using the power of the stone for himself to achieve his own goals, and denounces Thanos to his face, claiming that he is now stronger than him. Thanos, someone who earlier threatened to "Bathe the starways in blood", apparently does nothing in response to this, as we never see him again. His presence in this film seems to serve no real purpose other than to remind audiences that Thanos exists and will be someone to deal with later, and it's awkwardly placed in a film that doesn't rely on any other Marvel properties and stands in its own. Thanos isn't even a part of the sequel, but that's probably for the better.
Guardians of the Galaxy became a genre in itself, with a rocking 80s soundtrack blasting throughout the film, gorgeous cinematography that showcases the zany color palette, large-scale space opera action, and genuinely hilarious comedy throughout. It's an absolute riot from start to finish. Unlike The Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy are fundamentally dysfunctional, they're not especially good people, and are, in fact, "a bunch of a-holes". But this is what makes them real and relatable. They're truly unlikely heroes, and because of them, Marvel's wackiest and silliest film somehow became the most heartfelt and human. Not bad for the writer of Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
Connections to the MCU: We get our first extended look at Thanos and The Collector finally gives a full explanation as to what the Infinity Stones are.
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Netflix has confirmed that it won't be part of Apple's upcoming video service, reports Recode.
Apple is widely expected to unveil a video service next week that will work similar to Amazon Prime with original content and the ability to subscribe to third party services.
"Apple's a great company. We want to have people watch our shows on our services," Hastings said at a press event Monday in Los Angeles.
It's not surprising that Netflix doesn't want to work with Apple. It hasn't signed on to the company's TV app and recently stopped selling subscriptions via the App Store. Asked about that move, Netflix content head Ted Sarandos said Apple hadn't been an important revenue source.
Click here for a preview of Apple's original content lineup at launch. Please follow iClarified on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or RSS for updates.
Excellent, as much as I love my All my Apple devices, I want competition, something that Apple is trying to take control of with music, books, movies and TV shows. If Apple succeeds prices will rise which is good for Apple but horrible for us!
Already Apple have raised the prices of Netflix taking a third for themselves which was unacceptable by Netflix which is better for us paying less directly to Netflix.


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Movement turns abandoned housing into beautiful furniture, fighting climate change and growing jobs in the process
December 12, 2020 / 1:26 PM / CBS News
Urban lumber offers sustainable job creation
Furniture made from urban lumber promotes sustainability, job growth in cities 05:46
Baltimore-based lumber company Brick and Board is anything but run of the mill. While fine wood furniture often comes with an environmental price, their warehouse is full of wood from urban areas where downed trees and old buildings might otherwise ends up in landfills.
"A lot of this lumber was harvested around the Civil War," founder Max Pollock told CBS News' Errol Barnett. "And a lot of the trees that, you know, were turned into this lumber really started growing probably in the 1500s."
Brick and Board sells reclaimed wood and other salvaged material in Baltimore, a city with an estimated 16,000 vacant and abandoned properties.
Sometimes, these old materials could have some historical value.
Referring to antique yellow pine saved from crumbling row homes, Pollock said the material "has a grain that you wouldn't find today."
"It has a color that you wouldn't find today. And it really, just as importantly to us, it has a story," he explained.
For five years, Pollock has been a part of what could be described as an urban lumber movement.
"It refers to both lumber that's harvested from buildings that would otherwise be discarded and sent to a landfill, and it also refers to capturing material that falls during storms," he said.
Woodworkers across the country are currently building the movement, but according to Pollock, there is more work to be done.
"If you were to poll 100 people who are working in the reclaimed wood field, the truth is is that a lot of them look like me. They're White guys with beards and with flannel shirts," he said.
However, as Pollock explained, that does not nor should not have to be the case.
"It's always been important for us to try to democratize these skills a little bit," he said. "To try to take people who may not have had the opportunity to go to shop class or may not have had the opportunity to apprentice with a carpenter, and teach them about the material, teach them about milling this stuff, so that they can create a career out of it."
Donte Godwin, 21, who has worked at Brick and Board for about a year and a half, said he appreciates the opportunity in a city where the unemployment rate hovers close to the national average.
"It's not that easy getting an opportunity here. I was lucky. I had mentors to give me — I wouldn't have knew about this opportunity if it weren't for them," Godwin said.
Brick and Board is just one of the private partners in the Urban Wood Project. The initiative is a collaboration between the city of Baltimore, the USDA Forest Service and others. Their hope is that salvaging wood can revitalize the city.
Urban Wood Project co-leader Sarah Hines now wants to help the cities replicate what she calls an urban wood economy.
"Zip codes like this and similar have high rates of unemployment, high rates of poverty, high rates of incarceration, underlying health issues," Hines said. "This project can ameliorate a lot of that by thinking about ways to employ people, give people opportunities, avoid waste, and plant trees in places that desperately need them."
Jennifer Szeliga, who leads the Urban Wood Rescue in California, has a similar mission.
"If you think about a tree… it's sequestering or capturing carbon, right, so that's the CO2 that's in the air and it stores it in it's in the body of the tree," she said. "And so, when that tree is removed and it's dying, and it's decomposing it releases all of that CO2 back into the atmosphere, contributing obviously to climate change."
Szeliga's group is funded in part by a grant from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. She said her organization has sequestered 6,770 metric tons of carbon — equal to about 731,000 gallons of gas.
"We're able to divert logs that would normally go to the landfill into our yard… and then get them back out into the community," she said.
However, the process she described is not an easy one — Szeliga said the process to turn a log into a piece of furniture is a long and costly process, so building out partnerships to help is "important to success."
One of those partnerships is with Minnesota-based furniture company Room and Board.
Also part of the Urban Wood Project, the company turns reclaimed wood from Baltimore, Sacramento, Detroit and Minneapolis into sustainable furniture and decor.
Room and Board President and CEO Bruce Champeau said the effort was worth it for future generations.
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On top of that, the effort also bolsters communities and promotes job growth in the process.
"When you take those two things and you combine them, that's where it becomes something really magical," he said.
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With the upcoming release of John Carter in cinemas, I thought I would read the original source novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs at some point before it's released on 9th March. So I have decided to read The First Barsoom Omnibus on which the film is based.
It features A soldier from Virginia named John Carter who gets inexplicably and unexpectedly transported to the red planet, Mars, where he soon finds himself being held prisoner by the cruel Green Men of Thark. However Carter wins them over & soon earns their respect with his displays of bravery and skill with the sword, and gains a friend in Tars Tarkas of the Tharks.
