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Friday 24 February 2017

Brief Encounter: 'I want people to laugh and cry. That's our job'

Tristan Sturrock and Naomi Frederick in Brief Encounter
A good night out: Alec (Tristan Sturrock) and Laura (Naomi Frederick) in Brief Encounter

Noël Coward's much-loved Brief Encounter is returning to the stage courtesy of an adventurous theatre company. David Cheal is intrigued

It's Brief Encounter, but not as we know it. In Kneehigh Theatre's stage version, the tragic, unconsummated love affair between Dr Alec Harvey and Laura Jesson is conducted more or less as it was in David Lean's 1945 screen classic, scripted by Noël Coward, but between their clipped, ecstatic-tormented meetings, all kinds of mischief and odd stuff happens: there's an audience singalong, a toy train makes its way across the stage, an imitation dog strains at the end of its leash, to considerable comic effect, and a woman performs a riotous balloon dance. The production also freely mixes media, switching between live action and film footage - and sometimes blending both.

This is all very much of a piece with Kneehigh's way of making theatre. Since its formation in 1980, the company, based in Cornwall, has become famous for its vivid, fluid, inventive approach to drama. In recent years it has won plaudits, in particular for its blistering version of Shakespeare's Cymbeline. Last year it brought the Powell and Pressburger film A Matter of Life and Death to the National Theatre, though to a more mixed critical reception.

Emma Rice, Kneehigh's artistic director, explains that although their Brief Encounter is essentially a piece of theatre, it is also an attempt to tap into our experiences of the cinema.

"As audiences, we get a very different emotional response from going to the pictures than we get from the theatre," she says. "In the theatre, you know where you're going to sit, you know what you should wear, you need to be quiet and behave. But cinema is a dirtier form. You can sit at the back and have a snog, you can eat - it is a much more visceral thing.

"People go to the cinema to be told stories, to be frightened, to cry - very animal emotions, which we've lost in our experience of the theatre. We often go to the theatre to be educated, to feel worthy. But I don't feel people often get excited going to the theatre, and that's a real shame. So that's our job: to give people a night out, and as a director I want people to laugh and cry." Although publicity posters for the production proclaim that it's "not the film", the show actually takes place in a cinema: the Cineworld, on London's Haymarket. Back in the 1920s, this was the Carlton Theatre, and for the purposes of Brief Encounter it's being converted back into one, complete with period décor.

Before the show begins, members of the multi-tasking cast, dressed in 1940s usher and usherette uniforms and wielding big black torches, help the audience to their big, comfortable cinema seats. Then they form a band and sing Roll Out the Barrel.

Throughout the show, music is a crucial part of the storytelling process, with original songs by Kneehigh stalwart Stu Barker as well as Noël Coward tunes, and snatches, too, of the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 that formed the soundtrack of Lean's film.

Typically, the production doesn't pretend that the musicians don't exist by hiding them away in a pit: it's all out there on stage. This is a Kneehigh trademark - not only is the "fourth wall" demolished, but the other three are swept aside too.

"There's nothing more embarrassing than going to the theatre and everyone's pretending they're in Russia in 1910 or something," says Rice, "and a bit of scenery falls down and they all pretend it hasn't happened because they're all supposed to be in Russia in 1910. With us, everyone can relax. But at the heart of it you have to have a real truthful belief in what you're doing." And at the heart of Kneehigh's Brief Encounter, amid all the silliness and the songs, are three real, truthful love stories, conducted largely in the tea room of Milford Junction station.

In focusing on the exchanges between Alec and Laura, and on the parallel dallyings of two other couples, the Kneehigh version harks back to Still Life, the 1936 one-act stage play by Noël Coward that formed the basis of the film. "The other characters in the tea room in Still Life are much more fully drawn [compared to the film]," says Rice. "There's a richer palette of humanity to draw from." But can today's audiences still relate to a central couple whose love is thwarted by the social mores of a more restrained age?

"I would argue that there's not much difference from today," says Rice. "The pain involved in meeting someone you shouldn't, in wanting to be with someone you can't be with - I don't believe there's any difference. There's a more liberal attitude towards what the options are, but the basic emotions are the same."

1936: Noël Coward's short play Still Life premières in London, as part of a series of one-act plays, performed by Coward himself and Gertrude Lawrence, under the title Tonight at 8.30. Alec and Laura's forbidden affair is contrasted with the goings-on among other couples in the tea room at Milford Junction.

1945: The play becomes a film, scripted by Coward and directed by David Lean. Starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson as the tortured lovers, and shot partly at Carnforth railway station in Lancashire, it becomes a classic of English cinema.

1968: A disastrous West End musical based on Still Life, called Mr and Mrs, opens at the Palace Theatre. Starring Honor Blackman, John Neville and Hylda Baker, and featuring numbers such as the workmen's ditty I Want to Wet My Whistle, it closes after 44 performances.

1974: A remake starring Richard Burton and Sofia Loren reaches cinema screens, but is a pale shadow of its forebear, with Burton and Loren brooding and sulking against a backdrop of grey skies and - horror! - diesel trains.

2007/08: Cornwall's Kneehigh theatre company take their unique vision of Brief Encounter, starring Naomi Frederick and Tristan Sturrock as Laura and Alec, to stages in Birmingham and Wakefield before bringing it to London's West End. DC

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Friday 24 February 2017

Bramley apple parfait, apple granite, sable biscuit, balsamic syrup

Bramley apple parfait, apple granite, sable biscuit, balsamic syrup
Bramley apple parfait, apple granite, sable biscuit, balsamic syrup Photo: Paul Grover

Serves 4 -6

Six sable biscuits or 90g (3oz) of finely crushed shortbread biscuits

Apple purée:

250g (9oz) Bramley apple, peel and diced

125g (4oz) sugar

50ml (2oz) water

5 egg yolks

250ml (8oz) double cream

150g (5oz) apple purée

50g (2oz) sugar

80ml (3oz) water

250ml (8oz) Bramley apple juice

Balsamic syrup:

100g (4oz) sugar

50ml (2oz)water

3 tbls balsamic vinegar

For the purée

1. Place apple in a pan and half cover with water.

2. Bring to boil until soft. Puree in a blender.

3. Allow to cool. Reserve 150g for the parfait.

For the parfait

1. Boil the sugar and water for four minutes.

2. Whisk the yolks until fluffy. Add the syrup to the yolks slowly and whisk until cool.

3. Whip the cream and fold in the apple purée.

4. Fold the cream into the egg gently.

5. Put into circular moulds and freeze.

For the apple granite

1. Heat the water and sugar until all the sugar dissolves. Mix with juice, pour into a tray. Freeze.

For the balsamic syrup:

1. Dissolve the sugar in boiling water.

2. Remove from the heat and whisk in the vinegar. Allow to cool.

For the apple crisp garnish (optional):

1. Bring 100g sugar and 100ml water to the boil. 2. Drop in 4-6 very fine slices of apple for 30 seconds. Place on a baking tray on greaseproof paper in oven at 95C and allow to dry for an hour.

To assemble the pudding:

1. Remove the parfait from freezer 10 minutes before serving.

2. Put a little purée on each plate to hold the pudding in place. Position the biscuit base on the purée and place the parfait on top.

3. Fork up the granite so you have a pile of “fluffy ice”. Place on top of the parfait.

4. Drizzle the balsamic syrup over the parfait and the remaining purée in lines around the plate. Top with the apple crisp garnish.

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US disrupts Olympic party with human rights attack on China

America has openly attacked China for failing to live up to its Olympic promise to improve human rights after eight US citizens were arrested and imprisoned without trial for their part in a pro-Tibet demonstration.

A pro-Tibet demonstrators in California: US attacks China on human rights
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office called on China to 'respect its commitment to freedom of expression' Photo: AFP

In an unusually candid statement issued on the eve of the Olympic closing ceremony the US Embassy in Beijing expressed mounting frustration with China's refusal to give ground on basic freedoms during the Games.

"We are disappointed that China has not used the occasion of the Olympics to demonstrate greater tolerance and openness," the statement said.

"We encourage the government of China to demonstrate respect for human rights, including freedom of expression and freedom of religion, of all people during the Olympic Games and beyond."

The statement appeared to be timed to inflict maximum embarrassment on the Chinese government which, despite the sporting success of the Games, has faced continued criticism of its human rights abuses.

A British woman, Amanda McKeown, 41, remains in jail on similar charges after she helped three other protesters unfurl a 'Free Tibet' banner outside the National Stadium last Thursday.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office also called on China to "respect its commitment to freedom of expression" but in a concession to the Chinese not given by the US, added that UK visitors in China should "respect local laws".

The bluntness of the US statement will inevitably take some of the political gloss off the Beijing Olympics which have been widely acknowledged to have been a commercial and sporting triumph, attracting record worldwide TV audiences.

