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August 16, 2012
Bombing of Azaz, Aleppo, Syria
Smuggled footage of brutal bombing the Azaz neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, in which the Syrian Air Force dropped 500 pound bombs on a residential neighborhood, maiming and killing many women and children. The dictator Assad must be stopped, we need the USA to spearhead a no-fly zone. Stop the genocide.
August 11, 2012
Robert Reich (Erasing W)
Great essay
Robert Reich (Erasing W)
Robert Reich (Erasing W)
As Bill Clinton is resurrected by the Democrats, George W. Bush is being erased by the GOP — as if an entire eight years of American history hadn’t happened.
While Bill Clinton stumps for Obama, Romney has gone out of his way not to mention the name of the president who came after Clinton and before Obama.
Clinton will have a starring role at the Democratic National Convention. George W. Bush won’t even be at the Republican one – the first time a national party has not given the stage at its convention to its most recent occupant of the Oval Office who successfully ran for reelection.
The GOP is counting on America’s notoriously short-term memory to blot out the last time the nation put a Republican into the Oval Office, on the reasonable assumption that such a memory might cause voters to avoid making the same mistake twice. As whoever-it-was once said, “fool me once …” (and then mangled the rest).
Republicans want to obliterate any trace of the administration that told America there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and led us into a devastating war; turned a $5 trillion projected budget surplus into a $6 trillion deficit; gave the largest tax cut in a generation to the richest Americans in history; handed out a mountain of corporate welfare to the oil and gas industry, pharmaceutical companies, and military contractors like Halliburton (uniquely benefiting the vice president); whose officials turned a blind eye to Wall Street shenanigans that led to the worst financial calamity since the Great Crash of 1929 and then persuaded Congress to bail out the Street with the largest taxpayer-funded giveaway of all time.
Besides, the resemblances between George W. Bush and Mitt Romney are too close for comfort. Both were born into wealth, sons of prominent politicians who themselves ran for president; both are closely tied to the nation’s corporate and financial elites, and eager to do their bidding; both are socially awkward and, as candidates, tightly scripted for fear of saying something they shouldn’t; and both presented themselves to the nation devoid of any consistent policies or principles that might give some clue as to what they actually believe.
They are both, in other words, unusually shallow, uncurious, two-dimensional men who ran or are running for the presidency for no clear reason other than to surpass their fathers or achieve the aims and ambitions of their wealthy patrons.
Small wonder the Republican Party wants us to forget our last Republican president and his administration. By contrast, the Democrats have every reason for America to recall and celebrate the Clinton years.
July 27, 2012
So, where do states stand on the Medicaid expansion? - Lean Forward
So, where do states stand on the Medicaid expansion? - Lean Forward
Cognitive research at the University of Chicago and elsewhere demonstrates that the more complex an issue becomes, human beings are increasingly drawn to ‘narratives’ about the issue, and thus short-circuit the review of complex, detailed facts. Certainly there are those who have in fact reviewed all of the ACA facts and still hate it. But it’s also clear that many millions of Americans have strong opinions about ACA based on narratives about ACA, who have not actually educated themselves in the real details of its provisions. Thus, a majority of Americans do like the provisions of ACA, when the provisions are recited to them individually, yet they do not like ACA! There can be only one explanation for this phenomenon - they are in the grip of narratives about ACA. If citizens do not feel disposed to actually study the factual provisions of a public policy, I suppose as a society we deserve the outcome we will receive. So, I do appreciate people like Wanda Garr above who’ve tried to study the facts and create an informed opinion.
Cognitive research at the University of Chicago and elsewhere demonstrates that the more complex an issue becomes, human beings are increasingly drawn to ‘narratives’ about the issue, and thus short-circuit the review of complex, detailed facts. Certainly there are those who have in fact reviewed all of the ACA facts and still hate it. But it’s also clear that many millions of Americans have strong opinions about ACA based on narratives about ACA, who have not actually educated themselves in the real details of its provisions. Thus, a majority of Americans do like the provisions of ACA, when the provisions are recited to them individually, yet they do not like ACA! There can be only one explanation for this phenomenon - they are in the grip of narratives about ACA. If citizens do not feel disposed to actually study the factual provisions of a public policy, I suppose as a society we deserve the outcome we will receive. So, I do appreciate people like Wanda Garr above who’ve tried to study the facts and create an informed opinion.
July 20, 2012
Stage 20 Flyover - Tour de France 2012
Google Earth Flyover. Use the mouseover control to change the flyover speed. If you reduce speed at as the route enters Paris, 3D images of the city will resolve around the course.
Course Map - http://www.bikemap.net/route/1702144
Source: http://sites.cyclingthealps.com
Course Map - http://www.bikemap.net/route/1702144
July 09, 2012
Ernest Borgnine Tribute
Borgnine Retrospective on Vimeo. This is a great tribute, filmed at the Tortilla Flats restaurant in New York City (with a cameo by Borgnine fan John Turturro), and at Borgnine’s residence in Beverly Hills.
Borgnine Retrospective from grant doug on Vimeo.
July 07, 2012
July 05, 2012
Roger Ebert’s Favorite Films
Why stop at 100? Here’s Roger Ebert’s 359 favorite films, linked to his original reviews.