Carter then learns that the land of Barsoom is in turmoil and that the princess of the great City of Helium Dejah Thoris, is being held prisoner by the forces of evil, so he sets off to rescue her, He also learns that the fate of Mars hangs in the balance. Of course, Carter and the fiery Martian princess get off on the wrong foot, since Carter knows nothing about the culture of the red humanoid race, and the two of them are soon at odds with each other.
Carter wants to win the love of Thoris. But before he does, he will have to battle his way across the red planet, earn himself a royal title, unravel the mysteries of the River Iss, the Goddess Isis, and the Black Pirates of Barsoom. He soon finds himself in the midst of an all out war between the forces of civilization on Mars and those of destruction that will determine the fate of Mars and the survival of every single person on the planet!
Collins's professional music career began as a drummer, first with Flaming Youth and then more famously with Genesis, after he answered a Melody Maker classified ad for "…a drummer sensitive to acoustic music, and acoustic twelve-string guitarist".
The first album Nursery Cryme was released a year later. Although his role remained primarily that of drummer and backing vocalist for the next five years, he twice sang lead vocals: once on "For Absent Friends" (from Nursery Cryme) and once on "More Fool Me" (from Selling England by the Pound). In Genesis, Collins originally supplied backing vocals for front man Peter Gabriel, singing lead on only two songs: "For Absent Friends" from 1971's Nursery Cryme album and "More Fool Me" from Selling England by the Pound, which was released in 1973.
Following Gabriel's departure in 1975, Collins became the group's lead singer, and sang lead vocals on several chart hits in the United Kingdom and the United States between 1975 and 2010, either as a solo artist or with Genesis. His singles, sometimes dealing with lost love, ranged from the drum-heavy "In the Air Tonight", dance pop of "Sussudio", piano-driven "Against All Odds", to the political statements of "Another Day in Paradise".
It is no coincidence that Happy Monday falls soon after what travel agencies have predicted could be their busiest weekend of the year, the last weekend in January is traditionally the most favoured for booking a family getaway, according to Al Fresco holidays. The same weekend last year apparently saw bookings with the luxury outdoor specialist increase year on year by 50 per cent.
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I have been a big fan of The Pet Shop Boys ever since they released their first single "West End Girls" back in the mid 1980's. and I would like to get Their next CD entitled "Format", which will be released on February 6th 2012.
Over the years They have become one of the most commercially and critically acclaimed British groups ever, and this prolific song-writing and recording duo have so far achieved eight platinum, two gold and four silver albums in the UK alone, with songs like West End Girls, Suburbia , Alright, Heartbeat Rent, Go West and many others.
This album contains a less well-known but equally great collection of b-sides and bonus tracks, which have been remastered and the album follows on from the 1995 release, "Alternative", which collected the duo's b-sides from 1985 to 1994. So far an incredible 38 b-sides and bonus tracks have now been collected together from singles released between 1996 and 2009, to create Format.
Having heard great things about the film, I thought I would read this inspiring & poignant novel by Michael Morpurgo.
Told from the perspective of the horse in question it features a lad named Albert who lives a quiet existence on on a Farm in Devon with his parents, and a horse named Joey. Until This idyllic existence is rudely shattered by some Soldiers who requisition the horse for the First World War. Unbeknownst to Albert his father sells Joey because he needs the money. Angry when he finds out what has happened, Albert vows that when he is old enough he will join the war effort and search for Joey.
So Joey goes off to war where he meets a handsome black stallion named Topthorn and sees the horrors of warfare for himself as he is put to work as a cavalry mount, which does not go well. Terrified and riderless after the charge he flees trying to find a place of safety and is taken by German Troops who look after him & put him to work pulling an Ambulance.
He is stabled with a kindly old French Farmer, whose daughter Emilie takes quite a shine to Joey and looks after him only to have more German troops take him away to pull Gun Carriages. Unfortunately after an ambush Joey finds himself wandering about in the middle of No-Mans-Land whilst looking for a place of safety.
The National Storytelling Week starts on Saaturday 28th January and runs until Saturday 4th February. It's the twelfth such annual event and is run by the Society for Storytelling which has Lottery Funding via Arts Council England.Over the coming week There will be many events happening at events in schools, libraries, theatres, cafés and other public spaces all week. There are festivals and celebrations every day until and including 4 February.
Over the past twelve years we have gone from strength to strength Storytelling can be found enriching lives everywhere: from nurseries to schools, from bereavement aids in hospitals to strengthening communication in the business sphere, from reminiscence centres to support groups for those with special needs, and in theatrical performances. The sharing between teller and listener empowers, feeding the imagination from one generation to the next.
Sure Start Children's Centres; Bristol Storytelling Festival; York Festival of Storytelling; Winter Storytelling Festival, Devon; St Helens Libraries; Plymouth Libraries; The Idea Store, Whitechapel; The Story Museum, Oxford; The Art House, Southampton; Exeter Central Libary; World Stories website; Raold Dahl Museum; Selfridges, London; The Horniman Museum, London; London Metropolitan Museum; Haringey Libraries, London; The Cuming Museum, London; Harrow Arts Centre; The Bulgarian Cultural Institute, London; Flag Fen, Peterborough; and hundreds of schools through the UK!
This weekend, the Daily Mail is offering every reader the chance to claim BBC One's much praised, multi-award winning contemporary drama Sherlock, absolutely FREE. With a cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves and Una Stubbs, this modernized version of the Conan Doyle characters see's Sherlock and John navigate a maze of cryptic clues and lethal killers to unearth the truth.
Writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, also appear. Gatiss plays Mycroft, Holmes' brother. Thoroughly modern, yet retaining traditional elements of the stories, such as the iconic Baker Street address and Holmes' archenemy Moriarty, a truly frightening nemesis. This series is a contemporary classic.
Sherlock Series 1 and 2 – claim both today for just £20 plus £2 p&p. Series 2 see's the award winning TV show back for a second series. Sherlock Holmes and John Watson return in three of their most exciting adventures.
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Hippie headbands are hot! This fashion accessory can be worn in so many styles and for so many occasions. Just follow a few easy tips and you'll be headband heartthrob!
1. Use a volume boosting shampoo to ensure you have enough va- va- va- voom to pull of this style. After your shower, blow dry your hair upside down for even more voluminous resutls.
