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Only three years ago, India was shaking off the effects of the global financial crisis better than most, with GDP growth exceeding 8% year-on-year in real terms. Today, the Indian economy is going through a surprise soft patch that cannot be blamed purely on externalities. GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2012 fell to 4.5% and some investors started questioning its long-term growth potential.
It is clear that a degree of economic complacency, political mismanagement and corruption have played their role. Politicians have not done enough to end the bottlenecks that are holding back private investment: India currently ranks 132nd out of 185 countries in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index. Meanwhile, bloated government subsidies have exacerbated its fiscal and current account deficits.
It is not hard to see why some investors have become disheartened: The combination of stubbornly high inflation and the twin deficits (the current account deficit in Q4 2012 hit 6.7% of GDP, and the debt-to-GDP ratio stands close to 70%) has left policymakers with few cards to play.
Important Progress Is Being Made
However, India's 12- to 18-month outlook appears to be turning a corner. After months of inaction, the administration under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared to jolt into action last September, announcing a series of reforms. These included cutting the fuel subsidy, opening retail and aviation sectors to foreign investors, the sale of stakes in state companies, and a series of tax reforms. A new cabinet committee has been created to resolve disputes between ministries that have held up billions of dollars of investment projects, often for over 10 years.
These reforms will not be an overnight fix, nor will they be enough on their own, but they hint at bigger things to come. India's stock market is up, and it has avoided, for now, a downgrade of its credit rating. The current account deficit rose to 3.6% in the first quarter of 2013, and first-quarter GDP rose 4.8% over the prior year.
More encouragingly, recent inflation data have shown a surprise decline: WPI inflation fell from 4.9% in April to 4.7% in May, and importantly, core inflation declined further to 2.4%. This gives the RBI much-needed room to maneuver and makes possible a 50bp cut in the repo rate.
Reform Momentum Will Be Key
The need to maintain the momentum is important, and this is the biggest short-term risk. India does not have a strong track record for keeping its budget in check, and periods of belt-tightening are often short-lived.
Furthermore, with an important election looming in May 2014, the risk is that reform will stall as we move through this year. The outcome of the election is not clear, but it will be important for the direction and pace of reform.
Demographics as Destiny?
If India can successfully navigate its way out of its current soft patch, it has all the ingredients to return to healthy growth. In particular, with the second largest population in the world and a growing working population, India has extremely favorable demographics. Unlike China whose demographic advantage is peaking, India still has a way to go. More than half of India's population is under 25, and by 2020 its average age will be just 29 (compared to 37 in China and the United States and 45 in Western Europe). Approximately 1 million people are expected to enter the labor market every month, and the IMF -projects that India's demographic dividend could produce an extra 2% per capita GDP growth each year for the next 20 years.
Favorable demographics do not automatically translate into economic success. India must therefore provide the conditions to harness economic success, including providing jobs for new entrants into the work force and education for its growing youth, as well as addressing high levels of poverty.
We do not expect India to return to 8% growth levels in the foreseeable future, but we expect an uptick by the end of this year. Its longer-term growth prospects remain among the best in the world with growth between 6% and 7%. It is by no means without big challenges, but with roughly 1.3 billion people and increasing integration into the global economy, investors would be mistaken not to capitalize on its vast opportunities.


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FOOD- THE DISH- Caffeine corner: Fox Park coffee worth a hike
Rick Johnson opened Fox Park this month.
The paint's barely dry, and the permanent signage wasn't up last week, but the Corner's newest coffee shop, Fox Park, officially opened for business Wednesday, October 17, in the courtyard behind Baja Bean.
"It's been a goal for three years," says owner Rick Johnson, who moved to Charlottesville from Nebraska two years ago when his wife enrolled here in graduate school.
For much of that time, Johnson was a manager at the Preston Avenue Bodo's, but last December, he prepared to take the self-employment plunge, signing a lease on a space that once served as storage for a tanning salon. Johnson and his father, a Nebraska contractor, did the upfit themselves, and the result is a sleek space painted blue and chocolate brown with orange accents.
As for the name, Johnson says it might have been different if his original plan to propose to his girlfriend hadn't been thwarted.
Hiking in Colorado in 2005, Johnson, ring in pocket, was aiming to reach a scenic overlook on the Buchanan Pass Trail when the couple's path was blocked by "two scary deer with full heads of horns."
Johnson considered pushing on, but when the deer held their ground, he thought better of it. "I didn't want to challenge them," he says. Instead, he headed back, got down on bended knee at a section of thre trail called Fox Park, and popped the question.
While 27-year-old Johnson admits he's "easily intimidated" by wildlife, he's much braver when it comes to another type of beast.
"I'm not afraid of Starbucks," he says, recalling numerous questions from friends and acquaintances about his decision to set up shop just blocks from one of Charlottesville's four Starbucks locations.
Fox Park's Free Trade Haitian coffee will be a draw, Johnson believes, as will the "local color" he hopes will make the shop unique, including rotating art on the walls, and music and menu items eventually picked by employees and regulars (right now, Johnson is his own staff of one). Johnson says the espresso he serves is inspired by the best espresso he ever tasted– on his honeymoon in Rome.
As for the other Corner coffee competition– Higher Grounds, with one kiosk in Plan 9 just a few doors down, and two more in the Medical Center– Johnson also isn't worried. In an area overrun with students and exhausted doctors and nurses, there should be plenty of coffee demand to keep all caffeine purveyors solvent.
"I'm surprised there aren't more coffeeshops around here," he says.
Uh, there were, until Starbucks arrived.
Wined and dined
Enoteca's been whetting wine-lovers' whistles with Italian vintages for several months, but it won't be the only business of its kind on the Downtown Mall for long. Construction in the former April's Corner space is slated to begin late this week or early next week to make way for Siips, a wine tasting and wine retail store.
No, that extra "i" is not a typo prompted by Dish nipping in Siips' cellar. Instead, says co-owner George Benford, the double vowel helped push the name through the trademark process.
Benford is co-owner of a West Virginia-based travel company, and he's been coming to Charlottesville from his home near Charleston nearly every weekend for the past eight years to watch UVA games and stroll the Downtown Mall. Two years ago, he says, he decided to make the move and put his love of wine to work. He expects to be a full-time Charlottesville resident by November 10, and his business partner, Springfield, Virginia-based businessman Fran Imbriglia, may also relocate to be closer to his college-age children.
Can the Mall handle so much wine tasting? After all, VaVino– the original wine tasting room in Enoteca's space– didn't make it. But Benford says the time is ripe for more wine.
"I've spent a lot of money in Enoteca since I've been coming to Charlottesville," he says, noting that at times he's seen a line form for seats inside. "I think there's enough demand for a nice place with wines that we don't have to be competing with each other."
He points out that while Siips' business model is similar, Enoteca focuses solely on wines from Italy, while Siips will feature a wine region of the month– France, Spain, California, South Africa, and, of course, Virginia.
Benford describes the atmosphere of Siips as "cozy contemporary," and plans to offer lunch– "upscale salads, exotic soups, and European sandwiches"– in addition to a tasting menu that accents the wines starting mid-afternoon.

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As climate change continues to cause drastic shifts in the Earth's oceanic ecosystems, many coral reefs are on a steady population decline due to their susceptibility to acid bleaching, low juvenile survivorship, habitat degradation and diseases such as the White Plague.
Along with their possible inclusion into the Endangered Species Act, several of the proposed coral species are already listed on the IUCN Red List.
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Dekalog 9
Love and marriage go together like a carriage. Oh yes we all have heard that. But impotence is like a carriage with a stuck wheel. Of course it is a medical condition, which needs fixing. Marriage itself is so fraught with partners falling out of love and compatibility put to jeopardy by so many reasons that need not have anything to do with the body. So how should the problem of impotence be treated viz-a-viz with love? Dekalog 9 unearths several uncomfortable truths. Roman (Piotr Machalica) is a heart surgeon and discovers the horrible truth; he is impotent. One suggestion is that he divorce his beautiful young wife Hanka (Ewa Blaszczyk) and starts his life alone. But his love for her is too deep for that. Hanka is very understanding, accepting just how difficult it's going to be to come to terms with this problem. She even resents when Roman comes up with plan B. He intimates that she should take a lover.
The irony is that Hanka already has a boyfriend, Mariusz (Jan Jankowski), whom she meets in her mother's flat. Her sessions are purely on physical level. The only danger is that Roman could discover what's going on which is what Roman sets out to do. He doubts that there is something strange and his suspicion takes possession of him after he discovers Mariusz's notebook in the car. Jealousy and not love is that consumes him. Underlying this is that unreasonable demand that she pitches her all in his favor since he is disadvantaged. We can only say, Physician heal thyself!