12 Angry Men (Published: 9/29/02)
Ace in the Hole (Published: 8/12/07)
Adaptation. (Published: 9/18/08)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Published: 8/17/03)
After Dark, My Sweet (Published: 3/13/05)
After Hours (Published: 1/14/09)
The Age of Innocence (Published: 8/14/05)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Published: 4/4/99)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Published: 7/7/11)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Published: 4/27/97)
Alien (Published: 10/26/03)
All About Eve (Published: 6/11/00)
Amadeus (Published: 4/14/02)
Amarcord (Published: 1/4/04)
Annie Hall (Published: 5/12/02)
The Apartment (Published: 7/22/01)
Apocalypse Now (Published: 11/28/99)
The Apu Trilogy (Published: 3/4/01)
Army of Shadows (Published: 5/21/06)
Atlantic City (Published: 12/4/05)
Au Hasard Balthazar (Published: 3/19/04)
Au Revoir, les Enfants (Published: 5/7/06)
An Autumn Afternoon (Published: 5/31/11)
Babel (Published: 9/22/07)
Badlands (Published: 6/24/11)
The Band Wagon (Published: 3/27/05)
The Bank Dick (Published: 12/10/00)
Baraka (Published: 10/16/08)
Barry Lyndon (Published: 9/9/09)
The Battle of Algiers (Published: 10/10/04)
The Battleship Potemkin (Published: 7/19/98)
Beat the Devil (Published: 11/26/00)
Beauty and the Beast (Published: 12/26/99)
Being There (Published: 5/25/97)
Belle de Jour (Published: 7/25/99)
La Belle Noiseuse (Published: 4/12/09)
The Best Years of Our Lives (Published: 12/29/07)
The Bicycle Thief / Bicycle Thieves (Published: 3/19/99)
The Big Heat (Published: 6/6/04)
The Big Lebowski (Published: 3/10/10)
The Big Red One (Published: 11/21/04)
The Big Sleep (Published: 6/22/97)
The Birth of a Nation (Published: 3/30/03)
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Published: 11/3/07)
Blow-Up (Published: 11/8/98)
The Blue Kite (Published: 1/5/03)
Bob le Flambeur (Published: 5/25/03)
Body Heat (Published: 7/20/97)
Bonnie and Clyde (Published: 8/3/98)
Breathless (Published: 7/20/03)
Bride of Frankenstein (Published: 1/3/99)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (Published: 4/18/99)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Published: 10/28/01)
Broken Blossoms (Published: 1/23/00)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Published: 6/3/09)
Cabiria (Published: 7/2/06)
Cache (Published: 1/13/10)
Casablanca (Published: 9/15/96)
Cat People (Published: 3/12/06)
La Ceremonie (Published: 4/17/12)
Un Chien Andalou (Published: 4/16/00)
Children of Paradise (Published: 1/6/02)
Chimes at Midnight (Published: 6/4/06)
Chinatown (Published: 2/6/00)
Chop Shop (Published: 4/22/09)
A Christmas Story (Published: 12/24/00)
Chuck Jones: Three Cartoons (Published: 1/15/06)
The Circus (Published: 10/20/10)
Citizen Kane (Published: 5/24/98)
City Lights (Published: 12/21/97)
La Collectionneuse (Published: 5/14/12)
The Color Purple (Published: 3/28/04)
Come and See (Published: 6/16/10)
Contact (Published: 12/21/11)
The Conversation (Published: 2/4/01)
Cool Hand Luke (Published: 7/10/08)
Cries and Whispers (Published: 8/18/02)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (Published: 9/11/05)
Crumb (Published: 11/20/05)
Dark City (Published: 11/6/05)
Day for Night (Published: 12/26/97)
Days of Heaven (Published: 12/7/97)
The Dead (Published: 10/9/05)
The Decalogue (Published: 4/2/00)
Departures (Published: 12/5/11)
Detour (Published: 6/7/98)
Diary of a Country Priest (Published: 4/13/11)
Diary of a Lost Girl (Published: 3/22/12)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Published: 6/25/00)
Diva (Published: 1/10/08)
Do the Right Thing (Published: 5/27/01)
Dog Day Afternoon (Published: 8/7/08)
Don't Look Now (Published: 10/13/02)
Double Indemnity (Published: 12/20/98)
The Double Life of Veronique (Published: 2/25/09)
Dr. Strangelove (Published: 7/11/99)
Dracula (Published: 9/19/99)
Duck Soup (Published: 7/9/00)
E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial (Published: 9/14/97)
The Earrings of Madame de... (Published: 11/11/01)
Easy Rider (Published: 10/24/04)
8 1/2 / Eight and a Half (Published: 5/28/00)
El Norte (Published: 8/1/04)
El Topo (Published: 10/6/07)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Published: 11/17/07)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Published: 1/2/10)
Exotica (Published: 3/11/09)
The Exterminating Angel (Published: 5/11/97)
The Fall of the House of Usher (Published: 3/3/02)
Fanny and Alexander (Published: 12/5/04)
Fargo (Published: 4/5/01)
Faust (Published: 5/8/05)
The Firemen's Ball (Published: 8/4/02)
Fitzcarraldo (Published: 8/28/05)
Five Easy Pieces (Published: 3/16/03)
Floating Weeds (Published: 3/30/97)
Forbidden Games (Published: 12/18/05)
The 400 Blows (Published: 8/8/99)
French Cancan (Published: 5/31/12)
Gates of Heaven (Published: 11/9/97)
The General (Published: 5/31/97)
The Godfather (Published: 3/16/97)
The Godfather, Part II (Published: 10/2/08)
Goldfinger (Published: 1/31/99)
Gone With the Wind (Published: 6/21/98)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Published: 8/3/03)
GoodFellas (Published: 11/24/02)
Gospel According to St. Matthew (Published: 3/14/04)
Grand Illusion (Published: 10/3/99)
The Grapes of Wrath (Published: 3/31/02)
Grave of the Fireflies (Published: 3/19/00)
The Great Dictator (Published: 9/27/07)
Great Expectations (Published: 8/22/99)
Greed (Published: 12/12/99)
The Grey Zone (Published: 9/23/09)
Groundhog Day (Published: 1/30/05)
The Hairdresser's Husband (Published: 1/27/10)
Harakiri (Published: 2/23/12)
A Hard Day's Night (Published: 10/27/96)
Heart of Glass (Published: 3/23/11)
Hoop Dreams (Published: 7/8/01)
House of Games (Published: 10/31/99)
Howards End (Published: 6/5/05)
The Hustler (Published: 6/23/02)
Ikiru (Published: 9/29/96)
In a Lonely Place (Published: 8/13/09)
In Cold Blood (Published: 6/9/02)
Inherit the Wind (Published: 1/28/06)
It's a Wonderful Life (Published: 1/1/99)
Ivan the Terrible, Parts I & II (Published: 1/19/12)
Jaws (Published: 8/20/00)
JFK (Published: 4/29/02)
Johnny Guitar (Published: 5/8/08)
Jules and Jim (Published: 6/20/04)
Juliet of the Spirits (Published: 8/5/01)
The Films of Buster Keaton (Published: 11/10/02)