2. Use a thermal protection spray to keep your tresses beautiful and healthy, especially close to the roots. Use a 1″ flat iron to create loose curls: Clamp a 1″ section of hair about an inch from the roots, wrap the tail of the hair around the straighener, make one full rotation with the straightener and pull to the end.
3. Allow the curls to cool and then run for your fingers through them to create a wavy, tousled "messy on purpose" look. Spritz the entire style with a flexible hold hairspray for long lasting results.
4. Add those headbands baby! Use just one or layer a few, no matter what you'll look hot.
For quite some time now the hair styling industry has been a little stuck in a rut. True the leading companies were advancing their products to be even better year by year, but there was still something missing. Finally Corioliss came along and shook up the industry with their new approach to styling tools and making women look their best. Corioliss wants stylists to think outside of the box and stop blindly following the trends and styles that we see on the runway. These looks are good but every woman has the right to be gorgeous with a look all her own and not just a reproduction of the hot looks for models.
Corioliss has a large line of ceramic hair irons that are designed for stylists who want to think out of the box and make a name for themselves making everyday women look absolutely incredible. These tools are made with the best materials so they will not only be easy to work with but will also be gentle to the hair of those who use them. Plus they are real professional hair styling tools so you can count on them to work perfectly for many, many uses not just once in awhile.
Grab Some Hair Tools and Try Something Different.
When you get ready in the morning, do you do the same old thing every day? Are you sick of the same hair style? We are creatures of habit and when something becomes a habit or a routine, it becomes all too easy to fall into a rut. And that is just as true for our hair styles than anything else in life. If you are used to wearing your naturally straight hair down, without doing much too it, you will likely do that everyday. Likewise, if you always pull your hair into a pony tail, it becomes all too easy to do that everyday.
Well, it's time for a change. There is no reason that you have to do the same thing with your hair all the time. Just because you always wear your hair one way does not mean that you have to stay that way. Mix it up. Many women use the excuse that "It's too hard to try something new." Or, "I don't have time in the morning to do anything different." Those excuses don't hold any water, because there are a lot of easy and quick ways to change things up. All you need are the right tools.
With a hair straightener, you can achieve a wide variety of new and interesting styles and it doesn't have to take much time at all. For example, if you normally wear your hair straight, take your hair straightener and try flipping up the ends of your hair, or curling the ends under slightly to make an easy bob style. Just this one simple change, will give you a completely different look and it doesn't take any longer than just straightening your hair would.
If you want to try something that offers a little more change, take your hair straightener and use it to create loose, waves and curls. This look is very easy to achieve and doesn't take long at all to create a completely different look on days you want to change it up.
Of course if you have naturally curly hair, you can change it up by using a hair straightener with ceramic plates to straighten your hair. Ceramic plates are the best choice because they use far infrared heat to infuse your hair with moisture, locking in the moisture in the hair, so your hair doesn't look frizzy or damaged. It's quick and easy to straighten your hair if you have the right iron at your disposal.
Beautiful hair styles can also be created by using a mixture of curls and straight hair. Consider putting your hair in a half pony tail and using your hair straightener or curling iron to curl the hair that has been pulled up.
There are a lot of options available to you that don't need to take a great deal of time. The best thing to do is to experiment and try out a number of different looks. After all, there is no reason your hair needs to look the same everyday. In fact, you may discover that you like it a lot better a different way.


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On the Hill: Government shutdown continues, debt limit looms, Congress tries to strike a deal
Oct 16, 2013 || Staff
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Congress
Today marks the 16th day since the continuing resolution expired, partially shutting the government down. The federal government will hit the country's borrowing limit Oct. 17, which some economists say would trigger a major economic crisis.
Lawmakers are negotiating potential plans to raise the limit and reopen the federal government. The Senate is reportedly close to striking a deal on a plan developed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The plan would fund the government until Jan. 15, 2014, and raise the debt ceiling until Feb. 7, 2014.
House Republicans were also working on a plan that would temporarily fund the government and raise the debt limit, but their plan also included delaying the medical device tax created by the Affordable Care Act for two years; eliminating health insurance subsidies for members of Congress, the president, vice president, and the cabinet; and increasing income verification requirements for health care subsidy eligibility.
Although Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) had support from House centrists, conservative House Republicans thought the bill did not include enough changes to the health care law. The plan ultimately died after a surprise statement made by Heritage Action for America, a powerful conservative group, that Boehner's plan would "do nothing to stop Obamacare's massive new entitlements from taking root—radically changing the nature of American health care." There is no word yet as to what the House will do.
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Apartments in Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol,Tri-City, TN
Three Springs / Haskell
Three Springs and Haskell are suburban neighborhoods located in Bristol, VA. These neighborhoods are primarily made up of small to medium sized single family homes and mobile homes. The median house price is $96,058 and the average rental rate is $458.
Those living in Three Springs and Haskell vary in age, with some residents being young singles, some are families with children, and some senior citizens. The working population in Three Springs in Haskell brings in a middle income, consistent with the American average. Common occupations for residents here are executive positions, sales associates, and manufacturers.
Most people living in Three Springs and Haskell average a 15-30 minute work commute. The neighborhoods' residents by large travel in a privately owned vehicle or carpool. Because of the relative distance to local businesses, a private vehicle is helpful for the daily commute to work.
Kingtown
Kingtown is a well established suburban neighborhood in Bristol, VA. It is made up of mainly small to medium single family homes and apartment complexes. Most property in Kingtown was built in the 1950's and 60's. The average home price in Kingtown is $52,149 and the average rental rate is $418 making it a fairly affordable neighborhood to live in.
The residents of Kingtown are of varying ages and most are low income. Common occupations of those living in Kingtown are sales and service positions, manufacturers, managerial, and clerical positions. Smaller percentages of its residents are employed in tech support and executive positions.
The majority of people living in Kingtown average a 15 minute or less work commute. The residents by large travel in a privately owned vehicle or carpool. Because of the relative distance to local businesses, a private vehicle is helpful for the daily commute to work.
McChesney Heights
McChesney Heights is a suburban neighborhood comprised of mostly single family homes and apartment complexes. The median home price is $114,315 and the average rental price is $545, making it a relatively inexpensive place to live.
Residents of McChesney Heights are of varying ages which vary from young singles, to families with children, and senior citizens. Those living here on average are of middle income, with jobs in the executive and professional fields. Other common occupations include sales associates, manufacturers, and clerical assistants.
Most people living in McChesney Heights average a 15 or less minute work commute. The neighborhood's residents by large travel in a privately owned vehicle or carpool. Because of the relative distance to local businesses, a private vehicle is helpful for the daily commute to work.