Dekalog 10
'Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods'
This episode will bring comparison with "American Buffalo." Decalog deals not with numismatics but with philately. Both have to do with rare collectibles for which collectors will pay huge sums. Thus the commandment is all about greed.
Two brothers are going through the apartment of their father who has just died. They hardly knew him and they stumble upon a very valuable collection. Their father was a major league player in the world of philately. Various others are eager to swindle them, including a prosperous smooth talking dealer (Henryk Bista), whom the brothers attempt to outsmart. The bothers trust each other to a point but introduce greed as a third element anything can go wrong. This is a dark comedy.
Technically and as essays into depths of human nature with particular relevance Warsaw, Kieslowski's dekalog stands testimony to a major talent that was regrettably cut off by his early death in 1996 at the age of 54. Polish cinema truly lost one of the best filmmakers.
"Dekalog" was set in Warsaw at the end of communist rule, though the ten one-hour movies made for state-owned Polish television. Director/writer Krzysztof Kieslowski once remarked that he did not accept martial law in Poland but had to live with it.
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GreenBridge, the community environmental horticulture program of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, promotes urban greening through education, conservation, and creative partnerships. Working with block associations, community gardens, and other service groups, GreenBridge is building a vibrant network of people, places, and projects dedicated to making Brooklyn a greener place.
For more information or to join the GreenBridge mailing list, contact email@example.com or call 718-623-7250.
Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest
BBG's annual free contest is a borough-wide beautification and greening effort. The deadline for block and merchant associations to enter this friendly competition is June 1. Once you have entered, your group can schedule a free Street Gardening Clinic before June to get a head start on this year's competition.
GreenBridge Community Garden Alliance
Members of this active network of grassroots gardeners attend and lead workshops on sustainable horticulture, enjoy seasonal get-togethers and plant giveaways at BBG, receive annual site visits to their community gardens, and much more.
Brooklyn Urban Gardener Certificate Program
The new Brooklyn Urban Gardener (BUG) certificate program is an eight-week course of interconnected workshops that cover the basics in urban gardening and community greening. Application deadline: June 1, 2010
Street Tree Stewards
The Street Tree Stewardship Initiative empowers everyday New Yorkers to correctly care for their trees. Street Tree stewards receive free training, tools, and a Parks Department permit to work on street trees.
Making Brooklyn Bloom
This free annual event kicks off the spring gardening season with exhibits, workshops, networking, and speakers. The day focuses on timely topics that make gardening more sustainable.


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Gemvara Minimalist Tanzanite Stud Jewelry Under $250 are a classic that you'll wear your whole life. Every pair of our stud earrings is made to order in your choice of gems and precious metals. Most jewelry manufacturers compromise on the quality of the gems they select for earrings, choosing a lower quality than gems for rings. They'll even tell you that quality doesn't matter for earrings because you can't see them while you are wearing them. At Gemvara, we hand select each gem for your Minimalist Tanzanite Stud Jewelry Under $250 using the same care and quality standards as we use for our gorgeous gemstone rings. Pairs are perfectly matched for maximum impact. We think classics like Minimalist Tanzanite Stud Jewelry Under $250 should be the same investment quality as all your beautiful jewelry, a quality you'll be proud to wear. Tanzanite is one of the world's rarest gems, found only in Merelani, Tanzania, in the shadow of Mt Kilimanjaro. This gem's mesmerizing color mixes blue and purple in its velvety depths. Tanzanite is a December birthstone and the 24th anniversary gem.Gemvara's fine quality Minimalist Tanzanite Stud Jewelry Under $250 are designed to be passed down for generations to come, crafted by hand in the United States.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The latest campaign tactic in a heated race for Illinois governor — fake news releases — has drawn a scolding from the state's highest-ranking Democrat.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday a fake press release sent by the Illinois Republican Party marked "a new low."
But it was Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn's campaign that started the shenanigans.
They issued a news release Thursday and Friday purportedly from Republican rival Bruce Rauner's campaign. It said Rauner would "emerge from hiding" to discuss whether he used clout to get his daughter into an exclusive school.
The GOP then sent an email that falsely stated Durbin would call on Quinn to testify in the investigation of his troubled anti-violence program.
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I am looking specifically for only monster, not character or NPC, miniatures from the 1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual, Fiend Folio, and Monster Manual II. To be used as a supplement/replacement of a monster description when an encounter occurs.
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Let $S_n$ denote the set of partions of $n$ such that every part is greater than 1. Partitions $(x_1,\ldots,x_k), (y_1,\ldots,y_l) \in S_n$ are said to have almost equal product if $$\prod_{i=1}^k (x_i+1) = \prod_{i=1}^l (y_i+1)$$.
For example if $n = 14$ the partitions (3,3,8) and (2,5,7) are almost equal since (3+1)(3+1)(8+1) = (2+1)(5+1)(7+1).
Now if we denote by $S'_n$ the largest subset of $S_n$ not containing almost equal partitons,then I would like to find the asymptotic value of $|S'_n|$. I believe $|S'_n|$ is at least subexponential in $n$ but do not know how to prove this. Is there any way to perhaps find a bound on the number of pairs of almost equal partitions and take it from there?


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Does your club or fitness center need a new marketing niche for 2011? One of the most effective marketing tools available is the "greenness" of your facility.
People who join gyms, especially older people (the fastest growing segment of the fitness center population), are concerned about their health. They want to stay young and active as long as possible and know this is often best accomplished in a healthy, green environment.
One of the easiest yet most significant ways to begin your green journey is by transferring from conventional to environmentally preferable cleaning products.
"Gyms use way more cleaning supplies than other businesses, so cleaning is a good place to start," says Tom Bishop, manager of a fitness center in Golden, CO.
The following are key steps in a typical club's green journey:
- Make it a top-down decision. A member committee at a private club with a large fitness center voted to begin greening the facility. Unfortunately, the club's management never really got behind the project. Within a few months, the project was forgotten. For a facility to begin its green journey, this must be a decision made, supported and guided by top management.
- Find a green knowledge source. Some large facilities hire a cleaning consultant to help them transfer to green cleaning. This is often unnecessary, but club operators do need to find a janitorial/sanitation distributor who also is a green cleaning expert. One way to determine if a distributor is a green cleaning expert is by the chemical product line that distributor represents. If the line includes only some green products, he or she likely is not an expert. However, if the distributor represents a line that can provide a green certified cleaner for every application, that person is likely knowledgeable about green cleaning and will prove an invaluable resource.
- Understand green certifications. Although club managers can depend on a distributor who is a green cleaning expert, they should be aware of what the terms "green certified" or "proven green" mean—the product has been independently tested and evaluated and meets established green criteria for that product category. The certification organizations will be prominently displayed on the product's label. Only select green cleaning products that have been certified and proven green by organizations such as EcoLogo, Green Seal or DfE.
- Take a chemical inventory. This step likely will be handled by your distributor. All chemicals, paper products, even cleaning clothes must be inventoried based on where and how they are used. From here, the distributor will suggest green equivalents for these products. In virtually all cases, green or greener alternatives are available. For instance, microfiber cleaning cloths are almost always suggested to replace conventional terry cloth towels. The only exception when it comes to chemicals is disinfectants. At this time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will not allow a disinfectant sold in the United States to be labeled green. However, the distributor may have safer suggestions that can prove worthy.
- Take an equipment inventory. Green cleaning involves far more than just chemicals. Are the vacuum cleaners used in the club HEPA-filtered? Have they received the seal of approval from the Carpet and Rug Institute? Are carpet extractors and floor machines low moisture? Green cleaning must be viewed as a system. At its core may be chemicals, but it is not complete unless all components, including cleaning equipment, are environmentally responsible as well.
- Conduct training. Your cleaning professionals must be trained to use the green cleaning products. Part of the process is to explain why the facility is going green, and one of the most crucial reasons is to protect the health of cleaning workers. Additionally, when facilities transfer to green cleaning, it is a golden opportunity to work with cleaning professionals, teaching them not only how to use the green cleaning products but also the most effective cleaning techniques and practices.
To turn green cleaning into a marketing niche, managers should include the club's green cleaning efforts in all marketing materials and discussions about their health clubs. After all, your gym is all about health—and so is green cleaning.
Mike Sawchuk has been involved with the janitorial/sanitation industry for more than 15 years. He is currently vice president and general manager of Charlotte Products and Enviro-Solutions, a manufacturer of certified-green cleaning chemicals, based in Ontario, Canada.


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- Weddings
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- Renewal of Vows
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Weddings to touch the heart, satisfy the soul and celebrate your love!
|"I made it through the ceremony without sobbing. Suddenly everything felt right and I was totally at peace... the words really made people stop and think. Thank you so much for getting us through it and making it so meaningful."