Killer of Sheep (Published: 7/29/07)
The Killing (Published: 1/9/12)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (Published: 9/15/02)
King Kong (Published: 2/3/02)
L'Atalante (Published: 10/15/00)
L'Avventura (Published: 1/19/97)
L.A. Confidential (Published: 9/4/08)
La Dolce Vita (Published: 1/5/97)
The Lady Eve (Published: 11/23/97)
The Last Laugh (Published: 3/5/00)
The Last Picture Show (Published: 7/4/04)
Last Tango in Paris (Published: 8/15/04)
The Last Temptation of Christ (Published: 10/29/08)
Last Year at Marienbad (Published: 5/30/99)
Late Spring (Published: 2/13/05)
Laura (Published: 1/20/02)
Lawrence of Arabia (Published: 9/2/01)
Le Boucher / The Butcher (Published: 11/23/03)
Le Samourai (Published: 6/8/97)
Leaving Las Vegas (Published: 4/25/04)
Leolo (Published: 7/31/05)
Leon Morin, Priest (Published: 10/21/09)
The Leopard (Published: 9/14/03)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Published: 10/27/02)
The River (Le Fleuve) (Published: 2/12/06)
The Long Goodbye (Published: 4/23/06)
Lost in Translation (Published: 8/4/10)
M (Published: 8/3/97)
Magnolia (Published: 11/27/08)
Make Way for Tomorrow (Published: 2/11/10)
The Maltese Falcon (Published: 5/13/01)
A Man Escaped (Published: 11/21/11)
The Man Who Laughs (Published: 1/18/04)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Published: 12/28/11)
Man With a Movie Camera (Published: 7/1/09)
The Manchurian Candidate (Published: 12/7/03)
Manhattan (Published: 3/18/01)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (Published: 4/24/05)
The Match Factory Girl (Published: 8/18/11)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Published: 11/14/99)
Mean Streets (Published: 12/31/03)
Mephisto (Published: 8/21/08)
Metropolis (Published: 3/28/98)
Metropolis [2010 Restoration] (Published: 6/2/10)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Published: 12/15/07)
Mon Oncle (Published: 6/8/03)
Mon Oncle Antoine (Published: 12/23/08)
Mon oncle d'Amerique (Published: 11/4/09)
Moolaade (Published: 7/1/07)
Moonstruck (Published: 6/22/03)
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Published: 11/10/96)
The Music Room (Published: 1/17/99)
My Darling Clementine (Published: 10/26/97)
My Dinner With Andre (Published: 6/13/99)
My Fair Lady (Published: 1/1/06)
My Man Godfrey (Published: 5/29/08)
My Neighbor Totoro (Published: 12/23/01)
Mystery Train (Published: 7/21/10)
Nanook of the North (Published: 9/25/05)
Nashville (Published: 8/6/00)
Network (Published: 10/29/00)
Night Moves (Published: 3/26/06)
The Night of the Hunter (Published: 11/24/96)
Nights of Cabiria (Published: 8/16/98)
Nosferatu (Published: 9/28/97)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (Published: 10/24/11)
Nosferatu (Published: 11/18/09)
Notorious (Published: 8/17/97)
On the Waterfront (Published: 3/21/99)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Published: 2/2/03)
The Only Son (Published: 7/6/10)
Ordet (Published: 3/8/08)
Orpheus (Published: 5/14/00)
Out of the Past (Published: 7/18/04)
Pale Flower (Published: 5/16/11)
Pan's Labyrinth (Published: 8/25/07)
Pandora's Box (Published: 4/26/98)
Paris, Texas (Published: 12/8/02)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (Published: 2/16/97)
Paths of Glory (Published: 2/25/05)
Patton (Published: 3/17/02)
Peeping Tom (Published: 5/2/99)
Persona (Published: 1/7/01)
The Phantom of the Opera (Published: 12/19/04)
Pickpocket (Published: 7/6/97)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Published: 8/2/98)
Pink Floyd: The Wall (Published: 2/24/10)
Pinocchio (Published: 11/22/98)
Pixote (Published: 9/12/04)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Published: 11/12/00)
Playtime (Published: 8/29/04)
The Pledge (Published: 6/18/12)
A Prairie Home Companion (Published: 11/12/08)
The Producers (Published: 7/23/00)
Psycho (Published: 12/6/98)
Pulp Fiction (Published: 6/10/01)
Raging Bull (Published: 5/10/98)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Published: 4/30/00)
Raise the Red Lantern (Published: 4/27/03)
Ran (Published: 10/1/00)
Rashomon (Published: 5/26/02)
Rear Window (Published: 2/20/00)
Rebel Without a Cause (Published: 6/19/05)
Red Beard (Published: 11/18/10)
Red River (Published: 3/1/98)
The Red Shoes (Published: 1/1/05)
The Red Shoes (Published: 12/9/09)
Richard III (Published: 10/7/09)
Rififi (Published: 9/1/02)
The Right Stuff (Published: 3/16/02)
Rio Bravo (Published: 7/15/09)
Ripley's Game (Published: 4/9/06)
Rocco and His Brothers (Published: 6/12/08)
Romeo and Juliet (Published: 9/17/00)
The Rules of the Game (Published: 2/29/04)
Safety Last (Published: 7/3/05)
Samurai Rebellion (Published: 2/26/06)
Sansho the Bailiff (Published: 10/20/07)
Santa Sangre (Published: 8/31/03)
Saturday Night Fever (Published: 3/7/99)
Say Anything (Published: 2/17/02)
Scarface (Published: 9/28/03)
The Scarlet Empress (Published: 1/16/05)
Schindler's List (Published: 6/24/01)
The Searchers (Published: 11/25/01)
Secrets & Lies (Published: 1/28/09)
Senso (Published: 2/21/11)
Seven (Published: 7/18/11)
The Seven Samurai (Published: 8/19/01)
The Seventh Seal (Published: 4/16/00)
Shadow of a Doubt (Published: 11/9/11)
Shane (Published: 9/3/00)
The Shawshank Redemption (Published: 10/17/99)
The Shining (Published: 6/18/06)
Shoah (Published: 12/29/10)
The Silence of the Lambs (Published: 2/18/01)
The Silence (Published: 12/10/08)
Singin' in the Rain (Published: 2/14/99)
Smiles of a Summer Night (Published: 1/31/12)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Published: 10/14/01)
Solaris (Published: 1/19/03)
Some Like It Hot (Published: 1/9/00)
Souls For Sale (Published: 7/29/09)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (Published: 8/26/09)
Stagecoach (Published: 8/1/11)
Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) (Published: 6/28/99)
Strangers on a Train (Published: 1/1/04)
Stroszek (Published: 7/7/02)
A Sunday in the Country (Published: 5/11/03)
Sunrise (Published: 4/11/04)
Sunset Boulevard (Published: 6/27/99)
Superman (Published: 11/4/10)
The Sweet Smell of Success (Published: 10/21/97)
Swing Time (Published: 2/15/98)
A Tale of Winter (Published: 12/9/01)
Taxi Driver (Published: 1/1/04)