Despites this success, the Chinese government has continued to suppress all forms of dissent, blocking all websites it deems seditious, even including Apple's iTunes music store on the blacklist after it offered a pro-Tibet charity album for download.

Even some Chinese people who applied to demonstrate in the official 'protest pens', which were set up at the behest of the International Olympic Committee, have been arrested.

There was particular outrage last week when two Chinese pensioners aged 77 and 79 were sentenced to one year 're-education through labour' for applying to protest about being evicted from their homes for an Olympic development.

However despite the criticism from the US embassy and the Foreign Office, the IOC has remained steadfastly loyal to their Chinese hosts.

In his official end-of-games briefing, Jacques Rogge, the IOC president, said he was "extremely pleased" about the organisation of the Games, although hinted at reservations about China's failure to deliver on basic human rights.

Mr Rogge admitted that the IOC had felt it was "unusual" that not a single demonstration had taken place in the protest pens, but added that ultimately the IOC was powerless to intervene against the Chinese state.

On the case of the two pensioners, Mr Rogge said: "We heard about these cases and we discussed them with the Chinese authorities and the reply we received was that this was an application of Chinese law. The IOC is not a sovereign organisation and we have to accept Chinese law."

Throughout the Games, the Chinese authorities have refused to engage in debate on the human rights issues.

On Sunday Chinese President, Hu Jintao officially declared the Beijing Games a "success", and praised the athletes and volunteers.

He added the event would "enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese people and the people of all other countries," the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

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Home / Written Updates / Raglak : Love me Like you do : Chapter 33

Raglak : Love me Like you do : Chapter 33

Raglak : Love me Like you do : Chapter 33

Hi Guys… I am back.. Hope u guys liked the previous chapter .. The link for the same is below…

Chapter 32

Thanks to all my lovely silent readers assuming there are some and the readers who have commented.. all the comments have been answered personally…

I don’t know bt I feel that as and when my story is progressing, I guess I am boring u guys…. Because the response has gone down badly… But anyways… get ready

So let’s begin our journey….

Recap : Sujatha upset with Ragini

But it was almost more than a month before the cast was removed and I could go back to the job only in the beginning of December. Laksh visited me now and then. He said his project was almost over and things were going to be more routine hereafter. I was happy awaiting for Birthday celebration with both our families. One sudden day when I was at the hospital I met someone from my past

(Lady) “Ragini! What a coincidence! I didn’t expect to see you here”

(Ragini) “Dr. Peterson, how are you?” (She was Ragini’s gynecologist when she was pregnant with Laksh’s kid)

(Peterson) “I am well. You look really good. I am so happy to see that you have recovered.”

(Ragini) “Laksh helped me a lot. What brings you here?”

(Peterson) “On vacation. My son got food poisoned. Your husband looked after you well. It seems like you both can have a child again”

(Ragini) “Excuse me? I didn’t get you”

(Peterson) “He didn’t tell you? It was right of him not to tell you when you miscarried but he should have told you later. But it really doesn’t matter now.”

(Ragini) “Please tell me.” I sounded like I almost begged her.

(Peterson) “You were very weak and you miscarried…… there were some…. I would say scars. I told him that if your health condition continues, you can never have a child. Even now, I say that there may be a chance to have a child. I wouldn’t eliminate the possibility of never …….. But don’t think negatively.”

(Ragini hiding her emotions said) “Thank you. I will ask the doctor in ER to take good care of your son. If you don’t mind, I have to get going.”

(Ragini’s POV) She looked upset but I couldn’t think anymore. I went to my cabin, picked up my things and left for the day. Never once did I think about this. I was so sure that we would have a happy family together. I wanted to be together with him but more, have his child, bring them up together. He knew that I may not be able to have a child and yet……., Tears flowed uncontrollably. I am too deep in love with him to give him up but if I leave him, then……. I reached home as soon as possible. Dadaji met me out.

(VD) “Ragini! You are back so soon? What happened?”

(Ragini) “Nothing.”

(VD) “Hey, good news, Laksh finished his work. He said he would be coming to see you in a day or two. Why are you packing your bags?”

(Ragini) “I am going to see Laksh.” In a voice I wished that didn’t give me away.

(VD) “Why? He would be coming here anyway.”

(Rgini) “No. I should see him soon.”

(VD) “What is wrong? Look at me, Ragini!”

(Ragini) “Please, please. I have to see Laksh. Please don’t ask me anything.”

(VD) “Ragini, please tell me that you are okay. I feel that something is wrong with you.”

(Ragini) “Its really nothing but I have to see him.”

(VD) “Okay. I will tell him. How are you going?”

(Ragini) “No need. I know where his house is. I will go by car.”

(VD) “Do you have to leave now? Its already evening.”

(Ragini) “Please. I will drive safely.”

(VD) “Ragini, I don’t know what is bothering you, but things will turn out fine.”

(Ragini’s POV) Saying he hugged me caringly. I am sorry, was all I could say in my mind. I couldn’t say them out loud. Maybe, I was never intended to get all this affection. I started to his place. I reached his home at night. The security let me in. I hoped that he would be at home. If so, I can get this over fast. Even if I wait for some time at his place, I don’t think I would have the courage to break up with him. Just thinking, my throat choked. I am not even able to talk, how am I going to tell him? I opened the door, and found him sitting on the sofa with his coffee and papers. How I wished that this would be the daily life that I would be with him? But, when I can’t give him what he wants, what I want, how can I live happy? How can I smile for him?

(Laksh looked towards me) “Ragini! What a surprise? What are you doing here? Didn’t Dadaji tell you that I would be coming over?”

(Ragini’s POV) He came over talking. I just couldn’t hear him. I couldn’t bear to see him. His happy smile….. How long can I make him happy like this? Maybe, I could. No, no. I shouldn’t make this love between us turn bitter. I don’t want him to resent me later. When he was about to hug me, I just slapped him with all my might.

(Ragini) “You thought that I would never know? What made you think that I wouldn’t know? How could you be so cruel and kind at the same time?”

(Laksh) “What happened?”

(Ragini’s POV) He asked in his concerned tone. It was a great change in his manner from the cold hearted person who didn’t even know how to show his concern to who he is now. Who brought about this change in him? Me? Or his guilt?

(Ragini) “I met Dr. Peterson.”

(Laksh) “Oh!” He said in an unsure tone. So, he remembers. “Hope she is fine. Where did you meet her?”

(Ragini) “She told me that I may not bear a child.”

(Laksh) “That is nonsense, Ragini”

(Ragini) “No, it is not! She told me everything. I searched all over the house for my reports. You took them with you. If what she says is not true, then where are my reports?”

(Laksh) “Ragini!” He pleaded to me.

(Ragini) “No, Laksh! You hid it from me! You know how much our child would mean to me, and yet, you hid it from me! How could you?”

(Ragini’s POV) I slumped down. I couldn’t care more about crying anymore. He knew and yet he hid it, not understanding how much it would affect us later.

(Laksh) “Ragini, it was not written in stone. She also said that with improvement in your physical and mental health, you can still get pregnant.”

(Ragini) “Please Laksh, she said I may………….. It is not certain………… I am scarred……. I can’t marry you. I can’t be happy, you can’t be happy”

(Laksh) “Don’t decide my happiness for me.”

(Ragini) “Why are you like this, Laksh? Please break up with me.”

(Laksh) “I didn’t fall in love with you because you could give birth.”

(Ragini) “I don’t care if you don’t have a problem with it! I do! I want to live happily with the man I love and his children with me! Is it wrong of me to wish for that?”

(Laksh) “Why don’t you get it? Only if you have such thoughts, it would affect you. I believe that we can be happy. I truly believe that you can fulfill your dreams.”

(Ragini) “What if I can’t, Laksh? If we get married and that doesn’t happen, I can’t let go of you so easily.”

(Laksh) “You think you can now?”

(Ragini) “No, no…., That is not what I meant. I don’t want to…… Please Laksh….. please break up with me.”

(Laksh) “No! And that is final!”

(Ragini) “Laksh!”

(Laksh) “Just listen to yourself talking like a fool, Ragini. I am not so petty. Once we, men of Kapoor family fall in love, we don’t fall out of love. I don’t care if I have an heir or not. I don’t care if others care. All I want is to love you, spoil you, pamper you, be pampered by you, loved by you. Is what I want wrong? Ragini, I would never regret this. Will you?”

(Ragini’s POV)He asked me sincerely, looking straight to my eyes, with all my blurry vision I could see. He held me so close and I wasn’t able to find the strength that his arms give to me. I didn’t reply as a sign of my revolt. However, he didn’t care. He babied me in his arms, and kissed me. Why do you make things so difficult for me?