—Laura and Michael
Ceremonies with meaningful, moving reflections that will elevate your wedding from ordinary, generic or rigid to unique, personal and unforgettable!
Rev. Sandy works with couples to create customized weddings that can include, families, guests, children... pets! Choose from a wide range of samples to truly say it your way. Include optional pieces to reflect cultural and ethnic diversity such as the Celtic Handfasting, the Sand Ceremony for a blended family and more. Receive guidance in writing your own vows or selecting from the many variations provided. Incorporate your personal touches. It's your day!
Rev Sandy's wedding ceremonies acknowledge and honor:
- the joy of finding the love of your life
- the spiritual aspects of marriage
- the psychological dimensions of love
- the previously married and blended families
- the delight of love later in life
To support you in selecting your officiant, read Sandy's article: Do You, Don't You; Will You, Won't You?
Call 503.579.8125 now to schedule your Free in-person consultation and decide whether Rev. Sandy is the right officiant for you. No charge for email and phone calls throughout the process.
See Sandy's listing on 123OregonWeddingOfficiants.com.
Commitment Ceremonies
|"I feel so much more at ease knowing that I have someone who will perform the ceremony the way we see it."
—Marcie and Jerad
For the couple who want to declare their love and commitment without the state sanctioned legalities, Rev. Sandy creates a moving and meaningful ceremony with many of the same aspects as the wedding.
A committed relationship is not created by a law or even a ceremony. It occurs in the hearts of two human beings. It grows out of loving, caring and sharing ourselves with another. When you have connected your hearts, minds, souls and life goals, a Commitment Ceremony proclaims your union publicly. Surrounded by supportive families and friends, the ceremony is an outward sign of the inward commitment that already exists between the two of you.
When you decide, after a free, no obligation consultation, that you would like Rev Sandy to create and officiate your event, she will provide:
- samples pieces from which to choose your words
- options to include children, parents & other special guests
- creative rituals to honor cultural or ethnic diversity
- 1-2 planning session and unlimited phone calls & emails
- a personalized ceremony in a souvenir booklet
- guidance through the whole process
To support you in selecting your officiant, read Sandy's article: Do You, Don't You; Will You, Won't You? Call 503.579.8125 now to schedule your Free in-person consultation and decide whether Rev. Sandy is the right officiant for you. No charge for email and phone calls throughout the process.
Renewal of Vows
Whether marking a special anniversary or recommitting to the marriage vows after a time of separation or difficulty, this ceremony celebrates the deepening and maturation of the relationship. Similar to the wedding, this ceremony may be a small intimate gathering or a time of reunion for family and friends.
When choosing to recommit through renewing vows, you acknowledge that marriage is at once the most tender, yet challenging, of all relationships. You come to this event well aware of the vicissitudes of long term relationships and you are publicly declaring that you are going forward, hand in hand, heart to heart. Rev Sandy offers a free, no obligation consultation to share ideas and options so that you can be sure she is the best person to create and officiate your special ceremony.
Sandy's Background
Rev. Sandy Shipley is an ordained minister who, after a 12 year pastorate in Hawaii and Oregon, now "ministers" through weddings and other ceremonies, counseling practice, as guest speaker and teacher. She has served the adjunct faculties of Portland Community College, the Holmes Institute, Pacific North West campus in Seattle, and New West Seminary in Oregon City.
Honoring Life's Events with Ceremonies and Rituals that Touch the Heart and Satisfy the Soul
|"I feel so much more at ease knowing that I have someone who will perform the ceremony the way we see it."
—Marcie and Jerad
Ceremonies and Rituals are enjoying a resurgence as people realize the importance of marking life's phases and transitions. In these fast paced times, we tend to rush into the next experience without closure for the last one. When endings and beginnings are ritualized— formally or informally, individually or collectively—depth of meaning and completion occur. Rituals can be reformed to fit the present while reviving the past and serving the future.
Baby Naming
Welcoming a new life into a family, a community and the world is celebrated with a Baby Naming and Blessing. It is a time to rejoice in life, the life that is now expressed as this child. This ritual honors the name given and interprets its meaning. These ceremonies can be formal or very casual. The ceremony may reflect the culture, values and beliefs of the family the child is entering. Hopes and dreams for the child are expressed while acknowledging his or her uniqueness and the many choices life holds. Fees range from $250 to $400.
Rev. Sandy is also available to officiate at Christenings and Baptisms.
Memorials & Funerals
We have been called the "death defying, death denying" people. Rev. Sandy has years of training and experience in assisting people who are dealing with life's inevitable losses and the "mourning after." She is available to offer grief counseling and to assist with planning and officiating at memorial and funeral services. Her services are celebrations of life, both solemn and joyous. They are meant to honor the deceased, comfort the survivors, and bring a sense of continuity within this time of closure. A funeral may be sad, but need not be morbid or staid.
Have you experienced the loss of a loved one where there was no service or ritual and no closure? A Memorial may be held at any time, for any size gathering. Contact Rev. Sandy for options and details.
Services include in-person consultations, a customized service and Internment. Fees range from $150 to $300. Additional grief counseling is separate.
Rev. Sandy was called upon to offer a Blessing when an addition was added to the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki. This Polynesian and Asian tradition of blessing buildings, homes and businesses is being practiced more and more in the West. Just as we mark beginnings and endings with marriages, naming ceremonies and memorials, Blessings ritualize our intentions for the places we inhabit. Your new home "house warming" or business "open house" can include this meaningful ritual tailored to your needs. Fees range from $250-$400.
Do You, Don't You; Will You, Won't You?
|"I made it through the ceremony without sobbing. Suddenly everything felt right and I was totally at peace... the words really made people stop and think. Thank you so much for getting us through it and making it so meaningful."
—Laura and Michael
Choosing Your Wedding Officiant
by Rev. Sandy Shipley
It amazes me that a couple would marry in a ceremony they hadn't help create or even read beforehand. Vows are powerful and set the intention for your married life. Therefore, your choice of officiant to write the ceremony is vital.
Is that person not only willing but able to accurately convey your ideas about marriage and reflect your emotions about the wedding? As your spokesperson, will the officiant's words speak meaningfully to you, your partner, your gathered families and friends? Will your beliefs about marriage, your values, hopes and dreams be addressed? What is the feeling you want to set on your special day: an intimate conversation, sacred ritual, gathering of clans, formal social event, even a theatrical performance or festival?
Planning the wedding is like marriage itself – the opportunity of discovery and growth. Use this collaboration to create something that reflects your relationship, your individual talents and a place to practice negotiating. I usually conclude a consultation with the couple by reminding them, "The first test of marriage is planning the wedding!"
Some officiants will not deviate from their standard ceremony. I specialize in personalizing the ceremony with your information and sample pieces from which you choose. I am creative, flexible and mindful of what you want. A seasoned and confident officiant, I will guide and counsel you along the way. I create ways to include children or pets, acknowledge parents or a deceased relative. I provide additional elements such as The Unity Candle, Rose Exchange or Sand Ceremony and optional rituals that honor ethnic and cultural traditions such as Celtic Handfasting.
As an experienced officiant, I work well with your wedding coordinator. If you don't use a coordinator, I can assist with the logistics and direct the rehearsal.
With the Internet, officiants have become accustomed to comparative shoppers. Things to consider when you interview an officiant:
Do you feel comfortable with this person? Can you express your desires, any objections, ask seemingly silly questions, have it your way? Trust your intuition. Note your first impression, yet give the person time to present their ideas and themself.
Do you like the sound of their voice? This will be the voice that instructs, inspires and delights the gathering and leads you in repeating your vows.
Do you like their appearance? Ask what they will wear so that it complements the wedding party. Remember, this person will be in your wedding pictures!
Do you feel a connection allowing you to trust this person to have a "sense" of you and your unique relationship?
Does this person instill confidence by being organized and efficient?
Does the person exude the enthusiasm and authority to write your ceremony?
Marriage is crossing the threshold from solitary person to the joys and responsibilities of sharing your life with another. I can provide meaningful, moving reflections that will elevate your wedding ceremony from ordinary, generic and rigid to unique, personal and unforgettable.
Services provided for your Wedding, Commitment Ceremony or Renewal of Vows
All ceremonies include:
Free, no obligation consultation in my office or by phone and email for your convenience.
One or two planning sessions, a personalized ceremony with souvenir copy, officiating at the wedding, and completing the licensing. Pricing begins at $195 for elopements to $500 for full service weddings with options inbetween.
Packet of Samples including vows, ring exchanges, blessings, readings & other quotes
Personalized Ceremony from your choices and Rev Sandy's vast experience to truly reflect your beliefs, lifestyle and goals for the future. Secular, Spiritual, Religious and Interfaith or a unique blend.
Additional Flourishes & Rituals to honor parents, cultural diversity, include guests, remember those unable to attend, include children . . . even pets!
