Surviving Divorce: 18 How to Reconnect With The Authentic Self ...

During a wedding we were piece of the team. Compromise plus negotiations were a big piece of creating the partnership function. Even inside wise marriages you are able to lose sight of elements which create up that we certainly are over time. Little compromises plus options prepared lengthy ago have left pieces of we behind. If a relationship was from balance or abusive, it is very probably which we gave more of oneself away.

When you see oneself suddenly about your, without a partner, reconnecting with a authentic self is an significant, plus occasionally forgotten, step inside a healing task.

After each ending, there is a new beginning. This really is a wonderful time to look at the planet by fresh eyes. What appeals to we? What doesn?t? What colors draw we inside? Do we choose quiet or perhaps a great deal of sensory input? What are the favorite tastes? What makes we smile? What is the favorite flower, track, spot to sit?

Who inside the planet are we?????

When we slow down plus pay attention to the way you feel regarding the small points we begin to keep in mind a authentic self. Reconnecting with this element of you?ll provide we the strength plus self-confidence you ought to move forward inside a unique lifetime with ease plus elegance.

Here are certain tips which could help we inside recalling whom we absolutely are:

1. Start surrounding oneself with aspects which warm the heart or lift a spirits.

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3. Switch items up. It?s the planet plus we reach result in the options today.

4. List a top 5 values plus employ them because a mantra for a lifetime.

5. Select 5 family values with a kids to guide the new family lifetime.

6. Check in before generating options. Listen to a heart.

7. Start a daily log.

8. Write a vision for a hot existence.

9. Make a list of the details you?re passionate regarding.

10. Write 5 factors you?re grateful for each evening.

11. Revisit the dreams we utilized to have for the lifetime.

12. Explore different designs of music, house decor, plus clothing.

13. Bring out a cool side.

14. Give your children versatility to express their creativity because we express yours.

15. Get an adventure ? do anything we constantly sought to do.

16. Create a vision board.

17. Surround oneself with individuals that inspire plus help we.

18. Tell a youngsters how much we love them. Frequently.

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Cypriot banks reopen after 12 days -- but customers can only withdraw $383 each

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A staff member of Laiki Bank, which is to be liquidated, tries to calm customers as the branch in Nicosia prepares to open.

By Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News

Banks on the tax haven of Cyprus opened Thursday for the first time in 12 days amid the island's continuing financial crisis.

Strict limits on the amount of money that could be withdrawn have been imposed ? people will be able to withdraw 300 euros ($383) a day and no checks will be cashed ? amid fears of a run on the banks.

Account holders showed up hours before the banks were due to open to get in line.

Early indications were that there was no mass rush to withdraw cash, with just 13 people waiting outside one large Bank of Cyprus branch on the island as it opened at noon local time (6 a.m. ET). They were surrounded by a scrum of journalists.

?We need only from you cooperation, understanding and please patience,? the manager of the branch said before opening.

However a small crowd of people did press against the doors of a branch of Laiki Bank, which is being liquidated. CNBC sources estimate those with more than 100,000 euros (about $128,000) in accounts in Laiki Bank could lose 40 to 70 percent of their deposits.

During the banking shutdown, people could only withdraw 100 euros (about $127) a day from the country's two biggest banks, using ATMs.?Most who lined up for the opening Thursday were elderly people and those without ATM cards.?

Deposits above 100,000 euros with the Bank of Cyprus will be frozen and 40 percent of each account will be converted into bank stock. Accounts in both banks with balances under 100,000 euros will be fully protected.

A previous proposal to take less from all bank accounts?was vetoed by the Cypriot parliament.

The country is seeking to meet the terms of a bailout from the European Union of 10 billion euros ($12.9 billion) and, in order to raise enough funds to meet strict conditions imposed by the EU, it is preparing to take money from bank accounts.

Ahead of the banks? reopening, money was flown into the island and guards were seen delivering cash to banks in armored vehicles.

The banks were due to close at 6 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET).

There was some relief on the island that the banks were finally opening again, but this was mixed with fear about what could happen.