Preston Hills / Evergreen Hills
Preston Hills and Evergreen Hills are suburban neighborhoods. These neighborhoods are primarily made up of small to medium sized single family homes. The average home price in Preston Hills and Evergreen Hills is $140,717 and the average rental rate is $531.
Those living in Preston Hills and Evergreen Hills are of mixed ages, with a wide range from young single residents to those with families, and seniors. Most of the residents are of low to middle income and are employed in executive office positions, as sales associates, in manufacturing, or in tech support.
Most residents of Preston Hills and Evergreen Hills average a 15-30 minute work commute. The neighborhoods' residents by large travel in a privately owned vehicle or carpool. Because of the relative distance to local businesses, a private vehicle is helpful for the daily commute to work.
Euclid Ave. / Carter St.
Euclid Avenue and Carter Street are suburban neighborhoods located in Bristol, VA. These neighborhoods are mainly comprised of small to medium sized single family homes along with some apartment complexes. The average home price in Euclid Ave. and Carter St. is $76,397 and the median rental rate is $472.
Residents of Euclid Ave. and Carter St. neighborhoods are of mixed ages and lower to middle income. Many people living here are employed in sales positions. Other common occupations include manufacturing, labor, tech support, and clerical positions.
Most residents of Euclid Avenue and Carter Street average a 15 minute or less work commute. The neighborhoods' residents by large travel in a privately owned vehicle or carpool. Because of the relative distance to local businesses, a private vehicle is helpful for the daily commute to work.
Virginia Intermont College
The neighborhood surrounding Virginia Intermont College is a well-established suburban area, made up of small to medium sized single family homes and apartment complexes. The median home price is $125,924 and the average rental rate is $293, making it a relatively inexpensive neighborhood to live in. Because of the neighborhood's proximity to Virginia Intermont College, it is a fairly walkable area with a young and trendy feel.
This area is primarily inhabited by residents of mixed ages of relatively low income. Most residents are employed in managerial and executive office positions. Many others work in sales, service jobs, and in tech support.
Most residents of the Virginia Intermont College area average a 15 minute or less work commute. The neighborhoods' residents by large travel in a privately owned vehicle or carpool. Because of the relative distance to local businesses, a private vehicle is helpful for the daily commute to work.
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A new Public Policy Polling survey shows 1st District Democratic candidate Elizabeth Colbert Busch widening her lead on Republican Mark Sanford, though it's unclear what effect last week's news of an upcoming court date for trespassing will have in the special election's final two weeks.
The new poll (see below), conducted among 796 likely voters just days after the AP reported leaked documents detailing a February trespassing incident at his ex-wife's Sullivan's Island home, shows Colbert Busch leading the former governor 50-41. The special election is set for May 7.
More than half of those polled said last week's trespassing charges give them at least "somewhat serious doubts" about Sanford, but 65% of Republicans indicated the charges did not give them pause. Republicans also gave Mark Sanford higher favorability marks last week than a similar poll before the April 2 GOP primary runoff, improving to 61% favorable, 32% unfavorable to 55/39. It is worth noting that Mark Sanford's increased favorability ratings among GOP respondents seem to have come at the cost of Jenny Sanford's—her 57/15 rating a month ago has dropped to 47/27 after the news of the trespassing incident.
But despite Sanford's self-admitted "rough week", and even with a slightly more Democratic-heavy sample and the benefit of another few weeks of campaigning, compared to the previous poll, Colbert Busch gained just three percentage points and Sanford lost just five, so effects of the "rough week" may have not yet been fully felt or may not actually be very dramatic.
PPP also asked voters about background checks for buyers at gun shows, with 72% saying they "strongly supported" the checks, and 45% indicating that they were less likely to support Republicans in future congressional elections.
A comeback within a comeback?


Not all patients in the dental clinic ask themselves what materials are available to fill the tooth. But this factor directly affects how long the filling will last. In addition, the health of the tooth depends on the type of material, as well as the level of complexity of the process of its treatment. Today we will talk about how to choose the material for the seal. Types of seals, their advantages and disadvantages are also discussed in this article.
First of all, we define: what is a filling in dentistry? This is a medical material, characterized by viscosity and plasticity, which with time or under the influence of external factors hardens in the cavity of the tooth.
Security. The material must comply with established hygienic standards.
Firmness – the seal should not wear off or sit down in volume.
Should harden in a short time.
The material can not change color, painted.
Each of the species includes subspecies, depending on the substances that make up the material for sealing the tooth.
Such types of fillings for teeth are usually prepared from a powdery substance and a liquid acid. As a result of mixing the components, a chemical reaction occurs, during which a pasty mixture is formed, which has the ability to solidify after a certain period of time.
The first four subspecies of seals are chemical. And the latter can harden under the influence of acid, and with the help of light waves.
No need to use during the sealing of special devices.
Simplicity in the technique of performing the installation process of the material.
All subspecies of cement fillings, except for glass ionomers, have more or less such defects. This material is widely used in modern medicine, including in private clinics. Such a seal is not toxic. It contains fluoride inclusion, which protects the tooth from the further spread of carious areas. In addition, the material not only physically fills the tooth space, but also enters into chemical reaction with enamel. Due to this process, the glass ionomer seal is held for a long time.
What are metal types of dental fillings? These are the so-called amalgams – solutions based on metals, which have the property of hardening. There are silver, gold and copper.
Often recorded cases of itching, metallic taste in the mouth.
What seals are used in modern dentistry? Types of fillings are different, so the doctor chooses those that perform their function most effectively in a particular case. But plastic materials experts are less likely to recommend to their patients. Although just a few years ago, such a seal was an innovative alternative to metal. Why plastic did not keep its high rating among the popular materials for the installation of dental fillings?
The thing is that such a solution is quickly erased, shrinks in volume, changes color. In addition, plastic fillings often cause severe allergic reactions in patients in the form of a rash, redness in the oral cavity. In addition, such materials are toxic.
A common type of fillings are composites. Both organic and inorganic substances are included in their composition. Hardens composite material under the influence of chemical processes, as well as with ultraviolet radiation.
Staging of composites requires knowledge of the technology of preparation of the tooth to this procedure. Since the violation of any processes, the quality and durability of the seal is significantly reduced.
The undoubted advantage is the presence of a wide color palette of such materials, which allows you to perform a dental procedure and for aesthetic purposes.