Souvenir copy of your ceremony
Officiating the ceremony, arriving early to calm nerves, meet & greet or make changes as needed
Completing & Delivering your legal documents to the county (one less thing for you to do!)
Rehearsal Fees start at $100, additional charges may apply beyond the Portland Metro area.
Premarital Counseling—is highly recommended but not required. Includes discovering areas crucial to marital success such as: coping skills and problem solving styles, household responsibilities, friendships and family of origin and attitudes about children.
Guidance and negotiation is facilitated in the common areas of conflict in marriages—PMS: power/parenting, money and sex! Premarital – or post-marital counseling at $150 per hour.
Call 503.550.1744 or email firstname.lastname@example.com now to schedule your consultation and decide whether Rev. Sandy is the right officiant for you.


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The drive to make faster and faster computers just got a huge optical jump! University of Pennsylvania researchers have made a quantum leap in designing new-age gates for use in new age computers. These gates are controlled by light!
Computers of today are made out of gates that are switched on and off by electrical signals. The crucial speed involved in the switching speeds of these gates is the velocity at which electrons (or other charge carriers) travel inside the substrate that make up the gate. In other words, how fast you can switch a gate on and then off and then on again depends on how fast the electrons feel the changing electric field and travel back and forth. All of this can be greatly accelerated if we use light signals and not electric ones!
Light Switches!
So here is the first photonic switch, all made out of cadmium sulphide nanowires. The team of researchers consists of an associate professor Ritesh Agarwal and graduate student Brian Piccione, from the Department of Material Sciences, Pennsylvania University.
They are carrying forward their earlier research finding, when they found that cadmium sulphide (CdS) nanowires is the perfect substance on which to attempt such a thing. Cadmium sulphide exhibits very strong light-matter coupling. This simply means that there exist mechanisms within the substrate that can control the way light behaves within the material.
How they did it
What they did was cut a gap in a CdS nanowire. Light was then shone on one of the sections. This light is perfectly transmitted down the length of the nanowire. Now, the team shone another light on the second part of the nanowire. This, believe it or not, cuts off the light that was already going through the nanowire. This phenomenon is called destructive interference. So now, you have a gate which you can turn on or off by shining light on the second part. All you need to do, in principle, is to measure the intensity of light coming out the second part of the wire.
And that's it!
This is a basic switch. With switches you can make gates. With gates you can design a computer.
One of the basic types of gates is the so called NAND (Not AND) gate. The NAND gate can be used to construct any other gate. A NAND gate returns a high signal ("1") if either or both of the inputs is zero, and zero if both inputs are one. The team has built such a device using two CdS nanowires.
The paper appears in Nature Nanoscience: http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nnano.2012.144.html
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NHGRI Research Reveals Humans Share a Common Set of Skin Microbes
NHGRI Research Reveals Humans Share a Common Set of Skin Microbes
Study Also Finds Similarity Between Microbes of Human and Mouse Skin
Our skin is crawling with millions of tiny microorganisms that play a critical role in skin health and disease. A team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), led by Julie Segre, Ph.D., a senior investigator in the Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), has published a study in the May 23 online issue of Genome Research. The researchers found that healthy humans share a common set of microorganisms living in and on the area of skin around the inner elbow, an area where atopic dermatitis (eczema) is known to develop.
The human body hosts a diverse set of microbial communities at different body sites. Not very much is known about the fundamental role microorganisms play in human health and disease. Moreover, microbiologists cannot isolate and grow many of these different micro-organisms, making them difficult to study. So new techniques have been developed in which researchers use genetic sequencing to analyze microbial genomes, collectively called a microbiome, to determine what is actually living in and on our skin.
NIH recently launched the Human Microbiome Project, a part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research [commonfund.nih.gov/], to discover what microbial communities exist in different parts of the human body, including the skin, and explore how these communities change in the presence of health or disease. Understanding the role of microbes in human health and disease could transform how patients are diagnosed and treated in the future.
Dr. Segre, whose laboratory's research focuses on the skin and diseases such as eczema and psoriasis, said: "We specifically looked at the inner elbow to lay the groundwork for future studies elucidating the genetic and environmental factors of the extremely common inflammatory skin disorder atopic dermatitis, which affects this area of the skin and is associated with Staphylococcus infections."
In addition to Dr. Segre and other NHGRI researchers, the paper includes authors from the National Cancer Institute and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center. The work was supported by NHGRI, NCI, and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, all part of NIH.
In order to characterize the microbiome of the inner elbow, the researchers collected samples from the left and right inner elbows of five healthy human volunteers using three different methods (swab, scrape, and punch biopsy) to survey the microbiome at different levels of the skin. Using genetic technologies which can distinguish and identify microbes, the researchers found that the majority of inner elbow microbes were Proteobacteria, primarily Psuedomonas and Janthinobacterium. Both microbes belong to the family of Psuedomonad bacteria, a somewhat surprising finding because they are not traditionally thought of as skin microbes. However, these bacteria are widespread in nature and flourish in moist and sometimes sweaty environments, so researchers were not surprised that they reside on the inner elbow of humans.
The research also showed that a core skin microbiome exists among the five individuals studied, comprising the majority of microbes from six bacterial divisions, including the Pseudomonad's referred to above, which are the two most common bacterial divisions. "This finding is critical for the future study of disease," Dr. Segre explained. "Our long-term goal is to study how dynamic changes in the skin microbiome are correlated to skin disorders associated with known and suspected bacterial infections."
Interestingly, the researchers then collected samples from the ear skin of a laboratory mouse because this site shares a lot in common with most regions of the human skin. Researchers report this particular line of mice, used in studies of skin inflammation, could potentially be used as a model for understanding the interactions of the genetic and environmental contribution to skin diseases, which could potentially lead to novel drugs and treatments.
Based on their findings, the research team has recently launched another study to sample 20 skin sub sites in healthy individuals in order to lay the groundwork for explaining why various skin diseases occur at specific sites, such as psoriasis on the outside of and eczema on the inside of elbows and knees. The researchers hope any results will be used to inform which skin sites are selected as part of the Human Microbiome Project and also plan to make their data available to the Human Microbiome Project as part of its collection of 1,000 microbial genomes collection.
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Nikolay Ivanov-Citroen in Lines Illustration
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Interview with Nikolay Ivanov : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Nikolay Ivanov : The "Citroën in Lines" project was born from my passion to the car brand, and love to design. What I wanted is to represent the history of the cars, in different way, that haven't been done so far. I experimented with different techniques for a while till I found the right one for me. This design's aim is to make not only the car brand enthusiasts but the people that have never driven a Citroën car to browse thru their history with interest. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Nikolay Ivanov : I wanted to create a piece that stands out and be recognizable among other works. The hardest was to find the correct visuals, and order of the images, as there are a lof of different models. I choose to use Behance as a platform for my work, and exhibit it there. I wanted this design to be well recognized among the car fans and not only. Luckily Citroën International contacted me a week after I published my work, and proposed to share it in it's social networks. For me this was a huge success of the project. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Nikolay Ivanov : I will further develop the project by adding new and missing models of the brand, also planning to animate those designs, in order to make the project fully completed. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Nikolay Ivanov : The concept itself took the most of the time. I spent maybe few moths to come up with the visuals and the idea. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Nikolay Ivanov : I did this work because of my passion to the car brand. I wanted to make a personal work that is inspired of something I love. This way I was working with all my passion and energy. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Nikolay Ivanov : This design was used by Citroën itself, and promoted thrue all the social networks they use. I am currently selling artprints of this design. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Nikolay Ivanov : I wanted to create a project that will stand out. To do this I knew I had to choose a subject that was close to me and this is how it came. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Nikolay Ivanov : While working on this design I got great help and motivation from my friend and great illustrator Fausto Montanari .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Nikolay Ivanov : Almoast every person that is interested in cars. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Nikolay Ivanov : The design itself, the colors, shapes and order. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Nikolay Ivanov : The name represents the technique of making this design. As I used only strokes / lines I have named it "Citroën in lines" It also stands out for the line of the history. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Nikolay Ivanov : I did use Adobe Illustrator for creating this piece. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Nikolay Ivanov : I believe the most unique aspect of this design is the way it serves the huge amount of models in a simple, engaging and easy to understand way. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Nikolay Ivanov : The research behind this work was massive. I have tried to discover all the information I could for existing and conceptual models they have produced, as well year start and stop of production. I have ordered all the cars in chronological order from the first, to the last. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Nikolay Ivanov : The huge amount of work was the hardest. While doing this design I was working on other projects for clients and I had to remain calm and motivated to do it even I had to work almoast all the time. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Nikolay Ivanov : I was reached from A'Design team with an exclusive invitation to join the competition. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Nikolay Ivanov : It have been a great experince this project. I found that if you mix your passion with the work you love to do, you can't do any wrong. .