The banks in Cyprus are set to reopen after days of being closed as a measure to prevent a run on deposits during the country's financial crisis. Millions in cash is on the move tonight as people camped out in expectation. ITV's Emma Murphy reports

'Slow death'
Yorgos Georgiou, who owns a dry cleaning business in Nicosia, told Reuters that "finally people's mood will be lifted and we can start to trust the system again."

But he added: "I'm worried about the poor kids working in the cashiers today, because people might vent their anger at them. You can't predict how people will react after so many days."

Kostas Nikolaou, a 60-year-old retiree, told Reuters that the uncertainty of the past two weeks had been "like a slow death."

"How can they tell you that you can't access your own money in the bank? It's our money, we are entitled to it,? he added.

The country?s president, Nicos Anastasiades, has described the bailout deal as ?painful? but essential.

However, Nobel laureate economist Christopher Pissarides said it was ?extremely unfair to the little guy.?

?For the first time in the euro zone, depositors are (being) asked to bail out failing banks," he said. "Now that used to be the case in the 1930s, especially United States (and) caused big bank runs. It has been decided since then that we shouldn?t allow that to happen again.?

As Cyprus celebrates its Independence Day, the ?government is defending the last-minute bailout deal it's negotiated with the European Union. This means shutting down the country's second biggest bank, with big savers facing ?losses. ?ITV's Emma Murphy reports.

Among other controls, the island's central bank will review all commercial transactions over 5,000 euros and scrutinize transactions over 200,000 euros on an individual basis, Reuters reported. People leaving Cyprus can take only 1,000 euros with them. An earlier draft of the decree had put the figure at 3,000.

Reuters summed up the situation facing the island:

With just 860,000 people, Cyprus has about 68 billion euros in its banks - a vastly outsized financial system that attracted deposits from foreigners as an offshore haven but foundered after investments in neighboring Greece went sour.

The European Union and International Monetary Fund concluded that Cyprus could not afford a rescue unless it imposed losses on depositors, seen as anathema in previous euro zone bailouts.?The bailout looks set to push Cyprus deeper into an economic slump, shrink the banking sector and cost thousands of jobs.

European leaders said the bailout deal averted a chaotic national bankruptcy that might have forced Cyprus out of the euro.

Many Cypriots say the deal was foisted upon them by Cyprus's partners in the 17-nation euro zone within the European Union, and some have taken to the streets to vent their frustration.

CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera and Katie Slaman, and Reuters contributed to this report.

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The Daily Roundup for 03.11.2013

You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

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Falklands Sovereignty Referendum Moves Forward, Argentina Rejects Validity Of Malvinas Plebiscite

* Argentina intensifies claim over British-ruled territory
* Islanders vote on keeping sovereignty status quo
* Buenos Aires says referendum illegal, irrelevant
* Oil drilling fuels Argentine calls for negotiations
By Juan Bustamante
STANLEY, Falkland Islands, March 10 (Reuters) - Residents of the Falkland Islands started voting on Sunday in a sovereignty referendum that seeks to counter Argentina's increasingly assertive claim over the British-ruled territory.
Diplomatic tension between Britain and Argentina has flared up after more than three decades since they went to war over the South Atlantic archipelago, and that has unsettled some of the roughly 2,500 islanders.
With patriotic feelings running high, Falklands-born and long-term residents will cast ballots in the two-day referendum in which they will be asked whether they want to stay a British Overseas Territory.
Officials are expected to announce the result at about 8 p.m. (2300 GMT) after polls close on Monday.
An overwhelming "yes" vote is likely, prompting Argentina to dismiss the referendum as a meaningless publicity stunt. A high turnout is expected, however, as islanders embrace it as a chance to make their voices heard.
"We hope the undecideds, or the uninformeds, or those countries that might otherwise be prepared to give the nod to Argentina's sovereignty claim might have pause for thought after the referendum," said John Fowler, deputy editor of the islands' weekly newspaper, the Penguin News.
"This is an attempt to say 'hang on a minute, there's another side to the story'."
People queued to vote at the town hall in the quiet island capital of Stanley, where referendum posters bearing the slogan "Our Islands, Our Choice" adorned front windows. The post office produced a line of official stamps to mark the occasion.
In distant islands and far-flung sheep farms, ballot papers were being flown and driven in by mobile polling stations.
"For me, this referendum is extremely important because I have no wish to be part of Argentina," said Rob McGill, 67, who runs a guesthouse in isolated Carcass Island and voted by post.
"I consider myself a Falkland Islander, but my ancestors came from Britain," he said.