Often, due to brochures, potential clients of the dental clinic for the first time become acquainted with such a concept as photopolymers. What is it really? Everything is very simple – these are the same composites or glass ionomers that are installed using a special UV lamp. These types of fillings in dentistry are used more often than others.
Today it is difficult to find a clinic that does not offer such a service as photopolymerization. What are the advantages of these types of fillings for teeth?
The absence of toxic substances in the composition.
With the help of photopolymers is the restoration of the front teeth. Material properties allow you to "sculpt" the correct beautiful shape, and then absolutely painless to fix the result with ultraviolet radiation. Thus, it is possible to carry out the procedure on several teeth in just one step.
But distant teeth are difficult to fill with this method – it is simply impossible to reach the necessary part of the oral cavity with a lamp.
Often, a dentist is faced with the need to install a temporary filling for therapeutic purposes. The requirements for such a material are low: it must close the hole in the tooth for a period from several days to a week, after which such a seal could be easily removed.
Temporary fillings crack and pour out, sit down, so they are not set for a long period.
Often in such materials add drugs. Therefore, the occurrence of unpleasant taste or smell from the mouth.
And how are teeth filled with children?
Many parents do not even think about the fact that the child, as well as an adult, needs a routine dental check-up. Why treat your teeth if they still fall out anyway? In fact, the state of the permanent depends directly on the health of milk teeth. Therefore, it is necessary to fill the teeth of children immediately, as soon as there are indications for this procedure.
In this case, it is important to choose safe materials. In pediatric dentistry, fillings containing fluoride are used (in order to prevent further formation of caries). It is much more convenient to use materials that harden under the influence of ultraviolet radiation – in the treatment of children, such fillings are most often used. Types of fillings, which today are very popular in pediatric dental practice, are represented by glass ionomers and composites.
Colored baby fillings: what is it?
Multi-colored children's dental fillings have become a novelty in the dental practice. Types of such materials are determined by manufacturer.
Bright, plasticine-like fillings cause genuine interest, thereby reducing fear of the dentist in babies.
Such material also differs in high durability. In most cases, it is held in children until the change of teeth. In addition, the colored filling is well polished, it is plastic, and its installation takes a short time.
What to choose fillings? Types of fillings required in each specific medical case should only be recommended by a specialist. Since it is necessary to professionally assess the situation, various factors and determine which material is best suited for this particular patient.


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News and Notes for June 16, 2017
ATB'S IN WEEKEND STAKES
As reported in Daily Racing Form, two-time Grade 3 winner Texas Chrome runs Saturday in the Grade 1, $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap for 3-year-olds and up going a mile and an eighth at Churchill Downs, and has morning line odds of 12/1.
Texas Chrome ran second to Mor Spirit in last month's Grade 3, $200,000 Steve Sexton Mile at Lone Star Park, and then finished second in the Grade 3, $200,000 Lone Star Park Handicap, won by Danzing Candy. Texas Chrome earned a 100 Beyer.
The Lone Star Park Handicap was at 1 1/16 miles, and owner Danny Keene said the 1 1/8-mile distance of the Stephen Foster is appealing for Texas Chrome. Both of the horse's Grade 3 wins came at 1 1/8 miles in last year's Super Derby and Oklahoma Derby.
Allen Milligan will be the trainer of record when the horse starts in the Stephen Foster. Milligan has just recently been brought on as general manager and senior trainer for Keene Thoroughbreds, said Keene. Milligan said C.J. McMahon is scheduled to ride Texas Chrome in the Stephen Foster. McMahon rode the horse in both the Super Derby and Oklahoma Derby.
Bred by Craig Upham, Texas Chrome is the reigning Texas-bred Horse of the Year. He has won 8 of 17 starts and earned $925,962.
On June 19th, two Accredited Texas-breds are in the field of 7 for the $50,000 San Juan County Commissioners Handicap for 3-year-olds and up going a mile and an eighth at Sunray Park.
Bred by Joe K. Davis, multiple stakes placed Overland Park (Snow Ridge – Bonnie's Slam) is listed at 3/1. The 5-year-old gelding finished second in the SunRay Park and Casino Handicap on May 22, and boasts a career record of 22-4-12-0 with $143,131 in earnings.
Better Than Magic (My Golden Song – Most Magic) is a 4-year-old multiple stakes placed gelding bred by the late Clarence Scharbauer Jr. Better Than Magic is coming off an Allowance Optional Claiming win on May 27 and has a career record of 21-5-3-6 with $113,281 in earnings. He has been given odds of 9/2.
ARCI APPROVES NEWEST VERSION OF MODEL RULES
The newest version of model rules approved by the Association of Racing Commissioners International is available at www.arci.com.
ARCI's model rules provide the template for racing regulatory entities and the framework under which the sport has made significant gains toward uniform regulations among jurisdictions.
DERBY WARS, STRONACH GROUP REACH SETTLEMENT
Derby Wars, an online racing contest operator, will begin seeking consent from racetracks to use their races in its contests as a result of a settlement the company reached with The Stronach Group, a large U.S. racing company, the chief executive and founder of Derby Wars said on Thursday.
The settlement, which was approved by a judge on Tuesday, specifically requires Derby Wars to obtain consent from The Stronach Group's racetracks before using any of the company's races in its contests. However, the terms of the settlement, and the larger issues it has raised, has moved Derby Wars to seek consent agreements with all racetracks whose content appears on its site, according to Mark Midland, Derby War's top official.
The settlement defuses a dispute that resulted in The Stronach Group suing Derby Wars in 2015, alleging that the company had violated provisions of the Interstate Horseracing Act, a 1978 federal law, by using races from The Stronach Group's tracks in online tournaments without the company's approval.
Although both sides had said that they nominally pursued a settlement in the months prior to the May ruling, officials for The Stronach Group also said that they fully intended to push the case forward to seek a favorable ruling establishing online contest sites as wagering outlets, framing it as an issue with larger ramifications for the racing industry. Simulcasting provides approximately 90 percent of the wagering revenue in the industry, and that revenue is shared by tracks and horsemen.
"We intend to immediately begin working with selected licensed handicapping contest operators to establish a business model under which they can offer these contests to their customers using Stronach content while ensuring that racetracks and horsemen putting on the show receive adequate compensation for the racing content they are creating," Scott Daruty, the executive vice president of content and media for The Stronach Group, said in a statement.
NOTES: Entries are still being taken for the 2017 Texas Summer Yearling and Mixed Sale. Consignment forms are available at ttasales.com…It's not too late to make reservations to attend the TTA Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet scheduled for next Saturday, June 24 at Lone Star Park. Call the TTA office at 512.458.6133 for details.