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Today I feel what only can be described as "askajsdhjasdsjkhd" otherwise known a keyboard smash. I think the weather always makes me a bit down in the dumps, but even more so today. I ran a few errands, went a bit wild in Sainsburys buying naughty things (the weather also makes me eat loads) and went to the gym. Same thing I do everyday! The man behind reception at the gym even commented that I was late today for my usual gym session. I didn't think other people noticed my crazy habits!
I bought this dipped hem top in Westfields at the weekend. I've been having real trouble finding things I like at the moment. With summer quickly approaching (although today has been a write off in terms of Summer weather!) I really want to update my wardrobe but despite having money I want to part with on clothes, nothing is really standing out to me! This top ticks a few of my current style boxes: it has a dipped hem, looks great with leggings and has a really unique cloud print. Im not 100% sure about the motif, the heart thing to me screams 915 at New Look or even Tammy Girl but Im going to roll with it regardless. I would prefer it 100% times without that design though though!


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Elizabeth Declares War - How's Mum? (1:19)
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What happened to all sample clips? Each composer profile had a short cue to represent their work on each film.
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Legal reasons I take it?
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Why it's listed just as expanded?? Isn't it complete??
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Would it be wrong of me to say this is the most complex score that Zimmer (and team) has written?
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2018-07-26 15:10:46
I think so. It's definitely the most interesting and exciting to me out of all of Hans' work.
Mike (OTM)
2018-07-26 22:16:13
Definitely in the top 5 scores HZ has done, for me. I wonder if he'll ever approach this level of straight-up awesome again.
2018-07-26 22:19:22
Well, first he'd need at least 5 other writers to help him. ;)
In all seriousness, our best bets at this point are X-Men and The Lion King reboot coming next year. Those will both require a more melodic and epic approach.
Mike (OTM)
2018-07-26 22:43:53
I was hoping back when TDKR came out that he might kind of incorporate the "epic/compex" approach there. And the TDKR suites suggest he might have wanted to. But the final product used a lot of temp tracks and is more scaled down.
And yeah, I think AWE was just the perfect storm of Hans + additional composer choices, working with the right themes and the right approach. I could be wrong, but I think Hans having the likes of Geoff Zanelli and Henry Jackman here helped a lot.
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So I might be a little slow but I just realized, while rewatching the film, that the third theme in the Beckett suite (the last two minutes) isn't actually a specific theme for Beckett himself but rather a "Betrayal" motif in general. The only time the theme is used is when Will is betraying the other pirates, and when Barbossa confronts Calypso about Davy Jones' betrayal of her.
This definitely helps explain why the theme is repurposed for Barbossa in On Stranger Tides, given he switches to the British fleet. Now I just need to figure out what that beautiful Duduk motif represents....
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2018-05-16 21:39:30
And let me just restate that this score, IMO, is the pinnacle of Zimmer's career. It feels like he put literally everything into this one.
2018-05-16 23:13:49
At World's End is definitely one of Zimmer's finest work. Have you seen The World of Hans Zimmer POTC suite? YouTube it. Absolutely one of the best live action pieces I seen.
2018-05-17 01:15:12
I did!!! The use of "I Don't Think Now Is the Best Time" was so insane!
Mr Tweedy
2018-05-18 00:15:42
The Pinnacle of Hans' career?
Although I really like this score, I don't agree. But hey, I know it's just a matter of opinion, okay? ;)
Of course it shows Hans strengths in almost every area (action, drama, romance, comedy...) but for me it's too much of a medley of previous works, without much personality.
It feels a bit like a palette with too many colors. From the action sequences borrowed from Drop Zone, to the Morricone inspirations for Jack's Sequences, to Gladiator's duduk that ended up there with no real reason, to a beautiful Love Theme that brings another new shape to the sonic identity... it's like the score sometimes goes schizophrenic.
Though each individual idea is really enjoyable to listen to, I think Hans has made scores that are much more cohesive and enjoyable as a whole!
2018-05-18 00:32:59
Just curious, what scores do you considered to be Zimmer's best?
2018-05-18 02:15:13
That's totally fine, everyone has their own favorite HZ scores, which is awesome!
It's funny though, I feel like DMC is far more schizophrenic than AWE. Now don't get me wrong, I absolutely love DMC. It's the score that got me into Hans Zimmer. But still, I feel like a major part of that score is note-for-note reprises of cues/themes from COTBP. Not to mention the temp tracking of King Arthur.
AWE always felt far more original to me, especially considering that the entire tone of the music shifts from the "rock'n'roll" sound of the first two to a more traditional score (at least by Hans Zimmer standards lol)
2018-05-18 02:26:17
To be fair there is a lot of King Arthur in At World's End too. Just the general feeling you get from the action tracks in both scores is virtually identical. Hell, one of the main themes from King Arthur even appears when Bootstrap Bill remembers that Will is his son.
2018-05-18 02:58:22
Yeah that is true, can't argue there lol
And is it me or does "Calypso Must Be Released" sound like Black Hawk Down?
Mr Tweedy
2018-05-24 01:02:42
@Anonymous Zimmer's best? Well... I'm trying to be subjective:
IMO The Thin Red Line remains the pinnacle of Hans' career from an artistic point of view. It's a turning point, though we've been used to this kind of writing since (so many scores have copied TTRL).
Inception and (especially) Interstellar are superior pieces of scoring as well. Their level of complexity is unmatched in Zimmer's discography.
Gladiator is another impressive score, as it combines some of the best action music, best drama and deepest emotions Hans has ever composed for a movie.
Seems like I'm quite objective here, as none of my favorites scores are on this list ! ;)
Mr Tweedy
2018-05-24 01:03:45
I'm trying to be objective* (sorry haha)
Edmund Meinerts
2018-05-24 01:18:02
See, I don't find Inception or Interstellar (or Thin Red Line) all that "complex". Especially not compared to At World's End (how many themes are in that score, like 15? 20? Pretty much all of which show up in rapid succession during the Maelstrom battle?). The Nolan scores are more about building up around very simple conceptual ideas.
Unless you're talking about emotional complexity, which is a very different thing and not really possible to objectively judge...
2018-05-24 03:09:25
The thing with the Nolan scores (at least Interstellar/Inception) is that they are repetitive, in as much as being built heavily around the suites that I'm guessing they use to edit and temp the film.
And while the themes are simple I do think they are structured in a unique enough way which builds emotional resonance through the gradual increase in chords/volume/speed/etc. Even Dunkirk is a relatively simple score theme wise, but is so technically complex.
And personally I've never been in love with Inception. I admire it on a technical level, but outside of "Time" I find it to be a fairly cold score. Obviously what it was meant to do so not a complaint, more of a personal preference thing.
2018-05-24 06:10:34
Yeah I can't agree that Inception or Interstellar are superior pieces of scoring. Certainly not in structure, thematic development, etc.
What defined those scores is the vision behind them more so than the execution. In so many ways, that is opposite of The World's End. Interstellar is a brilliant score that managed to provide each scene with a simplistic tone, but one that captured the atmosphere behind the scenes perfectly, such as the unique use of the organ. Same with Inception with the guitars.
With a World's End, the vision is nothing special. It is a rock and roll twist to classic music. But the execution brings enormous power and gravitas to the movie.
I would sum it up by saying that in Interstellar and Inception, the creation of the music drives the movie's ideas while in At World's End, the movie drives the creation of the music.
Mike (OTM)
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Beckett's Death really is Hans Zimmer at his finest. Beautiful "dramatization" of the Beckett theme. Thoroughly powerful.
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Hey everybody,
Where could I find out about special soundtrack editions by Zimmer in the future? (Like the Interstellar Illuminated Edition or Man of Steel Red Steel album) before they sell out in the future? For example if Hans released a special score for Dunkirk, where do I find announcements specifically for this sort of thing?
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Hybrid Soldier
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|| 2016-10-24 22:59:26
I found back the lengthy interviews Henry, Atli & Geoff gave about the POTC 3 process from 2007... Unfortunately everything is in French lol... :/
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2016-10-24 23:45:53
Were could I find it?
2016-10-24 23:46:36
2016-10-25 02:45:54
Maybe Maxpotcats (above us) can listen to it and translate it for us since he's French lol
2016-10-25 03:44:20
Can you translate them, Hybrid? :)
2016-10-25 08:48:04
If I recall correctly hybrid is French....