FIERY REMARKS
Some islanders are the descendants of British settlers who arrived eight or nine generations ago and the Falklands retain an unmistakably British character despite a sizeable community of immigrants from Chile and Saint Helena.
Residents say fiery remarks by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez and her foreign minister, Hector Timerman, have galvanized patriotic sentiment on the islands, which lie nearly 8,000 miles (12,700 km) from London and just a 75-minute flight away from southern Argentina.
Tensions have risen with the discovery of commercially viable oil resources in the Falklands basin and by Fernandez's persistent demands for Britain to hold sovereignty talks over the Malvinas, as the islands are called in Spanish.
London says it will only agree to negotiations if the islanders want them, which they show no sign of doing.
Timerman said last month the referendum had the "spirit of a public-relations campaign" and the foreign ministry accused Britain of pursuing "irresponsible initiatives in bad faith."
"This new British attempt to manipulate the Malvinas issue through a vote by the population that it implanted is forcefully rejected by Argentina," a ministry statement said, citing broad Latin American support for Argentina's position.
Argentina says the sovereignty dispute can only be decided between London and Buenos Aires.

MOMENTS OF DETENTE
Argentina has claimed the islands since 1833, saying it inherited them from the Spanish on independence and that Britain expelled an Argentine population.
The sovereignty claim is a constant in Argentine foreign policy, but there have been moments of detente since former dictator Leopoldo Galtieri sent troops to land in the Falklands in April 1982, drawing a swift response from former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
A 10-week war, which killed about 650 Argentines and 255 Britons and ended when Argentina surrendered, is widely remembered in Argentina as a humiliating mistake by the brutal and discredited dictatorship ruling at the time.
No one in Argentina advocates another attempt to take the islands by force, but some analysts say the current tough strategy may prove counterproductive by antagonizing islanders.
"Until Argentina is able to persuade the Falkland Islanders to accept some form of Argentine sovereignty over the islands, Argentina's efforts to reclaim them will be an exercise in futility," said Mark Jones, chair of political science at Houston-based Rice University.
In the islands, where plans for oil production to start in 2017 could further boost the flourishing local economy, most residents are determined to maintain the status quo.
"Our best-case scenario is for them to drop their claim and realize that we are a people, we are a country and we do exist," said Gavin Short, one of the Falklands assembly's eight elected members.
Asked if he thought that might happen, he said: "Not in my lifetime."

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Uncle says he tried to save 7 from Ky. house fire

This Sunday, March 10, 2013 photo shows the charred remains of a home after a fire erupted, Saturday, March 9, 2013 in Gray, Ky, killing two adults and five children inside. (AP Photo/Lisa Norman-Hudson)

This Sunday, March 10, 2013 photo shows the charred remains of a home after a fire erupted, Saturday, March 9, 2013 in Gray, Ky, killing two adults and five children inside. (AP Photo/Lisa Norman-Hudson)

This Sunday, March 10, 2013 photo shows the charred remains of a home after a fire erupted, Saturday, March 9, 2013 in Gray, Ky, killing two adults and five children inside. (AP Photo/Lisa Norman-Hudson)

This Sunday, March 10, 2013 photo shows the charred remains of a home after a fire erupted, Saturday, March 9, 2013 in Gray, Ky, killing two adults and five children inside. (AP Photo/Lisa Norman-Hudson)

This Sunday, March 10, 2013 photo shows the charred remains of a home after a fire erupted, Saturday, March 9, 2013 in Gray, Ky, killing two adults and five children inside. (AP Photo/Lisa Norman-Hudson)

This Sunday, March 10, 2013 photo shows the charred remains of a home after a fire erupted, Saturday, March 9, 2013 in Gray, Ky, killing two adults and five children inside. (AP Photo/Lisa Norman-Hudson)

GRAY, Ky. (AP) ? Gino Cima raced to a house as it was engulfed by flames in rural Kentucky, frantically trying to save his nephew, his nephew's pregnant fiancee and five young children inside. But he was too late: He found his nephew's body near a side door, laying in a way that suggested the man had been trying to rescue the sleeping children.