Tender Mercies (Published: 6/17/09)
The Terrorist (Published: 7/17/05)
The Thief of Bagdad (Published: 5/6/09)
The Thin Man (Published: 12/22/02)
The Third Man (Published: 12/8/96)
This Is Spinal Tap (Published: 1/21/01)
Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White, Red (Published: 3/9/03)
3 Women (Published: 9/26/04)
Through a Glass Darkly (Published: 7/24/08)
Tokyo Story (Published: 11/9/03)
Top Hat (Published: 10/23/05)
Touch of Evil (Published: 9/13/98)
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Published: 2/1/04)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Published: 10/12/03)
Triumph of the Will (Published: 6/26/08)
Trouble in Paradise (Published: 10/11/98)
25th Hour (Published: 12/16/09)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Published: 3/27/97)
Ugetsu (Published: 5/9/04)
Umberto D (Published: 4/28/02)
Unforgiven (Published: 7/21/02)
The Up Documentaries (Published: 10/25/98)
Vengeance Is Mine (Published: 1/17/08)
Vertigo (Published: 10/13/96)
Victim (Published: 5/23/04)
Viridiana (Published: 4/29/10)
Vivre sa Vie / My Life to Live (Published: 4/1/01)
Waking Life (Published: 2/11/09)
Walkabout (Published: 4/13/97)
Werckmeister Harmonies (Published: 9/8/07)
West Side Story (Published: 2/15/04)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Published: 2/16/08)
The Wild Bunch (Published: 9/29/02)
Wings of Desire (Published: 4/12/98)
Winter Light (Published: 12/1/07)
Withnail & I (Published: 3/25/09)
The Wizard of Oz (Published: 12/22/96)
Woman in the Dunes (Published: 2/1/98)
A Woman Under the Influence (Published: 1/14/98)
A Woman's Tale (Published: 11/7/04)
Woodstock (Published: 5/22/05)
WR -- Mysteries of the Organism (Published: 7/15/07)
Written on the Wind (Published: 1/18/98)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (Published: 7/5/98)
A Year of the Quiet Sun (Published: 7/6/03)
Yellow Submarine (Published: 9/5/99)
Yojimbo (Published: 4/10/05)
12 Angry Men (Published: 9/29/02)
Ace in the Hole (Published: 8/12/07)
Adaptation. (Published: 9/18/08)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Published: 8/17/03)
After Dark, My Sweet (Published: 3/13/05)
After Hours (Published: 1/14/09)
The Age of Innocence (Published: 8/14/05)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Published: 4/4/99)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Published: 7/7/11)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Published: 4/27/97)
Alien (Published: 10/26/03)
All About Eve (Published: 6/11/00)
Amadeus (Published: 4/14/02)
Amarcord (Published: 1/4/04)
Annie Hall (Published: 5/12/02)
The Apartment (Published: 7/22/01)
Apocalypse Now (Published: 11/28/99)
The Apu Trilogy (Published: 3/4/01)
Army of Shadows (Published: 5/21/06)
Atlantic City (Published: 12/4/05)
Au Hasard Balthazar (Published: 3/19/04)
Au Revoir, les Enfants (Published: 5/7/06)
An Autumn Afternoon (Published: 5/31/11)
Babel (Published: 9/22/07)
Badlands (Published: 6/24/11)
The Band Wagon (Published: 3/27/05)
The Bank Dick (Published: 12/10/00)
Baraka (Published: 10/16/08)
Barry Lyndon (Published: 9/9/09)
The Battle of Algiers (Published: 10/10/04)
The Battleship Potemkin (Published: 7/19/98)
Beat the Devil (Published: 11/26/00)
Beauty and the Beast (Published: 12/26/99)
Being There (Published: 5/25/97)
Belle de Jour (Published: 7/25/99)
La Belle Noiseuse (Published: 4/12/09)
The Best Years of Our Lives (Published: 12/29/07)
The Bicycle Thief / Bicycle Thieves (Published: 3/19/99)
The Big Heat (Published: 6/6/04)
The Big Lebowski (Published: 3/10/10)
The Big Red One (Published: 11/21/04)
The Big Sleep (Published: 6/22/97)
The Birth of a Nation (Published: 3/30/03)
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Published: 11/3/07)
Blow-Up (Published: 11/8/98)
The Blue Kite (Published: 1/5/03)
Bob le Flambeur (Published: 5/25/03)
Body Heat (Published: 7/20/97)
Bonnie and Clyde (Published: 8/3/98)
Breathless (Published: 7/20/03)
Bride of Frankenstein (Published: 1/3/99)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (Published: 4/18/99)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Published: 10/28/01)
Broken Blossoms (Published: 1/23/00)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Published: 6/3/09)
Cabiria (Published: 7/2/06)
Cache (Published: 1/13/10)
Casablanca (Published: 9/15/96)
Cat People (Published: 3/12/06)
La Ceremonie (Published: 4/17/12)
Un Chien Andalou (Published: 4/16/00)
Children of Paradise (Published: 1/6/02)
Chimes at Midnight (Published: 6/4/06)
Chinatown (Published: 2/6/00)
Chop Shop (Published: 4/22/09)
A Christmas Story (Published: 12/24/00)
Chuck Jones: Three Cartoons (Published: 1/15/06)
The Circus (Published: 10/20/10)
Citizen Kane (Published: 5/24/98)
City Lights (Published: 12/21/97)
La Collectionneuse (Published: 5/14/12)
The Color Purple (Published: 3/28/04)
Come and See (Published: 6/16/10)
Contact (Published: 12/21/11)
The Conversation (Published: 2/4/01)
Cool Hand Luke (Published: 7/10/08)
Cries and Whispers (Published: 8/18/02)
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Crumb (Published: 11/20/05)
Dark City (Published: 11/6/05)
Day for Night (Published: 12/26/97)
Days of Heaven (Published: 12/7/97)
The Dead (Published: 10/9/05)
The Decalogue (Published: 4/2/00)
Departures (Published: 12/5/11)
Detour (Published: 6/7/98)
Diary of a Country Priest (Published: 4/13/11)
Diary of a Lost Girl (Published: 3/22/12)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Published: 6/25/00)
Diva (Published: 1/10/08)
Do the Right Thing (Published: 5/27/01)
Dog Day Afternoon (Published: 8/7/08)
Don't Look Now (Published: 10/13/02)
Double Indemnity (Published: 12/20/98)
The Double Life of Veronique (Published: 2/25/09)
Dr. Strangelove (Published: 7/11/99)
Dracula (Published: 9/19/99)
Duck Soup (Published: 7/9/00)
E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial (Published: 9/14/97)
The Earrings of Madame de... (Published: 11/11/01)
Easy Rider (Published: 10/24/04)
8 1/2 / Eight and a Half (Published: 5/28/00)
El Norte (Published: 8/1/04)
El Topo (Published: 10/6/07)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Published: 11/17/07)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Published: 1/2/10)