(Laksh) “With all the passion I have for you, you still believe that I will regret my decision? You still believe that I will hate you? I could never hate you, Ragini. I could fight with you, sometimes dislike your actions but I could never hate you. Never. Please believe that. Please believe me.”

Tears silently fell. Please don’t make it harder than it is for me Laksh.

(Laksh) “Why do you still not accept?” He looked at me, anxious, worried, upset. “I am not leaving you tonight and forever.”
He said as if it was final. I struggled in his arms, but he held me strong as he carried me to bed.

(Ragini) “Laksh, please let me go.”

(Laksh) “No. Not until you accept to marry me. I don’t care if this is coercion or blackmail, but I am not letting you leave until then.”

(Ragini still in tears) “Why don’t you understand?”

(Laksh) “I understand” He caressed my head as he kissed my forehead. “I understand you, but please understand how much I love you too.” When I heard him, my strength failed me. With it, he kissed me gently, yet passionately. “If it gives you peace of mind, we will go to the hospital tomorrow, any. We will see. Whatever the results come, you are with me for life. Don’t forget that.” He kissed my hand where my wedding ring would be.

(Ragini) “Laksh,”

(Laksh) “No. Not another word from you. I will show you just how much I love you”
The next day I got up, he wasn’t beside me. I got dressed. He was plating up the breakfast in the kitchen. Even now, I hesitated.

(Laksh) “You are up” I flinched.

(Ragini) “Yes.”

(Laksh) “I was about to finish breakfast and wake you up.”

(Ragini) “You could have woken me up with you. I wouldn’t have any problem with that.”

(Laksh) “But, it is not everyday that I get to cook breakfast. Even when we get married, it is not like I can make it daily. When I can, I will.”

(Ragini) “You wouldn’t have to really force yourself. Its not like I have to marry you.”

(Laksh) “Don’t start again. I already told you that I am not going to let go of you whether you marry me or not. If possible, I would gladly lock you up here but today I will do what promised you and also, we will be going to meet your dad tomorrow.”

(Ragini) “Laksh, I am not consenting to the marriage”

(Laksh) “It didn’t seem like that yesterday”

(Ragini) “No. I am not going to take it into account.”

(Laksh) “Please don’t start again, Ragini. Whether you can have a child or not, I don’t care. It is not like having a kid is the most important thing in life. If you can’t give birth, which will not happen, then we can always adopt.”

(Ragini) “Don’t you get it, Laksh? It is not about adoption. We can adopt whether we have a kid or not. I want our child! If I can’t, then I can’t…… I feel I am not giving it my all to our relationship.”

(Laksh to calm the atmosphere) “Hey, hey, don’t get so tensed early in the morning. I understand. I got what you mean. We will leave to any hospital you wish to check whatever you want.”

(Ragini) “Fine. If the results are what…..”

(Laksh) “We will think about it when the results come. For now, our plan stays as it is. After the check up, we will go to some place. Movie?”

(Ragini) “Whatever. You know the hospital where Swara went?”

(Laksh) “Yes. It is our friend’s after all.”

(Ragini) “Your phone is in my custody today.”

(Laksh) “You don’t believe me?”

(Ragini) “I believe you. I know that you will do whatever you want to get hands on what you wish”

(Laksh) “You know me too well. But I will tell you again, Ragini, it is nothing as you fear.”

(Laksh’s POV) We went to the hospital like she wanted. I know I was wrong to hide it from her but this would have happened even back then. Even now, I am not sure. I barely made her at ease. I was as worried as her. Not worried about whether she can have a kid or not but whether she will leave me. She pulled my phone also away from me. I couldn’t call and tell him. She took her tests or whatever she wanted. I waited for her. While waiting, I saw the gynecologist walk by me. Lucky me.

(Laksh) “Excuse me”

(Doctor) “Yes?”

(Laksh) “Actually, my wife is undergoing some tests for fertility. She got pregnant before but her previous gynecologist scarred her. So, if, I am saying if, she can’t have children, please tell her that she can still have with conditions.”

(Doctor) “Mr…..”

(Laksh) “Kapoor”

(Doctor) “Mr. Kapoor, you know that I can’t do that.”

(Laksh) “Please, she is planning on divorcing with me. I do not consent to it. Just help me once.”

(Doctor) “I will see what I can do.”

(Doctor asked) “What is her name?” This was the sign.

(Laksh) “Ragini Singh. She is using her maiden name.”

(Doctor) “Got it.”

(Laksh’s POV) I waited anxiously when Ragini came and told me it would take more time for the results to come out. Like I suggested, we went for a movie. When we came back, she said I should wait out.

(Laksh) “Come on. Don’t I have the right to find out what it is?”

(Ragini) “I will tell you.”

(Laksh) “Nothing is going to happen. I don’t want you lying to me.”

(Ragini) “Fine.”

(Laksh’s POV) We went in. Like I wished for, the doctor said that if she keeps herself happy, occupied and healthy, she would have no problem. After a long time, I saw her smile. Her smile of relief, hope, happiness. I prayed that it would last forever. While we were coming out,

(Laksh to Ragini) “Wait, I forgot my keys. Wait here.” I rushed back to the doctor’s room.

(Laksh to Doctor) “Thank you.”

(Doctor) “I didn’t lie. What I said is true. Though it is difficult for her to give birth and she may have discomforts during pregnancy, if she really wanted a child, she can have. But make sure you take good care of her.”

(Laksh) “Thank you.”

(Laksh’s POV) I picked up my keys and came back. I saw Ragini waiting, happy and nervous at the same time.

(Laksh) “What are you so nervous about?”

(Ragini) “Laksh, I haven’t told you something. I have to tell you that before you meet dad.”

(Laksh) “That’s all? We are going home?”

(Ragini) “Well, we could have early dinner out before we go back.”

(Laksh) “That is better.”

(Laksh’s POV) I pecked her. We roamed around the shopping mall for sometime and had dinner. She looked annoyed by the restaurant we entered, but didn’t seem to mind a lot. We had dinner and finally went home.

(Ragini) “Finally, are you ready to listen to me?”

(Laksh) “Yes. Tell me.”

(Ragini) “You can’t meet dad tomorrow.”

(Laksh) “That is what you wanted to tell me? Why?”

(Ragini) “I can’t tell you why but you can’t meet now. I need to talk with him.”

(Laksh) “How am I going to ask him for your hand, if I can’t talk to him?”

(Ragini) “You just can’t talk to him.”

(Laksh) “I will tell you why. Your dad removed you from his will. Isn’t it that’s why?”

(Ragini) “What??….. How??….. Who told you?”

(Laksh) “Your dad did. Did you forget that I would meet him more often that you? Listen, I will tell you again. All I want is you and only you. Nothing with you. I am not marrying you because you are a Singh, or you are well off or anything. Just trust me. I love you. So, can we go to meet your dad?”

(Ragini) “You both will still fight.”

(Laksh) “About that, we already did. I even got punched.”

(Ragini) “What?”

(Laksh) “One meeting, when I went over, about a month back I think, I told him that I wanted to marry you. He told me that he was tolerating me because you were happy but he wouldn’t accept me. I tried to be as submissive as I could and I don’t remember how it went, let me tell you now, I didn’t raise my voice. But I think I infuriated him telling that I was a good match for you. Wrong step and he punched me. He told me then that he was wrong to hesitate about removing you from the will. That was when I came to know. I thought he hates me. But I told him that I didn’t care and didn’t even want anyone to know whose daughter she was. She is going to be my wife. Is that wrong?”

(Ragini) “Sigh! You just had to be rude to him. He really likes you.”

(Laksh) “Does he? It didn’t show. I think he is still angry about what I did”

(Ragini) “Who wouldn’t! Well, I guess we can go tomorrow. That was what I was scared about.”

(Laksh’s POV) She kissed me and went to the rooms opposite to mine. I am glad she is back to her normal self. She is so hard on herself sometimes when nothing is her fault. But that is what I like about her and makes me want to pamper her.

Precap: Ragini and Laksh go to Ragini’s parents house and much more

more 2 updates to go and then i am done with this FF ?

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For years, North American students have been told that the key to success in life is to go to college, and earn a degree. But that may no longer be the case. In fact, some educators now believe today’s high school students would be better served avoiding college altogether.

Richard Vedder is an economist at Ohio University. He points out that of the 30 jobs projected to grow the fastest in the next decade, only seven require a bachelor’s degree! So, his thinking is that pushing students into college would be like grooming them to become surgeons, when the world really needs more nurses, home health aides, and pharmacists, and the reality is that most of the training needed for those jobs can be done outside of college.

So, what’s the alternative? One popular option is intensive, short-term on-the-job training. For example: The CVS pharmacy chain recently began a program where aspiring pharmacists could work as apprentices in their stores. And statistics have shown that many of those apprentices have gone on to study to become pharmacists themselves.