Before coming upon his nephew's body and that of the man's fiancee, he said he screamed to firefighters: "There's babies in that house!"

Cima said Sunday that he arrived within minutes of hearing of the Saturday morning blaze.

"When I opened the screen door, she was laying at the door with her head to the door. And I pulled her out," he said, speaking softly. "And about 2 feet from her laying the other way was (my nephew). And I went in and got him and pulled him out. But they was done gone. There wasn't nothing I could do."

He said he then raced to the front of the house to try to save the children.

"And that's when they had the five babies laying out in the front yard," he said.

The Knox County coroner and state police have not yet identified the victims, but family members said the five children killed ranged in age from 10 months to 3 years.

Relatives said the nephew's fianc?e was the mother of three of the children who died. The other two children were siblings and friends of the family, visiting for the night for a sleepover, the relatives said.

Officials said the cause of the fire was under investigation. Arson investigators were at the scene Saturday, but officials said no foul play was suspected. State police said Sunday that no more information on the fire would be released until Monday.

Laura Cima, Gino's wife, said they owned the single-story, wood-frame house that the couple was renting. She said the family had recently moved in and were busy painting and getting carpets cleaned. They shared a bedroom in the back of the house, and Laura Cima said the children were sleeping in a front room Saturday morning. She described an unused back bedroom where she and her husband saw flames pouring out of a window when they arrived Saturday.

Gray is a few miles outside Corbin, a city of about 7,000 in the foothills of Appalachia near the Daniel Boone National Forest and the borders of Tennessee and Virginia.

Shannon Disney, a sister-in-law of one of the victims, said the house that burned on Shady Brook Lane is surrounded by homes of family members ? so many that the area is nicknamed "Disneyland." She said a relative who drove past the house at 7:45 a.m. noticed nothing unusual, but another who lives nearby saw smoke coming from it around 9 a.m.

Disney described the couple as devoted to the children, with their lives organized around bedtime and bath time. She said the woman had just gotten an ultrasound, and the couple was excited to plan for the birth, though they didn't know yet whether it was a boy or girl.

Disney called the house alive with kids, with the couple regularly pulling children on a wagon, pushing a tire swing or playing hide-and-seek. On Sunday, children's toys and a stroller were seen outside the house as a stream of people stopped by.

"Everybody is very heartbroken over it. Everybody knows the Disney family," said Amy Weddle, who was working Sunday at J&G Market, a popular convenience store where the couple and the children frequently stopped to buy candy and milk. "They're always good to everybody."

Weddle put a jar on the counter Sunday seeking donations to help pay for burial expenses. It had four $1 dollar bills in it Sunday morning.

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Hubble finds 'birth certificate' of oldest known star

Mar. 7, 2013 ? A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken an important step closer to finding the birth certificate of a star that's been around for a very long time.

"We have found that this is the oldest known star with a well-determined age," said Howard Bond of Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pa., and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md.

The star could be as old as 14.5 billion years (plus or minus 0.8 billion years), which at first glance would make it older than the universe's calculated age of about 13.8 billion years, an obvious dilemma.

But earlier estimates from observations dating back to 2000 placed the star as old as 16 billion years. And this age range presented a potential dilemma for cosmologists. "Maybe the cosmology is wrong, stellar physics is wrong, or the star's distance is wrong," Bond said. "So we set out to refine the distance."

The new Hubble age estimates reduce the range of measurement uncertainty, so that the star's age overlaps with the universe's age -- as independently determined by the rate of expansion of space, an analysis of the microwave background from the big bang, and measurements of radioactive decay.

This "Methuselah star," cataloged as HD 140283, has been known about for more than a century because of its fast motion across the sky. The high rate of motion is evidence that the star is simply a visitor to our stellar neighborhood. Its orbit carries it down through the plane of our galaxy from the ancient halo of stars that encircle the Milky Way, and will eventually slingshot back to the galactic halo.