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Cengel and Cimbala's Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications, communicates directly with tomorrow's engineers in a simple yet precise manner, while covering the basic principles and equations of fluid mechanics in the context of numerous and diverse real-world engineering examples. The text helps students develop an intuitive understanding of fluid mechanics by emphasizing the physics, using figures, numerous photographs and visual aids to reinforce the physics. The highly visual approach enhances the learning of fluid mechanics by students. This text distinguishes itself from others by the way the material is presented – in a progressive order from simple to more difficult, building each chapter upon foundations laid down in previous chapters. In this way, even the traditionally challenging aspects of fluid mechanics can be learned effectively.
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1/22. Botulinum toxin treatment in atypical parkinsonian disorders associated with disabling focal dystonia.
We investigated the efficacy of botulinum toxin A (BtxA) therapy in patients with atypical parkinsonian disorders (APD) exhibiting different types of disabling focal dystonia unresponsive to oral drug therapy. Eight patients with functionally disabling focal dystonia out of a series of 60 consecutive patients with APDs regularly treated at our outpatient movement disorders clinic were included. patients were diagnosed according to established criteria and had disabling limb dystonia (n=4) or craniocervical dystonia (n=4) unresponsive to oral pharmacological treatment. Localization and dose of BtxA injections was determined individually based on clinical examination as well as EMG in patients with limb dystonia. BtxA reduced dystonic symptoms in all patients; only one developed a transient local side-effect. BtxA was particularly effective in the long-term treatment (up to 50 months) of blepharospasm associated with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). BtxA also alleviated PSP-associated retrocollis and orofacial dystonia with lower lip retraction associated with PSP and multiple system atrophy. BtxA treatment of limb dystonia in corticobasal degeneration (CBD) temporarily improved hand and arm function in early-disease stages while treatment in advanced stages reduced pain, facilitated hygiene and prevented secondary contractures. Limb dystonia was also alleviated by BtxA therapy in one patient with neuronal multisystem degeneration of undetermined cause. The results suggest that BtxA therapy may represent an effective means of alleviating disabling focal dystonia in different APDs. Particularly in early stage APD with disabling limb dystonia local BtxA injections may result in functional improvement.
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2/22. Children with irreversible brain damage associated with hypothyroidism and multiple intracranial calcifications.
Children who develop clinical hypothyroidism in early childhood have various degrees of irreversible brain damage, albeit less severe than cases detected by neonatal screening test for hypothyroidism in the first months of the life. We report three patients with hypothyroidism of childhood onset after a normal neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone screening who showed deceleration in linear growth, spasticity in the lower limbs with deformity, mild intellectual impairment, and multiple calcifications in the basal ganglia and subcortical areas. The neurologic symptoms were not progressive but were irreversible in spite of thyroxine treatment. Motor disturbances commonly observed in postnatal-onset hypothyroidism are similar to those of cerebral palsy. Specific distribution of intracranial calcifications may result from metabolic derangement as a result of hypothyroidism, although the mechanism of calcification is not fully understood. We emphasize the need to re-evaluate thyroid function in diplegic patients with specific intracranial calcifications but normal neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone screening.
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3/22. Athetoid cerebral palsy with cysts in the putamen after hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy.
Three cases of athetoid cerebral palsy after hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) are reported. All three neonates had haemorrhagic lesions in the basal ganglia and thalami on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Prior cranial ultrasound had detected the lesions in only two cases. In all three children athetoid movements began within the first year of life. Follow up MRI scans showed bilateral symmetrical cystic lesions in the posterior putamen. Although haemorrhagic lesions within the basal ganglia are a common MRI finding in neonates with HIE, few of these babies develop athetoid cerebral palsy. We believe this to be the first report of discrete cystic lesions found in the basal ganglia of children with athetoid cerebral palsy.
4/22. Clinical grand round: a rapidly progressive pyramidal and extrapyramidal syndrome with a supranuclear gaze palsy.
The case history of a patient with a rapidly progressive spastic tetraparesis, pseudobulbar palsy, supranuclear gaze palsy, and extrapyramidal signs is presented. The patient died 17 months after symptom onset, and the differential diagnosis and pathological findings are reviewed.
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5/22. frontotemporal dementia with co-occurrence of astrocytic plaques and tufted astrocytes, and severe degeneration of the cerebral white matter: a variant of corticobasal degeneration?
We report two patients who exhibited frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with unusual neuropathological features. The ages of the patients at death were 65 and 67 years, the disease durations were 6 and 5 years, and the clinical diagnoses were Pick's disease and corticobasal degeneration (CBD), respectively. At autopsy, both cases exhibited neuropathological findings compatible with those of CBD, including atrophy of the frontal and parietal lobes, neuronal loss and gliosis in the cortical and subcortical regions, and presence of cortical ballooned neurons and astrocytic plaques (APs). In both cases, immunoblotting of insoluble tau exhibited the pattern of selective accumulation of four-repeat tau, a finding that is also compatible with CBD. However, severe degeneration was evident in the frontal and parietal white matter in both cases. Moreover, a striking finding was the widespread presence in the affected cortex of tufted astrocytes (TAs), which are characteristic of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Neither co-occurrence of APs and TAs nor severe degeneration of the cerebral white matter is a feature of either CBD or PSP. No mutations were found in the tau gene in either case. In conclusion, the possibility that these two cases represent a new neuropathological phenotype of non-familial FTD rather than simply a variant of CBD cannot be completely excluded.
6/22. An unexpected finding in an eight-year-old child with cerebral palsy and weight loss.
Poor weight gain is frequently seen in children with cerebral palsy. This is most commonly due to poor oral-motor coordination, resulting in inadequate caloric intake. We present the case of an eight-year-old girl with aicardi syndrome who had been an exclusively oral feeder and who was noted to have had a 10-lb weight loss over the previous months when she was admitted to the hospital with seizures. Due to ongoing diminished oral intake, a barium swallow was performed, which revealed a filling defect. The mass that was removed at surgery proved to be a lactobezoar, a very uncommon finding in a child of this age.
7/22. Persistent extrapyramidal syndrome with dystonia and rigidity caused by combined metoclopramide and prochlorperazine therapy.