Also know this: In a new survey of 2,000 employers, many said they valued workers who have experience in the workplace, and who can communicate and behave around other workers, ahead of workers who have a college degree.


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Texoma Man Scores Points in Water Conservation with Football Yard

- Despite efforts to make sure every drop counts, dry conditions continue to take a toll on landscaping in Texoma.

But the drought hasn't stopped some residents from having an enjoyable view.

Jeff Perin says he was tired of seeing dirt in his front yard so he transformed it into a field that brings his favorite sport to life.

After the drought really took its toll on his yard he decided to tackle it head on with an interesting concept.

“Couldn't water, it was just basically dirt,” says Perin.

Now he walks out to a gridiron complete with goal posts, bleachers and a tailgating section.

Each NFL team is represented around the field that even includes a scoreboard.

And if you're upset about last year's Super Bowl, don't worry, the scoreboard can be readjusted every week so you can root for your favorite teams.

“Say if 8 teams were playing that weekend I’d put 4 helmets in an end zone, the other 4 helmets in the other end zone, and say my pick of the week team, like the good pick, say it was like a Settle Denver game then I would put their helmets up on the score board and put the final score up on the score board,” says Perin.

And his new design is scoring some major points with his neighbors.

“Usually everybody stops by and takes pictures, we've had a couple of guys stop by and wanted us to do their yard the same way,” says Perin.

Perin says he hopes others decide to run with the idea of alternative landscaping.

“I think the hard scape, landscape like this is gonna take more of an effect in Wichita Falls due to our water conditions so I think it will be something that more people will be going to,” says Perin.

Perin picked up many of his decorations at garage sales, he spent the most money on the mulch, helmets and the scoreboard but he says he expects it to pay off in the long run.

“I don't have to do anything to my yard for at least ten years so I figured the investment over a ten year period would be saving me money doing it this way over trying to plant grass,” says Perin.

And with no water needed to keep it looking fresh, it's a touchdown in conservation.

Perin says it took a few weeks to landscape his yard and the only other thing he is thinking about doing is painting the goal posts yellow.

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Arctic goes green as temperatures rise

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A team of biologists from the University of Gothenburg reports that recent warming in the Arctic has caused local changes in vegetation.

Indeed, most plants in the Arctic have grown taller with a significant  increase in evergreen shrubs, while the proportion of bare ground has decreased.

    "We've managed to link the vegetation changes observed at the different sites to the degree of local warming," explained Robert Björk of the University of Gothenburg.

    "Comparisons show that the prevalence of vascular species, such as shrubs and plants, is increasing as temperatures rise. The degree of change depends on climate zone, soil moisture and the presence of permafrost."

    According to Björk, researchers working on the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) have been gathering data for almost 30 years. By analyzing changes in vegetation in 158 plant communities at 46 locations across the Arctic between 1980 and 2010, they managed to successfully identify a number of general trends.

    "We've managed to show that the vegetation changes in our fixed plots are a result of local warming at numerous sites across the world's tundra," he said.

    Meanwhile, Ulf Molau, professor of plant ecology at the University of Gothenburg, noted the response of different plant groups to rising temperatures often varied with summer ambient temperature, soil moisture content and experimental duration - with shrubs expanding with warming only where the ambient temperature was already high and grasses expanding primarily in the coldest areas studied.

    "The results indicate strong regional variation in the response of tundra vegetation to rising temperatures... This means that particularly sensitive regions following the combined effects of long-term warming in the Arctic may see much greater changes than we have observed to date," he added.

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Knocking off olfactory cells makes mice fearless in the face of danger

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Hitoshi Sakano, a neuroscientist at the university, says the new finding suggests that smells pass through distinct circuits reaching from the nose to the brain.

The olfactory neurons are located in a special structure in the nasal cavity called the olfactory epithelium, which has two major regions called dorsal and ventral.

In order to determine the difference between the dorsal and ventral neurons, Sakano and his colleagues engineered a strain of mice that had no olfactory neurons in their dorsal epithelium. They then tested the mice for their response to a handful smells, good and bad.

The researcher say that normal mice were drawn to smells of peanut butter and mouse urine, but they were tried to escape the scents of rotting food, fox glands, and the urine of snow leopards.

However, mice engineered to lose olfactory neurons showed less interest in the sweet smells and little aversion to the scents that were dreaded by normal mice.

The researchers said that the mice were still able to detect those smells, and could learn to hate the odours if they were made sick while delivering the ‘nasty’ smells.

Based on their findings, the researchers came to the conclusion that the dorsal olfactory neurons transmit innate fear responses to the brain, whereas the ventral neurons convey learned aversion.

The researchers also noted a difference in the brains of the mice. While a scent secreted by fox anal glands called trimethyl-thiazoline stimulated the normal mice’s brains to make adrenocorticotropic hormone, a sign of stress, the fearless mutants did not show any such stimulation.

Catherine Dulac, a neuroscientist at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, described this work as a big step forward in explaining how odours are translated into actions.

Sakano believes that humans may also be having a similar system for discerning smells. He, however, says that learned behaviours can sometimes over-rule innate ones.

He supported his proposition with the example that Natto, fermented soya beans with rancid smell, is a popular snack in Tokyo probably because people have learnt to like it.

“I think an innate smell will tell us it’s dangerous and don’t eat it. But based on the associative learning, some people in the Tokyo area learn to like it,” Nature magazine quoted Sakano as saying. (ANI)

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Bhubaneswar, July 25 (IANS) Four youths have been held in the Orissa capital for making purchases worth over Rs.100,000 using a credit card of a Delhi-based film producer, the police said here Friday. Producer Devendra Kumar, who was on a visit to the state, returned to Delhi March 1 but was shocked when he found his wallet was not with him. A few days later, Kumar got a call from a person who claimed he found his ICICI bank credit card.

Although the person assured him he would return the card, he did not. Later, Kumar checked his account and found that purchases have been made using his credit card, Dilip Das, inspector in-charge of the Laxmi Sagar police station, told IANS.

Kumar, who is a member of the advisory panel of the Central Board of Film Certification, informed the bank and managed to stop future transactions, he said.

He came here Thursday and informed police about the incident, Das said.

Police tracked the mobile and arrested the caller Charan Mohanty who told police that three of his friends also helped him in the crime. They were also arrested from the city.

All the arrested persons are under 30 years of age and one of them has a previous criminal record, Das said.

Kumar is associated with the yet-to-be released film ‘1920′ directed by Vikram Bhatt.

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Family of Yugoslavia's Tito await news of inheritance