This conclusion was bolstered by the 1950s astronomers who were able to measure a deficiency of heavier elements in the star as compared to other stars in our galactic neighborhood. The halo stars are among the first inhabitants of our galaxy and collectively represent an older population from the stars, like our Sun, that formed later in the disk. This means that the star formed at a very early time before the universe was largely "polluted" with heavier elements forged inside stars through nucleosynthesis. (The Methuselah star has an anemic 1/250th as much of the heavy element content of our Sun and other stars in our solar neighborhood.)

The star, which is at the very first stages of expanding into a red giant, can be seen with binoculars as a 7th-magnitude object in the constellation Libra.

Hubble's observational prowess was used to refine the distance to the star, which comes out to be 190.1 light-years. Bond and his team performed this measurement by using trigonometric parallax, where an apparent shift in the position of a star is caused by a change in the observer's position. The results are published in the March 1 issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters.

The parallax of nearby stars can be measured by observing them from opposite points in Earth's orbit around the Sun. The star's true distance from Earth can then be precisely calculated through straightforward triangulation.

Once the true distance is known, an exact value for the star's intrinsic brightness can be calculated. Knowing a star's intrinsic brightness is a fundamental prerequisite to estimating its age.

Before the Hubble observation, the European Space Agency's Hipparcos satellite made a precise measurement of the star's parallax, but with an age measurement uncertainty of 2 billion years. One of Hubble's three Fine Guidance Sensors measured the position of the Methuselah star. It turns out that the star's parallax came out to be virtually identical to the Hipparcos measurements. But Hubble's precision is five times better than that of Hipparcos. Bond's team managed to shrink the uncertainty so that the age estimate was five times more precise.

With a better handle on the star's brightness Bond's team refined the star's age by applying contemporary theories about the star's burn rate, chemical abundances, and internal structure. New ideas are that leftover helium diffuses deeper into the core and so the star has less hydrogen to burn via nuclear fusion. This means it uses fuel faster and that correspondingly lowers the age.

Also, the star has a higher than predicted oxygen-to-iron ratio, and this too lowers the age. Bond thinks that further oxygen measurement could reduce the star's age even more, because the star would have formed at a slightly later time when the universe was richer in oxygen abundance. Lowering the upper age limit would make the star unequivocally younger than the universe.

"Put all of those ingredients together and you get an age of 14.5 billion years, with a residual uncertainty that makes the star's age compatible with the age of the universe," said Bond. "This is the best star in the sky to do precision age calculations by virtue of its closeness and brightness."

This Methuselah star has seen many changes over its long life. It was likely born in a primeval dwarf galaxy. The dwarf galaxy eventually was gravitationally shredded and sucked in by the emerging Milky Way over 12 billion years ago.

The star retains its elongated orbit from that cannibalism event. Therefore, it's just passing through the solar neighborhood at a rocket-like speed of 800,000 miles per hour. It takes just 1,500 years to traverse a piece of sky with the angular width of the full Moon. The star's proper motion angular rate is so fast (0.13 milliarcseconds an hour) that Hubble could actually photograph its movement in a few hours.

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Peacekeepers may be freed on Saturday

BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations hopes to retrieve 21 peacekeepers from Syrian rebels on Saturday during a two-hour truce agreed to by Syrian troops and opposition groups after a release bid was abandoned on Friday, the United Nations and an opposition group said.

U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said the Filipino peacekeepers were being held in the basements of four houses in the village of Jamla, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which was being subjected to intense shelling by Syrian troops.

The peacekeepers - part of the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which has been monitoring a ceasefire line between Syria and Israel in the Golan Heights since 1974 - were seized by the Martyrs of Yarmouk rebel brigade on Wednesday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, said the warring parties in Syria were aiming for a ceasefire in the area between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. (03:00 a.m. to 05:00 a.m. EST) so the peacekeepers could be released.

The United Nations said arrangements were made for the handover of the men on Friday, but "due to the late hour and the darkness, it was considered unsafe to continue the operation."

"Efforts will continue tomorrow," a U.N. peacekeeping department spokeswoman said in a statement.

Abu Essam Taseel, a rebel spokesman, said a convoy to collect the men had reached Nafea village, about a kilometer (half a mile) east of Jamla, but was unable to venture further because of intense Syrian army bombardment.