Exotica (Published: 3/11/09)
The Exterminating Angel (Published: 5/11/97)
The Fall of the House of Usher (Published: 3/3/02)
Fanny and Alexander (Published: 12/5/04)
Fargo (Published: 4/5/01)
Faust (Published: 5/8/05)
The Firemen's Ball (Published: 8/4/02)
Fitzcarraldo (Published: 8/28/05)
Five Easy Pieces (Published: 3/16/03)
Floating Weeds (Published: 3/30/97)
Forbidden Games (Published: 12/18/05)
The 400 Blows (Published: 8/8/99)
French Cancan (Published: 5/31/12)
Gates of Heaven (Published: 11/9/97)
The General (Published: 5/31/97)
The Godfather (Published: 3/16/97)
The Godfather, Part II (Published: 10/2/08)
Goldfinger (Published: 1/31/99)
Gone With the Wind (Published: 6/21/98)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Published: 8/3/03)
GoodFellas (Published: 11/24/02)
Gospel According to St. Matthew (Published: 3/14/04)
Grand Illusion (Published: 10/3/99)
The Grapes of Wrath (Published: 3/31/02)
Grave of the Fireflies (Published: 3/19/00)
The Great Dictator (Published: 9/27/07)
Great Expectations (Published: 8/22/99)
Greed (Published: 12/12/99)
The Grey Zone (Published: 9/23/09)
Groundhog Day (Published: 1/30/05)
The Hairdresser's Husband (Published: 1/27/10)
Harakiri (Published: 2/23/12)
A Hard Day's Night (Published: 10/27/96)
Heart of Glass (Published: 3/23/11)
Hoop Dreams (Published: 7/8/01)
House of Games (Published: 10/31/99)
Howards End (Published: 6/5/05)
The Hustler (Published: 6/23/02)
Ikiru (Published: 9/29/96)
In a Lonely Place (Published: 8/13/09)
In Cold Blood (Published: 6/9/02)
Inherit the Wind (Published: 1/28/06)
It's a Wonderful Life (Published: 1/1/99)
Ivan the Terrible, Parts I & II (Published: 1/19/12)
Jaws (Published: 8/20/00)
JFK (Published: 4/29/02)
Johnny Guitar (Published: 5/8/08)
Jules and Jim (Published: 6/20/04)
Juliet of the Spirits (Published: 8/5/01)
The Films of Buster Keaton (Published: 11/10/02)
Killer of Sheep (Published: 7/29/07)
The Killing (Published: 1/9/12)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (Published: 9/15/02)
King Kong (Published: 2/3/02)
L'Atalante (Published: 10/15/00)
L'Avventura (Published: 1/19/97)
L.A. Confidential (Published: 9/4/08)
La Dolce Vita (Published: 1/5/97)
The Lady Eve (Published: 11/23/97)
The Last Laugh (Published: 3/5/00)
The Last Picture Show (Published: 7/4/04)
Last Tango in Paris (Published: 8/15/04)
The Last Temptation of Christ (Published: 10/29/08)
Last Year at Marienbad (Published: 5/30/99)
Late Spring (Published: 2/13/05)
Laura (Published: 1/20/02)
Lawrence of Arabia (Published: 9/2/01)
Le Boucher / The Butcher (Published: 11/23/03)
Le Samourai (Published: 6/8/97)
Leaving Las Vegas (Published: 4/25/04)
Leolo (Published: 7/31/05)
Leon Morin, Priest (Published: 10/21/09)
The Leopard (Published: 9/14/03)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Published: 10/27/02)
The River (Le Fleuve) (Published: 2/12/06)
The Long Goodbye (Published: 4/23/06)
Lost in Translation (Published: 8/4/10)
M (Published: 8/3/97)
Magnolia (Published: 11/27/08)
Make Way for Tomorrow (Published: 2/11/10)
The Maltese Falcon (Published: 5/13/01)
A Man Escaped (Published: 11/21/11)
The Man Who Laughs (Published: 1/18/04)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Published: 12/28/11)
Man With a Movie Camera (Published: 7/1/09)
The Manchurian Candidate (Published: 12/7/03)
Manhattan (Published: 3/18/01)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (Published: 4/24/05)
The Match Factory Girl (Published: 8/18/11)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Published: 11/14/99)
Mean Streets (Published: 12/31/03)
Mephisto (Published: 8/21/08)
Metropolis (Published: 3/28/98)
Metropolis [2010 Restoration] (Published: 6/2/10)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Published: 12/15/07)
Mon Oncle (Published: 6/8/03)
Mon Oncle Antoine (Published: 12/23/08)
Mon oncle d'Amerique (Published: 11/4/09)
Moolaade (Published: 7/1/07)
Moonstruck (Published: 6/22/03)
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Published: 11/10/96)
The Music Room (Published: 1/17/99)
My Darling Clementine (Published: 10/26/97)
My Dinner With Andre (Published: 6/13/99)
My Fair Lady (Published: 1/1/06)
My Man Godfrey (Published: 5/29/08)
My Neighbor Totoro (Published: 12/23/01)
Mystery Train (Published: 7/21/10)
Nanook of the North (Published: 9/25/05)
Nashville (Published: 8/6/00)
Network (Published: 10/29/00)
Night Moves (Published: 3/26/06)
The Night of the Hunter (Published: 11/24/96)
Nights of Cabiria (Published: 8/16/98)
Nosferatu (Published: 9/28/97)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (Published: 10/24/11)
Nosferatu (Published: 11/18/09)
Notorious (Published: 8/17/97)
On the Waterfront (Published: 3/21/99)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Published: 2/2/03)
The Only Son (Published: 7/6/10)
Ordet (Published: 3/8/08)
Orpheus (Published: 5/14/00)
Out of the Past (Published: 7/18/04)
Pale Flower (Published: 5/16/11)
Pan's Labyrinth (Published: 8/25/07)
Pandora's Box (Published: 4/26/98)
Paris, Texas (Published: 12/8/02)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (Published: 2/16/97)
Paths of Glory (Published: 2/25/05)
Patton (Published: 3/17/02)
Peeping Tom (Published: 5/2/99)
Persona (Published: 1/7/01)
The Phantom of the Opera (Published: 12/19/04)
Pickpocket (Published: 7/6/97)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Published: 8/2/98)
Pink Floyd: The Wall (Published: 2/24/10)
Pinocchio (Published: 11/22/98)
Pixote (Published: 9/12/04)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Published: 11/12/00)
Playtime (Published: 8/29/04)
The Pledge (Published: 6/18/12)
A Prairie Home Companion (Published: 11/12/08)
The Producers (Published: 7/23/00)
Psycho (Published: 12/6/98)
Pulp Fiction (Published: 6/10/01)
Raging Bull (Published: 5/10/98)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Published: 4/30/00)
Raise the Red Lantern (Published: 4/27/03)
Ran (Published: 10/1/00)
Rashomon (Published: 5/26/02)
Rear Window (Published: 2/20/00)
Rebel Without a Cause (Published: 6/19/05)
Red Beard (Published: 11/18/10)
Red River (Published: 3/1/98)