We have reported the case of a 58-year-old woman with cerebral palsy who experienced a persistent, generalized syndrome of dystonia and rigidity (tardive dystonia-parkinsonism) while being treated for vomiting with metoclopramide in combination with prochlorperazine. This syndrome was more severe than is typically seen in drug-induced extrapyramidal syndromes and may have contributed to her death. The extreme severity of this disorder was probably related to the use of a combination of dopamine antagonists in a patient who had premorbid cerebral dysfunction. Although dopamine antagonists should always be used with caution in individuals with cerebral dysfunction, this particular combination of antiemetics should probably be avoided in such patients.
8/22. Cyclosporin-associated akinetic mutism and extrapyramidal syndrome after liver transplantation.
Three patients developed akinetic mutism on the third day after the introduction of intravenous cyclosporin A, given for immunosuppression after liver transplantation. One patient in addition developed a florid orofacial dyskinesia, which resolved completely, as did the akinetic mutism, after withdrawal of cyclosporin. In these patients the time course of the akinetic mutism and extrapyramidal syndrome, which developed in the absence of any other identifiable cause, suggests cyclosporin A was the precipitating factor. Subsequently, two of the patients showed signs of pseudobulbar palsy with abnormalities in the pons on MRI scanning, suggesting central pontine myelinolysis (CPM). None of the patients had experienced significant fluctuations in serum sodium or other risk factors for central pontine myelinolysis and the exact relationship to the earlier cyclosporin related mutism was not clear.
9/22. Encephalopathy with calcifications of the basal ganglia in children. A reappraisal of Fahr's syndrome with respect to 14 new cases.
Calcifications of the basal ganglia are described under the heading of "Fahr's syndrome". The clinical pattern is variable and the syndrome may be sporadic or familial. This study describes a personal series of 14 cases of encephalopathy with calcification of the basal ganglia and reviews the literature cases. A four-group classification is proposed. The first group includes encephalopathy, microcephaly, dwarfism, retinal degeneration or optic atrophy, symmetrical patchy demyelination with calcifications and probable autosomal recessive inheritance. Some cases have an early onset, a rapid evolution. Others have a later onset, longer course and retinal degeneration. In the second group, the children suffer from a congenital encephalopathy or a cerebral palsy without clear deterioration, without short stature, ocular impairment or persistent CSF abnormalities. This group has not been reported in the literature. The cases do not seem to be genetic. The precise cause in unknown but a sporadic non progressive anoxo-ischemic, or viral prenatal disease is suggested. In the third group, the association of encephalopathy, microcephaly, and persistent CSF lymphocytosis, has a high recurrence rate. The pathogenesis is still a matter of dispute. The fourth group is characterized by autosomal dominant calcifications of the basal ganglia with or without neurological abnormalities. Finally calcium metabolism disorders and mitochondrial encephalomyopathy may be associated with calcifications of the basal ganglia.
10/22. Progressive supranuclear palsy misdiagnosed as schizophrenia.
A 72-year-old woman, who had previously been diagnosed as schizophrenic, experienced a year of deterioration in her ability to care for herself. She was variously diagnosed as having parkinsonism, catatonic schizophrenia, atypical psychosis, depression, and dementia before she was appropriately diagnosed as having progressive supranuclear palsy.
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HomeCOMMENTARYIsrael Has "The Most Moral Army in the World"? On Which Planet?
Israel Has "The Most Moral Army in the World"? On Which Planet?
August 1, 2019 TLB Staff COMMENTARY, Tyranny, WORLD 0
Pam Barker | Director of TLB Europe Reloaded Project
Although Philip Giraldi links to this report below, we're reposting here from Mondoweiss an account of how Israeli soldiers burst in upon residents of apartment buildings within an area of East Jerusalem just after 2am on Monday, July 22 to forcibly remove them in preparation for demolition of their buildings – even though the area is under the legal control of the Palestinian Authority, which should get to decide what happens here under the Oslo Accords. The sheer brutality, inhumanity and contempt are shocking. See 'Sadistic display of violence': 12 Palestinians, 4 British nationals hospitalized after being beaten by Israeli forces in Sur Bahir and 'Devastation and outrage' after Israeli forces destroy Palestinian homes in Sur Bahir.
Giraldi does justice to the first report but we feel they need to be highlighted.
This Ha'aretz article from 2010 gives a report in English of Bernard-Henri Levy's words regarding the IDF, as a democratic force with a strong moral conscience (Giraldi refers to this in his title): Bernard-Henri Levy: I Have Never Seen an Army as Democratic as the IDF. On what planet do such people live? It is the same BHL who now criticises and despises the Gilets Jaunes, poor through the insidious forces of globalisation that benefit the elites, who constitute more than 50% of the French population; the same BHL, who was most likely paid by the CIA to play a leading role in the '68 student revolt in Paris, an early version of today's color revolutions.
Israel Has "The Most Moral Army in the World"?
The creepy French "intellectual" Bernard-Henri Levy gets it wrong
PHILIP GIRALDI
Eight days ago eleven Palestinian buildings containing seventy family apartments located in the illegally Israeli occupied East Jerusalem village of Wadi al-Hummus were demolished in a military-led operation by more than 1,000 Israeli soldiers, policemen and municipal workers using bulldozers, backhoes and explosives. Residents who resisted were beaten by the soldiers, kicked down flights of stairs and even shot at close range with rubber bullets. The soldiers were recorded laughing and celebrating as they did their dirty work. Occupants who did not resist and who held their hands up in surrender were also not spared the rod, as were also foreign observers who were present to add their voices to those who were protesting the outrage. The injuries sustained by some of the victims have been photographed and are available online.
Twelve Palestinians and four British observers were injured badly enough to be hospitalized. The British reported that they were "stamped on, dragged by the hair, strangled with a scarf and pepper sprayed by Israeli border police." One who was hospitalized described how Israeli soldiers dragged him by his feet, lifting him up, and kicking him in the stomach, while one soldier stamped on his head four times "at full force" before standing on his head and pulling his hair. Another suffered a fractured rib after "[the policeman] then stamped on my throat and others started punching my torso. It was a sadistic display of violence…"
Yet another foreign observer was dragged out of the house, "…her hands were crushed so badly that she suffered a fractured knuckle on her left hand, and her right hand suffered severe tissue damage 'which will be permanently misshapen unless she gets cosmetic surgery.'"