2016-10-25 08:57:47
Where can I found this ? I'm French so it's not a problem lol
Max Potcats (the french guy)
2016-10-25 10:35:31
hey guys
if you want I can try to translate the interviews for you, just send me the link ;)
Hybrid Soldier
2016-10-25 18:50:08
No translating an English ITW into French and translate it back to English is the worst on this planet, trust me, I'll just try to find the guy who did them and see if I can get the original versions... :)
2016-10-27 21:41:06
The interview confirms what we knew already, all the material that breaks out of standard Zimmer/RC patterns with fun, complex orchestrations, key and tempo variation, woodwinds and interesting counterpoint is classically trained Jackman. Hats off to him!
Edmund Meinerts
2016-10-27 22:33:22
But I can think of plenty of tracks from AWE that do all of those things - "Maelstrom Part 1", "Trying to Get Lost", "Beckett's Death", most of the suites - and which Jackman was not involved with. I don't think it's fair to ascribe all the quality orchestral writing to him alone. Much of it, sure (he'll have a place in my heart for his involvement with "Marry Me" and by extension "Up is Down" forever, that piece is extremely special to me). But to say all of it does a disservice to the great work that EVERYBODY did on this score.
2017-01-01 00:28:46
Did you ever get the English versions, Hybrid? ;)
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|| 2016-12-25 22:22:33
Good day! Is it possible to purchase just the track 64 somehow? I need just this track (on physical medium) and I would pay for the CD with only this track. I'm sorry if my question is not allowed here.
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2016-12-25 23:20:19
Sure, pal, I can burn it down for ya! That'd be $39.99, what's your address?
2016-12-27 13:28:43
New Love Theme is basically "Mary ME" suite, it's already in the OST treasures collection CD.
Max Potcats
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Does anyone know what is -64 "New Love Suite"?
I know that Zimmer speaks about in the DVD bonus, and I think that is a very different version of "Marry Me". (sorry for the translation i am french)
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What is the source of these samples? Are they just from the recording sessions, or were they offered by the composers themselves? Also, what exactly is the nature of this site? Is it just a fan site, or is there some input by the Remote Control Productions crew?
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|| 2014-11-29 22:56:36
Is Geoff Zanelli still set to do POTC5? Or was the announcement from a while back put out too fast, and things have changed?
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Hybrid Soldier
2014-11-29 23:01:10
It's way to soon, the film in 2017... Nothing official yet, but no bad news either... I'm sure it'll be the case ! ;)
2016-01-11 22:56:12
Lol, imagine some guy like Christophe Beck gets hired for PotC 5. I would get really, really mad.
Hybrid Soldier
2016-01-11 22:57:21
Don't worry... lol
Edmund Meinerts
2016-01-12 08:33:20
Better Christophe Beck than another On Stranger Tides, IMO.
2016-01-12 09:34:54
Disagree, I still prefer On Stranger Tides over 99% of Beck's scores. The whole thing was a mess but there were some really good cues.
Edmund Meinerts
2016-01-12 10:23:06
Have you heard Ant-Man or his Percy Jackson score? Beck does good work, when he's allowed to...it's just that most of his assignments don't allow him to (either because it's a shitty comedy or if he gets a difficult director like Doug Liman).
2016-01-12 11:36:53
I found Ant Man to be serviceable. It's fine on picture and gives a nice atmosphere to the movie (even if I couldn't help missing Steven Price & Edgar Wright during the whole thing), but I'd never buy the album or listen to it separately. I didn't say Beck was bad, I simply think his music is just "okay", I've never heard anything really outstanding.
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|| 2015-06-26 17:54:51
Gentlemen,can you please tell me where I can get this complete soundtrack? Or at least some songs that were not part of the official piece...I would be really glad for ,,Black pearl is missing" especially,thank you :)
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2015-06-26 19:29:53
Well, there is always google ;) And the forum that shall not be named.
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|| 2015-04-03 22:17:16
Hey Hybrid, are Track 64 & 68 the same?!
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Hybrid Soldier
2015-04-03 22:23:00
If they were why would I put it there ? -_-
No, the first is the original recorded suite (it's basically the same with a slightly different orchestration). For the POTC trilogy boxset all the suites were rerecorded...
2015-04-04 05:17:18
OH wow, another ultra special exclusive Hybrid-Soldier-only track. Way to go.
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|| 2015-01-06 23:24:45
Updated the list above with some more credits found Atli & Lorne ! Now there's "almost" all... lol
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Hybrid Soldier
2015-01-15 23:57:17
And a couple more for Jackman (Black Pearl Is Missing, Waiting For Will...). Getting close ! :P
2015-02-19 17:27:05
So now we're just missing credits for the Lord Cutler Beckett and Pirate Lord of Singapore suites?
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Geoff Zanelli's Calypso theme as it appears in cues like Jack & Beckett is so hauntingly beautiful... :)
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|| 2014-11-30 01:02:09
I'm still kind of new to this site so I don't understand what these expanded releases are? Are these available to purchase or are they just being posted to show what was actually in the movie? Thank you.
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2014-11-30 05:43:39
Most of the time, they are unofficial releases : that is to say that they are available in some form, but normally can't be purchased officially (even if, in truth, you can nearly always do it on the "second-hand market"). To know if this is an official release or not, just look at the label indicated on the pages for each album.
Moreover, it's not always "what was actually in the movie". "Expanded" doesn't mean "Complete", plus you must consider that Zimmer always write suites that don't appear in the movie in their original form (even if they are greatly used to write to the image). Finally, an expanded edition can countain some rejected and alternate cues.
2014-11-30 19:32:46
Lambeque, thank you for that explaination. I appreciate it.
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|| 2014-10-06 08:17:16
Just out of curiosity. Are the treasure collection suites, Pirate Lord of Singapore, Heart of Davy Jones, Marry Me, and Cutler Beckett edited versions of much larger suites that still remain below the surface? I'm curious because I know the tracks Day One & Just Good Business are abridged edits of demos, and the hoist the colors suite seems to be as well. I've also noticed that the Singapore track on the regular album contains cues that were not used in the film and absent from the sessions release. Did Hans Zimmer have even more ideas for these themes that we still have yet to hear? or am I just looking too far into this?
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2014-10-06 16:02:19
Singapore contains a short intro from The Pirate Lord of Singapore (parts of this are into Arrival in Singapore), extracts from Battle with the Brits, Elizabeth Is Calypso and Crew Arrives (Part 2) - Davy Jones Locker.
2014-10-07 22:36:55
The album track does contain pieces of film music from various scenes but the very beginning (before the battle sequence) contains different cues than the film and the orchestration is slightly different than the treasure collection suite.
Hybrid Soldier
2014-10-07 22:39:04
Because it's probably from the original Singapore suite, not the Treasure version...
2014-10-08 01:35:03
That's what I figured, either that or some alternate. However I'd like to jump back to my initial question. Are all of other treasure suites based on a bigger and more epic demo? or are they subtle changes like different orchestration and omitted micro edits? Like some sections in the Beckett demo.
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|| 2014-10-07 09:42:42
Hybrid, not to be annoying or anything like that but I was just wondering if you maybe could upload the New Love Suite and Beckett Theme (Original Demo) sometime in the future:)
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2014-10-07 15:57:34
Well the New Love Theme is the "Marry Me" suite, which can be found very easily, and the "Beckett Theme (Original Demo)" is on Lorne Balfe's website. ;)
Hybrid Soldier
2014-10-07 16:45:01
Actually it's not... Well yeah it's the same music but for the "Pirates Treasure Collection" all was rerecorded and slightly reorchestrated...
2014-10-07 22:07:21
So basically it was the same situation as "Beckett Theme (Original Demo)" vs. "Just Good Business"?
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|| 2014-05-06 00:08:36
Perhaps the one thing that could have made the use of the themes in this score even more impressive would have been if they used the Kraken theme in some way when it showed the dead Kraken.
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Edmund Meinerts
2014-05-06 00:34:57
You know, that's a good point. A rare oversight in an otherwise thematically watertight score.
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|| 2014-05-03 19:22:53
I finally added the "who did what" here (not on the cues I had no documention on)... Plus I added the true cuesheet titles...
Gonna change that cover soon too, cause I just don't like it lol...
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Edmund Meinerts
2014-05-03 20:00:28
Can I assume that all of the cues with Verbinski on them say that only because he cowrote the Hoist the Colors theme? I tend to not include him on my own listings for that...
Hybrid Soldier
2014-05-03 20:02:03
Yeah same as Geoff on many cues containing Tia Dalma/Calypso's theme...
2014-05-03 21:42:22
I KNEW THE "I See Dead People In Boats" cue was just Zimmer!
2014-05-03 21:46:21
That's actually smart, adding credit that are known, even if some have to be left blank.
Hybrid Soldier
2014-05-03 22:03:25
Yeah I might generalize that... :)
Edmund Meinerts
2014-05-03 23:19:28
I'd certainly be very glad to see credits go up for stuff we haven't previously known about, even if it's incomplete like this. :)
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This has probably been said before. But I saw the film yesterday again, and here's my (probably repeated) question:
When Elizabeth arrived at Singapore, she was singing Hoist the Colours, which was finished by the "Remove, Please" guy.