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A Serbian court is finally expected to rule on the inheritance of late communist Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito's huge and eclectic range of possessions, from paintings to uniforms and even Moon rocks A Serbian court is finally expected to rule on the inheritance of late communist Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito's huge and eclectic range of possessions, from paintings to uniforms and even Moon rocks
For 35 years since the death of communist Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito, tens of thousands of the extravagant strongman's belongings have been the subject of legal wrangling.
This month a Serbian court is finally expected to rule on the inheritance of his huge and eclectic range of possessions, from hunting rifles and paintings to marshal uniforms and even rocks from the moon -- a gift from US president Richard Nixon.
During his time at the helm of socialist Yugoslavia from the end of the World War II until his death in 1980, Tito and his wife Jovanka enjoyed a lifestyle that impressed even Hollywood star Richard Burton, who visited the pair in 1971.
"They live in remarkable luxury unmatched by anything else I've seen and (I) can well believe Princess Margaret who says the whole business makes Buck House (Buckingham Palace) look pretty middle-class," Burton wrote in his diaries.
But today the extent of Tito's assets to be divided up by the court remains unclear, even to relatives who await news of their inheritance: his son Misha, the four children of his late son Zarko and two of the late Jovanka's sisters.
"There is no written document in which the court establishes what is to be inherited," Svetlana Broz, one of Zarko's daughters, told AFP.
"We do not know what that will be until we receive the ruling," she said.
Sculptures and paintings of late communist Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito at an exhibition dedicated to him in Ljubljana.
When Tito died, precipitating the slow and bloody break-up of Yugoslavia, his possessions were estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars.
In 1985 a law declared all of his belongings state property -- a ruling that was later annulled after it was challenged by Jovanka, who died in 2013.
But a clear division between what Tito owned privately and what he used as the country's top official was never made.
Proceedings were slowed down by the 1990s Balkan wars, and some of Tito's property went to countries that emerged after Yugoslavia fell apart. His family also alleges widespread theft in the intervening years.
"Fabulously expensive watches, cars, weapons and other treasure disappeared," Jovanka's lawyer Toma Fila wrote in his memoirs.
Controversial figure
Tito is admired for driving out Nazi German occupying forces in World War II with his partisan fighters, standing up to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and founding the Non-Aligned Movement.
He made Yugoslavia one of the most prosperous communist countries, but political dissidents were jailed under his regime and critics denounce his personality cult and lavish lifestyle.
The bedroom of the "De Gaulle" saloon on "The Blue Train" specially built in 1959 for late communist Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito.
Historian Predrag J. Markovic said the initial lack of decisions from the state over Tito's possessions stemmed from concern that they would damage his communist credentials.
"It was awkward as it was ideologically unacceptable that he and Jovanka had a lot of luxury things," Markovic said.
Some 70,000 belongings are now stored in depots at Belgrade's Museum of Yugoslav History, also home to Tito and Jovanka's mausoleum.
In one of the depots, Tito's suits and blue-and-white marshal uniforms hang from the ceiling and the shelves are full of model ships and planes, paintings, clocks and rifles -- Tito was a passionate hunter.
Gifts from Stalin, royals
Among the most striking objects are an abstract ceramic statue, a gift from Soviet leader Joseph Stalin before the two leaders split in 1948, and Nixon's stones from the moon, which were delivered to Tito by astronaut Neil Armstrong in 1969.
"We have no dilemma over what to do with the official gifts as they are state property in accordance with the law," said Momo Cvijovic, who has been working in the museum collecting Tito's belongings since 1978.
Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito (L) arrives in Moscow in 1956 accompanied by Kliment Yefremovich Vorochilov (R), Soviet head of State and Nikita Khruschev.
"The inheritance proceedings are about his personal things... but that is a very complex and delicate problem."
Cvijovic explained it was not clear-cut whether some gifts counted as personal or official, such as a golden cigarette case Tito regularly used which was given to him by Greek or Ethiopian royalty.
Even the late leader's clothes and 250 pairs of shoes are undefined as many of them were also presents, added Cvijovic.
Awaiting the court's ruling with low expectations after so many years, Tito's heirs said they hoped to receive at least small mementoes of their famous forebear.
Svetlana Broz said she would like one of his old identity cards "and the binoculars he used in World War II as commander of the army that defeated Hitler".
Her half-brother Joska said he and his sister Zlatica had earlier asked for a ceremonial uniform and copies of his awards and decorations.
But he said they would now be happy with "anything that will remind us of him".

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Alma Allen

February 14th, 2011

Alma Allen is a sculptor living and working in Joshua Tree, CA in an amazing home and studio he and his wife Nancy built over the past few years while living in a small trailer on their property. I’m amazed at the foresight and dedication a project like this requires seeing as Joshua Tree is like the wild west of construction with few skilled laborers, strangely divided parcels, bizarre coding and extreme weather.

I’ve long been a fan of his work, but hadn’t realized the couple kept a small blog of their adventures in custom home building + making incredible objects. Many thanks to Lily for mentioning it.

Their adorable sculptor in training Frieda and the desert pups Fritz and Poncho.

Alma, Roman from Commune and TK Smith (in the back) at The Ace Hotel. Three guys who are constantly inspiring most everything we do around here – you can even check out more of TK and Jill’s home HERE.

TK was the one who was kind enough to teach us how to weld (which I still haven’t paid him back for since he is a busy dude and super in demand). We are putting those skills to good use in our upcoming landscape projects and can’t thank him enough for being so generous.

A few things Alma’s made –

It’s no wonder why Alma’s work is in crazy demand. That coffee table makes my heart go all aflutter.

I love these DIY copper kitchen counter tops. All these possibilities of metal wrapped wood are getting the old brain wheels turning.

I’d love to see more of what this couple has accomplished in such a remotely difficult but beautiful slab of land in the high desert. The little snippets into their projects and home are incredibly intriguing and have refreshed my recently waning design gusto.

Bits and Pieces

February 11th, 2011

Just some random bits and pieces of design & consulting projects that have been in the works. I haven’t quite figured out how to share things I’ve been working on recently since they’re all in different stages of completion or conception. This wonky collage probably just raises more questions than it solves, but this is kind of where my brain has been.

I’ve been a busy little maniac recently – running around and grabbing up things and sorting out others. Super excited about a jam packed weekend of LA trekking coming up. Can I hear a Rose Bowl?!?!

Perfect. Another wonky & weird collage. Roaming this week hasn’t been too exciting geography wise, just a lot of traveling here and there, puppy petting, meeting new folks, ch-ch-ch-changes and bringing home some tasty vintage treats.

Enjoy your weekend. Pet a puppy, snuggle a grumpy person, get your hair done, maybe go ahead and form a dance crew and then battle on the streets of Hemet. You know, whatevs.

I’m assuming that this is how Bowie plans on spending his weekend with his scary friend Mrs. Cluckerbutt. Iggy does not care for the terrifying chicken so much. Go figure.

February 9th, 2011

Thrifting has been a tad sparse around here which always puts me in a grumptastic mood. It get’s fairly depressing to make the effort to go out looking through tons of rubbish and then come home empty handed. That’s the thrifting dealio, not everyday can be like THIS.

A few recent small finds included this awesomely large ‘Lambert Conformal Conic Projection’ map of California. I guess all that jargon just means mountains.

It’s installed in the kitchen for now, right by the crazy bright window. That’s why my terrariums are enjoying hanging out there – that area gets tons of direct light those suckers slurp up.

I also grabbed this big ol’ ceramic studio pottery lamp. It’s one of those types of lamps I keep dragging home (even though I am lamp overloaded) because they’re amazing. Maybe I’m just in love with ceramic shizz.


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Throughout Wayne and Holmes counties, it is the season for parent-teacher conferences; one of the times of year when parents drop by the schools to chat informally with their child's teachers to find out how their son or daughter is doing both academically and socially.

These are important conversations for parents, because they represent a rare opportunity to glimpse their student's daily school life through the eyes of an authority figure who brings to the table a viewpoint far more objective and unbiased than their own.

In those few minutes parents can get a behind-the-scenes look at their child that sometimes contrasts markedly from the information they are being fed daily by their progeny.

And yet, parents often walk into such meetings wholly unprepared to make the most of the opportunity to learn as much as they can about their child's school life.

Cheryl Welch, director of Wooster and Mansfield's Sylvan Learning Centers, said that all too often "the evening passes by in a whirl of punch, cookies and hunting for classrooms" when it is "important to make time for meaningful dialogue with your child's teacher."

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"Parent-teacher conferences," Welch said, "provide the opportunity for parents to initiate a positive working relationship with their child's teachers. Parents should take this time to learn about the curriculum and establish a strong communications channel."

Welch, who spends much of her time meeting with parents of students enrolled in both remedial and accelerated programs, offered a number of tips for parents planning to attend parent-teacher meetings during the next few weeks.

First, advised the educator, "Meet with your child beforehand to learn each teacher's name and discuss how your child feels about the teacher and the subject. This meeting may provide clues to concerns that may arise later."

She said it would be a good idea for parents to ask their students about how they believe they are doing in their various classes to determine whether there is an diaparity with the teacher's viewpoint.

Welch said it is also important to "write down questions you may have and take them with you."

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Welch suggests that each parent write down both their home and work phone numbers and addresses on a card to give to each teacher, because such information is often difficult for teachers to obtain.

"Take notes on any testing routines," Welch advised.

She said that while spelling tests, for example, may be given every Monday and suprise math quizzes may be possible every day, "usually parents don't hear about tests until after the fact."

Welch further advises, "Ask about the teachers' homework schedules. Are they 'every nighters,' 'once-a-weekers' or 'rarely-evers'?" She said that most students tell their parents teachers rarely assign homework, when that is usually not the case.

She also suggested that parents "schedule a check-up meeting with each teacher to take place in four to five weeks to get an idea of your child's progress." She said these appointments should be posted "someplace visible to remind you and your child of the upcoming meeting."

"Good relationships between parents and teachers are critical," said Welch, adding, "The best time to talk to your child's teacher is before there is a problem."

She said that when she attends parent-teacher at her own children's schools, "I always see the teachers sitting there talking and the parents of the students just listening. It really should be that both parties are doing about the same amount of talking."

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Weekend Portfolio Analysis (10-21-2012)

Options expiration was on Friday and along with it the October cycle in the portfolio was closed with the RUT 910/915 Bear Call spread expiring for full profit of 16.28% return on margin. The October expiration cycle closed with only two trades, a $454 return before commissions, $334 after commissions which represents +2.57% growth on a total portfolio of $12977. You can check out all the details here. Overall, 11 months of trading activity have yielded 26 winners, 5 losers and a +33.11% performance after commissions.