Syria's nearly two-year civil war has spilled across the Golan Heights ceasefire line and Syria's borders with Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan, threatening to engulf the region. The conflict began as peaceful protests, but turned violent when President Bashar al-Assad ordered a crackdown on the demonstrations.

The U.N. peacekeepers were seized in Syria a mile from Israeli-held lines. The Martyrs of Yarmouk rebels had said they would handover the peacekeepers once government forces retreated from around Jamla and halted bombing there.

"(Jamla) is subject to intense shelling by the Syrian armed forces," Ladsous told reporters after briefing the U.N. Security Council on the situation.

He also warned that once the peacekeepers were released, "we would strongly expect that there would not be retaliatory action by the Syrian armed forces over the village and its civilian population."

Syrian U.N. ambassador Bashar Ja'afari told reporters that the army was targeting areas outside Jamla where he said the rebels were concentrated, not the village itself.

"We know for sure what we are doing and we know where the peacekeepers are," he said.

"The Syrian government forces are doing exactly what they have to do in order to bring back safely the peacekeepers, guarantee the safety and security of the inhabitants of these villages (and) get these armed group terrorists out of the area," Ja'afari said.

INCURSIONS IN DEMILITARIZED ZONE

Rebel spokesman Taseel said three army tanks and two military cars had pulled back from around Jamla but Assad's forces were still deployed around it and bombarding the region.

In several videos released on Thursday, the peacekeepers said they were being treated well by civilians and rebels.

The United Nations said the captives had been detained by about 30 rebel fighters, but Taseel said the men were "guests," not hostages, and were being held for their own safety.

Under an agreement brokered by the United States in 1974, Israel and Syria are allowed a limited number of tanks and troops within 20 km (13 miles) of the disengagement line.

Taseel said the Syrian military had exceeded those limits and that its warplanes were bombing opposition targets within 500 meters (yards) of the disengagement line - something he said the U.N. peacekeepers had a duty to prevent.

A U.N. report in December said both the Syrian army and rebels had entered the demilitarized area between Syrian and Israeli forces, and that Syrian army operations had "affected adversely" UNDOF operations.

Referring to incidents including shelling from Syrian territory last year, it said: "Recent incidents across the ceasefire line have shown the potential for escalation of tensions between Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic, and jeopardize the ceasefire between the two countries."

In January, Israel bombed an arms convoy in Syria that may have been destined for its Lebanese foe Hezbollah, diplomats and security sources said. Israel has said it will not "stand idle" if violence spreads to the Golan, which it captured in 1967.

The United Nations said in a statement that seven peacekeepers manning a position in the area of separation were withdrawn to the main UNDOF base on Friday "as a security precaution after armed opposition elements took over a nearby Syrian army post."

The measure is likely to pose further questions over the future of the peacekeeping force. Croatia announced last week it was pulling out its UNDOF soldiers as a precautionary step over concerns for their safety after media reports that Croatian arms were being sent to rebels.

(Additional reporting by Oliver Holmes in Beirut, Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva, Ori Lewis in Jerusalem and Louis Charbonneau at the United Nations; Editing by Jon Hemming and Stacey Joyce)

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Sam Mendes Won't Direct Bond 24

I think what most people are forgetting here, is that the next Bond will be in the wake of Skyfall, bigger directors (Nolan, Danny Boyle etc) would rather create/imprint their own take (new Bond, new style), rather than being responsible for continuing Mendes' legacy. I vote Vaughn or Campbell. More

Posted by weekendatbernies at 17:46 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

I think what most people are forgetting here, is that the next Bond will be in the wake of Skyfall, bigger directors (Nolan, Danny Boyle etc) would rather create/imprint their own take (new Bond, new style), rather than being responsible for continuing Mendes' legacy. I vote Vaughn or Campbell. More

Posted by weekendatbernies at 17:42 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

RE: Campbell Hatrick I agree. I know a lot of the dialogue was inspired by the 50th anniversary and was maybe put in to keep the fans happy, but my wife ( who isn't really a Bond fan) was a bit irritated by the self-referential dialogue and in-jokes- and we agreed that me having to explain some of the references and " ohh isn't that clever" bits wasn't necessarily a good thing ( Dr Who is the same). I say that we're done with the whole reboot/exploring Bond's origins and character bit. Any more and it will tip ove More