The Red Shoes (Published: 1/1/05)
The Red Shoes (Published: 12/9/09)
Richard III (Published: 10/7/09)
Rififi (Published: 9/1/02)
The Right Stuff (Published: 3/16/02)
Rio Bravo (Published: 7/15/09)
Ripley's Game (Published: 4/9/06)
Rocco and His Brothers (Published: 6/12/08)
Romeo and Juliet (Published: 9/17/00)
The Rules of the Game (Published: 2/29/04)
Safety Last (Published: 7/3/05)
Samurai Rebellion (Published: 2/26/06)
Sansho the Bailiff (Published: 10/20/07)
Santa Sangre (Published: 8/31/03)
Saturday Night Fever (Published: 3/7/99)
Say Anything (Published: 2/17/02)
Scarface (Published: 9/28/03)
The Scarlet Empress (Published: 1/16/05)
Schindler's List (Published: 6/24/01)
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Secrets & Lies (Published: 1/28/09)
Senso (Published: 2/21/11)
Seven (Published: 7/18/11)
The Seven Samurai (Published: 8/19/01)
The Seventh Seal (Published: 4/16/00)
Shadow of a Doubt (Published: 11/9/11)
Shane (Published: 9/3/00)
The Shawshank Redemption (Published: 10/17/99)
The Shining (Published: 6/18/06)
Shoah (Published: 12/29/10)
The Silence of the Lambs (Published: 2/18/01)
The Silence (Published: 12/10/08)
Singin' in the Rain (Published: 2/14/99)
Smiles of a Summer Night (Published: 1/31/12)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Published: 10/14/01)
Solaris (Published: 1/19/03)
Some Like It Hot (Published: 1/9/00)
Souls For Sale (Published: 7/29/09)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (Published: 8/26/09)
Stagecoach (Published: 8/1/11)
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Sunset Boulevard (Published: 6/27/99)
Superman (Published: 11/4/10)
The Sweet Smell of Success (Published: 10/21/97)
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A Tale of Winter (Published: 12/9/01)
Taxi Driver (Published: 1/1/04)
Tender Mercies (Published: 6/17/09)
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The Thief of Bagdad (Published: 5/6/09)
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Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White, Red (Published: 3/9/03)
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Through a Glass Darkly (Published: 7/24/08)
Tokyo Story (Published: 11/9/03)
Top Hat (Published: 10/23/05)
Touch of Evil (Published: 9/13/98)
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Published: 2/1/04)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Published: 10/12/03)
Triumph of the Will (Published: 6/26/08)
Trouble in Paradise (Published: 10/11/98)
25th Hour (Published: 12/16/09)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Published: 3/27/97)
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March 09, 2012
Romney Now Flaunting His Wealth To Impress Voters | The Onion - America's Finest News Source | Onion News Network
Romney Now Flaunting His Wealth To Impress Voters - Onion News Network
Breaking news from the Romney campaign - in a stunning strategy reversal, Romney will now seek to impress voters with his impressive wealth.
Breaking news from the Romney campaign - in a stunning strategy reversal, Romney will now seek to impress voters with his impressive wealth.
Oil Prices Driven by Record-level Speculation: The Wall Street Connection
Record Oil Speculation Drives Gas Prices - CBS News
According to the Oil Price Information Service, a record 65% of the world's oil supply is now purchased by speculators, who they estimate have added 14% to oil costs, or 50 cents to each gallon of gas.
The futures markets are regulated by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
CFTC FAQ:
Q. Who heads the CFTC?
A. Goldman Sachs alumni Gary Gensler
Q: Why doesn't the CFTC curb speculative excesses in oil trading?
A: Dodd-Frank mandated that by February, 2012, the CFTC write rules for the oil markets designed to stop excessive oil market speculation. But it never happened. Gensler suspended implementing the rules, citing concerns raised by Wall Street firms, led by JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, and their top-shelf legal teams.
Q. Haven't I heard of the CFTC before?
A. The CFTC was thought to be a major contributor to the mortgage meltdown, through negligent oversight of 'junk' mortgage-related futures instruments, leading to strengthened rules under Dodd-Frank. The CFTC was also recently in the news for its failed oversight of MF Global, where $1 billion of investor funds turned up missing. MF Global is run by former Goldman Sachs CEO John Corzine
Q. Why is the CFTC a year late implementing the other Dodd-Frank reforms?
A. The congressional Republicans slashed the CFTC budget last year. You know, we have to balance the budget, right? Gensler says he doesn't have the manpower to implement the reforms.
According to the Oil Price Information Service, a record 65% of the world's oil supply is now purchased by speculators, who they estimate have added 14% to oil costs, or 50 cents to each gallon of gas.
The futures markets are regulated by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
CFTC FAQ:
Q. Who heads the CFTC?
A. Goldman Sachs alumni Gary Gensler
Q: Why doesn't the CFTC curb speculative excesses in oil trading?
A: Dodd-Frank mandated that by February, 2012, the CFTC write rules for the oil markets designed to stop excessive oil market speculation. But it never happened. Gensler suspended implementing the rules, citing concerns raised by Wall Street firms, led by JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, and their top-shelf legal teams.
Q. Haven't I heard of the CFTC before?
A. The CFTC was thought to be a major contributor to the mortgage meltdown, through negligent oversight of 'junk' mortgage-related futures instruments, leading to strengthened rules under Dodd-Frank. The CFTC was also recently in the news for its failed oversight of MF Global, where $1 billion of investor funds turned up missing. MF Global is run by former Goldman Sachs CEO John Corzine
Q. Why is the CFTC a year late implementing the other Dodd-Frank reforms?
A. The congressional Republicans slashed the CFTC budget last year. You know, we have to balance the budget, right? Gensler says he doesn't have the manpower to implement the reforms.