The markets started the week with a nice rebound off of Friday's loss. Rebounding nicely on the lower end of the Up trend channel that started 4 months ago. However, we all saw an elephant red bar on Friday due to below expectations earnings mainly on the Tech sector. The S&P500 started the week at 1428.75 and closed at 1433.19 for a 0.31% growth.

Moving on to the November expiration cycle. Only one position has been traded and it looks like it will be the only one as we are already 26 days away from expiration. The position is an SPY 137/135 Bull Put spread which is looking like below:

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Probability of success 80.34% and unrealized profit of $75. That's a slight improvement over the 79.57% last weekend and $0 unrealized profit. This position had been entered when SPY was at 143.28. Back then Stochastics were oversold and McClellan at -151. Right now SPY is at 143.39, almost the same price, however, Stochastics at 66 and McClellan at -64 are far from oversold. So, there is a chance I will have to endure some pain on this position moving forward.

Plan for the week

Again I would like to sell a Credit Call Spread on SPY this week. But I need an overbought market for that. We are far from it.

If SPY drops to 137.20 I will adjust the existing position lower down.

I would like to sell a RUT Bull Put spread. If the 750/740 Bull Put spread gets to be priced at 1.20, it will be a very attractive candidate. Beta weighting vs SPY, the breakeven point of that position would be equivalent to SPY 132. The 1.20 price for the spread is within reach if RUT drop 20 points early in the week.

If none of those things happen, I will simply sit idle.

Market conditions right now

In my opinion the SPX's uptrend channel that started 4 months ago was broken this Friday. That candle also started to penetrate the 50 day Simple Moving Average support area.

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Oscillators are pointing down and with that Friday candle it is hard to not think about more follow through to the downside. A relatively large candle with small wicks also taking into account we are not in oversold territory. So, I'm bearish short term. However, the CBOE Index Put/Call ratio is showing a reading this week of 1.33 and the Equity Put/Call ratio is at 0.80, also elevated. This means there is a lot of pessimism already in markets participants and traders are protected. So, although I'm bearish, I believe that if there is more downside, it will be contained and we won't see panic selling. Look forward to support levels at 1425-1430 and lower down around the 1400-1410 area. I believe my SPY 137/135 spread is still safe.

If markets go up, then aleluya! my SPY spread will be safer.

Possible high impact news this week:

Monday and Tuesday very light.

Wednesday - FOMC meeting
Thursday - Durable Goods
Friday - GDP

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All Time International Box Office 7,108 $131,727
All Time Worldwide Box Office 13,003 $131,727

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International Releases: October 18th, 2013 (Wide) (Turkey)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, language and a scene of sensuality.
(Rating bulletin 2235, 8/8/2012)
Running Time: 98 minutes
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Keywords: Intertitle, Missing Person, Romance, Police Procedural, Bullies, Cross-Class Romance, First Love, Non-Chronological, Surprise Twist, Love Triangle
Source:Original Screenplay
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production Countries: Canada

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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for January 15th, 2013

January 15th, 2013

It is a rather shallow week on the home market. Taken 2 should come away with an easy win, but after that, there's almost nothing that will reach the top 30 for the week. Also, Taken 2 is not Pick of the Week material. I don't know if there is anything that is truly Pick of the Week material. Wake in Fright comes the closest, but the DVD or Blu-ray is still late, I hate giving this title when I'm still waiting for the screener. More...

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January 14th, 2013

Love Me comes out on DVD and Blu-ray this week, and I wouldn't be surprised if most people reading this review have never heard of it. There are no reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, no official site (at least not that I could find) and very little online presence. I probably would have have given the film a pass when offered a chance to review it, but it stars Lindsey Shaw, who is most famous for Ned's Declassified School Guide and was also in 10 Things I Hate About You, which I previously reviewed. I liked her in that, so when offered the chance to review this film, I said yes, even though I knew nothing else about the movie. On the plus side, this does mean I get to go into the movie with almost no expectations. More...

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May 7th, 2013

While there are a lot of new releases listed on, it isn't long before you run into filler. Worse still, the top two selling movies, Jack Reacher and Save Haven, are just mediocre movies. The Great Escape is coming out on Blu-ray this week, which would normally be a reason to celebrate. However, a lot of reviewers are complaining about the poor video quality. The film needed, and deserves, a full restoration, but that didn't happen. We need to look further down the list to find a Pick of the Week contender, and we find one in 30 Rock: Season Seven.

30 Rock: Season Seven - Buy from Amazon
One of my favorite shows on TV, and with 57 Emmy nominations and 10 wins, I'm not the only one who thinks that. Sadly, this was the last season of the show. It is absolutely worth owning, although hopefully a full-season Megaset is coming.

Blu-ray Releases - Buy from Amazon: Anatomy Double-Feature, Babe: Pig in the City, Band of Outsiders (Criterion Collection), Barrymore, Best of the Best: Without Warning, Brubaker, Dragon Lord, Full Frontal, The Great Escape, Heaven, Hellraiser VII: Deader, The Hoax, In the Name of the Father, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kids on the Slope: Complete Collection, Mark 2: Redemption, Mother's Boys, An Officer and a Gentleman, One Hour Photo, Pillow Talk, The Rabbi's Cat, Runaway Bride, Saboteur, Sekirei: Complete Series, Shadow of a Doubt, Shanghai Noon / Shanghai Knights, She's So Lovely, Sparkle, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, The Telephone Book, and Viva Zapata
There's a huge list of secondary Blu-ray releases this week, but it is mostly a case of quantity over quality. Saboteur and Shadow of a Doubt are both worth picking up, as is Band of Outsiders. But it is slim pickings.

3D Blu-ray Releases - Buy from Amazon: Gamer
A bad movie in 3D is still a bad movie.

Doc Martin Special Collection - Buy from Amazon
Normally this would be a great deal, but this is not the last we will see of this character. Filming on the sixth, and likely last series, begins in the fall.

Doc McStuffins: Time for Your Checkup - Buy from Amazon
Disney has been putting out a lot of really good shows for preschoolers. I'm still waiting for this screener, but I was impressed by the first DVD, so I'm looking forward to seeing it.

ESPN Films 30 for 30: Survive and Advance - Buy from Amazon
A documentary look at one of the biggest underdog stories in NCAA Basketball history.

Flashpoint: The Fifth Season - Buy from Amazon
I only got a chance to review one season of this show, but I did like it. But I haven't seen the show since.

Fringe: Season Five - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
This show never found a large audience, but it found a dedicated audience and rabid fan support helped it stick around two more seasons than its ratings would have indicated. Extras on the DVD and the Blu-ray are good enough that it is worth picking up, while there is also a Full Series Mega-Set coming out this week as well.

The Grifters - Blu-ray - Buy from Amazon
A con artist movie from 1990 that earned excellent reviews, and four Oscar nominations, but couldn't find an audience in theaters. It is coming out on a bargain Blu-ray, but is it worth the money? Read our review for my opinion.

Gunsmoke: The Eighth Season - Buy from Amazon: Volume One and Volume Two
Great show, but the split-season sets are too expensive.

Have Gun Will Travel: The Sixth and Final Season - Buy from Amazon: Volume One and Volume Two
Still not a fan of split-season sets, but at least the price-per-minute is good.

Jack Reacher - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
Tom Cruise starred in one of the biggest and best action films of 2011, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. In 2012, he starred in Jack Reacher very few people thought it would match M:I:4, but is it so much weaker that it isn't worth checking out? Read our review to find out.

Jersey Girl - Blu-ray - Buy from Amazon
Kevin Smith tried something different with Jersey Girl, which was a romantic comedy. It wasn't greeted with much enthusiasm; however, much of that was aimed at Bennifer backlash, Gigli, not the movie itself. Without that distraction, does the movie work? Or were critics and moviegoers right the first time around? Check out our review for my opinion.

K-9: The Complete Series - Buy from Amazon
A spin-off of Doctor Who that is aimed squarely at kids, but there is some nostalgia for adults here.

Mama - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
An early year horror film. That just screams misfire. However, it did very well at the box office earning more than $130 million worldwide on a budget of just $15 million. Did it deserve this success? Or did it thrive because of the terrible competition? Read our review to find out.

The Nameless - Blu-ray - Buy from Amazon
Writer / Director Jaume Balagueró made his English-language debut with Darkness. A year later, an earlier Spanish-language film of his was released on DVD. This week, it comes out on Blu-ray. Is it worth checking out for fans of the genre? Or should they stick with more recent works of his, like [REC]? Check out our review for my opinion.

The Oranges - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
I can't believe a movie with this strong a cast was this bad. The DVD and the Blu-ray have a couple featurettes for extras, but that's it. I guess if you really like the cast, then it is worth a rental. But there are better options out there.

Private Practice: The Complete Sixth Season - Buy from Amazon
I am not a fan of this show, nor am I a fan of the show it was spun-off from, Grey's Anatomy.