Posted by mjj at 16:56 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Other choicesIf Campbell doesn't get the gig, I'd go for Matthew Vaughn or Danny Boyle. Joe Wright is very overrated, and Paul Greengrass never misses an opportunity to slag off Bond, so I don't know why anyone would suggest him. Plus, his shakycam bollocks is played out. More

Posted by Garth_Marenghi at 16:45 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

He did a great job, but I think Campbell should come back for another goHe's spotty outside of Bond, but Martin Campbell has directed two of the best Bond films ever. I don't think Craig liked him very much though, so I doubt it will happen. Certainly get David Arnold back in the fold, if nothing else. Newman's an excellent composer, but his effort was very forgettable next to Arnold's superb Casino Royale score. More

Posted by Garth_Marenghi at 16:42 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

I'm with MonsterCat - Joe Wright would be a great choice with his character driven style. More

Posted by jem0013 at 16:38 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

PS Can we have David Arnold Back Please...I love Thomas Newmans music but it didn't have the exciting edge needed for a Bond flick, whereas David Arnold IS Bond. So bring him back with the next director please. More

Posted by Blyman at 16:32 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Campbell HatrickGoldenEye and Casino Royale - two awesome Bond Films, get Campbell back to complete his hatrick. Say what you want about Skyfall, the action was pretty unmemorable. Bond is all about the setpieces so more punchy less talky next time I say. More

Posted by Blyman at 16:28 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

RE: Exclusive: Sam Mendes Is Off Bond 24 Joe Wright could do it. More

Posted by MonsterCat at 16:11 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

RE: Get a director who understands what it is to be British Tomas Alfredson please. More

Posted by UTB at 16:09 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

RE: Get a director who understands what it is to be British Thirdeded, although I wouldn't say no to Nolan either, both would do a fine job. Nolan has been itching to make a Bond film (see: Inception) and the only trouble with Boyle is his hesitance to deal with big budgets (The Beach) - saying that, he did make Slumdog into a huge film, but for me it ruined it a bit. The story felt like, to quote Mr Baggins, butter scraped over too much bread. But Bond is a whole world in itself, and maybe Boyle could do something with that. It feels like Boyle's tryin More

Posted by FoxDhoj at 15:46 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

RE: Get a director who understands what it is to be British Seconded. Boyle would be a great choice. More

Posted by Mr Gittes at 15:40 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Get a director who understands what it is to be BritishLoved what Mendes did with Skyfall as did most of the world. Get Danny Boyle to do the next one. He's an incredibly talented Oscar-winning filmmaker AND has innate understanding of what makes the UK proud. Bond is a British icon and Boyle would know this. More

Posted by darthmax1 at 15:11 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Matthew VaughnJust watched XMen 1st Class and it towers over any of the others. KIck Ass... kicked! He's just damn good and given the Bond toybox I think he could do great things. As for the Mendes/Skyfall hates - you have your beliefs and I'll have mine. Personally I think Skyfall was incredible and a big old slap in the face for any other action/adventure movie out there. Bond is still on top - just where he likes to be (please raise a single eyebrow now) More

Posted by leroythemasochist at 14:56 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Matthew VaughnIt has to be him! He's only producing the Kick-Ass and X-Men sequels and he ain't doing Star Wars so he'll have some free time. Fassbender's Magneto was played like 007 and Vaughn got that style spot on. I think he'd make a marvelous Bond film. More

Posted by jimbojofre at 14:49 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Well that sucksI was looking forward to a follow-up. And after Skyfall, he's the most bankable director they could've gone with. That is, unless they can snag either Chris Nolan or Danny Boyle, both ideal directors for the franchise. More

Posted by FoxDhoj at 14:48 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Matthew Vaughn or Danny Boyle please... More

Posted by ciarandunne9 at 14:06 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Matthew Vaughn or Danny Boyle please... More

Posted by ciarandunne9 at 14:04 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Farewel. No Loss.He didn't bring anything fresh or even a unique identity to it. It was made just like all the others. If i didn't know any better it could of been made by anybody. On top of that it was a poor Bond movie. Weak story and it felt like more of a reboot the Casino Royal. More