The lyrics are different, so why isn't it on this score?
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|| 2014-04-17 16:36:28
Hans' discography on Wikipedia lists Pirates 5....but this is just Wikipedia being stupid, right? Hans hasn't been confirmed for the project? I know Hybrid said Hans wasn't interested after POTC4.....
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2014-04-17 17:40:26
As far as I know, there is no official announcement concerning the soundtrack of Pirates 5...So yes, this information is nothing real for the moment :)
Hybrid Soldier
2014-04-17 17:42:27
A year ago Hans told me he already said "no" to Disney...
But who knows, after all this time... lol
2014-04-17 17:52:15
Maybe that's why the movie isn't even greenlit yet... :)
2014-04-17 19:20:03
I still think it would be great if Hans could make an awesome score for POTC5, thus redeeming himself, and allow us to forget On Unfortunate Tides, but I understand if he doesn't want to do it.
2014-04-17 19:25:26
redeem himself? come now. he was always going to do something great for pirates 4. it was the film makers who didn't want it.
Unless Verbinski returns to the Pirates franchise I am not expecting the inspired Hans to chime in either.
2014-04-17 19:38:56
"It was the film makers who didn't want it."
Speaking of that, do we know WHY they didn't? It seems kinda weird to throw out new ideas for no reason...
2014-04-17 19:59:28
"It was the film makers who didn't want it."
The film makers and the producers, mainly Disney...
"Speaking of that, do we know WHY they didn't? It seems kinda weird to throw out new ideas for no reason..."
I suppose they considered that because old ideas worked before, and were well known and appreciated by the public, it was a good thing to use them again and again...Maybe they considered that people would not realise how innapropriate these temptracks were, or maybe even them did not understand it...
2014-04-18 02:00:40
I certainly hope he returns, but who knows at this point. Disney is perhaps the most creatively "protective" studio out there, meaning they want to milk what worked in the past until there's nothing creative left (this coming from a Disney lover).
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|| 2013-10-21 17:32:35
trying to get lost is amazing beyond words...
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2013-10-21 17:43:07
Beckett's Death is also really powerful!
2013-10-21 17:48:48
I really like the mix of the Beckett and Singapore themes in the last 20 seconds of "Arrive in Singapore".
Edmund Meinerts
2013-10-21 17:49:56
Are we playing this game again? It would be faster to list the cues that aren't amazing. Umm...There are a few boring stretches in Multiple Jacks...Davy Jones Visits Tia Dalma is mostly rehash of stuff from DMC that wasn't so great to begin with...uh...Some shorter tracks are a bit pointless...
I give up. I can't say bad things about this score with a straight face. :D
2013-10-21 17:53:45
The latter half of "Parlay" isn't the best, and indeed, Multiple Jacks is rather boring. I'm also not a huge fan of Hoist the Colors as a song.
2013-10-21 17:55:48
I hope the Pirates 5 score redeems the awful Stranger Tides score. Stranger tides is an apt title, though--usually POTC music is good!
2013-10-21 17:57:14
I hope there doesn't need to be a POTC5 score... xD
2013-10-21 17:59:06
The mermaid theme in Tides was noteworthy. It's just a shame all the music couldn't have been.
2013-10-21 19:01:52
You know Mike it has been announced that there is going to be a POTC5.
2013-10-21 21:04:32
I know, but they can still decide to cancel it before it's too late.
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|| 2013-10-08 19:48:42
Gosh Jack and Beckett is awesome. The way it plays the tune of the Jack Sparrow theme in the style of the Beckett theme beginning at 5:16 is incredible
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Edmund Meinerts
2013-10-08 20:32:14
That's the kind of subtle thematic touch that makes At World's End so great. It's full of little moments like that. Such a great, great score.
2013-10-08 23:15:24
Agreed Great score one of my fav's
2013-10-09 01:53:32
I've been listening to that cue for nearly as long as the film has been around (slightly exaggerated, but this is quite possibly my favorite score), and I've never been able to make that connection. I can pick apart just about all the rest of the music from all films, but every time I get to that bit I think, "This must be a one-time appearance of a variation of Beckett's theme."
Now it FINALLY clicked! Thank you Anonymous stranger! And thank you to all the composers that wrote this score, too, for still amazing me 6 years later!!!
2013-10-09 15:54:16
Indeed, that section is great stuff. I also find the statement of the Calypso theme beginning at 3:29 to be haunting in a beautiful sort of way.
2013-10-09 15:59:13
You're welcome, Areozz. Glad I could help. ;) I really like the POTC1 reprisal at the end of the cue.
2013-10-09 17:19:39
Speaking of this cue, Hybrid Soldier, do you know who wrote "Lord Cutler Beckett" (the suite)? I always assumed it was Zimmer, but I'm not entirely sure, because it looks like Lorne handled the "Original Demo/Just Good Business" Beckett suite, so it's possible he did "Lord Cutler Beckett", too.
2013-10-09 19:04:36
I think it's by Lorne Balfe. On his official page you can listen to a demo of this suite :)
2013-10-09 19:21:29
I know Lorne Balfe did "Just Good Business", but the "Lord Cutler Beckett" suite on the album is a different one.
Hybrid Soldier
2013-10-09 19:31:31
As for the "Unreleased" fourth CD =>
"Hoist The Colours Suite" is HZ / Verbinski / Glennie-Smith
"Marry Me" is HZ / Jackman
"Just Good Business" is HZ / Balfe
Don't know about the others, Pirate Lord is probably HZ only.
2013-10-09 21:09:18
Well, I learned something new today: I always though the suites (except "Just Good Business") were Hans alone. Do you know which parts of Marry Me were done by Jackman, or is that too specific?
Hybrid Soldier
2013-10-09 21:27:23
We are talking POTC. The genesis of this saga is clear => "alone" does not apply in that world... :P
2013-10-09 22:29:44
"All hands on deck," to borrow Geoff Zanelli's pun.
2013-10-14 15:13:05
Lord Cutler Beckett sounds a lot like HZ's own writing style. There is also a strong Peacemaker vibe to it from the 7:03 mark onwards.
Pirate Lord may be Jackman's. It sounds very much like all the Asian stuff he did for Kung Fu Panda and GI Joe 2.
2013-10-14 16:30:13
Indeed, Anonymous. Actually, as much as I'm thankful for Hybrid's answer, the one suite he did not address was Lord Cutler Beckett! :P
Edmund Meinerts
2013-10-14 16:42:07
"Marry Me" is my favorite cue of pretty much all time...never knew Jackman had a hand in it! That's a little weird to me...^^ Though I guess I should have known considering the second half is basically an extended version of "Up is Down". I'm guessing that everything up to roughly the 7-minute mark, i.e. the dramatic variations on the love theme(s), is HZ alone, and from then onwards, i.e. the "Up is Down" portion, is HZ/Jackman.
Did Verbinski really help compose the "Hoist the Colors Suite" or is he just credited there because he helped write the theme? I guess I'm not really surprised about NGS' involvement, nor am I about Balfe's in "Just Good Business" (in fact, I knew that one already for some reason).
About the others..."Lord Cutler Beckett" could easily be HZ alone as it indeed bears a lot of resemblance to The Peacemaker. As for "Pirate Lord of Singapore", I always suspected that Geoff Zanelli had a hand in that one, as he did a lot of the Singapore sequence. But I'm just as willing to believe it's HZ alone, as it reminds me a lot of The Last Samurai and even Beyond Rangoon in parts.
Yay for people talking about At World's End. :D
Edmund Meinerts
2013-10-14 16:50:42
And the one everyone forgets about for some reason, "The Heart of Davy Jones"...well, it's basically just a (gorgeous) variation of the Davy Jones theme, so I'm guessing Hans alone on that one.
2013-10-14 17:47:07
Well, *I* didn't mention The Heart of Davy Jones--lovely though it is--because it's Dead Man's Chest material. ;)
2013-10-14 21:12:46
Lord Cutler Beckett, whether that suite was composed by Zimmer and Balfe or just Zimmer, is awesome! It's the perfect mixture of refined and ruthless, just like Beckett himself.
2013-10-14 21:16:43
Indeed, Anonymous. I wonder why Beckett got two suites. I mean, they're great, both of them, so I'm not complaining, but I wonder what transpired that made it so.
Edmund Meinerts
2013-10-15 00:27:04
I always was under the impression that "Just Good Business" was less a suite and more an early version of the music for the first part of the maelstrom battle (you can hear very small parts of it leak through in the actual "Maelstrom Pt. 1" cue, such as at 2:00). Don't remember where I heard that though. In the end they went for a more thematically diverse track which I think is slightly better as a CUE...but they're both excellent. :)
2013-10-15 00:47:39
That strikes me as unlikely. It's titled here (in its longer form) as "Beckett Theme (Original Demo)". That doesn't seem like a cue to me. It seems like it's a suite.