Rookie Blue: The Complete Third Season - Buy from Amazon
A good summer show that has enough fans to help it last four seasons so far. I might try and snag a screener, but the chances are not good, because I'm late with my request.

Royal Pains: Season Four - Buy from Amazon
Like most summer shows, this one is considered a guilty pleasure by many.

Safe Haven - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
This film is based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, so it should come as no surprise that its reviews were terrible. It should also come as no surprise that it earned a substantial amount at the box office. There are few authors that have a larger gap between critical reception and box office numbers. There are not a lot of extras on the DVD, but there are some exclusives on the Blu-ray, making it the better deal.

Starlet - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
It's kind of depressing to watch a film earn excellent reviews then fizzle out at the box office. This film barely avoided the Mendoza Line during its opening weekend, and as a start like that would suggest, it quickly fell apart. Hopefully it will find a more receptive audience on the home market. It is at least worth a rental, if not a blind buy.

Steel Magnolias - Buy from Amazon
A TV movie remake of Steel Magnolias. It is not as good as the original was, but it is not as bad as many TV movies are.

Superman: Unbound - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
DC usually makes great animated Direct-to-DVD movies, but this one's reviews were more mixed. (Too much Soap Opera romance seems to be the biggest complaint.) This is too bad, because the cast is great. The Blu-ray is just $14 and there are a lot of extras, including four episodes from earlier cartoon shows. If you really like DC comics, especially Superman, then it is still worth picking up.

Upstream Color - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
This film opened in limited release barely more than a month ago, but it is already coming out on the home market. This is strange. Its reviews were great and it started out fantastically, but its per theater average quickly collapsed. It seems a little too art house, even for an art house film. There are no extras on the DVD or the Blu-ray, but if you are a fan of Shane Carruth's previous film, Primer, then this one is also worth picking up.

The Verdict - Blu-ray - Buy from Amazon
One of the best films in Paul Newman's career, which is saying a lot. Extras on the Blu-ray include a number of featurettes and it is easily worth picking up.

WWII from Space - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
A History channel special about World War II. There are about a million of those. Can this out stand out? Read our review to find out.

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Surgeon Marquinn D. Duke has joined North Oaks Shock Trauma Program and North Oaks Medical Center. The hospital has expanded its services to include around-the-clock coverage for trauma surgery, a news release from North Oaks said.

Duke has joined Trauma Director Dr. Juan Duchesne in treating trauma cases involving falls, motor vehicle crashes, sports injuries and other accidents, the release said.

The hospital has the second-busiest emergency department in Louisiana, seeing more than 70,000 patients annually, the release said.

After earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia, Duke obtained his medical degree from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He completed a surgical residency at Tulane University in New Orleans and a fellowship in surgical critical care at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

He then entered the psychology programs at Southern Methodist University in Dallas for his master’s degree and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for his doctorate degree.

With the addition of Duke, the North Oaks trauma program offers trauma surgeons in-house at all times for victims suddenly stricken by serious traumatic injury. North Oaks is voluntarily working toward becoming an American College of Surgeons-verified Level II Trauma Center, the release said.

For information about North Oaks’ Trauma Program, call North Oaks Corporate Communications at (985) 230-6647 or visit


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It’s not too late to order a smoked pulled pork plate lunch to benefit the Hungarian Settlement Museum restoration project.

The lunches are $8 and include pulled pork, coleslaw, baked beans, roll and dessert.

Orders must be made before Tuesday for pickup and delivery on Friday, May 8.

The benefit is set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 8 at the Hungarian Settlement Museum, La. 43, Albany.

On-site dining will be offered, or delivery can be arranged for orders of more than five lunches in the Albany, Springfield and Hammond areas.

For tickets, call (225) 610-7475.

Dardenne promotes tourism

Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne will be in Denham Springs on Monday as part of a statewide expedition celebrating National Tourism Week.

Dardenne will travel in a minicoach wrapped in Louisiana Travel’s latest tourism marketing campaign and statistics.

He’ll be at Old City Hall, 115 Mattie St., at 8:30 a.m.

Soccer tryouts scheduled

Livingston Parish Soccer Association will host tryouts for its competitive league Twister team in May and June.

Tryouts will take place at the LPSA Soccer Complex/Sidney Hutchinson Park, La. 1029, Walker.

The boys and girls under-11 through under-13 teams will hold tryouts from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. May 9; 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 12; and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 20.

Players interested in the under-14 to under-18 teams can try out from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. June 4; 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. June 13; and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. June 15.

Visit or email for more details.

Students of Year honored

Livingston Parish school leaders will honors the three parish Students of the Year during two May 7, events.

The trio includes two regional finalists and the state high school Student of the Year.

Victor Wade Rushing, of Live Oak High School, was named Louisiana High School Student of the Year during a ceremony April 22 at the Louisiana State Museum in Baton Rouge.

Rushing is an accomplished musician who has played the piano since he was in first grade. He has received dozens of superior ratings and honors at state and district music competitions, a news release said.

He is a member of Beta Club, Student Council, National Honor Society, National Society of High School Scholars, Mu Alpha Theta, Future Business Leaders of America and Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and is the senior class and Student Council president and chaplain for FCA.

For the past four years, he has been a volunteer for Special Olympics.

He plans to study political science and business, enter the Marine Corps and earn a juris doctorate degree.

The process for selecting Student of the Year winners begins at the school level. All public and approved nonpublic elementary, middle and high schools across the state are asked to submit one candidate from fifth, eighth and 12th grade. These students then compete with their peers at the district level and may advance to the regional competitions, where regional finalists are chosen.

Each finalist then submits a portfolio and completes a written composition the day of the awards ceremony.

Rushing; Emily Seighman, who was the North Corbin Junior High, Livingston and regional eighth-grade Student of the Year; and Carson Jones, the Live Oak Elementary and Livingston Parish fifth-grade winner, will be honored during a reception at 6 p.m. May 7 at the Livingston Parish Public Schools Special Education Auditorium and at the 7 p.m. School Board meeting.

Contact Community Sections Editor Darlene Denstorff by phone at (225) 388-0215; by fax at (225) 388-0371; or by email at The deadline is noon on Friday.


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Contractors have completed a segment of the Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee tying into the Houma Navigation Canal south of Dulac.

Terrebonne Levee District Director Reggie Dupre addressed the state’s Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority Board on Wednesday to update the parish’s progress in the footprint of the Morganza project.

Dupre said work was recently completed on five miles of the levees between the floodgates on the Houma Navigation Canal and Bayou Grand Caillou (ky-YOU). The stretch is part of one that runs parallel alongside the Houma Navigation Canal and will eventually tie into levees to be built along Falgout Canal Road.

Dupre said the 110-foot floodgate to be installed on Bayou Little Caillou south of Chauvin is under construction.


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June 4, 2012

COFFEE Conundrum.

To say that I'm passionate about my coffee is an understatement. I'm a coffee-nazi. Don't offer to make it for me - if the colour, opacity and strength of my first coffee aren't just so, my day will be ruined and you won't like it. It's just better if I do it myself, even I mess it up.

I had a rough night with a sick child last night, so I'm having a harder time than usual waking up today.

It doesn't help that it's a Monday. Do you have days like this?


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The Saturday before the Cheltenham Festival in 1997 Brighton & Hove Albion were staring oblivion in the face, not at the foot of the queue at Alton Towers, but in reality at the foot of the old League 2.

In those dark days they were soon to be evicted from the Goldstone and the prospect of having to beg the authorities, to be allowed in the Conference Premier was a stark reality.

15 years later it's Cheltenham time again and the Seagulls are fifth in the old First Division. In with a real shout of making the play-offs and an outside possibility of automatic promotion.

Last Saturday against Portsmouth, a player of such sheer ability and class took to the pitch for the Albion, that he made the team of 97 look like Hangleton Rovers reserves.

Vicente Rodriguez the fabled ‘Dagger’ of Valencia scored twice for the Albion and stroked the ball around with such ease, it looked like he was taking a yo-yo out of his pocket and was teasing a dog with it.

I have never seen so much pointing going on in a back four – "you mark him" "no he’s your man" "I don’t understand- no English" "you must speak some, you’re from Chelmsford" were some of the conversations I picked up from the Pompey defence. So desperate were the back four to delegate the marking to each other. David Norris came back to help out in the end, and the rest is history.

Vicente not only scored a super free kick, but delighted a lady near me who threw her knitting in the air when he peeled off his top in celebration. It landed in the North Stand and is now a vital piece of NSK kit.

Vicente also scored the second and hundreds appeared to be delighted, as they ran for the only train that ever leaves Falmer Station on a Saturday afternoon – the 16:48 to Brighton - all stations except Moulscoombe and London Road.

