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THIRTY-THREE CECILS

Everett De Morier’s first novel, THIRTY-THREE CECILS, was published in 2015, and is the story of an unlikely friendship betwen a once-prominent cartoonist from Erie, Pennsylvania, and a recovering alcoholic who quit his job at the Broome County landfill near Binghamton, New York, and how they made headlines in 1992. The lives of Walker Roe and Riley Dutcher are revealed to the reader through excerpts from their journals (which were unearthed some twenty-three years later). The book was named book of the year by Heroic Magazine and won the top fiction prize at the London Book Festival. A film adaptation is rumoured to be in development with a screenplay written by De Morier, Brian Esquivel, and Robinson McGiffin. Neal Simon, writing for the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, speculated that Dustin Hoffman might have a role in the film. THIRTY-THREE CECILS is available in a Kindle edition and in paperback.

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THIRTY-THREE DAYS

The fifteenth book from Australian novelist Steven B. King (out of a total of twenty-five) is about Jenny, a university lecturer who's consciousness has traveled back in time to her younger body because a contemporary of her younger self plans to release a genetically modified version of wheat that is destined to mutate, causing the destruction of all plant life on Earth. A relationship develops between Jenny and the well-intentioned microbiologist she must persuade, but she can remain in the past no longer than thirty-three days. If she fails, a second time-traveller will be dispatched to kill the unfortunate scientist. Sandra Daily reviewed the book for Goodreads. "This is a time travel book unlike any I’ve read before," wrote Dailey. "Its uniqueness was refreshing. The story is serious in the way that the heroine has the survival of the planet on her shoulders. The romance didn’t overshadow or take a backseat to the drama, it became part of it. The author’s art of dialogue and description is vivid." THIRTY-THREE DAYS is available in Kindle, Audiobook, or Paperback.

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33 FLOORS

Victoria Holtom stars in this eight minute short film about a woman who finds herself trapped alone in an elevator as she tries to get to her job on the 28th floor. The state-of-the-art elevator seems to have a mind of its own, and warns of "minor technical difficulties" as the woman's impatience rapidly develops into terror. Written and directed by Chris Austen, and produced by Dan Perry, 33 FLOORS won seven film festival awards, including the Award of Excellence at the 2020 Canada Shorts Film Festival, and the April Award for Best Sci-Fi Short at the 2021 Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival. A trailer is available on Vimeo.

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THIRTY-THREE AND A HALF SHENANIGANS

This is the sixth mystery in the Rose Gardner series by Denise Grover Swank, and was published in 2014. In this one, Gardner becomes involved in the investigation after a friend's cousin goes missing. The authorities are certain the missing woman has disappeared intentionally, but Gardner gathers evidence that begins to suggest foul play. At the same time, underground kingpin Skeeter Malcolm invonveniently resurfaces and asks Rose to do him a favour. In return, he offers to guarantee the safety of her boyfriend, Assistant D.A. Mason Deveraux. "Denise Grover Swank has created a hilarious 'fish bowl' world here," said Amanda Lee in the Royal Oak Tribune, "all revolving around Rose Gardner, a twenty-four-year-old woman who has done absolutely nothing of note over the duration of her life...There is one other thing to know about Rose: She has visions of the future. And, when she has these visions, she immediately blurts them out." There are a total of sixteen books in the series.

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CATCH THIRTY-THREE

First released on 16 May 2005, CATCH THIRTY-THREE is Swedish heavy metal band Meshuggah's fifth album. The album is a continuous suite with thirteen movements, and employed Toontrack's "Drumkit from Hell" synthesizer instead of traditional acoustic drums. Eduardo Rivadavia, reviewing the album for AllMusic, said (in part): "...by doing away with the rigid formality (real or perceived) of individual song breaks, the band has bolstered its confidence for exploring ambient sounds and quieter dynamics. "In Death -- Is Death" offers the prime example with its interspersed bouts of noise and silence, but the adventurousness continues over uncharacteristically melodic portions of "Dehumanization" and the mild case of electronics and programming (as well as robotic voices) heard on "Mind's Mirrors." And whatever your opinion about all of these conspiracy theories, there's no question that on "Shed," with its tribal percussion and whispered vocals, Meshuggah deliver a masterful career highlight." The album is available on CD, and on most streaming services.

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THE 33

Released in 2015, THE 33 is a two hour and seven minute docudrama about the collapse of a gold and copper mine in Chile on 5 August 2010. Thirty-three miners who worked the San José Mine in Copiapó were trapped seven hundred metres underground for sixty-nine days. The miners, led by Mario Sepúlveda (Antonio Banderas), all survived. Mine foreman Luis Urzúa (Lou Diamond Phillips) had warned mine owner, Carlos Castillo (Mario Zaragoza), about the mine's instability. On the surface after the collapse, María Segovia (Juliette Binoche), elder sister of trapped miner Dario Segovia (Juan Pablo Raba), led a vigil. Directed by Patricia Riggen, THE 33 can be purchased from most VOD outlets, and is also available on DVD and Blu-Ray. The film's last scene shows, in black and white, the real 33 miners gathered on a beach, and credits each of them individually.

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THE THIRTY THREE LITTLE PIGS

Written by Brian D. Taylor, THE THIRTY-THREE LITTLE PIGS is a hilarious predator vs prey send-up. The play brings together a cast that’s hugely flexible in both size and male/female balance. Twenty rapid-fire two to three minute scenes, each with one to six actors provide every actor with a chance for their moment in the spotlight, along with an eclectic collection of styles designed to reveal each pig’s unique personality.

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NUMBER 33 - ZDENO CHÀRA - ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

Defenseman Zdeno Chára, who wore number 33 and served as the Boston Bruins captain for all of his fourteen seasons with the franchise and led them to their sixth Stanley Cup, announced his retirement from professional hockey on 20 September 2022. He signed a one-day contract with the Boston Bruins so that he could officially retire as a member of the team at the age of forty-five. Chára ends his career after a total of 24 seasons with 209 goals and 680 points in 1,680 games, and was with the Islanders for the 2021-22 season. He is the tallest person (2.06 metres) ever to play in the NHL, earning him the nickname "Big Z", and retires as the league's all-time leader in games played by a defenseman.

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TRENTE-TROIS - STORIES OF THE DEGREES OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE IN FRANCE (French Edition)

In Paris, in October 1804, the Comte de Grasse-Tilly created the Supreme Council of the Thirty-three Degrees of Scotland. Two centuries later, and although the first Sovereign Grand Commander often found himself in opposition to all the rites then practiced in France, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite continued to prosper to become the most practiced rite in the world. In this book, author Jean-Pierre Bayard presents the grades of the AASR and shows us that Masonic symbols have the same expression as those of all the other traditions, that their spiritual contribution can bring real help to our civilization which is losing the notion of fraternity and humanism.
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THIRTY-THREE by THE SMASHING PUMPKINS

"Speak to me in a language I can hear
Humor me before I have to go
Deep in thought I forgive everyone
As the cluttered streets greet me once again
I know I can't be late, supper's waiting on the table
Tomorrow's just an excuse away
So I pull my collar up and face the cold, on my own
The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet
At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk
Steeple guide me to my heart and home
The sun is out and up and down again"

In March, 2021, NME reported that the Smashing Pumpkins began recording a new 33-song album that will be the joint sequel to their 1995 LP ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’ and their two 2000-released ‘Machina’ records. Frontman Billy Corgan described it as "kind of a rock opera"

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