Edmond Sichrovsky, an Austrian activist of Jewish origin, who was in one of the houses, described how Israeli forces broke the door down, first dragging out the Palestinians, "knocking the grandfather to the floor in front of his crying and screaming grandchildren." Cell phones were forcibly removed to eliminate any picture taking or filming before soldiers began attacking him and four other activists. "I was repeatedly kicked and kneed, which left a bloody nose and multiple cuts, as well breaking my glasses from a knee in the face. Once outside, they slammed me against a car while shouting verbal insults at me and women activists, calling them whores."
The buildings were destroyed due to claims that they were too close to Israel's illegal separation wall, with the Benjamin Netanyahu government citing "security concerns." The families living in the buildings that did not have either the time or ability to remove their furniture and other personal items will now have to comb through the rubble to see what they can recover, if the Israeli soldiers will even allow them that grace. They will also have to find new places to live as the Israelis have made no provision for housing them.
The homes were legally constructed on land that is nominally controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA), a fine point that the Israeli authorities chose to consider irrelevant. When the Palestinians object to such arbitrary behavior, they are sent to Israeli military courts that always endorse the government decisions. And the Netanyahu regime of kleptocrats has made clear that it does not recognize international law about treatment of people who are under occupation.
The buildings were destroyed a few days after rampaging Israeli settlers on the West Bank continued their campaign to destroy the livelihoods of their Palestinian neighbors. Hundreds of olive trees were burned on the West Bank on July 10th, a deliberate attempt to drive the Arabs from their land by making it impossible to farm, strangling the local economy. Olive trees are particularly targeted as they are a cash crop and the trees take many years to mature and produce. The Israeli settlers have also been known to kill livestock, poison water, destroy crops, burn down buildings, and beat and even kill the Palestinian farmers and their families. And in Hebron the settlers have surrounded the old town, dumping excrement and other refuse on the Palestinians shops below that are still trying to do business. It should surprise no one that the Jewish settlers who engage in the violence are rarely caught, even less often tried, and almost never punished. The ghastly Benjamin Netanyahu's government has declared that what was once Palestine is now a country called Israel and it is only for Jews. Killing a Palestinian by a Jewish Israeli is considered de facto to be a misdemeanor.
And meanwhile the carnage continues in Gaza, with the death toll of unarmed demonstrating Palestinians now at more than 200, plus several thousand wounded, many of them children and medical workers. Recently, orders to the Israeli army snipers direct them to shoot demonstrators in the ankles so they will be crippled for life. This is what it takes to be the "most moral army" in the world as defined by French fop pseudo intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy (pictured), demonstrating only yet again that the tribe knows how to stick together. But the war crimes carried out by Israel also require unlimited support from the United States, both in money and political cover to allow it all to happen. Israel would not be killing Palestinians with such impunity if it were not for the green light from Donald Trump and his settler-loving mock Ambassador David Friedman, backed up by a congress that seems to cherish Israelis more than Americans.
How is it that the horrific treatment of the Palestinians by the Israelis as aided and abetted by the worldwide Jewish diaspora is not featured in headlines all over the world? Why isn't my government with its highly suspect but nevertheless declared agenda of bringing democracy and freedom to all saying anything about the Palestinians? Or condemning Israeli behavior as it once did regarding South Africa?
Can one even imagine what The New York Times and Washington Post would be headlining if American soldiers and police were evicting and beating the residents of a housing project in a U.S. city? But somehow Israel always gets a pass, no matter what it does and politicians from both parties delight in describing how the "special relationship" with the Jewish state is cast in stone.
In the wake of the home demolitions, Washington yet again shielded Israel from a United Nations censure for its behavior by casting a Security Council veto. The Jewish state is consequently never held accountable for its bad behavior, and let us be completely honest: Israel is the ultimate rogue regime, dedicated to turning its neighbors into smoking ruins with U.S. assistance. It is evil manifest and it is not in America's own interest to continue to be dragged down that road.
Philip M. Giraldi, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, a 501(c)3 tax deductible educational foundation (Federal ID Number #52-1739023) that seeks a more interests-based U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Website is councilforthenationalinterest.org, address is P.O. Box 2157, Purcellville VA 20134 and its email is inform@cnionline.org
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The Highland Games is a traditional Scottish sporting event.
Author: Joshua Burns. Escuela Kilkenny. The Highland Games is a traditional Scottish sporting event that has become a popular festival, taking place in the late spring or early summer. The first recorded mention of the games dates back to the 11th century, however, the modern form of the games was invented in Victorian times.
The Highland Games is a fun time for everyone. It has a real festival atmosphere, and there are always hundreds of people who come for the diverse and entertaining non-sporting events.
Music is a central part of the Highland Games, especially at the opening and the closing ceremonies. At these points, up to pipe bands, each with a large number of members, will play the traditional bagpipe. The Scottish bagpipe is a wind instrument, similar to the ones found in Galicia. Along with the piping, you can often find harps, fiddling, and other Celtic music.
With music, comes dance. At the Cowal Highland Gathering, the World Annual Highland Dancing competition takes place. At this the best traditional dancers gather from around the world to compete.
The Scottish clans are the family groups that made up the old Gaelic society that preceded the modern one, coming to an end largely in the 1740's. Although the society has changed, the clans remain, and at the highland festivals, individual clans set up tents, showing off their coat of arms,* and often selling various traditional items.
Although the non-sporting events are enough to draw a large crowd* on their own, it's the heavy athletic events that most people come for.
The caber toss is one of the most well known highland sports. It's generally a men's event, where one individual takes a large, wooden pole (known as a caber) and throws it so it turns in the air. Many believe the aim is to get the caber as far away as possible, but in fact, the goal is to throw it so it lands completely straight.
The Scottish hammer throw is also similar to modern-day track and field events. However, in the Scottish version, the metal ball is attached to a shaft*. With your feet in a fixed position, the hammer is then thrown around the head in a circular motion and thrown for distance over the shoulder.
These are two similar but distinct events. In the weight throw, the goal is to throw the hunk of metal,* which has a handle and a chain attached, as far as possible. The weight of the metal varies depending on whether it's the men's or women's event. The weight over the bar event is similar but differs on one key point. Instead of throwing the metal as far as possible, the goal is to throw it high, over a horizontal bar, using only one hand. Each participant gets three attempts.
While the Highland Games originated in Scotland, and are very popular there, they have managed to spread much further afield. There are games held in many countries, including Belgium, Canada, and even Brazil. However, the country with the highest number of attendees is actually in the United States, where 30,000 people attend the games every year in North Carolina.
The Highland Games is a very popular and unique event. If you ever find yourself in Scotland when they're on, they're a fascinating way to get an understanding of their history, and how it still lives on in modern life.