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One of Zimmer's great scores
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|| 2013-09-04 21:19:33
"I remember showing up one day, I think it was our first scoring session, and I walk in and Hans has got the orchestra going and I kinda am watchin' the cue and I'm like, 'Wow, great cue--wow, this is already like a 3 minute cue, I mean, gosh...Wait a minute, there's no picture running...Wait a minute, this is like FIVE minutes. This is like seven minutes! What's this guy doing???' So finally the cue ends after 9 minutes, no picture, running nothing--okay, 12 minutes--and I walk over to him and I go, 'Dude, where's the picture????' He goes, 'No, we're not doing it to picture today'. I said, 'Well what are you doing????' He said, 'I'm warming up the orchestra. We're recording these things in suites, so that when I bring them back to do each cue individually, they'll be masters at it."
Given the 12 minute length, I can only assume it was "Marry Me". "Great cue" indeed!
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2013-09-04 22:03:59
How could you assume? Wouldn't you remember what it sounded like if you were there..?
2013-09-05 01:35:16
He wasn't there. He was quoting an interview.
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|| 2013-03-22 20:07:22
Someone mentioned King Arthur below...Well listen to 1:50-1:58 in Davy's Death and tell me THAT doesn't sound like King Arthur.
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2013-03-22 20:18:53
It does. It isn't rocket science. New things sound like other old things because they use the old things as temp tracks. People like it, so then they rework it a little bit. It's a surprisingly common thing and sometimes it happens across composers.
2013-07-28 12:24:24
ESPECIALLY at 2:13 to 2:22.
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|| 2013-05-28 07:58:46
Oh man, "Trying to Get Lost" just blows me away whenever I hear it. Zimmer truly outdid himself with that cue! One of the best he's done.
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2013-05-28 08:16:36
It also proves to me that while there will always be people who say Zimmer is "lazy" for having so many composers work on his scores, or that he's "lost it", he truly hasn't and still knows how to make an amazing piece of music. If Hybrid is correct, after all, then "Trying to Get Lose" (arguably one of the best cues of the film) is Hans alone, no additional arrangers or anything. :)
And I agree, it's an astounding piece.
2013-05-28 08:17:19
Aghhh, Lost*
2013-05-28 09:03:34
I could go on and on about the things I love about this score. The love theme, the Beckett theme, the Calypso theme, the Hoist the Colors theme, the way they're all expertly mixed together in the Maelstrom scenes, the lack of "use old cues again and again"... I sound like almost everyone else on this page, but this is one of Zimmer/RCP's best if you ask me.
2013-05-28 09:08:09
Eh, who cares if we sound like everyone else: it's one of RCP's finest for sure! I like scores that feel like a lot of effort was put into them, which is why POTC3 and The Last Samurai are among my favorites. I don't even listen to them much compared to others, but you can just tell that those who worked on them really wanted to make a good score.
2013-06-02 23:00:39
I find that The Heart of Davy Jones' cues are some of the best as well.
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|| 2013-06-02 03:33:28
Why are "Just Good Business" and Lorne's Beckett theme listed separately? It seems like Just Good Business is just a shortened version of Lorne's suite.
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Hybrid Soldier
2013-06-02 09:43:42
It is, but it's orchestrated & recorded, while Lorne's is synth.
Pirates Of The Caribbean - At World's End (Expanded Score) soundtrack - Hans Zimmer 2007


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Neymar was at his talismanic best as Brazil earned a 4-1 FIFA World Cup win over Cameroon to finish top of Group A.
The idolised forward feasted upon a vulnerable defence with glee in Brasilia on Monday, his first-half double sandwiching Joel Matip's unlikely leveller.
Brazil ultimately progressed with a degree of comfort, the much-maligned Fred and substitute Fernandinho adding further goals after the interval to secure a last-16 tie against fellow South Americans Chile.
Mexico were victorious against Croatia in Group A's other closing fixture, but failed to make up a goal-difference deficit as the hosts retained top spot.
While a routine triumph in which Brazil's star took his tournament tally to four goals will provide comfort, Luiz Felipe Scolari is unlikely to partake in too much backslapping.
Indeed, after coming through a group featuring no other major footballing powerhouse, Scolari is likely to demand more of his side as they prepare to face a Chile outfit that have impressed in the tournament to date.
The game immediately took on a frenetic nature as Paulinho and Vincent Aboubakar had goal-bound efforts blocked at either end.
It was Cameroon's susceptible backline that was first to be breached when Neymar, inexplicably unmarked, cleverly turned home Luiz Gustavo's low cross from the left.
Brazil's golden boy came agonisingly close to a second soon after, Charles Itandje producing a fine save to keep out his fizzing volley.
Despite their defence appearing increasingly hapless, Cameroon looked dangerous at the other end and fired a warning shot as Matip's header rattled the crossbar.
Not heeding the lesson proved costly for the hosts, too, as Matip side-footed Allan Nyom's cross into an empty net the next time he got an opportunity.
With Brazil seeking a response to increasing Cameroon pressure, Neymar again stepped up, albeit with the help of some more schoolboy defending; afforded far too much space once more, the Barcelona forward cut inside from the left and sent Itandje the wrong way.
While those in front of him wilted in the face of pressure, Itandje was at least attempting to provide a steadying influence, getting down quickly to turn away Hulk's speculative hit.
The goalkeeper had to be on high alert again after the interval, denying Hulk and Neymar in quick succession.
But he could do little as another Brazilian, this time Fred, was left free in the area, the under-pressure forward heading home David Luiz's pass.
Brazil opted for a more controlled approach thereafter, epitomised by their willingness to withdraw Neymar after 71 minutes.
Even then, the drama was not finished, with Mexico threatening to steal the group after scoring three quick goals against Croatia.
However, the impressive Fernandinho, who came on as a half-time replacement for Paulinho, settled any nerves with a cool finish following a fine move involving Oscar and Fred.


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Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students. View by day, by week, or by month.
May 22, 2020
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood premiered in 1967.
After thinking about TV shows, books, and movies from their childhood, students write about what they remember and revisit how they feel about it at an older age.
Grades 7 – 12
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Special days and how to observe them
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The plot of the movie Final Analysis revolves around a murder committed by a person diagnosed with Pathological Intoxication.
The following study confirms the:
probable existence of a discrete syndrome of pathological reaction to alcohol without reference to the amount of alcohol consumed.
The Diagnosis of Pathological Intoxication
Barry M. Maletzky
Volume 37, 1976 > Issue 09: September 1976
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
However there are doubts as raised by the following article.
The existence of pathological intoxication as an entity must remain in doubt unless the disorder can be reproduced under controlled conditions.
Pathological intoxication--is there such an entity?
Hollender MH.
J Clin Psychiatry. 1979 Oct;40(10):424-6.
I can see other conflicting articles; What is the latest position on Pathological Intoxication?


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Good read, completely true in my opinion.- WWE's Robert Zimmerman has sent a letter to Christopher Shays, the opponent for Linda McMahon in her 2012 Senate bid, disputing recent statements Shays made about WWE. Here are some quotes:
"In the past you have visited WWE Headquarters in Stamford and, as a Congressman, you actively supported WWE's non-partisan initiative, SmackDown Your Vote, which encouraged young people to register to vote. Certainly, you are aware of our recent anti-bullying efforts in your hometown of Bridgeport when WWE Superstar Sheamus visited Hall Neighborhood House on August 3, 2011 and spoke to over 100 kids about stopping this rampant issue. Therefore, we are perplexed about the factual inaccuracies you stated regarding WWE in recent interviews with the Connecticut Post and Associated Press."
The letter goes on to mention WWE's new anti-bullying campaign and PG content. WWE says that Shays is inaccurate when he says they promote bullying.
"The health and well-being of our performers is WWE's top priority. As with any entertainment or sports business, our performers are the cornerstone of our success and without them, we have no business. We have an extensive talent health and wellness program administered independently by a team of renowned physicians. We invite you to review our program by visiting corporate.wwe.com. One death in any industry is too many. However, since the formation of the company in 1982, five wrestlers have passed away while under contract. According to coroner reports, one individual died by accident, one by suicide and three by heart disease. Therefore, your statement that "41 people 50 years and younger have died in their jobs" while at WWE is inaccurate."
"On behalf of WWE, its 650 employees and approximately 300,000 fans in Connecticut, we would greatly appreciate it if you would stick to factual statements about our organization and brand."
If you're confused Owen was the accident, Benoit the suicide and Eddie, Pillman and Quick Rick McDraw were the heart disease.


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