March 07, 2012
The Limbaugh Incident and the GOP Morality Deficit
The Limbaugh Incident: My Thoughts
How are Presidential candidates who are moral cowards before the misogynistic bullying of Rush Limbaugh to be trusted to protect the interests of the United States of America as our President?
What if a popular figure in the high school of their daughter had (underline) broadcast (underline) these explicit sexual insults about her over the PA system to the entire high school student body? Would our candidates only response be "he's an entertainer"? Or a limp-wristed "I wouldn't have chosen those words"?
No way, they would have confronted the situation forcefully I think. But!
But, when it is politically expedient to do so, the GOP candidates fail to condemn what other principled conservatives, including George Will, have strongly and publicly condemned.
In this context, there was blatant hypocrisy on display yesterday by Romney and the others, who postured themselves at the AIPAC conference as tough guys with an immediate willingness to attack Iran.
Yes, we have the towering moral fiber Obama lacks, we will move our aircraft carriers to the gulf, we will bomb them without mamby-pambying. We will be just as unwavering and tough with Iran, as we demonstrated confronting the explicit sexual insults of a leading GOP broadcaster who, over a period of days, attempted to destroy a private citizen. That's how tough we are. Get it?
Let's be honest: the only unwavering principle these GOP candidates stand for is pandering for votes. Romney is particularly craven; he behaves like a cringing dog before the extreme right, for which the hate-spewing Limbaugh is a principal mouthpiece.. a bully who is a well of irrational poisonous drivel that his well-intentioned conservative listeners drink from every day.
There is nothing more despicable than watching these GOP candidates sociopathically wrap themselves up in the American flag and pretend to be tough by showing off an immediate willingness to risk other people's lives in war.
Want to show us tough? Condemn Rush Limbaugh's explicit sexual attacks on a young woman. Risk some votes if you have to. Shame on them, the cowards.
The presumptive nominee Romney's authenticity is downright invisible both to the right and the left: there 'is no there, there'.
Show us something real about your leadership, Mitt. Say, condemn attacks on the President's religious beliefs by your opponents or the Limbaugh assaults.
You say you're a leader? Response is the root word of responsibility, and real leaders respond for us and are willing to take risks in doing so. And Mr. Romney, you are morally irresponsible in the Limbaugh and in other situations. That's what you are showing us about your qualifications to be our President: we can't trust you do to do what is right, even if it is unpopular. We're getting the message.
The apparent lack of an authentic core in Romney should be deeply troubling to anyone thinking of putting him in the oval office. We don't know what this man really is - if anything - inside. But we do know that he's a rockstar at self-concealment and shameless posturing.
How are Presidential candidates who are moral cowards before the misogynistic bullying of Rush Limbaugh to be trusted to protect the interests of the United States of America as our President?
What if a popular figure in the high school of their daughter had (underline) broadcast (underline) these explicit sexual insults about her over the PA system to the entire high school student body? Would our candidates only response be "he's an entertainer"? Or a limp-wristed "I wouldn't have chosen those words"?
No way, they would have confronted the situation forcefully I think. But!
But, when it is politically expedient to do so, the GOP candidates fail to condemn what other principled conservatives, including George Will, have strongly and publicly condemned.
In this context, there was blatant hypocrisy on display yesterday by Romney and the others, who postured themselves at the AIPAC conference as tough guys with an immediate willingness to attack Iran.
Yes, we have the towering moral fiber Obama lacks, we will move our aircraft carriers to the gulf, we will bomb them without mamby-pambying. We will be just as unwavering and tough with Iran, as we demonstrated confronting the explicit sexual insults of a leading GOP broadcaster who, over a period of days, attempted to destroy a private citizen. That's how tough we are. Get it?
Let's be honest: the only unwavering principle these GOP candidates stand for is pandering for votes. Romney is particularly craven; he behaves like a cringing dog before the extreme right, for which the hate-spewing Limbaugh is a principal mouthpiece.. a bully who is a well of irrational poisonous drivel that his well-intentioned conservative listeners drink from every day.
There is nothing more despicable than watching these GOP candidates sociopathically wrap themselves up in the American flag and pretend to be tough by showing off an immediate willingness to risk other people's lives in war.
Want to show us tough? Condemn Rush Limbaugh's explicit sexual attacks on a young woman. Risk some votes if you have to. Shame on them, the cowards.
The presumptive nominee Romney's authenticity is downright invisible both to the right and the left: there 'is no there, there'.
Show us something real about your leadership, Mitt. Say, condemn attacks on the President's religious beliefs by your opponents or the Limbaugh assaults.
You say you're a leader? Response is the root word of responsibility, and real leaders respond for us and are willing to take risks in doing so. And Mr. Romney, you are morally irresponsible in the Limbaugh and in other situations. That's what you are showing us about your qualifications to be our President: we can't trust you do to do what is right, even if it is unpopular. We're getting the message.
The apparent lack of an authentic core in Romney should be deeply troubling to anyone thinking of putting him in the oval office. We don't know what this man really is - if anything - inside. But we do know that he's a rockstar at self-concealment and shameless posturing.
February 07, 2012
Komen vice president Karen Handel resigns - The Washington Post
I'm going to share this with my kids.. this is appropriate apology language, short and sweet, no finger-pointing, and takes responsibility:
In a statement on Handel’s resignation, Brinker said, “We have made mistakes in how we have handled recent decisions and take full accountability for what has resulted.”
Antique All Saints Cycling - Bucari, Panay, Philippines
An oldie but a goodie - The Antique All-Saints Day Aningalan mudfest, hosted by Ramil Martinez!
May 18, 2011
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March 10, 2010
The Many Faces of SAP at Apple
Very interesting presentation by Jake Logan of Apple - wizardry that ties SAP to different Apple corporate interfaces. You would never think an application as elegant as the iTunes Store generates new orders in plain old SAP SD - but it does.
Part II Includes presentation of the SAP BW 3.5 Data on Web-based platform.
March 09, 2010
Join the Google Fiber for Grand Rapids Initiative
Google Fiber for Grand Rapids now has over 20,000 fans on facebook! March 19th, 2010 will be an extremely significant date for all of us in Grand Rapids. Make sure to keep it clear and plan on doing something HUGE for the future of Grand Rapids.