I managed to grab a couple of words with Vicente after the match through a translator of course.

He likes Brighton and Hove, (who wouldn’t?) "But it’s cold," to which I gave out a raucous laugh.

No else laughed, but Vicente did flick me a smile, but probably thought why is that funny. And to be fair he has a point.

He also said in response to my hastily thought questions, that although he is comfortable here, but we eat too early.

I was going to respond, that I eat too early, too late and probably too much. But thought that might take too long to translate wasn’t funny, relevant, or of any interest to anyone.

So I sloped off.

Many thanks to the lady translator who works for the club on match days and did a grand job in helping us all communicate with the great man.

So the Albion have a player who was selected in a Champions League Final squad and was touted to be worth 30 million Euros when Manchester United and Barcelona showed an interest back in 2006.

They play in arguably the most modern stadium in the Championship and they have an exciting young manager, who was once and not so long ago the most prominent midfielder in the Premier League.

They have every chance of making the Premier League this year and do all they can in the community of Brighton and Hove.

So why? Tell me why? We still have people walking around Brighton & Hove in Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal tops.

They usually parade around in these replica’s (which are generally a season or two out of date) as they run for their transport when they leave their central Brighton pub of choice early, after the Sky broadcast has finished.

I think WE’LL be alright once Torres starts finding the net I overheard one "Chelsea" fan say. I know him and he’s never been further than Hollingdean.

I offered one "lifelong" Arsenal fan who lives in Hove a ticket for Emirates that I managed to get hold off a while ago.

Oh no mate he said, do you know how far it is? And don’t you know, it’s on the telly!

It was as if I had offered a free night at Chilli Pickle without considering that his local take away delivered for free.

It’s not the fact these armchair fans don’t follow their local team that annoys me, but the fact that they belittle the Albion despite all their achievements on and off the pitch.

How will these "armchair" or "office show off" ever experience the type of pride and excitement me and thousands of other Seagulls supporters experience every other Saturday at the Amex?

A great sense of local pride and community. Perhaps that’s it. Perhaps ignoring the Albion through the dark times, now almost self excludes these people.

Well they can come back and embrace Brighton and Hove Albion now; there will be plenty of room next season.

Forget the fact that you haven’t missed a Chelsea match at the Crown and Anchor this season, or that Robin van Persie is your screen saver.

Every person in Brighton and Hove should be dead proud of the Albion at the moment.

Many other towns of green with envy. Though perhaps not envious that we are green!

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Regional Roundtable - Denver
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This one-day program brings together the voices of healthcare leaders, staff, physicians, patients and families to convene, engage and expand the dialogue on improving patient experience. Through inspiring keynote sessions and working group discussion, participants will leave with an expanded network, renewed energy and actionable ideas to support patient experience efforts at their own organizations to improve the experience of patients, their families and caregivers.

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October 20, 2016
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Craig Hospital
3425 S Clarkson St
Englewood, CO 80113

$275 Members / $325 Guests
Includes breakfast and lunch.

Make Connections with other patient experience leaders.
Be Inspired to continue the journey to improve patient experience.
Take Away New Ideas to enhance your patient experience efforts.

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
(Continental breakfast available beginning at 8:00 AM)

Welcome and Introductions
Morning Keynote: Up the Water Spout: Tragedy, Resiliency and Hope
Working Group Sessions
Networking Lunch
Working Group Reports and Discussion
Afternoon Keynote: Drumbeat Messaging – Communication Techniques to Advance your PX Strategy
Summary and Call to Action
Tour of Craig Hospital

Morning Keynote

Tiffany Christensen and Tanya Lord
Up the Water Spout: Tragedy, Resiliency and Hope

Healthcare is a continuous story of tragedy, resiliency and hope for patients and clinicians. It is within these stories that we find the hidden assets and resources to partner and transform care. This session will explore innovative and effective ways to lead and encourage the partnerships within healthcare that can improve safety, quality and patient and staff experiences.

Tiffany Christensen approaches her work from the perspective of a life-long patient CF patient having received 2 double lung transplants and a professional patient advocate. She is a nationally recognized public speaker and the author of three books exploring advocacy, end of life planning and partnership strategies in healthcare. Currently, Tiffany is the Performance Improvement Specialist at the NC Quality Center working on operationalizing PFE across North Carolina. Christensen is running a North Carolina PFAC and Speakers' Bureau while also creating customized plans for North Carolina Hospitals working at taking their PFE efforts--bedside and PFAC Table--to the next level.

Tanya Lord PhD, MPH is currently the Director of Patient and Family Engagement at the Foundation for Healthy Communities in New Hampshire, a partner organization of the NH Hospital Association. She works with all NH hospitals to develop and enhance patient engagement programs. Tanya also works as a patient safety, quality improvement, and patient/family engagement consultant nationally. Tanya has shared her son’s story of medical error and the importance of engaging and communicating with patients and families at key note presentations and conference workshops. She is also a co-founder of The Grief Toolbox, which offers tools to help those along the grief journey.

Afternoon Keynote

Kristin Baird
Drumbeat Messaging – Communication Techniques to Advance your PX Strategy

Improving the patient experience requires strategic communication practices that not only keep people informed but excite, engage and propel them to become part of the journey. In this session, Kristin will define communication strategies and tactics PXPs can use to develop a patient experience language and brand within the organization.  Participants will define drumbeat messaging, explore how a strategic communication plan will help the PXP in advancing the journey, evaluate advantages of collaboration with marketing and communications, review examples from other healthcare organizations and practice preparing messages that link to the mission, vision and values.

Kristin brings over 35 years experience to the platform sharing her wit and wisdom gained through years as an RN, hospital executive, and as a nationally recognized thought leader on the patient experience. As a consultant, she has worked with hospitals, health systems, medical groups and long term care facilities all over the country helping them to understand and improve the patient experience. Kristin has written hundreds of articles on culture, patient experience and leadership. She is an active blogger and the author of several books and white papers. She’s a woman on a mission to make healthcare better for patients and the people who serve them. Prior to forming the Baird Group, Kristin was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Watertown Area Health Services. Prior to that she held marketing and clinical positions at several hospitals including public health. Her combined clinical and marketing background gives her great insight into the patient experience from all angles.

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Founder and CEO, Care Experience

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We invite you to conclude your roundtable experience by taking a tour of one of Craig Hospital.

Craig Hospital
3425 S Clarkson St,
Englewood, CO 80113

If arriving by air, please allow approximately 45 minutes for travel from Denver International Airport and Craig Hospital.

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Friday, 12 October 2012

UNE Skin Glow Pencil- perfect beige for the waterline

UNE SKIN GLOW PENCIL in shade T2 £6.99 link

"The Une Skin Glow Pencil provides a touch of radiance. A glide-on, melting formula to awaken the eyes and add a touch of radiance wherever needed. The Une Skin Glow Pencil is Hypoallergenic, Dermatologically & Ophthalmologically tested. 100% of the total ingredients are from natural origin. 32.2% of the total ingredients are from organic farming."
I bought this pencil when I was looking for the perfect nude/beige eyeliner for the waterline.
It looked perfect and to be honest, it is much better than anything else I have ever tried in my waterline.
Normally, I would be worried to use a concealer (yes, it is a concealer) in my eyes, but this one is made with natural ingredients and is also hypoallergenic and ophthalmologically tested, so I gave it a go.
This little pencil looks absolutely beautiful in the waterline and gives a very natural "big eye effect"
I also use it as a concealer and it is great for covering small imperfections.
It is a multipurpose product and the list of uses is very long, as it can also be used as a highlighter under the brow bone, on cupids bone and any other are you want to highlight.
It is an amazing product and I can't recommend it enough!
Have you ever tried it?

  1. I've been looking for the perfect nude eyeliner too, this looks amazing!

    Sophierosehearts x

  2. I haven't seen this before but I might have to try it now it looks great and multipurpose products are the best!

  3. After i missed out on the MAC eyeliners in one of their collections i've been hunting down the perfect nude shade for my waterline and love the look of this :D

  4. I'm pretty sure that's the one I have!

    Zoe xoxo

  5. Oh that is really pretty! I totally need to have a go at this, it really brightens up your eyes, very wide awake!

  6. That looks awesome :)

  7. This looks awesome! I used to use a peach colored liner I have from Stila for my waterline, but it's a little TOO peach, so this looks like a great alternative!

  8. That looks so good!

  9. Ooo this is the kind of colour i have been searching for myself! Thank you for sharing :-)

  10. The gold glow looks soo nice on your inner corner! Such a nice touch, I have trouble with my inner corner highlights as they don't stay!

  11. UNE are also all forms of Paraben free :)

  12. That is sooo pretty!

  13. This looks great, I've been looking for something like this and if its all natural thats even better with my sensitive eyes!

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