LONDON (AFP) — Regular swearing at work can help boost team spirit among staff, allowing them to express better their feelings as well as develop social relationships, according to a study by researchers.
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The anbaric journal of Dan Slevin, gentleman, of Newtown
LONDON (AFP) — Regular swearing at work can help boost team spirit among staff, allowing them to express better their feelings as well as develop social relationships, according to a study by researchers.
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What have I learnt this week?
During study, when noting an important part of a book, write the page number beside it. You know, so you can find it again later.
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Speaking of caring, though, no discussion about coffee would be complete without mentioning the Neapolitan tradition of the “caffè pagato”, the paid-for coffee. What happens is after you’ve consumed your customary morning espresso sometimes you’ll choose to pay double, and leave a paid-for coffee. Thanks to this practice, the place will be able to cater for a few known customers who couldn’t otherwise afford their daily tazzulella ‘e cafè, without them having to ask or you having to offer.
I’d like to think it might save some of our beloved seniors from having to beg for the free cups at McDonald’s.
[via a post by Giovanni Tiso in the epic coffee thread at Public Address System]
Roger Ebert repeats an anecdote told him by Marcello Mastroianni about filming the famous Trevi Fountain splashabout in La Dolce Vita:
“The water, it was-a very cold,” He said. “Fellini, he shoots again and again. Finally, the time for the close shot of my fingers reaching to touch-a her cheek. I am always smoking, smoking, smoking. My fingers, the nicotine!”
He held them up to illustrate.
“Anita’s skin is alabaster white. Fellini, he looks-a my fingers against her skin, and shouts, Marcello! When-a you gonna learn the right way to wipe-a your ass?“
Made me laugh anyway.
(0)Auf der anderen Seite (2007) 4/5
2008-08-11 18:10
"A richly detailed screenplay supports the clever structure and the film ends on a perfectly satisfying note."
0.3Charlie Bartlett (2007) 2.5/5
2008-08-08 19:45
"... wears it’s irony rather too consciously on its sleeve ..."
0.3Prag (2006) 2.5/5
2008-08-07 18:45
"I’m sure there is a lot in there to reward a patient and attentive viewer but, apart from watching one of the great modern screen actors at work, I couldn’t find it."
0.3
"... worth watching for the impeccable early-70s, East End art direction ..."
0.3Journey from the Fall (2006) 3/5
2008-08-04 22:00
"Understandably light on laughs but heavy on everything else ..."
0.3Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) 3/5
2008-08-04 18:00
"... needs more pacy direction and snappier cutting to really come to life ..."
0.3
"... would have been infinitely more interesting if the casting of Cooper and Brosnan had been reversed."
0.3
"... a film with a good heart and it serves very nicely for a wet Sunday afternoon."
0.3The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) 2/5
2008-08-02 14:25
"... preposterous (or should that be post-posterous considering how many times they have already been around this block) ..."
0.3The Dark Knight (2008) 3.5/5
2008-07-28 11:00
"It is disappointing that Nolan’s vision of Gotham City from the first film seems to have faded. Instead of the hyper-modern city in disrepair we got last time, now it looks like plain old modern day New York crossed with Chicago crossed with Toronto, and I guess that was one of the sacrifices made in the decision to ditch digital but the city itself is well short on atmosphere."
0.3
"... carefully directed Apron Strings' flaws are on the page rather than on the screen."
0.3
"All the ABBA hits are performed with considerable karaoke-style energy from the mostly non-singers and Streep provides a lesson for the likes of Robert De Niro that when you take on a frothy commercial comedy you don’t have to leave your talent in your trailer."
0.3Grow Your Own (2007) 3.5/5
2008-06-23 13:00
"... contains plenty of diverting comic moments while never losing sight of the human stories unfolding close at hand, reminding us that Social Workers may well be the heroes of the 21st century."
0.3The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian... 3.5/5
2008-06-22 12:45
"... chugs along at an excellent pace and the whole thing is sprinkled with plenty of wit."
0.33.5/5
2008-06-19 15:30
"The usual cross-cultural misunderstandings occur but the characters all grow on you, much like India grows on our hero."
0.3Second Hand Wedding (2008) 3.5/5
2008-05-11 13:30
"... an adorable confection, easy to praise and a pleasure to recommend."
0.3The Painted Veil (2006) 3.5/5
2008-04-26 18:00
"... the images are ravishing, the performances are uniformly excellent and you could do a lot worse on a wet weekend."
0.3Lars and the Real Girl (2007) 4.5/5
2008-04-07 20:15
“Gosling’s performance is a thing of wonder but it wouldn’t be half as successful without great work from Paul Schneider, Emily Mortimer and Patricia Clarkson to play off. Kudos to them all. Not to be missed.”
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