Details will be published soon. But please trust me that this is going to be huge, and it will be very significant. You don't want to miss this opportunity to participate in the future of Grand Rapids.
If you haven't already done so, please join the Google Fiber for Grand Rapids fan page on facebook. And, please make sure to nominate Grand Rapids. Here's the link
http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options
For additional information on Google Fiber for Grand Rapids, go to the web site that has been set up for this initiative: http://www.goog616.com .
Details will be published soon. But please trust me that this is going to be huge, and it will be very significant. You don't want to miss this opportunity to participate in the future of Grand Rapids.
If you haven't already done so, please join the Google Fiber for Grand Rapids fan page on facebook. And, please make sure to nominate Grand Rapids. Here's the link
http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options
For additional information on Google Fiber for Grand Rapids, go to the web site that has been set up for this initiative: http://www.goog616.com .
February 16, 2010
Bike Advertising Trailer
No, not like a film trailer - this is REALLY a trailer - towed behind bikes.
February 15, 2010
Quadrophobia: Strategic Rounding of EPS Data by Joseph Grundfest, Nadya Malenko
SSRN-Quadrophobia: Strategic Rounding of EPS Data by Joseph Grundfest, Nadya Malenko
Stanford Business School researchers demonstrate that "managed earnings" are easily detectable by looking at whether corporate EPS tends to dis-include the number 4. For companies using accounting methods to heighten reported earnings, Quadrophobia will occur as companies that are manipulating earnings will find a way to make 0.4 EPS, 0.5 or higher -- as when an EPS fraction is at 0.4, the number will be rounded down to 0.0.
February 13, 2010
Von Trapp Lodge
My daughter and I just watched "The Sound of Music" again, and I showed her pictures of the Von Trapp lodge near Stowe, Vermont. I had skiied there in the 80s when visiting my Uncle Bob who lived nearby in Essex, NY.
This pretty photo was taken near the Vermont Von Trapp lodge.
This pretty photo was taken near the Vermont Von Trapp lodge.
February 05, 2010
Gmail Shortcuts: An Oldie but a Goodie
Single Keys
Go to Combo Keys
| Shortcut Key | Definition | Action |
|---|---|---|
| c | Compose | Allows you to compose a new message. <Shift> + c allows you to compose a message in a new window. |
| / | Search | Puts your cursor in the search box. |
| k | Move to newer conversation | Opens or moves your cursor to a more recent conversation. You can hit <Enter> to expand a conversation. |
| j | Move to older conversation | Opens or moves your cursor to the next oldest conversation. You can hit <Enter> to expand a conversation. |
| n | Next message | Moves your cursor to the next message. You can hit <Enter> to expand or collapse a message. (Only applicable in 'Conversation View.') |
| p | Previous message | Moves your cursor to the previous message. You can hit <Enter> to expand or collapse a message. (Only applicable in 'Conversation View.') |
| o or <Enter> | Open | Opens your conversation. Also expands or collapses a message if you are in 'Conversation View.' |
| u | Return to conversation list | Refreshes your page and returns you to the inbox, or list of conversations. |
| e | Archive | Archive your conversation from any view. |
| m | Mute | Archives the conversation, and all future messages skip the Inbox unless sent or cc'd directly to you. Learn more. |
| x | Select conversation | Automatically checks and selects a conversation so that you can archive, apply a label, or choose an action from the drop-down menu to apply to that conversation. |
| s | Star a message or conversation | Adds or removes a star to a message or conversation. Stars allow you to give a message or conversation a special status. |
| ! | Report spam | Marks a message as spam and removes it from your conversation list. |
| r | Reply | Replies to the message sender. <Shift> + r allows you to reply to a message in a new window. (Only applicable in 'Conversation View.') |
| a | Reply all | Replies to all message recipients. <Shift> +a allows you to reply to all message recipients in a new window. (Only applicable in 'Conversation View.') |
| f | Forward | Forwards a message. <Shift> + f allows you to forward a message in a new window. (Only applicable in 'Conversation View.') |
| <Esc> | Escape from input field | Removes the cursor from your current input field. |
<Ctrl> + s | Save draft | Saves the current text as a draft when composing a message. Hold the <Ctrl> key while pressing s and make sure your cursor is in one of the text fields -- either the composition pane, |
# | Delete | Moves the conversation to Trash. |
l | Label | Opens the Labels menu to label a conversation. |
v | Move to | Moves the conversation from the inbox to a different label, Spam or Trash. |
| <Shift> + i | Mark as read | Marks your message as 'read' and skip to the next message. |
| <Shift> + u | Mark as unread | Marks your message as 'unread' so you can go back to it later. |
| [ | Archive and previous | Archives your conversation and moves to the previous one. |
| ] | Archive and next | Archives your conversation and moves to the next one. |
| z | Undo | Undoes your previous action, if possible (works for actions with an 'undo' link). |
| <Shift> + n | Update current conversation | Updates your current conversation when there are new messages. |
| q | Move cursor to chat search | Moves your cursor directly to the chat search box. |
| y | Remove from Current View* | Automatically removes the message or conversation from your current view.
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| . | Show more actions | Displays the 'More Actions' drop-down menu. |
| <Ctrl> + <Down arrow> | Opens options in Chat |
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| ? | Show keyboard shortcuts help | Displays the keyboard shortcuts help menu within any page you're on. |
Combo Keys
Single Keys
| Shortcut Key | Definition | Action |
|---|---|---|
| <Tab> then <Enter> | Send message | After composing your message, use this combination to send it automatically. (Supported in Internet Explorer and Firefox, on Windows.) |
| y then o | Archive and next | Archives your conversation and moves to the next one. |
| g then a | Go to 'All Mail' | Takes you to 'All Mail,' the storage site for all mail you've ever sent or received (and have not deleted). |
| g then s | Go to 'Starred' | Takes you to all conversations you have starred. |
| g then c | Go to 'Contacts' | Takes you to your Contacts list. |
| g then d | Go to 'Drafts' | Takes you to all drafts you have saved. |
| g then i | Go to 'Inbox' | Returns you to the inbox. |
| g then t | Go to 'Sent Mail' | Takes you to all mail you've sent. |
| * then a | Select all | Selects all mail. |
| * then n | Select none | Deselects all mail. |
| * then r | Select read | Selects all mail you've read. |
| * then u | Select unread | Selects all unread mail. |
| * then s | Select starred | Selects all starred mail. |
| * then t | Select unstarred | Selects all unstarred mail. |
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