Posted by burtbondy at 13:59 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Danny Boyle, Paul Greengrass or Duncan Jones More

Posted by JimmyThe Saint at 13:38 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Probably a good thingGreat as Skyfall was, I think that having him back straightaway wouold be a mistake. The Bond films occasionally get themselves into a creative rut and the series thrives on change and renewal. I think the producers should allow a gap of at least 2 films before re-using a director.The Spy Who Loved Me was followed by Moonraker, which used the same director and writer ( and pretty much the same plot) with much less success. Guy Hamilton and Tom Manckewiz did 3 films on the trot, which resulted i More

Posted by mjj at 13:34 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Is Skyfall really so greatJust to add to some of the other comments....is Skyfall really that much better than Casino Royale? Or is it that it came after such an absolute turkey as QofS? To be honest it isn't as good as On Her Majesty's secret Service, the only Bond to feature a genuine romance and the only film where Bond seems genuinely in jeopardy, at times seeming lost for an escape and wondering where to turn. I think they would be better off remaking that or at least having some real female characters for once. More

Posted by ericcoyle at 13:10 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

I 2nd the Gareth Evans vote! Loved The Raid, best action film in years. More

Posted by seven28uk at 12:54 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

RE: Skyfall was good Paul McGuigan. His episodes of Sherlock are superb More

Posted by Ulmaceae at 12:46 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Skyfall was goodbut it wasn't great. I didn't get a chance to watch it until recently and was a bit disappointed. I loved the retro touches and would love to see a 60's feel in modern day. For me Casino Royale was better. I'd like to see Tarantino have a go! I kinda like the idea of revisiting an old Bond movie like The man with the golden gun and re-doing it. More

Posted by stucy at 12:31 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Gareth EvansThe Raid cost $1.1m. Skyfall cost $200m. That is all. More

Posted by ChesterCopperpot at 12:19 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Rupert Wyatt... More

Posted by Primus at 12:17 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Bond's New ClothesGood, I'm glad. Skyfall has to be one of the most overrated films in recent years. It was good, but no where near as good as the praise it receives, and I believe this was, in part, due to that fact it was directed by a 'respected' director such as Mendes, so all the critics had their rose-tinted glasses on. As for the public reaction? Well, just look at Transformers 3. More

Posted by cunningmunki at 12:16 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Rupert Wyatt......has just dropped out of The Equalizer adaptation. 'Nuff said? More

Posted by Primus at 12:10 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

I think Kathryn Bigelow would be a good choice. More

Posted by bradcam72 at 12:06 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Not surprised. It would be foolhardy for Mendes to follow this up as he resided the bar impossibly high for himself. It almost certainly won?t make as much at the box office either as the culmination of the Olympics and the 50th anniversary really helped contribute towards the patriotism and enthusiasm for Bond. Skyfall was a great entry into the Bond cannon but I?d like to see someone else tackle the franchise. Although I really enjoyed it, it wasn?t The Best Bond Ever. Martin Campb More

Posted by Workshed at 12:02 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Someone always says 'Nolan', but ...... personally I think Bond is at his best when he's emotional. That's when he's at his most dangerous. Nolan is wonderful but his movies are becoming great feats of engineering, like watching the gears of a Swiss watch. Fascinating to look at and definitely worth returning to, but lacking in humanity. My vote? Ben Affleck, of course. He's the man of the moment and Bond would be in his genre of crime plots and human drama. Obvious choice, but the right choice, and that's what counts. More

Posted by Nicky C at 12:01 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Let Ralph Fiennes direct it. More

Posted by VwikusM at 11:58 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

Chris Nolan anyone?? More

Posted by Palmer_zan at 11:42 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

It's completely understandable. The amount of pressure that would be on him to equal if not better Skyfall would be ridiculous, just like one of the reasons Peter Jackson didn't want to direct The Hobbit in the first place. If he does return after a few like Campbell from Goldeneye to Casino Royale, the 'Mendes hype' might have died down to a point where he can come back into the franchise with a fresh head and make the film he wants to make, with substantially less pressure. More

Posted by Whistler at 11:40 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

He's gonna be a tough act to follow More

Posted by shadozfest at 11:00 on 06 March 2013 | Report This Post

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